I can't explain how funny this scene is, Phil Hartman was jewel to this show, and comedy his ability to act and be comedic is unparalleled. I miss this show so much...!
Oh Phil Hartman, I miss you so. Dave Foley, you are unfairly underrated. Whenever my sister or I don't feel good, we tend to say "my arms feel like they're 12 feet long" XD
@@YTLawnGnome was just saying to my wife last night while watching some Newsradio clips (incl this one, ofc!) that I think most people would say the most successful/well known/popular cast members BEFORE they were on Newsradio were probably Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz, and Dave Foley... But afterwards? Joe Rogan, for... interesting reasons... and Stephen Root. Just in tons of drama AND comedy movies. As you said, character actor extraordinaire! There's a new movie with him (and Marc Maron... and Allison Janney) called To Leslie that I mostly want to watch just because of the actors I enjoy that are in it. He's on that list for me "see his name? maybe check that out just based on that."
I just lost it over here laughing at this, the way Phil changes from calm to crazy to calm just kills me.you have to see the one where jimmy loses him to a bet the ep is called presence... funny as hell
I'm on a binge watch of Newsradio solely because I remembered this scene from the series the other day. For me it's the most memorable. It's funny in its own right as you see it here, but ten times better within the context of the lead up to it. Mathew is just constantly bugging Dave to enforce the smoking ban on Bill, making coughing sounds as he walks past Dave and Bill talking, just constantly being a pester. Now you have this scene with Bill and Dave calmly talking the following day about their agreement to quit each other's vice together, Bill with his smoking and Dave with his coffee. You can sense the anxiety their facing... and then Mathew walks in as the match that sets off the powder keg. The intensity in which Bill hits back in stark contrast of his calm discussion with Dave. Newsradio had some of the best writing. They had the talent, that you don't often see today, of running gags happening in and around different scenes as the episode progressed. If you don't experience Mathew's antagonizing Bill in the background throughout the episode leading up to this scene, it takes away a lot of the context.
No, what killed this show was FRIENDS replacing it in the schedule it had, which was getting it the viewers it need to survive. It moved to another night, it lost its viewers, nothing could save it.
My Daddy & I were laughing tears when Dave & Bill the jumped on Matthew because of their vice withdraws, I had never seen my Daddy laugh that hard before, what an awesome show.
I still love it when Bill gets back from the hospital after od'ing on the nicotine patch - "And I didn't know you weren't supposed to ware them all at once. I had them around my middle, like a belt."
Hartman deserved an Emmy just for this 90 secs. I can’t imagine how many times they had to do this scene before they got it - if I’d been Andy Dick I wouldn’t have been able to keep from laughing repeatedly.
I just finally started looking for clips of this show on here a day or so ago and hit this scene and I remembered it back then, but seeing it again has me in stitches, with Bill and Dave both going after Matthew like that. God, that was funny. I could wake up every morning to this and never have a bad day again. I went to sleep last night laughing at this scene.
Phil, I couldn't leave a comment here about Chris without remembering you. Your humor, quick wit, timing, talent, intelligence and love of performing put you in the class of the Comic Genius. Many can be funny, but few rise to your level. Your presence here lives on.
I remember a scene in this episode where Phill Hartmans character is walking around spitting tobacco into a coffee pot. This was easily the best episode in the series
Just added this to a playlist. I used to have this episode on VHS when I was a kid. I would play this scene over and over with laughter! THANK YOU for posting!
As someone said in another OP, his work on the Simpsons is also not to be missed. Between that, SNL, and his best long-running character ever, Bill McNeal on Newsradio... He is indeed one of the greatest. And I would say THE greatest of the 1990s, bar none.
The last 10 seconds of that scene is the funniest thing I've ever seen. Since it originally aired I could watch it over and over and still bust-out laughing EVERY... SINGLE... TIME. 😂
As I just mentioned to a friend, watching this scene and busting-out laughing is like when the doctor taps your knee with a rubber mallet and your leg jerks. If you can watch it and not lose it, you're dead inside. I've watched it 50-100 times and it never gets old.
I watched this episode when it was brand new 'cause there was nothing else on and I wasn't really all that impressed with the show... and then Phil lost his shit in this scene and changed my mind for me.
to me in similar but different fashion newsradio and spin city were both some of the greatest sitcoms of the 90s and were somewhat alike being that they both had a all star talented cast that later sunk due to certain losses to their cast members that really made the shows suffer to the brink of being cancelled too soon.
The 90s really was the last truly great decade for sitcoms: Newsradio, Frasier, Martin, Seinfeld, Roseanne, Home Improvement, Fresh Prince, Everybody Loves Raymond, Friends, Spin City, The Steve Harvey Show, The Simpsons,Living Single, Full House, Family Matters, Just Shoot Me etc. Were dominating the small screen ratings wise and culturally. After this reality shows took over and it hasn't been the same since with only a few good ones popping up now and then.
Colbert couldn't joke his way out of a paper bag. Not fit to even be mentioned in the same breath as Phil. And Phil was a true nice guy. Colbert is an angry sell-out. But I'd be angry too if I had zero talent.@@kendallrivers1119
when i got the season 1/2 DVD box set everytime i watch this scene i would and still have to keep rewinding this scene multiple, multiple times. Phil Hartman is a fuckin genius one of the funniest people of all time. RIP Phil Hartman
this is one of my top reasons why I wish I lived in the 90's. basic cable, great talent... shame that i was born into a generation where "swag" and "yolo" exist in nauseating harmony.
@@niners5time822 are you joking or really dumb? Roku is a free movie/TV streaming service. Just go to the website and watch what you want. There is also Vudu and Crackle.
Huh. I know the Hell on Earth that is withdrawal... You know, I really was convinced that Phil Hartman was a puffer. A chain-puffer, even. But... he came clean on "The Letterman Show" that he never really smoked at all. Those things are probably filled with lettuce or something. Huh. What an actor. He really did convince me...
They released the entire series for pretty cheap in one package but word is, there are no cases, they just ship you the discs packaged in cardboard. I had already bought them all individually anyway. Yep. Even season 5.
"So just zip your sniveling little lip and HAUL YOUR SKINNY ASS OUTTA HERE!"
Phil Hartman, you will be forever missed.
I can't explain how funny this scene is, Phil Hartman was jewel to this show, and comedy his ability to act and be comedic is unparalleled. I miss this show so much...!
@P Safety- Have you ever laughed so hard you didn’t make a sound?
Me and a friend used to watch it all the time. One of the funniest things I’ve ever seen
Oh Phil Hartman, I miss you so.
Dave Foley, you are unfairly underrated.
Whenever my sister or I don't feel good, we tend to say "my arms feel like they're 12 feet long" XD
That whole cast was amazing. It was the first time I ever saw Stephen Root. The man is one of the most incredible character actors on the planet.
@@YTLawnGnome was just saying to my wife last night while watching some Newsradio clips (incl this one, ofc!) that I think most people would say the most successful/well known/popular cast members BEFORE they were on Newsradio were probably Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz, and Dave Foley...
But afterwards? Joe Rogan, for... interesting reasons... and Stephen Root. Just in tons of drama AND comedy movies. As you said, character actor extraordinaire! There's a new movie with him (and Marc Maron... and Allison Janney) called To Leslie that I mostly want to watch just because of the actors I enjoy that are in it. He's on that list for me "see his name? maybe check that out just based on that."
Jimmy James was the best
This is one of my favorite scenes from NewsRadio. R.I.P. Phil
This scene is one of the funniest to ever air on tv. A shame this show is so underrated.
One of the funniest scenes ever. When I worked at a tv station in the late 90s I recorded this scene on a tape and we watched it over and over.
Phil Hartman was the best he made News Radio. I never bought season 5 for DVD i've seen the episodes but it just wasn't the same without him.
I just lost it over here laughing at this, the way Phil changes from calm to crazy to calm just kills me.you have to see the one where jimmy loses him to a bet the ep is called presence... funny as hell
The funniest scene in the whole series. When I first watched this, I laughed until I got dizzy.
I'm on a binge watch of Newsradio solely because I remembered this scene from the series the other day. For me it's the most memorable. It's funny in its own right as you see it here, but ten times better within the context of the lead up to it. Mathew is just constantly bugging Dave to enforce the smoking ban on Bill, making coughing sounds as he walks past Dave and Bill talking, just constantly being a pester. Now you have this scene with Bill and Dave calmly talking the following day about their agreement to quit each other's vice together, Bill with his smoking and Dave with his coffee. You can sense the anxiety their facing... and then Mathew walks in as the match that sets off the powder keg. The intensity in which Bill hits back in stark contrast of his calm discussion with Dave.
Newsradio had some of the best writing. They had the talent, that you don't often see today, of running gags happening in and around different scenes as the episode progressed. If you don't experience Mathew's antagonizing Bill in the background throughout the episode leading up to this scene, it takes away a lot of the context.
The show died with Phil. RIP Mr. Hartman.
Luis O my
Luis O sad but true
yeah....mathew got out of hand after Phil was gone
The show was still good with Jon Lovitz, but damn, just not the same. Plus, you're always thinking about losing Phil Hartman.
No, what killed this show was FRIENDS replacing it in the schedule it had, which was getting it the viewers it need to survive. It moved to another night, it lost its viewers, nothing could save it.
Used to watch this show after coming back from school in virginia tech. My room mate used to record this. What an awesome time circa 1996
One my all time favorite sitcoms. I truly wonder how long it would have stayed on air if Phil Hartman was still with us.
i died during this scene. This was the first time i laughed REALLY hard at a tv show.
This show provided belly laughs a plenty. It was simplicity in its finest form.
My Daddy & I were laughing tears when Dave & Bill the jumped on Matthew because of their vice withdraws, I had never seen my Daddy laugh that hard before, what an awesome show.
Very few things are better than the sound of a dad laughing his ass off!
I still say "Chock full of nuts? They should say it's chock full of flavor."
I have seen this fragment 17 million times, and it still cracks me up.
I still love it when Bill gets back from the hospital after od'ing on the nicotine patch - "And I didn't know you weren't supposed to ware them all at once. I had them around my middle, like a belt."
Phil, you are a legend. I hope you're making everyone in heaven laughing just as hard as you made us. We love you Phil.
Hartman deserved an Emmy just for this 90 secs. I can’t imagine how many times they had to do this scene before they got it - if I’d been Andy Dick I wouldn’t have been able to keep from laughing repeatedly.
The funniest show from the 90's. This was a great episode. My other favorite was where Dave hid his walking cane. Lmao. Makes me laugh even now.
One of the funniest scenes to ever be on TV! :-)
I just finally started looking for clips of this show on here a day or so ago and hit this scene and I remembered it back then, but seeing it again has me in stitches, with Bill and Dave both going after Matthew like that. God, that was funny. I could wake up every morning to this and never have a bad day again.
I went to sleep last night laughing at this scene.
This is truly one of the funniest moments in television history.
Phil, I couldn't leave a comment here about Chris without remembering you. Your humor, quick wit, timing, talent, intelligence and love of performing put you in the class of the Comic Genius. Many can be funny, but few rise to your level. Your presence here lives on.
these two were the perfect comedy duo.
Phil Hartman was truly one of the greats.
We were robbed of him to early😢😖
Phil Hartman and Bob Odenkirk are the absolute masters at funny outrage. Gets me everytime!
I remember a scene in this episode where Phill Hartmans character is walking around spitting tobacco into a coffee pot. This was easily the best episode in the series
"BUT NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!"
You can see Bill McNeal inhaling before he goes off. This show will always be my favorite.
Phil Hartman, one of the best. Rest In Peace.
Just added this to a playlist. I used to have this episode on VHS when I was a kid. I would play this scene over and over with laughter! THANK YOU for posting!
My all-time favorite comedy TV show!
of all newsradio moments this is the most memorable to me
Not only was he hilarious, he was a very nice man. The world is much poorer without him.
I laugh just as hard each time. Been in Dave's shoes before with no coffee. I know what that's like.
I don't know if I've ever laughed harder then when Phil says "Chock full of nuts? They should call it chock full of flavor!"
That line in this episode is why I became a Chock full o'Nuts drinker!
ROFL... oh man this show brings back good times.. good times.. if only we still had Phil Hartman around.. what an actor/comedian...
I know. He'd be in his 70s now, but still making us die of laughter.
Lousy way it all ended for him.
laughed so hard I cried...than watched it again and again while whipping my tears.
The funniest scene in TV history.
Thank you so much, this was just the scene I was looking for.
Gotta love it...
^^
Newsradio was the best..
Phil Hartman was big part of the best
R.I.P dear Phil
he's also a voice acting genius on The Simpsons.
The way Phil elevates in an instant from extreme irritation to rage is one of those flawless moments in comedic delivery
good times, good times - Bill" McNeal
Phil is so missed....... One of the best at the time and could have been one of the greatest..... RIP...... Forgot how funny that scene was.
With what he did on SNL, he is considered one of the greatest of all time.
He's one of the greatest, without a doubt.
As someone said in another OP, his work on the Simpsons is also not to be missed. Between that, SNL, and his best long-running character ever, Bill McNeal on Newsradio... He is indeed one of the greatest. And I would say THE greatest of the 1990s, bar none.
I sure miss Newsradio and Phil Hartman! R.I.P. God bless you Phil
0:13 I'm smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee while I'm watching this
Could he be act more angry?!! LMFAO!!
Funniest funniest scene ever! My hubby and I watch this repeatedly when we wanna laugh! The ending is THE BEST!!!!!!!!
The last 10 seconds of that scene is the funniest thing I've ever seen. Since it originally aired I could watch it over and over and still bust-out laughing EVERY... SINGLE... TIME. 😂
As I just mentioned to a friend, watching this scene and busting-out laughing is like when the doctor taps your knee with a rubber mallet and your leg jerks. If you can watch it and not lose it, you're dead inside. I've watched it 50-100 times and it never gets old.
great show, great actor, great comedy.
Ooh my goodness...I remember watching this and almost choking on my drink. Still makes me laugh to this day...
I watched this episode when it was brand new 'cause there was nothing else on and I wasn't really all that impressed with the show... and then Phil lost his shit in this scene and changed my mind for me.
Phil Hartman had a lot of talent
to me in similar but different fashion newsradio and spin city were both some of the greatest sitcoms of the 90s and were somewhat alike being that they both had a all star talented cast that later sunk due to certain losses to their cast members that really made the shows suffer to the brink of being cancelled too soon.
The 90s really was the last truly great decade for sitcoms: Newsradio, Frasier, Martin, Seinfeld, Roseanne, Home Improvement, Fresh Prince, Everybody Loves Raymond, Friends, Spin City, The Steve Harvey Show, The Simpsons,Living Single, Full House, Family Matters, Just Shoot Me etc. Were dominating the small screen ratings wise and culturally. After this reality shows took over and it hasn't been the same since with only a few good ones popping up now and then.
Maybe what we need is an anti WHINNING ordinance!!
That statement is more relevant in 2020 than even back then 🤣🤣😂
This show was sooooo funny!
classic thats 1 of my fav skits from the show maybe num 1
The smoking episode is my favorite. Miss Phil Hartman he was so funny. Steve Colbert looks alike him.
Please Colbert wishes he was Phil's level of comic genius.
Colbert couldn't joke his way out of a paper bag. Not fit to even be mentioned in the same breath as Phil. And Phil was a true nice guy. Colbert is an angry sell-out. But I'd be angry too if I had zero talent.@@kendallrivers1119
This is the funniest scene from this series 😂😂😂
FANTASTIC!!!
I love how Phil Hartman can be sweet as a angel to be a scary ass person less than a second
This show was so good.
My #1 favorite scene in the entire series.
R.I.P. Phil Hartman (1949-1998)
Phil Hartman's performances are so Bryan Cranston-esque.
I think it's the opposite.
It's funny because I always thought Hartman would have pulled off being Walter White despite being 10 years older than Cranston.
That's actually a pretty good comparison. They are both seasoned actors who can play easily absurd characters as if they were real.
How dare you
You mean Bryan Cranston’s performances are so phil Hartmanesque
Damn I miss this show!
I randomly thought of "chock full of nuts? they should call it chock full of flavour" yesterday and here it is on my recommendations
this is one of my favorite scenes
1:05 best scene with Bill and Dave ever!!!
In the Top 3 comedies of all time easily!
What a great show!!!
love this show!
Classic scene. Good post.
when i got the season 1/2 DVD box set everytime i watch this scene i would and still have to keep rewinding this scene multiple, multiple times. Phil Hartman is a fuckin genius one of the funniest people of all time. RIP Phil Hartman
This was my favorite moment from season 1
Phil was a handsome guy!
Probably one of my favorite Phil Dave Matthew scenes
The absolute funniest of Phil Hartman on this show!.... LOL!!!!
Un gran actor
this is one of my top reasons why I wish I lived in the 90's. basic cable, great talent...
shame that i was born into a generation where "swag" and "yolo" exist in nauseating harmony.
It was even more basic, since this was on broadcast tv, not cable. A&E had rerun rights to this.
lol......man, bill was one heck of a character.....like he would switch from calm to crazy, to calm to crazy agaian!! LOOLOLOL
BEST SCENE EVER!!!
Someone get this on Netflix!!!!!
It's on roku for free. There's more in the world than Netflix. Free things
sgillman16 who is Roku? Does he have Netflix?
@@niners5time822 are you joking or really dumb?
Roku is a free movie/TV streaming service. Just go to the website and watch what you want.
There is also Vudu and Crackle.
There's a King of the Hill episode where Vicki Lewis, Maura Tierney, and Andy Dick all have guest spots.
Luncheon at the Waldorf, that was one of my favorites
I miss Phil so much!!! He was the BEST! :(
That was hillarious!
The world was just better with Phil.
And Bernie Mac.
Its a good thing Phil Hartman's heart didnt explode during this scene
Probably my fav scene from this show. LM*AO
I laugh every single time
I just finished my cigarette before watching this and its the first time in my life i watch this 😳😳
Huh. I know the Hell on Earth that is withdrawal... You know, I really was convinced that Phil Hartman was a puffer. A chain-puffer, even. But... he came clean on "The Letterman Show" that he never really smoked at all. Those things are probably filled with lettuce or something.
Huh. What an actor. He really did convince me...
Dane Youssef According to Joe Rogan, Phil smoked weed...
Loved Phil Hartman on this show! Also loved him on the Simpsons! R.I.P Phil Hartman.
Make GOD laugh.
same for me, haha, I keep rewatching it.
Brynn Hartman was extremely selfish and I can not believe she killed Phil Hartman
They released the entire series for pretty cheap in one package but word is, there are no cases, they just ship you the discs packaged in cardboard. I had already bought them all individually anyway. Yep. Even season 5.