Second City Television

S01E15: Leave It to Beaver

Exorcising, Leave it to Beaver 25th Anniversary Party, PSA:Rip Masters for Children on Booze, Dr Tongue and his Animal Friends

Overview

Second City Television is a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from Toronto's Second City troupe that ran between 1976 and 1984.

Episodes

S01E01 Backstage

September 21, 1976 30 min
The inaugural show introduces several major characters, including Johnny LaRue, Earl Camembert, Floyd Robertson and Moe Green. It features a somewhat tenuous wraparound concept involving LaRue - according to Dave Thomas' book, the running time...

S01E02 Murder At SCTV

October 21, 1976 30 min
Perini Scleroso and Gus Gustofferson's first appearance. Gus is featured in a wraparound concept dealing with the murder of puppeteer Lampeer.

S01E03 Ethnic Humour

November 18, 1976 30 min
Harold Ramis warns viewers that this show contains ethnic slurs, and all the jokes are about the gypsies. From ""Gypsy Mythology"" on Sunrise Semester to the Hints for Homemakers (a gypsy recommends holding up an...

S01E04 Crosswords

30 min
Sammy Maudlin, Sunrise Semester, The $211,000 Triangle, Cooking with LaRue, Backstage, Masterpiece Theatre, Words to Live By

S01E05 Match Unto My Feet

January 13, 1977 30 min
Sunrise Semester, Witness to Yesterday, PSA:So You're Dead...Now What?, Match Unto My Feet, Words to Live By

S01E06 Memoirs of Anton Chekhov

February 10, 1977 30 min
Star Trek comes to the steppes of Russia in a very funny parody of Chekhov. Heavenly Bodies, Mr Science, Masterpiece Theatre, The Memoirs of Anton Chekhov

S01E07 Dialing For Dollars

February 24, 1977 30 min
BEAUTY AND THE BEETS Beauty learns to like beets... the hard way. Beauty and the Beets, Firing Squad, Alice, the Wonder Dog, Dialing for Dollars, Changing Partners

S01E08 Shock Theatre

March 10, 1977 30 min
Dining with LaRue, The Wacky World of Poverty, Eye on Science, Shock Theatre:Early to Bed

S01E09 Philosophy Street

30 min
Good-Bye America, Sunrise Semester, Philosophy Street, Total Women, A Fistful of Ugly, Feedback with Moe Green

S01E10 Therese et Joe

April 7, 1977 30 min
On SCTV News, Floyd Robertson (Joe Flaherty) and Earl Camembert (Eugene Levy) report earthquakes, deli crises, the arms race, and Earl asks terrorists to surrender; Dr Hammond Greer (Dave Thomas) delivers a speech against scientists;...

S01E11 Broads Behind Bars

April 21, 1977 30 min
Broads Behind Bars is a classic, with Candy's over the top prison guard Shultzy ("Lock 'em up, keep 'em down, and work 'em over") and Martin's lifer Kitty ("No Dice!"). Trivia: the crew put real...

S01E12 The Taxidermist

May 5, 1977 30 min
Farm Report, Welcome Back President Kotter, Alistair Cook's Armenia, The Taxidermist

S01E13 Ben Hur

May 19, 1977 30 min
A landmark show, featuring a show-length parody of the film, introduced by Moe Green on Dialing For Dollars. Additional Viewing: William Wyler's 1959 epic Ben-Hur.

S01E14 The Hefty Neil Story

30 min
SCTV Sports Central: The Hefty Neil Story, PSA: Shoplifting

S01E15 Leave It to Beaver

September 26, 1977 30 min
Exorcising, Leave it to Beaver 25th Anniversary Party, PSA:Rip Masters for Children on Booze, Dr Tongue and his Animal Friends

S01E16 Goodbye America

October 3, 1977 30 min
Winning Chess with Borris Morris, PSA:So You're Dead...Now What?, Good-Bye America, Johnny LaRue

S01E17 Galaxy 66

October 10, 1977 30 min
Diving for Dollars, Sunrise Semester, Sci-Fi Theatre: Galaxy 66, Beside the Point, Words to Live By

S01E18 Madame Blitzman

October 17, 1977 30 min
PSA: Re-criminalize Marijuana, Dante's Inferno, Monster Chiller Horror Theatre: Madame Blitzman

S01E19 $129 000 Question

30 min
Wake Up With Alki Stereopolis, PSA: Do Not Remove Tags, The $129,000 Question, Elvira Mad Again Part II, Words to Live By

S01E20 Dr Tongue's House of Wax

30 min
Sunrise Semester, It Was That Way With Keith Hampshire, I Cry Each Day I Die, SCTV Boogie

S01E21 Sammy Maudlin Show

30 min
Paul's Workshop With Paul Fistinyourface, The Sammy Maudlin Show, PSA: Shoplifting, Dialing For Dollars: Sandy Moss

S01E22 World at War

November 14, 1977 30 min
Passport to Adventure:Africa, The World of Mystery: Sandwich on the Orient Express, World at War:Baseball, Lowell Thompson Remembers

S01E23 The Grapes of Mud

November 21, 1977 30 min
Muley's Roundhouse, Promo: Library Police, The Three Dummies: Of Mice and Dummies, SCTV AM News Today: Terrorist Picnic, Commercial: Spray-On Socks, SCTV Movie of the Week: The Grapes of Mud Part, Commercial: Mrs Prickley's Jams...

S01E24 Officer Friendly

November 28, 1977 30 min
Message from Moe: License Suspended, A.M. Little America with Tom Brokraw, Promo: Dan Money, SCTV AM News Today: Mafia Interview, Commercial: Civil Engineering, Officer Friendly, Promo: The Undersea World of Marcel Cousteau, Promo: Masterpiece Theatre:...

S01E25 King of the Popes

30 min
Commercial: Tiny Tops, Morning Facial with Princess Carlotta, Promo: Check Please, Promo: The Man Who Would Be King of the Popes, Commercial: Mr. Coffee-Table Book from Venerable Electric, The Uncle Earl Show, Promo: Harry Filth,...

S01E26 Lust for Paint

December 12, 1977 30 min
Dialing for Dollars: Lust For Paint features a show-length parody of Moulin Rouge, with promos for celebrity tattletales and the Babe Ruth story

Cast

Joe Flaherty
Joe Flaherty
Self - Various Characters
Eugene Levy
Eugene Levy
Self - Various Characters
Andrea Martin
Andrea Martin
Self - Various Characters
Martin Short
Martin Short
Self - Various Characters
John Hemphill
Self - Various Characters
Mary Charlotte Wilcox
Mary Charlotte Wilcox
Self - Various Characters

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