the real deal with bill mcneal

clifford || he/him !!!

[genderkoolaid]

blog too stressful as of late so fun question time: what fictional characters have made you go "they are canonically transmasc even if its not canon. i know because they told me personally. the writers dont know them like i do"

[almost-correct-quotes]

bill mcneil from newsradio (underrated 90s sitcom)

birth name he doesn't like is evelyn, he calls being depicted as a woman being "robbed of my gender"

tell me i'm wrong :3

[bill-mcneal]

the most correct take on the character !!! phil would be proud !!

[devilsnarl]

And why is no one choosing to discuss how easily the Omegaverse fits into Newsradio?

[almost-correct-quotes]

newsradio was the show of all time. dave foley from kids in the hall is the wettest most pathetic wisconsin cat who just wants his girlfriend to be mean to him and his employees to do their jobs. they got bored of naming episodes and just named them after led zeppelin albums for a while. the writers just started taking stories from their real lives. phil hartman plays the most transcoded vitriolic asshole of all time and he's iconic. andy dick is. there. joe rogan is somehow the most famous cast member now

[saveferris]

vroom!

[lacking-artdration]

bad newsradio episode doodles

[whenimmeimme]

PBBLBLNB sorry if this is a bad format to post images but I finally mustered to courage to ask my sibling for permission to share some of their fanart

Was going through my phone (which is chock full of various art that my sib did) and picked out some favorite newsradio tidbits. They're a couple years old at least but still bring me joy daily @/soop_or_salad is the insta

Episodes referenced: 5.5 Flowers for Matthew, 3.2 Review, 5.19 Padded Suit

Alt text inbound (also still learning how alt text works)

Anyway if anyone else was starved for newsradio content then here u go

[saveferris]

nineties situational comedy

[bill-mcneal]

//I’ve been a Phil Hartman/Bill McNeal kick and rewatching NewsRadio and I just found your blog…. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!

THANK U OMG FEEL FREE TO DM BTW because i love phil and always adore talking about his content,, my hyperfixation,, or moreso special interest in him ended but i still know all about him and love him so much,, he's one of my favorite people,, it always warms my heart when fans reach to me to talk with them abt him,, i love that man dearly,, <333 thank u so much <33

[bill-mcneal]

oh! new addition! dave and lisa argue over his hypothetical americana drag persona based on lady liberty. lisa maintains its practically sacrilegious since he is canadian, dave thinks its cute and patriotic.

THIS !!!! this forever !!!! such a real conversation between them,, canon practically !!!

dave is sucha cutie fr !!! kasbfkjsabfk

[bill-mcneal]

sorry to invade your inbox, i just have newsradio thoughts and ummmm. it's small tumblr community. 💗 i just think dave discovers he likes drag after the halloween episode. also dave crossdressing is lisa's bi awakening. also someone from the station sees them together while dave is crossdressing and lisa cheating allegations go wild. rumors abt lisa's stunning secret girlfriend run absolutely rampant in the office, and dave thinks it's hilarious until lisa gets too exasperated over it and convinces him to come clean. so then he tells everyone it was him, and no one believes him :/ and thinks he's too embarrassed to admit he lost lisa to such a sexy lady.

i absolutely love this !!! i definitely agree that dave enjoys doing drag,, i think that it's a great edition to his character !!! ALSO OMG it's like an episode,, so real,, i bet dave would get teased by bill for "turning lisa gay" as if she wasn't already bisexual before,, lmao,, (and who is he to talk),,

i actually love the hc that dave experiments with his gender expression,,

[bill-mcneal]

i try to be good hard worker man but refridgemater so messy so so messy

jimmy has to give that man a raise for the people he puts up with

[puppiedawgbowl]

newsradio headcanon: they are all gay and autistic

[bill-mcneal]

so i made bill mcneal a pokemon team,, except he doesn't use them to battle,,, tehy are just his friends he decided to catch cause he wanted them,, :O)

[chadnevett]

Started rewatching NewsRadio. My only real thought is that every scene with just Dave Foley and Phil Hartman is better than every scene that isn’t the two of them. They could have made that show just them and it still would have been hilarious.

[eitheror1997]

*tv critic who hated nbc sitcoms that aired in the 90s voice*: mad about you? more like... bad about you. seinfeld? don't you mean... shitfeld. newsradio? makes me want to... snoozeradio. just shoot me? exactly!

[havemanymonkeys]

the crack of the crowd!

[puppiedawgbowl]

slug reacts to: gay people