This was daring of SCTV because, unlike their other sketches, they did this one without the laugh track - and it is all the better for it. From the very beginning, SCTV was way ahead of SNL.
I ran into John with Joe and Don Novello (who played Guido Sarducci) at a hotel bar when I was a kid. (Was at a celebration upstairs and saw them come in) I loved Candy's laugh- also the Johnny LaRue version, so so funny. I inturrepted them like a dope and did a bunch of impressions of their characters while they patiently humoured me. Including Candys LaRue laugh. Then I was asking them to do their schtick, and Candy did it, a really really nice guy to a messed up kid. Looking back it was way too close to Candy's version of Babe Ruth meeting the kid in the hospital. Ikes...(*google that though*) Worse still I didnt know who Novello was and wasnt nearly respectful enough. Anyway ..The guys gave me a signature, I had it for decades. They were really great, and it was a Saturday night to boot. A great memory. (Sorry fellows, and thanks too)
it was a Pinto/Pacer/Edsel hybrid that broke down, caught fire and sank into the swamp...so they built another ten million of 'em, just to show 'em...and the Ford one blew up...it blowed up real good
This is beyond ridiculous... LOL... I haven't seen this in years. But I friggen lost it at 9:58 when Bittman mentions "William B" in the heist. You know from there its just going to be a freakin' train wreck.
love the line by Sammy at 9:10--- same reason they haven't put a man on moon or Japanese will never sell a car in this country--they don't have the know how
“COOL DADDY, COOL!”……my wife is about ready to kick me out of the house….I’ve been screaming that for the last couple days whenever she asks me to do something! 😂
What actual function of the heist was the harmonica gang supposed to play? They're supposed to wait until they get the call from William B, then move from one side of the building to the other. That's it? Hilariously sloppy planning of Sammy!
After this movie William B. Williams poured all the money he made on this film into a dust-mop start up. Unfortunately, the continued growing popularity of wall to wall carpeting had a chilling effect on the companies sales and the company went broke weeks later. Williams lost everything and Sammy Maudlin bailed him out offering him the opportunity to be his sidekick/lackey on the new Sammy Maudlin show. Of course Williams repaid Maudlin's kindness by bailing on him to do the I’ll fated William B. Williams show which lasted one episode. Maudlin took Williams back but according to Bobby Bitman’s unauthorized biography, Maudlin never forgave Williams totally despite tall the on camera good vibes. Williams died penniless in 2000 after investing in a company that attempted to promote sundials and analogue clocks to protect against Y2K.
