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Havoc and Newsboy, 1998

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The permanently dishevelled Mikey Havoc was one of the most recognisable funny men of the late 1990s. This clip is from the first episode of his 1998 weekly, hour-long television show, co-presented with Newsboy (Jeremy Wells). Wells went on to front his own, often controversial, mock current-affairs programmes.

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Caroline Harker, Humour – Humour on screen, 1970–2000, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/37531/havoc-and-newsboy-1998 (accessed 21 June 2026).

Story by Caroline Harker, published 27 March 2012.