As a Canadian, I can attest that this is how we all dress when going downtown

@edminchau811

3 ай бұрын

I live about 4 blocks from where this was filmed, and I see nothing unusual about the way he's dressed.

Rick Moranis wore that outfit. In broad day light. In Canada.

@canaisyoung3601

3 жыл бұрын

Stop. You had me at "in broad daylight" And to be fair, it was the late 70s into the early 1980s. It was either tolerated or accepted back then.

Love the Michael McDonald back vocals.

@canaisyoung3601

2 жыл бұрын

That's also Rick Moranis.

I loved Rick Moranis on SCTV. He was never better.

@otisroseboro5613

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I agree 👍💯

Heard Downtown by Petula Clark at our local bar tonight and immediately thought of this version. Rick Moranis could have made an album as Tom Monroe; I would have bought it.

I wish I could share this with the world. SCTV is right up there with the legends of comedy. This will still be funny in two thousand years, I am from the future so I know.

I love the Michael McDonald backup vocals. Reminds me of the Great parody they did of Christopher cross's Ride Like the Wind with Michael McDonald singing backup and driving an old car all over town. I never get tired of the genius that was SCTV.

@aaronorenstein5963

10 ай бұрын

I think this is the same episode it was part of.

@darrylsj8038

9 ай бұрын

It also has the jangly keyboard from What A Fool Believes

I love how he wears the glam pink jumpsuit and platform boots, but ironically still sings in the lounge singer style.

@Dave_MB

Жыл бұрын

The silver platform boots make it.

@jamespfitz

Жыл бұрын

You weren't alive in the 70s, were you? That was everywhere-- entertainers trying to keep up with culture that changed faster than light.

@jasontaverner391

Жыл бұрын

@@jamespfitz It was not to that extent. This is Mott The Hoople/Sweet kind of stuff.

@neonfroot

10 ай бұрын

​@@jasontaverner391 That was glam rock. Glam rock mixed vaudeville/burlesque fashion and styling with rock

@jasontaverner391

10 ай бұрын

@@neonfroot British Glam (ala T-Rex, Slade, Mott The Hoople) always had classic retro 50's rock underpinnings.

i love that he makes the skeevy derelicts a big selling point for "Downtown."

Wow, down town Leduc Alberta! so cool to see my home town the way it looked when I was a kid!

@margaretross9150

4 жыл бұрын

Wondered where that was!

"You can always go Downtown?" That's what a fool believes!

@ChristianHegele

7 жыл бұрын

the interpolation of the doobie brothers' riff into this cover is what pushes it from "great" to "legendary".

@bareknuckles2u

3 жыл бұрын

Nicely done!

Mr. Moranis has great pipes. Not to mention a killer sense of humour.

@bufnyfan1

2 жыл бұрын

Mr. Moranis did the voice on "Gordon Lightfoot sings every song ever written" and at first, I actually thought it was really Gordon Lightfoot

@bchristopher2270

7 ай бұрын

He nails the subtle key change in the middle perfectly. Guy is a true performer.

Leduc, Alberta: legendary party central.

@vanadians3819

4 жыл бұрын

I've been downtown in that town, it was just ok.

@wpgjets4life

4 жыл бұрын

50th Avenue!

@hankkingsley2976

2 жыл бұрын

LaRue and Earl Camembert both did remotes there in that whatever bar. Seems like they're a whole bunch of other things done in Leduc. Isn't it like only 10 or 15 miles from Edmonton near the airport

To cut costs SCTV filmed several seasons in Edmonton, Alberta-and this particular spoof was filmed in Leduc which is ~20 miles south of Edmonton. You can see "Leduc Draperies" in the background

This must be the episode where everything referenced The Doobie Brothers.. I remember there was a skit for a carpet store sale with the Doobie Brothers singing as well. My 16-year-old self loved this and thought it was so funny that everything was parodying the Doobie Brothers.

It was cut too soon. He credits Michael McDonald with the backup vocals...

I like the "What A Fool Believes" backing track. I alwas love the mid-1970s rhythm-and-blues rock style

Rick has a damn fine singing voice.....

Loved it when they did their skits in Leduc, Alberta.

I would actually buy this cover it's amazing

@CartoonsAndGameShows

5 жыл бұрын

Mr. Terrific I know I wish there was a full version somewhere, I'd buy the whole album!!!!!

@BigDogCountry

4 жыл бұрын

@@CartoonsAndGameShows I'd buy the entire 5 Neat Guys Album!

@johnerwin9024

3 жыл бұрын

@@CartoonsAndGameShows yea, on some level, I agree 😄👍

that's the tallest Ric Moranis has ever been.

@canaisyoung3601

3 жыл бұрын

And even that's not enough.

So many layers.

Is this from his "On a New Wavelength" videodisc? LOL!

So funny! Downtown and the Doobies.

1:10 Filmed in front of Leduc Draperies, which was located at 4718 50th Ave. in Leduc AB. A barber shop is now on the site.

SO GOOD.

Sing it rick

Rick Moranis is a god.

IIRC, this came from the episode that ended with the Michael McDonald sketch. Having him (Moranis, actually) singing backup ties nicely to the later sketch.

@Draumo

8 жыл бұрын

I tried to upload the whole episode, but immediately got copyright claims from Christopher Cross for that segment.

@MirrorDimly

6 жыл бұрын

There was a time when you couldn't turn on the radio without hearing McDonald's vocals.

I have this on DVD love it classic

Nice outfit. He looks like an opening act for ABBA.

this was done on main street Leduc Alberta, way back..lol great place to live!!

@hankkingsley2976

5 жыл бұрын

All I know about Canada comes from sctv

The Tom Monroe version of Downtown sounds like What A Fool Believes lol

too true man! Always something happening downtown 😆

Love this performance

that lavender suit is fantastic

His outfit!

I have this on dvd

love this

Love this sketch classic

Move on over, Bobby Sherman!

Bill Murray and Rick Moranis in Ishtar

Tom Monroe = Jerry Vale, Vic Damone & Al Martino rolled up in one

I just love this SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!

Love this performance classic

Love this song classic

Didn't know tom Monroe did this song.

Finally found this SCTV-clip! Anyone from Leduc composite High 1988-1989? Swedish exchange student playing guitar in the school band for mr Everett Norris. His son Jason Norris would be great to hear from. I've had some contact with Russel G.

Brilliance! xoxo The Clarences

The Michael McDonald joke just puts it over the top.

@hankkingsley9300

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget to stop by carpets Galore

Ah Henkes in downtown Leduc, got my first Cabbage Patch Preemie there lol

How many Tom Monroe segments were there?I know of this one,that song by the Police,and I'm Turning Japanese.

The only reason I know where Leduc Alberta is is because of this

Something tells me they didn't have a permit to shoot on the street in traffic. No idea why it seems like that. Such an odd, low-rent video, just like Tom Monroe would have made. That's some deeply textured stuff.

@vanadians3819

4 жыл бұрын

Its Leduc Alberta, we are quite proud of our SCTV cameos lol.

@BigDogCountry

4 жыл бұрын

That's the whole SCTV Vibe.

@threeparots1

4 жыл бұрын

Rick Moranis managed to get micheal MacDonald into a lot on SCtV. Loved the Leduc downtown and the exterior ITV cameos as well. Drove past Leduc yesterday. Haven’t been downtown since 95 tho. Can’t say how much it changed since 1981. Can’t remember. I am sure a lot of the drivers were a tad bewildered.

@canaisyoung3601

3 жыл бұрын

@@threeparots1 Wait, I thought Rick Moranis did vocal impressions of Michael MacDonald (the singer, not the MADtv cast member).

@hankkingsley2976

2 жыл бұрын

Better to beg forgiveness than ask permission. It's all great until something goes horribly wrong like the midnight Rider tragedy in jesup Georgia

Michael McDonald sang backing in every song.

Bill Murray is going to give him some jealousy noogies!

About halfway through, the audio goes out of sync. At first I thought it was just because he was lip-syncing, but it gets worse and worse.

Michael McDonald backing vocals!

I know where I'm going...

Downtown Leduc

The original Richard Cheese

and now on the vudio

DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE...

On top of all the other brilliance of this, the sound and video seem to go out of sync with one another. lol

Michael McDonald singing backgrounds

There’s 2 downtowns

Help me SCTV fans, please !! There is a scene where Guy Caballero is watching something he doesn’t like and starts saying,,, “ I don’t like this I don’t like this I’m a scared ,,,,,,,,,, then rubs his hands all over all over his face while making booba booba bluba bluba sounds………. I thought it was the ZONTAR episode but I’m mistaken because I watched Zontar on my DVD looking for that scene a few years ago and my buddy watched it a few days ago online looking for it and it ain’t there. HELP if you can. It’s buggin’ me. ANY info. at all would be greatly appreciated.

@2packs4sure

5 жыл бұрын

@Thou Swell kzread.info/dash/bejne/iYF_rtedqqe8hqQ.html AND the Linda Lavin rehearsal segment kzread.info/dash/bejne/fGuayMugfbrekpc.html

LMAO That lavender satin suit was gay in 82 as well.

@neonfroot

10 ай бұрын

it was heterosexual back in the 1700s

Too bad Rick Moranis won’t be goin back downtown anytime soon

Downtown Leduc