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  • SCTV, the award winning sketch comedy show produced by The Second City returns on CZcams 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 Před rokem +707

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

    • @williamharris5957
      @williamharris5957 Před rokem +7

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @Johndoe-co3pw
      @Johndoe-co3pw Před 10 měsíci +7

      He def has a very expressive and animated face

    • @PlanetToca
      @PlanetToca Před 9 měsíci +2

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

    • @MrBigcityal
      @MrBigcityal Před 9 měsíci +15

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

    • @josephstaggs6201
      @josephstaggs6201 Před 9 měsíci +5

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

  • @AJ-HawksToxicFinger
    @AJ-HawksToxicFinger Před rokem +113

    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 Před 8 měsíci +11

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

    • @pjbmusicman
      @pjbmusicman Před 7 měsíci +14

      Norm was inspired by this

    • @andrewsherwin966
      @andrewsherwin966 Před 5 měsíci +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 Před 2 měsíci +2

      I totally agree

  • @cariboubearmalachy1174
    @cariboubearmalachy1174 Před 2 lety +274

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

    • @HisWordisLife4U
      @HisWordisLife4U Před měsícem +2

      I think he has a shot.

    • @lindahandley5267
      @lindahandley5267 Před měsícem +2

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

    • @samstone22744
      @samstone22744 Před měsícem +2

      That is correct Alex.

    • @1223jamez
      @1223jamez Před měsícem

      He’d probably do a better job!

    • @HisWordisLife4U
      @HisWordisLife4U Před měsícem

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

  • @john_from_eastcoast.
    @john_from_eastcoast. Před měsícem +34

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

  • @authorrayrogers
    @authorrayrogers Před 7 měsíci +61

    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 Před měsícem

      Therapist 😂

    • @smgdfcmfah
      @smgdfcmfah Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem

      KEEP YOUR DISTANCE!!!

    • @giuffre714
      @giuffre714 Před měsícem

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

    • @HisWordisLife4U
      @HisWordisLife4U Před měsícem

      @@giuffre714 You must not have watched the video.

  • @greenmile4233
    @greenmile4233 Před 3 lety +392

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

    • @edlawn5481
      @edlawn5481 Před rokem +28

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

    • @ENigma-um8zw
      @ENigma-um8zw Před rokem +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 Před rokem +3

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

    • @maryannemelenka9250
      @maryannemelenka9250 Před rokem

      Oh he must have laughed at the parody

    • @Bapuji42
      @Bapuji42 Před rokem +10

      That's an Alex Trebek impression?

  • @simonrussell4986
    @simonrussell4986 Před rokem +128

    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 Před 11 měsíci +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 Před 5 měsíci +4

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

  • @rubar1025
    @rubar1025 Před 3 lety +372

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

  • @secondstarllc
    @secondstarllc Před 5 lety +440

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

    • @ZulcanPrime
      @ZulcanPrime Před 3 lety +5

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

    • @tintinismybelgian
      @tintinismybelgian Před 3 lety +5

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

    • @perisbrodsky4242
      @perisbrodsky4242 Před 3 lety +4

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

    • @jackmehoffen4359
      @jackmehoffen4359 Před 3 lety +6

      rip john candy!

    • @AllanOstermann
      @AllanOstermann Před 3 lety

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

  • @rayrayfad3654
    @rayrayfad3654 Před 3 lety +114

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

    • @chiefscheider
      @chiefscheider Před 3 lety +8

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

  • @golden_rod
    @golden_rod Před 10 měsíci +19

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

  • @kerry7967
    @kerry7967 Před rokem +22

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

  • @cynthiak88nashvilletn69
    @cynthiak88nashvilletn69 Před 3 lety +430

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

    • @cynthiak88nashvilletn69
      @cynthiak88nashvilletn69 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +17

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

    • @bneale
      @bneale Před 3 lety +5

      Too bad it wasn't funny.

    • @maskandvaccinefreeandproud2110
      @maskandvaccinefreeandproud2110 Před 3 lety +39

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

    • @jackmehoffen4359
      @jackmehoffen4359 Před 3 lety +3

      indeed!!

  • @stephencombs3971
    @stephencombs3971 Před 4 lety +115

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

    • @jackmehoffen4359
      @jackmehoffen4359 Před 3 lety +1

      ikr??

    • @teevee5260
      @teevee5260 Před 2 lety

      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 Před 2 měsíci

      it is becoming the norm. Idiocracy

    • @v-town1980
      @v-town1980 Před měsícem

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

  • @amanontheland7892
    @amanontheland7892 Před 4 měsíci +11

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

  • @j23_stuff
    @j23_stuff Před rokem +21

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

  • @derangstgarten1447
    @derangstgarten1447 Před 5 lety +98

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

    • @mlongpre100
      @mlongpre100 Před 5 lety +1

      because you can relate to it ?

    • @gregofcanada4494
      @gregofcanada4494 Před 4 lety +5

      But I'll do it!

    • @Seeker0fTruth
      @Seeker0fTruth Před rokem +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

  • @campfreddy3547
    @campfreddy3547 Před 7 lety +637

    John Candy very much missed, Canadian Legend. Rip.

    • @PoeLemic
      @PoeLemic Před 5 lety +5

      Yeah, a true legend ...

    • @PatFrenchLeafsFan1
      @PatFrenchLeafsFan1 Před 5 lety +2

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

    • @theworkethic
      @theworkethic Před 4 lety +1

      Neil McNeil HS boy!

    • @barillamindset3109
      @barillamindset3109 Před 4 lety

      @@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 Před 4 lety +2

      i loved him in everything

  • @islanddon865
    @islanddon865 Před 9 měsíci +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 Před 7 měsíci

      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 Před 2 měsíci +4

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

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@dokkenrox Well done.

    • @jayjones2821
      @jayjones2821 Před 2 měsíci +1

      One of the funniest people ever

    • @v-town1980
      @v-town1980 Před měsícem

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

  • @GetOffTheLawn
    @GetOffTheLawn Před měsícem +10

    Absolute legends on this show

  • @WilliamXLee
    @WilliamXLee Před 10 lety +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 Před 2 lety +9

      Its literally painfully funny omg everything hurts friends laughing so hard

    • @md61211
      @md61211 Před rokem +7

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

    • @bobalexander6153
      @bobalexander6153 Před rokem +11

      @@md61211 Blanche was played by Andrea Martin.

    • @mem1701movies
      @mem1701movies Před rokem +4

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

    • @MarkNobleUS
      @MarkNobleUS Před rokem +2

      Are you still watching VHS?

  • @matt5415
    @matt5415 Před 4 lety +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.

  • @jerryleroy9187
    @jerryleroy9187 Před rokem +47

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

    • @greatestytcommentator
      @greatestytcommentator Před 8 měsíci

      Somebody will get offended by it nowadays😊

    • @superfly3990
      @superfly3990 Před 4 měsíci

      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.

  • @Cweisman35
    @Cweisman35 Před měsícem +10

    RIP John Candy and Joe Flaherty. 😢

  • @pondababa4197
    @pondababa4197 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +48

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

    • @TheJollyGreen
      @TheJollyGreen Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +12

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

    • @stevecathym3566
      @stevecathym3566 Před 2 lety +4

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

    • @Dutch0524
      @Dutch0524 Před 2 lety +6

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

  • @tb7667
    @tb7667 Před 4 lety +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 Před 3 lety +3

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

    • @zombiedodge1426
      @zombiedodge1426 Před 3 lety

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

  • @adamchurvis1
    @adamchurvis1 Před rokem +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 Před 2 měsíci

      Yes, for anywhere with winter

    • @chavruta2000
      @chavruta2000 Před 2 měsíci

      Parka is also not 3 articles of clothing

    • @JargoniusMaximus
      @JargoniusMaximus Před měsícem +1

      The heck is a mud room???

    • @chavruta2000
      @chavruta2000 Před měsícem +4

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

    • @jeffreyswartz9568
      @jeffreyswartz9568 Před měsícem

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

  • @planescaped
    @planescaped Před 3 lety +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 Před rokem +10

      Check out the US Senate

    • @ramaya007
      @ramaya007 Před rokem +5

      You can find way more at a Beto rally

    • @e.l.norton
      @e.l.norton Před rokem +9

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

  • @bennydanielz8762
    @bennydanielz8762 Před 7 lety +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 Před 5 lety +5

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

    • @PoeLemic
      @PoeLemic Před 5 lety +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 Před 5 lety +1

      Is this the dead dad comment thread? Jk

    • @brif6787
      @brif6787 Před 5 lety +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 Před 5 lety +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.

  • @happydayz7857
    @happydayz7857 Před 5 lety +38

    Eugene Levy looking like a 1970’s stud.

  • @beetalius
    @beetalius Před 3 lety +51

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

  • @John-pc3cx
    @John-pc3cx Před rokem +28

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

  • @spidermandel
    @spidermandel Před 10 lety +307

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

    • @jamessirman6622
      @jamessirman6622 Před 6 lety +6

      Gerry Mandel this was real comedy's last hoorah.

    • @beatroot943
      @beatroot943 Před 6 lety +4

      i guess it inspired norm MacDonald to write jeopardy

    • @Bryce_C.
      @Bryce_C. Před 6 lety

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

    • @dayra6425
      @dayra6425 Před 6 lety

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

    • @BrianSmith-ix3ns
      @BrianSmith-ix3ns Před 5 lety +9

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

  • @thebrazilianatlantis165
    @thebrazilianatlantis165 Před 7 lety +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 Před 4 lety +8

      Swedish meatballs. Love it. 😂

    • @chronosschiron
      @chronosschiron Před 3 lety +6

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

    • @kenwaid8239
      @kenwaid8239 Před 2 lety +14

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

    • @AlexMPruteanu
      @AlexMPruteanu Před 2 lety +6

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

    • @paulj0557tonehead
      @paulj0557tonehead Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @DellBuster
    @DellBuster Před 6 měsíci +8

    Sadly, this is far closer to reality than the satire it protrays

  • @timothys8144
    @timothys8144 Před měsícem +4

    Rip Joe Flaherty one of my favorites

  • @jackjones3657
    @jackjones3657 Před 6 lety +105

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

    • @blackjakko
      @blackjakko Před 2 lety +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!

  • @stevengalatz4360
    @stevengalatz4360 Před 10 lety +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 Před 9 lety +37

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

    • @christopherdunne7848
      @christopherdunne7848 Před 6 lety +14

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

    • @samanthanickson6478
      @samanthanickson6478 Před 6 lety +4

      +CHRISTOPHER DUNNE
      and use it correctly in a sentence!

    • @iccjcc
      @iccjcc Před 5 lety +3

      Love the character especially his teeth!

    • @drm2566
      @drm2566 Před 5 lety +2

      Steven Galatz I am crying

  • @thomascovenant665
    @thomascovenant665 Před rokem +11

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

  • @thefastandthefurious1
    @thefastandthefurious1 Před 3 lety +12

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

  • @caitlynmcmenamy1920
    @caitlynmcmenamy1920 Před 5 lety +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 Před 4 lety +18

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

    • @HeatherSpoonheim
      @HeatherSpoonheim Před 4 lety +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 Před 4 lety +12

      Also " beauty, eh "? 😃😎

    • @robertkrueger5477
      @robertkrueger5477 Před 4 lety +6

      You hoser!

    • @telecomex
      @telecomex Před 4 lety +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

  • @xroadie
    @xroadie Před 5 lety +344

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

  • @quincee3376
    @quincee3376 Před 9 měsíci +6

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

  • @lechanneldemysterieuxmante1807

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

  • @DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc

    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...!"

  • @the_scraggler
    @the_scraggler Před 4 lety +22

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

    • @beverlyanne5699
      @beverlyanne5699 Před 4 lety +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.

  • @marcschneider4845
    @marcschneider4845 Před 3 lety +12

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

  • @sashek8451
    @sashek8451 Před rokem +9

    Surely this inspired SNL’s Celebrity Jeopardy

  • @feastinghmg
    @feastinghmg Před 4 lety +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 Před rokem +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.

  • @cwaldo7957
    @cwaldo7957 Před 6 lety +19

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

  • @theholymackerel072
    @theholymackerel072 Před měsícem +2

    Martin Short just VANISHES into any comedic role.

  • @kj9093
    @kj9093 Před rokem +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 Před 9 měsíci +1

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

  • @MrUndersolo
    @MrUndersolo Před 10 lety +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 Před 6 lety +3

      K August Old snl

    • @Danimal77
      @Danimal77 Před 5 lety +1

      The Kids in the Hall guys, Monty Pythons guys.

    • @lads.7715
      @lads.7715 Před 5 lety +5

      they've never did anything as consistently greats as SCTV

    • @JW...-oj5iw
      @JW...-oj5iw Před 5 lety +2

      Benny Hill

    • @peterreid6096
      @peterreid6096 Před 5 lety +3

      OH! To have this show back again

  • @Five2_Bravo
    @Five2_Bravo Před 7 lety +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 Před 7 lety

      ur an idiot

    • @Five2_Bravo
      @Five2_Bravo Před 7 lety +2

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

  • @jamesg8199
    @jamesg8199 Před rokem +6

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

  • @reenougle
    @reenougle Před rokem +7

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

  • @dougtaylor2803
    @dougtaylor2803 Před 9 lety +81

    R.I.P. John Candy.

  • @CANADA-AT-WAR-WW2
    @CANADA-AT-WAR-WW2 Před 4 lety +353

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

    • @canaisyoung3601
      @canaisyoung3601 Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +8

      1982 called, it wants its joke back.

    • @bullypopful
      @bullypopful Před 2 lety +3

      And oh so Canadian

    • @jekyllynch6168
      @jekyllynch6168 Před 2 lety +1

      SNL was the best but SCTV was great at times

    • @bufnyfan1
      @bufnyfan1 Před 2 lety +7

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

  • @Rooneytunes01
    @Rooneytunes01 Před 3 lety +72

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

  • @joedude4822
    @joedude4822 Před měsícem +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....

  • @joeburns6379
    @joeburns6379 Před 5 lety +95

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

    • @LWOPP
      @LWOPP Před 4 lety +6

      And such a kind and gentle person, too.

    • @MoreMedication
      @MoreMedication Před rokem

      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 Před 2 měsíci

      Yes, and he seemed like such a nice person!

  • @allein50
    @allein50 Před 5 lety +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.

  • @john_from_eastcoast.
    @john_from_eastcoast. Před rokem +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.

  • @rhinehardt1
    @rhinehardt1 Před 2 lety +6

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

  • @KomedyKollector
    @KomedyKollector Před 9 lety +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 Před 7 lety +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 Před 6 lety +20

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

    • @NK7Prime
      @NK7Prime Před 6 lety +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 Před 5 lety +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 Před 5 lety

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

  • @jenniferkerr6782
    @jenniferkerr6782 Před 3 lety +30

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

  • @betweentheripples8847
    @betweentheripples8847 Před 8 měsíci +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 Před 5 měsíci

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

    • @giuffre714
      @giuffre714 Před měsícem

      Yes, and Norm MacDonald ask for permission 😀

  • @t.y.5565
    @t.y.5565 Před rokem +7

    Canadian and British humor are the best!

  • @dettigs
    @dettigs Před 8 lety +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 Před 8 lety +4

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

    • @hespheiden1
      @hespheiden1 Před 5 lety

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

    • @SOS-School_Of_Survival
      @SOS-School_Of_Survival Před 4 lety

      Uh, who is Blanche?

    • @chaddesrosiers1107
      @chaddesrosiers1107 Před 4 lety +2

      @@SOS-School_Of_Survival Andrea Martin

    • @md61211
      @md61211 Před rokem

      @@chaddesrosiers1107
      Wondered the same. Thank you

  • @Hazwaste63
    @Hazwaste63 Před 3 lety +26

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

  • @NotNotKenny
    @NotNotKenny Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @catherineg8668
    @catherineg8668 Před měsícem +1

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

  • @jrinck
    @jrinck Před 5 lety +31

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

  • @elvicare35
    @elvicare35 Před 8 lety +37

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

    • @luisreyes1963
      @luisreyes1963 Před 4 lety +2

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

    • @greggasiorowski4025
      @greggasiorowski4025 Před 4 lety

      Sadly only became a pop psychology hack.
      czcams.com/video/GiIm9NTC2JU/video.html

  • @nba2kchannel490
    @nba2kchannel490 Před rokem +6

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

  • @mjp96
    @mjp96 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Andrea Martin and Catherine O'Hara are legends.

  • @David-bs3cb
    @David-bs3cb Před 6 lety +55

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

  • @mayssm
    @mayssm Před 3 lety +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.

  • @hankwegesin2730
    @hankwegesin2730 Před 3 lety +5

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

  • @christophercorey8394
    @christophercorey8394 Před rokem +3

    SCTV was one of best shows ever. So much talent

  • @vickiegilchrist975
    @vickiegilchrist975 Před 7 lety +15

    My husband Bob worked on SCTV for 3 years. This was one of the best skits.

    • @KevyNova
      @KevyNova Před rokem +2

      What did Bob do there?

    • @SaintD382
      @SaintD382 Před 6 měsíci

      Answer the question, Vickie.

  • @markusantonio4866
    @markusantonio4866 Před 7 lety +69

    Thanks Canada, for awesome funny talent.

  • @infinitejest441
    @infinitejest441 Před rokem +2

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

    • @ShainAndrews
      @ShainAndrews Před rokem

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

  • @realgoodlearners2711
    @realgoodlearners2711 Před 3 lety +14

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

    • @Fakename70
      @Fakename70 Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @Nabokov50
    @Nabokov50 Před 10 lety +803

    I miss John Candy.

  • @DrCHUD666
    @DrCHUD666 Před 7 lety +65

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

  • @GrantSchinto
    @GrantSchinto Před 26 dny

    "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 ...

  • @jannivannibell
    @jannivannibell Před 2 měsíci +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

  • @montanamade8712
    @montanamade8712 Před 5 lety +137

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

    • @waynewayne9693
      @waynewayne9693 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +2

      Totally!

    • @rocco...
      @rocco... Před 3 lety +4

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

    • @Lewis9709
      @Lewis9709 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety

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

  • @2weekpaidvacation611
    @2weekpaidvacation611 Před 4 lety +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 Před rokem +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 Před rokem +1

      Dude isnt that chris farley tho?

    • @rickiedeesnutz7318
      @rickiedeesnutz7318 Před rokem

      Talent does that.

    • @danbarkles8499
      @danbarkles8499 Před rokem +1

      So does Ween.

    • @savvyb54
      @savvyb54 Před rokem +7

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

  • @thetalkingarchive4795
    @thetalkingarchive4795 Před 5 měsíci +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.

  • @user-vw3ry6rm8k
    @user-vw3ry6rm8k Před 2 měsíci +1

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

  • @Posit_Zero_Blue
    @Posit_Zero_Blue Před 3 lety +35

    I still miss John Candy. I grew up watching his movies and I was in high school when he passed away. I don't think before then I had ever cried over losing someone like that who wasn't in my family. Tremendous talent..and from the stories told by the people who knew him, an even more tremendous human being. We could use a few more like you back in this world, John :)

    • @blackjakko
      @blackjakko Před 2 lety +2

      Yes! I feel the same. Beautiful human jam packed with talent and love and generosity. No matter what character he was doing you knew he was good.

    • @maestroaxeman
      @maestroaxeman Před rokem

      It's always been a toss-up between Uncle Buck & Barf as John Candy characters go for me🤣
      He was awesome😎

    • @edlawn5481
      @edlawn5481 Před rokem

      @@maestroaxeman Ox in Stripes will always be my favorite.

  • @cozmotone
    @cozmotone Před 3 lety +30

    Sctv wasn’t broadcast in my area as a kid but a family friend sent us like 20 hours of recorded episodes. We wore the tape out lol! Formed my sense of humor!

    • @adolescentwombat
      @adolescentwombat Před 3 lety

      In 1982 though just at the height of its popularity it was on NBC as well but like 2 or 3 in the morning. It was at the time Networks were starting to be on all night.

  • @theholidaylady1
    @theholidaylady1 Před 3 měsíci +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!

  • @spanqueluv9er
    @spanqueluv9er Před 2 lety +26

    I never realized this before- Martin Short would have made an incredible Ferengi on DS9.

    • @aquariandawn4750
      @aquariandawn4750 Před 2 lety +3

      I wonder if he'd play a goofy one or an evil one.

    • @John_McDonnell
      @John_McDonnell Před 2 lety +3

      @@aquariandawn4750 Why not both? Just imagine it's around 1996, new episode with guest star Martin Short as an enterprising Ferengi information broker gets involved on the station. Of course his character exists to be a foil to Quark: he's more charismatic, friendlier, funnier, smarter, successful, bigger lobes, and can play the hoomans and even Odo like a fiddle! In the end it turns out he was orchestrating the threat or betraying our heroes or just in general trying to take advantage of whatever the situation of the week is and exploit it to the best of his weaselly Ferengi guts. So he's a bad guy, but maybe not the bad guy. But he's such a great guy, he helps our heroes out with the worse threat and doesn't get arrested for whatever political reason, and he slips away like a slippery Lissepian slime eel. Of course in the end, lessons are learned, and we realize as odious as some may find him, Quark has far more ethics and scruples than most Ferengi. Humanity is infectious after all.

    • @aquariandawn4750
      @aquariandawn4750 Před 2 lety +1

      @@John_McDonnell kinda reminds me of the theory of Jar Jar Binks actually being a secret Sith lord.

    • @Chilliam13
      @Chilliam13 Před 2 lety +4

      John Candy would have made a great Pakled.

    • @aquariandawn4750
      @aquariandawn4750 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Chilliam13 my hand is between two pillows.

  • @zenpaganwarrior
    @zenpaganwarrior Před 6 lety +26

    I just laughed till I cried. Thank you, SCTV for all the comedy relief!

  • @llg3pe
    @llg3pe Před 4 lety +797

    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 Před 4 lety +31

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

    • @llg3pe
      @llg3pe Před 4 lety +1

      Andrew Thompson true

    • @buddyrichable1
      @buddyrichable1 Před 4 lety +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 Před 4 lety +7

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

    • @mikewines7852
      @mikewines7852 Před 4 lety +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.

  • @dallastrujillo7540
    @dallastrujillo7540 Před měsícem

    I love how they gave em all buck teeth! What. Great show. So glad that these are being put on CZcams. I enjoy immensely!

  • @mitchbarredo3990
    @mitchbarredo3990 Před 10 měsíci +1

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