FRASIER vs. NEWSRADIO

Iirc, Andy Dick played some part in recovering addict Brynn Hartman going off the wagon and ultimately killing Phil.

That allegation is why Jon Lobito beat the shit out of Andy Dick

Lol LOVITZ, thanks phone

"I see now, that the title of the book is... Macho Business Donkey Wrestler. I had it translated into Japanese and back into English..."

Frasier is faster, louder, more flamboyantly stylized than Newsradio: frequently calculated to farcical peaks, with doors slamming and people running around yelling, repartee and punchlines, but also w room for romantic, sentimental xp "serious" passages, incl. some resolutions--in that way deviating from otherwise somewhat Sienfeldian approach, the basic rule of which is "No learning, no group hugs"---still works in a screwball comedy-romance way, even though Frasier is huffnpuff express, not like William Powell's cruise control.
NewsRadio's characters get flustered and all, but never as fast and loud as Frazier (which is more like atage comedy, the kind of play that might have been [at least hoping to be] the basis for a William Powell etc. flick). The players, who all seem like sketch comedy company vets, as Foley and Root and Hartman and maybe others were, know when and how to draw it in a little, not overemphasizing the Funny part, cos all funny enough to get by, Not brittle-edgy like Seinfeld, but closer to it in terms of going for pure comedy than Frasier's many and sometimes too many nods to plush mush (while still making title character the butt of well-earned joeks before and after the sentiments)

Both are maybe a little tedious sometimes? Haven't seen NewsRadio and a while, but Frasier's on late nights Hallmark Channel or something close to that on the grid, so one of my housemates has it on fairly often

maura tierney tho

She would still tip the scales to Newsradio, yeah pretty sure. Always seems truly disturbed by craziness, as Jane Leeves does not (always).

Leeves a tad more overtly professional/om the nose.

on the nose, no om about it

obv phil hartman is amazing in newsradio but i don't think i truly appreciated how great stephen root was in it too. incredible comedic performance.

andy dick and joe rogan are both terrible people in their own ways but at least dick is very funny in this show. rogan is just kind of flat and boring.

apparently vicki lewis was in a relationship with nick nolte for like 10 years

andy dick (was) a genuinely hilarious talented person at one time. sad/dark stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9IXNDBKKqo

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Damn, Mastodon...

Anyways, it was about this cursed set of images (which you probably shouldn't watch either):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAzbJXuzTFs