SCTV Network 90
8.4
1981
Comedy
After a successful Canadian run as Second City TV on Global and SCTV on CBC, the cast packed up and moved to America (theoretically) when NBC offered them a timeslot under the title SCTV Network 90. With them, they brought their unique, quirky characters, their personalities, and the shows they had appeared on. Dick Blasucci had begun writing for the cast in their second series, SCTV, and joined them here, serving as a recurring straight man for the characters. Tony Rosato and Robin Duke wrote scripts at the beginning of the show as they had before, until quickly leaving to write and perform for Saturday Night Live. The appeal of SCTV Network 90, however, doesn't only come from the writing, but from the sheer wit of its legendary stars.
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- Cast:
- Martin Short , Catherine O'Hara , Dave Thomas , John Candy , Rick Moranis , Andrea Martin , Eugene Levy
Episode 9 : The Days of the Week / Street Beef
October. 22,1982
1. DiMaggio's on the Wharf
2. Street Beef Wrap
3. Norman Mailer for Tyde
4. Talking Projector Adventure Series
5. The Days of the Week episode 6: The Wedding
6. Street Beef: The Big O
7. Lipschitz & Lipschitz
8. TV Talk with Bill Needle
9. Carl's Cuts: Free Delivery
10. SCTV After School Special: How Nosy the Short-Haired Terrier Dog Got His Name
11. The Wall Street Journal
12. Finian's Rainbow Meats
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Episode 7 : Battle of the PBS Stars
July. 16,1982
1. Long Distance
2. SCTV Sports: Battle of the PBS Stars
3. Wok on the Wild Side: The Case of the Stir-Fried Corpse
4. The Days of the Week
5. SCTV Movie of the Week: I Was a Teenage Communist
6. Harry's Discount Sex Shop: Businessman of the Year
7. Big Dude TV Dinner
8. Charlie's Kitchen
9. Mean Joe Greene Playhouse
10. Love Slaves of the Southwest
11. Comment with David Brinkley: Boredom
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Episode 3 : The People's Global Golden Choice Awards
May. 01,1982
1. People's Global Golden Choice Awards
2. Bob's Big Guy Restaurant
3. Convert-A-Toupe
4. The Merv Griffin Show: The Special Edition
5. Great White North: 15-pin Bowling
6. Tex and Edna Boil's Prairie Warehouse and Curio Emporium: Chuckie
7. The Fishin' Musician: Third World
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Episode 2 : Pre-Teen World Telethon
April. 23,1982
1. Hands Off Remote Control Converter from Videotech
2. National Midnight Star
3. Pre-Teen World Telethon
4. Turk Gruman Police Dispatcher
5. SCTV Movie of the Week: Maudlin's Eleven
6. Prickley Heat
7. The Adventures of Shake 'n' Bake
8. Nightline Melonville: Kidnapping
9. Surgical Clinical Instruments
10. PSA: National Committee Against Noise Pollution
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Episode 1 : The Great White North Palace
April. 16,1982
1. Message from Guy: Reruns
2. Indira, Live at the Ackron Arena
3. Angie Dickenson for Fancy-Free Undershields
4. Bob and Doug Wrap
5. Al Peck's Used Cars
6. The Days of the Week
7. Way to Go, Woman: Mother Theresa
8. Great White North Special
9. You: Fitness
10. Nightline Melonville: Unemployment
11. The Great White North Palace
12. Reverend Dan Ellsmire - Be My Friend
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