Love how Dave Thomas is out in the forest writing on a typewriter, and decides to have a “screw it, I am in!” look to his face when was asked to come with them.
I'd be like Joe Flaherty, out working in a rose garden right now, if we actually had weather befitting the recent transition to spring instead of a continuation of winter in the PNW. @0:27, was Dave Thomas doing an impersonation of Stephen J. Cannell at the end of the respective TV series that he was responsible for bringing to the airwaves?
So the intro explained that SCTV went off the air, NBC invited the performers to sign a contract with them to put SCTV back in business, then NBC told them to get out of New York City, and finally SCTV went back on the air.
Shouldn't the openings have focused on the station itself and it's characters like Guy Caballero and Edith Prickley? I mean these people don't even appear in the show as themselves (maybe its technical point) Not sure hiow they would have done it and still got the names and faces of the performers out there along with the characters. Maybe it's alittle too "inside baseball"
This opening was the first one that was aired on NBC for SCTV Network 90. It gives a comical description of the history of their little network making the big time move to NBC. Later, the opening was changed showing 4 stills of their characters and one in the middle looking as close to their real selves as possible (from actual sketches). Season 4 Cycle 2 (with Ira Newborn's new theme music) showed us 3 of each actor's characters and then them as themselves. As far as openings go, Season 4 Cycle 2 onward were my favorites, music-wise. I'm just glad I have ALL of the NBC box sets. During it's original run on NBC, I recorded the shows on cassette tape from the TV every Friday night. Still have some of them.
Andrea Martin has said that the success of the show had a lot to do with being in Edmonton--many of the censors couldn't be bothered going there so the cast/writers had greater freedom in what they did--she also said they could hire young people to work for the show for next to nothing as they were just thrilled to be working on the show
The SCTV Episodes were on this RUclips channel but got deleted due to copyright, I would wan't to get a hold of SCTV Volume 1 or 2 DVD set, because on amazon.com it costs $37.
This was when NBC in America picked it up as a possible replacement for Saturday Night Live, since that show's quality was in the toilet in the early 1980s.
Love how Dave Thomas is out in the forest writing on a typewriter, and decides to have a “screw it, I am in!” look to his face when was asked to come with them.
This show still inspires me....
I'd be like Joe Flaherty, out working in a rose garden right now, if we actually had weather befitting the recent transition to spring instead of a continuation of winter in the PNW. @0:27, was Dave Thomas doing an impersonation of Stephen J. Cannell at the end of the respective TV series that he was responsible for bringing to the airwaves?
They signed their contracts in pencil!
I think that shows how much faith NBC had in them.
I love the way Eugene Levy holds onto Rick Moranis when they are told to 'get the hell out of New York!" lol
And Catherine has the expression of, "like I haven't heard that before..." on her face.
Original season 4 opening, from May 1981, when it was first known as "SCTV Network 90".
So the intro explained that SCTV went off the air, NBC invited the performers to sign a contract with them to put SCTV back in business, then NBC told them to get out of New York City, and finally SCTV went back on the air.
"...SCTV went back on their."... what? Don't leave us hanging.
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It would be nice if DECADES TV would do a weekend binge of SCTV!!!!!
Gino Vannelli !!! LOL
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At 1:05 when the bus pulls up--the building seen just up from the bus on the left is Sick Children's Hospital in Toronto
Shouldn't the openings have focused on the station itself and it's characters like Guy Caballero and Edith Prickley? I mean these people don't even appear in the show as themselves (maybe its technical point) Not sure hiow they would have done it and still got the names and faces of the performers out there along with the characters. Maybe it's alittle too "inside baseball"
This opening was the first one that was aired on NBC for SCTV Network 90. It gives a comical description of the history of their little network making the big time move to NBC. Later, the opening was changed showing 4 stills of their characters and one in the middle looking as close to their real selves as possible (from actual sketches). Season 4 Cycle 2 (with Ira Newborn's new theme music) showed us 3 of each actor's characters and then them as themselves. As far as openings go, Season 4 Cycle 2 onward were my favorites, music-wise. I'm just glad I have ALL of the NBC box sets. During it's original run on NBC, I recorded the shows on cassette tape from the TV every Friday night. Still have some of them.
At the time this was filmed in Edmonton. I t was there for awhile before moving to Toronto
Andrea Martin has said that the success of the show had a lot to do with being in Edmonton--many of the censors couldn't be bothered going there so the cast/writers had greater freedom in what they did--she also said they could hire young people to work for the show for next to nothing as they were just thrilled to be working on the show
The SCTV Episodes were on this RUclips channel but got deleted due to copyright, I would wan't to get a hold of SCTV Volume 1 or 2 DVD set, because on amazon.com it costs $37.
Never give Jeff Bezos any money for anything. He's got far too much of it, and he's destroyed too much as it is.
I love how a few people didn't even open their windows before throwing out their t.v. LOL
WOW what is happening here. I've never seen this one up from up here in Canada (where the show was filmed??)
This was when NBC in America picked it up as a possible replacement for Saturday Night Live, since that show's quality was in the toilet in the early 1980s.
I recognized Hawralak Park in one episode, Chis Lew.