History Series / SCTV

* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Several 1982 examples: "The People's Global Golden Choice Awards"'s wraparound story is based on the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_globes#Controversy Golden Globes/Pia Zadora scandal]]. The titular segment of "3D Stake from the Heart" sends up Francis Ford Coppola's ''One from the Heart'' debacle. The episode where Guy writes a bad check to Fred Willard is based on the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Begelman David Begelman/Cliff Robertson incident]], which had been the subject of the recent nonfiction bestseller ''Indecent Exposure''. The CBC episode was inspired by NBC's decision to show Canadian Football League games during that year's NFL players' strike.

* AndYouWereThere: The ending of the ''Fantasy Island'' episode, and later with Lola Heatherton in the "Bouncin' Back To You" sequence.

* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Two 1982 examples: "The People's Global Golden Choice Awards"'s wraparound story is based on the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_globes#Controversy Golden Globes/Pia Zadora scandal]]. The titular segment of "3D Stake from the Heart" sends up Francis Ford Coppola's ''One from the Heart'' debacle.

** Billy Sol Hurok is a double pun, referencing [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Sol_Estes Billie Sol Estes]] and [[
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Hurok Sol Hurok]]

* AndYouWereThere: The ending of the ''Fantasy Island'' episode.

* StylisticSuck: The ''Pre-Teen World'' band The Recess Monkeys and their tone-deaf rendition of "My Girl (Gone Gone Gone)" (originally by Canadian band Chilliwack).

* DarkReprise: Parodied in ''Garth and Gord and Fiona and Alice''. The early scenes in The Maritime Provinces are set to "To It And At It" by Canadian folk-country icon Stompin' Tom Connors. Once they get to Toronto, a slower hard rock CoverVersion is played.

How is that? Well, let's run down the original cast: Creator/JohnCandy. Joe Flaherty. Creator/EugeneLevy. Andrea Martin. Creator/CatherineOHara. Harold Ramis. Dave Thomas. Add in latecomers Creator/RickMoranis and Creator/MartinShort, and you have a veritable who's who of '70s-'80s Canadian comedy. Due to the connections between the Chicago and Toronto branches of the Second City comedy troupe, there was considerable constructive feedback between this show and ''Series/SaturdayNightLive.''

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: A handful of early episodes feature segments with cast members playing themselves. One segment even features Dave Thomas, as himself, interviewing Moe Green, played by Harold Ramis (in extreme close-ups, no less).

->''"Don't touch that dial! Don't touch that one either! [[RuleOfThree And]] [[ADateWithRosiePalms stop touching yourself]]! SCTV is on the air!"''

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: A handful of early episodes feature segments with cast members playing themselves. One segment even features Dave Thomas, as himself, interviewing Moe Green, played by Harold Ramis.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[-Top row, left to right: Creator/EugeneLevy as Bobby Bittman, JohnCandy as Johnny [=LaRue=], Andrea Martin as Edith Prickley. Bottom row, left to right: Catherine O'Hara as Dusty Towne, Joe Flaherty as Guy Caballero, RickMoranis as Bob [=McKenzie=] and Dave Thomas as his brother Doug.-] ]]

How is that? Well, let's run down the original cast: JohnCandy. Joe Flaherty. Creator/EugeneLevy. Andrea Martin. Catherine O'Hara. Harold Ramis. Dave Thomas. Add in latecomers Creator/RickMoranis and Creator/MartinShort, and you have a veritable who's who of '70s-'80s Canadian comedy. Due to the connections between the Chicago and Toronto branches of the Second City comedy troupe, there was considerable constructive feedback between this show and ''Series/SaturdayNightLive.''

* StuntCasting: Several musicians also acted in skits, including Natalie Cole, Tony Bennett, Hall & Oates, and The Boomtown Rats. Several actors also appeared, including Sir John Gieguld, Al Jarreau (who starred in a parody of ''The Jazz Singer'') and John Marley (Jack Woltz from ''The Godfather'', playing the exact same character as the one from the film).

* WrittenByCastMember: Most, if not all, sketches are written by the cast.

* CloudCuckoolander: EVERYONE, with Bob and Doug being notable examples.

* StrawFeminist: "I'm Taking My Own Head, Screwing It On Right, And No Guy's Gonna Tell Me It Ain't", a short-lived play created by the feminist character Libby Wilson, pushes the envelope on this trope.

How is that? Well, let's run down the original cast: JohnCandy. Joe Flaherty. Creator/EugeneLevy. Andrea Martin. Catherine O'Hara. Harold Ramis. Dave Thomas. Add in latecomers Creator/RickMoranis and Creator/MartinShort, and you have a veritable who's who of '70s-'80s comedy. Due to the connections between the Chicago and Toronto branches of the Second City comedy troupe, there was considerable constructive feedback between this show and ''Series/SaturdayNightLive.''