SCTV
Second City Television is a Canadian sketch comedy TV series that spun off from Toronto’s Second City troupe. It ran from 1976 to 1984, delivering recurring comedic bits in a TV-station-style format.
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Season 6
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E1
Maudlin O' the Night
(This is the start of the SCTV Channel, when SCTV moved to Cinemax. Shows are 45 minutes long). Guy Caballero launches the new SCTV cable channel. The Schmenge Brothers try new wave music. Edith Prickly and Edna Boil go double-dating in the film spoof "Prickly Business". Steve Roman makes his own made-for-TV movie about JFK.
Nov 22, 1983 -
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E2
Gimme Jackie / Australia
Sid Dithers finds love in "An Officer and a Gentile". Perini Scleroso gets her own sitcom. "The National Midnight Star" is rechristened "Hollywood Dirt Tonight". Australian actor Mel McElroy hosts his own film festival.
Dec 6, 1983 -
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E3
It's a Wonderful Film
Producer, Martin Simmons is making a Christmas movie by classic film director Frank Bailey but decides that profit is more important than a making a quality movie so fires Bailey and hires a teen sex comedy director in his place.
Dec 20, 1983 -
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E4
The Date Debate / Scary Previews
Count Floyd and Woody Tobias Jr co-host a new movie review show, Scary Previews
Jan 3, 1984 -
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E5
You're On / Das Boobs
Das Boobs puts Porky's on the deck of Das Boot. Also features a trio of commercials with Irving Cohen, and the call-in show You're On, hosted by councilman for Melonville East, Max Lansky.
Jan 17, 1984 -
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E6
Stars In One: Bob Hope / Happy Hour
"Happy Hour" was a mock children's show, by bar patron, Happy Marsden, and the bartender, Mike. A mock western filmed in black and white, "Six Gun Justice", with was shown on each episode.
Jan 31, 1984 -
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E7
Stalag SCTV
Scripts are being stolen from SCTV, and new guy Fred Winston is the likeliest suspect. Highlights include Al Peck's Dinosaur Days and Lewis Does Dylan.
Feb 14, 1984 -
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E8
Diary of a Female Person / Happy Hour
Happy Hour shows another episode of Six Gun Justice, and Brock Linehan features Libby Wolfson's struggles to produce her new film.
Feb 28, 1984 -
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E9
Just For Fun / Black Like Vic
Rusty Van Reddick does a PSA for nursery schools; tonight on "Just for Fun," Stan Kanter launches a discussion on nuclear proliferation; in a 1962 episode of "Vic Arpeggio," our hero pretends to be a black man in segregation-era Georgia.
Mar 13, 1984 -
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E10
Youth, Do They Give A Damn or What? / Happy Hour
Soren and Weiss try to figure out what's up with the youth of today, while Don and Cheaplaffs have further adventures on Happy Hour. Also features a trio of commercials with Sophia Loren, who keeps branching out into new businesses.
Mar 27, 1984 -
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E11
Allenscam
Features several wraparound elements, including an unfolding scandal involving Brad Allen, artist Willem de Kooning never quite being interviewed on three shows, and new character Rita Schubb in three separate short bits. Also includes Harvey, as done by the New York Actor's Studio, Mel's Rock Pile returns to the psychedelic sixties, while Murray Shulman savages Canadian television.
Apr 10, 1984 -
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E12
Oliver Grimley
Cheryl Kinsey does a live show, while Ed Grimley, does Oliver Twist
Apr 24, 1984 -
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E13
2009, Jupiter and Beyond
Sci-Fi movie 2009, Jupiter and Beyond
May 8, 1984 -
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E14
Half Wits / Save the World Parade
Melonville's parade to promote world peace might not go as the announcers wish. Meanwhile, Alex Trebel is eager for someone, anyone to score on his game show "Half Wits."
May 22, 1984 -
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E15
Jackie Rogers, Jr. for President / Happy Hour
The wraparound features Jackie Rogers Jr's run for president, while Six Gun Justice's penultimate episode airs on Happy Hour. Jayne Eastwood returns as moderator for Philosophers at work.
Jun 5, 1984 -
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E16
Celebrity Fairie Tayles / Canadian Gaffes and Practical Amusements
Celebrity Fairie Tayles features the unlikely pairing of Alan Alda and Ed Grimley, while Canadian Gaffes features the gang from Headline Challenge in another brutal parody of the CBC that often approaches the moribund tediousness of the real thing
Jun 19, 1984 -
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E17
You're On / Happy Hour
Happy Hour presents the exciting conclusion to Six Gun Justice, and host Happy Marsden makes a surprising confession. The show also features and another episode of the oddly-paced You're On, while over at SCTV News, Earl retires and Floyd shows up in his Count Floyd costume.
Jul 3, 1984 -
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E18
Pledge Week
Various SCTV characters host a pledge drive for the network as it goes bankrupt.
Jul 17, 1984