The range of each SCTV cast member was phenomenal, and so was their timing. No other comedic ensemble show comes close to their genius.

@indioloco6600

Жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@luvthedrake1375

Жыл бұрын

The MADtv crew was really good as well.

Everything Andrea Martin does with those hilarious over the top facial expressions makes me laugh so hard!

@lawrencephelps3181

7 ай бұрын

She makes me roar. Her Indira Gandhi was a riot

John Candy was a genius. Nothing makes me laugh like SCTV classics.

@deanstanley2125

5 жыл бұрын

Miss Meow that ingratiating laugh at any old schmaltz gets me every time. So much talent

@WytZox1

5 жыл бұрын

* I Love talking show biz! ☺

@pmatula3080

4 жыл бұрын

So true. Whenever I am being sincere I still think of William B Williams.

@paintinganimalsonrocks7633

4 жыл бұрын

I love his fake laugh with all his teeth showing. Lol

@lauramalek3128

3 жыл бұрын

He's a coozle, 'cause Sammy Maudlin is a schmeleckie. (Whatever those are...😉)

I love how even in his grief, Bittman still remembers to plug his gig at the Pink Pearl (twice). The sign of a true professional.

@bedaziochannel

2 жыл бұрын

"I didn't see any sheep down there."

@QuadMochaMatti

9 ай бұрын

The 15th of this month through the 23rd... There's still time to see him again, since it's only September 17th.

Andrea Martin's Liza Manelli was amazingly good. Every single affectation, the crooked smile, the voice, so perfect.

@gordongo7919

5 жыл бұрын

Lorna Manelli

@spockboy

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, of course. :)

@MrAitraining

5 жыл бұрын

Andrea Martin was the funniest female in SCTV and SNL history. So talented. Best with impressions.

@interfrastically

5 жыл бұрын

Apparently she ended up working with Liza Manelli once and as it turned out Liza had seen her impersonation... and loved it. If you watch the SCTV DVD's be sure to listen to the commentary especially when it's done by Andrea Martin and Catherine O'Hara. The commentary (and extras) are fascinating if you're into SCTV, and the Martin/O'Hara commentary is especially fun to listen to.

@georgekokoris6035

4 жыл бұрын

With apologies to Kristen Wiigs brilliantly silly impersonation of Liza, Andrea Martin captures the sad urgency of Liza's personality, while hitting all the mannerisms and stylings on the button. And all the while, keeping up with Sammy and William B. Pretty fantastic. "I think they get the point!"

That John Candy trademark laugh is priceless!

@petebailey6977

5 жыл бұрын

richard herbst that Hehehe

@jprz13

4 жыл бұрын

That’s William B

@peterwilliamson8721

3 жыл бұрын

You think maybe Ed Macman of Jonny Carson.

"The Fakland Islands is like a second home to me..." .Priceless.

@loyaldude10

2 жыл бұрын

Especially since he doesn’t even pronounce it correctly

@positivelastaction3957

Жыл бұрын

“ of your forests…ly dada dom dee deeeee”

@bertferri-5685

10 ай бұрын

He did his research at the li-bary.

I worked bar for several years in downtown Toronto, and we'd have bands. Every. Single. One of them thought they were being original by doing "The Weight". I came to loathe that song... but Sammy's version is almost enough to win me back.

This cast was phenomenal

@ignorecorporatenews

6 жыл бұрын

AS WELL AS THE FOLKS BEHIND THE SCENES

John Candy's toothy fake laugh! The best.

The Sammy Maudlin Show was hardly an exaggeration of Talk Shows of the 70s. They really were (and often are today) that bad.

@enricosanchez894

4 жыл бұрын

Especially the (allegedly) coke-fueled Sammy & Company.

@a.jlondon9039

3 жыл бұрын

Still are.

@RJS1974

2 ай бұрын

They were so bad that they were good! Watched them all the time.

This cast and the writer and staff behind making this show were on another level entirely.

The world is not sophisticated enough today for SCTV. So much for human progress.

It does not get better than this. Never has, never will.

Funnyman Bobby Bittman gives me such feelings of envy and jealousy. My god, what a perfect creation. Bravo, Levy.

I love it when Sammy asks William B. to set up the next clip and he says “no!” Lmao!!!

SCTV slayed it when they parodied hollyweird, long before hollyweird, was hollyweird. I love these people.

@dickJohnsonpeter

2 жыл бұрын

Way after though. Not long before.

@MrBronx61

Жыл бұрын

@@dickJohnsonpeter Hollyweird has always been that way, even during the "glamour" years. But back then, things were kept under wraps.

"Now maybe William B leave squaw alone!" - even if you don't the famous Carson clip this is based on, it kills. Nothing better than SCTV.

@deserthound2605

5 жыл бұрын

Frederick Flintstone Ed Ames throwing the tomahawk. Absolutely hilarious, and Carson milked it for everything as only he could so.

@fZ2jKy6

4 жыл бұрын

@@deserthound2605 Thank You for citing Ed Ames

@vividwatch47

4 жыл бұрын

That bit with Ed Ames was originally broadcast in color.

God, do I miss John Candy, hard to believe he's been gone for so many years now.

Every time William B says "Sammy, can I just say something..." you should start laughing NOW!

@porflepopnecker4376

3 жыл бұрын

"Whoa, you really caught me off-guard with that one, William B..."

Can I say something? In all seriousness: How utterly brilliant the whole cast of SCTV was and is. SNL has become the hack unfunny waste SCTV continually parodied.

better than anything on TV today....

@ignorecorporatenews

5 жыл бұрын

that's for sure

@vividwatch47

5 жыл бұрын

They can never do this kind of show today.

@JaneDoe-zr4px

4 жыл бұрын

you're referring to the Maudlin show of course

Sammy Maudlin reminds me of Jimmy Fallon. The fake laugh, the slapping on the knee. The condescending way talking to the guests

@dirtydave2691

6 жыл бұрын

Spot on. I'd rather watch Sammy!

@feastofmoloch666

6 жыл бұрын

Fallon is nowhere near as cool as Sammy.

@emmaduncan2991

5 жыл бұрын

in other words, the perfect parody of a 70's talk show host.

@ignorecorporatenews

5 жыл бұрын

yes, 1970's

@WytZox1

5 жыл бұрын

* And the pseudo-celebs seem to have an attitude of being more important than they actually are just because they get to appear on a late night talk show. Brilliant parody indeed. ☺

SCTV was way ahead of its time. It's amazing how they did so much with so little.

Man I miss John Candy. Sctv was a blast. Great cast and always funny stuff!

SCTV an d Fernwood 2 night. My life outlook was formed by these shows

@monkeyb1820

5 жыл бұрын

Fernwood was good. Barth Gimbel sort of invented the 1980s Letterman style (before Dave became an old, political grouch).

I love all the compliments and the crying and wiping away tears. Sammy Maudlin is wayyy better than Johnny Carson or Letterman. Loaded with talent!!

@WytZox1

5 жыл бұрын

* And the guests seem to have such a pompous attitude. ☺

@michaelmapes4119

4 жыл бұрын

esp those 'Backhanded' compliments!

@sralyn

2 жыл бұрын

Ted, you poor little guy (what I always say when Sammy weeps)

@suedenim

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelmapes4119 The Maudlin show perfectly captures the dark side of showbiz, including the desperation. Maudlin, his regular guest, William B, none of them are happy, but there's also nowhere else for them to go.

@monicamattox72

7 ай бұрын

the smaltzy talk show host, the behind the scenes (drama comedy) the show within the show alliteration..they are so DAMNED talented amazing classicaly Thespian GO SCTV go CANADA! we just love love love ALL of you...as Lola Hetherton sings: ""I love you ALL and wanna have ALL your CHILDREN!"...hahahahaha :)

Sammy's tatty set. They couldn't wait another two years to celebrate the 25th? Love it.

Good lord. Andrea Martin is a force of nature.

"For too many years I've been a PELICAN around your neck" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

“But seriously, Sam, rock throwing is not as difficult as people make it out to be.” The lines they came up with on this show….

It's impossible to watch a real chat show without seeing the rancid, self-congratulatory, incestuous creepiness of the format after Sammy Maudlin exposed it so explicitly.

@rah62

5 жыл бұрын

"rancid, self-congratulatory, incestuous creepiness"... wow, you're a real ray of sunshine. :-P

@jimmarcinko3323

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, he nailed the Hollywood moral grandstanding and pontificating on current events.

@paintinganimalsonrocks7633

4 жыл бұрын

@@jimmarcinko3323 EVERY single person there?

@jimmarcinko3323

4 жыл бұрын

@@paintinganimalsonrocks7633 had to go back and take another look...no ot everyone. My bias runs deep.

@Katya_Lastochka

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's very third person. Hollywood contratulating Hollywood.

Andrea Martin is....a treasure. I wish we could claim her in the US, but she is a Canadian treasure. Pirini Scleroso...we love you. ❤

@senorsardonico6153

3 жыл бұрын

Andrea Martin is from Maine.

@lauramalek3128

3 жыл бұрын

@@senorsardonico6153 hmph. Never knew! Thought all SCTV alum were Canadian.

@lordemed1

3 жыл бұрын

@@senorsardonico6153 Portland to be exact

@kevhead1525

Жыл бұрын

@@lauramalek3128 Joe Flaherty: Pittsburgh PA.

@sralyn

Жыл бұрын

@@kevhead1525 Harold Ramis: Chicago, IL

Maudlin's talent was legendary.

Bittman: "don't sing, just show strength w/me....". Sammy: "Wow, talk about a bring-down. That was The Worst!".

Hilarious. I loved that show and these people.

@kcdrew69

6 жыл бұрын

Seems clear it was a nearly direct mocking of the old Johnny Carson show, really.

@redbully7146

6 жыл бұрын

Kevin E never again,in USA or Canada this type humour, it is amoungst the classic classics!!!saw them in late 70,s great stuff,Dr psychedelic...anyone remember that charachter??

There were none better than the Sammy Maudlin show. And what a star studded anniversary show!!

Canadian humor, man...you can't freakin' beat it.

@BigDogCountry

5 жыл бұрын

It's like the best of Murican combined with the best of British.

@PositiveLastAction

4 жыл бұрын

Snooze King not Canadian humor, just really great humor that came from Canada.

The "old clips" on this show were based on real incidents... Johnny Carson threw an ax at a human-shaped target, and it stuck right in the crotch...and the "Lorna Minnelli" clip is based on Judy Garland's hilarious story of singing in an outside performance, and a fly flew in her mouth

@mgrassodirector

Жыл бұрын

Wrong. Ed Ames threw the axe.

@klmullins65

Жыл бұрын

@@mgrassodirector you're right, I just found it on KZread, it was Ed Ames that threw the axe...Carson then made a joke, something like "I didn't even know you were Jewish!" I always thought it was Carson that threw the axe

Sammy, Bittman and William B put a smile on my face. Pure entertainment.

30+ years later & its still hilarious!These guys had comedic talent by the truckload....,Ed Grimly...,Monster-Chiller-Horror Theater...,I could list a lot...,they never got a fair shake on network television...,always were put on the late-night time slot it seems.Maybe now on KZread they'll get a wider audience and some well-deserved acclaim!

@ignorecorporatenews

6 жыл бұрын

BUT THEY MAY HAVE BEEN AND MAY STILL BE TOO HIP FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON TO GET IT

@emmaduncan2991

5 жыл бұрын

you think about it SCTV has gotten into the American culture, with "Monster-chiller-horror-theatre's 3-D "effect" and blowing things up "real good" are just a couple of their bits that have made their way into the culture.

@ignorecorporatenews

5 жыл бұрын

emma they were already hip and into the American and Canadian culture when they created these satires in the early 1980's. They were merely satirizing what already existed.

@klmullins65

5 жыл бұрын

Well, if you consider the context of the time, late night tv was a hot time slot, with the hippest demographic audience viewing

@michaelmccall3234

Жыл бұрын

They might have been huge...if only the would have had more appearances by 'Sandler And Young'!!!

In the closing credits …. Talent Coordinator: Jimbo Covert. Jimbo Covert is in the NFL Hall of Fame. He was an offensive tackle, and played for the great Chicago Bears teams of the 1980s, including the 1985 Super Bowl Champions. He played college ball at Pittsburg, and blocked for Dan Marino at QB. I guess Jimbo majored in broadcast television at Pitt and worked on the Sammy Maudlin Show during the off-season.

@harrietb8903

Жыл бұрын

Hahahaha!

only Flaherty can pull off the 'Mullet-Fro'

Love Sammy's rendition of a classic Band song , ooo chika ooo chika

Lorna is actually a little less crazy than Liza Minnelli.

this is a real human-being- like person here...! sctv: BEST COMEDY SHOW EVER

I love how their fractured Yiddish is "show biz words." And Andrea Martin does a great Liza (Lorna) Minelli. ( Fun fact: Judy Garland's other daughter is Lorna Luft.)

Andrea Martin's response to fly going in her mouth is priceless lmao every time

Mr. Candy is a genius. God rest his soul.

Can I say something? It's refreshing to watch two friends, two brothers like Sammy and William B work together, interact. Sure, they have their problems. Brothers have problems. That's how you tell there's a family. William B worked through it - if you're a second banana you're still a banana.

I highly recommend two of the follow-up sketches to this one. The William B. Show and Maudlin of the Night.

Sammy i just want to say what a pleasure its been working with you these last 23 years, Sam alot of people have said to me over these years.....William B, why the hell you been working all these years for a bum like Sammy Maudlin. ha ha ha ha

@giovanna722

4 жыл бұрын

Gup Blain " what a pleasure it's been working for you these last 23 years".

Andrea Martin is so funny. I remember a skit she did with using table wine to clean a table.

@interfrastically

5 жыл бұрын

Her own brand of wine no less! Pirini Scleroso Chateu La Feet. "Bad batch! Baaad Batch!"

@chrissmith1521

5 жыл бұрын

@@interfrastically I found the clip kzread.info/dash/bejne/qaGKz8uPk9KxqqQ.html

Oh how I miss GOOD SHOWS like this!!!!

@ignorecorporatenews

6 жыл бұрын

NAME ONE OTHER OLD SHOW THAT WAS ANYWHERE NEAR THIS GOOD, besides m python

HAHA HA That has to be my favourite memory out of almost all of SCTV... "If you can call me a schmeleke, you can damn well call me a koozle!' LOL. Such a crazy nonsensical thing, yet perfect for William B... These guys were great back in the day, absolutely love William B's fake square mouth, teeth closed laughing...

Ah, SCTV. That sophisticated cerebral humor.

"take a load off Sammy" hahaha

Has always been a favorite of mine. Better than the thieving Saturday Night Live.

I love candy's phone toothy smile! Great stuff!

OMG when I was a kid, I'd cry myself to sleep laughing at that fly going down her throat. I'll probably do it again tonight, LOL

I remember watching this live and recall Carson was not happy afterwards . NBC had just recently done a Tonight Show anniversary special, so SCTV couldn’t resist doing this Maudlin skit. Carson, who I love, took it personally. I never thought the Maudlin Show was a spoof of the Tonight Show, but they clearly borrowed and twisted some of it’s elements like William B/Ed McMahon. It was more reminiscent of the Sammy Davis Jr show and rat pack celebrities. The whole thing was like an alternative universe where vain low talent celebrities sucked up to one another and shamelessly self promoted. The bit worked really well.

They were the absolute masters of parody and mash-up. Especially when they mixed the two.

These performers were genius together

Reaching desperately out into the dead landscape of television wasteland for some placebo entertainment fix, a twist of the magic knob gave satisfaction at last as the screen focused into those four beautiful call letters...SCTV!

Some people who are younger may not realize that the "black-and-white" footage at 03:00 is actually a parody of a Johnny Carson bit which was often played on Tonight Show anniversary shows. In that real-life clip, a tomahawk was thrown at a drawn figure and ended up right between the legs -- not only making it look like the poor stick figure just got emasculated but also making the handle look like a dick.

Willie B is the heart of the Maudlin show! YOU DON'T FOOL WITH A COMBINATION LIKE THAT!!!

It’s really refreshing to see such sincere love and respect between these celebrities. Too often celebrities are such phonies! Right?

William B is like Robin Quivers. But, more real. These people were SO ahead of their time. BRILLIANT!

Loved the Sammy Maudlin bits

@sralyn

2 жыл бұрын

Me too. It's what began my Joe infatuation in the first place.

I laughed so hard then and still to this day,sctv sarcastic humor still gets me ,great talents,great comedy haaaaa 😂😂

"War has broken out in the Fackland Islands". "Sheep? I didn't see any sheep down there."

Love how Bitman barges in and kills the scene lol

They were so funny. Unreal. No one could replace SCTV

It's very subtle, but they're all pissing each other off. Comedy gold!🤣

Great series, great acting and a great show. What with talents like, Bobby Bitman, William B, Johnny La Rue, Edith Prickly etc. Remember that SCTV was the only four letter network.......🤣

Lola Heatherton Says, I Love Being Here with You Sammy, I Want to Bear Your Children!

@sharonallison9922

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

Flawless Art.

“Now maybe William B leave squaw alone” 🤣.

ahahaha...this contest is over... give that man the 10 thousand dollars... but, the rock, his groin; it works on so many levels...roll it again....

Thanks for uploading. The funniest show of it's time in my opinion. I will miss John Candy forever. He left us way too soon, so damn funny

You can’t not laugh when John Candy laughs 😂😂

One of the best Episodes of SCTV lol When I was a kid I remember laughing through the whole thing lol

Love all those Back handed Compliments! and some of the names when the credits rolls are NFL players...Jack Ham, Jimbo Colvert, Lester Hayes

William B is way more maudlin than Sammy

i love the sammy maudlin show!! fits fun and it teaches us how to be better people!!

A classic show.

Pure genius. "You can call me a cuzzle"

I love how they live to make the "greatest TV moments" 😂

pure joy

Super...real deal!!

She sings and dances and sings

Lon Chaney Jr lol

my favorite part of SCTV was The Sammy Maudlin Show,

@bertferri-5685

10 ай бұрын

When it wasn't being pre-empted by the finals of the Saskatchewan Senior women's lacrosse tournament.

Perfection!!!

Sheltered in place made bearable binging on SCTV and the Sammy Maudlin Show.

One of my favorite SCTV sketches. Comedy brilliance.

I fucking love this shit. Geezus it is brilliant. It still holds up to this day.

I taped all of these when they were new on my first VCR!

@lancasterII

2 жыл бұрын

You were doing well if you could afford a VCR back then!

You know, and I think that I can speak for everyone, and I say this with complete sincerity, Sammy Maudlin is the Greatest... He really is.

Best comedy show ever. Used to stay up to 2:00 am to watch it on my NBC affiliate