Not Necessarily the 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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Season 4
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E1
The New Chick
After Micheal leaves the studio, the team gets a new member, Melanie, a young colledge student.
Jul 2, 1985 -
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E2
The Fight
Annabelle and Melanie fight over a man who, little known to them is an axe murderer.
Jul 9, 1985 -
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E3
The Comedian
A comedian comes to the stuido,and, once agian, seduces the female members of the staff.
Jul 16, 1985 -
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E4
GGG {1}
Rich produces his own ""Girls gone wild"" movie. Traveling to greece to find out who's the wildest.
Aug 1, 1985 -
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E5
GGG {2}
Rich's video takes him the the pacific northwest.
Aug 8, 1985 -
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E6
100...........Just 100
Rich goes on a quest to see if he can have sex with 100 women in 1 day.
Aug 15, 1985 -
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E7
This Phyco Rift
In this phyco rift, Melanie holes up in an old hotel and is stalked by a mysteroius stranger.
Aug 22, 1985 -
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E8
Freddy
In ""A Night of Elm Street"" spoof, our newscaster are haunted by a Freddy type madman.
Sep 3, 1985 -
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E9
The Script
Stuart writes a script but has a hard time getting it published.
Sep 10, 1985 -
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E10
Film Festival
The staff attends a film festival.
May 12, 1986 -
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E11
Audire got Run Over by a Reindeer
Audrie goes missing on christmas eve.
May 19, 1986 -
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E12
The Death
Rich's uncle dies and he drags all his co-workers to the funeral.
May 26, 1986 -
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E13
The Elf
Jun 1, 1986