Artivels
Undescribable Perfection
Platicsco
Good story, Not enough for a whole film
Kimball
Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
kylewalken2
I was born after SCTV ended, but I always remember seeing re-runs that I thought were extremely hilarious. One of the best things about SCTV is if you look at the cast, they are all classic actors who's names we all know. Even better was that all these great talents and names got together in a mid sized city (my city, Edmonton) to create this amazing show. They didn't need the glitz of New York or a new guest host every week (who on SNL now probly hosted like 3 weeks ago, and 3 weeks before that) to make something that was truely great. I will always remember how all these famous people once lived and worked in my city.
James_K_Polk
Bittman, Maudlin, La Rue, Camembert, Todd... what else can you say? Pure genius. You gotta love the classic old SCTV bits... I could watch them over and over. It's great that Eugene Levy has become a popular icon through American Pie, but probably the best post-SCTV comedy has to be the Christopher Guest films (Waiting for Guffman, Best In Show)where Levy and O'Hara really get to flex their comedic muscles.
baylissfan
I never saw the actual first run of SCTV, but my late night insomnia opened me up to it during reruns. Now I can't live without watching. The amount of stars that were on it(Catherine O'Hara, John Candy, Rick Moranis, etc.) make this oh-so enjoyable to watch. I'm a big fan of SNL too, but in my opinion, SCTV surpasses it. It was just a truly great show. I love its characters, its material, basically everything about it.
Raymond Valinoti, Jr.
Like SATURDAY NIGHT, SECOND CITY TV was a sketch comedy show with a repertory cast. But there, the resemblance ended. Instead of a bunch of disconnected sketches with musical interludes, SECOND CITY TV was a concept show about the programs and behind-the-scenes shenanigans of a cheesy, low-budget TV station. Therefore, unlike SNL, which took potshots at anything from current events to whatever celebrity was guesting, SECOND CITY TV concentrated on the television industry.The results were some of the most incisive and skillful parodies in TV history, from commercials for useless products to self-congratulatory talk shows to pompous "cultural" programming. The talented cast members skewered such icons as Bob Hope and Barbra Streisand and created such memorable characters like Joe Flaherty's sleazy station owner Guy Caballero and Andrea Martin's vulgar station manager Edith Prickley. Unlike SNL, SECOND CITY TELEVISION never pandered to the lowest common denominator; it always respected its audience with intelligent humor that satirized the foibles of both the television industry and the people in it. The syndicated show's success would result in a 90-minute network version.
