The Best of Not Necessarily the News (1988)

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  • @stevehumphrey667
    @stevehumphrey667 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

    This video is 2 years old and ends with an ad for a Richard Lewis stand up special. RIP Richard, you brought a lot of humor into this messed up world

    • @hungwilliam44
      @hungwilliam44 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      RIP to you when you die.

    • @chriskazaam896
      @chriskazaam896 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Was his lasting contribution to Murican English the thing where you extend the last syllable of your main point?

    • @OffendingTheOffendable
      @OffendingTheOffendable 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      RIP

  • @tylerkeller8869
    @tylerkeller8869 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    The internet it largely trash, but the ability to find this sort of thing on TH-cam is the one thing I truly love. It's so good to be able to go back and see this stuff which would otherwise be lost to time.

  • @Acrimage
    @Acrimage 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    So good! I had completely forgotten about this program

  • @veerchasm1
    @veerchasm1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    My goodness, I watched this and realized I’ve been quoting these skits for 40 years

  • @daviddavenport1485
    @daviddavenport1485 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Thank you Rich Hall for your outstanding contributions to the English language

    • @rrsaga
      @rrsaga 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      And your likeness to Moe from Simpsons

    • @residentgrey
      @residentgrey 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He continues to surprise me. I saw him first on Mock the Week and looked into him further. I was NOT disappointed.

  • @TrumpISAgentORANGE
    @TrumpISAgentORANGE 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'd LMAO so hard as a kid watching this. I've looked everywhere for this ever since and have not been able to find it ANYWHERE! Thank you so much for posting! ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @harleychriest5274
    @harleychriest5274 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Thank you! I used to watch it every week back in the day and I totally forgot it even existed til now! Real comedy, I missed you!!

  • @dennisperez8037
    @dennisperez8037 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I Allways use 2 watch this & the hitch hicker all the times, on H.B.O.,MIss all of them.😊😅😂❤

  • @BigDan5309
    @BigDan5309 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    THANK YOU SO MUCH I LOVED THIS SHOW!!! 😊😍😍😍😍

    • @patrickk.6295
      @patrickk.6295 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same here I'm so glad someone posted this!! So many satire news shows own their creation to NNTN!!

  • @geeboon669
    @geeboon669 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    I was little when I saw this for the first time. Wow! what a blast from the past.

    • @chriskazaam896
      @chriskazaam896 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I believe “Inside the NFL “ followed this show.

    • @TeddScheckler
      @TeddScheckler 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@chriskazaam896would you be willing to go on record with that assertion?

  • @BDARIDAH816SMUS
    @BDARIDAH816SMUS 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    memories unlocked

  • @michaelshepard9824
    @michaelshepard9824 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I saw that crosswalk bit from 12:51-13:11 only once on TV when i was young. I haven't forgotten it in over 35+ years, and it randomly pops into my head now and then. Finally got to see it again. Classic.

  • @fiercecamaross
    @fiercecamaross 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Wow i remember NNTN!!!!! Loved it as a kid, despite not fully understanding it as a 10 year old lol. Thanks for the upload!

    • @Skank_and_Gutterboy
      @Skank_and_Gutterboy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Me too. I was around 12.

    • @EdwardWeissbard
      @EdwardWeissbard 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Same here, I remember seeing this in 1988, being around 12 years old. Thanks again.

    • @paulyguitary7651
      @paulyguitary7651 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah same but I was mostly in it for the Snigglets

    • @fiercecamaross
      @fiercecamaross 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@paulyguitary7651 Those were awesome! I remember a few "If you cut through a gas station to avoid a red light you are an EssoAsso"😂. The other one that stood out to me because I did it all the time when I was a kid lol "when at the movies, you hold up a Jujubee to the movie theater screen to determine it's color is called - Jujuspection". Lmao. 🤣😆

    • @paulyguitary7651
      @paulyguitary7651 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@fiercecamaross pushing on a pull door: a doork

  • @robfromvan
    @robfromvan 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I totally remember this show. I forgot all about it until I watched this video!!! 😮

    • @OffendingTheOffendable
      @OffendingTheOffendable 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Me too, I loved this show in the day😂😂😂

  • @Memry-Man
    @Memry-Man 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wow, I forgot this show existed,,, I was young,,, . definitely a pioneering show ,,, freaking awesome burning henry like that 👍

  • @jonathanbeatrice8317
    @jonathanbeatrice8317 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    It's nice to see this show without the fuzzy snow on top of it 40 years later.

  • @DreFromMaine8472
    @DreFromMaine8472 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    So glad this has been uploaded here, it was on from 1983-1990 and Stuart Pankin was probably the most recognizable of the cast. He's been in a lot of movies and TV shows!

    • @sha11235
      @sha11235 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sadly, Danny Breen died a few years ago.

    • @fiercecamaross
      @fiercecamaross 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That sucks. His skits were always funny as hell, esp Uncle Flubby. R.I.P.@@sha11235

  • @larrybeach2894
    @larrybeach2894 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    thanks for sharing this, I loved this show.

    • @ViceCitizen
      @ViceCitizen  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're welcome

  • @derekdunaway4245
    @derekdunaway4245 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    childhood memories for sure

  • @AaronLesterMedia
    @AaronLesterMedia 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Holy sheesh I totally forgot about this show.

  • @mikeyj990ify
    @mikeyj990ify 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Man i forgot about this show.

  • @michaelangellotti4773
    @michaelangellotti4773 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Sniglet: A sniglet (/ˈsnɪɡlɪt/) is an often humorous word made up to describe something for which no dictionary word exists.
    Thank you, Rich Hall

    • @djsmileyoflasvegas
      @djsmileyoflasvegas 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Need to have a youtube channel starting it back up

  • @bartellender6782
    @bartellender6782 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This was one of my absolute favorite things about HBO or just cable in general.

  • @hinachow1
    @hinachow1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Brilliant. I was laughing out loud!!!!

  • @residentgrey
    @residentgrey 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The one guy on this show became an accomplished voice actor, being in countless cartoons.
    Rich Hall is another interesting person. His retrospective series on BBC is well done.

  • @BeefSupreme-vk9sz
    @BeefSupreme-vk9sz 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How did I forget about this? I was 15 when this was on 😮

  • @tatical23
    @tatical23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I have no idea why, but the part at 45:15 has stayed in my head since I saw this at 10 years old. When the guy looks at President Regan's food and wants to grab a piece of toast HAHAHAHAHA

    • @msMagoo825
      @msMagoo825 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      haha..I still reference that myself. I came here looking for the Ring Around The Rubber commercial, and yes, it's here!

    • @arrow-flight
      @arrow-flight ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm with you! I still say "I am so huungry...." in Kissingers' voice!

    • @Nina_6621
      @Nina_6621 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      OMG! My whole family does the Kissenger I'm so hungry!!! Flippin hilarious 😂😂😂

    • @Nina_6621
      @Nina_6621 ปีที่แล้ว

      I will...quick!...grab a bite of toast!

  • @OffendingTheOffendable
    @OffendingTheOffendable 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    OMFG I forgot about this show 😂😂😂😂 I watched this all the time

  • @sha11235
    @sha11235 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love the Crosstalk sketch, where they argue about everything, even the ads at the end. And the guest is just sitting there ignored.

  • @cirestamey9243
    @cirestamey9243 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So, so, so good!

  • @MayheM_72
    @MayheM_72 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I remember watching NnTN back when I was a kid. Even if I didn't get all the jokes, I found it funny. Now, decades later, I it's even funnier!

  • @sha11235
    @sha11235 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What a show.

  • @badeugenecops4741
    @badeugenecops4741 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Danny Breen was my favorite guy on that show.

  • @johninfl
    @johninfl 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The Anne Bloom green bikini has been burned in my mind for decades. And that is a great thing.

    • @parkpunk2
      @parkpunk2 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      22:58

    • @Skank_and_Gutterboy
      @Skank_and_Gutterboy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      As soon as I saw Anne fiddling with her swimsuit at 23:00, I knew this was the skit where she was trying to wave the old politicians over and they were too dumb to get it. It's been 40 years and seeing the first half-second of that footage brought it all back from the archive in my head. I was 12 when I first saw this. I have zero memory of anything else in this compilation but I had instant recall of her in the green bikini. That's the thing about this show, somebody burned the midnight oil finding any excuse to get Anne Bloom into a swimsuit, and I highly approve.

  • @echohotel7975
    @echohotel7975 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember an episode where a guy walked up to a gas station and asked if there was anything he could do to make $5 and the guys said well you can go around back and stack those tires and then they should miles upon miles of millions of tires the guy came back around and said nevermind 😂😂

  • @pokerchip1231
    @pokerchip1231 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This show was great, i used tape each episode on VHS in my youth.

  • @Skank_and_Gutterboy
    @Skank_and_Gutterboy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    23:00 They found any excuse to get Anne Bloom into a swimsuit, and I highly approve.

  • @timothysiler5722
    @timothysiler5722 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I loved the live from the western White House segments.

  • @MrBubyV
    @MrBubyV 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Nostalgic

  • @swordandsorcerergaming
    @swordandsorcerergaming 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    YES!

  • @Dubsteppinout
    @Dubsteppinout 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    In our house this was right up there with second city and monte python.

  • @fp5495
    @fp5495 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One of the greatest reasons to have HBO back in the early 80s.

  • @alexcamacho4880
    @alexcamacho4880 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    “Does all the dishes and still has time for her favorite hobby, drilling for cobalt.”

  • @veerchasm1
    @veerchasm1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    “You with the handkerchief, YOU’RE OUT!”

  • @xtalviper
    @xtalviper 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lucy Webb reminds me so much of Cecily Strong

    • @adblau1
      @adblau1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Came here to write exactly this!

  • @everkief8650
    @everkief8650 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Yep, I forgot about this one but I did watch it a few times back in the day.

  • @tonyowens6802
    @tonyowens6802 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Actually better than the “real news.”

  • @stacksgenkins6390
    @stacksgenkins6390 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Memories

  • @franksantacruz4521
    @franksantacruz4521 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember the old Toon Town cartoon show on KCAL channel 9 in Socal hosted by Danny Breen

  • @jorgeguardado6015
    @jorgeguardado6015 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Today people would be offended with this program, and HBO probably would pull the plug. As a kid I used to watch this show all the time.

  • @scottl.1568
    @scottl.1568 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ah, good old childhood 😅

  • @Nina_6621
    @Nina_6621 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Flippin hilarious!!! 😂😅😂 Back when people still had a damn sense of humor!

  • @Kur10usity
    @Kur10usity 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is much more funny than I realized at the time.

  • @EricandDish
    @EricandDish 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One of the two reasons why the news isn't NEWS anymore-it's entertainment😢 (the other was when CBS launched "60 Minutes" in 1968; as what Jesse Ventura pointed out to Google in 2011).

  • @Scythia1313
    @Scythia1313 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    We used to be funny! What happened that the world is so cynical now?

  • @parkpunk2
    @parkpunk2 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Maybe the progenitor to The Daily Show.

  • @SuV33358
    @SuV33358 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Boy, we had fun back then...😅 Good times!

  • @j-sin3344
    @j-sin3344 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I loved the Sniglets, hehe last one I remember was Esso Asso, its a person who cuts through a gas station to bypass a red light....
    EDIT LOL watched the whole video and it actually had the Essoasso, excellent clip, thanks.

  • @agriperma
    @agriperma 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I used to watch this on HBO, back in the day, always looked forward to sniglets. I think the only one I actually used all these years was "musquirt" that watery stuff that comes out first when you use mustard.
    These are actually pretty educational since you get a historic snap shot of stuff that was going on at that time, one thing in this one, that was brought up a couple times, was the smog problem in LA, I hear people now complain about emissions regulations in California, yet it was those regulations that got rid of most if not all of that serious smog problem back in the 80s.
    also interesting is how, politics really hasn't changed much since then.

  • @JustWasted3HoursHere
    @JustWasted3HoursHere 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The skit at 6:24 is the one I remember the most from this show. Another one, also starring the same guy, is about the Sleep Fairy who helps you go to sleep. I didn't see it in this video. Anyway, we see a guy trying to go to sleep, so the fairy shows up and sprinkles some "sleep dust" over the man to help him go to sleep. Just as the fairy is about to go out the window, the man jostles around a bit, so the fairy goes back and sprinkles a bit more. The man seems to be going to sleep, so the fairy starts for the window again. Again, the man moves around, indicating that he's not falling asleep. This time, the fairy is irritated and goes back to the man. Cut to the next morning and the police are there investigating the death of the man who now has a GIANT pile of "sleep dust" on his head which apparently suffocated him! I laughed so hard as a kid.

  • @sergioomar9090
    @sergioomar9090 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    When TV was actually funny.

  • @geoffoldread7684
    @geoffoldread7684 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This show is 60% opening credits.

  • @retrobrahhh
    @retrobrahhh ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Come to Lebanon

  • @nettiegurl
    @nettiegurl 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The 'essoassole' LMLBO!!!

  • @dubbtink
    @dubbtink 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    20:26 soooo 80's 😂😂😂

  • @bigneiltoo
    @bigneiltoo ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My favorite scene (not sure if it's here) was when Mitchel Laurance was duplicated dancing dressed in different colors as Menudo.

  • @HueyRocks23
    @HueyRocks23 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    56:00 - Impressive list of writers.

  • @stanislausroshan913
    @stanislausroshan913 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    They actually strapped a baby to the hood of the car....wow

  • @samtodd6301
    @samtodd6301 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Sniglets were the best

  • @louguzzo4977
    @louguzzo4977 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    When people understood that a joke is just a joke.

    • @johnyzero2000
      @johnyzero2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Amen show this now and the woke sjw's would have a stroke.

    • @tylerkeller8869
      @tylerkeller8869 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @louguzzo4977: I feel sorry for Genz and am glad I'll be dead long before this shit gets much more out of hand. Just glad I was able to enjoy the 70s 80s & 90s while I did.

    • @ChrisDutch
      @ChrisDutch 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@johnyzero2000define woke

    • @oldemonteef
      @oldemonteef 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@johnyzero2000shut up, you have no clue what you are talking about.

    • @oldemonteef
      @oldemonteef 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@tylerkeller8869everyone will be glad for that too because you contribute nothing.

  • @trublu71
    @trublu71 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Anne Bloom was such a babe!

  • @333ministries
    @333ministries 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Today SNL should take notes...this is how you do comedy.

    • @HueyRocks23
      @HueyRocks23 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That's funny because some of the writers from this show went on to write, or had written for SNL like Greg Daniels, Ian Maxtone-Graham, George Meyer, Tom Schiller, and Conan O'Brien.

    • @333ministries
      @333ministries 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @HueyRocks23 TODAY's SNL should take notes... This is how you do comedy.

  • @corrbenbernsten4902
    @corrbenbernsten4902 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Tom Parks

  • @TheHundredEyes
    @TheHundredEyes 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    worlds longest intro..

    • @Skank_and_Gutterboy
      @Skank_and_Gutterboy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No joke. When I watched this in high school, I used to joke that you could take a piss, grab yourself a drink and a snack from the kitchen, and sit down with time to spare before the actual show started.

  • @trollwithoutcontent2788
    @trollwithoutcontent2788 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    God I miss the old world

    • @SuV33358
      @SuV33358 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Me tooooo

  • @DreFromMaine8472
    @DreFromMaine8472 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I absolutely LOVE how they mocked and ridiculed Reagan on this show back in the day, all they had to do was show actual footage of the man saying and doing his usual stupid things, hahahahah!

    • @residentgrey
      @residentgrey 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We need this again for the Blue Reagan in the WH these days.

  • @hungwilliam44
    @hungwilliam44 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    main theme link? I want to hear the end of the song.

  • @alexnejako777
    @alexnejako777 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Menudomania is prophetic

  • @SuV33358
    @SuV33358 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Back when you could joke without offending someone 🤭

  • @homerguy4444
    @homerguy4444 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Was the regan thing true? I know at the end he had dementia?

  • @Terry-v7p
    @Terry-v7p 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    They opened with jill and joe biden

  • @janefrommel
    @janefrommel 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Even though I must have seen all of these at the time, I am lolling. 😂 These bits really hold up despite being something like 35 years old.. Just substitute Syria - or Palestine - for Lebanon. 🥺

  • @119Agent
    @119Agent 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I liked the earlier intros with Eric Clapton.

  • @simonfea2
    @simonfea2 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well, apparently, HBO and The Kids in the Hall shaped my sense of humor.

  • @Animal.Mother
    @Animal.Mother 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I miss the sniglets

  • @sandrafaith
    @sandrafaith 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    34:00 Oh my gosh, I have been looking for this segment for AGES. I remember thinking this was so damn funny back in the day!!

  • @joblo2671
    @joblo2671 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    3:01 so...they actually tied a baby to the front bumper of a car and drove it thru traffic? Wow. (The baby is waving, so unless it was a robot baby in the 80s, then 😮😮😮!!!)

  • @johnjackson-ud2mn
    @johnjackson-ud2mn 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Today's news is more of a joke.

  • @mlovmo
    @mlovmo 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Making fun of religion is great. The detergent and the Simon Says ones are awesome!

  • @josephoutward
    @josephoutward 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    4:55 🤣

  • @janefrommel
    @janefrommel 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Conan O'Brien was a writer!

  • @PaulyinParis619
    @PaulyinParis619 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You can see Conan’s fingerprints on a lot of these…

  • @DrewKane
    @DrewKane 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Al Gore's Rhythm & Blues Band

  • @pbcfisher3206
    @pbcfisher3206 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Anybody else see where George Costanza got is mannerisms ?

  • @jodi2847
    @jodi2847 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Amazingly, I could relate to this show as a small kid who found the news frightening and politics boring. The show brought levity to both and wasn't raunchy, biased or pretentious but hilariously goofy. It was just FUN, which is sadly no longer allowed.

  • @johncortez2009
    @johncortez2009 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is crazy for some reason it popped in my head after not seeing it more than 30 years ago this is great I missed this stuff when people knew how to take a joke not all these Pansy woke Community c***

  • @K-Effect
    @K-Effect 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    24:29 Reagan doesn’t look too bad for around 70 years old

  • @erichonecker1010
    @erichonecker1010 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Back when tv was funny

    • @Marc-io8qm
      @Marc-io8qm ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Before enforced Diversity

  • @gregmize01
    @gregmize01 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    @10:20 George Costanza precursor!!!!

  • @monkeyb1820
    @monkeyb1820 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    this was a good show. I remember that the earlier years I think were sort of 'R' rated, would have a touch of nudity, then I think it switched to more PG...