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SCTV Review: The Kidnapping of Moe Green (2-3) / SCTV Solid Gold Telethon (2-4)

“The Kidnapping of Moe Green” sketches include “SCTV Editorial”, “Donna”, “Promo: Master Sergeant Chef”, “SCTV News”, “Cup ‘N Soup”, “Petty Claims Court”, “Linkin Mercurry: Dali Edition”, “K-Tel Dali Car Stash Wax”, “SCTV Movie Of The Week: Nice Kids From Hell”, and “SCTV News Bulletin”.

“SCTV Solid Gold Telethon” features a show-length telethon hosted by Sammy Maudlin (Joe Flaherty), Bobby Bittman (Eugene Levy), and Johnny LaRue (John Candy), with commercials for “Beef and Booze Restaurant” and “Max Lax”.

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SCTV Review: Premiere (2-1) / Bob Hope Desert Classic (2-2)

“Premiere” sketches include “SCTV Editorial”, “Ernest Kirsch, SCTV Writer”, “Promo: Lola Heatherton in Concert”, “Promo: The Love Craft”, “Waterspray from Pocketpic”, “SCTV News”, “Words To Live By: Rev. Ernest Kirsch”, “The Incredible Bulk”, “Moxwell House Decaffeinated Coffee”, and “Feedback”.

“Bob Hope Desert Classic” sketches include “Promo: Monster Chiller Horror Theatre: The House of Cats”, “SCTV Sports Central”, “Delay”, “Betty Bain: Professional Juror”, “Masterpiece Theatre: Naughty Chambermaids”, and “Bob Hope Desert Classic”.

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SCTV Review: The Man Who Would Be King of the Popes (1-25) / Lust For Paint (1-26) / US-only sketches

“The Man Who Would Be King of the Popes” sketches include “Tiny Tops”, “Morning Facial with Princess Carlotta”, “Promo: Check Please”, “The Man Who Would Be King of the Popes”, “Mr. Coffee Table Book from Venerable Electric”, “The Uncle Earl Show”. “Harry Filth”, “Insights”, “Get Tough”, “Grumbles on Route 41”, and “Enough About Me”.

“Lust For Paint” features a show-length parody of Moulin Rouge hosted by Moe Green (Harold Ramis). Also includes promos for “Celebrity Tattletales” and “The Babe Ruth Story”.

As well, reviews of five sketches which only appeared in the original Rhodes syndication package for the United States: “Sunrise Semester: Beekeeping with Lin Ye Tang”, “Dining With LaRue: Jimmy’s Parthenon”, “Sports World”, “Consultation with Dr. Jake Sloan” and “Challenge My Sermonette”.

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SCTV Review: The Grapes of Mud (1-23) / Officer Friendly (1-24)

“The Grapes of Mud” sketches include “Muley’s Roundhouse”, “The Three Dummies: Of Mice And Dummies”, “SCTV AM News Today”, “The Grapes of Mud” and “Disco Farming”.

“Officer Friendly” sketches include “Message From Moe”, “A.M. Little America”, “Promo: Dan Money” “SCTV AM News Today”, “Civil Engineering”, “Officer Friendly”, “Promo: The Undersea World of Marcel Cousteau”, “Promo: Masterpiece Theatre: All The Long-Leggedy Beasties”, and “Dream Interpretation.

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SCTV Review: The Sammy Maudlin Show (1-21) / World at War (1-22)

“The Sammy Maudlin Show” sketches include “Counterattack”, “Paul’s Workshop with Paul Fistinyerface”, “Promo: Baretta’s Bird”, “SCTV AM News Today”, “Promo: James Whitmore Tonight”, “The Sammy Maudlin Show”, and “Dialing For Dollars”.

“World At War” sketches include “Head and Chest”, “Passport To Adventure”, “Promo: Klagg”, “The World of Mystery: Sandwich On The Orient Express”, “Sleepfast”, “World At War”, “Staywhite Toothpaste”, and “Lowell Thompson Remembers”.

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SCTV Review: The $129,000 Question (1-19) / SCTV Boogie (1-20)

“The $129,000 Question” sketches include “Dr. Benson, The Credit Psychiatrist”, “Wake Up with Alki Stereopolis”, “Fluffy Puff Toilet Paper”, “SCTV AM News Today”, “PSA: Tags”, “Promo: Fat Masterson: Private Eye”, “The $129,000 Question”, “The Point from Schickette”, “Elvira Mad Again Part II”, “Don Perignon” and “Words to Live By: Father Chick Murphy”.

“SCTV Boogie” sketches include “Attention Span Booklet”, “Sunrise Semester: Meteorology 101”, “Promo: Mick Mason: Police Photographer”, “It Was That Way with Keith Hampshire”, “Join the Shelley People”, “Pocket Belt, Pocket Hat, and Spare Sock Caddy”, “I Cry Each Day I Die”, “Promo: Monster Chiller Horror Theatre - Dr. Tongue’s Evil House of Wax”, and “SCTV Boogie”.

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SCTV Review: Galaxy 66 (1-17) / Madame Blitzman (1-18)

“Galaxy 66” sketches include “Diving For Dollars”, “Sunrise Semester: Elevator Conversation”, “Serfs”, “Sci-Fi Theatre with Bradley Omar”, “Promo: To Tell The Truth”, “Mrs. Prickley’s Jams, Jellies and Preserves”, “Promo: Swish Buckler”, “Pyramid Power”, “Beside The Point”, “Bald & Brassy” and “Words To Live By: Dr. Bradley Omar”.

“Madame Blitzman” sketches include “PSA: Recriminalize Marijuana”, “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”, “Dante’s Inferno”, “Filips Milk of Amnesia”, “SCTV AM News Today”, “Promo: Meatball Heroes”, “Monster Chiller Horror Theatre: Madame Blitzman”, “Venerable Electric” and “SCTV News Bulletin: Tornado Warning”

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SCTV Review: Leave It To Beaver (1-15) / Good-Bye America (1-16)

“Leave It To Beaver” sketches include “Promo: Library Police”, “Exorcising with Reagan Blair”, “SCTV AM News Today”, “Chickadee Chickette Chicken-Style Loaf”, “Leave It To Beaver 25th Anniversary Party”, “Quick-Wash Dish Laundry”, “PSA: Children on Booze”, “Blind Fists of the Furious Dragon”, “Dr. Tongue and his Animal Friends”, “Family Detective” and “Dialing For Dollars: Three Jerks and a Gal”.

“Good-Bye America” sketches include “Nothing”, “Winning Chess with Boris Morris”, “SCTV AM News Today”, “20 Depressing Hits by Connie Franklin”, “PSA: Warning Signs”, “Good-Bye America” and “Sex”.

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SCTV Review: Ben-Hur (1-13) / The Hefty Neil Story (1-14)

“Ben-Hur” features a show-length parody of the 1959 epic hosted by Moe Green (Harold Ramis). Also includes commercials for “Bill and Mike Dolls”, “Masquerade Funeral”, “Top Secret” and “Tobacco Paste”

“The Hefty Neil Story” features the titular parody of Rocky as part of SCTV Sports Central’s coverage of the heavyweight championship. Also includes commercials for “Those Funny Guys”, “SCTV News”, “50 Psalms” and back-to-back drama series “Emergency Orderly” and “Court Clerk”.

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SCTV Review: Broads Behind Bars (1-11) / The Taxidermist (1-12)

“Broads Behind Bars” sketches include “Three Mariners”, “Sunrise Semester: Do-It-Yourself Home Dentistry”, “SCTV News: Helsinki Trip”, “Dining with LaRue: The Scorched Earth”, “Broads Behind Bars” and “Promo: An Evening with Col. Sanders”. Tabby Johnson and Judith Dagley also appear.

“The Taxidermist” sketches include “Nuclear Sized Baggys”, “Farm Report”, “Welcome Back President Kotter”, “Promo: The Glass Menagerie”, “Alistair Cook’s Armenia”, “SCTV Mystery Movie of the Week: The Taxidermist”, “20 Depressing Hits by Connie Franklin”, and “SCTV News: Earl’s Coughing Fit”.

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SCTV Review: Philosophy Street (1-9) / Therese et Joe (1-10)

“Philosophy Street” sketches include “Good-Bye America”, “Sunrise Semester: Self Defense for Women”, “Promo: Bath Talk”, “SCTV AM News Today: Taped Music”, “Philosophy Street”, “S&M Airlines”, “Total Woman with Cassie Mackerel”, “SCTV Movie of the Week: A Fistful of Ugly”, “Longjeans G-11 Watch”, and “Feedback with Moe Green”.

“Therese et Joe” sketches include “SCTV News: New Deli”, “Sunrise Semester: Political Sciences 101”, “Robco Up-Your-Nose Pollution Filter”, “SCTV News: Action Line / Nutrition Report”, “Dining with LaRue: Tang Gardens”, “Silver Bullet Suppositories”, “Northern Ireland Perspective ‘77 with Lou Jaffe”, “Painfree and Staybrite”, “SCTV Foreign Film of the Week: Therese et Joe”, and “SCTV PM News: Terrorism Commentary”

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SCTV Review: Dialing For Dollars (1-7) / Shock Theatre (1-8)

“Dialing For Dollars” sketches include: “Homelier You”, “An SCTV Before School Special: Beauty and the Beets”, “SCTV AM News Today”, “The Laser-Matic”, “Firing Squad”, “Famous Philosophers’ School”, “Alice, The Wonder Dog”, “Dialing For Dollars: Changing Partners”, “Evelyn Woods Speed Talking School” and “Promo: 15 Minutes”. Chris Boddie also appears.

“Shock Theatre” sketches include “Discretion Warning”, “Promo: Extreme Close-Up”, “Dining With LaRue: Rico’s Trattoria”, “50 Practical Jokes”, “The Wacky World of Poverty”, “Alpro Dog Food”, “Eye on Science”, “Promo: A Fistful of Ugly”, “Shock Theatre”, and “Promo: Margot Fontaine at the Russian National Circus". Donald Cowper also appears

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SCTV Review: Match Unto My Feet (1-5) / Memoirs of Anton Chekhov (1-6)

“Match Unto My Feet” sketches include: “Promo: Baa, Baa, Black and White Sheep”, “Sunrise Semester: Faking Orgasms with Dr. Cheryl Kinsey”, “Promo: It’s An Unusual World, Isn’t It?”, “Witness to Yesterday”, “SCTV AM News Today: Earl In San Francisco”, “Amanda II Microwave Oven”, “PSA: Warning Signs”, “Match Unto My Feet”, “Promo: AC/DC” and “Words to Live By: Father John Duffy”. Brenda Donohue also appears.

“Memoirs of Anton Chekhov” includes “Labrador Slugger”, “SCTV AM News Today: Earl Asleep”, “Heavenly Bodies”, “Mr. Science”, “The House of Beauty”, “SCTV News Today: Alternative Perspectives”, “Cornabix”, “Masterpiece Theatre: Three Plays”, “Hooker Handbook”, “The Memoirs of Anton Chekhov”, “Plainclothes Mountie” and “SCTV PM News Today: Floyd breaks up”. Donald Cowper, Jayne Eastwood and Monica Parker also appear.

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SCTV Review: Ethnic Humor (1-3) / Crosswords (1-4)

“Ethnic Humor” sketches include “Disclaimer”, “Sunrise Semester: Humanities 196 with Dr. Ernest Bruter”, “The Leutonian Hour”, “Promo: Plainclothes Mountie”, “Out-Patient”, “Hints for Homemakers”, “North American Stethoscopy Institute”, “Theatre North American”, “Golden Hits of the 11th Century” and “Words to Live By: Dr. Ernest Bruter”.

“Crosswords” sketches include “The Sammy Maudlin Show”, “Sunrise Semester: Classical Greek with Alki Stereopoulos”, “Spray-On Socks”, “The $211,000 Triangle”, “Cooking with LaRue”, “Backstage”, “Masterpiece Theatre: Crosswords”, “Promo: The Exorcist of Oz”, “Shakespeare’s Greatest Jokes”, and “Words to Live By: Father Michael Meyer”

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SCTV Review: Backstage (1-1) / Murder at SCTV (1-2)

“Backstage” sketches include: “The Laser-Matic”, “Sunrise Semester: Bookkeeping with Moe Green”, “Promo: Unnecessary Surgeon & Malpractice Lawyer”, “The Johnny LaRue Show”, “SCTV AM News Today: Big News/Little News”, “The Evelyn Woods Speed Talking School”, “Backstage”, “Stop Those Depressing Ads”, “Masterpiece Theatre: The Girls of Vienna”, “SCTV PM News”, and “Words To Live By: Joni Newton Buffy”

“Murder at SCTV” sketches include “Swami Bananananda”, “Captain Combat”, “Fat Chance for the Sub-Sahara”, “English For Beginners”, “SCTV AM News Today”, “Stan Musial’s Greatest Hits”, “Sale of the Century”, “Gus Gusstofferson: Security Guard”, “SCTV Movie of the Week: Wara, Wara, Wara” and “SCTV PM News”

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