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  • Опубликовано: 17 мар 2013
  • SCTV, the award winning sketch comedy show produced by The Second City returns on RUclips with select comedy videos and sketches published by Second City Network.
    Featuring: Eugene Levy, John Candy, Andrea Martin, Joe Flaherty, Martin Short
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  • @sethdover4999
    @sethdover4999 Год назад +705

    Martin Short's face alone is enough to carry the entire skit...😂😂

    • @williamharris5957
      @williamharris5957 Год назад +7

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @Johndoe-co3pw
      @Johndoe-co3pw 10 месяцев назад +7

      He def has a very expressive and animated face

    • @PlanetToca
      @PlanetToca 9 месяцев назад +2

      Lol thanks I could not place who that was I was like he looks so familiar 🤣🤣

    • @MrBigcityal
      @MrBigcityal 9 месяцев назад +15

      Looks like he going to mention that he's not a good swimmer 😊

    • @josephstaggs6201
      @josephstaggs6201 9 месяцев назад +5

      I agree with you Martin Short cracks me up just looking at him. He kind of looks like one of the BeeGees.

  • @cariboubearmalachy1174
    @cariboubearmalachy1174 2 года назад +273

    That line about Martin Short wanting to be circuit court judge just slayed me.

    • @HisWordisLife4U
      @HisWordisLife4U Месяц назад +2

      I think he has a shot.

    • @lindahandley5267
      @lindahandley5267 Месяц назад +2

      With the decisions these judges are making these days, I'd tell him to go for it!

    • @samstone22744
      @samstone22744 Месяц назад +2

      That is correct Alex.

    • @1223jamez
      @1223jamez Месяц назад

      He’d probably do a better job!

    • @HisWordisLife4U
      @HisWordisLife4U Месяц назад

      @@samstone22744 I'm going to start saying this around the house.

  • @greenmile4233
    @greenmile4233 3 года назад +390

    Alex Trebek, once said that Eugene Levy was the best impersonation of him...There was so much talent on SCTV....

    • @edlawn5481
      @edlawn5481 Год назад +27

      Much better than Will Ferrell's "Trebek" on SNL.

    • @ENigma-um8zw
      @ENigma-um8zw Год назад +15

      @@edlawn5481 haha yeah for sure, looking back now I think that sketch’s goal was to do dastardly so bad they’re funny impressions, I mean who else could nail Burt Reynolds like Norm lol “it’s funny because it’s bigger than a regular hat/Turd Ferguson”

    • @kimmorrison9169
      @kimmorrison9169 Год назад +3

      right on both points. I missed that show when it stopped.

    • @maryannemelenka9250
      @maryannemelenka9250 Год назад

      Oh he must have laughed at the parody

    • @Bapuji42
      @Bapuji42 Год назад +10

      That's an Alex Trebek impression?

  • @john_from_eastcoast.
    @john_from_eastcoast. Месяц назад +33

    Joe Flaherty played Arthur on this sketch! Very funny guy!
    RIP Joe Flaherty 🌷 April 1, 2024.

    • @patriots02ify
      @patriots02ify 8 дней назад

      Met Joe once - what a nice person.

  • @AJ-HawksToxicFinger
    @AJ-HawksToxicFinger Год назад +112

    Crazy rewatching this now and realizing how many of these jokes were reused in the SNL Celebrity Jeopardy skits.
    These writers/cast members are the most comedy talent assembled on one single show ever.

    • @kevprange
      @kevprange 8 месяцев назад +10

      The premise and pace are so similar that I half expected a rude Sean Connery to show up.

    • @pjbmusicman
      @pjbmusicman 6 месяцев назад +14

      Norm was inspired by this

    • @andrewsherwin966
      @andrewsherwin966 5 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@pjbmusicman Ya apparently he was asked Martin Short about doing who put him in contact with Eugene Levy who gave him his blessing.

    • @RK-qe3zl
      @RK-qe3zl 2 месяца назад +2

      I totally agree

  • @rubar1025
    @rubar1025 3 года назад +372

    Without fail. I see Martin Short's face and I bust out laughing...every. damn. time.

    • @kennethheidelberg2935
      @kennethheidelberg2935 Год назад +8

      I know. He is a natural.

    • @hjuikkll
      @hjuikkll Год назад +11

      Yeah I just usually piss and shit all over myself when I see his face

    • @recceeboy1237
      @recceeboy1237 Год назад +1

      @@hjuikkll watch by yourself

    • @danielscheff7384
      @danielscheff7384 Год назад

      @@recceeboy1237 that is some sound advice

    • @critterdoc93
      @critterdoc93 11 месяцев назад +1

      Ever seen Short do the pharmacy skit! Hilarious!

  • @simonrussell4986
    @simonrussell4986 Год назад +126

    John Candy managed to lampoon people without being mean, which is why I always love him. Talking about his job, he manages to make you laugh without being condescending.

    • @puffinwrangler7557
      @puffinwrangler7557 11 месяцев назад +14

      Yeah, that's the beauty of this sketch, and maybe others from this series. Lesser writers/actors might have made fun of the contestants, but somehow we're laughing with them instead of at them. They're so adorable, but it's the poor host we laugh at because he doesn't know how to handle this situation. Such is life, sometimes.

    • @landor7610
      @landor7610 5 месяцев назад +4

      Apparently he was a really nice man to his fans as well.

  • @golden_rod
    @golden_rod 10 месяцев назад +19

    he's so confident in "swedish meatballs" i'm dying 😭

  • @secondstarllc
    @secondstarllc 5 лет назад +440

    "I have a wife and 2 boys named Frank." 😂😂
    John Candy, what a legend.

    • @ZulcanPrime
      @ZulcanPrime 3 года назад +5

      I have two half-wit wives and stepsons who attend Halfwit College named Frankincense.

    • @tintinismybelgian
      @tintinismybelgian 3 года назад +5

      What a wonderful family: Mr. Darren Peele, Mrs. Frank Peele, Frank Peele, and Frank Peele.

    • @perisbrodsky4242
      @perisbrodsky4242 3 года назад +4

      @@foobarmaximus3506 George was punched repeatedly in the head. Darren probably has his own story.

    • @jackmehoffen4359
      @jackmehoffen4359 3 года назад +6

      rip john candy!

    • @AllanOstermann
      @AllanOstermann 3 года назад

      @@foobarmaximus3506 I was just thinking that 🤔 Not sure who had the idea first, Foreman or Melonville.

  • @authorrayrogers
    @authorrayrogers 7 месяцев назад +60

    The way Levy chases Candy off at the very end... Good Lord, that's funny. SNL ripped this sketch off mercilessly and never came close.

    • @giuffre714
      @giuffre714 Месяц назад

      Therapist 😂

    • @smgdfcmfah
      @smgdfcmfah Месяц назад +2

      SNL's version is classic, too, but largely because of Norm MacDonald (another Canuck) who first pitched it and got the idea from SCTV.

    • @HisWordisLife4U
      @HisWordisLife4U Месяц назад

      KEEP YOUR DISTANCE!!!

    • @giuffre714
      @giuffre714 Месяц назад

      @@HisWordisLife4U
      He heard you when you screamed it the 1st time.

    • @HisWordisLife4U
      @HisWordisLife4U Месяц назад

      @@giuffre714 You must not have watched the video.

  • @kerry7967
    @kerry7967 Год назад +22

    The makeup dept that did the nose job on Joe Flaherty deserves a job for life..."What are those things Alex"😂😂😂😂

  • @amanontheland7892
    @amanontheland7892 4 месяца назад +11

    I grew up watching SCTV. Such brilliant talent from the whole cast.

  • @rayrayfad3654
    @rayrayfad3654 3 года назад +114

    I like how John Candy always calls Eugene ‘Alec’ in these sketches

    • @chiefscheider
      @chiefscheider 3 года назад +8

      Ironically, it's the only thing that doesn't seem to phase Mr. 'Trebel' 😄

  • @cynthiak88nashvilletn69
    @cynthiak88nashvilletn69 3 года назад +430

    And this beautiful gem of a sketch was written by none other than Catherine O'Hara. :-)

    • @cynthiak88nashvilletn69
      @cynthiak88nashvilletn69 3 года назад +26

      @Oh Yes, Please! I'll Have Another Bowl Of TDS! Nope. When I watched an interview with the two of them together, they both referenced her writing both "Half Wits" and "Dim Wits". During an interview she did with Andrea Martin, they both referenced the fact that neither were paid as writers the first season, and neither was John Candy. He went to bat for all three of them, and they started getting paid as writers.

    • @chronosschiron
      @chronosschiron 3 года назад +17

      @@cynthiak88nashvilletn69
      ya john was stand up guy , sadly missed ....hollywood could use a few thousand like em

    • @bneale
      @bneale 3 года назад +5

      Too bad it wasn't funny.

    • @maskandvaccinefreeandproud2110
      @maskandvaccinefreeandproud2110 3 года назад +39

      @@bneale Too bad you’re a clueless tit.

    • @jackmehoffen4359
      @jackmehoffen4359 3 года назад +3

      indeed!!

  • @GetOffTheLawn
    @GetOffTheLawn Месяц назад +10

    Absolute legends on this show

  • @j23_stuff
    @j23_stuff Год назад +21

    Love how John Candy was also the voice of the announcer 😆

  • @campfreddy3547
    @campfreddy3547 7 лет назад +637

    John Candy very much missed, Canadian Legend. Rip.

    • @PoeLemic
      @PoeLemic 5 лет назад +5

      Yeah, a true legend ...

    • @PatFrenchLeafsFan1
      @PatFrenchLeafsFan1 5 лет назад +2

      But I miss his real life blonde hair he had when he played his Johnny LaRue character.

    • @theworkethic
      @theworkethic 4 года назад +1

      Neil McNeil HS boy!

    • @barillamindset3109
      @barillamindset3109 4 года назад

      @@PoeLemic Are you implying he isn't? You must be a teen. Teens are fucking shit heads. I was too, so it's not an insult. You'll grow out of it, hopefully, but there is only one group I am prejudiced towards and its those fucking shitty teens.

    • @auralfury
      @auralfury 4 года назад +2

      i loved him in everything

  • @WilliamXLee
    @WilliamXLee 10 лет назад +294

    The night this originally aired, i almost passed out from laughter. Absolutely awesome. this kind of television simply does not exist anymore, and it is a shame. I still have this on VHS!!

    • @blackjakko
      @blackjakko 2 года назад +9

      Its literally painfully funny omg everything hurts friends laughing so hard

    • @md61211
      @md61211 Год назад +7

      My first time seeing it & I understand why you almost passed out from laughter. These people were geniuses. Who was Blanche?

    • @bobalexander6153
      @bobalexander6153 Год назад +11

      @@md61211 Blanche was played by Andrea Martin.

    • @mem1701movies
      @mem1701movies Год назад +4

      @@bobalexander6153 doesn’t Martin Short look like he’s playing Carl Sagan?

    • @MarkNobleUS
      @MarkNobleUS Год назад +2

      Are you still watching VHS?

  • @islanddon865
    @islanddon865 9 месяцев назад +39

    I'm proud to have attended school with Martin Short in Hamilton, ON. I have followed his career closely. Terrific physical comedian.❤

    • @lenhudson8194
      @lenhudson8194 7 месяцев назад

      You're filled with pride that you attended the same school as a celebrity?
      I'm proud to say that is fucking lame as shit.

    • @dokkenrox
      @dokkenrox 2 месяца назад +4

      Did he have some degree of difficulty getting through high school?

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605 2 месяца назад +1

      @@dokkenrox Well done.

    • @jayjones2821
      @jayjones2821 2 месяца назад +1

      One of the funniest people ever

    • @v-town1980
      @v-town1980 Месяц назад

      Proud? But you had nothing to do with his success.

  • @Cweisman35
    @Cweisman35 Месяц назад +10

    RIP John Candy and Joe Flaherty. 😢

  • @stephencombs3971
    @stephencombs3971 4 года назад +115

    “Half” seems a bit to generous in this instance. 🤣

    • @jackmehoffen4359
      @jackmehoffen4359 3 года назад +1

      ikr??

    • @teevee5260
      @teevee5260 2 года назад

      Jeez ? Come on now. Let's not be mean or insulting. I think that I speak for everyone when I say that these Morons are doing the best that they can. I think that there all Winners.

    • @user-vw3ry6rm8k
      @user-vw3ry6rm8k 2 месяца назад

      it is becoming the norm. Idiocracy

    • @v-town1980
      @v-town1980 Месяц назад

      So is using "to" instead of "too."😂

  • @bennydanielz8762
    @bennydanielz8762 7 лет назад +814

    I was 13 and got caught sneaking up to watch SCTV by my Dad.He watched 1 skit with me,loved it and then started watching it too.
    R.I.P Daddy☺

    • @thecerealguy7713
      @thecerealguy7713 5 лет назад +5

      Benny Danielz awwww BENNY 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

    • @PoeLemic
      @PoeLemic 5 лет назад +8

      Yeah, Benny, I lost my father few years back, so yeah, those memories are the most precious and tender. I hope you are healing and finding a way through that challenge.

    • @brif6787
      @brif6787 5 лет назад +1

      Is this the dead dad comment thread? Jk

    • @brif6787
      @brif6787 5 лет назад +8

      @@PoeLemic My dad got brutally murdered last week and it's only now that I can finally look back and laugh about it.

    • @PoeLemic
      @PoeLemic 5 лет назад +5

      Bri:
      I don't believe you. You're full of shit. If your parent really passed last week, you wouldn't be laughing about it.

  • @adamchurvis1
    @adamchurvis1 Год назад +40

    TO ALL THOSE QUESTIONING WHY "PARKA" WAS WRONG: In Canada (where SCTV was) and other places where it gets a lot of snowfall, parkas are not tracked through the house; they are instead kept in the Mud Room or other separate small room near a house exit.

    • @sonnysmom6017
      @sonnysmom6017 2 месяца назад

      Yes, for anywhere with winter

    • @chavruta2000
      @chavruta2000 2 месяца назад

      Parka is also not 3 articles of clothing

    • @JargoniusMaximus
      @JargoniusMaximus Месяц назад +1

      The heck is a mud room???

    • @chavruta2000
      @chavruta2000 Месяц назад +4

      @JargoniusMaximus its used for wrestling, a common passtime in Canada. There is also the jello room.

    • @jeffreyswartz9568
      @jeffreyswartz9568 Месяц назад

      Oh geez now you're going to have to explain "mud room"

  • @jerryleroy9187
    @jerryleroy9187 Год назад +47

    So innocent and clean, yet so so funny. I love ALL of the halfwit skits!

    • @greatestytcommentator
      @greatestytcommentator 7 месяцев назад

      Somebody will get offended by it nowadays😊

    • @superfly3990
      @superfly3990 4 месяца назад

      You know, and I think that most Everyone would agree, this show is Offensive and should be banned from TV. Putting complete Retards on a TV Game Show isn't right, except for Lawrence. He has a high level of intelligence and is sure to be a Circuit Court Judge once he manages to graduate from High School.

  • @derangstgarten1447
    @derangstgarten1447 5 лет назад +98

    2:58 ''I'm having some degree of difficulty getting through high school''
    I always enjoyed that line

    • @mlongpre100
      @mlongpre100 5 лет назад +1

      because you can relate to it ?

    • @gregofcanada4494
      @gregofcanada4494 4 года назад +5

      But I'll do it!

    • @Seeker0fTruth
      @Seeker0fTruth Год назад +1

      He got a Degree in Difficulty but now that he’s accomplished all of that, he’s hoping to get through his High School studies and earn a Diploma

  • @matt5415
    @matt5415 4 года назад +47

    Andrea Martin looking to someone in the audience is hilarious. She has to be imitating someone she saw. Even John Candy's gaze is funny.

  • @John-pc3cx
    @John-pc3cx Год назад +28

    I’ve watched this a dozen times and it never fails to crack me up

  • @thomascovenant665
    @thomascovenant665 Год назад +11

    Blanche looking vacantly off camera while being spoken to is brilliant..!!!

  • @pondababa4197
    @pondababa4197 3 года назад +477

    "High School. I'm having some degree of difficulty getting through High School, Alex." This, combined with his look, and the pride with which he delivers the statement, is one of the funniest things ever.

    • @kenneld
      @kenneld 3 года назад +48

      "Because I have certain goals in life I feel compelled to complete, one of which is becoming a circuit court judge."

    • @TheJollyGreen
      @TheJollyGreen 3 года назад +14

      I think that line is wittier than people think (if that's a word), I can picture a half-wit high school kid restating what he's probably heard his parents and teachers say

    • @neilm2794
      @neilm2794 3 года назад +12

      Alex asking him if he was doing post graduate work was the funniest part

    • @stevecathym3566
      @stevecathym3566 2 года назад +4

      Add "Swedish Meatballs" to that list. Again, delivered with authority as he KNOWS the answer finally!

    • @Dutch0524
      @Dutch0524 2 года назад +6

      Martin Short is a comedic genius...he blacked out the top part of his bottom teeth for this didn't he?

  • @happydayz7857
    @happydayz7857 5 лет назад +38

    Eugene Levy looking like a 1970’s stud.

  • @beetalius
    @beetalius 3 года назад +51

    we never imagined that someday, a whole generation of young people would uptalk like blanche

  • @planescaped
    @planescaped 2 года назад +82

    The delivery, facial expressions, mannerisms... they're all so spot on and believable.
    I think this is the best depiction I have ever seen of rock-stupid people. XD

    • @BrianBattles
      @BrianBattles Год назад +10

      Check out the US Senate

    • @ramaya007
      @ramaya007 Год назад +5

      You can find way more at a Beto rally

    • @e.l.norton
      @e.l.norton Год назад +9

      Today, they run universities and the U.S. Congress.

  • @spidermandel
    @spidermandel 10 лет назад +307

    30 years later it's still fresh and funny and a reminder of how brilliant these people were.

    • @jamessirman6622
      @jamessirman6622 6 лет назад +6

      Gerry Mandel this was real comedy's last hoorah.

    • @beatroot943
      @beatroot943 6 лет назад +4

      i guess it inspired norm MacDonald to write jeopardy

    • @Bryce_C.
      @Bryce_C. 6 лет назад

      Gerry Mandel ur kidding right? This show is so not funny.

    • @dayra6425
      @dayra6425 6 лет назад

      this is about as fresh as a dead sewer rat .. humor around this time makes my stomach hurt

    • @BrianSmith-ix3ns
      @BrianSmith-ix3ns 5 лет назад +9

      +da ra and Bryce should join hands and walk into the nearest chopper blade

  • @2weekpaidvacation611
    @2weekpaidvacation611 4 года назад +358

    This low budget skit is funnier than most of what Saturday night live has done in years ... Every one of them a huge talent And we miss you John Candy

    • @doubledrats235
      @doubledrats235 Год назад +11

      I agree. I enjoyed SCTV in the 1970s. It was funny so SNL poached their talent but SCTV was much better than SNL.

    • @hjuikkll
      @hjuikkll Год назад +1

      Dude isnt that chris farley tho?

    • @rickiedeesnutz7318
      @rickiedeesnutz7318 Год назад

      Talent does that.

    • @danbarkles8499
      @danbarkles8499 Год назад +1

      So does Ween.

    • @savvyb54
      @savvyb54 Год назад +7

      @@hjuikkll No, it's John Candy. Chris Farley was 6 years old in 1970....

  • @quincee3376
    @quincee3376 8 месяцев назад +6

    I just noticed John Candy calls Eugene Levy Alec not Alex. I never noticed that before. Brilliant.

  • @timothys8144
    @timothys8144 Месяц назад +4

    Rip Joe Flaherty one of my favorites

  • @tb7667
    @tb7667 4 года назад +42

    "I work for Mr Hargrove"
    She doesn’t even know what her job is, just that she works for Mr Hargrove and he is the boss.🤣

    • @NJGuy1973
      @NJGuy1973 3 года назад +3

      No, she's knows she's a secretary. She just doesn't know what her boss does.

    • @zombiedodge1426
      @zombiedodge1426 3 года назад

      Maybe she was working for the former head the Canadian Auto Workers union, Buzz Hargrove.

  • @jackjones3657
    @jackjones3657 6 лет назад +105

    John Candy was brilliant. So sorry he's gone.

    • @blackjakko
      @blackjakko 2 года назад +5

      I love him still. He's been a wonderful part of my life. The gift of laughter and generosity of spirit and kindness. He's one of my favourite people of all time. Love his response to Alex of whether his job is demanding "it is for me Alex" 😂 just beautiful!

  • @theholymackerel072
    @theholymackerel072 Месяц назад +2

    Martin Short just VANISHES into any comedic role.

  • @thefastandthefurious1
    @thefastandthefurious1 3 года назад +12

    I love the way Candy is the announcer and one of the contestants at the same time lol

  • @thebrazilianatlantis165
    @thebrazilianatlantis165 7 лет назад +265

    "I'm having some degree of difficulty getting through high school. But I'll do it, because I have certain goals in life I feel compelled to complete -- one of which is becoming a circuit court judge." Marty is the greatest comedian. Literally.

    • @jptaylor
      @jptaylor 4 года назад +8

      Swedish meatballs. Love it. 😂

    • @chronosschiron
      @chronosschiron 3 года назад +6

      @@jptaylor
      where do swedish meatballs come from....SPAIN LOL

    • @kenwaid8239
      @kenwaid8239 2 года назад +14

      Giving some of the decisions handed down by the circuit courts I do believe that he succeeded

    • @AlexMPruteanu
      @AlexMPruteanu 2 года назад +6

      ....still kickin' it w/Steve Martin and Selena Gomez in Only Murders in the Building.

    • @paulj0557tonehead
      @paulj0557tonehead 2 года назад +2

      He is! Weird that his sitcom was a bomb though.

  • @CANADA-AT-WAR-WW2
    @CANADA-AT-WAR-WW2 4 года назад +353

    SCTV was amazing. when I describe it to people I say, its like SNL but funny.

    • @canaisyoung3601
      @canaisyoung3601 2 года назад +9

      It's funnier than Saturday Night Live, crazier than Fridays, and able to tear pop culture a new "A" better than MADtv. It's Super Sketch Show!

    • @gundamprototypessr6773
      @gundamprototypessr6773 2 года назад +8

      1982 called, it wants its joke back.

    • @bullypopful
      @bullypopful 2 года назад +3

      And oh so Canadian

    • @jekyllynch6168
      @jekyllynch6168 2 года назад +1

      SNL was the best but SCTV was great at times

    • @bufnyfan1
      @bufnyfan1 2 года назад +7

      @@jekyllynch6168 SNL was funny up until the time Akroyd/Belushi left--after that--hardly at all--SCTV was consistently hilarious

  • @Rooneytunes01
    @Rooneytunes01 3 года назад +72

    “Sounds like a demanding job.”
    “It is for me 🥴”
    🤣🤣 his face when he responds, amazing

  • @sashek8451
    @sashek8451 Год назад +9

    Surely this inspired SNL’s Celebrity Jeopardy

    • @papennypincher7287
      @papennypincher7287 Месяц назад

      Absolutely…more like they ripped it off…I’m disappointed in snl

    • @paulbradley705
      @paulbradley705 Месяц назад +1

      The real Jeopardy inspired both.

    • @papennypincher7287
      @papennypincher7287 Месяц назад +1

      @@paulbradley705 I think you belong on the show

    • @paulbradley705
      @paulbradley705 28 дней назад

      @@papennypincher7287 you made my day.

  • @xroadie
    @xroadie 5 лет назад +344

    More concentrated comedic talent in that sketch than in a whole day of Comedy Central. Love SCTV.

  • @stevengalatz4360
    @stevengalatz4360 10 лет назад +385

    "I'm having some degree of difficulty getting through High School...but I'll do it...because I have certain goals in life I'm compelled to complete."

    • @ChristopherSobieniak
      @ChristopherSobieniak 9 лет назад +37

      "One of which is becoming a circuit court judge, and the second is perhaps playing professional hockey!"

    • @christopherdunne7848
      @christopherdunne7848 6 лет назад +14

      Aren't you a bit surprised he would even know the word "compelled"? Bwahahahaha

    • @samanthanickson6478
      @samanthanickson6478 6 лет назад +4

      +CHRISTOPHER DUNNE
      and use it correctly in a sentence!

    • @iccjcc
      @iccjcc 5 лет назад +3

      Love the character especially his teeth!

    • @drm2566
      @drm2566 5 лет назад +2

      Steven Galatz I am crying

  • @kj9093
    @kj9093 Год назад +6

    I'm not really sure why, but when John Candy answered the first question with "coat hangers" I lost it. I absolutely laughed until I had tears in my eyes, oh man this was funny! This was just classic television with some amazing comedic people!

    • @namelessjedi2242
      @namelessjedi2242 9 месяцев назад +1

      That was the funniest line in a sketch full of funny lines.

  • @jamesg8199
    @jamesg8199 Год назад +6

    John Candy, you are sorely missed. Wished you were around today. The world could sure use your kindness and humor right now.

  • @caitlynmcmenamy1920
    @caitlynmcmenamy1920 5 лет назад +231

    I still use lines from SCTV in my life like:" That is correct Alex " and "That blowed up real good!" No one gets me...

    • @matafiyd
      @matafiyd 4 года назад +18

      caitlyn mcmenamy I get you.
      That blowed up real good. Always a classic

    • @HeatherSpoonheim
      @HeatherSpoonheim 4 года назад +26

      I can't serve pancakes without zooming them in and out and making the 3D sound effects. Anyway, now I work in the kitchen instead of the dining room.

    • @williamhyde2310
      @williamhyde2310 4 года назад +12

      Also " beauty, eh "? 😃😎

    • @robertkrueger5477
      @robertkrueger5477 4 года назад +6

      You hoser!

    • @telecomex
      @telecomex 4 года назад +9

      So do I, and the peoples think i don't talk the language good. :) Thanks for this Caitlyn! I thought i was the only one. I use a lot of Steve Martin and Seinfeld in my daily routine as well, but again, most people don't get it. My kids do tho. every Christmas we put on "I am so mad at my mother!' (Steve Martin's 1st album) I also get a lot of mileage out of "I don't follow you." with a dead-pan face and really makes people uncomfortable until they realize i am having some fun with them. sometimes tho, lines can fall flat on their face. Kind 2020 regards from the west coast of Canada! Buy you a coffee next time you are out this way! ss

  • @DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc
    @DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc 6 лет назад +86

    Love John Candy's rockin' pompadour in this. 😄 Also love Martin Short's Lawrence character; my favorite appearance is the 1984 SNL "Male Synchronized Swimming" sketch / mockumentary short with Harry Shearer and Christopher Guest:
    "I'm not that... _strong_ a swimmer...!"

    • @wendytimms4515
      @wendytimms4515 3 года назад +2

      @DanHarkness that is my all time favourite sketch as well.

    • @KMc-cw3qt
      @KMc-cw3qt 3 года назад +7

      You, you - I know you, I know you!

    • @DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc
      @DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc 3 года назад +7

      @@KMc-cw3qt "No, you're not angry at him! You're just pointing at him." 😊

    • @susieaxym
      @susieaxym 2 года назад +1

      I love that skit!!

  • @reenougle
    @reenougle Год назад +7

    I don’t know how many times I have watched this and I laugh every time.

  • @marcschneider4845
    @marcschneider4845 3 года назад +12

    I watch this skit over and over and it's funny every time. What comedic genius.

  • @cwaldo7957
    @cwaldo7957 6 лет назад +19

    Proud to be a Canadian. Look at all the talent! Producers were genius for assembling this cast.

  • @dougtaylor2803
    @dougtaylor2803 9 лет назад +81

    R.I.P. John Candy.

  • @lechanneldemysterieuxmante1807
    @lechanneldemysterieuxmante1807 2 года назад +13

    So many masters came out of Second City. Seeing Them so young and early in their career is truly amusing and enjoyable.

  • @NotNotKenny
    @NotNotKenny 2 года назад +2

    "Keep your distance!" 😄.Them breaking him at the end was always the cherry on top.

  • @jenniferkerr6782
    @jenniferkerr6782 3 года назад +30

    John Candy. You always make me smile! RIP legend.

  • @Hazwaste63
    @Hazwaste63 3 года назад +26

    "Johnny Ola". Good to see he survived the hit.

    • @edlawn5481
      @edlawn5481 2 года назад +1

      And became Junior Soprano.

  • @t.y.5565
    @t.y.5565 Год назад +7

    Canadian and British humor are the best!

  • @joedude4822
    @joedude4822 Месяц назад +2

    Dam it, I didn't want to cry but I couldn't help it😢
    Everybody's died from my favorite time in entertainment....80 and 90s
    I miss Candy, Belushi, Hartman, Farley and now Joe😢. Thanks guys for making me laugh all these years....

  • @allein50
    @allein50 5 лет назад +33

    We actually had those vinyl seat covers in the 70s. Made for miserable sitting in all seasons, but they kept the seats clean by-golly.

  • @feastinghmg
    @feastinghmg 4 года назад +41

    It was so much fun to grow up in this era. My sister and my cousins would all act like this and we would all laugh all the time. Back when we had to entertain eachother without media

    • @tyleru96
      @tyleru96 Год назад +1

      lol what? "back when we had to enterain each other without media." you literally used media (that's what television is) to entertain each other by acting like the people in this comedy sketch.

  • @mjp96
    @mjp96 5 месяцев назад +4

    Andrea Martin and Catherine O'Hara are legends.

  • @catherineg8668
    @catherineg8668 Месяц назад +1

    "HIGH SCHOOL. I'm having some degree of difficulty getting through HIGH SCHOOL" 🤣

  • @the_scraggler
    @the_scraggler 4 года назад +22

    "I have a wonderful wife and two boys named Frank." This is genius, loved SCTV.

    • @beverlyanne5699
      @beverlyanne5699 4 года назад +2

      Darren has a brother named Darren, did you miss that? All I could think of was The Bob Newhart Show..."This is my brother Darryl and my other brother Darryl", as said by Darryl.

  • @mayssm
    @mayssm 3 года назад +25

    "What line of work is your employer in?" "He's the boss". I feel like this might be how I would answer that question.

  • @GrantSchinto
    @GrantSchinto 22 дня назад

    "Thank you, Johnny Ola." Thank YOU SCTV for not being afraid to make obscure (even back then) references, not caring who gets them or not ...

  • @john_from_eastcoast.
    @john_from_eastcoast. Год назад +4

    When I feel like laughing I come here to watch the classic SCTV comedy skits!
    John Candy is a legend! RIP. 🌹 March 4, 1994.

  • @DrCHUD666
    @DrCHUD666 7 лет назад +65

    "Where do you think Swedish Meatballs come from?"
    "........Spain.....???"
    LOL

  • @joeburns6379
    @joeburns6379 5 лет назад +95

    Martin Short was one of my favorite guests when he did Letterman. His book is an excellent read. A comedic genius.

    • @LWOPP
      @LWOPP 4 года назад +6

      And such a kind and gentle person, too.

    • @MoreMedication
      @MoreMedication Год назад

      Yes. If the world ends during my lifetime I would like to be zapped hugging my husband whilst holding Martin’s hand.

    • @RK-qe3zl
      @RK-qe3zl 2 месяца назад

      Yes, and he seemed like such a nice person!

  • @realgoodlearners2711
    @realgoodlearners2711 3 года назад +14

    Martin Short owns the stage. Genius timing. Proof that comedy is an art.

    • @Fakename70
      @Fakename70 2 года назад +2

      He was by far the best thing on SNL when he was there

  • @betweentheripples8847
    @betweentheripples8847 7 месяцев назад +6

    It's not the first SCTV skit to get lifted by SNL, whoever wrote the Jeopardy sketches owes these folks a big thank you.

    • @olliefoxx7165
      @olliefoxx7165 5 месяцев назад

      I agree. Will Ferrell does a great Eugen Levy/Alex Trebek impression.

    • @giuffre714
      @giuffre714 Месяц назад

      Yes, and Norm MacDonald ask for permission 😀

  • @KomedyKollector
    @KomedyKollector 9 лет назад +294

    I loved how in the early 2000s Eugene Levy's career suddenly got a second wind, and he became like a "comedy insurance policy" for crappy Hollywood movies. Even if a script wasn't that funny, as long as you cast Levy in a supporting role his performance would deliver guaranteed laughs.

    • @Trainy2
      @Trainy2 7 лет назад +5

      That was just the American Pie franchise, it wasn't like he was in a bunch of different comedy franchises in the early 2000's

    • @29BKing
      @29BKing 6 лет назад +20

      I disagree. He was injected into Serendipity at the last minute to liven the thing up. It worked.

    • @NK7Prime
      @NK7Prime 6 лет назад +11

      But KK didn't say "Franchises" just movies. Another example was Bringin Down the House with Steve Martin, Queen Latifah and Eugene Levy

    • @TRJ2241987
      @TRJ2241987 5 лет назад +24

      Best In Show......The Ladies Man......Repli-cate.....Down To Earth....he made a cameo as himself in Josie and the Pussycats.....all of that happened after American Pie.....but truthfully he was always acting in a steady stream of movies. American Pie just made him a household name to a whole new generation.

    • @Birdwash
      @Birdwash 5 лет назад

      @FooBar Maximus Wow, didn't know he was still doing it then.

  • @elvicare35
    @elvicare35 8 лет назад +37

    A circuit court judge and a professional hockey player! lol I had trouble typing, as I was laughing so much!!

    • @luisreyes1963
      @luisreyes1963 4 года назад +2

      In an ironic twist, both Arthur & Lawrence became SCOTUS Justices now known as Brett Kavanaugh & Neil Gorsuch. 🤣

    • @greggasiorowski4025
      @greggasiorowski4025 4 года назад

      Sadly only became a pop psychology hack.
      ruclips.net/video/GiIm9NTC2JU/видео.html

  • @rhinehardt1
    @rhinehardt1 2 года назад +6

    SCTV was one of the funniest shows ever on TV. Nothing even comes close to it today.

    • @limelight8018
      @limelight8018 Месяц назад

      do you wish to see colonel buckshot

  • @nba2kchannel490
    @nba2kchannel490 Год назад +6

    Great show from my youth. Plenty of talent on this shown. R..I.P. John Candy, Harold Ramis and Tony Rosato.

  • @jrinck
    @jrinck 5 лет назад +31

    The face Eugene Levy makes at 6:37 is one of the funniest things I've ever seen!

  • @MrUndersolo
    @MrUndersolo 10 лет назад +125

    Have you ever seen a cast this talented anywhere else? How many people could play all these roles so well. Man, I miss this show...

    • @clydeallen7852
      @clydeallen7852 6 лет назад +3

      K August Old snl

    • @Danimal77
      @Danimal77 5 лет назад +1

      The Kids in the Hall guys, Monty Pythons guys.

    • @lads.7715
      @lads.7715 5 лет назад +5

      they've never did anything as consistently greats as SCTV

    • @JW...-oj5iw
      @JW...-oj5iw 5 лет назад +2

      Benny Hill

    • @peterreid6096
      @peterreid6096 5 лет назад +3

      OH! To have this show back again

  • @flixsymmetry
    @flixsymmetry Месяц назад +3

    Just genius…RIP Joe Flaherty

  • @christophercorey8394
    @christophercorey8394 Год назад +3

    SCTV was one of best shows ever. So much talent

  • @Nabokov50
    @Nabokov50 10 лет назад +803

    I miss John Candy.

  • @David-bs3cb
    @David-bs3cb 6 лет назад +55

    "Swedish meatballs" oh my god that had me rolling on the floor!

  • @hankwegesin2730
    @hankwegesin2730 3 года назад +5

    After all this time I finally caught the Godfather reference. Thank you Johnny Ola

  • @TheWorldsGotTalent
    @TheWorldsGotTalent 3 месяца назад +3

    SNL clearly took the concept of this improv sketch comedy skit and ran with it in the future. Gosh I miss The Second City in the windy city! It was so genuinely entertaining and funny.
    FUN FACT... John Candy, Eugene Levy, Martin Short, Fred Willard, Catherine O'Hara, Shelley Long, John Belushi, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Mike Meyers, Tina Fey, Chris Farley, Amy Poehler, Tim Meadows, Steve Carrell, Stephen Colbert, Alan Arkin, Harold Ramis, Peter Boyle, Jim Belushi and Joan Rivers are all THE SECOND CITY ALUMNI! Rest in peace John Candy, he was the funniest human comedian ever. While having the biggest heart in the room, he was extremely genuine, humble and grateful and always prioritzed his family first. Miss Uncle Buck!
    Yosuke
    Seattle / Tokyo

  • @dettigs
    @dettigs 8 лет назад +140

    amazing how this entire SCTV cast went on to become even more famous tv and movie stars...........just an amazing amount of talent in that small bunch!!!!

    • @gravedigr12
      @gravedigr12 8 лет назад +4

      +dettigs I agree entirely and im sure john candy watches over them enjoying every new skit they create in there career :)

    • @hespheiden1
      @hespheiden1 5 лет назад

      All right Borax, you're kicked off youtube for being a Poindexter.

    • @SOS-School_Of_Survival
      @SOS-School_Of_Survival 4 года назад

      Uh, who is Blanche?

    • @chaddesrosiers1107
      @chaddesrosiers1107 4 года назад +2

      @@SOS-School_Of_Survival Andrea Martin

    • @md61211
      @md61211 Год назад

      @@chaddesrosiers1107
      Wondered the same. Thank you

  • @llg3pe
    @llg3pe 4 года назад +798

    Eugene Levy such a grossly underrated comedic talent.
    EDIT: Evidently a lot of people replying to my comment are having diaper rash because I stated “underrated”. Like every other comment on social media, there’s always HALF WITS who have to take exception, thus I’ll clarify my statement for those cry babies:
    Compared to Candy (SCTV) and Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, and a long list of others from SNL, Eugene Levy, though just as funny if not funnier, didn’t enjoy the same level of fame.
    I’m sure this will start a whole new string of keyboard-warrior pantie-waste replies. 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @Thompson200Z
      @Thompson200Z 4 года назад +31

      they are all underrated but unironically they have almost all been with work for 40 years

    • @llg3pe
      @llg3pe 4 года назад +1

      Andrew Thompson true

    • @buddyrichable1
      @buddyrichable1 4 года назад +13

      For sure. That sketch wouldn’t have been as funny without his deadpan seriousness, but he would have been hilarious as one of the contestants also. Rarely do you have a group as equally talented as this.

    • @pd4954
      @pd4954 4 года назад +7

      He has his own TV, so I don't think he is under rated. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schitt%27s_Creek

    • @mikewines7852
      @mikewines7852 4 года назад +13

      Yes Eugene is a grossly underrated comedic actor. His Bobby Bittman character is so good. The sketch centered around a Bobby Bittman PSA for literacy done in a children's library cracks me up every time. As Bobby Bittman gives his synopsis of Moby Dick he blows cigarette smoke on the kids and taps his cigarette ash off on the librarian's desk is pure comedy gold.

  • @davidmitchell443
    @davidmitchell443 Месяц назад +3

    R.I.P. Joe "Arthur" Flaherty

  • @mitchbarredo3990
    @mitchbarredo3990 10 месяцев назад +1

    Just Martin Short's face starts me laughing before he even says anything.

  • @fakerating
    @fakerating 5 лет назад +31

    I can't get over how much I LOVE this clip.... HYSTERICAL!!!!! "Could you repeat the numbers that have already been taken..."

  • @Five2_Bravo
    @Five2_Bravo 7 лет назад +40

    I used to watch SCTV all the time when I was a teenager. It was great coming home late at night stoned. I was amazed they all became big stars.

    • @87dramarama
      @87dramarama 7 лет назад

      ur an idiot

    • @Five2_Bravo
      @Five2_Bravo 7 лет назад +2

      sf asasadd
      LOL...ok, you must have been talking to my wife.

  • @user-vw3ry6rm8k
    @user-vw3ry6rm8k 2 месяца назад +1

    All these years later and I still get tears of laughter . All comedy legends!
    I want those seat covers!

  • @thetalkingarchive4795
    @thetalkingarchive4795 5 месяцев назад +2

    Alex Trebek said that while he enjoyed Will Farrell on NBC's Saturday Night Live, his favorite parody of himself was Eugene Levy as Alex Trebel.

  • @coolskater187
    @coolskater187 6 лет назад +14

    "Keep your distance!!!" LOL

    • @ronjon1188
      @ronjon1188 4 года назад +2

      And now in 2020 everyone is saying that.

  • @markusantonio4866
    @markusantonio4866 7 лет назад +69

    Thanks Canada, for awesome funny talent.

  • @llongdong
    @llongdong Год назад +2

    An ocean of talent here. A contingent of this level won't be seen again.

  • @theholidaylady1
    @theholidaylady1 3 месяца назад +1

    This is one of my favourite premises from SCTV!
    What a multitalented cast and brilliant writing!
    I think SCTV is the best Canadian comedy show ever! The bar is high so that's saying a lot!

  • @montanamade8712
    @montanamade8712 5 лет назад +137

    Man- I loved this show! Way better than SNL even in their best days!

    • @waynewayne9693
      @waynewayne9693 3 года назад +4

      @uni blab to be honest I agree. I am personally entertained more by this show as a whole vs the total body of SNL. Obviously Eddie, Belishi and a others mentioned became icons individually and has some the best body of work SNL or any show ever aired but in the grand scheme I like this show better.

    • @Adrian_Estando
      @Adrian_Estando 3 года назад +2

      Totally!

    • @rocco...
      @rocco... 3 года назад +4

      @Jim Pfffft! They changed casts so often. Shows's been dead for 30 years now. Idle time slot.

    • @Lewis9709
      @Lewis9709 3 года назад +3

      @Jim Are you on crack? SCTV was 10x funnier than SNL, especially SNL in the 80's. SCTV was clever and intelligent humor. SNL was trying to hard to be hip and topical and ended up being boring

    • @Lewis9709
      @Lewis9709 3 года назад

      @Jim You're the type of person who thinks fart jokes are funny

  • @ichhasseamerika
    @ichhasseamerika 4 года назад +50

    This is hilarious. U dont see stuff and personalities this funny today. R.I.P. the great John Candy.

  • @infinitejest441
    @infinitejest441 Год назад +2

    The cast from SCTV are legends. When you have so much talent on a show, it. 😅Was bound to be amazing.

    • @ShainAndrews
      @ShainAndrews Год назад

      Five years... less? Yeah great talent...

  • @jannivannibell
    @jannivannibell Месяц назад +1

    This was norm's inspiration for the snl jeopardy skit, and he did the courtesy of calling eugene levy and getting his permission to do the sketch. Class act