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July Edition

This one is the 7th episode and was first broadcast in July, 1983. "The Big News" is a sketch with Audrie Neenan as Jacqueline Pennell experiencing constant sound problems. She tries to talk to Zbigniew Brzezinski, Ted Kennedy and Bob Charles (Stuart Pankin), and nobody can hear her. There's also some beach comedy on this episode, Tip O'Neill "Record Album" offer. Most notably, the Ronald Regan B-Movie western "Tennessee's Partner" (1955) appears twice on the episode; The first time, Rich Hall overdubs a dirty old gold prospector while Reagan's dialogue is left alone, and later, Audrie Neenan overdubs Rhonda Fleming and doing her last line in the scene verbatim. All the while, Ronnie's dialogue is left alone and he is made to look like a hilarious villain. FOOTNOTE: The music playing when the ATM machine grows legs and runs away is "I Know A Little" by Lynyrd Skynyrd, from their 1977 album "Street Survivors."

English
  • Originally Aired July 14, 1983
  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Production Code B14
  • Network HBO
  • Created November 9, 2006 by
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  • Modified April 12, 2023 by
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