Not Necessarily the News (1983)
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.
- Lane Sarasohn
- David Hurwitz
- Larry Arnstein
Stars:
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Episode 1 - The New Chick
Release Date: 1985-07-02After Micheal leaves the studio, the team gets a new member, Melanie, a young colledge student.
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Episode 2 - The Fight
Release Date: 1985-07-09Annabelle and Melanie fight over a man who, little known to them is an axe murderer.
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Episode 3 - The Comedian
Release Date: 1985-07-16A comedian comes to the stuido,and, once agian, seduces the female members of the staff.
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Episode 4 - GGG {1}
Release Date: 1985-08-01Rich produces his own ""Girls gone wild"" movie. Traveling to greece to find out who's the wildest.
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Episode 5 - GGG {2}
Release Date: 1985-08-08Rich's video takes him the the pacific northwest.
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Episode 6 - 100...........Just 100
Release Date: 1985-08-15Rich goes on a quest to see if he can have sex with 100 women in 1 day.
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Episode 7 - This Phyco Rift
Release Date: 1985-08-22In this phyco rift, Melanie holes up in an old hotel and is stalked by a mysteroius stranger.
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Episode 8 - Freddy
Release Date: 1985-09-03In ""A Night of Elm Street"" spoof, our newscaster are haunted by a Freddy type madman.
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Episode 9 - The Script
Release Date: 1985-09-10Stuart writes a script but has a hard time getting it published.
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Episode 10 - Film Festival
Release Date: 1986-05-12The staff attends a film festival.
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Episode 11 - Audire got Run Over by a Reindeer
Release Date: 1986-05-19Audrie goes missing on christmas eve.
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Episode 12 - The Death
Release Date: 1986-05-26Rich's uncle dies and he drags all his co-workers to the funeral.
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Episode 13 - The Elf
Release Date: 1986-06-01