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.
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!"
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.
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.
@@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.
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 :)
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 you're right, I just found it on RUclips, 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
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.
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.
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??
* 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. ☺
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 RUclips they'll get a wider audience and some well-deserved acclaim!
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.
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.
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.
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.)
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.
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
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...
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.......🤣
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.
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!
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The range of each SCTV cast member was phenomenal, and so was their timing. No other comedic ensemble show comes close to their genius.
Exactly!
The MADtv crew was really good as well.
Andrea Martin's Liza Manelli was amazingly good. Every single affectation, the crooked smile, the voice, so perfect.
Lorna Manelli
Yes, of course. :)
Andrea Martin was the funniest female in SCTV and SNL history. So talented. Best with impressions.
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.
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!"
John Candy was a genius. Nothing makes me laugh like SCTV classics.
Miss Meow that ingratiating laugh at any old schmaltz gets me every time. So much talent
* I Love talking show biz! ☺
So true. Whenever I am being sincere I still think of William B Williams.
I love his fake laugh with all his teeth showing. Lol
He's a coozle, 'cause Sammy Maudlin is a schmeleckie. (Whatever those are...😉)
Everything Andrea Martin does with those hilarious over the top facial expressions makes me laugh so hard!
She makes me roar. Her Indira Gandhi was a riot
That John Candy trademark laugh is priceless!
richard herbst that Hehehe
That’s William B
You think maybe Ed Macman of Jonny Carson.
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.
"I didn't see any sheep down there."
The 15th of this month through the 23rd... There's still time to see him again, since it's only September 17th.
The Sammy Maudlin Show was hardly an exaggeration of Talk Shows of the 70s. They really were (and often are today) that bad.
Especially the (allegedly) coke-fueled Sammy & Company.
Still are.
They were so bad that they were good! Watched them all the time.
The world is not sophisticated enough today for SCTV. So much for human progress.
"The Fakland Islands is like a second home to me..." .Priceless.
Especially since he doesn’t even pronounce it correctly
“ of your forests…ly dada dom dee deeeee”
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
AS WELL AS THE FOLKS BEHIND THE SCENES
Good lord. Andrea Martin is a force of nature.
Funnyman Bobby Bittman gives me such feelings of envy and jealousy. My god, what a perfect creation. Bravo, Levy.
This cast and the writer and staff behind making this show were on another level entirely.
John Candy's toothy fake laugh! The best.
"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.
Frederick Flintstone Ed Ames throwing the tomahawk. Absolutely hilarious, and Carson milked it for everything as only he could so.
@@deserthound2605 Thank You for citing Ed Ames
That bit with Ed Ames was originally broadcast in color.
I love it when Sammy asks William B. to set up the next clip and he says “no!” Lmao!!!
God, do I miss John Candy, hard to believe he's been gone for so many years now.
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.
Every time William B says "Sammy, can I just say something..." you should start laughing NOW!
"Whoa, you really caught me off-guard with that one, William B..."
SCTV slayed it when they parodied hollyweird, long before hollyweird, was hollyweird. I love these people.
Way after though. Not long before.
@@dickJohnsonpeter Hollyweird has always been that way, even during the "glamour" years. But back then, things were kept under wraps.
It does not get better than this. Never has, never will.
Sammy's tatty set. They couldn't wait another two years to celebrate the 25th? Love it.
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!!
* And the guests seem to have such a pompous attitude. ☺
esp those 'Backhanded' compliments!
Ted, you poor little guy (what I always say when Sammy weeps)
@@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.
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 :)
SCTV an
d Fernwood 2 night. My life outlook was formed by these shows
Fernwood was good. Barth Gimbel sort of invented the 1980s Letterman style (before Dave became an old, political grouch).
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. ❤
Andrea Martin is from Maine.
@@senorsardonico6153 hmph. Never knew! Thought all SCTV alum were Canadian.
@@senorsardonico6153 Portland to be exact
@@lauramalek3128 Joe Flaherty: Pittsburgh PA.
@@kevhead1525 Harold Ramis: Chicago, IL
“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….
"For too many years I've been a PELICAN around your neck" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
better than anything on TV today....
that's for sure
They can never do this kind of show today.
you're referring to the Maudlin show of course
Man I miss John Candy. Sctv was a blast. Great cast and always funny stuff!
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
Wrong. Ed Ames threw the axe.
@@mgrassodirector you're right, I just found it on RUclips, 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
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.
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.
"rancid, self-congratulatory, incestuous creepiness"... wow, you're a real ray of sunshine. :-P
Yes, he nailed the Hollywood moral grandstanding and pontificating on current events.
@@jimmarcinko3323 EVERY single person there?
@@paintinganimalsonrocks7633 had to go back and take another look...no ot everyone. My bias runs deep.
Yeah, it's very third person. Hollywood contratulating Hollywood.
Bittman: "don't sing, just show strength w/me....". Sammy: "Wow, talk about a bring-down. That was The Worst!".
SCTV was way ahead of its time. It's amazing how they did so much with so little.
Hilarious. I loved that show and these people.
Seems clear it was a nearly direct mocking of the old Johnny Carson show, really.
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??
Sammy Maudlin reminds me of Jimmy Fallon. The fake laugh, the slapping on the knee. The condescending way talking to the guests
Spot on. I'd rather watch Sammy!
Fallon is nowhere near as cool as Sammy.
in other words, the perfect parody of a 70's talk show host.
yes, 1970's
* 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. ☺
Canadian humor, man...you can't freakin' beat it.
It's like the best of Murican combined with the best of British.
Snooze King not Canadian humor, just really great humor that came from Canada.
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 RUclips they'll get a wider audience and some well-deserved acclaim!
BUT THEY MAY HAVE BEEN AND MAY STILL BE TOO HIP FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON TO GET IT
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.
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.
Well, if you consider the context of the time, late night tv was a hot time slot, with the hippest demographic audience viewing
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.
Hahahaha!
Sammy, Bittman and William B put a smile on my face. Pure entertainment.
Maudlin's talent was legendary.
Lorna is actually a little less crazy than Liza Minnelli.
There were none better than the Sammy Maudlin show. And what a star studded anniversary show!!
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.)
only Flaherty can pull off the 'Mullet-Fro'
Love Sammy's rendition of a classic Band song , ooo chika ooo chika
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.
Andrea Martin's response to fly going in her mouth is priceless lmao every time
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
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.
Her own brand of wine no less! Pirini Scleroso Chateu La Feet. "Bad batch! Baaad Batch!"
@@interfrastically I found the clip
ruclips.net/video/wmVmiVcoKzA/видео.html
Mr. Candy is a genius. God rest his soul.
I highly recommend two of the follow-up sketches to this one. The William B. Show and Maudlin of the Night.
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
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...
They were the absolute masters of parody and mash-up. Especially when they mixed the two.
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.......🤣
Has always been a favorite of mine. Better than the thieving Saturday Night Live.
Oh how I miss GOOD SHOWS like this!!!!
NAME ONE OTHER OLD SHOW THAT WAS ANYWHERE NEAR THIS GOOD, besides m python
I love candy's phone toothy smile! Great stuff!
"take a load off Sammy" hahaha
I laughed so hard then and still to this day,sctv sarcastic humor still gets me ,great talents,great comedy haaaaa 😂😂
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.
Ah, SCTV. That sophisticated cerebral humor.
They were so funny. Unreal. No one could replace SCTV
It’s really refreshing to see such sincere love and respect between these celebrities. Too often celebrities are such phonies! Right?
"War has broken out in the Fackland Islands". "Sheep? I didn't see any sheep down there."
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!!
Flawless Art.
Willie B is the heart of the Maudlin show! YOU DON'T FOOL WITH A COMBINATION LIKE THAT!!!
It's very subtle, but they're all pissing each other off. Comedy gold!🤣
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!
Loved the Sammy Maudlin bits
Me too. It's what began my Joe infatuation in the first place.
“Now maybe William B leave squaw alone” 🤣.
Love how Bitman barges in and kills the scene lol
William B is like Robin Quivers. But, more real. These people were SO ahead of their time. BRILLIANT!
These performers were genius together
Lola Heatherton Says, I Love Being Here with You Sammy, I Want to Bear Your Children!
😂😂😂😂😂😂
One of the best Episodes of SCTV lol When I was a kid I remember laughing through the whole thing lol
my favorite part of SCTV was The Sammy Maudlin Show,
When it wasn't being pre-empted by the finals of the Saskatchewan Senior women's lacrosse tournament.
Sheltered in place made bearable binging on SCTV and the Sammy Maudlin Show.
Best comedy show ever. Used to stay up to 2:00 am to watch it on my NBC affiliate
Perfection!!!
pure joy
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....
Pure genius. "You can call me a cuzzle"
You can’t not laugh when John Candy laughs 😂😂
It is truly a criminal offense that the entire series was never put to DVD
Hey, just so you know there is a box set available of which I own From the laugh factory
@@shanefox250 oh yes we have the box set! I grew up with it. It just deserves to all be put onto DVD 🥲
I taped all of these when they were new on my first VCR!
You were doing well if you could afford a VCR back then!
I forgot about the nutcracker, I'm in tears all over again!
I love how they live to make the "greatest TV moments" 😂
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
One of my favorite SCTV sketches. Comedy brilliance.
Aww, they cut the Paul Anka song! That's my favorite part of this bit!
Andrea Martin nails Liza Minnelli.
Andrea Martin was so overlooked, but incredibly fabulous
@6:12 Sammy Maudlin asks William B if he wants to set up the next clip. A blunt "no" is the answer. I almost spit out my coffee. RIP John and Joe.
A classic show.