The 50 Specials Of Christmas - "News Radio"
"You heard me, Bill McNeil, I'm going to murder you with my bare hands you useless lump of garbage."
"You're a dead man."
NewsRadio was always one of the smarter sitcoms of its day. So seeing it do it up in the Christmas spirit is extremely pleasing.
Although there's no solid A-story - rather, a series of Christmas-y sketches that tie together in a NewsRadio fashion - each bit is extremely funny. They also allow the episode to run the gamut of Christmas comedy. From the unwelcome gift to the bad Santa Claus, each bit expertly covers a topic that takes most specials triple the time to handle.
There are even a fair amount of unexpected moments, something rare in this saccharine genre. The ending of Andy Dick's storyline is as funny as it is jolly - a clever reverse on the old "be thankful for your gift" Christmas cliche. And seeing Phil Hartman suffer under the gaze of an angry Santa is worth a dozen Rudolphs.
"You're a dead man."
NewsRadio was always one of the smarter sitcoms of its day. So seeing it do it up in the Christmas spirit is extremely pleasing.
Although there's no solid A-story - rather, a series of Christmas-y sketches that tie together in a NewsRadio fashion - each bit is extremely funny. They also allow the episode to run the gamut of Christmas comedy. From the unwelcome gift to the bad Santa Claus, each bit expertly covers a topic that takes most specials triple the time to handle.
There are even a fair amount of unexpected moments, something rare in this saccharine genre. The ending of Andy Dick's storyline is as funny as it is jolly - a clever reverse on the old "be thankful for your gift" Christmas cliche. And seeing Phil Hartman suffer under the gaze of an angry Santa is worth a dozen Rudolphs.
posted by Mike Drucker at
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