NewsRadio#9-Goofy Ball

Joe, who mistakenly thinks that Dave needs a date, introduces him to several beautiful models that are in the building for a photo shoot. Meanwhile, Bill worries that a stalker is after him and Jimmy introduces the staff to the "goofy ball."

Dennis Miller was cast as the stalker because he was a client of Brillstein-Grey, which managed Phil Hartman's career.

Dennis Miller is the third SNL alumni to be on this show. Dennis worked with Phil Hartman for 5 seasons back in his Saturday Night Live days. Unfortunately, nowadays Miller is a conservative talking head for the GOP.

New scenery added; the coffee room. In the pilot, that room was the production room.

Stalker: Now where was I? Oh right, the note in Vince Foster's briefcase.
Vince Foster served as White House counsel during the Clinton administration. He was found shot dead in a park in Washington D.C. in 1993. He had a single gunshot wound to the head and a note in his briefcase that was either a resignation letter or a suicide note depending on whom you ask. His death was ruled a suicide but some conspiracy theorists insist he was murdered because he knew too much damaging information about the Clinton's.

Dave: I don't think people are scrutinizing us as much as you imagine.
Lisa: I'm sure that's what the Rosenberg's said.
Julius Rosenberg and his wife Ethel were executed in 1953 after having been convicted of spying for the Soviet Union. The extent of their espionage has been disputed in recent years. Some people think their death sentences were too harsh and that the government may have been influenced by anti-semitism and anti-Communist paranoia.

Jimmy: Don't mess with a man with a Wayback Machine, Dave.
The Wayback Machine is a time machine and was a feature of Peabody's Improbable History, a regular segment of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle. Mister Peabody was a hyper-intelligent dog who would take his boy Sherman on trips to historically significant incidents from the past in order to educate him. They always ended up having to restore history to its proper course. Interestingly, in the very first episode, Mr. Peabody built a Wayback Machine that took travelers to a factually accurate past, but both Peabody and Sherman found this dull so they rebuilt the Machine to take them to a much more entertaining past inhabited by idiot versions of historic figures.

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[harliette]

Beth is infuriated on couch!☺

[DeathlyHurtt]

I would time the goofy ball n see how long it takes n win every time!

[DeathlyHurtt]

Lisa is a good actress I have to telling myself she was Maggie on northern exposure!

[existenceisrelative]

@deadyrockspin Ha ha, you said "cunt". That's a ruder name for an internal reverse albino slug.

[deadyrockspin]

Lisa was kind of being a cunt in my book.