Liberace's Musical Tribute to the Holidays 

viaductdreams And I honestly thought that he looked like Dave Thomas

Luigi Speca was Juul's mentor.

Awesome trivia!

Dave Thomas' impression of Liberace was unmatched.

mistermalta Plus he was actually playing! Rick’s got many musical talents

@@dougaltitus08 The Gerry Todd Show. Also, Moranis put out a musical parodies LP that was BRILLIANT

Much better than Taron

Gay Eddie Munster

To be fair, since it wasn't an impression that involved speaking, a lot of credit goes to the costume department, because that getup actually looks like something Elton John would have worn at the time.

That whole piano duel was the best part of this.

I absolutely agree, Edith Prickley in "Prickly Heat" , one of the best.

well, come on now, Catherine O'Hara was equally brilliant

Loved Andrea's performance in "Club Paradise," which had a few other SCTV alumni in it. Rick Moranis, Eugene Levy, Joe Flaherty... led by Robin Williams and Peter O'Toole. Pity it wasn't a bigger success. It's always been one of my favorite movies of the 80's. =)

Great love for Andrea Martin but Katherine O'hara was a powerhouse comedian even then and her decades long career has been filled with great performances. I consider Ohara/Levy to be the funniest and most consistent comedy duo of the last 40 years.

Agree 100%!

Agree 86.5%

Steven Conrad I'm with you. The concept of watching awful television shows aired by a Melonville TV station was inspired, and then the SCTV cast members, who also wrote the show, were so unbelievably talented.

+Steven Conrad 1,000,000,000,000% true!

Steven Conrad yep. SCTV will never be topped. Best cast ever!!!!

I love that he stole a chicken on the way out the door

Now make that 40 years

I was born in 1964 and got to see SCTV from the very beginning. We lived in Sudbury and didn't have cable TV in the early years so had few channels. I always thought it was hilarious and wondered how it would ever be bettered. Nothing's even come close. Andrea Martin is my favourite. The way she commits to it like her performance here. They're all excellent but I laugh harder from the first moment with her. Or Catherine O"Hara when she does Lola Falana and shouts out loud to the audience "I want to bare all your children." Funniest line ever. It looks so easy. Just a bunch of goofs getting together and clowning around. How come nothing like this has been done since? And with the nonsense going on in the world today a person in a coma could write perfect scripts. Bob and Doug even did an excellent Christmas album. I couldn't get into it when it went to NBC. That's most of what's available today so I watch some of it.

I LOVE this, but... it's by no means "timeless" since it relies completely on knowing four entertainers that my youngest friends know nothing about.

It was probably inspired by this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OhWM4_pIKVg.html

This definitely satirizes his frozen pea commercials - decades before they became famous on the internet.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

And the unusual funny thing is giving Luigi Speca of Toronto (a real guy) on-camera credit.

. .yeah. .Every Skit...

And stealing the turkey when he walks off

"I'm fire him, Orson."

How is it Elton John is/was more extra than Liberace?

And Silent Night too..too funny!

+George Symons I can't stop laughing!!!!!

George Symons yes. Him taking the turkey was great. They never missed a joke

This was probably the inspiration: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zaWh0RPVfcs.html

Maurice LaMarche did a great Orson wells on 'the critic' paradying that commercial as well

Damn THAT M. Douglas movie was really disturbing

Oh God that movie.

He’s a better Liberace than Liberace.

@Wizzo Brodien never been near any of them Billy dee Williams the other side of a glass office building door though

Just Hysterical!!

Love it when Orson screams at the cameraman!! The best part of Good King Wensclas.

I have a feeling that Lee really did love it too. He and his Mini-Me probably acted that out quite often.

True.

Wrong. It was hush hush in the '50's, not in the 80's

@@Ptpop wrong

i love edna boil. andrea's gestures are so perfectly badly timed it is hysterical. that can't be easy, and she is seamless.

+I.P. Knightly lol

SCTV knew when to end. SNL doesnt. Most of our best TV shows never last more than ten years.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ol5RpDEzLzY.html

The video of Welles doing the Paul Masson commercial while drunk is pure gold. He also had a meltdown while doing a commercial for Gordon's Fish Filets

And the popping light bulbs

They always "nailed 'em!"

Well, a caricature...Ethel was actually an incredible singer, performer for and of her time. Also had a great sense (see Mad Mad Mad World) of humour and probably would have found this hilarious

I gotta use that line next time I quit a job.

8 years later who would win?

Elton John hands down