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Freakzilla · 05-23-2000, 02:15 PM

What are your opinions about the last season? Also, what are your opinions about Jon Lovitz taking over for Phil Hartman?

05-27-2000, 09:58 PM

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Originally posted by Freakzilla:
What are your opinions about the last season? Also, what are your opinions about Jon Lovitz taking over for Phil Hartman?

Freakzilla · 06-02-2000, 03:21 PM

What is your opinion about this?

silentbri · 06-22-2000, 02:13 PM

I missed half of Phil Hartman's final season, and almost all of the final season (due to a crappy swing-shift job I had to take at the time). I'm just now getting to see them for the first time in syndication, and so far I am enjoying the Johnny Johnson character... he's EVIL!!! However, John Lovitz is to a sitcom what black clothes and Depeche Mode albums are to a teenager... a sure sign that there is about to be a suicide. The man is allowed to have walk on spots, but he should really stay away from main characters... he's just too annoying to take on a weekly basis!

04-16-2001, 04:10 PM

Lets just say this, it could have been alot worse. Thank god...Johnny Johnson saved the season, but the marraige between Johnny and Lisa was a little...err....dumb, far-fetched, strange, pure evil, etc., etc..

april75 · 05-24-2001, 01:45 AM

They should have just either not bothered to have somoen replace him or just taken the show off the air by the was did anyone see Khandi Alexnader in the series on HBO called the corner?

SitcomFan · 08-09-2001, 03:03 AM

I read somewhere Andy Dick wanted to leave when Jon Lovitz joined the show because he didnt want him on there. IM A HUGE FAN OF NEWSRADIO

NEWSRADIO RULES
DAVE FOLEY
PHIL HARTMAN (MAY HE REST IN PEACE)
VICKI LEWIS
MAURA TIERNEY
ANDY DICK
KHANDI ALEXANDER
JOE ROGAN
STEPHEN ROOT

delphium · 08-28-2001, 05:54 PM

I thought the last season was alright... c'mon, it was still News Radio.

Also, without Max Lewis, we would have never heard Lisa's Boston accent (one of my fave Lisa episodes).

Roz ules · 08-31-2001, 04:11 PM

Usually when soeone is replaced with a different character, there is a tendency to compare him to the old one instead of judging on his own merits. Max Lewis was a good and funny character, and the show was just as odd and good as it had been in the past. (maybe a ittle more so)

moofomoo · 09-05-2001, 11:46 AM

I had a major problem with Jon Lovitz taking over for Phil Hartman especially since he was in the show TWICE before as an extra character. When Bill was sent to the mental institute, he was the guy with the cigarettes, and when there was a guy on a ledge threatening to commit suicide-Bill talked down..........John Lovitz! Of COURSE on the resume for Max Lewis there was a listing of Bill as a reference...they'd met on the show twice!

As for Johnny Johnson, yeah he was evil, but he was a big lug of evil, so I didn't care for him too much. It DID move the show along though, so that works. I think it looked like they needed something else because the show went downhill after Phil died.

**Gracie**

Beth: Finally someone opened their window and yelled down "Shut the hell up you crazy b*tch."
Matthew(?): That's just what Bill would have done...

Chocoholic · 10-03-2001, 12:10 AM

I didn't really care for the last season of NewsRadio, but I still thought it was funnier than a lot of the other sitcoms currently on NBC.

11-24-2001, 11:42 PM

Yeah, I totally hated when Jon Lovitz came. I don't really like him as an actor. It seems like he's always the same guy anyways. This creepy, wierd freak, like that dude he played in the wedding singer. And I think that they should not have replaced Bill with anybody after the tragaty. I mean, Max just had huge shoes to fill and he couldn't pull it off.

Adamantium · 10-30-2002, 01:45 AM

I still liked the show in the fifth season, I just missed Bill and always wondered what he would do if he were alive. If Bill would have fallen under Johnny Johnson's evil spell like the rest of the staff-minus Dave-did. Or if Bill would have been persuaded to leave WNYX for New Hampshire.

I personally would not have picked Jon Lovitz to join the show, but it did feel good that he was a friend of Phil Hartman's. He seemed like a friend of the families. I'm not going to bash Max Louis, because there were times when I liked him.

To me, Matthew and sometimes Joe carried the show in the last year. I loved Matthew when he wore the same sweater as Lisa. And Joe was alot funnier than he was in the first season.

nimrod_86 · 11-15-2002, 05:46 PM

I didn't like the last season, the D.B. Cooper episodes were the last funny ones.

TelevisionQueen · 11-16-2002, 10:38 PM

AH! That is so true, I hated Max, but we never would have heard Lisa's accent, that was one of my favorite episodes also! UP YOU'S YA LOOZA!

D.B. Cooper = DOOBIE KEEBLER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Those were funny funny episodes too!

05-23-2000, 02:15 PM	#1
Freakzilla Member Forum Regular Join Date: May 23, 2000 Location: Portage, Michigan, United States Posts: 556	The 5th season and Jon Lovitz What are your opinions about the last season? Also, what are your opinions about Jon Lovitz taking over for Phil Hartman?

04-16-2001, 04:10 PM	#5
Goob Guest Posts: n/a	Lets just say this, it could have been alot worse. Thank god...Johnny Johnson saved the season, but the marraige between Johnny and Lisa was a little...err....dumb, far-fetched, strange, pure evil, etc., etc..
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11-24-2001, 11:42 PM	#12
heather_blaine Guest Posts: n/a	Yeah, I totally hated when Jon Lovitz came. I don't really like him as an actor. It seems like he's always the same guy anyways. This creepy, wierd freak, like that dude he played in the wedding singer. And I think that they should not have replaced Bill with anybody after the tragaty. I mean, Max just had huge shoes to fill and he couldn't pull it off.
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11-15-2002, 05:46 PM	#14
nimrod_86 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 11, 2002 Posts: 196	I didn't like the last season, the D.B. Cooper episodes were the last funny ones.
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11-16-2002, 10:38 PM	#15
TelevisionQueen Just like his Dad Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 10, 2002 Location: Drooling over my small collection of Jason Ritter pictures...what a hunk! Posts: 338	AH! That is so true, I hated Max, but we never would have heard Lisa's accent, that was one of my favorite episodes also! UP YOU'S YA LOOZA! D.B. Cooper = DOOBIE KEEBLER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Those were funny funny episodes too!
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06-02-2000, 03:21 PM	#3
Freakzilla Member Forum Regular Join Date: May 23, 2000 Location: Portage, Michigan, United States Posts: 556	What is your opinion about this?

06-22-2000, 02:13 PM	#4
silentbri Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 20, 2000 Location: Lynnwood, WA, in the good ol' US of A Posts: 399	I missed half of Phil Hartman's final season, and almost all of the final season (due to a crappy swing-shift job I had to take at the time). I'm just now getting to see them for the first time in syndication, and so far I am enjoying the Johnny Johnson character... he's EVIL!!! However, John Lovitz is to a sitcom what black clothes and Depeche Mode albums are to a teenager... a sure sign that there is about to be a suicide. The man is allowed to have walk on spots, but he should really stay away from main characters... he's just too annoying to take on a weekly basis!

05-24-2001, 01:45 AM	#6
april75 Member Forum Hawk Join Date: May 24, 2001 Location: Linden.NJ USA Posts: 4	They should have just either not bothered to have somoen replace him or just taken the show off the air by the was did anyone see Khandi Alexnader in the series on HBO called the corner?

08-09-2001, 03:03 AM	#7
SitcomFan Bonnie Hunt Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 16, 2001 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 286	I read somewhere Andy Dick wanted to leave when Jon Lovitz joined the show because he didnt want him on there. IM A HUGE FAN OF NEWSRADIO NEWSRADIO RULES DAVE FOLEY PHIL HARTMAN (MAY HE REST IN PEACE) VICKI LEWIS MAURA TIERNEY ANDY DICK KHANDI ALEXANDER JOE ROGAN STEPHEN ROOT

08-28-2001, 05:54 PM	#8
delphium Member Forum Cub Join Date: Aug 28, 2001 Posts: 2	I thought the last season was alright... c'mon, it was still News Radio. Also, without Max Lewis, we would have never heard Lisa's Boston accent (one of my fave Lisa episodes).

08-31-2001, 04:11 PM	#9
Roz ules Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 23, 2001 Location: Richmond, Virginia, USA Posts: 28	Usually when soeone is replaced with a different character, there is a tendency to compare him to the old one instead of judging on his own merits. Max Lewis was a good and funny character, and the show was just as odd and good as it had been in the past. (maybe a ittle more so)

09-05-2001, 11:46 AM	#10
moofomoo #1 Hans Conried fan Forum Regular Join Date: Aug 29, 2001 Location: land of Liberty and Justice for ALL...you got a problem with that? Posts: 770	I had a major problem with Jon Lovitz taking over for Phil Hartman especially since he was in the show TWICE before as an extra character. When Bill was sent to the mental institute, he was the guy with the cigarettes, and when there was a guy on a ledge threatening to commit suicide-Bill talked down..........John Lovitz! Of COURSE on the resume for Max Lewis there was a listing of Bill as a reference...they'd met on the show twice! As for Johnny Johnson, yeah he was evil, but he was a big lug of evil, so I didn't care for him too much. It DID move the show along though, so that works. I think it looked like they needed something else because the show went downhill after Phil died. Gracie Beth: Finally someone opened their window and yelled down "Shut the hell up you crazy b*tch." Matthew(?): That's just what Bill would have done...

10-03-2001, 12:10 AM	#11
Chocoholic Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 01, 2000 Location: Between a rock and a hard place. Posts: 11,235	I didn't really care for the last season of NewsRadio, but I still thought it was funnier than a lot of the other sitcoms currently on NBC.

10-30-2002, 01:45 AM	#13
Adamantium TVAdam No More Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 11, 2002 Location: Springfield, Ohio Posts: 7,840	I still liked the show in the fifth season, I just missed Bill and always wondered what he would do if he were alive. If Bill would have fallen under Johnny Johnson's evil spell like the rest of the staff-minus Dave-did. Or if Bill would have been persuaded to leave WNYX for New Hampshire. I personally would not have picked Jon Lovitz to join the show, but it did feel good that he was a friend of Phil Hartman's. He seemed like a friend of the families. I'm not going to bash Max Louis, because there were times when I liked him. To me, Matthew and sometimes Joe carried the show in the last year. I loved Matthew when he wore the same sweater as Lisa. And Joe was alot funnier than he was in the first season.