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* The ''Series/FantasyIsland'' parody, especially with Creator/JohnCandy as the midget Tattoo.
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* The ''Series/FantasyIsland'' parody, especially with Creator/JohnCandy as the midget little person Tattoo.
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** Mel became a regular recurring character and ''SCTV Boogie'' underwent a number of name changes, until they settled for "Mel's Rock Pile." Mel reappeared in 2015 in an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROGI87hc-g4 outro clip]] for Canada's ''other'' pride and joy, Music/{{Rush}}, introducing them as a "little band" and saying "three guys does not a rock band make." Rush have had other SCTV characters introduce songs on their tours (Count Floyd in 1984 and Bob and Doug in 2007), but this one is arguably funnier when you think about the meta; Eugene Levy and Geddy Lee (Rush's lead singer/bassist/keyboardist) may or may not live in the same ritzy neighborhood in Toronto, depending on what source you're reading. Mel of all people should know about Rush's success, since "he" lives in the same neighborhood as the lead singer!
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** Mel became a regular recurring character and ''SCTV Boogie'' underwent a number of name changes, until they settled for "Mel's Rock Pile." Mel reappeared in 2015 in an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROGI87hc-g4 outro clip]] for Canada's ''other'' pride and joy, Music/{{Rush}}, Music/{{Rush|Band}}, introducing them as a "little band" and saying "three guys does not a rock band make." Rush have had other SCTV characters introduce songs on their tours (Count Floyd in 1984 and Bob and Doug in 2007), but this one is arguably funnier when you think about the meta; Eugene Levy and Geddy Lee (Rush's lead singer/bassist/keyboardist) may or may not live in the same ritzy neighborhood in Toronto, depending on what source you're reading. Mel of all people should know about Rush's success, since "he" lives in the same neighborhood as the lead singer!
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** Then they won again the next year, and presumably, that was infinitely less funny.
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** Then they won again the next year, and presumably, that was infinitely less funny.funny.
* "And Dave Thomas, as the Beaver."
* "And Dave Thomas, as the Beaver."
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* Rick Moranis' brutal parody of Creator/MervGriffin, especially Griffin's laugh ("Boo-hoo-hoo-wah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!") and his tendency to say "ooooooo!" a lot. Then they take it UpToEleven by placing Griffin in the most bizarre, unlikely situations: playing [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow Andy Taylor]], time traveling to TheSixties to hang out with [[Film/EasyRider Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper]], and getting involved in a ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'' [=/=] ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' [=/=] ''Franchise/StarWars'' mashup.
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* Rick Moranis' brutal parody of Creator/MervGriffin, especially Griffin's laugh ("Boo-hoo-hoo-wah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!") and his tendency to say "ooooooo!" a lot. Then they take it UpToEleven up to eleven by placing Griffin in the most bizarre, unlikely situations: playing [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow Andy Taylor]], time traveling to TheSixties to hang out with [[Film/EasyRider Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper]], and getting involved in a ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'' [=/=] ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' [=/=] ''Franchise/StarWars'' mashup.
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** When they inevitably win, the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters absolute crap ton of people that swarm the stage]] and the fact that it takes the announcers quite some time to list them all off and hand everyone their awards.
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** When they inevitably win, the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters absolute crap ton of people that swarm the stage]] stage and the fact that it takes the announcers quite some time to list them all off and hand everyone their awards.
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Society Marches On has been renamed; cleaning out misuse and moving examples
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* Almost any ''SCTV News'' sketch. The very first one has Floyd reporting on multiple world-changing events while Earl gets mundane local news, culminating in an argument that ends when Earl loudly proclaims that Floyd is living with a woman he isn't married to. This is clearly meant to be scandalous- which it might have been in 1976 when it first aired, but 40 years later, it's arguably [[SocietyMarchesOn even funnier because that's not a big deal anymore]].
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* Almost any ''SCTV News'' sketch. The very first one has Floyd reporting on multiple world-changing events while Earl gets mundane local news, culminating in an argument that ends when Earl loudly proclaims that Floyd is living with a woman he isn't married to. This is clearly meant to be scandalous- which it might have been in 1976 when it first aired, but 40 years later, it's arguably [[SocietyMarchesOn even funnier because that's not a big deal anymore]].anymore.
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Natter and irrelevant.
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The show has plenty of funny moments to choose from (much like ''Saturday Night Live'', though ''[=SCTV=]'''s laughs were more consistent), so to name several:
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The show has plenty of funny moments to choose from (much like ''Saturday Night Live'', though ''[=SCTV=]'''s laughs were more consistent), from, so to name several:
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The show has plenty of funny moments to choose from, so to name several:
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The show has plenty of funny moments to choose from, from (much like ''Saturday Night Live'', though ''[=SCTV=]'''s laughs were more consistent), so to name several:
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**Made funnier by the fact that, according to Dave Thomas, Joe Flaherty's character in these sketches is actually drunk.
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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgH286eOni4&list=PLT-397457NTdMTOIc0Mq0iz0r9yQ3_HgX&index=1 Liberace's Musical Tribute to the Holidays]]" Highlights include: a burly, gay man dressed as Santa and whipping Liberace (Dave Thomas) as he plays piano, Liberace vs. Elton John (Rick Moranis) in a piano duel/duet of "Carol of the Bells" ([[spoiler: ending with Elton John kicking a soccer ball at Liberace's head]]), and Orson Welles (John Candy) doing a spoken word version of "Good King Wenceslas", calling out the crew for minor mistakes, and walking off the set, taking the turkey with him.
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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgH286eOni4&list=PLT-397457NTdMTOIc0Mq0iz0r9yQ3_HgX&index=1 Liberace's Musical Tribute to the Holidays]]" Highlights include: Holidays]]", featuring a burly, burly gay man dressed as Santa and whipping Liberace (Dave Thomas) as he plays piano, a duet-turned-duel between Liberace vs. and Elton John (Rick Moranis) in a piano duel/duet of "Carol of the Bells" ([[spoiler: ending with Elton John kicking a soccer ball at Liberace's head]]), Moranis), and Orson Welles Wells (John Candy) doing a spoken word version of "Good King Wenceslas", calling out yelling at the crew for minor mistakes, mistakes and walking off the set, taking the turkey (not the platter with him.the turkey on it; the actual turkey) with him as he walks off the set.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN0l73uDeEA&list=PLT-397457NTdC_i3nATzLYGbh432NQAYC&index=2 Lewis Sings Dylan]], a commercial for an album where Jerry Lewis covers Bob Dylan's songs.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN0l73uDeEA&list=PLT-397457NTdC_i3nATzLYGbh432NQAYC&index=2 Lewis Sings Dylan]], a commercial for an album where Jerry Lewis covers Bob Dylan's songs.
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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgH286eOni4&list=PLT-397457NTdMTOIc0Mq0iz0r9yQ3_HgX&index=1 Liberace's Musical Tribute to the Holidays]]" Highlights include: a burly, gay man dressed as Santa and whipping Liberace (Dave Thomas) as he plays piano, Liberace vs. Elton John (Rick Moranis) in a piano duel/duet of "Carol of the Bells" ([[spoiler: ending with Elton John kicking a soccer ball at Liberace's head]]), and Orson Welles (John Candy) doing a spoken word version of "Good King Wenceslas", calling out the crew for minor mistakes, and walking off the set, taking the turkey with him.
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* ''[[Series/TheBennyHillShow Benny Hill]] [[Series/HillStreetBlues Street Blues]]''. [[note]]Comes complete with mashup of the Thames and MTM logo.[[/note]]
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* ''[[Series/TheBennyHillShow Benny Hill]] [[Series/HillStreetBlues Street Blues]]''. [[note]]Comes [[note]]It's exactly as it sounds for anyone familiar with ''The Benny Hill Show'' and comes complete with mashup of the Thames and MTM logo.[[/note]]
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* ''SCTV Boogie'', where Eugene Levy (as uncool, awkward Mel Slurrup) hosts a dance program ala ''Soul Train'' with a soundtrack consisting of snippets of the same disco song played over and over, talking to various high schoolers that all seem to go to one of two schools. Bonus points for Harold Ramis's [[ICantDance amazingly bad dancing]] and Eugene Levy's shirt showing off a ''glorious'' CarpetOfVirility.
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* ''SCTV Boogie'', where Eugene Levy (as uncool, awkward Mel Slurrup) hosts a dance program ala ''Soul Train'' with a soundtrack consisting of snippets of the same disco song played over and over, talking to various high schoolers that all seem to go to one of two schools. Bonus points for Harold Ramis's [[ICantDance amazingly bad dancing]] and Eugene Levy's shirt showing off a ''glorious'' CarpetOfVirility. (The whole skit was a parody of an early Creator/{{Citytv}} program simply called ''Boogie''.)
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIDYuV9vuyc The time where Earl got high on pot and tried to anchor]]- utterly hilarious trainwreck.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIDYuV9vuyc com/watch?v=B7OV-sJLSFk The time where Earl got high on pot and tried to anchor]]- utterly hilarious trainwreck.
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* ''Tibor's Tractor'', which has a talking tractor that used to be a man (specifically Nikita Khrushchev).
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* ''Tibor's Tractor'', which has a talking tractor that used to be a man (specifically Nikita Khrushchev).UsefulNotes/NikitaKhrushchev).
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkV0An_LrrA This]] [[AmbiguousSyntax Tornado Warning]].
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkV0An_LrrA com/watch?v=IyNL8E0FS_A This]] [[AmbiguousSyntax Tornado Warning]].
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* ''Swishbuckler'', starring Joe Flaherty as a CampGay pirate helping an even more flamboyant crew (Eugene Levy, Harold Ramis, and Dave Thomas) mutiny against their captain. It's BetterThanItSounds (not helped at ''all'' by the crew's tight, tight pants and tiny, ridiculous ponytails).
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* ''Swishbuckler'', starring Joe Flaherty as a CampGay pirate helping an even more flamboyant crew (Eugene Levy, Harold Ramis, and Dave Thomas) mutiny against their captain. It's BetterThanItSounds SugarWiki/BetterThanItSounds (not helped at ''all'' by the crew's tight, tight pants and tiny, ridiculous ponytails).
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* Rick Moranis' brutal parody of Creator/MervGriffin, especially Griffin's laugh ("Boo-hoo-hoo-wah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!") and his tendency to say "oooohhhh!" a lot. Then they take it UpToEleven by placing Griffin in the most bizarre, unlikely situations: playing [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow Andy Taylor]], time traveling to TheSixties to hang out with [[Film/EasyRider Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper]], and getting involved in a ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'' [=/=] ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' [=/=] ''Franchise/StarWars'' mashup.
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* Rick Moranis' brutal parody of Creator/MervGriffin, especially Griffin's laugh ("Boo-hoo-hoo-wah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!") and his tendency to say "oooohhhh!" "ooooooo!" a lot. Then they take it UpToEleven by placing Griffin in the most bizarre, unlikely situations: playing [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow Andy Taylor]], time traveling to TheSixties to hang out with [[Film/EasyRider Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper]], and getting involved in a ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'' [=/=] ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' [=/=] ''Franchise/StarWars'' mashup.
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* "The Creator/MervGriffin Show" in the 60's. Especially Griffin's laugh. "Boo-hoo-hoo-wah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!"
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* "The Creator/MervGriffin Show" in the 60's. Especially Rick Moranis' brutal parody of Creator/MervGriffin, especially Griffin's laugh. "Boo-hoo-hoo-wah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!"laugh ("Boo-hoo-hoo-wah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!") and his tendency to say "oooohhhh!" a lot. Then they take it UpToEleven by placing Griffin in the most bizarre, unlikely situations: playing [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow Andy Taylor]], time traveling to TheSixties to hang out with [[Film/EasyRider Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper]], and getting involved in a ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'' [=/=] ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' [=/=] ''Franchise/StarWars'' mashup.
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* [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow Floyd the barber]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2TtIUHnkq8 petitioning]] Film/TheGodfather to break Opie's legs is one of the greatest concepts in comedy history.
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* [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow Floyd the barber]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2TtIUHnkq8 petitioning]] Film/TheGodfather to break Opie's legs is one of the greatest concepts in comedy history. Levy's impression of Floyd is frighteningly accurate.
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* [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow Floyd the barber]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2TtIUHnkq8 petitioning]] TheGodfather to break Opie's legs is one of the greatest concepts in comedy history.
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* [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow Floyd the barber]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2TtIUHnkq8 petitioning]] TheGodfather Film/TheGodfather to break Opie's legs is one of the greatest concepts in comedy history.
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* ''Battle of the {{Creator/PBS}} Stars'' brilliantly skewered highbrow and lowbrow TV in a single shot, with the [[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood Mr. Rogers]] versus Creator/JuliaChild boxing match being one of the great moments of the entire series.
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* ''Battle of the {{Creator/PBS}} Stars'' brilliantly skewered highbrow and lowbrow TV in a single shot, with the [[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood Mr. Rogers]] versus Creator/JuliaChild boxing match being one of the great moments of the entire series.series.
* In 1982, SCTV won an Emmy for outstanding writing. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4HXCyfcD6M The whole spectacle is hilarious in many, many meta senses]].
** The fact that SCTV had ''all but one'' of the nominations, each for a different episode.
** When they inevitably win, the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters absolute crap ton of people that swarm the stage]] and the fact that it takes the announcers quite some time to list them all off and hand everyone their awards.
** An evidently-bitter Milton Berle keeps interrupting Joe Flaherty's acceptance speech with sarcastic "oh, that's funny" and "we don't have all day" comments, to which Joe responds by saying "Go to sleep, Uncle Miltie," an amusing crack at Milton's Texaco Star Theater closing line ("Listen to your Uncle Miltie and go to bed").
** The fact that in the next season, one sketch included Joe Flaherty ''out of character'' assaulting Milton Berle while yelling "You'll never ruin another acceptance speech, Uncle Miltie!"
** Then they won again the next year, and presumably, that was infinitely less funny.
* In 1982, SCTV won an Emmy for outstanding writing. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4HXCyfcD6M The whole spectacle is hilarious in many, many meta senses]].
** The fact that SCTV had ''all but one'' of the nominations, each for a different episode.
** When they inevitably win, the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters absolute crap ton of people that swarm the stage]] and the fact that it takes the announcers quite some time to list them all off and hand everyone their awards.
** An evidently-bitter Milton Berle keeps interrupting Joe Flaherty's acceptance speech with sarcastic "oh, that's funny" and "we don't have all day" comments, to which Joe responds by saying "Go to sleep, Uncle Miltie," an amusing crack at Milton's Texaco Star Theater closing line ("Listen to your Uncle Miltie and go to bed").
** The fact that in the next season, one sketch included Joe Flaherty ''out of character'' assaulting Milton Berle while yelling "You'll never ruin another acceptance speech, Uncle Miltie!"
** Then they won again the next year, and presumably, that was infinitely less funny.
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* "SCTV is [[ApplianceDefenstration on the air!]]"
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* "SCTV is [[ApplianceDefenstration [[ApplianceDefenestration on the air!]]"
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