The Man Who Would be King of the Popes

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@aai3661 5 жыл бұрын

My imitation of Dave Thomas' imitation of Richard Harris basically ended my marriage. Hours of me walking through house saying "I want to be king...AND I WANT TO BE POPE...UH HUH HUH HUH." Then, his appearance on Mel's Rock Pile complete with dance moves. Don't regret a thing!!!

@matthewgray469 3 жыл бұрын

But wasn't your spouse concerned about the Cake being left out in the rain?

@jimlang9413 3 жыл бұрын

Worth it. “I want to be King and Pope!!!”

@jamjax 2 жыл бұрын

Need to have a foam brick handy.

@brada-smith2807 4 күн бұрын

Sometimes things a marriage thing just gotta take the back the back seat.

@robertroche671 2 жыл бұрын

John Candy did such an excellent imitation of Richard Burton!

@MrAitraining 7 жыл бұрын

Dave Thomas's Richard Harris was amazing

@fredflintstone1316 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah just brilliant! I agree. I like his Bob Hope too!

@MrUndersolo 4 жыл бұрын

It was the trousers. Proper English trousers...

@essessessesq 2 жыл бұрын

@@fredflintstone1316 His Bob Hope is more like Bob Hope than even Bob Hope!

@fredo1070 9 ай бұрын

The Richard Harris impersonation is spot on.

@Wanda711 7 жыл бұрын

Joe Flaherty said that he never could do Peter O'Toole's voice, but he's got the facial and body language down so perfectly! The goggling eyes, stretched-out neck and sort of lunging walk. I've always loved this piece. And Eugene Levy has the best eyebrows in the business.

@LordZontar 2 жыл бұрын

Seems Flaherty is doing a rather good Peter O'Toole voice impression here. At least it's closer than John Candy's Richard Burton. And yeah, he's got O'Toole's facial expression and body language nailed.

@essessessesq 2 жыл бұрын

@@LordZontar i believe Candy did a good job, he sounds "close" to Burton's incredible voice

@LordZontar 2 жыл бұрын

@@essessessesq Candy's Burton impression was OK but too much of his own voice still leaks through. He does get the speech pattern right though.

@essessessesq 2 жыл бұрын

@@LordZontar that is a fair analysis. i've never heard anyone do a ''perfect" Burton

@PJ-lp4lr 6 жыл бұрын

Eugene Levy really nails The Victor Spinetti impersonation

@brianwinters9995 5 жыл бұрын

"Good acting at it's best." It's the little things that are also hilarious.

@moclips1 4 жыл бұрын

"you'll see good acting at its best" made me laugh 40 years ago, and still makes me laugh today.

@MsPandaRosa 11 жыл бұрын

A great way to remember wonderfully hammy actors who are great at over-emoting, and an odd bit of history when there really were three popes at once. A classic!

@JohnnyTyrone77 7 жыл бұрын

"Guards seize them!!!...While you two have been plotting and loving with each other i have become King of the popes!!!"Lol

@LordZontar 6 жыл бұрын

"When I was a boy, a mere lad, A FAERY APPEARED UNTO ME AND TOLD ME I WOULD BE BOTH POPE AND KING! But I am a... bastard. And a pretender."

@senorsardonico6153 3 жыл бұрын

That same fairy told me I would be pope of kings.

@robertmason8416 2 жыл бұрын

Man.... Dave Thomas is a riot!!

@LATVERIAN1 6 жыл бұрын

If I were to pick the top ten SCTV skits of all-time, then "The Man Who Would Be King Of The Popes" would easily make it there. This is as hilarious now as it was back then. "Classic"!

@scotiadragoon5974 4 жыл бұрын

If I remember the back-story correctly, there was a bet that Candy could overact Burton better than Thomas could overact Harris and Flaherty could overact O’Toole, and vice versa. Then O’hara killed them all with her Hepburn.

@LATVERIAN1 3 жыл бұрын

@@scotiadragoon5974 Whatever the backstory, all four of them did some amazing impersonations. Anyone who watches this, without being first familiar with those classic actors, are wasting themselves by watching this ingenious/ hysterical skit.

@joeyj6808 8 ай бұрын

I want to be KING of the POPES - this line has rung thru my brain for...30 years? More? Why???

@jezebeljones659 2 жыл бұрын

Well. What to say about this. It is "transplendent," as Shelley Duvall said in "Annie Hall." Eugene Levy's eybrows steal the show, but what I loved about the early SCTv's was, their deliberate misspelling of stars' names, thus, Peter O'Tule and Richard Berton, to name a couple of them. They are brilliant!

@Area51Spy 6 күн бұрын

I remember this skit years ago. In NY SCTV was on Friday nights at 1AM. Had a little five inch TV under the bed covers as my mother wouldn't let me stay up in the living room. Such great memories!

@OuterGalaxyLounge 6 жыл бұрын

This is mainly a parody of the 1964 classic, Becket, starring O'Toole and Burton, with strong references made to Camelot and The Lion In Winter. This sketch is way funnier if you've seen those films, partly because Joe Flaherty's mimicking of O'Toole's over the top "heart attack" in that movie is pretty close to the original.

@craigdamage 5 жыл бұрын

I saw this skit when I was 14 and I knew EXACTLY what they were doing.

@julianarose9872 5 жыл бұрын

kevin r. It’s such a brilliant sketch 👏👏 when Richard Harris goes into “ when I was a boy” all of them are so good , John candys Richard burton ;)

@matthewgray469 3 жыл бұрын

SCTV-Kings of all Mash-Ups! HENCEFORTH ! Let No Briton deny this !

@ericratzmann9258 3 ай бұрын

best sketch ever

@ailurophile17 7 жыл бұрын

This is as funny as it gets and on an equal with T.S. Eliot and the Firesign Theatre!

@sassulusmagnus 2 жыл бұрын

An under-appreciated gem of a sketch. Brilliant stuff.

@concernedcanadian8460 4 жыл бұрын

Great skit! Brings me back to being twelve years old and watching this in my parents living room.

@laszlozoltan5021 4 жыл бұрын

thx for the opportunity to see this again and share with my family. it is greatly appreciated

@jeffmayo2439 4 жыл бұрын

Dave Thomas..The Comedian who would be the king of comedians,,and laughter !AHhha...AHhhha...AHhhaa !

@matthewgray469 3 жыл бұрын

Dave was so awesome as Nostradamus, "Nostradamus, if its one thing I can't stand it's a know it all " I knew you were going to say that "

@blitzschnitz2032 7 ай бұрын

This is still absolutely brilliant. Good acting as its best, indeed.

@lunarmodule9915 4 жыл бұрын

LOL! Great adaptation of 2 of my favorite movies.

@donfrandsen7778 4 жыл бұрын

These guys are just hilarious!!!!! Omg!!!!

@morganfisherart 2 жыл бұрын

2:00 to 2:45 - the finest, most regal, papal eyebrows in all of Christendom!!!

@Lewis9709 3 жыл бұрын

RIP John Candy

@electricrussell 5 жыл бұрын

You can really tell at that time that Canadians were far more knowledgeable about British culture than Americans.

@canaisyoung3601 3 жыл бұрын

Well, Canada used to be a British colony...

@roberthill799 2 жыл бұрын

Yes and guess who else used to be a British colony.

@vigo894 2 жыл бұрын

Mexico? Ha.

@electricrussell 2 жыл бұрын

@@canaisyoung3601 I think it was more to do with the fact that at this time British film and TV culture was "mainstream" in Canada whereas it was "niche" in the U.S.

@projektkobra2247 Жыл бұрын

@@canaisyoung3601 -Look at your money...it still is.....Subject.

@eric7922 2 жыл бұрын

also starring Victor Spynneti as the tailor...

@thomasfletcher8997 9 жыл бұрын

My imitation of Peter O' Toole is based solely on this....sorry Peter...:) I know your voice wasn't THAT high, but still...funny

@jsuedath 4 жыл бұрын

Cracks me up every time

@greenmonsterprod 5 жыл бұрын

All that's missing is the equally funny follow-up, "How the Middle East was Won".

@Neville60001 4 жыл бұрын

'I'm the bloody Mufti-away wi' ye!'

@greenmonsterprod 4 жыл бұрын

@@Neville60001 Found it. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hLN7aNed0quwY5c.html

@michaeljlyons5565 3 ай бұрын

Rip Joe Flaherty and John Candy 😢

@johnjones3714 4 ай бұрын

This is SCTV at it's finest Everyone is in top form

@johnheart6890 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely perfect!

@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344 8 жыл бұрын

I'm not in......FALLIBLE!

@hodgepodgebuhgodge3739 5 жыл бұрын

That Kate Hepburn and her calla lilies.

@Dana-kb5mk Жыл бұрын

Mother's Day weekend & thinking of burning one with Sandra all those times cracking up at SCTV. Back in the day. Miss you 😘 Love To All Reading This 💖♾️ Life Goes On Elle King "America's Sweetheart," Bob Dylan "Jokerman" READ MORE, MC5 "Kick Out The Jams"

@CD-yr8tw 10 ай бұрын

Legend.

@Dana-kb5mk Жыл бұрын

I miss John Candy. Who didn't get the credit for being the Sexy MF Jackie Gleason Energy of his Time. Just Sayin. Check him out as Freddie in Splash, you'll see what I mean. #Hot

@garycrowder 4 жыл бұрын

Master thespians right there!

@gordongordon98 6 жыл бұрын

A man called 'orse 🐎

@christine5055 8 жыл бұрын

This is so funny!! :)

@kellycloney1302 6 жыл бұрын

BLOODY BRILLIANT

@imajeepster 11 жыл бұрын

hahahah.....classic!

@dplatt7290 6 жыл бұрын

OMG Candy's Burton is pretty bad. O'hara's Hepburn is amazing.

@laragio 6 жыл бұрын

D Platt Candys' Richard Burton is spot on. Are you deaf?

@millicentsquirrelhole582 8 жыл бұрын

Didn't Rockin' Mel Slurrup of Rockpile fame have the King of the Popes's Richard Harris on? in Edmonton mufti? warbling MacArthur Park? or was that on Dr. Tongue's House of Beef?

@PBurnsZM73 7 жыл бұрын

Yep, Rockpile.

@gordongordon98 7 жыл бұрын

moses strathern Lolz king of popes

@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344 8 жыл бұрын

Isn't this a parody of "Murder in the Cathedral?"

@Jim-Tuner 5 жыл бұрын

And Beckett (The Burton/O'Toole version) And The Lion in Winter And Camelot