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Second City TV Network

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Second City Television (SCTV) was a popular comedy television show originating from Canada that ran in the late 1970s and early 1980s in a variety of incarnations. Pulling much of its talent and ideas from the Chicago and Toronto Second City comedy venues, the show became an important pipeline for comedians, especially Canadians, into the mainstream of the U.S. entertainment market. Popular performers who moved from SCTV into U.S. television and movies include John Candy, Martin Short, Dave Thomas, Catherine O'Hara, Andrea Martin, Rick Moranis, Harold Ramis, Robin Duke, Tony Rosato, Joe Flaherty, and Eugene Levy. Their training in live improvisational comedy has meant that they continue to appear in a variety of capacities, but primarily as writers and performers. SCTV's early opening credit sequence set the tone for the show. As the announcer says, "SCTV now begins its programming day," a number of television sets are thrown out of an apartment building's windows, smashing on the pavement below. Using impersonations of well-known celebrities and ongoing original characters, SCTV presented a parody of every aspect of television, including programs, advertising, news, and network executives. In effect, SCTV was a cross between a spoof of television and a loose parodic soap opera about the running of the fictional Melonville television station. The station's personnel included the owner Guy Caballero (Flaherty), the station manager, Moe Green (Ramis), to be replaced by Edith Prickley (Martin), whose sister Enda Boil (also Martin) advertised her Organ Emporium with husband Tex (Thomas), in a parody of cheap late-night commercials. Other recurring figures were the bon vivant and itinerant host Johnny LaRue (Candy) and the endearingly inept Ed Grimley (Short). Over the years, the SCTV programming line-up included the local news, read by Floyd Robertson (Flaherty) and Earl Camembert (Eugene Levy), "Sunrise Semester," "Fishin' Musician," and "The Sammy Maudlin Show," hosted by Maudlin (Flaherty) and his sidekick William B (Candy), and with regular guests appearances from Bobby Bittman (Levy) and Lola Heatherton (O'Hara). Other spoofs include Yosh and Stan Shmenge's polka show (Levy and Candy), Count Floyd's "Monster Chiller Horror Theatre," whose host was played by the news anchor Floyd Robertson (Flaherty), the ersatz children's show "Captain Combat" (Thomas), "Farm Film Report" (Flaherty and Candy), and the improvised editorials of Bob and Doug Mackenzie's "Great White North" (Moranis and Thomas).





CAST

Guy Caballero ............................................Joe Flaherty
Moe Green............................................... Harold Ramis
Edith Prickley ..........................................Andrea Martin
Earl Camembert........................................ Eugene Levy
Floyd Robertson .........................................Joe Flaherty
Count Floyd ...............................................Joe Flaherty
Dr. Tongue .................................................John Candy
Bruno....................................................... Eugene Levy
Johnny Larue ..............................................John Candy
Bob MacKenzie........................................ Dave Thomas
Doug MacKenzie .......................................Rick Moranis
Tex Boil................................................... Dave Thomas
Edna Boil ................................................Andrea Martin
Mayor Tommy Shanks .................................John Candy
The Schmenge Brothers ....John Candy and Eugene Levy
Perini Scleroso........................................ Andrea Martin
Ed Grimley ................................................Martin Short
Lin Ye Tang .............................................Dave Thomas
Sammy Maudlin .........................................Joe Flaherty
William B. ..................................................John Candy
Bobby Bittman.......................................... Eugene Levy
Lola Heatherton ...................................Catherine O'Hara
Big Jim McBob ...........................................John Candy
Billy Saul Hurok......................................... Joe Flaherty
Harry, the Guy with the Snake on His Face ....John Candy
Rockin' Mel Slurp .......................................Eugene Levy
Jackie Rogers, Jr. ......................................Martin Short
Rusty van Reddick......................................Martin Short



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This product was added to our catalog on Monday 01 November, 2010.

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