The Newz

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.

The only thing I remember about this show is that they spelled the name wrong and it aired in the dead of night and basically passed by people because of this. Seriously, this thing was beaten by informcials and wasn't really that funny. The only thing this show really has to offer is a very esoteric time capsule about how sometimes low-budgeted shows were made and lasted for a long time in syndication and this came at the very end of that era. Maybe it had a funny sketch but a decade later I can't remember a funny thing about it.

Another the name is quite a misnomer. It had nothing to do with satire of the news but rather was a loose name to bind together a bunch of loose and very forgettable skits. SheTV was a lot more interesting and it only lasted six episodes.

This was one of the funniest sketch comedy shows ever. It's truly a shame that it was on so late at night and very few people ever even caught it or remember it. It's also a shame that it didn't last. It was always laugh out loud funny. Especially the "scratchy post" skit. I can't wait until someone puts this onto DVD!! Shaun Alex Thompson should seriously have went on to do SNL after the Newz was canceled. I will also never forget when he said that he had lyrics to the theme song, so he started to sing them and all they were was "It's theee Neeewz with Shaun Alex Thompsooon!!! It's the Newz with Shaaaun Aleex Thompsoon!!!...". All of the cast-members started walking up to him and complaining that the theme lyrics only mentioned him alone. That was hysterical. Oh yeah then there was this sketch where this guy had to do a stereotypical accent whenever he talked to people. What a great show!! Let's bring it back!! All the best shows die young!! "The News", "The Edge", "Late World with Zach", "Arrested Devolpment", "The George Carlin Show",and so on, and so on.

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.

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.