Word. That show is absolutely fantastic, and would be one of the all-time greats if the folks at NBC had given it a chance.
I’ll point out one thing, though: The show never really relied on punchlines for its bread and butter. It set up whole gags, which is what made it so different from other sitcoms.
Hey, guys, please take your charming, cheerful reminiscence of the wonderful NewsRadio to a new thread. You’re clogging up our discussion of what a crusty cloacaberry Andy Dick is.
First of all, relax. I didn’t punch his face in because I’m not about to get sued by some jackass who has enough money to hire a team of lawyers. And secondly, my friend was laughing at the absurdity of the situation. Lastly, it all happened very quickly, and he was thrown out of the bar by the bouncers about thirty seconds after it happened.
I admit I’m using the term in a way it normally isn’t used. I mean offering coke to someone who’s trying to stay sober is so wrong as to be pretty much depraved and it’s not something a halfway decent human being would do. I don’t mean that it makes Dick primarily responsible for the deaths of the Hartmans, I just mean it makes him worthless in my esteem.
Did anyone see the new Gong Show last night? He’s on the panel of celebrity judges (though maybe not any more.)
Though I agree with the general theme of this thread, I couldn’t help laughing my ass off when
he stood up with his crank hanging out through a hole he cut in his score card (they put a black box over it) and brought the show to a screeching halt
Based on his career since the end of Newsradio and his reputed expensive appetites, I suspect Dick barely has the money to hire ONE lawyer, much less a team of them. And I doubt the LA cops would much care if someone beat him up. It would save them the trouble.
Yeah, on last night’s Gong Show, he put a foreign object covered in (fake) blood into his mouth, he wrestled a pair of midgets (and lost), and he exposed himself to the general public.
Which, in his world, might just mean “It’s Thursday”.
And the worse part is, everyone seemed to be laughing in approval. I can’t think of a more appropriate time to pick up a mallet and “Gong” him right where it counts.
… which starred Brooke Shields, who played James Spader’s sister in “Endless Love,” who inherited Kevin Bacon’s role in an unsold 1983 CBS pilot based on the movie, Diner.