SCTV - Half Wits Semi-final

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vagabond

6 жыл бұрын

Sctv
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@socksumi Жыл бұрын

The record brush was a tribute to Canadian game shows that had a bad reputation of giving out the cheapest prizes. Like lawn chairs, patio lights, steak knives, dinner for two at some crappy restaurant, magazine subscriptions and yes even record brushes.

@bigduke5150 2 ай бұрын

And the coveted Parker Pen Set!

@gmc6790 Ай бұрын

A case of motor oil

@boneseyyl1060 Ай бұрын

LOL I still own one of those brushes. Works great!

@jayboo8495 Ай бұрын

most times you won bus fare home as the main prize....lol

@bobsacamano1274 26 күн бұрын

Or all-expenses-paid trips to Buffalo.

@rickneal4967 5 жыл бұрын

Eugene Levy's eyebrows deserve some sort of lifetime achievement award.

@pangoprime8674 5 жыл бұрын

HAHA! They are a Canadian heritage site.

@booklover3959 5 жыл бұрын

Ha ha ha ....You are so right ! Hilarious.......

@marywilliams9858 5 жыл бұрын

@@lylepetrov6505 Levy us a Jewish name.

@orrinkom3829 5 жыл бұрын

Two awards!

@denooski46 4 жыл бұрын

rick neal now that’s a funny comment!!

@roadking0073 3 жыл бұрын

RIP, Alex Trebek. This was his favorite parodies of him.

@tomdumb6937 3 жыл бұрын

No,... Got to be the weird al stuff...

@ztuzar163 2 жыл бұрын

Alex Trebek is dead ? i didn't even know he was sick :(

@MicahFoxxMusic 2 жыл бұрын

@@ztuzar163 or so the Germans would have us believe

@bufnyfan1 2 жыл бұрын

Mr. Trebek had said that he absolutely loved Eugene Levy's spoof of him on these "Half-Wits"/High School IQ shows

@martinvincent3326 9 ай бұрын

SCTV is still hilarious after all these years!

@cooldudicus7668 Жыл бұрын

This is good stuff. SNL does not even begin to compare to this. Thanks for posting this.

@moosewhizzerdave2066 Жыл бұрын

I'll never understand why Joe Flaherty's career never really took off. He was a brilliant comedic actor and super-versatile.

@dionst.michael1482 9 ай бұрын

I loved him on SCTV! He was so frikkin funny and played an incredible straight man too! Would have loved to see him do more television and silver screen work!

@lynnfisher3037 8 ай бұрын

Some get the breaks some don't. I agree with you however

@binxbolling 8 ай бұрын

Not among the funniest cast members.

@docsavage8640 8 ай бұрын

He was my favorite on SCTV. I'll never understand it either, except maybe he was TOO versatile in the sense that he didn't really have that go-to schtick so many successful comics have.

@KevyNova 8 ай бұрын

He was also my favorite. Freaking hysterical in everything.

@michaellinner7772 Жыл бұрын

This brings back some good memories. Martin Short always cracked me up. I loved the bit he did with Harry Shearer about synchronized swimming. They were really all a bunch of comedic geniuses.

@olliefoxx7165 9 ай бұрын

Dang, THAT was Harry Shearer! Lol, forgot about him being the other guy in the sketch.

@DS-bi3fz 9 ай бұрын

that was on Saturday Night Live though, not SCTV. @@olliefoxx7165

@coleweber1484 9 ай бұрын

I'm not that.....Strong a swimmer.

@robbarbieri8676 7 ай бұрын

But that was SNL, not SCTV, wasn't it?

@mondobondo49 7 ай бұрын

Yep

@brownsugar2456 6 жыл бұрын

Eugene Levy does one of the best slow burns in the history of comedy

@WickedG5150 4 жыл бұрын

Brown Sugar ?

@midnightcassettelibrary5171 4 жыл бұрын

Yep he’s up there...very dynamic and painfully hilarious. He can do dead pan or slapstick...low or high brow and beyond. His SCTV work is golden.

@cathyallen6541 3 жыл бұрын

That's the term I was looking for. Thank you.

@i.p.knightly149 3 жыл бұрын

"Let's just calm down here at this point"

@redhead2376 2 жыл бұрын

I love the one he did with Catherine O'Hara called Night School High Q where he starts screaming "Disconnect her buzzer!" when she randomly buzzes and gives nonsense answers before he reads the questions.

@catman3552 4 жыл бұрын

I watched sctv all the time when it first aired. Almost 40 years later and it's still just as funny. All these people were great.😅👍

@kathyd456 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed! My 14 yr old is learning some true Canuck culture today.

@MrJeffcoley1 Жыл бұрын

SCTV just isn't the same chopped up. The show always had a story arc about the goings on at the network, these sketches were the programming and served a similar purpose to the cutaways in Family Guy.

@docsavage8640 8 ай бұрын

@MrJeffcoley1 watching the travails of Guy Caballero and Johnny LaRue and Floyd and Earl, etc., was a lot of the fun

@bushwhakked 5 жыл бұрын

Whoever designed that prosthetic nose is a genius.

@777jonah888 3 жыл бұрын

check out the Bob Hope special...........lol

@DKHD176 2 жыл бұрын

-Just a nose guy. -Who? -You know, just the usual prosthetic nose guy.

@Driven2Beers 2 ай бұрын

It's made by Rose. "Rose... they're the nose people."™

@buddyrichable1 4 жыл бұрын

This show was always the funniest on tv, and at times rose to the level of comedic art. Each cast member was so versatile and the interplay between them was outstanding. Thanks for sharing this.

@coophandluke3697 2 жыл бұрын

Much more clever than SNL

@scottwolf2631 Жыл бұрын

Unlike SNL, they were hysterical!!look @ Candy's movies vs.Chevy's crap!

@melanieinsaskatchewan7964 Жыл бұрын

Consistently funny unlike SNL which goes from hilarious to pathetic in cycles. Lately it's been beyond cringe, Michaels should just take the L.

@gabrielbotsford791 Жыл бұрын

SCTV>snl

@scottdoesntmatter4409 Жыл бұрын

This could never be shown on tv today, the woke would object to the mocking of stupid people.

@TalkingOutOfSchool 4 жыл бұрын

I rarely ever watched TV most of my working life. Imagine SCTV popping up in my feed the first week of my retirement. I'm literally laughing until I cry. Thank you dear person for getting these gems online.

@bramiwami 4 жыл бұрын

Enjoy your retirement!

@jazzthecat3912 4 жыл бұрын

An amazing show.

@mcmdrpiffle447 3 жыл бұрын

We used to stay up to watch the show on VHF independent channels in the early 1980's. Suddenly, it was on cable TV !!! I graduated HS in 1980 and me and my room mate's would stay up howling to these!

@edkarter7062 3 жыл бұрын

Was funny as a teen in early 80's and still hilarious at 51!! I love Blanche ! She's been married since the wedding!!!😂😂 Andre Martin was my 1st love!!

@edkarter7062 3 жыл бұрын

Nice! Watched it as new and still funny today! Had one of our racing press guys go on a SCTV binge a few weeks ago! So much for doing race reports! When new was 1 of 3 very different students in high school. This was our common bond!!

@vincarcin 5 жыл бұрын

SCTV, a million and a half times funnier than SNL any time, any year. Eugene is a comedic genius and his eyebrows have a life of their own.

@forgottenfilmchannel1194 Жыл бұрын

i agree 100%

@cal_nevari Жыл бұрын

They had some real advantages. They didn't have the pressure of a major US network presence, they were a Canadian show that could be quirky and silly and do spoofs like Monster Chiller Horror Theater and Guy Cabellero the shady owner of the fictional "SCTV network" - and Dave Thomas's characters, Rick Moranis's characters, and characters like Flaherty's Sammy Maudlin and Short's Jackie Rogers Junior and many others and I think the biggest difference, they had to maintain their inspiration and writing and performance for less than 10 years; 1976-1984 - with basically the same cast. SNL's original cast is often mentioned as its best, and they didn't last long. Belushi and Akroyd left at the end of the fourth season; Jane Curtin after the fifth; Gilda after the fifth. Just saying if SCTV had been on tv the last 38 years with different cast members every 5-10 years and none of the original cast on - we would probably be saying SCTV 1985-2022 sucked compared with SCTV 1976-1984 when the greats were in the cast. When you look at the cast of SCTV, so many of them have had long and/or notable careers. John Candy died too soon but is more remembered by the public for his movie work than hhis great work on SCTV. But Eugene Levy, Rick Moranis, Andrea Martin, Catherine O'Hara, Dave Thomas and Martin Short - all great. Now I've typed too much, time to go listen to some Happy Wanderers polka!

@ericsteadman6687 Жыл бұрын

So true. SCTV was better than SNL and Friday’s. Just Brilliant

@tomlarson713 Жыл бұрын

Better talent and great writers helps too...

@Zerpersande Жыл бұрын

Sorry but a lot of people disagree with you. Not that it’s not funny, but when you start trying to make comparisons with outrageously high, unsubstantiated comparisons you are the one that comes across as funny, and not in the good way. There is a reason that SNL has had such a long run.

@alfredhitchcock1041 4 жыл бұрын

In my NY area, SCTV was carried on one of the local, independent (non-national networks) channels at 11:30 on Saturday nights. It had higher ratings than SNL, so NBC bought it & aired it at 1AM so it couldn’t compete with SNL. I loved it. It was very topical, so I can understand that today’s young people wouldn’t get it. Nothing exists anymore, including independent tv channels. The stuff they spoof is gone - late night tv commercials for K-Tel music compilations, early morning educational tv, farmer’s shows, local channels’ dance shows (we had Clay Cole & Lloyd Thaxton), polka music, Lawrence Welk, etc. I used to watch the Schmenge Brother’s Christmas special every Yuletide on KZfaq, but they took it down. I laughed so hard when soviet tv took over SCTV airwaves & broadcast “Hey Giorgi!” & Soviet Wheel of Fortune. Very glad Katherine O’Hara walked out of SNL & refused to return when that dope Michael O'Donoghue treated her badly.

@davidmartin2572 9 ай бұрын

I would trade this SCTV for SNL in a heartbeat! JUST ABSOLUTELY GENIUS

@ichhasseamerika 4 жыл бұрын

I broke out laughing just *looking* at Mrtin Shorts character. thats comic genius. Great troupe, great days.

@rebeccamunn8673 Ай бұрын

I’m rewatching my favorite SCTV skits in honor of Joe Flaherty. His character here, Arthur, is iconic, as are the rest of the brilliant cast of characters. Amazing show.

@ballisticcranberrypeat7777 3 жыл бұрын

Just the expression on Martin Short's face makes me laugh. He doesn't even have to say anything.

@planescaped 3 жыл бұрын

The mannerisms of all of them are so spot on. We've all met someone exactly like one of these people. I've met all 4 of them at one point or another. XD

@calixa 3 жыл бұрын

so true....this character just cracks me UP so hard... RIGHT OH ALEX

@rivera5b 2 жыл бұрын

Alex Trebel portrayed by Eugene Levy is the best impression of Alex Trebek. Long live Alex Trebek

@adsteel 6 жыл бұрын

This aired 13 years before SNL's Celebrity Jeopardy. Nice to find the source.

@davehallett3128 5 жыл бұрын

@Brazilian Atlantis they are two wild and canadian guys. Eugene hamilton and norm quebec city

@ernestkinas5973 5 жыл бұрын

It was Eugene Levy. He wrote the sketch. When SNL did Celebrity Jeopardy years later the writers had to clear it with Eugene because they didn't want to be accused of plagiarism. The very first SNL Celebrity Jeopardy debuted when Martin Short came back to host. Eugene said it was OK. No problem.

@JJourdenaisART 5 жыл бұрын

Was wondering if this was the inspiration.

@ernestkinas5973 5 жыл бұрын

@@JJourdenaisART Yep.

@ernestkinas5973 5 жыл бұрын

This SCTV sketch was also directly inspired.by Monty Pythons Upper Class Twit of the year sketch..

@146TS 3 жыл бұрын

Levy's reaction after the "Frank Lloyd Wright" bit had me rolling.

@VG-iq8xq 2 жыл бұрын

Totally did not get the joke until later

@guysteel 4 жыл бұрын

The whole SCTV series was gold

@flylooper 3 жыл бұрын

Still the funniest comedy series ever on TV.

@kiltedcripple 3 жыл бұрын

I've had many conversations with friends over the years as to who was the best sketch comedy troupe and while SCTV didn't win every ranking, always in the top 2 or 3 of everyone I've ever asked. What an unbelievable cast of actors and writers.

@bobdobalina838 Жыл бұрын

Martin Short is a comic genius. just looking at him makes me laugh without him saying a word.

@Billinois78 Жыл бұрын

It gets me every time. haha

@twistedwired 8 ай бұрын

Same

@maryannemelenka9250 6 ай бұрын

Yeah Martin has that mad magazine look!!’n

@RT-qy6vg 4 ай бұрын

Right-O, Alex!

@sirtalkalotdoolittle 10 ай бұрын

Eugene does such a great job of barely holding it together.

@maryannemelenka9250 5 ай бұрын

He does sound like Trebek too. Oh late host must have laughed. But you know with what I hear about some contestants who don’t know their history, on Jeopardy. It’s not far off from truth. You havknowledgeable. Ev

@eagleeye2300 2 жыл бұрын

I love these clips. Omg. Martin Short is a comedic genius, I must say.

@philipcollura2669 3 жыл бұрын

How they all didn't bust out laughing is beyond me. Every show is a comedy treasure.

@binxbolling 8 ай бұрын

They probably did. The show was not live.

@toblerusseta 7 ай бұрын

I always rooted for Arthur. Seems like a good guy.

@rp8889 5 жыл бұрын

"How long have you been married?" "Since the wedding."

@AT-sd9qq 5 жыл бұрын

i almost fell out of my chair when she said that.

@mena94x3 3 жыл бұрын

Straight through.

@eachampandmabel 3 жыл бұрын

who's the lucky guy? My husband.

@manw3bttcks 2 жыл бұрын

@@eachampandmabel Housewife and hopefully mother - LOL

@kenwaid8239 2 жыл бұрын

Answering a question without truly answering. it is a knack I’ve noticed a lot of women including my wife have. in fact Spock in Star Trek said “I have never understood the female capacity to avoid a direct answer to any question.”

@MentalLiberation 3 жыл бұрын

I love how Wesley is telling Arthur how good the topic of Tundra is repeatedly, and Arthur just chooses Favorite Pets anyway.

@middleclassic 8 ай бұрын

That record cleaner is awesome! It’s a Discwasher which was pretty much the best record cleaner back then. I still have one :-)

@jimrebr 3 жыл бұрын

Oh how my husband & I laughed, watching SCTV, it was on at 11:30 week nights, through out 1978 & 1979, in Northern California, where we lived then, and it was gut wrenchingly hilarious, must watch tv at our 1st house!! A wonderful introduction to Eugene Levy, Katherine O’Hara, Andrea Martin, Martin Short, John Candy, Rick Moranis and so many other fantastic comedians we continue to enjoy 🤣🤣!!

@maxbryant3313 2 жыл бұрын

Eugene nails the inflection in Trebek's speaking so much I can actually see Alex Trebek doing this!

@edlawn5481 Жыл бұрын

Well they were both Canadians.

@forgottenfilmchannel1194 Жыл бұрын

me too

@telebob5983 Жыл бұрын

Yes, the inflection but also the cadence, pauses and elongated syllables!

@RosePetal17 3 жыл бұрын

Alex to Blanche:, "Can we expect the pitter patter of little Ray-Kellogg feet in the future?" Blanche: "I don't understand Alex?" Alex: "Are you planning to have kids, children?" Blanche: No, I'm afraid not Alex, I'm going to concentrate on my career." Alex:..and what is that?" Blanche: "Housewife and hopefully mother." Omg, good! LOL!

@tomreedyjr3631 Жыл бұрын

Andrea Martin: hilarious comedienne...

@raynarks Жыл бұрын

Yeah it was in the video. Sorry, we’re you being ironic?

@jasonberezny9705 4 жыл бұрын

I can’t take it! But I’ve watched it 100’ of times since it originally aired.🤣 Timeless iconic Canadian comedy 🤜🇨🇦❤️

@Kaitydid74 Жыл бұрын

Levy’s meltdowns…epic…brilliant…hilarious …

@forgottenfilmchannel1194 Жыл бұрын

so funny

@EpididimysRex 4 жыл бұрын

I haven’t seen this in years. So funny. Levy’s frustration was genius.

@4myearzonly 3 жыл бұрын

I miss this program, my father let me stay up late to watch SCTV together.

@KairuHakubi Жыл бұрын

My heart's warmed thinking about Norm calling Eugene up and asking if he could rip this off. The sketch deserved to continue! It's not like SCTV was usin it.

@culwin 8 ай бұрын

Who is Norm and what would he rip this off for?

@KairuHakubi 8 ай бұрын

@@culwin Norm MacDonald, for the Celebrity Jeopardy sketches. He actually called him and asked if it was okay.

@FrontmanVideo 5 жыл бұрын

Oh man, Martin Short's "Lawrence" character is HILARIOUS! I could watch that character for hours!

@PatFrenchLeafsFan1 5 жыл бұрын

"Did you NOT just graduate from high school?" "I think I did!"

@Buttcrack72 4 жыл бұрын

Best comedy show hands down. They weren't live, so to compare them to SNL, is unfair. They could do retakes until they got it right. But for sheer hilarity, this show was unbeatable.

@YAMISOOLD2009 4 жыл бұрын

2020 and still loving SCTV! A young Johnny Rose!

@marcschneider4845 4 жыл бұрын

I love You Tube just for allowing us to watch this again and again.

@karen81986 3 жыл бұрын

Funniest show ever

@ceeemm1901 Жыл бұрын

And in "Schitts Creek" he's still perplexed about having to deal with half-wits!

@sandwich-breath Жыл бұрын

Can we get a star on the walk of fame for Eugene Levy’s genius for once and for all? This is one of the funniest moments on TV period.

@TheTalkPW 2 ай бұрын

I think you'll be happy now.

@Lotmeister 5 жыл бұрын

When "American Pie" came out, everyone was talking about how funny the guy playing Jim's dad was; while I knew Eugene Levy from watching this show on Nick at Nite a decade earlier. It was good to see him finally get some steady work in movies, and not just in the "American Pie" series (though he took advantage of that, appearing in every film in the franchise, even the straight-to-video spinoffs.) Except for John Candy, Rick Moranis, and Martin Short, the cast members of SCTV never seemed to become as well-known as their counterparts on SNL. Levy is an awesome comic talent.

@waterandafter 4 жыл бұрын

But Martin Short was actually an SNL cast member too.

@jodeanesullens6588 4 жыл бұрын

Catharine O'Hara

@robertshmurder6281 2 жыл бұрын

SNL: Yes, there have been better shows, like SCTV and MadTV, but if you wanted "better" they'd still be on the air now.

@bobk18 Жыл бұрын

Thanks to Charles Allard and CITV for bringing the SCTV cast to Edmonton. We were lucking to see them filming in the studio and on the streets many times. I will never forget Johnny LaRue just wanting a “crane shot”

@indiglo1971 Жыл бұрын

I think it used to come on after SNL.

@BeefheartLynch 5 жыл бұрын

This is comedy gold. So different from American comedy. The Canadians are bat shit crazy and I love it.

@richardgreig6956 5 жыл бұрын

We have a quirky sense of humour up here!

@thecatspyjamas 2 жыл бұрын

I was too young for SCTV and I’m not even sure it was ever on TV in Australia, but I had no idea ‘Bob’ (John Hemphill) from ‘Schitt’s Creek’ was part of the troupe, let alone here as Wesley! Incredible 👏😂

@phillydisco 2 жыл бұрын

He was only on one season, but wasn't considered a member of the main cast, even though he had some big parts. He was only in the end credits.

@alro2434 9 ай бұрын

Thanks, couldn't place him!

@mqbitsko25 5 жыл бұрын

"Nice to meet you." "It is?"

@stevenkoehler6018 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliance!!! Worshiped this show when I was in high school. Watching SCTV on Friday night was the highlight of my week.

@dionst.michael1482 9 ай бұрын

Grew up on SCTV! Couldn’t wait to see it every week as a boy growing up in Canada! It was a must watch for me ❤

@bobjones289 2 жыл бұрын

You just got married. How long? since the wedding. Who's the lucky guy my husband 🤣. Great skit.

@eydie57 4 жыл бұрын

I'm Alex and the contestants are humanity I have to deal with every day.

@spinningindaffodils 3 жыл бұрын

SCTV is just a window into a very hellish reality where game shows are actually entertaining

@bayboy3037 4 жыл бұрын

Six gun justice with Mike the bartender was a great skit. A kid’s show in a bar. Only SCTV cast could make that funny

@Johnnywhamo 4 жыл бұрын

I shit myself laughing when the board is flashing and they can't even pick a topic. I LOVED this show back in the day. As many have noted it blew SNL out of the water! It was so much funnier.

@mondoseguendo6113 4 жыл бұрын

@Johnnywhamo Damn straight! Kids in the Hall too.

@raggaeldestro 4 жыл бұрын

Woah I watched this and Kid in the Hall. I totally forgot about Kids till reading your response.

@pillock1966 4 жыл бұрын

Vacant Lot? 👍😉

@toad3048 4 жыл бұрын

@@mondoseguendo6113 Tell ya what...tomorrow I will not only return your CD, I will buy you lunch.

@mike196212 3 ай бұрын

I'm a 62 year old Canadian who watched this brilliant show every week. It remains,I think,far funnier than SNL,which has,with exeptions,aged poorly in comparison.

@cleatusbarncoat8642 3 жыл бұрын

Love Canadian comedians. The best. Thank you!

@LucianoOGgt 5 жыл бұрын

SCTV was the best

@mswonderfuloils3552 4 жыл бұрын

I loved loved loved SCTV as a kid. I still love the disco skits sooo much.

@PatFrenchLeafsFan1 6 жыл бұрын

I loved this skit since I was a kid! "Frank Lloyd Wright was not one of the Wright Brothers, he was an architect." "JUST CALL IT WHILE IT'S IN THE AIR!!" Eugene Levy losing his temper made me laugh.

@ChristopherSobieniak 6 жыл бұрын

ALEX: ALRIGHT, RETURN TO YOUR SEATS! ARTHUR: Does it matter which seats we go back to? ALEX: I DON'T CARE!! JUST RETURN TO YOUR SEATS!!!

@PatFrenchLeafsFan1 5 жыл бұрын

Rose Tico Enthusiast Martin Short as a wacky teen loves airplanes thinking about Frank Lloyd Wright.

@marcschneider4845 4 жыл бұрын

Actually, I'm impressed he knew who the Wright Brothers were. Has he got a mind!

@christopherdunne7848 3 жыл бұрын

What ARE those things?

@drgustaf2450 3 жыл бұрын

I forgot what those uh things are.

@JoeyP322 6 жыл бұрын

SCTV was the best !!!!!!

@wizard9403 5 жыл бұрын

Andrea Martin was freakin' great in this sketch!!

@watershed44 5 жыл бұрын

vagabond Here in the USA SCTV was always shown in the hours AFTER SNL usually around 1:30-2:00am Eastern Time on Sunday morning! I remember watching these earlier episodes and they were always far more hilarious and gut busting than almost anything that SNL ever did even the best years. Best SCTV episodes are the earlier years before the show was actually picked up by NBC in the USA. These earlier episodes did air on NBC for the first time in the USA many years after they were actually produced and aired in Canada.

@uncle1886 5 жыл бұрын

watershed44 ah thank you for the info!

@traceypeterson3171 5 жыл бұрын

I remember those days. we'd get high and laugh our asses off!

@PatFrenchLeafsFan1 5 жыл бұрын

I remember as a kid when I watched those repeats of the show on The Comedy Network Canada right after school and yes, Half Wits is my all-time favourite SCTV "show". Childhood memory!

@Lotmeister 5 жыл бұрын

Being born in the mid-'70s I didn't see SCTV until Nick at Nite started showing it in the mid- to late-'80s. Ironically, it was shown right after a half-hour syndicated version of SNL (i.e. "The Best of Saturday Night.")

@paleshelter4002 5 жыл бұрын

All of those characters could stand on their own... Such a talented group..

@adrianlujan4116 3 жыл бұрын

The true genius is seen by the fact that this comedy still stands up

@sageparra4956 2 жыл бұрын

“Lawrence we have to move on…”. Eugene Levy, comedy genius.

@DondeArandas 5 жыл бұрын

I'm American and this is way better than SNL! ALWAYS a huge fan

@messano7 6 жыл бұрын

Eugene Levy, who ever he plays , a Shmengie Brother or a game show host he is the best!

@siddokis2945 5 жыл бұрын

His Perry Como was hilarious.

@pasekmi 4 жыл бұрын

He and John Candy were here in K-W in the Oktoberfest parade in the early 80s.

@lauramalek3128 3 жыл бұрын

John Candy was Yosh Schmenge. Gene Levy was Stan Schmenge. And yes as I type those names in my head I hear them saying them in the Leutonian accents. 😁

@chesterkohlmeier3451 2 жыл бұрын

I agree.

@nhmooytis7058 2 жыл бұрын

I ♥️ the Schmenge Brothers!

@YesterdaysMoose 4 жыл бұрын

It's been years since I originally saw this on TV and have viewed it countless times, but the humor still gets me!

@merkinsniffs 6 жыл бұрын

Quite possibly the greatest 10 mins of comedy ever created

@Local1Laborer 6 жыл бұрын

What's Lawrence's last name?

@merkinsniffs 6 жыл бұрын

Johnny Petraglia Orbach

@foff4446 5 жыл бұрын

Yep

@ImCarolB Жыл бұрын

This show was pure entertainment! The premise of a small TV station where few people played many roles was exactly like the one station my family got when I was growing up.

@snarflatful Жыл бұрын

So much talent. It was lightning in a bottle.

@grybnyx 4 жыл бұрын

"Cockpit"..."Cockfight?" Brilliant.

@michaelharrison7072 Жыл бұрын

Loved this show .More talent then SNL at the time !

@lawrenceehrbar8667 Жыл бұрын

My favorite show of all time. When they did spoofs on the Andy Griffith Show all of the characters talked like Floyd the barber but then I think they started talking like Merv Griffin. Or something like that. SCTV was geared for folks who were raised on TV. Many laughs were on the subtleties of television viewing. BTW, do yourselves a favor and dig up KZfaq footage of football coach/TV commentator John Madden and tell me that he and John Candy were not the same person. LOL. Their voices are even almost identical. Crazy.

@22kpar1xcyberdyne9 4 жыл бұрын

This is great 1980s comedy. I found a new subject on youtube to explore during my lunch breaks Thanks.

@maureen669 3 жыл бұрын

The best comedy ensemble ever.

@drrendezvous1014 5 жыл бұрын

"Funnn-ctional." "Cockfight." Too funny.

@chesterkohlmeier3451 2 жыл бұрын

Love that line. I crack up every time!

@nathanlong4801 Ай бұрын

Dude, when he said functional, I lost it for a few seconds. Funniest line in the skit.

@hollyawoods 4 жыл бұрын

I had forgotten just how many comedians got there start in this show. Loved it as a kid even though I didn't really understand a lot of the jokes back then.

@tonymazzella4812 3 жыл бұрын

I had to watch this shortly after the passing of Alex Trebeck--I'm sure knowing Alex he probably enjoyed it as well.

@JoeyP322 4 жыл бұрын

All these years later this still makes me laugh so hard !!

@jojordan5868 2 жыл бұрын

Man, still funny fourty years later.

@forgottenfilmchannel1194 Жыл бұрын

i agree 1000%

@freshpootube 2 жыл бұрын

Some brilliant comedy acting between this whole cast.

@staypatriot7080 6 жыл бұрын

SCTV-- The Best ever

@dorcasia109 4 жыл бұрын

I remember this being aired on Turkey Television, the predecessor to The Comedy Channel which became Comedy Central. It aired Laugh In and MST3K. It was the first time I saw it. This was shown on some American PBS stations as well late at night, along with other Canadian programs like Red Green. KidsIn The Hall was on late onHBO. Being in Montana I may have seen more Canadian tv than other people but I always find them just sillier and funnier, more absurdist like Monty Python.

@mortalclown3812 5 жыл бұрын

They're all flipping geniuses.

@garycondon7719 7 ай бұрын

You can't beat SCTV for fine , wholesome entertainment

@VUrban-yr5ch 4 жыл бұрын

Back when you could be funny. This should be on instead of SNL.

@FakeSchrodingersCat 3 жыл бұрын

It's kind of hard to keep making episodes when 90% of your talent keeps leaving.

@doughartley3513 3 жыл бұрын

This is sooooo much better than snl

@allenplante4402 2 жыл бұрын

NBC,bought the rights to sctv,then canceled it,to save snl

@stupidas9466 4 жыл бұрын

Arthur seems like one of the nicest guys on the face of the planet!

@mashah1085 2 жыл бұрын

"Wesley" is John Hemphill, "Bob Currie" from Schitt's Creek.

@jeffmadden589 5 жыл бұрын

Wesley Wilkes - "The pain was so bad I could barely breathe".

@KreapOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

lmfao i love this show so much

@tristanwarrinor324 5 жыл бұрын

So many got stoned to watch SCTV, not me, I actually straightened out because I didn't want to miss one second of the absolutely funniest show ever presented in any format. First time I saw Perini Scleroso or Candy with Mrs Falbo, I thought I would croke from laughing so hard, Catherine O'Hara who was utterly gorgeous had to work hard to look plain like Margret Mehan on the game show, brilliant comedian as is the unbelievable Andrea Martin, Indira, Mrs Falbo, Edith Prickly, and O'Hara, Milk of Amnesia, Lola Heatherton, it's endless, two funniest women I've ever seen maybe Gilda and John would have been great on the show but Count Floyd, Sid Dithers, Alex Tremel, Scmenge Bros, Candy as a Detective or Mr. Messenger, how bout Jerry Todd, light years ahead of the digital revolution, how did he know? it's truly endless what they created and it made SNL really boring...thank you all the cast and crew of SCTV, for the funniest show ever broadcast...love you all..Tristan, a lifelong fan..

@PatFrenchLeafsFan1 5 жыл бұрын

"Did you NOT just graduate from high school?" "I think I did!" "You don't plan on college?" I like that dialogue.

@alonzovillarreal4666 Жыл бұрын

It’s no wonder I have such fondness for SCTV; they were kick ass!!

@johnbrowne2170 5 жыл бұрын

SCTV's Christmas Special is a classic.

@blackjakko 2 жыл бұрын

Martin Short's character introduction omg. Made me squirm in my seat. Too too real 😂😂😂. Love when contestants swarm the prizes... brilliant.

@joseph7988 4 жыл бұрын

Characters are played by: Alex Trebel - Eugene Levy Wesley Wilks - John Hemphill Blanche Ray Kellogg - Andrea Martin Arthur Andrew-Leggett - Joe Flaherty Lawrence Orbach - Martin Short

@Darmesis 4 жыл бұрын

Kelly SHOWELL, Didn’t remember Hemphill from SCTV, but I saw him with Levy on _Schitt’s Creek_ the other day!

@joseph7988 4 жыл бұрын

Oh yea, that's Bob from Schitt's Creek. The glasses he's wearing in this skit makes it hard to recognize him, but the voice is still the same even after 36 years!

@tomreedyjr3631 Жыл бұрын

Flaherty was a riot.

@tristendouglas8669 3 жыл бұрын

The Contestants are like people I deal with at work

@RT-qy6vg 3 жыл бұрын

Wesley Wilkes is the same actor that now plays Bob from Bob's Garage on Schitt's Creek.

@gerardacronin334 3 жыл бұрын

His name is John Hemphill.

@Pureimagination200 3 жыл бұрын

Really? That’s amazing!,,,

@pastahead9mooo 3 жыл бұрын

Never would have guessed, but now I see it in the facial gestures.

@phillydisco 3 жыл бұрын

Oddly, even though he appeared on many SCTV skits during the Martin Short years, including played a lead character for the Happy Hour segment, he was never credited in the intro as part of the cast.

@KreapOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

holy fuck!!! well spotted, it was driving me nuts and i was checking IMDB.