Rick Moranis' impression was so damn good

@stevenr6397

14 күн бұрын

so good it took me a second to recognise him

@miccal99

Күн бұрын

He had Cavett's cadence NAILED

Moranis' impression is so spot on.

@johnnynbk

4 жыл бұрын

but Cavett was rarely this serious.

@lynxminx4

4 жыл бұрын

Not at all. Cavett saw himself as an entertainer. He was constantly grasping for one-liners. The intellectualism was incidental, and if anything made him less effective as a comedian, which a lot of people find endearing about him. He was never the performer he wanted to be, and he was no journalist- he ended up being something aggressively in-between.

@BrucknerMotet

4 жыл бұрын

His Richard Dreyfuss impression kills it too in another SCTV episode. He does Richard's character from Close Encounters but in different situations.

@apogeedata

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/kaV6xrmQdLPXnJc.html

@morbidmanmusic

3 жыл бұрын

not really/ this was bad

To be so over the top but so real at the same time. Eugene Levy and the entire SCTV crew are so underrated. They blew SNL away.

@SwimminWitDaFishies

4 жыл бұрын

MankaBrosStudios And they still do!!

@erikthorsen240

3 жыл бұрын

@Don canine Depends on the funeral. Because, in all seriousness, this covid thing has kind of taken the oomph, if you will, out of memorials. Anybody?

@jojotopino

3 жыл бұрын

I agree.... not enough recognition.....!!

@morbidmanmusic

3 жыл бұрын

the SNL bashing is so lame. It is different/. They don't have and hour plus for sketches. That matters.

@bubufubu

3 жыл бұрын

Late 80's to early 90's SNL is gold. They hold up well against anyone. The only group of people that ever blew me away is The Kids In The Hall.

"How wonderfully inane." "I thought so, yes" lol

@veronaseller2604

3 жыл бұрын

"Oh, please do."

@wmbrown6

3 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of a recurring gag in Fred Scuttle sketches on "The Benny Hill Show": Q: That's most uninteresting. A: Thank you sir, we try our best.

The Dick Cavett character was brilliantly portrayed.

"...it's like a BOIL..." I love how she literally was able to go into schtick inside a comedic scene.

@thane816

3 ай бұрын

She almost lost it in Take 9.😂

Bittman got too comfortable on Maudlin's show and wasn't ready for Cavett's blunt honesty.

@RenzWilde-Muzik

7 жыл бұрын

lmao

@erikthorsen240

3 жыл бұрын

That "honesty" you're referring to is really just an insecure yet smug fella who happened to hit it big in the seventies out of sheer luck. Dollars to donuts Maudlin is more fondly revered as a treasure than Cavett. I can tell you where Sammy is now, but nobody knows who or where Dick is.

@frankfrank7921

3 жыл бұрын

@@erikthorsen240 Uh, you do realize that Dick Cavett is a real person and Sammy Maudlin was fictional or at most a parody of a real person? Also, what was Cavett's "sheer luck"? You seem a bit hostile towards him.

@erikthorsen240

3 жыл бұрын

@@frankfrank7921 Cavett came into public television when it was relatively new. They took more chances back then. Their idea of a talk show was to make it mature and urbane. He was lucky for that break, and secondly lucky for the guests he could attract. They were big names, but not current celebrities. They didn't have to have a film coming out to get on TV, and the format wasn't rushed. Maudlin had a briefer run here in New Jersey, although it was a Canadian show. I liked it because it featured actors and people whom I was not that familiar with. It was like a Canadian show that was trying to be an American show, and it always felt kind of friendly. I felt that Sammy and William B. were really trying, and it was hard to not root for them.

@quincee3376

3 жыл бұрын

LOL.

Eugene Levy is a comedy genius

@r.edward5701

3 жыл бұрын

And that's just his eye brows

Rick does a great Cavett.

@brent4723

7 жыл бұрын

Moranis's Cavett is indeed amazing. Props also to Levy for bringing genuine pathos to Bittman as he walks off.

@johnjarou2357

7 жыл бұрын

pablo earp i know. funny as hell.

@shaunpearson7905

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, except Cavett always seemed like a genuinely nice guy unless I *completely* missed the sarcasm all this time :)

@paulpitt52

6 жыл бұрын

Shaun Pearson "Do I sense some paranoia here?" LOL!

@shaunpearson7905

6 жыл бұрын

Yesl I'm starting to think maybe my mother didn't really like me.

This is the first vid in what I assume will be my being sucked into an SCTV wormhole. Wish me luck...

@brent4723

6 жыл бұрын

There's no escape. Not that you'll want to...

@paulpitt52

6 жыл бұрын

Nx Doyle I'm on my way too!

@DunkanIdaho1

6 жыл бұрын

Resucked one year later!

@A1collect

6 жыл бұрын

I've been sucked into the SCTV wormhole since the summer of 2001.

@josephgurzynski1053

6 жыл бұрын

Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara are still going strong. Have you checked out their Series Schitt's Creek? Levy's son Daniel stars as well as writes the scripts. Stunning cast includes Levy's daughter as well.

This a great sketch. Shouting "Action" into her face as the tense, romantic scene begins is hilarious and certainly illustrates the problems that arise when the same person is both director and leading man and imbecile.

@nathanlong4801

Жыл бұрын

I watched that part 5 or 6 times, and laughed hard each time. Bittmans one of my favorite sctv characters. If you haven’t seen it, check out the one where Bittman retires, and becomes a farmer.

Moranis nails the Cavett down!

Terry Gross once interviewed Eugene Levy and complimented him on his Bobby Bittman character, especially that outrageous wig. Levy said, “Terry, that was no wig. That was all me”.

@ianbauer4703

3 жыл бұрын

I believe it -- Levy is a comedy genius.

@lockandloadlikehell

3 жыл бұрын

Is that the dude that was in American Pie

"Battle of the Network Theologians" is such a Cavett-thing to say. These guys are spot-on. SNL just went for the easy laugh but SCTV had the wit.

"How wonderfully inane." Use that line all the time.

The laugh and the "jazz hands", get me every time.

Stuff like this is why I was always an SCTV fan and had no time for SNL. Incredibly brilliant and inventive.

Ladies and gentlemen... the birth of Krusty The Klown

@coms2

8 жыл бұрын

+brassknuckles77 that's very true!

@glentor3

8 жыл бұрын

I had he same thought.

@robertnahum5823

7 жыл бұрын

brassknuckles77 No doubt!

@paulpitt52

6 жыл бұрын

brassknuckles77 HEY! HEY!!

@nangraham9308

6 жыл бұрын

brassknuckles77 uh

I absolutely fell over laughing (2:59) when Bobby is explaining why he directed "Funny Stuff" and Cavett says "Oh please tell us"-Bittman finally caught on that Cavett was being condescending to him--brilliant comedy

@suedenim

2 жыл бұрын

Bittman's reactions are great. He knows Cavett"s making fun of him, but isn't smart enough to see exactly how.

@robertlloyd7796

9 ай бұрын

The book he is plugging looks remarkably like a Jerry Lewis book of a very similar name ..

@wmbrown6

20 күн бұрын

@@robertlloyd7796 - And his pose looked like Soupy Sales doing "The Mouse."

Love how Bittman screams "ACTION !" in the actresses' face.

@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427

8 жыл бұрын

And everytime she says 'funny stuff' he glances into the camera!

@billrtomison4440

7 жыл бұрын

cbikle Please, I'm giving notes, sweetheart...

Spot on Cavett! On a more serious note, I wish there were still hosts like Cavett. I can watch his old interviews all day.

Dick Cavett could be that condescending and aloof, so great job Rick Moranis in capturing that

Bobby Bittman and Sammy Maudlin have got to be the most convincing characters to ever grace a comedy skit. Nothing tops what SCTV did as far as fictional comedy personalities are concerned.

@softshoes

8 ай бұрын

Don't sleep on Lola Heatherton.

SCTV was comedy gold. Everyone took on so many personas it was hard to believe that they could go from A to Z in the blink of an eye. Levy is so into his Bittman character--it's easy to hate him. Moranis does Cavett perfectly, capturing his somewhat pedantic, intellectual, pseudo-comedic personality perfectly. His passive-aggressive approach is brilliant. Great show!

I can't watch this enough. Bittman and Cavett, classic characters.

I love how Bobby Bittman always looks at the camera when she says, "What you do is FUNNY STUFF." as if to say, hey, we worked the title into the script.

@josephdorenbos2633

2 жыл бұрын

The Titular Line.

5 stars..better than ANYTHING on TV today!!!

@ignorecorporatenews

2 жыл бұрын

better than anything else on TV EVER !

@MaxVelasquez340

17 күн бұрын

Welcome to 2024 and it’s still better than anything on tv

My God. The comedians on this show really went above and beyond in their portrayals of real life celebrities. The realism adds so much to the comedy, it makes the cast of sctv the best of any sketch show.

@ellyreginald6546

Жыл бұрын

Hidden in Canada and not well known back then, they had creative freedom.

Eugene Levy is so talented. His comparable on SNL is the late Phil Hartman.

@cluman1

6 жыл бұрын

David Edward I agree. These two men were geniuses. Great observation.

@KenPotter

6 жыл бұрын

SCTV's cast (as a whole) was far more talented the whole SNL cast ever was.

@bufnyfan1

3 жыл бұрын

no comparison---Mr. Levy was far more talented and versatile too--from the blowhard Bittman--to the wussy Earl Canambert--LOL!!!

@jillmeredith2012

3 жыл бұрын

Schitt's Creek, folks. Levy is timeless.

@amandataebby

3 жыл бұрын

@@jillmeredith2012 I found SCTV from being a fan of his work on Schitt's Creek & looking up what else he's done. So glad I did, this show is hilarious 😄

Gee, I wonder if it's just a coincidence that Jerry Lewis' book is titled "The Total Filmmaker" and Bobby Bittman's book is titled "The Complete Filmmaker."

@keepinmahprivacy9754

2 жыл бұрын

Lewis obviously was ripping off the far more original Bittman, just like he did when he tried to hop on the bandwagon and make his clown in a concentration camp movie.

@ignorecorporatenews

2 жыл бұрын

@@keepinmahprivacy9754 Exactly.

"As a comic-turned-director, in all seriousness...."

@MrAitraining

7 жыл бұрын

lol classic Bobby Bittman line.

@erikthorsen240

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrAitraining Am I right, folks?

"You know something, Cavett? I don't like you". LMFAO! Kills me every time.

This show is brought to you by a Chubb from the Grant Corporation.

MORANIS GOT CAVETT DOWN, MAN

"Isn't 'Funny Stuff' a dangerous title to put on a film that is supposedly funny?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

still FAR better than ANYTHING on TV today 5 stars!!!

I don't know what's more impressive ... all Eugene Levy's gold necklaces or the perfection of his hairdo!

Moranis is so technically perfect, like Peter Sellers or Christopher Guest. Like them he rarely gives interviews, you never see the real him...

"A filmmaker makes films. A complete filmmaker...does more." LOL

Andrea Martin was so gorgeous

@thane816

2 ай бұрын

and charming as she barely breaks character

It's a real lesson for up and comers, no matter the genre or medium...punch 'boil'.

@hoibsh21

3 жыл бұрын

I don't want to lance you!

What's scary is that Levy's outfit is an EXACT representation of the time period. Maybe the rings and chains are exaggerated, but that suit is how people really dressed back then.

@akulkis

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. And not just on tv shows. That's what was on the racks in clothing stores.

@lindawallace4513

6 ай бұрын

Ladies and gentlemen, I’m from the 1970s, and I can attest that what roccoz2231 says is true. We really did used to dress like this.

That skit snuck up on me, pure hilarity.

Years later when they found Bittman in the meat truck, he was frozen so stiff, it took them two days to thaw him out for the autopsy.

@harryfrezza1931

Жыл бұрын

I got that one. Very good line.

It's not as awesome seeing it stand-alone like this. The fact that it was supposed to be airing as part of an episode of Monster Chiller Horror Theatre just makes it all the more brilliant.

@matthewhogg7616

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. The extended version of this sketch (Funny Stuff embedded in the Cavett Show served up as Monster Chiller Horror clip by Count Floyd, that is) is basically a chinese box of comedic brilliance.

@ignorecorporatenews

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewhogg7616 Chinese ?

@karenscigliano9787

Жыл бұрын

OMG.... that's great!

"Is there any reason that you're standing at this point?"

oh my god, I just discovered that Dick Cavett was a real person (always thought he was an original SCTV character). Saw the ep of him hosting SNL and ...wow, he really was like that. Rick nailed it.

@OttoByOgraffey

3 жыл бұрын

you must be really young.

@madmadhatter

3 жыл бұрын

Was? Three years ago when you wrote this he was still alive and he’s still alive now...

@lilliedoubleyou3865

2 жыл бұрын

@@OttoByOgraffey born in 1990? Does that count as young? :D

This reminds me of Dick Cavett’s interview of Jerry Lewis- who moaned on and on about how the studio big wigs were stifling his art.

@tomripsin730

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking that the Bobby Bittman character reminded me of Jerry Lewis here.

@QuadMochaMatti

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking about Rupert Pupkin trying out a recipe that Ed Herlihy had given him.

Wow. Eugene Levy and Andrea Martin ' in the zone'. Brilliant. I do not laugh loudly as I watch...a half smile across my face feeling the funny vibes of two very funny people,

@aneilp7631

7 жыл бұрын

I hear you. That's my reaction as well. It's hard not to be enamoured with the cast for their brilliance.

@matthewhogg7616

4 жыл бұрын

Andrea Martin might be one of the most giving comedic performers of all time. As brilliant as she is in her own right, she elevates everyone else around her like few performers I have ever witnessed. What an amazing, hilarious woman!

Eugene Levy/Rick Moranis are hilarious! I miss SCTV. Thanks for posting, brown9708!

Just a couple of genius at work when they were kids. You must watch Schitt's Creek with Eugene, Catharine, Annie Murphy, Chris Elliot, and Daniel Levy- to see today's comic brilliance.

@Brinah

4 жыл бұрын

That's a funny show!

Andrea Martin looks REALLY Pretty here..

@matthewhogg7616

4 жыл бұрын

She was/is! And she had quite the surprisingly superb rack back then too! Check her out as Bernadette Peters in another SCTV sketch or her dancing over the end credits of the Kubrick/2001 parody in one of the later-season episodes for other examples of young Andrea Martin’s sweet, sweet décolletage.

@ianbauer4703

3 жыл бұрын

Andrea was my favorite lady of SCTV -- too funny

@lornenoland8098

11 күн бұрын

Andrea was hot

Ok, so this may not be THE greatest SCTV clip of all time, given the uncommonly high quality of the entire series, but I’m of the mind that this clip represents Peak Levy, and is probably the most masterful single sketch comedy performance in the history of the form. The physical comedy subtlety Mr. Levy displays in the embedded bit(tman) with the criminally underrated Andrea Martin especially is worth paying close attention to upon repeated viewings. The entire “Bittman as auteur” conceit itself is just so brilliant a skewering of Hollywood egotism that it’s bitingly satirical hilarity can almost serve to draw attention away from the little things Levy is doing with his Groucho eyebrows and hangdog mugging, but watch closely and see a master of this form at the height of his comedic powers. And of course I can’t forget to mention Rick Moranis and his uncanny take on Cavett, which captured the clever WASP-y elitism he embodied perhaps even better than the man himself (“appallingly crude” indeed, sir!). So the strength of Moranis and Martin’s supporting performances serve to elevate an already superlative multi-layered Levy vehicle here, to such a degree that I defy anyone to name a single sketch comedy performance by any actor ever that can equal this absolute apex of the Peak Levy’s golden age. Late ‘70s Gilda Radner on SNL may come close a few times, but no one will ever accuse the great Gilda’s genius of subtlety. I’m open to other suggestions, but until I’m convinced otherwise, I insist that single sketch comedy performances simply do not get any better than this one. (And, for what it’s worth, Pennywise the Clown in any of his incarnations ain’t half as terrifying as Levy as Bittman the Auteur as Funny Stuff Clown when he bursts with rage on set to his crew at the end of embedded clip...Pennywise never had the ultimate terrifying power of final cut, after all.)

@rd9793

3 жыл бұрын

Very well said....I really cannot add to your excellent analysis.

@frankfrank7921

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know if it was intentional but you managed to be as pretentious as Cavett.

@slicksnewonenow

3 жыл бұрын

Not only all of that, but it's effin' hilarious, too!

@stereotypespecialist

3 жыл бұрын

I read this in Cavett's voice. All the better. :) lol

@Ledgwins

3 жыл бұрын

Find the first ‘You’re on you’re’ on with Max Lansky. Levy’s subtle take on a shallow, local politician is just masterful. And he’s the only one on screen. Brilliant.

Eugene Levy, John Candy, Catherine Ohara and the whole cast, just performing fearlessly, brilliantly. You see their range of talent. Levy became more understated later on but brilliant.

Cavett here finally meets his intellectual match.

"A complete filmmaker..........does more." Word on the street is that he did use a ghostwriter.

This is such good work. Hope younger viewers can appreciate how good it really is. Great to see it all again.

@ignorecorporatenews

2 жыл бұрын

and all done on a very low budget

These guys were just hilarious. Loved that show and its super talented cast.

I love the looks bittman gives cavett and then walks off the set just so funny ,Eugene levy is a genuis!!!

I always thought Rick Moranis was incredibly underated on SCTV--I think there was some reservations about his enormous talent as he didn't come up through "Second City" like the other actors but was essentially discovered by his friend Dave Thomas--I believe Moranis was actually a DJ on CHUM radio in Toronto (he actually parodied his DJ work when he portrayed "Gerry Todd")

@edisone1

6 жыл бұрын

Check the Cavett show with Altman, Brooks, Capra, and Bogdanovich - Boggie and Rick could've been twins

@Timinator62

6 жыл бұрын

The whole Cast of SCTV were awesome, some of the best comedians of the 80's that's for sure...."now here's a new one from Tom Munroe ~ Turning Japaneeese"

@matthewhogg7616

4 жыл бұрын

Gerry Todd and his “vud-eo” obsession predated the MTV revolution by a couple years at least. An incredibly prescient and brilliant comedic concept by an enormously talented performer.

In the mid 90s, when I was watching reruns of SCTV, I didn't really understand the references or impressions. This was the days before the internet. Now that I can look up what they were spoofing I have to say SCTV was actually very brilliant.

Brilliant Dick Cavett impersonation

"it was appallingly crude to be honest"..LOL... genius pairing together Cavett and Bittman

really good, at times you forget you're watching a parody.

"Oh, PLEASE tell us."

They censored the beginning: Brought to you by a Chubb from the Grant Group.

I love Bitman's Julie Kavner accent. He's like Gino Vanelli with less talent and more gold chains.

@Poeme340

3 жыл бұрын

Ha! I love Gino and now see the connection!👍😆

@TheRichardMess

8 күн бұрын

He did do Gino Vanelli on Mel's Rockpile as I recall.

Rick Moranis also did a devastatingly-funny Merv Griffin for SCTV.

Krusty the Clown stole Bobby's laugh.

Wait. That's Carbone from Goodfellas.

@billybien

6 жыл бұрын

roscoegino Carmine Lupertazi Jr on Sopranos

@georgebanks8600

4 жыл бұрын

George Banks10... That was right on time!!!

I’d love to see the entire “Funny Stuff”

@areirving

2 жыл бұрын

No you wouldn’t.

'You lost the light? We lost a piece of brilliance here!!'

As a comic actor - in all seriousness - I found this very funny.

Thank you for sharing!!! Love this..

His how are ya and laugh are iconic. I loved it as a kid and still do to this day.

@jollyroger8273

2 жыл бұрын

Completely agree. That line and his laugh get me every time.

THIS IS INCREDIBLE STUFF!!! 🤣

"you know something cavett, i don't like you"

haven't seen this in a long time!, thank you

That was brilliant. I loved the director's outtake.

Andred Dice Clay stole his act

They were always the best .The whole thing is really made of 'Funny Stuff and I can't wait to see the movie.And yes,Andrea Martin was really beautiful and they were all brilliant and talented.

Amazing talented actors ,and great accurate impressions ,best tv comedy show ,

Superb! Love the question about Richard Nixon and Bobby's realization that he muffed a major artistic possibility.

Bobby's tantrums were always great! LOL SCTV Forever

@ignorecorporatenews

2 жыл бұрын

"Make room for Bittman!"

Just brilliant stuff. This comedy was so awesome.

"How wonderfully inane..." 😍😍😍

Rick is brilliant!

Bobby Bitman. Best worst comedian that ever lived!

@anthonysacco3577

7 жыл бұрын

"HOW ARE YA??!!??"

@vestibulate

6 жыл бұрын

PositiveLastAction Ever caught Jack Carter's act? If there's one performer Levy is referencing in his pastiche of bad comedians, it's got to be Carter. He had it all. He was crass, ignorant, abrasive, politically reactionary, totally unfunny and brimming with unmerited confidence. He sang badly, danced worse, and his monologues were dead on arrival. And you know what? He stuck around for fifty years, made a ton of money, and is fondly remembered as a marvelous entertainer by his many admirers. Go figure.

@PetroniusArbiter2

6 жыл бұрын

Tom Hall - Jack Carter maybe, but I can't believe Frank Sinatra didn't also have something to do with it.

@milascave2

5 жыл бұрын

tom: OK, but there was also a TV comic named "Bobby Vinton" or Bobby Vincent? Anyway, he did all that kind of thing, told corny jokes, sang corny songs, and had a similar kind of look, too.

@Listman11

5 жыл бұрын

Obviously you haven't heard of Skip Bitman.

Cavett was great when he partnered up with Costello to cover The Battle of The PBS Stars.

bobby bittman - the ultimate lounge lizard

@matthewhogg7616

4 жыл бұрын

So what does that make his vastly less talented younger brother Skip Bittman then?

'As a comic turned director in all seriousness'.... Bittman was a genius and so humble! Whatever happened to him?

This holds up well roughly 40 years later even though most viewers under 50 don't know who Dick Cavett is. Why? Because the world is still filled with pretentious nobodies, some of them well known, like Bobby Bittman. Instead of just tv, they're now on social media too. SCTV, I love you.

This is amazing stuff, not merely "funny stuff." Cavett was a great interviewer, but he could also be a supercilious asshole, overfond of his own wit. Moranis protrays this beautifully, but what's even more remarkable is the level of dignity Levy brings to the Bittman character: The character is a Borscht Belt Burlesque, and when he appears on "The Sammy Maudlin" show he epitomizes what Maudlin & Co. think of as "cool..." ...but here, on a non-SCTV interview show (at this point, Cavett had a 30-minute weekday show on PBS), he's come on to hawk his book and movie, and to meet Cavett halfway, and Cavett's effete snobbery will not allow for that. When he walks off, he does so with dignity (and the writers have, in effect, made a reference to the Cavett ABC broadcast of 12/18/70, where Lester Maddox did the same thing, for the same reason). A big laugh is partially omitted at the very beginning: The Cavett show being on PBS would start with a hushed, earnest voice saying, "The Dick Cavett Show is made possible by a grant from the Chubb Corporation." This parody, in its entirety, starts with, "The Dick Cavett Show is made possible by a chubb from the Grant Corporation." (Rick Moranis, who is acidly brilliant here as Dick Cavett, also did a brilliant, dead-on Woody Allen, and those two have been close friends for 50 years or more... How I would love to see him do a split-screen bit with him playing both of them.)

@margaretross9150

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, my sympathies were with Bobby Bittman.

Cavett never sat down before the guest

I knew he was a great actor but a genius comedian as well?...wow!!!

Bobby Bittmann,was never appreciated for the great director/actor that he was.

@erikthorsen240

3 жыл бұрын

I think his comedic chops were so bright that they really outshone his other talents. It was like a blessing and a curse.

@ignorecorporatenews

2 жыл бұрын

SO under-rated !

I wish Bobby’s book was real. It would be an amazing read. You could only imagine what an ordeal Funny Stuff would be to watch.

Moranis is so spot on with his Cavett impression in the first few seconds, in his looking around, looking down...so careful a read of Cavett's body language and implicit communication.

levy is great as bobby bitman and rick mouranis did some spot on imitations as well...did cavet perfect!!miss those guys and those great years...there is nothing even close to that now...

Simply two of the best .