As recently as this last week, USA Today was touting two formerChicago improvisers as the latest in slice-and-dice TV comedy.
Chris Hogan and John Lehr were earning notice for their work -er, play - as a couple of slacker types turned loose on the E cablechannel's "News Weasels" (Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.), during which theydubbed words over familiar and unusual TV footage from satellitefeeds.
Nothing new for the duo, who chewed up concepts and stageslocally with such vehicles as the ED improvisation troupe and theirfree-wheeling productions "The Chris Hogan Show" and "Filmdome."While their attitude was not that odd for stages here, it was a leapfor them to land on national cable channel.
Among the highlights of their debut show last month was there-creation of an imagined audition by Mr. Potato Head for the partof Fred Flintstone, as well as a sidesplitting take on Vice PresidentAl Gore's secret lust for the First Man.
Even as the Weasels appeared to be digging in, with talk of adaily show this fall, word came down late Thursday that E wasterminating the duo's show.
According to an E spokeswoman, the show was not getting theexpected ratings. However, she added the tandem "was really lovedhere, so I bet they'll be back."
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