SCTV Review: Midnight Express Special (3-19) / Cookery Crock (3-20)

SCTV Review: Midnight Express Special (3-19) / Cookery Crock (3-20)

“Midnight Express Special” sketches include “Sunrise Semester: Basic Photography”, “Mamorex Video Tape”, “Kanadian Korner”, “Promo: Tomorrow, Today, Tonight”, “Bill Needle’s Mailbag”, “Message From Guy: Midnight Express Special”, and “Midnight Express Special”.

“Cookery Crock” sketches include “Sunrise Semester: Disasters In The Home”, “Nasex Nasal Deodorant”, “Bill Needle’s Mailbag”, “Kanadian Korner”, “Promo: The Freddie De Cordova Show”, “Cookery Crock” and “Quincy: Cartoon Coroner”.

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SCTV Review: Two-Way TV (3-17) / Alpha Channel (3-18)

SCTV Review: Two-Way TV (3-17) / Alpha Channel (3-18)

“Two-Way TV” sketches include “Sunrise Semester: Astrology”, “Promo: Monster Chiller Horror Theatre”, “Kanadian Korner”, “SCTV News”, “Comment with David Brinkley”, “Promo: Cruisin’ Gourmet”, “Two-Way TV”, “Bill Needle’s Mailbag”, “Promo: Crazy Crafts”, and “Sermonette: Rabbi Karlov”.

“Alpha Channel” sketches include “Gordon Lightfoot Sings Every Song Ever Written”, “Cooking With Marcello”, “Kanadian Korner”, “Crazy Crafts”, “Message From Guy: Alpha Channel”, “Promo: Alpha Channel”, “Bill Needle’s Mailbag”, and “Dialing For Dollars”.

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SCTV Review: The Irwin Allen Show (3-15) / Big Brother (3-16)

SCTV Review: The Irwin Allen Show (3-15) / Big Brother (3-16)

“The Irwin Allen Show” sketches include “Men On Women”, “Message From Guy: Men On Women”, “Kanadian Korner”, “Cooking With Marcello”, “Promo: Taxi Driver”, “Bill Needle’s Mailbag”, “Message From Guy: The Irwin Allen Show”, and “The Irwin Allen Show”.

“Big Brother” sketches include “Got A Minute?”, “Kanadian Korner”, “Promo: Taxi Driver”, “Message From Guy: The New Year”, “Message From Prickley: The New Year”, “SCTV New Year’s Eve Party 1983”, “Komrade Kangaroo”, “Comrade Allen”, “Promo: Doublethink”, and “The Praise Big Brother Show”.

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SCTV Review: Star Wars (3-13) / Hollywood Salutes Its Extras (3-14)

SCTV Review: Star Wars (3-13) / Hollywood Salutes Its Extras (3-14)

“Star Wars” sketches include “Sunrise Semester: Do-It-Yourself Advertising”, “Promo: Chick Monk: Roadie For The Defense”, “Kanadian Korner”, “SCTV News”, “Joni Mitchell’s For Dogs Only”, “Bill Needle’s Mailbag”, “SCTV Premiere: Star Wars”, and “Dialing For Dollars”.

“Hollywood Salutes Its Extras” sketches include “Message From Prickley: Extras”, “Mamorex Cassette Tape”, “Bill Needle’s Mailbag”, “Promo: Taxi Driver”, “Kanadian Korner”, “Howard’s Bristol Cream”, “Sneak Previews”, “Promo: Hawaii Five-Ho”, “Hollywood Salutes Its Extras”, and “Promo: White Man, Black Girl”.

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SCTV Review: The Sammy Maudlin Show (3-11) / Night Gallery (3-12)

SCTV Review: The Sammy Maudlin Show (3-11) / Night Gallery (3-12)

“The Sammy Maudlin Show” sketches include “Sunrise Semester: Glamour”, “Message From Prickley: The Sammy Maudlin Show”, “Kanadian Korner”, “Promo: Stretch Your Arm”, “Ronny Barrett’s Sports”, “Promo: Taxi Driver”, “Totacontrol”, “Message From Guy: Urgent Announcement”, and “The Sammy Maudlin Show”.

“Night Gallery” sketches include “Crazy Crafts”, “Kanadian Korner”, “Promo: Tom Snyder MD”, “SCTV News”, “Grizzly Abrams”, “Hugh Betcha’s Night Gallery”, and “Signoff: The National Anthem”.

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SCTV Review: Man's Ability To Imitate (3-9) / Mel's Rock Pile (3-10)

SCTV Review: Man's Ability To Imitate (3-9) / Mel's Rock Pile (3-10)

“Man’s Ability To Imitate” sketches include “Sunrise Semester: Man’s Ability To Imitate”, “PSA: Concerned Children for Truth in Advertising / National Organization to Reinstate Cigarette Advertising”, “Kanadian Korner”, “Promo: Monster Chiller Horror Theatre”, “Promo: Sea Talk”, “SCTV News”, “Comment with David Brinkley”, “Promo: The Invisible Man”, and “Cooking With Marcello”.

“Mel’s Rock Pile” sketches include: “Promo: Shakespeare In The Park”, “Cheryl Kinsey: Traveling Sexologist”, “Kanadian Korner”, “Promo: The Merv Griffin Show”, “Message From Guy: Viewer Mail”, “PSA: Participaction”, “Promo: Flashing Eyes”, and “Mel’s Rock Pile”.

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SCTV Review: Play It Again, Bob (3-7) / Gaslight (3-8)

SCTV Review: Play It Again, Bob (3-7) / Gaslight (3-8)

“Play It Again, Bob” sketches include “Message From Prickley: Play It Again, Bob”, “Promo: The Trial of Oscar Wilde”, “Kanadian Korner”, “Roto-Rooster”, “SCTV News” and “Play It Again, Bob”.

“Gaslight” sketches include “Sunrise Semester: Conversational Scottish”, “Promo: Chick Monk, Roadie Marriage Counselor”, “Kanadian Korner”, “Dick Cavett”, “Gaslight”, and “Sermonette: “Father” Raoul Wilson”.

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SCTV Review: Death Motel (3-5) / The Lone Ranger Show (3-6)

SCTV Review: Death Motel (3-5) / The Lone Ranger Show (3-6)

“Death Motel” sketches include “Sunrise Semester: Communicating in Italian”, “Bubie’s Chicken Medication”, “Kanadian Korner”, “Edna’s Back”, “Promo: Danny Eubanks: Seminarian/Rookie Cop”, “Monster Chiller Horror Theatre” and “Death Motel”.

“The Lone Ranger Show” sketches include “Sunrise Semester: Conversational New Yorkese”, “Tex and Edna Boil’s Organ Emporium”, “Kanadian Korner”, “Promo: Donohue”, “60/20”, “Message From Guy: Satellite Orbit”, “PSA: Foster Boss”, and “The Lone Ranger Show”.

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SCTV Review: Death Of A Salesman (3-3) / My Factory, My Self (3-4)

SCTV Review: Death Of A Salesman (3-3) / My Factory, My Self (3-4)

“Death Of A Salesman” sketches include “Words To Live By: Rabbi Karlov”, “Promo: Elvis ‘N Costello”, “Kanadian Korner”, “Melba’s Disco Jeans”, “SCTV News”, “Crazy Crafts”, “Message From Guy: Live Theatre”, and “SCTV Live Theatre: Death Of A Salesman”.

“My Factory, My Self” sketches include “Promo: The Young and the Wrestling”, “Money Talks with Brian Johns”, “Kanadian Korner”, “Promo: Make Me Barf”, “Dialing For Dollars” and “My Factory, My Self”.

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SCTV Review: Lee A. Iacocca's Rock Concert (3-1) / Thursday Night Live (3-2)

SCTV Review: Lee A. Iacocca's Rock Concert (3-1) / Thursday Night Live (3-2)

“Lee A. Iacocca’s Rock Concert” sketches include “Message From Prickley: Rock Concert”, “Promo: Rhoda”, “Promo: My Fair Lady”, “Kanadian Korner”, “SCTV News”, “Promo: My Life, One More Time” and “Lee A. Iacocca’s Rock Concert”.

“Thursday Night Live” sketches include “Message From Guy: Thursday Night”, “Thursday Night Live”, “Kanadian Korner”, “Promo: Dat’s Da Name Of Dat Tune”, “Promo: Bittman Does Dallas”, “K-Tel’s Fast-Talking Playhouse”, “Promo: Guy Friday”, “Half-Legs”, and “Point/Counterpoint”.

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SCTV Review: Dining With LaRue (2-23) / The Flaming Turkey (2-24)

SCTV Review: Dining With LaRue (2-23) / The Flaming Turkey (2-24)

“Dining With LaRue” sketches include “Promo: Take The Money And Run”, “Raised By Geese”, “Big Giant Restaurant”, “Relaxing With Raoul”, “National Council of Antique and Restricted Automatic Weapons”, and “Dining With LaRue”.

“The Flaming Turkey” sketches include “The Two Goofs Grocery Store”, “PSA: Mental Illness”, “Insights with Hugh Betcha”, “Promo: Meet The Pawnbroker”, “SCTV News” “Polardak ESP-1 Camera”, “Firing Squad” and “SCTV Big Cultural Event: The Flaming Turkey”.

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SCTV Review: Pipeline (2-21) / Consumer Action Line (2-22)

SCTV Review: Pipeline (2-21) / Consumer Action Line (2-22)

“Pipeline” sketches include “Passport To Adventure”, “Promo: Tax Advice”, “SCTV News Bulletin”, “Taps No-Name Supermarket”, “The Doctor Braino Hour”, and “Pipeline”.

“Consumer Action Line” sketches include “Promo: The Young Weasels”, “Fireside Chat”, “Simple Touch Whitener”, “Tex and Edna Boil’s Organ Emporium”, “Family Crisis”, “Graft Cheese”, and “SCTV News”.

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SCTV Review: On The Waterfront Again (2-19) / SCTV Disco (2-20)

SCTV Review: On The Waterfront Again (2-19) / SCTV Disco (2-20)

“On The Waterfront Again” features a show-length episode of “The Sammy Maudlin Show”, where Bobby Bittman (Eugene Levy) discusses his remake of On The Waterfront starring himself, Lola Heatherton (Catherine O’Hara) and Lin Ye Tang (Dave Thomas). Also includes commercials for “Chet Vet, The Dead Pet Remover”, “LaRue Toys”, and “Evelynn Wolf School Of Speed Eating”.

“SCTV Disco” sketches include “Promo: The Butch Grant Show”, “Oil of Oil”, “Promo: Those Two Zany Ambulance Drivers”, “Promo: Women Say The Darndest Things”, “Ronko Wiener Skinner”, “Tex and Edna Boil’s Organ Emporium”, “SCTV News”, “Captain O’Shaunessy Table Top Smoke Alarm”, and “SCTV Disco”.

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SCTV Review: Rock Concert (2-17) / Fantasy Island (2-18)

SCTV Review: Rock Concert (2-17) / Fantasy Island (2-18)

“Rock Concert” sketches include “Cooking With Prickley”, “Tex and Edna Boil’s Organ Emporium”, “Promo: Masterpiece Theatre”, “Mind Games”, “SCTV News”, “PSA: Stop Smoking”, “Masterpiece Wigs”, “SCTV Mail Bag with Bob Clark”, and “Rock Concert”.

“Fantasy Island” features a show-length parody of the 1977-84 ABC-TV series, as well as a commercial for the “Ronco No-Sweat Sauna Air Conditioner”.

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SCTV Review: Fighting Air Dogs (2-15) / Death Takes No Holiday (2-16)

SCTV Review: Fighting Air Dogs (2-15) / Death Takes No Holiday (2-16)

“Fighting Air Dogs” sketches include “Promo: Undercover Policewoman”, “SCTV News”, “Daylea Yogurt”, “Promo: Masterpiece Theatre”, “Mike’s Mercenaries”, and “SCTV Movie Of The Week: Fighting Air Dogs Over The Pacific”.

“Death Takes No Holiday” sketches include “The Amazing Kretin”, “The Heys Of Our Lives”, “SCTV News”, “Phil’s Nails”, and “William Castle Presents: Agatha Christie’s Death Takes No Holiday”.

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SCTV Review: Bad Acting in Hollywood (2-13) / Alfred Hitchcock Presents (2-14)

SCTV Review: Bad Acting in Hollywood (2-13) / Alfred Hitchcock Presents (2-14)

“Bad Acting In Hollywood” sketches include “Promo: Donohue In The Morning”, “Sid Dithers: Private Eye”, “Promo: U.F.O. Sharkey”, “Enough About Me”, “Promo: Fish Police”, “Biller Hi-Lite” and “Bad Acting In Hollywood with Tom Boslee”.

“Alfred Hitchcock Presents” sketches include “Only For Women”, “SCTV Movie Of The Week: Hats Of The West”, “Promo: Consumer Concern”, “Long Distance”, “SCTV Sports Special Presentation: Melonville Snooker Championships”, “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “The Devil’s Towering 10-G Upsidedown Inferno”.

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SCTV Review: SCTV 30th Anniversary Show (2-11) / The Occult (2-12)

SCTV Review: SCTV 30th Anniversary Show (2-11) / The Occult (2-12)

“SCTV 30th Anniversary Show” features station personalities in a show-length special, with clips of the HUAC hearings, westerns, and the panel show “What’s My Shoesize?”.

“The Occult” sketches include “Mr. Science with Johnny LaRue”, “SCTV News”, “Fireside Chat with Mayor Tommy Shanks”, “4th Degree”, “Monster Chiller Horror Theatre: Whispers Of The Wolf”, and “Words To Live By: Mulciber Arimaspians”.

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SCTV Review: Undersea World (2-9) / Edith Prickley: Station Manager (2-10)

SCTV Review: Undersea World (2-9) / Edith Prickley: Station Manager (2-10)

“Undersea World” sketches include “Me and You and Yoga and Me”, “High Q”, “LaRue Towers”, “Marriage Counsellor”, “Botch and Lamb Soft Contact Lenses” and “Jacques Cousteau’s Undersea World”.

“Edith Prickley: Station Manager” sketches include “Shoot At The Stars”, “SCTV News”, “Message From Guy: Edith Prickley”, “Jaws 23 Part 1”, “Sunrise Semester: Town Pride”, “Promo: Sore Losers”, and “Words To Live By: Edith Prickley”.

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SCTV Review: Arabs (2-7) / Happy Endings (2-8)

SCTV Review: Arabs (2-7) / Happy Endings (2-8)

“Arabs” sketches include “Message From Guy”, “Farm Film Report”, “The Millionaire”, “Falcons and Oysters”, “Speaking Of Talk with Lou Jaffee”, “Grease from LaRue Enterprises”, and “How The Middle East Was Won”.

“Happy Endings” sketches include “The Mirthmakers with Orsan Welles”, “SCTV News”, “Modular Shoe Kit from K-Tel”, “Chinese Fairy Tales with Lin Ye Tang”, “Triple Feature Movie” and “Pit Stop Deodorant”.

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SCTV Review: Writer Strike (2-5) / Municipal Election (2-6)

SCTV Review: Writer Strike (2-5) / Municipal Election (2-6)

“Writer Strike” sketches include “Restless Doctors”, “SCTV News Bulletin”, “Master Ralph Roister Doister”, “Palmoval”, “SCTV News”, “LaRue By Night”, “Harlett Romances”, and “Ernest Kirsch, SCTV Writer”.

“Municipal Election” sketches include “Johnny LaRue for City Council”, “SCTV Election Central”, “Promo: One Is Enough” and “Career Home Study”.

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