SCTV was probably one of the best comedy TV shows ever. They nailed satire, had solid characters, from a very talented cast, well written and most of all, extremely funny.
The sheer amount of talent that came out of SCTV is unbelievable. John Candy, Andrea Martin, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Martin Short etc. And almost all of them still in the business. Schitt's Creek, Only Murders in the Building...two massive hit shows.
Used to watch SCTV on NBC as a teen but never remembered this part. As a late 1970s80s soap opera viewer, this has it all, the amnesia, wedding chaos, evil imposter. I'd watch a whole season of this today.
i was searching for the clip of the unforgettable lines from catherine ohara: 'all they want is sex and that's all i give them'. Then i found the whole series condensed in this youtube video. Second City TV is Timeless comedy
I know you're referring to the "Violet McKay" character, but the way she annunciates the word 'fiancé" as "Sue Ellen" @19:08 is hilarious-very Joan Cusak.
Everybody was on-track playing melodrama for a soap, except Andrea Martin was playing for a laugh-track on a kids' show. Really dropped the penny on that one.
Back when SCTV was new, I missed the wedding episode. I didn't see it in the summer reruns either. 40 years later, I finally got to see the episode here--and Bill Murray was in it! That was a nice surprise after all this time. Thanks for posting this!
Your comment is the highlight of my day. I had never heard of this before and bam, here I am. 40 years to wait for the wedding episode. you are awesome. lol
John Candy is fantastic in the second season as he gets more hysterical and Eugene Levy is so spot on as the upright guy. I just wish I knew what happened to Clay Collins and Sue Ellen!
Clay Collins played by Rick Moranis from Ghost Busters and Honey I shrunk the Kids. He died at the Alter. Nice Cameo appearance from Bill Murray And I think the Terrorist who impersonated a Pentagon employee looked like Bill Paxton? But his profile didn't look like him? I wish they gave the names of the cast?
Andrea Martin is the funniest woman ever . That bit where she's attempting suicide dangling from the rope whilst holding a conversation with Dave Thomas like it was the most natural thing on earth is absolutely hilarious.
Both Martin and Catherine O’Hara are comic icons, and they didn’t even get paid for their writing contributions for the entire first season, because they were women, even though they wrote their own characters and sketches. And all of the guys didn’t stand up for them, they just took their extra pay as though it was the most natural thing in the world.
When you think about the money they made - even me even the guys at the time kind of ridiculous - def not 100000 an episode or 10,000 I bet , hope they get something from you tube
The over the top “acting”, dramatic pauses, constant drinking and 70/80s musical sound track are so spot on, it’s funny how a 40 year old soap opera parody I watched the first time around has sucked me in again all these years later 🤣🤣🤣
Clay Collins is at the top of that list of music genius’ who left us way too young ( Hendrix,Cobain, Duane Allman etc)and leaves us music lovers to ponder what could of been. If Buddy Holly’s death was the day the music died,well Clay’s death was surely the day music fans stopped being turned on to the music. I cry whenever I think about how many pretty girls will never get turned on by his music in the future
Clay''s unreleased work is finally going to see the light of day in a double album. I think it's going to be called his "Wide" album because the records are both being released in that format that didn't last too long, ie on oblong discs that are almost twice as wide on one axis than the other. One of Clay's never-finished songs---I AM GLASS WALRUS NUMBER 9---was just completed by the Queen Haters. At least we'll all have this to help quell the tears of our' unending sorrow at his loss.
@@RSEFX If you believe in forever,then Clay’s life was just a one night stand. If there’s a rock & roll heaven,with Clay they’ll have a helluva of a band
Yes, it's a classic parody and compelling in its own right because the SCTV cast are such great actors on top of being first class comics. The funny thing is, surreal as it gets, so much actual daytime drama is even more insanely weird but played straight without satire, and it enhances the sheer fun madness...
He was amazing, even when he took on a serious role in that movie with Ally Sheedy and the serious, as well as the funny parts of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles!
Now THIS is MY era of tv and I'll always treasure these sketches and my memories of the laughter this show brought me. This was possibly the best and most complete parody of soap opera cliches and stereotypes of all time. It just distilled all the elements in one hilarious skit. Brilliant.
@@whateverheather655 You're 50 and asking if SCTV was shown on HBO or Showtime? Anyway, if it aired in your town or city you'd have found it late night on a local station, not CBS, NBC, or ABC.
@user-ug4jp8lp4q like I said I do not remember this being on TV. Yes we had HBO in the early 80s and showtime in the 80s. I came from a very very strict home so that's probably another reaon I don't remember this show
I grew up in the 80's in Britain and so annoyed that no British Channel broadcast SCTV back in the day. Thank you uploader for taking the time to put this together. Man Canada was brimming with amazing comedy talent back then
Same here - some of the crap we got instead. I would've loved this cos it had people I loved to see in the films of the day - like John Candy, Rick Moranis, Catherine O'Hara. I feel like the internet was invented to let us play catch up in Britain how to join the dots with how all those people go into the movies.
They perfexted all of the lowered gazes, the pregnant pauses...the kind of timing that was needed to build "'suspense" 🤣 The characters' names - perfect.
I haven't seen Billy since he was no bigger than..."this cup?" and Mojo taking the oath... "high ho?" Love Mojo. And even Rocco understood that "high ho" was funny. This kind of satirical parody is sadly, almost non existent nowadays. Thank you SCTV! (and many thanks to whoever posted this)
I love the little moments -- like when at 31:10 Eugene Levy, playing the doctor, dials a whole lot of numbers on his rotary phone just to get to the secretary, so he can ask her to...dial a number. Ha!
To me SNL has always been hit and miss when it comes to skits and even cast members but SCTV was gold every time. Funniest show and best cast. And their still killing it today. Anyone who watches the brilliant Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy on Schitt's Creek can attest to that.
@@georgesabol459 - Yes! 100%. This is because SCTV and MADTV were all about the comedy, poking fun at all sides equally. SNL is continually hell bent on lecturing me about politics. I haven't watched it in about as long.
@@azsunburns No, no, I’m just a little surprised. I suppose it would probably be a little obscure to the American market or ANY market outside of our own. Lol. We’ve never had a whole lot of crossover hits but when we DID get recognition for something in entertainment it was typically our comedy. No worries. It’s still pretty cool to hear someone stumbling onto a old Canadian comedy show that we all loved and liking it too. All these performers are a point of national pride to many of us. They are to me at least. I grew up watching most of them my whole life. I wuz 6 yrs old when I first started watching them on our local station and it was while on SCTV. Lol!
The background music, audio and tones of voice used by the cast makes The Days of the Week an auditory carnival for the ears. Perfect soap opera satire.
Your comment took me back to when my Mom used to be glued to the television for Another World! Lol! So funny. It was a short period of my childhood. Many of my Mothers obsessions only lasted a short time but obsessed she would become just the same. Like the time she had over 40 finches residing in decked out cages all over our house. Lol. Good times.
Reminds me of a "Golden Girls" bit, where Blanche was reading a serial comic strip I forget the name of. Dorothy said she hadn't read that strip since the early '60s, or some such long ago decade. "Well, you haven't missed much, Dorothy; let's see....it's later that same afternoon......."
I watched this show religiously back in the 80"s. I never realized there was an actual plot to these shorts. As well, Rocco goes into a phone booth with the old AGT logo, lol
I think that logo was for Edmonton Telephones which was the city-owned telephone service back then. Thunder Bay also had a municipal telephone company at one time-at least into the 1980’s.
I recall watching this when it first aired that when Bill Murray's character was shown Simon and Garfunkel doing "Mrs. Robinson" was playing. Guess they couldn't get rights to have that here! Love this show! Incredibly talented folks, everyone of them!
Okay, I'm six minutes in and I'm totally involved with this story. Everyone in SCTV is so talented and they all have great range. I used to watch soaps in the 1970s becaise the ladies lounge in the office building had a TV. Women would come spend their lunch hour either napping or watching the soaps and then go back to their office. This is just like those terribly serious stories. They were addictive. Thanks for posting!
So many great characters by the whole crew..especially Andrea Martin and Joe Flaherty as Rocco...the dumbest two bit criminal Wainwright could have possibly found to carry out his scam....my favorite is how he makes a deal to take the rap and do 50 years in prison for a thousand bucks..."could be the easist grand I ever made!"
She actually makes you care for everything that happens to her and it's surprisingly clever, because the characters develop just as in a genuine soap opera; Mojo goes from being a laugh-at character to the one you empathise with most...
