History Funny / SCTV

* Bobby Bittman was given a 30-minute mockumentary on his life and career on Creator/{{Cinemax}} (long after ''SCTV'' ended) in 1988. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y45jwvglWJU It must be seen to be believed.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkV0An_LrrA This]] [[AmbiguousSyntax Tornado Warning]].\

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkV0An_LrrA This]] [[AmbiguousSyntax Tornado Warning]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OARlQP9GOe0 ''Ben Hur'']], all of it. Points go to JohnCandy as Curly Howard as Ben Hur.

** [[AndYouWereThere The ending]], followed by the band playing [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilton_Place_Street_Band "Disco Lucy"]] (Unfortunately the NBC version cuts that scene short).

* "The Merv Griffin Show" in the 60's. Especially Griffin's laugh. "Boo-hoo-hoo-wah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!"

* "Hollywood Squares: The Home Version".

** There are lots of great bits in that sketch: Jack Woltz...err...Leonard Bernstein and his ''Series/MisterEd'' obsession, Caballero getting shot hundreds of times and surviving mostly unscathed, the whole "network war" thing, and Ugazzo Vision is a very accurate portrayal of cable TV circa 1981.

** The time where Earl got high on pot and tried to anchor- utterly hilarious trainwreck.

* Bobby Bittman was given a 30-minute mockumentary on his life and career in 1988. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y45jwvglWJU It must be seen to be believed.]]

* The Zontar episode. It turns out that Bonar Bain ([[DifferentStrokes Conrad's brother]]), a new cast member, is working for Zontar, who seeks to [[spoiler:abduct the staff at SCTV due to how funny they are because of his obsession with television]], and he does this by sending ''cabbages'' to possess the staff. [[spoiler:Thankfully, [[CloudCuckoolander Gerry Todd is immune to this]].]]

** 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!

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqagQiKQk50 Muley's Roundhouse]]'', a SubvertedKidsShow with Harold Ramis playing a grouchy, sad old railroad switch operator who had dreams of being a military pilot, but was grounded for being "tetched." Also, he hates the Bolsheviks.

* The ''FantasyIsland'' parody, especially with Creator/JohnCandy as the midget Tattoo.

** There are lots of great bits in that sketch: Jack Woltz...err...Leonard Bernstein and his ''MisterEd'' obsession, Caballero getting shot hundreds of times and surviving mostly unscathed, the whole "network war" thing, and Ugazzo Vision is a very accurate portrayal of cable TV circa 1981.

* [[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.

** Points also for Eugene Levy and Dave Thomas being a Roman centurion version of AbbottAndCostello.

* All f the CBC show, ''Garth and Gord and Fiona and Alice'' in particular.

* ''Bittman Does Dallas'', in which Bobby Bittman goes country. Also features Bobby ''singing'', which is [[HollywoodToneDeaf surprisingly bad]]. Bobby's terrible singing is made even funnier by anyone who has seen ''Film/AMightyWind'' and can attest to what a lovely voice Eugene Levy normally has.

** The News sketch involving "the Mr. Earl doll," a clay likeness of Earl that Floyd plugs- and maims in multiple horrible ways, including [[OffWithHisHead beheading it]]- right before Earl was to do an editorial about friendship, as inspired by his relationship with Floyd. You can just ''see'' the horror and heartbreak in Earl's eyes after the commercial ends.

* What fits into Russia?

* The Zontar episode. It turns out that Hank Bain, a new cast member, is working for Zontar, who seeks to [[spoiler:abduct the staff at SCTV due to how funny they are because of his obsession with television]], and he does this by sending ''cabbages'' to possess the staff. [[spoiler:Thankfully, [[CloudCuckoolander Gerry Todd is immune to this]].]]

* All of the CBC show, ''Garth and Gord and Fiona and Alice'' in particular.

*** Harold Ramis (as Mazola, the villain) informs Ben Hur of his mother and sister's fate with his dying breath. Everyone thinks he said they're lepers... but when Hur actually finds them, they're ''leopards''. Related, Mazola coming back to life just long enough after dying the first time to inform Ben Hur that he was just kidding when he told him his family was dead before the chariot race.

* ''Lust For Paint,'' one of the last episodes to feature Moe Green, has, among other things, a character played by Ramis in the eponymous sketch appearing to the dying protagonist just to remind him that [[MakesSenseInContext he (Ramis) has long legs]], the extremely short protagonist and his equally small father both being played by a kneeling Joe Flaherty (the tallest member of the cast), and Monet and Degas being CampGay caricatures that constantly yell "YOO-HOO~!" at passing celebrities from their cafe table, all while Moe Green's career falls apart around him, culminating in Moe being fired (again) and even sticking his hand back in to wave his handkerchief at the viewers as a goodbye after he's left the set.

* ''[[Series/TheBennyHillShow Benny Hill]] [[HillStreetBlues Street Blues]]''. [[note]]Comes complete with mashup of the Thames and MTM logo.[[/note]]

* [[TheAndyGriffithShow Floyd the barber]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2TtIUHnkq8 petitioning]] TheGodfather to kill Opie is one of the greatest concepts in comedy history.

* ''The Grapes of Mud''.

* ''Lust For Paint,'' one of the last episodes to feature Moe Green, has, among other things, a character played by Ramis in the eponymous sketch appearing to the dying protagonist just to remind him that [[MakesSenseInContext he (Ramis) has long legs]], the extremely short protagonist and his equally small father both being played by a kneeling Joe Flaherty (the tallest member of the cast), and Monet and De Gaulle being CampGay caricatures that constantly yell "YOO-HOO~!" at passing celebrities from their cafe table, all while Moe Green's career falls apart around him, culminating in Moe being fired (again) and even sticking his hand back in to wave his handkerchief at the viewers as a goodbye after he's left the set.

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqagQiKQk50 Muley's Roundhouse]]'', a SubvertedKidsShow with Harold Ramis playing a grouchy, sad old railroad switch operator who had dreams of being a military pilot, but was grounded for being "tetched." Also, he hates the Bolsheviks.

* ''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.

* ''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).

--> ''Who made the egg salad sandwiches?''

* ''Do-It-Yourself Dentistry,'' starring Harold Ramis as Mort Finkel, who is here to tell you, dear viewer, how to fill in your own cavities using rum as a painkiller in lieu of novocaine. Extra funny because Ramis drinks ''actual rum'', something he didn't know he was going to do until he actually drank it. He ended up actually drunk. One hopes that was the last sketch filmed that day, because otherwise the rest of the cast had to deal with a drunk Harold Ramis wandering around the studio.

* ''Ben Hur'', all of it. Points go to JohnCandy as Curly Howard as Ben Hur.

** There are lots of great bits in that sketch: Jack Woltz...err...Leonard Bernstein and his ''MisterEd'' obsession, Caballero getting shot hundreds of times and surviving mostly unscathed, the whole "network war" thing, and Ugazzo Vision is a very accurate portrayal of cable TV circa 1981.