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Second City Television

  • 1976–1984
  • 6 seasons
  • Comedy
  • 7.8

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

Episodes

18 episodes
  1. 1Maudlin O' the Night

    45 minNov 22, 1983

    (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.

  2. 2Gimme Jackie / Australia

    45 minDec 6, 1983

    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.

  3. 3It's a Wonderful Film

    45 minDec 20, 1983

    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.

  4. 4The Date Debate / Scary Previews

    45 minJan 3, 1984

    Count Floyd and Woody Tobias Jr co-host a new movie review show, Scary Previews

  5. 5You're On / Das Boobs

    45 minJan 17, 1984

    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.

  6. 6Stars In One: Bob Hope / Happy Hour

    45 minJan 31, 1984

    "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.

  7. 7Stalag SCTV

    45 minFeb 14, 1984

    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.

  8. 8Diary of a Female Person / Happy Hour

    45 minFeb 28, 1984

    Happy Hour shows another episode of Six Gun Justice, and Brock Linehan features Libby Wolfson's struggles to produce her new film.

  9. 9Just For Fun / Black Like Vic

    45 minMar 13, 1984

    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.

  10. 10Youth, Do They Give A Damn or What? / Happy Hour

    45 minMar 27, 1984

    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.

  11. 11Allenscam

    45 minApr 10, 1984

    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.

  12. 12Oliver Grimley

    45 minApr 24, 1984

    Cheryl Kinsey does a live show, while Ed Grimley, does Oliver Twist

  13. 132009, Jupiter and Beyond

    45 minMay 8, 1984

    Sci-Fi movie 2009, Jupiter and Beyond

  14. 14Half Wits / Save the World Parade

    45 minMay 22, 1984

    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."

  15. 15Jackie Rogers, Jr. for President / Happy Hour

    45 minJun 5, 1984

    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.

  16. 16Celebrity Fairie Tayles / Canadian Gaffes and Practical Amusements

    45 minJun 19, 1984

    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

  17. 17You're On / Happy Hour

    45 minJul 3, 1984

    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.

  18. 18Pledge Week

    45 minJul 17, 1984

    Various SCTV characters host a pledge drive for the network as it goes bankrupt.

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Series cast

Eugene LevySelf - Various Characters136 episodes
Andrea MartinSelf - Various Characters136 episodes
Joe FlahertySelf - Various Characters109 episodes
Dave ThomasSelf - Various Characters106 episodes
John CandySelf - Various Characters92 episodes
Catherine O'HaraSelf - Various Characters80 episodes
Rick MoranisSelf - Various Characters53 episodes
Martin ShortSelf - Various Characters30 episodes
John HemphillSelf - Various Characters30 episodes
Mary Charlotte WilcoxSelf - Various Characters30 episodes
Harold RamisSelf - Various Characters27 episodes
Robin DukeSelf - Various Characters26 episodes
Tony RosatoSelf - Various Characters26 episodes
Ralph RichardsonSelf1 episode
John GielgudSelf1 episode
Steven KampmannBlack Bart1 episode
Monica ParkerSpecial Guest1 episode
Jayne Eastwood1 episode

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