SCTV - Night School High Q
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- čas přidán 6. 02. 2020
- Alex Trebel returns to host the night school edition of the game show High Q. Starring Eugene Levy, John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Catherine O'Hara, Dave Thomas, Rick Moranis, Andrea Martin, and John McAndrew.
Well, correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t think that I am, Joe Flaherty will always be remembered! May he rest in peace!
You won't have to eat a bug.
The way Eugene keeps building from slight irritation, to frustration, to outright hostility is such a hilarious joy to watch. 🤣
Eugene Levy is my favorite comedic actor.
Wow, this is almost a precursor to Celebrity Jeopardy.
Exactly what my dad (RIP) loved!!!
He plays Alex Trebel.
He is brilliant
How Andrea holds the blank panic for so long and so completely is just amazing.
Prop department shares tad credit for those glasses.
This is hysterical from start to finish and everyone is gold. But Catherine O'Hara again as Margaret Meehan is platinum!
She is also credited with writing the sketch!
Love to love you baby?😅
She was so cute in this 😍
Abba?
She looks a little like Tracy Flick in this sketch (Reese Witherspoon's character in Election).
Parody based on the CBC Toronto High School quiz show Reach for the Top hosted by Alex Trebek.
Love how Oogie Sharpe just bolts at the end.
Having grown up on the American side of Lake Erie, I was able to watch SCTV when it was still a Canadian secret.
Same here, while living in a suburb of Detroit, right across the river from Windsor. CBC was great television back then.
Andrea Martin is pure gold! She could crack you up without saying a word. That stare is everything! This was the best sketch comedy show ever. The entire cast was brilliant. RIP John.
Tex and Edna's Prairie Warehouse and Curio Emporium.
Wes Harris Tex blew his brains out in the emporium!
What?!
HA! She clams up! Hilarious
Yes, it had me rollilng....and I was hoping she would do it again...and she came through, but for only a second, which was also pure genius!
I graduated high school in 82’ This show was a must watch every week..so funny then and still is now!
I was set to graduate in '82 also, took the 1999 plan instead lol loved this show
@@dosmundos3830 You graduated ? I couldn't even rember where my locker was by grade twelve .🤪
@@oldpolak5203 You graduated two years before when that happens
I also graduated in ‘82 here in Florida and loved SCTV. Still do.
...and decades later, Eugene and Catherine are still creating comedy gold together!
Yes. We need a new mockumentary.
Yes, with Schitts Creek!
Levy and O'Hara are a talented, talented, timeless duo.
Except they're certainly
very p.c. now
@@franklinloll2229
Grow up.
If you want to watch blackface and Fu Manchu, I guarantee you'll find your fix somewhere on the Internet.
The amount of talent this show had. Every single one of them were so funny
Hysterical characters , genius comedians.
Except for this skit...
I would say only Rick, John, and Catherine really became stars. Eugene more recently.
@@Dora-hi2nw forgot about Martin Short but I'm talking about A-list leading roles in films not bit parts or sitcoms. I'm not trying to insult them. Even then only John and Rick really hit the heights of stardom. Hollywood is tough and plenty of talented people never make it or go beyond character roles.
It’s like an all star game !!!!
Congratulations to Eugene Levy for receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame!!!
The key to this skit is to notice how nice and cordial Levy is at the beginning and then watch him as he ends up stark raving mad. A masterful performance.
SCTV was absolutely brilliant. Such talent all across the board. Underrated genius'. The look on Andrea Martin's face is priceless.
Seeing Rick Moranis here, makes me think of all the absolute comedy gold that mans made. The story about his departure from acting gave me a whole other level of respect and admiration for him. One of the funniest yet underrated comedians ever.
Now i may be wrong and correct me if i am but Eugene Levy is the greatest slowburn EVER in comedic history 👍
@Brown Sugar You are NOT wrong! Levy’s slowburn was genius!
SO agree!! Levy makes it! Not only his burn...but THE perfect capture of a game show host caricature!
Eugene passed those comedy genes on to his children.
Joe Flaherty is at least as good.
@Robot 13 Nobody does deadpan like Eugene Levy.
"Dewey Decimal System?"
When I use that line, I get some stares, but who cares?
I get it.
That is my favourite SCTV sketch of all time. It never gets old. 😂😂😂😂
John Candy is always gonna be my favorite funny guy!
Ya, hilarious, kind-hearted guy!
Question - Alex Trebek
Answer - What made me sad today?
RIP Alex. All of Canada misses you.
My parents would spend the next thirty years saying “computers?” in Margaret Meehan voice
She was an oracle. That is hilarious your parents carried that on. Bravo!😆
I do the same thing when I say "The Bea-tles".
I was so happy to see Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara win Emmy's for
the hilarious Schitt's Creek in Sept. The show won all comedy awards this year. Yeah.
Yeah, I think nobody thought that they would win anything. I think everybody thought that Mrs. Maisel would win everything again. But when Schitt's Creek won one after the other I thought this is fantastic.
They set a few records because this year marks the first time a comedic show has...
Had a parent/child duo win Emmys at the same time.
Broke the record for the most awards won in a single night, 9 in total, breaking the previous record held by The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel that won 8 awards.
Had their lead actress and actor, Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara, win their first Emmys for acting ever. Way back in 1982 Eugene and Catherine won an Emmy for Writing in a Variety/Music show For SCTV The Moral Majority Show.
Eugene beat out Michael Douglas and Ted Danson for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. Ted is a 2 X Emmy winner for his role in Sam Malone in Cheers.
@Levi Langershank Me? No... I didn't care last year because Schitt's Creek didn't win anything last year.
And SCTV was even better than Schitts Creek TV
Dewey decimal system! Classic! Catherine O'Hara is genius!
Thank you for all the laughter, Joe Flaherty. Such a talented comedian. You will be missed. R.I.P.
Here in the USA they aired SCTV on public television in the 80s. Used to make me laugh at 13 years old and STILL makes me laugh 40 years later
It was on NBC on Friday nights.
@@dixonpinfold2582 Eventually, yes, but it started out syndicated on public TV. My mom and brother and I watched it religiously!
@@BoBo0807 Ok then, that was the first series, which never aired on NBC and was called Second City TV. The bigger-time incarnation, a later and totally new production, was named SCTV Network.
Not sure what you think, but the first one was maybe even funnier.
For me, it was on Nick At Nite alongside the best of SNL.
@@dixonpinfold2582 Yes, when my family watched it, it was "Second City Television," not abbreviated.
I love how he tells Peter to disconnect his buzzer and he actually does so. Just brilliant writing from start to finish.
It’s fun to watch Eugene Levy slowly unravel
Remember when this originally aired in the early 80s in southern Ontario. “A small vice-like object” in the Catherine OHara voice, was repeated in high school a million times!
As it should be.
For me, it was "comPUTers?" for almost any question. Cannot count the number of times I got sent out of the classroom.
@@Kyrei classic! Those were good times!!
lol...our school was big on "dewy decimal system"
If I ever have the honor of seeing Catherine O'Hara in public, I will get her attention by saying "Margaret Meehan, Parkdale". Her appropriate response would be:
"The BEATles."
By far, this is one of my absolute favorite sketches from SCTV. This a slice of fried gold.
I was 10 years old at the time and had the biggest crush on Catherine O'Hara. Still do :)
I am literally crying from laughter. When it was first shown on SCTV, it was a favorite sketch of mine and obviously hasn't lost its impact.
Every second of that was absolutely hilarious. The cast of SCTV was the BEST!!!!!
Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. This is the golden age of comedy.
Every time I see Andrea Martin I break out laughing... I keep seeing Edith Prickly!!! 😅🤣😂
Yes that's true and I also think of her ethnic cleaning lady character Pirini Scleroso.
@@electronixTech And Edna Boil's Warehouse and Curio Emporium ...
I grew up when Alex Trebek was the moderator for high school program. Reach For The Top.
And unfortunately we lost him. R.I.P. Alex.
A lot of us in the States, even huge SCTV fans, never knew that Hi Q was a parody of an actual show. I only found out recently that Martin Short's Brock Linehan was a take off of an actual CBC interviewer. Brilliant show.
I just happened across this clip a couple of days after Alex Trebek died. All the obituaries from US broadcasters included clips from SNL but this is proof SCTV was always the better show. This was such an affectionate put-on.
At the beginning, it’s a spot-on Alex Trebek.
"always the better show"
Sauce?
Oh I’m sure Trebek laughed if he saw this! I’d go nuts too
And remember, Trebek began his quiz show career hosting a high school trivia show in Canada, which almost all of the cast would have been aware of.
Reach For The Top. Alex is what made that show culturally iconic.
Celebrity Jeopardy and Black Jeopardy on SNL both owe a big debt to this.
Believe it or not, but this was based on a real show Alex Trebek hosted when he worked for the CBC, called Reach For the Top. A true high school competition program and the names of those schools in the skit are real. St. Michaels is part of the Catholic Board and Central Technical was part of the TBof E now TDSB.
Foamer 44
Yeah. I mentioned that in a reply to another comment.
@@foamer443 Bill Guest wasn't that show's Host?
@@user-lq4wk5ub1k We are both correct. Trebek did an Ontario version and Guest the National finals.
If you Wiki Reach there were a fair number of hosts. Hey I learnt something!
@@foamer443 i was asked to join the school's reach team in hs. i didn't, kinda regret it tho, lol.
Genius level comedy
I enjoyed this sketch today as much as when it first aired a lifetime ago. It was one of their most popular recurring bits.
Eugene Levy's Alex Trebek impression is just pitch perfect.
Yep. Because Trebek looked like that in the 70's and early 80's. Watch any show he hosted.
"correct me if I'm wrong ... and I'll eat a bug " Man I thought I was going to pass out laughing
Sctv rules.... 😂 Lol.. Eugene Levy is hilarious. They all are.👍🏻
Eugene Levy is the King of the slow burn! And just found out Katherine O' Hara wrote these skits... Brilliant
"Disconnect his buzzer!!" ....probably the top thought that ran thru Alex Trebek's mind the last 40 years of his life.
Wow man, I gotta watch more old sctv. This warped my mind forever. Thank you for that!🤣🤣🤣
Absolutely Classic!! Levy's slow burn is a master at work 👍... Everyone kicks Ass!
I've been in love with Catherine O'Hara since the first time I saw her, and I still am.
i remember watching this a 100 years ago because i remember losing it after hearing "a small vice-like object."
Not2Old4TEch You're not alone, my friend. Still cracks me up to this day.
I laughed harder at this 40+ year old skit than I have at any recent SNL sketch . Comedy gold!!!
SNL got too political. Unfortunately.
Wow. See a doctor. You may have a carbon dioxide issue in your home.
@@davidrichter9164 SNL has always been political. Maybe the issue is that now delusional Republicans can't handle the joke they've become.
Yeah Lizzy I think the same…SNL used to make me snooze, couldn’t wait for this station!
Especially the News!
@@davidrichter9164- "SNL got too political" - Seriously! - RIGHT ON! - "How many skits can you do about beheading Donald Trump... IN ONE EPISODE! GO FOR IT!"
morons. Still, Eddie Murphy came out of SNL long after I stopped staying up that late, and for "Live from New York! It's SATURDAY NIGHT!" ?
THE counterpoint to Howard Cosell's "Saturday Night Live" show earlier in the evening on that 2nd place entry in network TV, the National Biscuit Company as it was in the funniest skit ever seen on television anywhere, "STAR TREK - Final Log!"
It was a Golden Age manufactured out of tinsel and desperation, but BY GOD IT KICKED ASS!
AND REMEMBER KIDS, VOTE EARLY AND VOTE OFTEN! "Porgie Tirebiter - He's a student like you!"
SGM SATANA for More Science High, - Over and OUT!
High Q and Half Wits - two of my favorite sketches on SCTV!
@LordKellthe1st Haha! Excellent. I needed that laugh this morning!
@LordKellthe1st Wow, you are in for a treat! Watched it all of the time back in the 70's and 80's. The entire cast went on to successful TV and movie careers. My kids are Shitt's Creek fans. They couldn't believe that Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara had been on a show together so long ago. I think Andrea Martin is the funniest lady of all time!
Martin Short stole the show on Half Wits. He's missed in this sketch---- as great as it is.
So much talent on SCTV. Blew away SNL. 40 years later this skit still cracks me up. Dewey Decimal System… lol
Mike, stop pressing your buzzer.
One of the best SCTV skits ever.
That's the most clever thing I've seen from them.
3CP ... those parodies of Russian TV were hilarious! Irreverent and honest. Classic stuff!👍
Grew up watching Second City TV, so many laughs.
When Alex Trebek did "Reach for the Top" on CBC, way WAY back in the 60s, we used to laugh at him. (The show, like this, was kind of goofy)
We didn't laugh at him for long though and now we're totally proud of him. Way to conquer the U.S. Alex!!!
🇺🇸 here. I saw that show and remember Trebek hosting it. We could only get TV over the air from Canada in my border town. My favorite Canadian show was The Beachcombers, not to mention Hockey Night In Canada.
I loved this show when it aired.. pure gold
It never stops being funny no matter how many times I watch it.
Catherine was so adorable.
Ah, SCTV, a breath of fresh comedy air when it first appeared on the airwaves. SO FREAKING GOOD!
Eugene Levy should be the new host of Jeopardy!
33Luger I bet even Alex would approve.
Actually Eugene Levy is one of the great straight guys in comedy. Watch Schitt's Creek or American Pie. He could have great fun with the geek contestants.
Levy’s Trebek is frigging miles above Will Ferrell’s
Where do you think Will got it from?
I used to tape these episodes on my very first VCR back in 1981.
You must have been doing quite well financially if you could afford a VCR in 1981!
R.I.P. Alex Trebek. :(
And to think Eugene Levy outlived him . . .
Absolutely hilarious! I enjoyed SCTV more than Saturday Night Live. An incredible troupe of talent.
Night School would be a great idea for a sitcom. C'mon Canada🇨🇦!
The show community has an episode about it. 👍🏻
Most of these comics went on to make our childhood. And the mom from Home alone was so good at being a concerned mother I wouldn’t have thought she was a comedian lol
OMG. Just laughed so hard!!! Every person in this sketch is hilarious!!!
Every person in this sketch went on to huge things and is what comedy is missing today!!
And so is everyone here in the comments, hilarious! 🤣🤣🤣
The late Alex Trebek said that he loved this parody of him by Eugene Levy-including "Half-Wits" also
I can't count how many times I watched this , laugh everytime , SCTV all geniuses 🇨🇦
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I remember this from so long ago & it was so genius back then & still holds up today. The part I loved is how he heard the buzzer & KNEW it was Margaret without even looking. Then DEMANDING that buzzers start being disconnected!! 😂😂😂
I am going to start using "a small, vice-like object" now as answers to questions posed to me. 😂😂😂
😂😂😂. Or, “Dewy decimal system”
Back in my youth, SCTV was my finest entertainment. I laughed so much that I developed a six-pack.
SCTV was pure genius, never a better comedic ensemble. In second place, another Canadian product, Kids in the Hall.
I agree that this cast is phenomenal, but so were the original SNL cast (the Not Ready for Prime Time Players), and the original cast of In Living Color. Three fantastic comedy troupes that created several big stars!
How about the Bizzare comedy?
I looked forward for Friday Nights, sitting on the floor in front of the TV, watching SCTV....such good memories.
I named a dog I once had Oogie because of this sketch, he was a hilariously funny dog.
ABBA?
High Q was one of the skits where everyone got to show their amazing character studies.
I may just be stoned but I think this is the funniest skits I've ever seen.
Andrea Martin freezing when she looks at the camera still makes me incontinent
@hibob418 Do we have any Dutch judges?
It’s funny every damn time I watch it.
@Levi Langershank .....okay you just killed it!!!lol
Really, incontinent? (Perhaps you should get that checked out, my friend.)
lol
Catherine O'Hara was quite a cutie back in the day.
She was young 19 when she started.
@@johndean4727 Well, I thought she should've been a popular teen star when she was young.
The actress who plays Alexis looks just like a young Catherine O’Hara.
Still
AGREED!
The dewey decimal system....🤣. Great cast. We'll never see type of comedy again. Alex would have been great if he was like that on jeopardy for real.
I might be wrong, and if I am I will eat a bug...but these High Q and Half Wit sketches are among the greatest comedy sketches ever...#SmallViceLikeObjectsRule
There are more laughs in just one episode of SCTV, than in an entire season of SNL!
I dunno
I love those old shows but I bet we are just remembering the great skits and not " Dr Tung's 3D House of Pancakes"
100% agreed
Depends on what season of SNL
SNL's Lawrence Welk is a riot.
I loved when they did the Russian take over of the SCTV Satellite. 3CP1, that was hilarious, and then Johnny Nucleye had to go up and take back the SCTV Satellite from the Russians. Skit on there about Yorgi and his talking tractor, the Russian game show parody of Jeopardy. A 26 letter slang word for cabbages, LMAO
These skits are gold, non-stop keep you on your toes laughing!
One of the best ones out of countless hilarious escapades ..
Still gold 40 years later.
Frustration at the highest comedic level. Perfect writing, perfect performing. What more can you want? Thanks for sharing.
SCTV at their best.
This was the greatest episode of this skit. Absolute classic
They wrote this sketch just to bring back Catherine O'Hara as Margaret Mehan. Amazing.
I think Catherine told Andy Cohen that she wrote it.
@@makinoahcelloduo9008 Shows her genius even more.
@@sushicourier now there’s a comeback! 👏👏
After watching Schitts Creek , its so awesome to see this again!
Absolutely brilliant! I've seen this many times, but it still has the same effect after all these years......I lose my breath laughing !
Brilliant writing, cast, crew, and whole damn ensemble!
The talent here is just outstanding, both proven then and all the collective stuff they have done since then.
These people were ALL BRILLIANT.
Thank you for posting this!! I've been looking for this sketch for years!! To this day, I still say "ABBA?" the way Catherine O'Hara does!
You're welcome! 😁
Lisa Gardner - Isn’t it correct? I’ve always said it that way.
No matter how many times I've watched this clip, and it's been many, O'Hara ALWAYS cracks me up!
Abba and” love to love you baby”?
Love to love you baby?
I miss Alex so gentlemanly and smooth, and Canadian, i bet he got a huge kick out of this skit
He said Levy did the best Trebek impersonation, more so than Will Farell.
My number one favorite SCTV sketch of all- time!😅
These comedians are so great.
I started watching Schitt's Creek. Eugene Levy has certainly aged well over the decades.
Americans might assume Levy's character was based on Alex Trebek as Jeopardy! quizmaster. It wasn't, because Trebek didn't appear on Jeopardy! until 1984, a year after SCTV was cancelled.
In fact it hearkened back to 1966, when he was quizmaster of Reach For The Top, a Canadian show featuring high school teams (as in High Q). The SCTV cast knew the show.
Catherine O'Hara is the maestro of this skit. Superb. Thank you, my friend, for making this available.
OMG this brought back memories