Tuesday 18 May 1999
By eBroadcast Staff and agencies.

NewsRadio star Andy Dick busted for drugs after ramming his car into a telephone pole

'I don't just play a loser on TV - I am one!'

Poor, poor NewsRadio. Has ever there been a more beleaguered show in the history of television? The show suffered the devastating loss of star Phil Hartman when he was murdered in 1998. Last Friday, NBC officially cancelled the show altogether due to terrible ratings. And then, there are the endless antics of Andy Dick, including his Saturday arrest for drug possession.

Dick crashed his car straight into a telephone pole. And, like any decent Hollywood resident, he promptly jumped out of his car and ran from the scene of the accident. Unfortunately, a witness chased after him, tackled poor Dick (what imagery), and kept him there until the fuzz showed up.

According to the New York Post, the cops searched Andy's car and found drugs! Not just one kind either - apparently our wild boy had both weed and coke in his possession. He was hauled in by the police but released later on $10,000 bond. He'll be making a cameo appearance in court on May 25, where he'll probably get off lightly unlike the rest of idiots in the world who get multiple years in jail just for possession of a joint. Perks of the industry, you know.

It seems like Andy is a Hollywood horror story waiting to happen. He's had his share of success, playing Matthew Brock on News Radio and appearing such movies as in Reality Bites, For the Boys, Flashback, and In The Army Now. He has at least one in-depth webpage about him. And yet, we still get the feeling he wants to go out in flames. He's been to rehab once already, in March of 1998. Then, during a show at a Florida university, he was accused of exposing himself (all puns intended) to anyone who'd peek. Best of all, he was one of the last people who hung out and partied with David Strickland (Suddenly Susan) before the actor hung himself in Vegas. We've also heard he's kind of unfriendly when people meet him in real life. Suffice to say, we're worried.

Well, at least we know whom to invite to a party if Robert Downey, Jr. is otherwise engaged or just wandering lost through other people's houses.