For those who may not know, this bit is itself a parody of the 1970 Canadian film "Goin' Down the Road", about 2 Maritimers trying to make it in Toronto.
Full movie here on RU-vid - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JIpD-UD8Wlw.html&pp=ygUTZ29pbmcgZG93biB0aGUgcm9hZA%3D%3D ... Watched it for the first time this week. Brilliant film.
SCTV... the true measuring stick for off the wall comedy..Just ask Dan Akroyd! They got blasted by the CRTC for not having enough "Canadian content" in the programming. Hence, Bob and Dougs great white north, hinterland whos who mockumentaries, and this absolute, pure genius of a skit with 2 maritimers and a french Canadian goin to Yong st for "doctorin jobs n' lawyerin jobs".... lol. This cast set a massive standard for quality comedy programming that stands to this day.
It's actually a spoof, not a skit. This is directly poking fun at Don Shebib's 1970 movie "Goin' Down The Road" about 2 Maritimers heading to Toronto with big dreams and leaving with nothing. So they Canadian Contented the hell out of the show with this one.
The best part is that it's connected to the Hinderland Who's Who PSA that appears earlier in the episode. All the skits in the episode have heavy continuity with each other - another reason SCTV is still a cut above everything else.
My ear is telling me that it is David Clayton-Thomas of Blood, Sweat & Tears doing the vocal on the rocked out version of "Won't Get To It". No surprise to learn that David C-T is a Canadian with history on Yonge Street where his musical career started.
So many random memories of Yonge St. Watching cops beat up a random kid for being a smart ass. Kid threw the cops baton across the street! Saw Bob and Doug shoot a scene in front of Sam the Record man..Random Eugene Levy and Kim Mitchell on a folding bike sightings!! Skating on Lake Devo..Chess on Gould St
Too bad couldn't show first the "Hinterland Who's Who" parody of the CBC, with John Candy's deadpan narration, which preceded this segment in the SCTV full episode. Hilarious episode overall with all the CBC jokes, "Monday Night Curling" and every 2nd character named Gord :) I think its out there on RU-vid. Fiona's off-handed remark "I thought them woodchuck things only hibernated in snowy climes huh?" is my favourite joke from any SCTV.
For some strange reason when I first saw this (and first saw the disclaimer), I thought it was gonna be a parody of one of those public service films about something.
TO DA GIRLS O YONGE STREET ! Wow T.O. was so liveable then. Is that the CN Tower (under construction?) just over John Candy's shoulder in the phone booth scene.
Due to massive, malicious, malignant, migration from incompatible cultures? Mysteriously imposed by some self-selecting, dogooder, self-righteous, 'we know best' internationalist banking elite ? Just wonderin'
@@schmittyhanrahan8126 Immigrants built this nation. Every Canadian not an aboriginal native has their roots in another country. My own parents are immigrants and moved to Canada in the '70s. My father, who worked in construction, literally helped build some of the structures standing in Toronto today; and my mother's whole career was cleaning houses of wealthy folk who were much better off.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver Actually, in proportional terms Canada had a more severe baby boom than the USA. The generation born between 1945 and 1965 forms a larger percentage of Canadians than Americans. When the baby boom ended, Canada had a bigger birth rate crash than the USA.
