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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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Episode 1 - Marathon
Release Date: 1985-01-01Rich runs the New York marathon and wins. But is stripped of the title becuase of false rumors about steriod addiction. He must find out who framed him.
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Episode 2 - The Guy from Elecko
Release Date: 1985-01-08A foreign man gets a job in the studio, and as usual, he seduces the female members of the staff.
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Episode 3 - Le Boob
Release Date: 1985-01-15Rich goes on a hunt for the world's largest breasts. Searching London, Paris, and Los Angeles. Our newscasters follow him and chase the story.
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Episode 4 - Le Boob Part 2
Release Date: 1985-01-22Rich continues his search for the world largest breasts. Taking him to Hong Kong and Brazil. He finds that his co-star, Annabelle, is the winner of the contest.
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Episode 5 - Annabelle and Rich Go Down Under
Release Date: 1985-01-29While in Autrailia, Annabelle and Michael suffer romantic obsession and jealousy before Rich comes and ruins everything by gettting tangled up with the mob.
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Episode 6 - Tales of 3
Release Date: 1985-02-053 short stories 1} ""The Quickining"" It is shown to us what would happen if everything in life were sped up 90% 2} ""Robotican"" Rich gets a robotic arm and it begins to take controll of his life 3} ""Leprechan"" The Studio is visited by 3 Leprechans
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Episode 7 - Brother and Mother
Release Date: 1985-02-12Stuart's brother comes to the studio and falls in love with Annablle.
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Episode 8 - The Pope
Release Date: 1985-03-04Our studio gets a very very speical visit from the pope himself.
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Episode 9 - Fight Club
Release Date: 1985-03-11Stuart and Rich institute an infamous studio fight club.
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Episode 10 - Not Necessarily the News: America
Release Date: 1985-05-31An hour long speical celerating the best moments of the show.
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Episode 11 - Hot Noise
Release Date: 1985-03-18The entire staff is ordered to undergo a sexaholics class.