NewsRadio-E13/S2-Friends 1/3

Beth's old friend Sandi, is hired on as an office temp re-igniting a rivalry that causes problems for Matthew and Joe. Meanwhile, Bill runs afoul of some security guards who refuse to let him into the building after losing his ID card.

During the taping the audience couldn't see the scenes that took place in the hallway of WNYX.

Vicki Lewis had a hard time doing the singing frog monologue because it required her to do four different things at the same time.

The prop shredder was a nightmare because it wouldn't even shred paper.

The character of Lorenzo the security guard(Tone-Loc AKA Anthony Terrell Smith)was based after the real security guard at the studio who was also named Lorenzo. The slang "chippy chips" and "something to chomp on" came from the real Lorenzo the security guard.

Vicki Lewis and Bebe Neuwirth were co-stars in a Broadway revival of Chicago.

In this episode, Matthew claims he has "that Michael Jackson disease" meaning the chronic skin condition vitiligo.

Andy Dick mentions on the 3rd season's commentary that Joe Rogan actually has vitiligo and Vicki Lewis has the skin condition rosacea.

The Mona Lisa jacket that Beth wears, Vicki Lewis wore in real life. Also, some of the other pieces of Beth's wardrobe came out of Vicki Lewis' closet.

Beth: She's like a slutty version of that singing frog in that cartoon.
Beth is referring to Chuck Jones' classic Warner Brothers cartoon One Froggy Evening(1955.) The plot revolves around a frog who will magically and impressively sing and dance for his owner, but whenever anyone else is around he reverts to his normal, limp and unimpressive froggy self. The cartoon is considered to be one of the masterpieces of American animation and the frog himself went on to be adopted as the mascot of the WB network.

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[otbelite1]

Cheers has better ratings, more emmy's, and more viewers, and a bigger fan base then radio news

[apocalyptichybrid2]

So does Friends but I can't stand that show either. This is a Newsradio only channel, so if you have nothing good to say about it don't say anything at all.

[otbelite1]

bebe neuwirth looks amazing in this episode, thats the only reason I watched it is for Lilith

[apocalyptichybrid2]

Well hopefully you will watch other NewsRadio episodes as this sitcom kicks Cheers ass! lol

[TotallyAwesomeSocks]

thats not true! Cheers was amazing!

[apocalyptichybrid2]

I shouldn't have said "I can't stand that that show either." I'll admit, Cheers was better than Friends x100 and I watched and enjoyed the show over the years. But I rarely laughed out loud or related to specific situations like I do with NewsRadio and shows like Seinfeld, Married With Children, Malcolm In The Middle and Ect. It's all opinion really anyway.

[Efferts]

Oh wow, Lilith!!

She's.. hot! I remember her on Will & Grace, too.

[ziaublack]

@otbelite1 cheers suck it sucks it boring the humor is like not there everything cheers is sucks because it does not have depth like you because statistics doesn´t mean poo

[thanksforthemessdick]

@otbelite1 which only goes to show ,you'll never go broke appealing to the lowest common denominator.I.E.aaahyou.......

[dragonheadofthewest]

@otbelite1 YEA AND BACK IN THE DAY I MUST HAVE HAD GAY TENDENCIES EVEN DIANE SEEMED TO BE HOT IN CHEERST I DONT KNOW WHY

[dragonheadofthewest]

@otbelite1 BUT CHEERS ISNT THAT GOOD ONLY NORMAN ROCKS::: AND FRIENDS IS COMPLETLY GAY::::

[DocImpossible]

Oh my God, Lilith! She's so...loose! And...hot! And....loose!

[randomass20]

Love bebe

[xlerosx]

TONE LOOOOOOOC!!!!!

[xlerosx]

@apocalyptichybrid2

they were both good, clowns.

um, not friends.

[xlerosx]

@otbelite1

Your an idiot.