In NewsRadio that is. This post is for those who watched the show. I revisited the series on Netflix and I’m not sure I ever saw the first couple of episodes. In the second episode entitled “Inappropriate” the entire storyline is about the affair between Dave Nelson and Lisa Miller. That always surprises me a little because I thought Dave Foley who plays Dave Nelson was gay. I guess he’s just Canadian.

Lisa Miller played by Maura Tierney reminds me of Pam Beesley in The Office, if she weren’t so assertive. Pam Beesley by the way is played by Jenna Fischer. She may come off somewhat reserved in the series but in Blades of Glory she went seductive and looked pretty damn hot in some tight lingerie.

Back to Phil Hartman who played the arrogant Bill McNeal. On the sitcom he co-anchors the news with Catherine Duke, a very attractive but smart news lady who happens to be African American. She’s played by Khandi Alexander who you may now recognize as starring in CSI Miami. Bill takes both Dave Nelson and Lisa Miller aside at the end of the show to discuss why he’s not getting along with his co-anchor for the length of the episode.

Dave asks him what’s going on and Bill says that he and Catherine had an office romance several years back. Since then they’ve always been arguing and taking cheap shots at each other. I found that little tidbit wildly out of place with the nature of the characters.

Bill McNeal doing it with Catherine Duke is the most unlikely coupling since…well, Dave Nelson and Lisa Miller. But I guess, unlike sleeping with African American Men, once you “go black” you do go back–because men are dogs who want to sleep with every race out there.

I’ll keep watching the rest of the season. What I would have like to have seen is Phil Hartman kiss Khandi Alexander–to see how awkward it would have been. It’s hard to separate Phil Hartman’s schtick from his real persona. How a woman wouldn’t start busting up laughing while kissing him I’ll never know.

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