SCTV Review: Mel's Rock Pile - MacArthur Park (3-23) / Dick Cavett (3-24)

SCTV Review: Mel's Rock Pile - MacArthur Park (3-23) / Dick Cavett (3-24)

“Mel’s Rock Pile - MacArthur Park” sketches include “Sunrise Semester: Greek Travel”, “Message From Prickley: Mel’s Rock Pile”, “Promo: Jackie Stewart’s Wide World of High Voices”, “Exercise Is Easy”, “Kanadian Korner” and “Mel’s Rock Pile”.

“Dick Cavett” sketches include “Cooking With Marcello”, “Kanadian Korner”, “Promo: Fish ‘N Chips”, “Logos Galore”, “Monster Chiller Horror Theatre” and “The Dick Cavett Show”.

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SCTV Review: The Mating Game (3-21) / Gene Shalit's America (3-22)

SCTV Review: The Mating Game (3-21) / Gene Shalit's America (3-22)

“The Mating Game” sketches include “Promo: Starting Out with Bill Needle”, “Eskimo Arts”, “Message From Prickley: The Mating Game”, “Kanadian Korner”, “Promo: Taxi Driver”, “SCTV News” and “The Mating Game”.

“Gene Shalit’s America” sketches include “Sunrise Semester: Societal Behavior”, “American Express”, “SCTV Special News Report”, “Kanadian Korner”, “SCTV News”, “Comment with David Brinkley”, “Gene Shalit’s America” and “Dialing For Dollars”.

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

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)

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

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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