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SCTV, Volume 1 - Network 90 (5 Disc Set)
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Average rating: 4.5 of 5
Editorial Review:
At long last, SCTV is on the air... or at least on DVD! While it never reached the ratings heights or pop culture cachet of Saturday Night Live, SCTV did garner critical buzz and a devoted cult following. As with the Python boys, the ensemble members, and the characters they created to populate the fictional Melonville TV network, are revered in hipper comedy circles. In this respect, SCTV is Letterman to SNL's Leno. This essential five-disc set collects the first nine episodes of the series' Network 90 incarnation, which brightened NBC's Friday late-night lineup in 1981. While original cast member Harold Ramis had since left the show, and Martin Short would join the following year, John Candy, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Rick Moranis, Catherine O'Hara, and Dave Thomas were SCTV's definitive ensemble (SNL-bound Robin Duke and Tony Rosato, we hardly knew ye). These inaugural episodes are comprised mostly of "the golden classics" (so dubbed by Flahrety's wheelchair-bound station manager Guy Caballero) linked by some new material. Included are such series benchmarks as "The Great White North" segments, featuring Moranis and Thomas as the stereotypically Canadian, parka-wearing, beer-swilling McKenzie brothers; "Play It Again, Bob," starring Moranis as Woody Allen and Thomas as Bob Hope; the ill-fated made-for-SCTV "Polynesiantown" starring Candy's Johnny LaRue; "The Sammy Maudlin Show," starring Joe Flahrety as the most sincerely insincere talk show host, with O'Hara as Lola "I want to bear your children" Heatherton, and "Indira," with Andrea Martin in her signature Evita spoof.And that's just on disc 1! SCTV could parody Leave It to Beaver and Fantasy Island with the best of them, but anticipating the future Ben Stiller Show, its genius lay in its show business savvy to subvert television and movie convention. When Levy's comedian Bobby Bittman arrives on a talk show, he brings "bloopers" from his congressional testimony. And you don't need to have seen The Oscar to appreciate The Nobel, but it certainly helps. The price is steep, but don't be a hoser. This is the comedy release of the year. And it blows up real good. --Donald Liebenson
SCTV, Volume 2 (5 Disc Set)
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Average rating: 4.5 of 5
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For those who never missed a Friday, and especially for those who only know SCTV by reputation, these nine episodes, presented chronologically on this five disc-set, are as great as we remember, and perhaps even better than you've heard. With the first nine episodes of SCTV's expanded Network 90 incarnation under their belt (available, naturally, on volume 1), the peerless ensemble (John Candy, Joe Flahrety, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Rick Moranis, Catherine O'Hara, and Dave Thomas) really found its voice (or voices), and the show relied less on the so-called "golden classics" from the show's early days to boldly subvert sketch-comedy convention with brilliantly conceived and performed wraparounds that link the sketches. Looming large in SCTV legend are the program-length Godfather parody, in which Don Caballero launches an all-out network war; the devastatingly funny, "I'm Taking My Own Head, Screwing It On Right, and No Guy's Gonna Tell Me That It Ain't," arguably one of Martin and O'Hara's finest hours, and the sci-fi spoof "Zontar," in which glowing cabbages take control of the network.Other moments for the pantheon: Meryl Streep blowing up real good on the "Farm Film Report"; Bob and Doug McKenzie demonstrating how to stuff a mouse inside a beer bottle; the cross-parody "Benny Hill Street Blues," and the late Wendy O Williams and the Plasmatics really cutting it up (with a chainsaw!) on Gil Fisher's "The Fishin' Musician. Some of the more topical bits are understandably dated, and that canned laughter reeks of network Zontars imposing their will, but this second, equally indispensable volume rescues SCTV from mere cult object of obsession. Original cast member Harold Ramis is right: In Thomas's encyclopedic history, SCTV: Behind the Scenes, Ramis observes, "Everyone just got better and better. You would notice, if you had the time to sit and watch all the shows, the progression in excellence." --Donald Liebenson
Christmas With SCTV
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Total reviews: 5
Average rating: 4.0 of 5
A must for any SCTV fan 5 out of 5 stars.
24 of 26 people found this review helpful.
All I can say is it's about time!!! I have cherished my 20 year old vhs copy I taped of the christmas episodes. For all the years SCTV was around, in these few episodes was concentrated some amzing comedy. Even after several viewings with a friend, we were watching Martin Short as THE KID FROM DELIVERANCE (banjo dude) and she was laughing so hard, again, that she peed herself!!! Every one of the guys at SCTV in their prime.
Two great 90 minute Christmas episodes on one DVD 4 out of 5 stars.
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I can't give this 5 stars because there are some things about SCTV that never worked. For one, the laugh track was a bad idea. But you get lots of great comedy in these two episodes that is priceless. Martin Short as the kid from "Deliverance" playing the banjo on the Count Floyd Christmas show; Rick Moranis as Richard Dreyfuss in Neil Simon's "Nutcracker Suite", John Candy as Divine singing "Santa Bring My Baby Back" with the Juul Haalmeyer Dancers on the Dusty Towne Christmas show; and Catherine O'Hara as Dusty doing some awful Rusty Warren-esque jokes. O'Hara is also great as Lola Heatherton in her special "The Love Spirit". Plus Candy as Orson Welles, Dave Thomas as Liberace, Moranis as Elton John, Andrea Martin as Marsha Mason, Pre-Teen World, and perhaps funniest of all, Candy and Eugene Levy as the Schmenge brothers ("The Happy Wanderers!")
There's commentary on both episodes but O'Hara and Short together get a little annoying at times.
It's great to relive a time when Andrae Crouch was the biggest thing in gospel music and the video revolution was in it's early stages (Moranis as Gerry Todd). And speaking of Crouch, how many shows today would showcase a full blown gospel number like "Soon And Very Soon" with a banner on the wall behind the singers stating "He is thy Saviour"? And do it purely for the sake of good entertainment?
A great DVD that any SCTV fan will want to watch year after year.
SCTV, Second City Television Network Volume 3 (5 Disc Set)
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Average rating: 4.5 of 5
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The third cycle of SCTV's "Network 90" incarnation begs the question: Would success spoil SCTV? By this time, this Canadian cult favorite was flirting with mainstream success, with an Emmy Award for writing to its credit and nation-wide "Hoser-mania" triggered by the surprise breakout success of "The Great White North" segments featuring Bob and Doug McKenzie. But rather than sell out, SCTV stayed loyal to its smart muse. The first episode addresses the McKenzie phenomenon with "The Great White North Palace," the inevitable (and hilariously) ill-fated exploitation of the touque-wearing brothers. And, as Tony Bennett himself serenades the boys, "The Best Is Yet to Come." This batch of nine episodes includes brilliantly conceived sketches that deliriously push cross-parody boundaries. Taking its cue from Steven Spielberg's enhancement of Close Encounters, SCTV offers its own "Special Edition" of "The Merv Griffin Show," an old school talk show which somehow ends up in outer space with George Plimpton taking on George Lucas in an Atari vs. Intellivision video game battle (how '80s can you get?).SCTV was at its best when skewering show business and television convention, as witness the lavish "People's Global Golden Choice Awards" (the Five Neat Guys' medley of faux motion-picture theme songs anticipates Billy Crystal's Oscar-night showstopper), and "The Battle of the PBS Stars," which pits Julia Child against Mr. Rogers in the boxing ring. This cycle also introduced the pitch-perfect soap-opera parody, "The Days of the Week" (former Second City member and Saturday Night Live superstar Bill Murray brings his considerable cachet to one installment), as well as the polka meisters, the Schmenge brothers (a classic sketch marred somewhat by the absence of "Stairway to Heaven," apparently due to rights issues).
Martin Short, momentously joins the seamless ensemble, and makes an instant impression, with such masterful bits as his devastating "Jerry Lewis Live on the Champs Elysees." Throughout, even when a sketch falls flat ("The Pre-Teen World Telethon"), the cast's commitment to character is exhilarating to watch. SCTV fans who have long suffered the show's intrusive laugh track will want to check out the bonus feature on disc 5, a 1997 reunion of the surviving cast at the Museum of Television & Radio. Rick Moranis reveals that the technician responsible was--no joke--a moonlighting chicken farmer who didn't get the jokes and was simply looking for lulls in which to place the canned laughs. Not even SCTV's brilliant writing staff could have made that up! --Donald Liebenson
SCTV, Vol. 4
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Total reviews: 13
Average rating: 5.0 of 5
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SCTV's incredible 5th season (yes, that's Volume 4) finds the show renewed on NBC and still in the 90-minute format. Three cast members have departed, Dave Thomas, Rick Moranis and Catherine O'Hara—although Catherine makes a memorable return in "The Christmas Show," but Martin Short's star rose in their absence. His inimitable character Ed Grimley finds his way into many of the sketches. The Shmenges are back and John Candy introduces Mr. Mambo.The Volume 4 box set features four Emmy-nominated shows ("Towering Inferno," "Christmas Special," "Midnight Cowboy" and "Sweeps Week"), plus Robin Williams as a guest in the "Jane Eyrehead" episode; it also includes musical guests John Mellencamp, Joe Walsh, and Crystal Gayle.
Includes an extra DVD with 3 extra episodes—12 episodes total— 33% more content at the same price as the first 3 volumes! Also includes a collectible set of character trading cards.
Program Listing: DISC 1 EPISODE# 106 Sammy Maudlin 23rd Anniversary / CBC EPISODE# 107 Indecent Exposure with John Cougar, Harold Ramis and Fred Willard EXTRAS: Hinterland Who's Who Goin' Down The Road
DISC 2 EPISODE# 108 Melonvote with Linda Hopkins EPISODE# 109 Jane Eyrehead with Robin Williams and America EXTRA: SCTV At Play
DISC 3 EPISODE# 110 Towering Inferno with Banda Brava EPISODE# 111 Christmas with Catherine O'Hara and Andrae Crouch EXTRA: SCTV Remembers - Part 4
DISC 4 EPISODE# 112 A Star Is Born with Crystal Gayle EPISODE# 113 SCTV Classifieds / Vic Arpeggio EXTRA: Sammy Maudlin at Second City
DISC 5 EPISODE# 114 Bobby Bittman's Retirement with Ben Vereen EPISODE# 115 Sweeps Week EXTRA: SCTV - The Producers Part 2
DISC 6 EPISODE# 116 South Sea Sinner with Betty Thomas EPISODE# 117 Midnight Cowboy II with Joe Walsh EXTRA: The Red Fisher Show
SCTV - Best Of The Early Years
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Average rating: 3.5 of 5
Editorial Review:
SCTV's best half-hour episodes from 1978 - 1980 are showcased in this 3-DVD collection. From its humble beginnings in 1976 SCTV transformed from a half-hour comedy airing monthly in Canada on the Global Television Network to a widely embraced series that by the third season was airing weekly on the CBC and syndicated in the U.S.Guy Caballero and Edith Prickley were born in the early years. The McKenzie Brothers started here. Earl Camembert Floyd Robertson Johnny LaRue Sammy Maudlin and Bobby Bittman characters destined to become household names were first beamed into consciousness here.Starring: John Candy Robin Duke Joe Flaherty Eugene Levy Andrea Martin Rick Moranis Catherine O'Hara Tony Rosato and Dave ThomasSpecial Features Include:Commentaries by Robin Duke Joe Flaherty and executive producer Andrew AlexanderThe featurette "Looking Back With Andrea Martin"CBC news magazine segment "The McKenzie Brothers - Take Off Eh"Examining the impact The Great White North had on Canada"Andrew Alexander Answers Fan Mail."System Requirements:Run Time: 420 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 826663101461 Manufacturer No: D3D10146
SCTV Disc 2 - Southside Fracas & The Sammy Maudlin Show
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Average rating: 4.0 of 5
A lot of fun, but it helps to be familiar the celebrities of that era 4 out of 5 stars.
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The SCTV crew did some of the best celebrity impressions, but my favorite here is the Bergman spoof "Night Of The Wolf". I find that some younger veiwers are not familiar with Dick Cavett and some of the other celebrities of that era. It is more fun if you are familiar with the person being impersonated. Everyone can enjoy the fictional cast that staffs SCTV in the episodes.
Editorial Review:
By popular demand, the first single SCTV DVD releases are now available. This DVD features two classic 90-minute shows along with bonus material.Southside Fracas
This offers the "Only For Women" talk show, Dick Cavett interview with Dick Cavett and the Berman film parody sandwiched into Count Floyd's "Monster Horror Chiller Theater" as well as the Siskel & Ebert take-off and more.The Sammy Maudlin Show: Bob Hope In China
Some of the best segments of the first three seasons were compiled here including loads of short skits surrounding "Lee A. Iacocca's Rock Concert" — featuring Gino Vanelli, Ringo Starr and Barbra Streisand's duet with Slim Whitman — and that fine British film The Man Who Would Be King Of The Popes.Bonus Feature:
Origins of SCTV - Harold Ramis, Bernie Sahlins and others recount the comedic SCTV journey.
SCTV - Volume 1-4 (Boxset) - 4 Pack
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SCTV Volumen 1 Network 90(Boxset) Bonus Features: Commentaries by Joe Flaherty and Eugene Levy The 1999 Aspen Comedy Festival SCTV Tribute. Original cast members Flaherty, Levy, Andrea, Martin, Catherine O'Hara and Dave Thomas joined Conan O'Brien for this event, which was first broadcast on HBO. Nearly 90 minutes of newly created audio and video segments featuring cast and crew insights and memories. A photopacked 24page booklet with essays by Conan O'Brien, SCTV Executive Producer, Andrew Alxender and Veteran pop journalistDon Waller Total running time for SCTV Volumen 1 Network 90 +/ 13 Hours SCTV Volumen 2 (Boxset) Bonus Features: Loger Than Life: The Normal Seeff Photo Sessions The SCTV At The Emmys SCTV At The Emmys SCTV Remembers The Juul Haalmeyer Dancer A BehindTheScenes Photo Gallery Total running time for SCTV Volumen 2: +/ 11 .3Hours SCTV Volumen 3 (Boxset) Bonus Features: SCTV The Producers Thats Life John Candy Profile SCTV Remembers, Part 3 SCTV at The Museum of Television & Radio John Candy Photo Gallery Total running time for SCTV Volumen 3: +/ 12 Hours SCTV Volumen 4 (Boxset) Bonus Features: SCTV Remembers Interview with Martin Short SCTV At Play Home movies of Cast and Crew Sammy Maudlin At Second City SCTV The Producers Canadian TV references revealed Total running time for SCTV Volumen 4: +/ 14 Hours
SCTV - Disc 1 - One on the Town & Polynesiantown
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While it never reached the ratings heights or pop culture cachet of Saturday Night Live, SCTV did garner critical buzz and a devoted cult following. As with the Python boys, the ensemble members, and the characters they created to populate the fictional Melonville TV network, are revered in hipper comedy circles. In this respect, SCTV is Letterman to SNL's Leno. This single disc consists of two episodes from the essential five-disc set of the series' Network 90 incarnation, which brightened NBC's Friday late-night lineup in 1981. Included are such series benchmarks as "The Great White North" segments, featuring Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas as the stereotypically Canadian, parka-wearing, beer-swilling McKenzie brothers; "Play It Again, Bob," starring Moranis as Woody Allen and Thomas as Bob Hope; the ill-fated made-for-SCTV "Polynesiantown" starring John Candy's Johnny LaRue; "The Sammy Maudlin Show," starring Joe Flahrety as the most sincerely insincere talk show host, with O'Hara as Lola "I want to bear your children" Heatherton; and "Indira," with Andrea Martin in her signature Evita spoof. --Donald Liebenson
SCTV/Best of the Early Years
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