The Newz

I've seen the other shows like this, SNL, MadTV, etc, but this was the best while it lasted. I check YouTube weekly to see if anyone has upload an new clips from it. My favorite feature was Tommy Blaze doing the news, and my favorite skit was the Sesame Street muppet political skit. I think Bert had received the nomination and Ernie was begging him for a job in his administration, but Bert had since distanced himself from the cookie and milk addict and was trying to brush him off. It was truly hilarious.

I don't know why the producers don't put the shows on a DVD. I'd pay 20 bucks for it, and I'm cheap.

Nearing 15 years later and I CAN remember many of the skits and shorts. The movie shorts by Shawn Alex Thompson were brilliant, My Beautiful Cigarette(might be My Lovely Cigarette) and Patterns were my favorites! Sketches like the Sesame Street parodies, Oopsy Digit, The Association for Apathy, Hooked on Phonics, not to mention Tommy Blaze's rants, were sooo good. Wish I could find the complete series to purchase!! It was on at one o'clock in the morning on what was then The WB-channel 11. I didn't and don't understand why that time slot. I think that is why this show didn't make it, because The Newz was as good as Kids in the Hall and much better than Saturday Night Live.

... at least for us in Greece. As I see from the previous reviewer, the same gags and sketches were done on Saturday Night Live and Kids In The Hall. Guess what, here we haven't seen a single episode of these. So it was an extremely fresh and original comic series! I also thought the actors were very talented!

I personally looked forward to each episode of this show, and enjoyed both the cast and the writing. The Newz kept getting bumped out by coverage of the OJ Simpson trial, which lasted for so long that "The Newz" never was able to recover. What would it cost the owners to publish this and try to collect a few bucks from nostalgic fans like myself? Liked Mystro and the rest of the cast. This show was better than the SNL episodes that aired during the same time period. I am wondering why I have to fill up ten lines when clearly no one else's post was close to ten lines long. This particular topic begs to be alone. Court is adjourned!

I don't know where the uppity reviewers come from but this show had some of the best comedy sketches ever. My personal favorite is the other Sesame Street characters trying to get Bert a date and introducing him to Oscarina at the bar. If someone pays attention to any comedy show, they will find more than half of the sketches are not funny, even the great Monty Python. The NEWZ was at least that funny and almost that irreverent. It was a pleasure to see Brad Sherwood again on TV. It reminder me of how much I liked the NEWZ. Like all the videos on the web about the show. Wish the Sesame Street parodies were on line. Agree that it would be nice to buy a best of DVD. Or even a set.