Newsradio was one of the meanest critically acclaimed show nobody (at least that I know anyone ) ever watched. It was a screwy, wacky sitcom where WNYX in New York met WKRP in Cincinnati which ran from 1995 to 1999 on NBC. One of the reasons, I think, why the show was special is how it really didn’t fit into a network “formula”. The producers of Newsradio stuck to their guns (by writing smart plots to navigate network demands) but eventually paid the price when it was finally canceled in 1999. Prior to this, it had its time slot moved a whopping 11 times. Not good if you want to garner a loyal audience.
The show wasn’t without a Canadian connection. Dave Foley of ‘Kids in the Hall’ and the late Phil Hartman (we miss you Lionel Hutz) were part of the original cast and one can detect a certain “Kids in the Hall-esque” influence and humor in a couple of episodes.
This particular hilarious clip is about Dave’s co-workers discovering his secret: That he was Canadian.
