Sketches include “BushWhacked!”, “The NFL Today”, “Democratic Debate 88”, “Mother-In-Law II”, “Not An Actress”, “Master Thespian”, and “The Garden”. Robbie Robertson performs “Testimony” and “Somewhere Down The Crazy River” with Maria McKee and the BoDeans.
Read More“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”.
Read MoreSketches include “Pumping Up With Hans & Franz”, “Proud Dad”, “Learning To Feel”, “Robin Jr.”, “The 8th Annual ACE Awards”, “Discover” and “I Wuv You”. James Taylor performs “Never Die Young”, “Sweet Potato Pie”, and “That Lonesome Road”.
Read More“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”.
Read MoreSketches include “30th Birthday Party”, “Castaways”, “Master Thespian”, “Still Sweeneys”, “Subway”, “Pumping Up With Hans & Franz”, “Succinctly Speaking”, “Season’s Greetings”, “Texas Diner”, and “Speech To The Future”. Linda Ronstadt performs “Los Laureles” and “La Cigarra” with The Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, and “Under African Skies” with Paul Simon.
Read More“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”.
Read MoreSketches include “Translator”, “Stewardess”, “Donahue”, “Wedgie Fever!”, “Christmas Party”, “Police Women”, “The Assimilated Jew’s Hanukkah” and “Drunk Man”. Buster Poindexter performs “Hot Hot Hot” with The Banshees of Blue and the Uptown Horns. David Gilmour performs “Song For My Sara” with the SNL Band.
Read More“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”.
Read MoreSketches include “Gorbachev/Reagan”, “Handi-Off”, “At The Movies”, “Church Chat”, “Jungle Room”, “Mona Lisa”, “Ann Landers Playhouse” and “Doorman”. Bryan Ferry performs “The Right Stuff” and “Kiss And Tell” with Johnny Marr.
Read More“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”.
Read MoreSketches include “A Message From The Vice-President”, “Pumping Up With Hans & Franz”, “Anne Boleyn”, “Manufacturers of Machine Part Components United To Save Our Courts”, “Ching Change”, “Mayflower Madam”, “Country Through And Through”, “Thought Bubbles”, and “Peeping Tom”. Cher performs “We All Sleep Alone” and “I Found Someone” with Paul Shaffer & The World’s Most Dangerous Band.
Read More“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”.
Read MoreSketches include “The Rolling Paper Chase”, “Compulsion”, “Death Be Not Deadly”, “The Mountain Man”, “Sweeney’s Comeback”, “Out Of Gas”, “Andre & Rex: Macho Hairstylists”, “BeautyBath”, and “Mysterious Old Man”. Simply Red performs “The Right Thing” and “Suffer”.
Read More“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”.
Read MoreSketches include “Lifestyles of the Rich, Famous and Scary”, “Fiber”, “The Winning Spirit”, “Don’t Go Down To The Basement”, “Scoutmaster”, “Marriage Counselor”, “Count Dracula, Self-Taught Auto Mechanic”, “The Pat Stevens Show”, “Mascots”, and “Stockbroker”. The Cars perform “Strap Me In” and “Double Trouble”. Special guest appearance by Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (Cassandra Peterson).
Read More“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”.
Read MoreSketches include “Fatal Attraction II”, “Wall Street Week”, “Church Chat”, “Pitman And Bullock”, “Teeny Cafe”, “After The Date”, “Discover”, “Joey Comes Home”, and “Cat Dentist”. LL Cool J performs “Go Cut Creator Go”. The Pull performs “This & That”.
Read More“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”.
Read MoreSketches include “White House Dinner”, “Gary Hart”, “Common Knowledge”, “The NFL Today”, “Slide Whistles”, “Bullets Aren’t Cheap”, “Free Speaking”, “Adventures In The Lost Realm”, and “Pumping Up with Hans & Franz”. Sting performs “We’ll Be Together” and “Little Wing”.
Read More“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”.
Read MorePersonal website of photographer and writer Bronwyn Douwsma.
I’m on the bus. It’s too early to be human and I haven’t had my coffee yet so I don’t really want to do much; maybe read or listen to music, things that help tune out the other people or the monotony of the commute. When I leave the suburbs, it's usually dark. I sometimes look out the windows, but more to see how far I’ve traveled than at anything interesting. By the time I arrive downtown, I can see the sun coming up over the harbour.
The year is winding down. I’m preparing to go to New Brunswick for my regular Christmas visit with the family; my travel arrangements up there have all been taken care of. I haven’t bothered with Christmas shopping yet; my cash flow was a little tight until my last paycheque came in, and my tolerance for the malls has dropped over the years. Everything costs too much money now.
“The Cisco Kid” sketches include “Message From Prickley: The Cisco Kid”, “Marlon Perkins’ Wildlife Dinner Restaurant”, “Promo: Neil Jung, Psychiatrist”, “Promo: The Love Boat”, “Kanadian Korner” and “The Cisco Kid”.
“The Best of SCTV” sketches include “Message From Guy: Satellite”, “Sunrise Semester: Do-It-Yourself Advertising”, “Promo: The Merv Griffin Show”, “Kanadian Korner”, “Promo: Taxi Driver”, “The Dick Cavett Show”, “Promo: Elvis ‘N Costello”, “K-Tel’s Fast-Talking Playhouse”, “Promo: White Man, Black Girl”, “Promo: My Fair Lady”, “Promo: My Life, One More Time”, “Mamorex Video Tape” and “Signoff: The National Anthem”.
“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”.
“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”.
“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”.
There’s a podcast called The Loudest Girl In The World, hosted by Lauren Ober. The show concerns Ober’s autism diagnosis at 42, as well as her experience dealing with this information and opening up to others about it. When I listened to it last summer, I related pretty heavily to what she was talking about. I’ve also started to make peace with how my own brain works in the last few years. It’s been a rough road, though.