About

Welcome to the next generation of UVA-related, news desk-based, Daily Show-esque video broadcasting through the internet. If you saw the last generation, I am truly sorry; this generation genuinely kicks its ass. Which is pretty sad, considering the lackluster quality of style and craftsmanship in this generation. No, I’m not going to change it–it’s still a major step up from nothing.

But enough quibbles, this page is here to explain why this show exists. Well, it all started when I accidently looked upon a seemingly nondescript flyer outside of the Treehouse. Upon closer examination, it was actually quite descriptive–it was requesting ideas for new TV shows for UVA’s in-house cable channel WHOOTV. Several emails later, I get to pitch an idea for a Daily Show-style news show to the guys in charge, and a couple weeks later, I’m writing a pilot episode and looking around for correspondents. Everything was going gravy, almost a little too gravy…

Unfortunately, it was too gravy. While filming the pilot episode, a number of things went wrong. Allow me to be more specific: by a number I mean two. Number one, the mics didn’t work. Number two, I got busy. After fixing those problems, a third one cropped up: after being so busy, I got lazy, and the material got old and not funny. WHOOTV was having trouble setting up, and so I simply let it go. Months went by, and the idea of a “Cavalier Daily Show” seemed to disappear from everyone’s memory.

But then, on one faithful day in May 2005, my friend (and Hoos News correspondent) Mostafa IM’ed me about the show. Though I cannot divulge the exact nature of our conversation, as it would give away many future show ideas, my social security number, and blood type, here’s a helpful snippet:

Mostafa: [censored] you should put the show on the Internet.

Me: [censored] Genius! Here’s my social security number [censored]

And so, The Hoos News Show is the result (kudos also go to Mostafa for coming up with the clever name). The first show took over 50+ hours of planning, filming, and editing, so we really hope you enjoy it. Keep watching the site, and expect an episode every two to three weeks. And remember, if you didn’t hear it from us, then it’s probably the truth.

Josh Cincinnati, CLAS 2007

Co-creator of The Hoos News Show