favorite show/skit
Mitchell Whorton
know it's here. does anyone have a favorite show or skit they want to
share? my favorite was the godfather show, wow! was that funny, and well
done. i also liked the ghandi musical promo with slim whitman.
i really loved this show, and hope someday it is available on video,
there was really nothing else like it, before or since.
August XXi
I agree, and wish I had the shows on tape. We don't get them where I live
anymore, and I wonder if I will ever see them again. It's been years.
Anything with John Candy always killed me. I really loved his William B.
Williams character, the reluctant talkshow sidekick to Sammy Maudlin.
I think the funniest sketch I ever saw was when William B. Williams finally
gets his own tv show, comes running out from the curtain during the opening of
his show, slips, winds up breaking his ankle and has to do the show in
excruciating pain, and it's obvious the show sucks and will never pan-out. All
his dreams go down the tube in one fell swoop, so to speak.
Candy was so good at injecting pathos along with hilarity. Actually that is
one thing I like about SCTV - so many of the sketches were multi-layered with
various emotions since it was a serial-type program. You got to know the
characters and had actual affection for them, they weren't just one-off skits
with characters you would never see again.
Martin Short also was in his element on that program, I haven't seen him
evidence such comic brilliance since.
I also loved Eugene Levy as Moe Green.."Did you drove or did you flew?"
LOL! Damn, I miss SCTV!
August
Jim Bennie
(Mitchell Whorton) wrote:
> had no idea there was a sctv group, i'll check out this often now that i
> know it's here. does anyone have a favorite show or skit they want to
> share? my favorite was the godfather show, wow! was that funny, and well
> done. i also liked the ghandi musical promo with slim whitman.
This is tough. The Christmas shows were all good, and the Election
Night broadcast is one of my favourites.
Jim
William Denton
: I also loved Eugene Levy as Moe Green.."Did you drove or did you flew?"
You meant to say as Sid Dithers, I'm sure. Moe Green, station
manager, was played by Harold Ramis.
Bill
--
--
William Denton : Toronto, Canada : http://www.miskatonic.org/ : Caveat lector.
norman
Beef, making snow angels!
Norman
Amelia Bradburn
original post...
> In <14734-38...@storefull-266.iap.bryant.webtv.net>, mwho...@webtv.net
> (Mitchell Whorton) wrote:
> > had no idea there was a sctv group, i'll check out this often now that i
> > know it's here. does anyone have a favorite show or skit they want to
> > share? my favorite was the godfather show, wow! was that funny, and well
> > done. i also liked the ghandi musical promo with slim whitman.
In my opinion, the best show ever was the janitor's
strike episode. The parodies of CBC programs from that
time period were absolutely hilarious! For example:
MONDAY NIGHT CURLING! "Sweep! Sweep! Sweep!"
MAGNUM P.E.I.! "C'mon, put those potatoes back!
They're not yours!"
And of course, who could forget that brilliant take-off
of "Goin' Down The Road", "Garth and Gord and Fiona and
Alice"? It's especially funny if you're at all familiar
with Toronto, and you know that Hazelton Lanes isn't a
bowling alley. =)
Then there was the part where Edith Prickley was trying
to bargain with Sid and trying to entice him with
bagels...A brilliant episode from start to finish.
--
Amelia Bradburn "A terrestrial day-active animal, the
woodchuck hibernates in snowy climes."
ICQ: 33990873
steve
> <SNIP>
>
> My favorite is when mayor shanks busts into election night coverage at
> SCTV to kick earl's ass for saying something about the mayor's mother.
> OH, and anything with prini scleroso (?).
j...@capebridge.net
In article <14734-38...@storefull-266.iap.bryant.webtv.net>,
mwho...@webtv.net (Mitchell Whorton) wrote:
> had no idea there was a sctv group, i'll check out this often now that
i
> know it's here. does anyone have a favorite show or skit they want to
> share? my favorite was the godfather show, wow! was that funny, and
well
> done. i also liked the ghandi musical promo with slim whitman.
> i really loved this show, and hope someday it is available on video,
> there was really nothing else like it, before or since.
>
>
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Before you buy.
Pat Durkin
can remember off the top of my head:
"Leave It To Beaver 25th Anniversary Special"
Eddie Haskell (Dave Thomas) to Wally (Eugene Levy): "So that's the
story, Wally. I'm gay and I'm proud of it."
Wally to Eddie, as Eddie runs his fingers through Wally's hair: "Gee
Eddie, you better not come around here anymore."
After the Beaver (John Candy) shoots Eddie:
Ward (Joe Flaherty): "Why'd you do it, Beaver?"
Beaver: "Gee Dad, I hated him. 'Sides, he was always calling me a bum."
Ward : "After all I've taught you about taking the law into your own
hands? June, call the police."
Wally : "Gee, Dad!"
Ward : "Wally, he's just going to have to understand. Maybe 35 years in
the slammer will teach the Beaver something."
Beaver: "Gee Wally, life stinks."
Wally : "Yeah. And so do you, Beaver."
"Celebrity Tattletales"
Bert Convy (Eugene Levy): "Whoa! Roy Rogers! I can't believe you said
that about Dale Evans! No wonder your children are adopted. Whooo!"
"Do Not Remove This Tag"
Married couple in bed. Husband (Dave Thomas) looks at the mattress tag:
" 'Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.' Huh! What a bunch of
bull!"
Wife (Andrea Martin): "No honey, don't!"
Husband removes tag, bed explodes.
"Library Police"
Married couple is reading. Wife (Andrea Martin?) nags husband about
returning overdue library books. Husband (John Candy) says "Get off my
back woman, they're only overdue a week!"
Library police burst in. "Library police! Freeze!"
Husband: "Oh yeah? Now you freeze or I'll take the top of this book's
head off!"
Police : "Oh my God, Jim, he's got the dictionary!"
"The Merv Griffin Show"
Loni Anderson (?) talks to Merv (Rick Moranis) about how people don't
take her seriously as an actress, while Merv alternates looking at her
eyes and breasts. Then Merv says: "My, you have fascinating breasts.
Yassar (Arafat), do you get WKRP in Palestine?"
Arafat (Joe Flaherty): "In Palestine it's the #1 rated show."
Merv: "Number 1. Number 1!"
Other ones I enjoyed were Disco Farming, Dante's Inferno ("Devils! Rend
a little bit of his flesh!"), Grumble's On Route 41 ("Noboby who eats
here likes it, you won't too"), the Wacky World Of Poverty ("Hey, who's
poor!"), and "Stretch Your Arm" ("I'd like to shake your hand" followed
by sarcastic laugh).
I remember the older shows better since I saw each one several times.
There were many good sketches in the NBC years as well, but I won't
mention them now since I've already written too much.
Pat
G.Orwell
DOOWOPDOUG
Sedaka was great. Also loved the Solid Gold Telethon. Sammy and Bobby were
hilarious. O'Hara as Lola was always a treat, and who can forget Yosh and Stan?
SCTV - nothing else has ever been close.
Vincent G. Macek
>
> had no idea there was a sctv group, i'll check out this often now that i
> know it's here. does anyone have a favorite show or skit they want to
> share? my favorite was the godfather show, wow! was that funny, and well
> done. i also liked the ghandi musical promo with slim whitman.
> i really loved this show, and hope someday it is available on video,
> there was really nothing else like it, before or since.
Of course, the moment I post this, I'll think of another favorite, but
the very first thing I saw was a parody of an ancient show 'The
Continental' with Joe F. as Alki, a seedy ladies' man, purring to the
camera:
"...you dream about your Alki last night? Eh? ...you want to make your
Alki breakfast?... (surlier voice)...Go on!! Make me *breakfast!*"
I pretty much lost it right there. There have been too many great
numbers to single out, but some that come to mind are "Rex and Edna
Boil's Christmas Boutique" dog fashion show, the 'Miracle Worker' parody
"Gangway for Miracles", and the hard-hitting family drama "We'll be All
Right, You Creep, Leaving Home and All, Eh?" (hope I got that title
right)
VMacek
George Hiebert
Waterfront, Again. Solid comedy from start to finish. There are others
of course.
Capel Cleggs
> "The Merv Griffin Show"
> Loni Anderson (?) talks to Merv (Rick Moranis) about how people don't
> take her seriously as an actress, while Merv alternates looking at her
> eyes and breasts.
This particular part of the sketch spoofs an infamous Griffin episode
of 1978 which catapulted Anderson to fame purely and solely because
Griffin, the other interviewees, and the camera were fixated on her
upper equipment. This now seems blatantly unfair in view of the fact
that Bailey (Jan Smithers) was so much sexier, but I digress...
As for favorite SCTV sketches, I have an inexplicable partiality for
the early sketch with Ramis and Thomas as voice-over announcers,
complimenting each other for talking so loud and fast. Not a
spectacularly great sketch, perhaps, but I find advertising voice-overs
so annoying that I can't resist hearing them mocked. :)
Capel
Dale Sherman
remember correctly, Thomas commented on this episode being the one that
convince the group that they were actually able to pull the show off
successfully.
I've also always loved the "Meeting of the Minds" type interview show were
Johnny La Rue interview Joan of Arc, played by an actress woefully
underprepared.
"God? Oh, I thought you said Bob!"
"Who's Bob?"
"Bob was my boyfriend -- "
benrand
CAHHHTAAAHH"..."Does anybody have any salt?"
Al Peck's used fruit was ridiculous...Gerry Tood, vuhdeeo.
So many so many
j...@capebridge.net
clip...
In article <385312...@direct.ca>,
j...@capebridge.net
doowo...@aol.com (DOOWOPDOUG) wrote:
> Loved Farm Celebrity Blowup. Whooo weee he blowed up real good. Levy
as Neil Sedaka was great.
And O'Hara as Meryl Streep was impressive, I thought...
j...@capebridge.net
at William B. right where it counts, and he and Sammy go into
hysterics.
In article <19991205184605...@ng-cg1.aol.com>,
augu...@aol.comnospam (August XXi) wrote:
> The funniest sketch I ever saw was when William B. Williams
finally gets his own tv show, comes running out from the curtain during
the opening of his show, slips, winds up breaking his ankle and has to
do the show in excruciating pain, and it's obvious the show sucks and
will never pan-out. All his dreams go down the tube in one fell swoop,
so to speak.
>
j...@capebridge.net
steve <stu...@zoomnet.net> wrote:
> Wanda Sherratt wrote:
>
> > <SNIP>
>
> > OH, and anything with prini scleroso (?).
>
George Hiebert
And what about Lin Ye Tang..."Oh maybe a round-eye like you could do
better.." :)
j...@capebridge.net wrote:
>
> I love how Bobby's practically on the floor intensely watching the
> clip...
>
> In article <385312...@direct.ca>,
> George Hiebert <ge...@direct.ca> wrote:
> > The Sammy Maudlin Show where Bittman's promoting his film On the
> > Waterfront, Again. Solid comedy from start to finish. There are others
> > of course.
> >
>
Greenpail
"gigalo" and Alki responded with,"I'm just a jig-ling gig-a-lo"
Wanda Sherratt wrote in message <38529453...@mediaone.net>...
Anything with Alki Stereopolous was terrific, but I do remember that one
with special fondness. "Hey, where's the JEM?! You forgot the jem!" And I
think he throws a cup of coffee at his unseen playmate at that point.
Wanda
George Hiebert
>
> Remember Joe Flaherty as private investigator "Dan Money"? "He's got
> a big wallet, and it's loaded for DANGER!" A takeoff on a theme one
> often sees on cop shows, where the police seem to have endless money
> for paying off informants. John Candy played a pimp in flashy
> clothes, hinting that he needed a little cash for his information:
> JC: Oh, my eyesight ain't too good right now.
> JF: (opening his wallet) Maybe this will improve it.
> JC: Nope, still a little blurry.
> JF: (slipping him another bill) Then how about this?
> JC: Ooh, that's 20-20!
>
> The climax of the sketch came during a trial scene where the judge
> asks the foreman of the jury (played by Harold Ramis) if they've
> reached a verdict.
> HR: Well, your honour, maybe we have (rubbing his hands, looking
> around furtively) and maybe we haven't...
> JF: (opening his wallet) Excuse me your honour, maybe I can help
> clear up this matter.
>
> And he starts paying off the jury members one by one.
>
> Just too many funny things in that show to remember.
>
> Wanda
>
Actually the line goes...."He's got a big wallet and it's loaded for
MYSTERY". I loved those cop type show parodies. Remember Klog..."Stop or
I'll shoe"....or Mick Mason Police Photographer? I sure miss great
comedy. :(
steve
> Thanks for the correct quote! I remember John Candy as Harry Filth,
> too. And elsewhere he played a police dispatcher who had bad feet and
> wore big fuzzy slippers.
>
> Wanda
>
>
>> >
>>
>> Actually the line goes...."He's got a big wallet and it's loaded for
>>
>> MYSTERY". I loved those cop type show parodies. Remember
>> Klog..."Stop or
>> I'll shoe"....or Mick Mason Police Photographer? I sure miss great
>> comedy. :(
>
My favorite has to be, and i'm not sure bout this, but it was some quiz
show hosted by levy as a trebeq wannabe. Hi Q maybe? When no one could
answer and a question correctly and it sent levy off the
edge...hilarious!
Greenpail
>Wanda Sherratt wrote:
>>too. And elsewhere he played a police dispatcher who had bad feet and
>> wore big fuzzy slippers.
Turk Gruman, Police Dispatcher:
He came from the cushy world of limousine dispatching...
"Listen dammit. I don't know where that street is!"
norman
tv crew to disconnect Catherine Ohara's buzzer after her denying that she'd
touched it.
Norman
steve wrote:
> Wanda Sherratt wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the correct quote! I remember John Candy as Harry Filth,
> > too. And elsewhere he played a police dispatcher who had bad feet and
> > wore big fuzzy slippers.
> >
Jessica McEachern
norman wrote in message <385927D2...@compuserve.com>...
>Maybe High-Q? It was the High School Quiz show. I remember him ordering the
>tv crew to disconnect Catherine Ohara's buzzer after her denying that she'd
>touched it.
I remember the Night School Hi-Q sketch where John Candy kept touching his
buzzer and he kept denying it, and Rick Moranis was a repairman offering to
fix their buzzers.
That was a good one!
norman
Douglas Dinger
&
Dewey Decimal System
norman <nhat...@compuserve.com> wrote in message
news:385A1BC9...@compuserve.com...
Greenpail
Douglas Dinger wrote in message ...
>ABBA
>&
>Dewey Decimal System
>norman wrote in message...
j...@capebridge.net
character was "having a degree of difficulty getting
through high school" but had goals like being a
circuit court judge and professional hockey player.
The other characters (JC, AM, and JF) were hysterical
as they p*ssed off EL's Alex Trebek.
Mary
In article <385927D2...@compuserve.com>,
norman <nhat...@compuserve.com> wrote:
> Maybe High-Q? It was the High School Quiz show. I remember him
ordering the
> tv crew to disconnect Catherine Ohara's buzzer after her denying that
she'd
> touched it.
>
> Norman
>
> steve wrote:
>
> > Wanda Sherratt wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks for the correct quote! I remember John Candy as Harry
Filth,
> > > too. And elsewhere he played a police dispatcher who had bad feet
and
> > > wore big fuzzy slippers.
> > >
> > > Wanda
> > >
> > >
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >> Actually the line goes...."He's got a big wallet and it's loaded
for
> > >>
> > >> MYSTERY". I loved those cop type show parodies. Remember
> > >> Klog..."Stop or
> > >> I'll shoe"....or Mick Mason Police Photographer? I sure miss
great
> > >> comedy. :(
> > >
> >
> > My favorite has to be, and i'm not sure bout this, but it was some
quiz
> > show hosted by levy as a trebeq wannabe. Hi Q maybe? When no one
could
> > answer and a question correctly and it sent levy off the
> > edge...hilarious!
>
>
lang...@pilot.msu.edu
jif, Alex.
j...@capebridge.net
In article <385c1014...@news.msu.edu>,
lang...@pilot.msu.edu wrote:
> I got a phillips head aht inna truck, I can that fixed for ya inna
> jif, Alex.
>
>
benrand
What.
I thought you buzzed in.
No I didn't.
Ploobis
>
>I thought you buzzed in.
>
>No I didn't.
>
>
Someone disconnect his buzzer!!!!!!
-----
Michael K. Anderson
"I don't understand any of this."
benrand
What.
Michael Morbius
Mike
benrand
What.
You buzzed in.
No I didn't...
benrand
Patrick Nash
night club, DJ style when I hear the original on the radio. It cracks me up
every time!
Also, the other Gerry Todd things where he used absolutely all the special
effects he had at his command on his "vudeos".
As Edith Prickley would say, "Ha! Pffff!"
Patrick Nash
Patrick Nash
have a cigarette: "My hearts beating like a rabbit."
benrand
with VUdeo.
benrand
Vincent G. Macek
>
> Ladies and gentlemen, live from Japayun, Tim Ishimuni.
*tomorrow*...
Loved the cheesy Plastics video Tim played. I want to use that Santa
image for a Christmas card.
VMaceek
Jessica McEachern
benrand wrote in message
<01bf4d66$032ac200$b902...@netstudent.cl.msu.edu>...
>Now it's time for some VUHdeo.
*in the Zontar episode after all of the SCTV staff (except for Caballero and
Deforest Kelly) have been turned into zombies*
Make sure you stand in the middle of the room, this way you get the optimum
picture. That's just the way it is with these advent screens...
Deforest: Why hasn't it affected him?
Caballero: Oh that's Gerry Todd. He always sounds like a zombie.
George Hiebert
or something. She's saying something about being in this God forsaken
land that time forgot and then some kid rides buy on his bike. They also
show some clips from India.
j...@capebridge.net
> Now it's time for some VUHdeo.
...And the audio on this thing is amazing (going thru car wash)
j...@capebridge.net
one by the Plastics.
In article <83tqe7$qvi$1...@dfw-ixnews3.ix.netcom.com>,
j...@capebridge.net
I just watched that one the other day and thought what an omen
that skit was:(
lang...@pilot.msu.edu
Hey how are ya and a good good mornin to ya!
benrand
effect bus!
mixer2!
power boost!
benrand
I'll just sweeten that over here on the ahhdio board.
On Fri, 24 Dec 1999 01:14:11 GMT, j...@capebridge.net wrote:
> "benrand" <lang...@pilot.msu.edunospam> wrote:
>> Now it's time for some VUHdeo.
>
>...And the audio on this thing is amazing (going thru car wash)
>
>
j...@capebridge.net
In article <3862d5be...@news.msu.edu>,
Treeclimbr
own
the brainstorming program company below and I could send you a free one (good
for
writing comedy).
___________________
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Creative Virtue: http://www.eskimo.com/~telical/
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Friendly
I liked the one where Earl can't make it into the news
studio that day, so he sends his son. That one had me on
the floor!
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Friendly
I think you're right, it was Hi Q, which was one of my
all-time favorites.
Steve
DOLPHSTING
Midnight Cowboy, starring Dr
Tongue as the Cowboy prostitute
and Woody Tobias jr, as Ratso.
There are many great lines
and scenes in that one, but my
favs are when Woody Tobias Jr
attempts to say DIGNITY, but
instead says, DIGNICKNY,
DIGNICKY, and Dr Tongue
looks at him with a great
perplexed look that quickly
turns to anger , as he figures
out its DIGNITY and screams
it at Woody.
Then there is the scene
where they meet and Dr
Tongue does the funniest
lispy non descript Cowboy
accent ever.
"howdy Yall, I'll have me a
7 & 7 Yall " or something close.
Lastly the topper has to be the
2 of them walking down a crowded
new york city street, Classic.
Richard High
some song about "being gone so long, gone, gone, gone so long"?
Anybody?
Rich
Ploobis <plo...@aol.comsplunge> wrote in message
news:19991222073135...@ng-fz1.aol.com...
Dale Sherman
Floyd: Then he should have himself committed.
I was just thinking about this skit the other day!
Friendly wrote:
> I liked the one where Earl can't make it into the news
> studio that day, so he sends his son. That one had me on
> the floor!
>
abar...@tampabay.r
<REMOVE...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I always think of Gerry Todd singing "Turning Japanese" in his laid back,
>night club, DJ style when I hear the original on the radio. It cracks me up
>every time!
>
>Also, the other Gerry Todd things where he used absolutely all the special
>effects he had at his command on his "vudeos".
>
>As Edith Prickley would say, "Ha! Pffff!"
>
That was not Gerry Todd but another character Rick Moranis played
which I can't remember his name at the moment. He was sort of a Pat
Boone type of character that sang and did videos of New Wave hits. Can
anyone remember his name?
Adrain
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abar...@tampabay.r
<REMOVE...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Johnny LaRue doing a physical fitness show and having to stop and rest and
>have a cigarette: "My hearts beating like a rabbit."
>
He did the same schtick in Splash when he was playing racquetball with
Tom Hanks. Except instead of lighting up a cigarette he opened a
cooler and pulled out a beer.
abar...@tampabay.r
<high...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>What was the sketch where John Candy is singing with a band. He's singing
>some song about "being gone so long, gone, gone, gone so long"?
>Anybody?
>
That was Candy as Stephan Sealy on the Pre-Teen World Marathon. They
had a band called The Recess Monkeys.
MarkV
another, but I relly loved the "Andy Griffin Show" with Merv and Andy
merged. Eugene was great as Floyd and Joe (I think) was terrific as
Barney. Also, any time Rick played Merv and did his semi-explosive
laugh "phumhaaaa ha haha". Just listening to John laugh as William B.
Williams would put me in stitches.
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>
> On Thu, 23 Dec 1999 12:42:49 -0600, "Patrick Nash"
> <REMOVE...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >I always think of Gerry Todd singing "Turning Japanese" in his laid back,
> >night club, DJ style when I hear the original on the radio. It cracks me up
> >every time!
> >
> >Also, the other Gerry Todd things where he used absolutely all the special
> >effects he had at his command on his "vudeos".
> >
> >As Edith Prickley would say, "Ha! Pffff!"
> >
> That was not Gerry Todd but another character Rick Moranis played
> which I can't remember his name at the moment. He was sort of a Pat
> Boone type of character that sang and did videos of New Wave hits. Can
> anyone remember his name?
>
VMacek
"Da-doo doo doo doo-doo, da-daa daa daa daa-daa
Is all I want to sa-ay to youuu"
Vincent G. Macek
Yeah, she's out in India looking for a jungle boy, but instead gets
footage of pigs scratching their butts. "What the hell is that???
Phh-HA! Looks like a disco for pigs! 'Ohhh, MA-cho macho mannn...I wanna
be a MAcho man..."
VMacek
Jakes127
Travalina playing Robert Goulet, I think. And John Candy played Otis. All the
Merv bits were hillarious, in particular, the episode where Merv turns the
clock back to the 60's. Unbelievable. Of course the Merv bit where they make
Arafat (Flaherty) up as the Incredible Hulk was a gem. I've heard that Rick
Moranis has semi retired which is a shame. He was truly touched, in the best
way. Skip Bitman, Clay Collins, Gerry Todd, Woody Allen and Don Rickles. He was
quite unbelievable... But anyway, I think it was "The Merv Griffith" show.
Trudi Marrapodi
jake...@aol.com (Jakes127) wrote:
> Actually, I think it was "The Merv Griffith" show. And Dave Thomas played Fred
> Travalina playing Robert Goulet, I think.
That would be Fred Travalena playing Jim Nabors.
> And John Candy played Otis.
Hysterical!
> All the
> Merv bits were hillarious, in particular, the episode where Merv turns the
> clock back to the 60's. Unbelievable. Of course the Merv bit where they make
> Arafat (Flaherty) up as the Incredible Hulk was a gem. I've heard that Rick
> Moranis has semi retired which is a shame. He was truly touched, in the best
> way. Skip Bitman, Clay Collins, Gerry Todd, Woody Allen and Don Rickles.
He was
> quite unbelievable... But anyway, I think it was "The Merv Griffith" show.
It was. And I miss Rick too.
--
Trudi
"What did we as a species do to deserve such a superlative skater?"
--Lorrie Kim, on Brian Orser
Wishing everyone a "Happy Bri-2K"
Trudi Marrapodi
> abarton1@tampabay.r wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 23 Dec 1999 12:42:49 -0600, "Patrick Nash"
> > <REMOVE...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > >I always think of Gerry Todd singing "Turning Japanese" in his laid back,
> > >night club, DJ style when I hear the original on the radio. It cracks me up
> > >every time!
> > >
> > >Also, the other Gerry Todd things where he used absolutely all the special
> > >effects he had at his command on his "vudeos".
> > >
> > >As Edith Prickley would say, "Ha! Pffff!"
> > >
> > That was not Gerry Todd but another character Rick Moranis played
> > which I can't remember his name at the moment. He was sort of a Pat
> > Boone type of character that sang and did videos of New Wave hits. Can
> > anyone remember his name?
> >
> Todd Hastings? 'On a New Wavelength'?
Tom Monroe, actually. He was also funny. I liked his "Downtown," too.
Trudi Marrapodi
> On Wed, 29 Dec 1999 04:19:09 GMT, "Richard High"
> <high...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> >What was the sketch where John Candy is singing with a band. He's singing
> >some song about "being gone so long, gone, gone, gone so long"?
> >Anybody?
> >
>
> That was Candy as Stephan Sealy on the Pre-Teen World Marathon. They
> had a band called The Recess Monkeys.
>
> Adrain
Yeah, they were singing "My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)" by Chilliwack. It was
all over the radio at the time.
Michael Morbius
> Yeah, they were singing "My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)" by Chilliwack. It was
> all over the radio at the time.
I remember that song! That song ruled!
I hope I still have it on tape.
Mike
Vincent G. Macek
>
> In article <19991231161741...@ng-fy1.aol.com>,
> jake...@aol.com (Jakes127) wrote:
>
> > All the
> > Merv bits were hillarious, in particular, the episode where Merv turns the
> > clock back to the 60's. Unbelievable. Of course the Merv bit where they make
> > Arafat (Flaherty) up as the Incredible Hulk was a gem. I've heard that Rick
> > Moranis has semi retired which is a shame. He was truly touched, in the best
> > way. Skip Bitman, Clay Collins, Gerry Todd, Woody Allen and Don Rickles.
> He was
> > quite unbelievable... But anyway, I think it was "The Merv Griffith" show.
>
> It was. And I miss Rick too.
> --
Rick's turns as David Brinkley were hilarious, especially paired up with
Dave as Walter Cronkite. Loved the panel show where they were loaded on
tequila.
VMacek
che
Also have the Great White North & Strange Brew Albums burned on CDs
Michael Morbius <mor...@vcn.bc.ca> wrote in message
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Mike
"Jessica McEachern" <barm...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> norman wrote in message <385927D2...@compuserve.com>...
> >Maybe High-Q? It was the High School Quiz show. I remember him
ordering the
> >tv crew to disconnect Catherine Ohara's buzzer after her denying
that she'd
> >touched it.
>
> I remember the Night School Hi-Q sketch where John Candy kept
touching his
> buzzer and he kept denying it, and Rick Moranis was a repairman
offering to
> fix their buzzers.
> That was a good one!
>
>
Lets not forget that it is better to be a Half Wit than to have no wit
at all.
And ANYTHING in 3-D.... Ooooooh, that was scaary...
Oh, I hate fish. They look so good. I wish I could eat them.
benrand
What.
I thought you buzzed in...
Nope.
MagneticPOPE
"...for the boss Alex..."
"Yes, but what is it that he does?"
"He's... the boss Alex."
Proginoskes
>
> *in the Zontar episode after all of the SCTV staff (except for
> Caballero and Deforest Kelly) have been turned into zombies*
> [...]
> Deforest: Why hasn't it affected him?
> Caballero: Oh that's Gerry Todd. He always sounds like a zombie.
I just watched this episode, and later realized that this joke
has no logic to it. If Deforest was unaware of Gerry Todd's true
personality, he wouldn't know GT was unaffected. If Deforest was
aware of him, he'd know GT always sounds like a zombie. It
doesn't work either way.
In fact, the joke would have been better if GT HADN'T been taken
over by Zontar, and was only going along with the plan to get
the syndication rights; the joke would work better in this context.
Just my 2 cents'
-- Christopher Heckman
nigel...@insightbb.com
the door) - he was talking like gerry todd. if you had personally
pegged the term "zombie" to describe him before that point, then you
were ahead of the game. :) so even if bones knew gt's routine before
that, he's just reacting to the fact that gerry's not talking zombie.
yet. (if he didn't know gerry at all before that, dunno; can't help ya
there.)
but yeah, there's many little 'story continuity' glitches like this in
sctv, but it just wasn't the priority for storywriting to keep it
logical - 'fact, that runs against the whole grain of the show. with
such a large universe of characters, both impersonated and originated,
performed by such a small cadre of castmembers, story/character
collisions happened all the time - joe's guy cabellero talking with
joe's henry fonda; dave's lin ye teng unmasking the elephant man (who
is actually dave's bill needle in an elephant mask).
i recently showed the godfather parody to some friends who are 'real'
godfather fans, and i think it confused them a bit as it seemed dave
played something like three different parts - i dunno; i've not been a
gf fan myself, so don't have it memorized.
anyhow, point being, it was a very small show with a very tight budget,
with very enthusiastic, talented writers/performers/crew who put on a
show filled with characters who 'ran the station', but also filled the
role of storyteller themselves - what's "really happening" in the
station is that they're always performing for the camera; they always
know they're putting on a show (such as at the end of zontar when guy
delivers his moralistic ending first to bones, then to the camera).
even when they're pretending it ain't on the air.
sorry; took too much complit in college. :)
current favorite skit (current can only apply, 'cuz there's too many):
c.o'hara's drunken joan embry on sammy maudlin (also the 'zontar'
episode eh?). c and andrea are both carol-burnett-league comediannes...
what if all three of them could be on stage at the same time! that'd be
amazing.
nigel...@insightbb.com
alltime faves - severely freaked my brain out when i was a kid.
Proginoskes
> btw ch, did you get 'progo' from 'a wind in the door'? one of my
> alltime faves - severely freaked my brain out when i was a kid.
Yes, although it was really an indirect route. Someone had published an
article about mathematics in literature and mentioned that in _A
Swiftly TIlting Planet_, a tesseract (4-dimensional cube) is mentioned.
I decided to go back and re-read the story, as well as the others in
that series. Something about the name Proginoskes struck me as nice,
and when I bought a computer and signed up for an M$N account (to
"reduce" the precise of the machine), it wasn't taken.
-- Christopher Heckman