NewsRadio (TV Series)

No, This Is Not Based Entirely on Julie's Life (1995)

Phil Hartman: Bill McNeal

Quotes 

• Dave : That's all for this morning meeting, unless anyone has anything they like to say.

  Catherine Duke : I do. Today would have been Mahatma Gandhi's birthday, and I think than, in his honor, we should all observe a moment of silence.

  [Everyone bows their head] 

  Bill McNeal : Mahatma who?

  Catherine Duke : Mahatma Gandhi.

  [pause] 

  Bill McNeal : A great man.

  Catherine Duke : Shut up. It's supposed to be a moment of silence.

  [pause] 

  Bill McNeal : Sorry.

  Catherine Duke : Well, thanks for everything. We'll try it again next year.

  Matthew Brock : I bet if we lived in India, we'd get like a three-day weekend or something.

  Bill McNeal : I think we should also have a moment of silence for Ben Kingsley, who, as we all know, played Gandhi in the movie of the same name.

  Catherine Duke : Ben Kingsley's not dead.

  Bill McNeal : No, but he's a hell of an actor, isn't he?

• Beth : Bill, what do you think of this photo?

  Bill McNeal : Who is that?

  Beth : Oh, it's a friend of mine who's doing a thesis at NYU. It's a fine arts program.

  Bill McNeal : Uh huh. Well, it's an interesting commentary on the objectification of the female form, and of course the masks women are forced to wear in our society. If I were the NEA, I'd give her five, six grand.

  Beth : Well, Bill, do you think it's sexy?

  Bill McNeal : Well I don't think that's really germain to a discussion of the statement the artist is trying to make.

  Beth : Thank you, Bill.

  [walks over to Matthew] 

  Bill McNeal : Beth's showing nudie photos of herself with a paper bag over her head. Check it out.