what always amazed me about SCTV is that could produce such incredible comedy on a "shoestring" budget. At one point they produced SCTV in Edmonton just to save money. SCTV is still by far funnier than anything that has followed 40 years later

So true.

Dam skippy

He's the sexy one.

Earl Camembert is a play on Earl Cameron, who was the same for the CBC.

@@shawnwells5719 - But their respective personae were way different - Earl largely based on Buffalo, NY TV news legend Irv Weinstein, Floyd could well be a composite of various Pittsburgh TV news anchors ranging from Bill Burns of KDKA-TV to Don Cannon of WTAE-TV (who in later years would be more known for his own struggles with the bottle). Even Count Floyd was a composite - they keep citing Bill Cardille (a.k.a. Chilly Billy of "Chiller Theatre") as inspiration, but the accent was more in league with KDKA-TV's George Eisenhauer as "Igor" on a late Friday night horror movie series that aired in the late 1950's, "The 13th Hour."

I did not know that!

Thanks for info. I always wondered where the names derived from

That guys my uncle!

Up there with Mad TV and In Living Color and the old SNL.

@@9284vr Don't forget Fridays

They were all incredibly funny folks! It wuz hard to settle on a favourite quite frankly.

@@maskandvaccinefreeandproud2110 my dad met him and John candy signed an autograph for him before he passed

It's a selling point. It's not one that most places would choose to use. But it's a selling point nonetheless.

The way he says that line kills me every time.

Bill Burns, the Pittsburgh TV news legend, was known to down a few now and then, but maintained a perfectionist bent and professionalism through 36 years (1953-89) with the same station (originally WDTV, known from 1955 on as KDKA-TV). He, like Joe Flaherty, grew up Catholic. I've long wondered if Burns was Flaherty's model for Floyd as SCTV News co-anchor (as opposed to Count Floyd).

In Crete no less!

I woke up in a field of ivy 2 blocks from my house a few times but never a gutter. Actually it was a good place to pass out drunk because I couldn't be seen from the road. Sleep it off a few hours then stagger on home.

I know. I could just hug him.

@@sralyn Floyd's commercial for Rolling Hills was endearingly vulnerable.

Oh you! 😹

Okay, that's funny right there. I don't care who you are...

Oh yeah, so did I actually. Never even picked up on that when I watched this video until I read your comment.

I'm pretty sure I remember he came into the studio once for the news, completely drunk half in his Count costume in Floyd's retirement skit.

@@dickJohnsonpeter That's hilarious. I'm glad he finally took some time off for his health :)

@@dickJohnsonpeter Earl's retirement, actually. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oZ9-ocdnpsW1fHk.html

Yes .. they are actually spoofing Buffalo local television in that their anchors did double duty as children show hosts .. Tom Joles as Commander Tom for example

Until you come up with a fix for the chemical imbalance there you go.

@WesFanMan LOL I agree...that line was hilarious!

Esp abt Togoland.

Even though the first 2 seasons of SNL were classic, SCTV was the better of the two.

Are people like you going to say the same shir over and over?

@@Neville60001 If you mean me, the answer is "yes", I say this every morning. If you don't mean me, then no, I'm not going to.

Well they did have the luxury of being able to edit and do more takes..SNL being live,pretty tough thing to do.

The reason he became a boozer was because _of_ Earl.

I would say that Earl would resent your comment. He's a consummate professional.

@@fjccommish Hell, the bow tie alone should confirm it! Lol! Class act!

The manhunt for Wilson continues ...

As a fan of both, I'll say, 'No, it's not.' And of the two, _Weekend Update's_ still on the air. Both are different, *but one is NOT better than the other* .

@@Neville60001 Yes it is. SCTV is superior, an incompetent newsman is way funnier than two newscasters making snarky jokes.

@@hoibsh21, both are just as good, and Chevy Chase on his own doing the new was as funny as anything, especially when he did the one about the U.S. Postal Service coming out with a new postage stamp celebrating prostitution ('If you want to lick it, it's a quarter.') What is it with you and a lot of people here on YT always wanting to put down _SNL_ all the time? Did the casts of all of the shows kill your loved ones?

ultimate: It's called "charlies Angels," and I'm sure you can find it.

LaRue’s “Jumping for Dollars” was a hit too.

And also a member of the 5 Neat Guys where his drinking problem is very apparent.

No - the very first "Monster Chiller Horror Theatre" - a showing of "Madame Blitzman" in Season 1 - clearly stated in the lower-third at the start: "With Floyd Robertson as Count Floyd." So this would have been the SECOND time. The third was in the very last SCTV News sketch in the Season 6 "SCTV Channel."

@@wmbrown6 Thank you.

Punks! lol

I love it when Candy says, "punks!".