Not Necessarily the News
7.5
1983
Comedy
, News
Not Necessarily the News is a satirical sketch comedy series that first aired on HBO in September 1982 as a comedy special, and then ran as a series from 1983 to 1990. It featured sketches, parody news items, commercial parodies, and humorous bits made from overdubbing or editing actual news footage. It was based on the British series, Not the Nine O'Clock News. Not Necessarily the News was also the birthplace of Rich Hall's sniglets.
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- Cast:
- Rich Hall
Episode 11 : Hot Noise
March. 18,1985
The entire staff is ordered to undergo a sexaholics class.
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Episode 10 : Not Necessarily the News: America
May. 31,1985
An hour long speical celerating the best moments of the show.
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Episode 9 : Fight Club
March. 11,1985
Stuart and Rich institute an infamous studio fight club.
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Episode 8 : The Pope
March. 04,1985
Our studio gets a very very speical visit from the pope himself.
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Episode 7 : Brother and Mother
February. 12,1985
Stuart's brother comes to the studio and falls in love with Annablle.
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Episode 6 : Tales of 3
February. 05,1985
3 short stories
1} ""The Quickining"" It is shown to us what would happen if everything in life were sped up 90%
2} ""Robotican"" Rich gets a robotic arm and it begins to take controll of his life
3} ""Leprechan"" The Studio is visited by 3 Leprechans
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Episode 5 : Annabelle and Rich Go Down Under
January. 29,1985
While in Autrailia, Annabelle and Michael suffer romantic obsession and jealousy before Rich comes and ruins everything by gettting tangled up with the mob.
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Episode 4 : Le Boob Part 2
January. 22,1985
Rich continues his search for the world largest breasts. Taking him to Hong Kong and Brazil. He finds that his co-star, Annabelle, is the winner of the contest.
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Episode 3 : Le Boob
January. 15,1985
Rich goes on a hunt for the world's largest breasts. Searching London, Paris, and Los Angeles. Our newscasters follow him and chase the story.
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Episode 2 : The Guy from Elecko
January. 08,1985
A foreign man gets a job in the studio, and as usual, he seduces the female members of the staff.
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