Like, News (partially found animated web series; 1999-2001)
Skeeter, the host of Like, News.
Status: Partially Found
Like, News is an American adult animated web series created by Don Asmussen. The show was produced for Mondo Mini Shows and released episodes regularly from 1999 to 2001. Episodes of the show were available to watch on various websites of the early 2000s including Shockwave, AltaVista, and Netscape.
Plot
Like News revolves around Skeeter, a laid back slacker teenage boy hosting his own public access show. The series is a parody of Nightline, where Skeeter torments and questions celebrities, political figures, and events. The exaggerated interviewee would typically discuss satirical topics relating to the character or share projects and campaigns.[1]
Availability
Episodes were available to download and watch on various websites during the early 2000s. As time went on however, episodes were removed including the official Mondo Mini Shows website where they were last available in 2012 alongside many other cartoons distributed by Mondo. Although an accessible page on The Washington Post still has many episodes available for viewing.[2] Eleven episodes were uploaded to the official Mondo Media YouTube channel throughout 2007 and 2008.
On 2008 and 2009, two episodes in low quality were uploaded to mobiles24 by user, "80beyond".
On December 17, 2022, thirty-five of the original .swf files were uploaded to the Internet Archive by user, "nehochupechatat".
As of 2024, 59 episodes have been found leaving 18 currently lost. It is unknown how many episodes were produced.
Episodes
| # | Title | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "George W. Bush" | 1999 | Found |
| 2 | "Howard Stern" | 1999 | Found |
| 3 | "Donald Trump" | 1999 | Found |
| 4 | "Fidel Castro" | 1999 | Found |
| 5 | "Ross Perot" | 1999 | Found |
| 6 | "John McCain" | 1999 | Found |
| 7 | "Pamela Anderson" | 1999 | Found |
| 8 | "Janet Reno" | 1999 | Found |
| 9 | "James Carville" | 1999 | Found |
| 10 | "Ricky Martin" | 1999 | Found |
| 11 | "Christmas Special" | 1999 | Found |
| 12 | "Pat Buchanan" | 1999 | Found |
| 13 | "Al Gore" | 1999 | Found |
| 14 | "Yeltson" | 1999 | Found |
| 15 | "Jesse Ventura" | 1999 | Found |
| 16 | "Janet Reno 2" | 1999 | Found |
| 17 | "Brad Pitt" | 1999 | Found |
| 18 | "Saddam Hussein" | 1999 | Found |
| 19 | "Rudolph Giuliani" | 1999 | Found |
| 20 | "Y2K" | 1999 | Found |
| 21 | "Elizabeth Dole" | 1999 | Found |
| 22 | "J.K. Rowling" | 2000 | Found |
| 23 | "David Crosby" | 2000 | Found |
| 24 | "Freddie Prinze Jr." | 2000 | Found |
| 25 | "Charlie's Angels" | 2000 | Found |
| 26 | "John Rocker" | 2000 | Found |
| 27 | "Barbara Walters" | 2000 | Found |
| 28 | "O.J Simpson" | 2000 | Partially Found |
| 29 | "Ben Affleck" | 2000 | Found |
| 30 | "Blind (Candi)Date" | 2000 | Found |
| 31 | "Fiona Apple" | 2000 | Found |
| 32 | "George Lucas" | 2000 | Found |
| 33 | "Online Entertainment Revolution" | 2000 | Found |
| 34 | "Steve Jobs" | 2000 | Found |
| 35 | "Charlie Brown" | 2000 | Found |
| 36 | "Angelina Jolie & Billybob" | 2000 | Found |
| 37 | "Samuel L. Jackson" | 2000 | Found |
| 38 | "Election 2000 Debate" | 2000 | Found |
| 39 | "A Rod" | 2000 | Found |
| 40 | "Harrison Ford" | 2000 | Found |
| 41 | "Bill Gates" | 2000 | Found |
| 42 | "Gun Control" | 2000 | Found |
| 43 | "Roseanne" | 2000 | Found |
| 44 | "Martin Scorsese" | 2000 | Found |
| 45 | "Bill Clinton" | 2000 | Found |
| 46 | "You Can Be Heard Winners" | 2000 | Found |
| 47 | "Nicholas Cage" | 2000 | Found |
| 48 | "Special Report 2000" | 2000 | Found |
| 49 | "Oprah Winfrey" | 2000 | Found |
| 50 | "N' Sync" | 2000 | Found |
| 51 | "Michael Bay" | 2000 | Found |
| 52 | "Brian Singer" | 2000 | Found |
| 53 | "Regis Philbin" | 2000 | Found |
| 54 | "Election Coverage 2000" | 2000 | Found |
| 55 | "Ted Turner" | 2000 | Found |
| 56 | "Stephen King" | 2000 | Found |
| 57 | "Jerry Springer" | 2000 | Found |
| 58 | "Charlie Sheen" | 2000 | Found |
| 59 | "Hillary Clinton" | ??? | Lost |
| 60 | "Jesus vs. Santa" | ??? | Lost |
| 61 | "Anna Nicole Smith" | ??? | Lost |
| 62 | "Cruise / Kidman" | ??? | Lost |
| 63 | "X-Men" | ??? | Lost |
| 64 | "Israel World" | ??? | Lost |
| 65 | "Alan Greenspan" | ??? | Lost |
| 66 | "Will Smith" | ??? | Lost |
| 67 | "Jennifer Lopez" | ??? | Lost |
| 68 | "Eric Roberts" | ??? | Lost |
| 69 | "Alex Rodriquez" | ??? | Lost |
| 70 | "Radiohead" | ??? | Lost |
| 71 | "Ralph Nadar" | ??? | Lost |
| 72 | "Old Navy" | ??? | Lost |
| 73 | "R2D2" | ??? | Lost |
| 74 | "Erin Brockovich" | ??? | Lost |
| 75 | "Baby Jocilyn" | ??? | Lost |
| 76 | "Pearl Harbor" | ??? | Lost |
Gallery
A Screencap from "Hillary Clinton"
A Screencap from "Jesus Vs. Santa"
A Screencap from "Ralph Nadar"
A Screencap from "Cruis / Kidman"
