Today on Stu's Show! Your enthusiastic host Stu Shostak will be welcoming two fine actors who'll discuss their work on the popular series, Not Necessarily the News, as well as their impressive careers elsewhere. In the photo below, Danny Breen is the guy with the mustache. He's one of most respected comic actors and writers around, especially in the area of improv comedy. Stuart Pankin is the fellow in the lower left. He's also a well-respected performer…one of my favorite actors, in fact. (One of the most impressive stage performances I've ever seen was Pankin's in a production of City of Angels I saw back in 2006.)
And Not Necessarily the News was a darn good series that among other things, introduced to American television a lot of comic devices and an attitude towards political satire that you now routinely see on programs like The Daily Show and all the late night talk programs. It was a smart series that among many gestures of respect to the viewers actually presumed that most of them had read a newspaper. I haven't seen any of those episodes for years but I'll bet they hold up better than a lot of other "topical" programs of the time because the cast was genuinely funny.
You can tune in today and hear Breen and Pankin on Stu's Show, the flagship offering on Shokus Internet Radio. It all happens live at 4 PM Pacific Time, which is 7 PM if you live on the East Coast, 9 AM if you live in Tokyo, 1 AM if you live in Copenhagen, 3 AM in Moscow, etc. The show repeats throughout the week but you'll enjoy it more if you go to Stu's website, click in the appropriate place and listen live.