I ran into Joe Flaherty about 5 years ago in an elevator at the Glendale Galleria Mall in California. I told him I loved those SCTV days and he just laughed that Joe Flaherty SCTV chuckle laugh. It was very cool.
His impression of Pittsburghers still makes me laugh so hard that my whole body shakes. Thank you Joe Flaherty, for being a prince in every sketch you were ever in.
Back in the day I wouldn't mind missing an episode of SNL, but I NEVER missed an episode of SCTV. I found a place to be and parked my behind in front of a TV set every Saturday Night. SNL waited for reruns.
Thanks Joe for all the laughs. You will be missed. This is my favorite Count Floyd, perfect timing, the nervous laughter, the covering up, so good, it wasn't even funny. And remember, above all, don't let the cows come in.
No movie?? Whoo! Scary stuff, huh kids? Turns my knuckles bone white. One of Joe Flaherty's best comedy characterizations. A news anchorman named Floyd Robertson who doubles as a horror show host because the budget on SCTV is pretty low and they can't find the best in horror films to spook the television viewing audience. I loved SCTV.
Joe Flaherty is from Pittsburgh Pa.where there was a local show on Sat. nights ,it was called Chiller Theater and it ran from 1963-1983 it showed 2 horror movies like Dracula,the Mummy etc. and had humorous skit's, in between movies, this is where Joe got a lot of his idea's for the SCT skit of Count Floyd..
I was at the Western Pennsylvania Fright Awards ceremony in 1978. They showed extensive excerpts from this movie, and I gotta say - it wasn't really that scary.
SCTV was way ahead of everything else on TV. You can get DVDs of all their shows. It is still very funny, even if they were single handedly responsible for the huge drop in residents of Western PA.
Yeah, my grandfather grew up in Pottsville, PA. And he confirmed trhat was those monkey's eating the faces off and the brains out of everyone, that made him skip town at age 16 and go into the US Army. Not a thing to do with at age 16 in Pottsville, you had two choices, either work in a coal mine or join the Army. And considering that his dad died of black young disease in his ealy 40's, made the choice easy for my grandpa Patrick. "You're in the Army now, you're not behind the plow, you'll never get rich, you son of a bitch, you're in the Army now!".
Always loved SCTV! My wife and I are both Pittsburghers and she was living in West Mifflin when this particular bit aired, so it's always stuck with me. Had it on VHS but lent the tape out and never got it back. Thanks very much for posting it!
By far the most underrated member of SCTV... ALWAYS funny, and when you hear him interviewed he is so good-natured and so generous with praise of his colleagues!
Can't stop grinning. I lived for SCTV. Actually met John Candy at the Hollywood Palladium during filming of The Blues Brothers. Got a handshake and a smile.
Met Mr. Candy at the Sky Dome in Toronto when he co- owned the local football team the Toronto Argos---he was incredibly gracious and actually took the time to talk to me--still greatly miss him
I loved his improvisation! Good memories of watching SCTV reruns late night on weekends with a few buddies when I was in high school....so very long ago (sigh).
Never forget taking a comedy course at Humber College in Toronto 20 years ago with Joe (Emo Phillips & others). Joe was an incredibly helpful & bumble (& funny) guy. Always adding positive feedback for us comedy n00bs & was incredibly down to earth & supportive. An absolute legend - in every way.
And then, and then, the monkeys spotted Steelers offensive coordinator Matt Canada and slowly advanced towards him...oooo, so veddy scary I can't even tell you what happened next.....OOOOOO!!
I love this one, but I think my favorite Count Floyd is the episode where (as in this one) they've lost the promised horror film and have to substitute Georgy Girl. The Count then has to summarize the plot of Georgy Girl, playing up it's most horrific aspects "There's this girl. And she's kind of fat. Let me tell you, its really frightening!"
My sister and I used to watch this on late night 80s TV and quote him. Such an awesome parody of “Creature Features” and other regional TV Horror hosts of the 70s/80s all over N.America.
SCTV is the show that deserved the action figures and conventions and all the attention but it remained a best kept secret until the show was nearly over.
I remember watching this when it first came on, and that slight pause followed by the film's title made me laugh so hard I thought this was about to my first stroke. They knew this was a killer line, too, because they tried to duplicate it somewhat later on. Because it...scared them! Rrright out of their pants. Or dresses. Or.. whatever they happened to be wearing... I'm telling you, kids..
"What's going on, eh? Pretty good, eh?" Ha. Joe mixing his Pittsburgese with Canadianese. Tho one of the cast's least heralded, he was, for my money, the funniest.
Well, George Romero filmed the original "Night of the Living Dead" in Pittsburgh for peanuts. That's certainly a Western Pennsylvania Fright Award winner LOL
Flaherty is doing an imitation of Pittsburgh’s Chiiler Theater host Chilly Billy Cardille. Cardille is in NOTLD as the TV reporter on the scene at the end.
I'm crying in a good way. Not old enough to have seen SCTV when it came out, but young enough to catch it on 2am syndication. When I was a kid, I actually thought Count Floyd was a real host that was shit at his job. RIP Joe.
Nah! The resemblance is superficial at best. This is clearly a different character. In fact, I don't know if Count Floyd even IS a "character" at all. Yeah, I'm pretty sure he REALLY IS a blood sucking vampire movie host from Melonville. But, if you look closely, Floyd Robertson is ACTUALLY Connie Chung.
spider9137, grew up on SCTV and yes, in later episodes Floyd Robertson newscaster made many references as being count Floyd, I guess the name kinda gives it away! Lol!!! Send me 27 bucks for the 3d glasses!! :)
Scariest movie ever mentioned since maybe the time Chilly Billy played the cult horror classic, "The Evil Mutant Space Haloopkis That Swallowed Johnstown N'At!" - over on WIIC channel 11 - in the late seventies.
Last year he was due to appear at this horror convention in Pittsburgh called Monster Bash, and I hoped to go as it was my birthday weekend. Alas, poor little guy had to cancel due to leg bypass surgery. I may never scratch that hug I'm craving off my bucket list.
Fun facts: Jeff Goldblum actually grew up in West Mifflin and graduated West Mifflin HS. Joe Flaherty grew up in Pittsburgh (Homewood) and graduated Pittsburgh Central Catholic HS.
Only Joe Flaherty as Count Floyd could sell Blood Sucking Monkeys from West Mifflin, PA. It wasn't even in 3D, and I still wanted to see it. Damn it Joe, I miss you.
Dunno if this was mentioned, but Mr. Flaherty was born and raised in Pittsburgh (and please spell it with an H at the end, dammit!) before he moved to Chicago to join the Second City troupe there. West Mifflin is a suburb of Pittsburgh, so there ya go.
Reminds me when I was a kid in the 60s, some T.V.stations late on Saturday night really bad B horror movies, with a crazy type host. We'd stay up and watch them anyway 😅!
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RIP Joe Flaherty!!! Genius!! Bringer of laughs and joy!!
I ran into Joe Flaherty about 5 years ago in an elevator at the Glendale Galleria Mall in California. I told him I loved those SCTV days and he just laughed that Joe Flaherty SCTV chuckle laugh. It was very cool.
Consider yourself the luckiest man ((man man)) on the face ((face face)) of the earth ((earth earth))!!!!!
Giving him a hug is on my bucket list!
RIP Joe...gone but not forgotten
His impression of Pittsburghers still makes me laugh so hard that my whole body shakes. Thank you Joe Flaherty, for being a prince in every sketch you were ever in.
"This movie won the Western Pennsylvania Fright Award in 1978, I think" LOL
The in-joke is that 1978 was the year _Dawn_of_the_Dead_ was filmed, right outside Pittsburgh at the Monroeville Mall.
I can't even wrap my mind around how funny he is. His timing is absolutely flawless. Just mentioning Pennsylvania is hysterical!
Joe Flaherty was the most underrated of the SCTV greats.
@@RobHollanderMusic Under rated is BS term
he's awesome in 1941
Born and raised in Pittsburgh, he knew the area
@@TheEriegpman Wonder if he's ever been through Crestview Dr, where I lived from 78-79?
Every actor on SCTV was elite. Miss that show.
Back in the day I wouldn't mind missing an episode of SNL, but I NEVER missed an episode of SCTV. I found a place to be and parked my behind in front of a TV set every Saturday Night. SNL waited for reruns.
A Vampire who howls like the Wolfman. Whoever thought of that belongs in the Comedy Hall of Fame.
BluePedal I'm American. I don't get that.
sigh - vampires can turn into wolves
Green money says it was all Joe.
Thanks Joe for all the laughs. You will be missed. This is my favorite Count Floyd, perfect timing, the nervous laughter, the covering up, so good, it wasn't even funny. And remember, above all, don't let the cows come in.
"They had to sacrifice that fine Golden Triangle"! As a Pittsburgher, let me tell you,that really hurts!
The occasional lapse into the Western Pennsylvania patois -- shades of the Pittsburgh Midget -- is priceless.
RIP Joe Flaherty. Best Count Floyd skit.
The Blood Sucking Monkeys film was my all-time favorite!
Flaherty is so good at those "life just kicked me where it hurts" reactions.
It's a good thing they didn't show it because it would have been the scariest movie ever.
No movie?? Whoo! Scary stuff, huh kids? Turns my knuckles bone white. One of Joe Flaherty's best comedy characterizations. A news anchorman named Floyd Robertson who doubles as a horror show host because the budget on SCTV is pretty low and they can't find the best in horror films to spook the television viewing audience. I loved SCTV.
Joe Flaherty is from Pittsburgh Pa.where there was a local show on Sat. nights ,it was called Chiller Theater and it ran from 1963-1983 it showed 2 horror movies like Dracula,the Mummy etc. and had humorous skit's, in between movies, this is where Joe got a lot of his idea's for the SCT skit of Count Floyd..
Why do you use an apostrophe for "skits' and 'ideas', but not for 'movies'?
One of my absolute favorites -- "I'm not kidding you this time..."!
Joe Flaherty is wonderful! Thanks so much for posting this!
I was at the Western Pennsylvania Fright Awards ceremony in 1978. They showed extensive excerpts from this movie, and I gotta say - it wasn't really that scary.
Its a great comment on his comedic talent to be so funny without almost no props or supporting actors (P.S. I live near West Mifflin, PA)
West Mifflin and Pittsburgh area getting a shoutout! Da Burgh!
Lol, there is no way the movie would have been better than the crazy, long-winded description we were just treated to. Joe Flaherty for the win!! 😎
SCTV was way ahead of everything else on TV. You can get DVDs of all their shows. It is still very funny, even if they were single handedly responsible for the huge drop in residents of Western PA.
Yeah, my grandfather grew up in Pottsville, PA. And he confirmed trhat was those monkey's eating the faces off and the brains out of everyone, that made him skip town at age 16 and go into the US Army. Not a thing to do with at age 16 in Pottsville, you had two choices, either work in a coal mine or join the Army. And considering that his dad died of black young disease in his ealy 40's, made the choice easy for my grandpa Patrick. "You're in the Army now, you're not behind the plow, you'll never get rich, you son of a bitch, you're in the Army now!".
Always loved SCTV! My wife and I are both Pittsburghers and she was living in West Mifflin when this particular bit aired, so it's always stuck with me. Had it on VHS but lent the tape out and never got it back. Thanks very much for posting it!
funniest group of comic actors ever assembled...love me some SCTV
better than SNL..............
HALLOWEEN ANYBODY????
By far the most underrated member of SCTV... ALWAYS funny, and when you hear him interviewed he is so good-natured and so generous with praise of his colleagues!
And most gorgeous. More so than Harold Ramis, come to think of it.
Can't stop grinning. I lived for SCTV. Actually met John Candy at the Hollywood Palladium during filming of The Blues Brothers. Got a handshake and a smile.
Met Mr. Candy at the Sky Dome in Toronto when he co- owned the local football team the Toronto Argos---he was incredibly gracious and actually took the time to talk to me--still greatly miss him
I felt so bad for Count Floyd . He was always trying but there would be something to screw up his show . Poor guy !
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I loved his improvisation! Good memories of watching SCTV reruns late night on weekends with a few buddies when I was in high school....so very long ago (sigh).
This may be Joe Flaherty's finest sketch.
Never forget taking a comedy course at Humber College in Toronto 20 years ago with Joe (Emo Phillips & others). Joe was an incredibly helpful & bumble (& funny) guy. Always adding positive feedback for us comedy n00bs & was incredibly down to earth & supportive. An absolute legend - in every way.
I seem to remember when the monkeys attacked Sewickley there were bones all over Mario Lemieux's front yard
This is REALLY going to be scary. I'm not kidding you this time.
Really does save time, watching movies this way. Just get the summary from the host.
I used to roll around the floor to this friggin' show.
Thanks for the memories Joe. Funny, funny stuff!
And then, and then, the monkeys spotted Steelers offensive coordinator Matt Canada and slowly advanced towards him...oooo, so veddy scary I can't even tell you what happened next.....OOOOOO!!
I love this one, but I think my favorite Count Floyd is the episode where (as in this one) they've lost the promised horror film and have to substitute Georgy Girl. The Count then has to summarize the plot of Georgy Girl, playing up it's most horrific aspects "There's this girl. And she's kind of fat. Let me tell you, its really frightening!"
Ah, the Blood Sucking Monkeys from West Mifflin, PA -- one of my favorite Count Floyd's. Ya gotta love a vampire in a turtleneck. RIP, Mr. Flaherty.
My sister and I used to watch this on late night 80s TV and quote him. Such an awesome parody of “Creature Features” and other regional TV Horror hosts of the 70s/80s all over N.America.
"Maybe then you'll know what you missed." lol This whole sketch appears to be totally ad libbed.
It was if I remember right. Joe skipped off to Italy and came back to finish some material. one of his best performances I think.
Single greatest horror movie ever made.
SCTV is the show that deserved the action figures and conventions and all the attention but it remained a best kept secret until the show was nearly over.
"I'm not kidding you this time" LOL
if anyone cares, Count Floyd is my favorite SCTV character.
I remember watching this when it first came on, and that slight pause followed by the film's title made me laugh so hard I thought this was about to my first stroke. They knew this was a killer line, too, because they tried to duplicate it somewhat later on. Because it...scared them! Rrright out of their pants. Or dresses. Or.. whatever they happened to be wearing... I'm telling you, kids..
"What's going on, eh? Pretty good, eh?" Ha. Joe mixing his Pittsburgese with Canadianese. Tho one of the cast's least heralded, he was, for my money, the funniest.
It really garnered the awards at...that ---that festival.
RIP Joe Flaherty, condolences to all his family & friends.
Joe is actually from West Mifflin (home of Kennywood Park). Sewickley was the Setting of the movie "House Guest".
What?? He's not from the Great White North, eh??? 🤔😃😃
The park should have a Blood Sucking Monkey themed attraction.
Nope. He grew up in Homewood/Larimer neighborhood in the city of Pittsburgh.
SCTV was the best stuff back then!
and its the best stuff to this day---there is nothing since SCTV that even approaches the humor/imagination this show had
Imagine doing that whole scene in a single take with no cutaways. There's a certain type of comedy genius that very few have and this man had it. RIP
Well, George Romero filmed the original "Night of the Living Dead" in Pittsburgh for peanuts. That's certainly a Western Pennsylvania Fright Award winner LOL
Flaherty is doing an imitation of Pittsburgh’s Chiiler Theater host Chilly Billy Cardille. Cardille is in NOTLD as the TV reporter on the scene at the end.
They dont make comedy tv like this anymore, all of tv today is utter putrid garbage!!
SCTV rules put SNL to shame!
I guess this explains what happened to Century III mall.
I'm crying in a good way. Not old enough to have seen SCTV when it came out, but young enough to catch it on 2am syndication. When I was a kid, I actually thought Count Floyd was a real host that was shit at his job. RIP Joe.
So glad they didn't have the movie, Count Floyd's version was the best!
I'm starting to think that Floyd Robertson, news anchor and Count Floyd were the same person. Hmmm.....
Nah! The resemblance is superficial at best. This is clearly a different character. In fact, I don't know if Count Floyd even IS a "character" at all. Yeah, I'm pretty sure he REALLY IS a blood sucking vampire movie host from Melonville.
But, if you look closely, Floyd Robertson is ACTUALLY Connie Chung.
By the way, are you into SCTV, AND mellotrons?
Yes, indeedy..... and all things tasteful. lol
LMAO. You think.
spider9137, grew up on SCTV and yes, in later episodes Floyd Robertson newscaster made many references as being count Floyd, I guess the name kinda gives it away! Lol!!! Send me 27 bucks for the 3d glasses!! :)
Moral of the story:
Never. Ever. Let the cows come in.
"It really garnered the awards at that ceremony..."
My hometown...West Mifflin, PA. 🎃 👻
One time Count Floyd had to show "Four For Texas" with Dean Martin. The regular movie never arrived or something lol
West Mifflin Pa. LOL. Joe Flaherty is from Pittsburgh (not too far away).
Chilly Billy aired this movie, sponsored by Winkys I believe.
Winkys! Didn't they have fifteen-cent hamburgers?
@@steelers6titleshorse meat!
@@steelers6titlesThey had hot dogs too!
Sponsored by the Winky's in Wilmerding LOL
I'm not kidding you this time...................its going to be scary, owwwwwwwwww!
We PA people embrace stuff like this...LOL :)
The best of the entire genre... I agree Attomind..stunning talent ..and this ..pure comedic perfection
"Good night, sleep tight....and....... don't let the cows come in".
that was real scary, awooooooo!!!!
I find this funny as hell I live in west mifflin
Scariest movie ever mentioned since maybe the time Chilly Billy played the cult horror classic, "The Evil Mutant Space Haloopkis That Swallowed Johnstown N'At!" - over on WIIC channel 11 - in the
late seventies.
How could four people not like this?
Because those downvotes come from the BLOOD-SUCKING MONKEYS!
Floyd Robertson news anchor by day, wolf howlin' vampire by night. R.I.P. Btw Joe was born in Pittsburgh....
Ben Roethlisberger lives in Sewickley.
But then the monkeys got bombed on Fort Pitt beer and went into the Strip District and that was it for the monkeys LOL
That's it. Fort Pitt! 😂
Low-budget technical difficulties. Poor Floyd has to cover LOL
*KIDS......I'M TELLING YOU!! IT'S SO SCARY!*
Many times Count Floyd would appear at the opening of RUSH concerts!!!😃😃
Haha Really? God damn that band was cool!
First time I saw "Southpark" was at a Tool concert.
Count Floyd introduces The Weapon!
I saw those Count Floyd intros for Rush songs too....and the 3 Stooges video starting the concert!
@@gregb12 Classic!!!!!😁😁😁
Last year he was due to appear at this horror convention in Pittsburgh called Monster Bash, and I hoped to go as it was my birthday weekend. Alas, poor little guy had to cancel due to leg bypass surgery. I may never scratch that hug I'm craving off my bucket list.
One person is the head of the West Mifflin Chamber of Commerce.
Terminal Stare was hot. (Yinzers will get the reference.)
In Cleveland in the Sixties we had Ghoulardi!
Count Floyd need his own RUclips channel
"What's goin' on?.. Hey I don't understand!"..
Since I from Pittsburgh, l loved his local town references. He’s from around here, too. Right?
I lived there from 78-79.
Yes. Joe Flaherty's dad worked for Westinghouse.
@@steelers6titles So did mine.
Fun facts: Jeff Goldblum actually grew up in West Mifflin and graduated West Mifflin HS. Joe Flaherty grew up in Pittsburgh (Homewood) and graduated Pittsburgh Central Catholic HS.
They just wanted to go to kennywood.
An hilarious tribute, sort of, to Chilly Bill Cardille of Pittsburgh legend.
Not kidding I would totally see this movie.
Easily the best entry in the long-running Blood-Sucking Monkeys franchise. The 11th film, “Blood Sucking Monkeys Go Hawaiian”, was god awful.
West Mifflin Pa, that's really scary territory.
yes it is lol I know cause I used to drive thru there when I drove truck lol
this skit makes me wish I'd visited West Mifflin (and Sewickley too) when I lived in Pittsburgh.
argel: I don't know about that, but Philly is for real scary.
@@mlewyn You lived in Pittsburgh, and never went to Kennywood? (Kennywood is in West Mifflin)
@@KenPotter no; if I'd lived there a year longer I probably would have had more time to visit suburbs.
Joe’s Charlton Heston is absolutely hilarious also!!!
That's not a Dracula accent, that's Al Pacino !
Always lived count Floyd, popping between a Transylvania accent n NY Jewish accent.. classics... thanks for posting these memories
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Yeah, the Pittsburgh thing was genius.
Montour! Sewickley LOL
Awesome. I quoted from this one for years......
Only Joe Flaherty as Count Floyd could sell Blood Sucking Monkeys from West Mifflin, PA. It wasn't even in 3D, and I still wanted to see it. Damn it Joe, I miss you.
Dunno if this was mentioned, but Mr. Flaherty was born and raised in Pittsburgh (and please spell it with an H at the end, dammit!) before he moved to Chicago to join the Second City troupe there. West Mifflin is a suburb of Pittsburgh, so there ya go.
Joe was from West Mifflin, to be more specific. He went to the same High School as Jeff Goldblum. (West Mifflin North)
@@KenPotter No way
@@sralyn Yes!
Channel 2 in Pittsburgh, Channel 3 in Blawnox.
Reminds me when I was a kid in the 60s, some T.V.stations late on Saturday night really bad B horror movies, with a crazy type host. We'd stay up and watch them anyway 😅!
I laughed so hard. Oh my.
with a title like that I would have watched it