SCTV FAVORITE SKITS.........
Ian Wahn
I worked on some of the early episodes of SCTV and one of my favorites
was with Catherine O'hara. It was Catherine dressed as a nun standing in
front of a stained glass window doing "The 20 greatest hits from the 18th
Century"
Catherine did quite a few takes but the last one clinched it!!! Essentially,
she was motioning.....to the... Four Stations of the Cross, to the beat of
the
the [classical] music. .........On that take, a fly landed to the left of
her nose
where Catherine sort of winced her nose and kept on going...........we
in the studio pissed our pants laughing our guts out!!!
The director said "Cut!!! Cut!!!!....let's do it again, but the the crew
mutinied
and said that was the best take and they would NOT do it again.
That is the skit you see 'till this day.
They are a great bunch....and if you want.....I will tell you more
if you want.
Any questions dear viewers?
Ian
roger colin shouse
I remember a dog food comercial skit with John Candy angry at his cowering
wife for not feeding his dog "real meat." It climaxed with Candy belting
her across the jaw with the can of dog food.
William B Flynn
One of the classic SCTV skits was a brilliant sendup of "Fantasy Island",
which I think was a full half-hour long. Not only did it spoof Tattoo
and his "Boss", but it also parodied the Bob Hope-Bing Crosby "Road to.."
movies of the forties and fifties, The Wizard of OZ, and punk rock bands.
It had to be one of the funniest 30 minutes in TV history.
Tom Bromley
One SCTV sketch I fondly recall (although others have claimed I must
have imagined it, since they never saw it) was "The Nana Mouskouri
Story", which featured (I think) Andrea Martin as the bespectacled
Greek singer.
I saw this sketch only once, during the NBC late night run of the
show, and have never caught it during later runs of the program in
syndication or on Nick at Nite. Perhaps because the singer it
spoofs is not as well known in the U.S., the sketch is no longer
rerun? This would be odd, since many Benny Hill and Monty Python
bits parody British shows unknown to US audiences, but are still
funny in their own way.
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I could've missed the pain,
But I'd have had to miss the dance." -- Garth Brooks
Ian Wahn
Remember the skit "Cooking for Poor People"?
In a while I will give you the dope on it......
(John was also in this skit)
Ian
Ian Wahn
Tom Bromley wrote......
One SCTV sketch I fondly recall (although others have claimed I must
have imagined it, since they never saw it) was "The Nana Mouskouri
Story", which featured (I think) Andrea Martin as the bespectacled
Greek singer.
I saw this sketch only once, during the NBC late night run of the
show, and have never caught it during later runs of the program in
syndication or on Nick at Nite. Perhaps because the singer it
spoofs is not as well known in the U.S., the sketch is no longer
rerun? This would be odd, since many Benny Hill and Monty Python
bits parody British shows unknown to US audiences, but are still
--------funny in their own way.
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TOM (and others)....the person to write to is
Andrew Alexander
Firehall Productions
Second City Comedy Club
Lombard Street (can't remember the #)
Toronto, Ontario
CANADA
All the old shows were cut up and edited to fit a 30min time
slot. I am sure that many of the old scenes were never
used for the syndication, and just lie buried on tape
somewhere.
Maybe if enough people write, Andrew may have another
look at them and release them.
We'll see........
Ian
Ted Ambrose
I always howled at "Halfwits" with its host Alex Tremell. Everyone was so
amusingly inept!
After introducing the contestants, Alex tries for some simple banter;
ALEX: So Darren Peel, do you have a family?
DARREN: Yes Alex, I have a mother and a father and a brother named Darren.
ALEX: No Darren, I mean do you have a family of your own?
DARREN: I don;t follow you Alex...
ALEX: Do you have a wife...?
DARREN: Oh yes Alex, I have a lovely wife and two wonderful young sons named
Frank.
And that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to SCTV!!
Ted!
Marlene Blanshay
I loved that Johnny Larue Character with john Candy as the exercise
instructor: Open the fridge, close the fridge, open the fridge,
close the fridge... puff puff, enough of that.....
Of course, looking back now, that one is kind of eerily prophetic.
And that Andrea Martin take off on the "Sophia" perfume commercial.
ANd, of course, Dr Tongue.
Mr. Mike
One SCTV skit where I just about died laughing was the one where Gerry
Todd, the video psycho, has a "video war" with his Japanese counterpart
Tim Ishimuni...
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Mr. Mike wrote:
>
> One SCTV skit where I just about died laughing was the one where Gerry
> Todd, the video psycho, has a "video war" with his Japanese counterpart
> Tim Ishimuni...
Any skit with Edith Prickley. Just the sight
of all that faux leopard skin would send
me into gails of laughter.
Tom
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Dave Thomas
The correct street address of Second City is 110 Lombard Street.
later
Dave Thomas
Dave Thomas
Fantasy Island also parodied Casablanca with Candy as Bogie and Andrea as
Ingrid Bergman. I know. I co-wrote it with Joe Flaherty.
Trivia
The big black guy who grabs Flaherty and me as Hope and Crosby in the
Harem had to be overdubbed he was so bad. My recollection is that it was
either me or Flaherty who did his voice.
Later
Dave Thomas
thomas conroy
Laura Weiss Linger (wei...@cfs.purdue.edu) wrote:
: My all-time favorite: Ned's Rock Pile.
Uh, correction: that's MEL'S Rockpile. You're right though, it's a classic.
