"Second City TV" (1976)TV-Serie 1976-1981

Schöpfer:

Andrew Alexander

Staffeln:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Premierendatum:

1. September 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie

Werbezeile:

Don't touch that dial! Don't touch that one either! And stop touching yourself! SCTV is on the air!

Plot:

The staff of Melonville's TV station put on programming that is unique in its own silly way.

Plot Keywords:

Spoof | Satire | Actor Playing Multiple Roles | Second City | Number In Title

Nutzerkommentare:

Coo roo coo coo coo coo coo coo

Besetzung

Joe Flaherty	...	Various / ... (77 Folgen, 1976-1982)
Eugene Levy	...	Various / ... (76 Folgen, 1976-1982)
Andrea Martin	...	Various / ... (76 Folgen, 1976-1982)
Dave Thomas	...	Various / ... (75 Folgen, 1976-1981)
Catherine O'Hara	...	Various / ... (51 Folgen, 1976-1982)
John Candy	...	Various (50 Folgen, 1976-1979)
Tony Rosato	...	Various / ... (36 Folgen, 1977-1981)
Robin Duke	...	Various / ... (28 Folgen, 1976-1981)
Harold Ramis	...	Various / ... (28 Folgen, 1976-1978)
Rick Moranis	...	Various (25 Folgen, 1980-1981)

Alternativ:

SCTV (Canada: English title) (new title) (USA)
Second City Revue (Canada: English title)

Länge:

30 Min (78 episodes)

Produktionsland:

Canada | USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Drehorte:

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Firma:

Old Firehall Productions

Dies und das:

On Alice Cooper's 1981 album "Special Forces" special thanks is given to Joe Flaherty's SCTV character Count Floyd.

Dialogzitate:

Filth's boss: The pope's coming to town next week.
Harry Filth: You want me to off him?

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in Assume the Position 201 with Mr. Wuhl (2007) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Dance of the Hours

Coo roo coo coo coo coo coo coo

All of the user comments are great but they leave out some of the best contributions from SCTV - The McKenzie Brothers and the Redneck Movie Critics.

From the beginning of the opening credits where it was announced that "SCTV is on the air" followed by t.v. sets being thrown out of windows to crash on the sidewalks below, the laughs ensued.

I understand that Canadian Television had an extra two minutes more than U.S. television, so they asked Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis to come up with an extra two minutes of material that would air on Canadian Television. Their contribution? The Mackenzie Brothers, eh? It was all ad-lib. The Great White North sketch was eventually added to the American version.

Each week would be a different topic - "This week, our topic is how to stuff a mouse in a beer bottle, eh?" "Take off, eh?" "No, you take off, you hoser." "How do you like my new toque (rhymes with kook), eh?" "It's a beauty way to go, eh?" These guys were absolutely hilarious! They had the entire country doing Canadian-speak," eh?

The other guys I loved were the Red-neck movie reviewers. Dressed like Elmer Fudd on a wabbit-hunt, Joe Flaherty and John Candy rated movies based on whether they "blowed 'em up real good," or not. You guessed it - if the movie "blowed 'em up real good" (followed by lots of guffaws and yuks), it was a good movie. If there were no car crashes or explosions, well, it was a bad movie.

This was an extremely clever show and launched the careers of some powerful comic geniuses (Eugene Levy, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara included among those already mentioned). It's definitely worth the late-night t.v. watch on T.V. Land.