is SCTV not the greatest TV comedy ever?

Which is why I added the "at its best"--SCTV had a long run and various cast members (though it was much more stable than SNL), and to a degree it was one show on Canadian TV and another on NBC. But I think you can take a block of at least a handful of seasons and match it against anything. The best sitcoms have ups and downs too, even in-season. Ultimately it comes down to what's funniest, and of course that comes down to taste. For me, SCTV for a few seasons was funnier than All in the Family or Mary Tyler Moore or Seinfeld or anything.

The only show in the past three decades that's had me laughing until tears came was Whose Line Is It Anyway? I would still hesitate to call it the funniest tv comedy ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdisnEpp8Rg

Watched a couple of episodes a couple of nights ago - The Last Polka and another one I forget the title of. Holy shit that was funny. We were crying with laughter. Rick Moranis - what a brilliant comedy actor he was!

This turned up on my FB wall this morning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIHWuz7_cJ0&feature=youtu.be

Far from Moranis at this best, but not bad--he's basically stealing from Bill Murray. (I thought at first he was doing Skip Bittman, but the comments say Gerry Todd.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIHWuz7_cJ0

The pronunciation of "Japaneece" is the kind of detail that makes for a perfect performance.

I wish "canadian gaffes and practical amusements" was online

I saw The Passion of Anna last night, which prompted me to look up Whispers of the Wolf on YouTube, which led me to conclude that Count Floyd is the greatest metaphor for teaching grade school ever: you hype a topic--"Oooooh, erosion--this is gonna be so interesting!"--it turns out to be stupefyingly boring, you come back and try to pretend it wasn't, then you just kind of throw your arms up and let loose with an "Ah-Ooooooooooh" as distraction.

haha that is a v good analogy

Yeah, good analogy and good recommendation, thanks.

Nice to hear:

http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2018/11/20/catherine-ohara-awarded-the-order-of-canada/?fbclid=IwAR3ZiGzQ60cbxducL9AemNGpNnOxn9_nmio1P8HxLUVSaCG7zUt91KInYmQ

yikes, Andrea Martin out of the new Taylor Mac play after breaking ribs:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/andrea-martin-injury-prompts-cast-reshuffle-broadways-gary-1191960

oh no, that’s horrible

Andrea is in the new film Diane starring Mary Kay Place though.

Felt like seeing this again. DT's Richard Harris is next-level:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2xWQr4VaUA

kudos to Juul

https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2020/03/02/sctv-designer-juul-haalmeyer-receives-icon-award-from-canadian-costume-alliance-caftcad.html

What's the status of that get-together with Scorsese?

http://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/bob-and-doug-mckenzie-return-to-edmonton-as-statues-during-covid-19/

Topic: global pandemic.