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 13 : The Elf
June. 01,1986
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Episode 12 : The Death
May. 26,1986
Rich's uncle dies and he drags all his co-workers to the funeral.
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Episode 11 : Audire got Run Over by a Reindeer
May. 19,1986
Audrie goes missing on christmas eve.
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Episode 10 : Film Festival
May. 12,1986
The staff attends a film festival.
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Episode 9 : The Script
September. 10,1985
Stuart writes a script but has a hard time getting it published.
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Episode 8 : Freddy
September. 03,1985
In ""A Night of Elm Street"" spoof, our newscaster are haunted by a Freddy type madman.
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Episode 7 : This Phyco Rift
August. 22,1985
In this phyco rift, Melanie holes up in an old hotel and is stalked by a mysteroius stranger.
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Episode 6 : 100...........Just 100
August. 15,1985
Rich goes on a quest to see if he can have sex with 100 women in 1 day.
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Episode 5 : GGG {2}
August. 08,1985
Rich's video takes him the the pacific northwest.
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Episode 4 : GGG {1}
August. 01,1985
Rich produces his own ""Girls gone wild"" movie. Traveling to greece to find out who's the wildest.
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Episode 3 : The Comedian
July. 16,1985
A comedian comes to the stuido,and, once agian, seduces the female members of the staff.
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Episode 2 : The Fight
July. 09,1985
Annabelle and Melanie fight over a man who, little known to them is an axe murderer.
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Episode 1 : The New Chick
July. 02,1985
After Micheal leaves the studio, the team gets a new member, Melanie, a young colledge student.
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