SCTV - Season 2

SCTV - Season 2

Season 2

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Episodes26
DatesSep 16, 1978 - Mar 10, 1979
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Episodes

Season 2 Premiere
Season 2Episode 130 min

Season 2 Premiere

As the show starts, the scripts are not finished. The first on-screen appearance of Guy Caballero, in a wheelchair (which he uses for respect) with a phone. And, seemingly out of nowhere, Lola Heatherton appears, fully formed, in her first special. Additional Viewing: 70s TV series The Love Boat and The Incredible Hulk.
Sep 16, 1978
Bob Hope Desert Classic
Season 2Episode 230 min

Bob Hope Desert Classic

Monster Chiller Horror Theatre: The House of Cats; SCTV Sports Central: Desert Classic; Commercial: Delay; Betty Bain: Professional Juror; Promo: Masterpiece Theatre: Naughty Chambermaids; Bob Hope Desert Classic
Sep 23, 1978
Kidnapping of Moe Green
Season 2Episode 330 min

Kidnapping of Moe Green

The Leutonian Liberation Front has threatened Moe Green with his life and his career. Once the dirty deed is done, SCTV's on-air personalities cannot hide their relief.
Sep 30, 1978
SCTV Solid Gold Telethon
Season 2Episode 430 min

SCTV Solid Gold Telethon

Sammy Maudlin, Bobby Bittman and Johnny LaRue anchor the show-length star-studded charity telethon. A great celebrity schmooze fest. The Solid Gold Telethon marks the first of three telethons SCTV would air in an attempt to get cash from viewers; it was followed by Pledge Week in Series 4, and the very final SCTV episode, Pledge Week in Series 6. The Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme duet is an almost note-for-note parody of Jackie and Roy's rendition of the tune "You Smell So Good", a jazz classic. (Thanks Charlie R)
Oct 7, 1978
Writer's Strike
Season 2Episode 530 min

Writer's Strike

Something of a sequel to the first episode as Ernest Kirsch, SCTV writer, goes on strike, disrupting regular programming. At SCTV News, Floyd and Earl are forced to write their own copy. Caballero (still in a wheelchair with a phone) starts a tradition of giving speeches to the camera - as the show progressed, he would become more and more verbose, but here he's brief and to the point.
Oct 14, 1978
1978 Melonville Municipal Elections
Season 2Episode 630 min

1978 Melonville Municipal Elections

Earl Camembert faces a conflict of interest as Johnny LaRue's campaign manager as SCTV News covers the municipal elections and Johnny's run for council. Additional Viewing: The 1978 TV miniseries The Bastard, starring Tom Bosley; 70s sitcom Three's Company.
Oct 21, 1978
Farm Film Report, Arabs
Season 2Episode 730 min

Farm Film Report, Arabs

Oct 28, 1978
Mirthmakers, Happy Endings
Season 2Episode 830 min

Mirthmakers, Happy Endings

Nov 7, 1978
Undersea World
Season 2Episode 930 min

Undersea World

The first appearance of gameshow host Alex Trebel, hosting the high school quiz show High Q. Additional Viewing: The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau, the long-running nature show from the 60s and 70s. Second City notes: Marriage Counsellor originated in the 1976 revue For a Good Time Call 363-1674, Thomas and O'Hara reprising their respective roles here.
Nov 11, 1978
Edith Prickley, Station Manager
Season 2Episode 1030 min

Edith Prickley, Station Manager

Edith Prickley has succeeded Moe Green as SCTV Station Manager. (Naturally, she rubs Guy Caballero the wrong way.) Her first day on the job sees the world television premiere of Jaws 23, where Amity residents want to lure a mackerel into town for the Fourth of July. Edith Prickley: Station Manager, Shoot at the Stars, Jaws 23' Sore Loser
Nov 18, 1978
SCTV's 30th Anniversary Show
Season 2Episode 1130 min

SCTV's 30th Anniversary Show

Features the show-length, star-studded salute to SCTV's 30th anniversary, with some great parodies of 50's television. Additional Viewing: Branded, the 1965 TV show starring Chuck Connors; and What's My Line?, the long-running 50s panel show. While Kirk Douglas made two appearances as a mystery guest on What's My Line? (in 1953 and 1960), he was never a guest panelist (his second wife, Anne Buydens, did appear as a guest panelist on a 1966 show, however). Coincidentally, Andrea Martin, like Arlene Francis, is of partial Armenian descent, while Catherine O'Hara, like Dorothy Kilgallen, is from an Irish-Catholic family. The opening sequence of What's My Shoesize? has more in common with the 1968-75 syndicated version of What's My Line? (Thanks William Brown
Nov 25, 1978
Whispers of the Wolf, The Occult
Season 2Episode 1230 min

Whispers of the Wolf, The Occult

Dec 2, 1978
Bad Acting in Hollywood
Season 2Episode 1330 min

Bad Acting in Hollywood

Features Sid Dithers Private Eye and the superb Bad Acting In Hollywood. Additional Viewing: Bad Acting In Hollywood is a parody of That's Hollywood, a late 70s TV show hosted by Tom Bosley that looked at historic Hollywood films (mostly from 20th Century-Fox) (Thanks Jim Donato). Johnny Dark Always Rings Twice parodies 30's and 40' gangster films; start with Little Caesar from 1931. The Phil Donahue Show, which ran through the 70s and 80s, was the precursor of all modern daytime talk shows. C.P.O. Sharkey was a mid-seventies sitcom starring Don Rickles.
Dec 9, 1978
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Season 2Episode 1430 min

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Additional Viewing: Alfred Hitchcock Presents, the 50s anthology series hosted by the man himself. Murder Is Bad For Your Health is (possibly) a parody of the 1948 film An Act Of Murder, starring Florence Eldridge and Fredric March (thanks Dusty Towne); Cecil and Cynthia appear again in Series 3's Gaslight.
Dec 16, 1978
Fighting Air Dogs
Season 2Episode 1530 min

Fighting Air Dogs

Promo: Undercover Policewoman, SCTV News: Marijuana, Commercial: Daylea Yogurt, Masterpiece Theatre: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Mohicans Galore, Cretin's Island, Commercial: Mike's Mercenaries from Amco the Toy People, SCTV Movie of the Week: Fighting Air Dogs over the Pacific
Dec 23, 1978
Death Takes No Holiday
Season 2Episode 1630 min

Death Takes No Holiday

Phil from Phil's Nails (later the Garment King) is a send-up of Phil Givner, who did similar commercials for his carpet outlet back in the 70's in Toronto. Additional Viewing: William Castle was a director of B-movie thrillers that usually featured a gimmick of some sort. His 1961 film Mr Sardonicus featured The Punishment Poll, a gimmick whereby the movie audience could vote to determine how the movie would end. The Amazing World of Kreskin, the early 70s mentalist show hosted by the Amazing Kreskin.
Dec 31, 1978
Rock Concert
Season 2Episode 1730 min

Rock Concert

Features the first Tex and Edna Boil Organ Emporium commercial, while Bob Clark in the Mailbag segment is a very similar character to Bill Needle, who would take over the Mailbag in series 3. Additional Viewing: Mind Games includes a neat little parody of the 1966 film Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. They parodied the film again (in a radically different way) in Fast Talking Playhouse.
Jan 6, 1979
Fantasy Island
Season 2Episode 1830 min

Fantasy Island

Features the show-length parody of Fantasy Island, which itself incorporates a bevy of parodies of classic 40s pictures. Additional viewing: the 70s hit TV show Fantasy Island; Hope and Crosby road pictures; Casablanca; and The Wizard of Oz.
Jan 13, 1979
On the Waterfront Again
Season 2Episode 1930 min

On the Waterfront Again

The second episode in a row to feature a show-length sketch, an episode of The Sammy Maudlin Show with Bobby Bittman promoting his remake of On the Waterfront. Maudlin music is "Soulful Strut" by Young-Holt Unlimited. Additional Viewing: On The Waterfront, the 1954 classic
Jan 20, 1979
SCTV Disco
Season 2Episode 2030 min

SCTV Disco

SCTV Boogie, from episode 20 of the first series, has been rechristened SCTV Disco. Additional Vieweing: Lou Grant, the Mary Tyler Moore Show spinoff series starring Ed Asner; Art Linkletter's House Party, a long-running TV series during the 50s and 60s, included a segment Kids Say the Darndest Things.
Jan 27, 1979
Pipeline
Season 2Episode 2130 min

Pipeline

Notable for the unusual Pipeline documentary and the Dr Braino Hour (featuring "Casey Jones" by Grateful Dead and "Fresh Air" by Quicksilver Messenger Service).
Feb 3, 1979
Consumer Action Line
Season 2Episode 2230 min

Consumer Action Line

Features the mysteriously cut from syndication Family Crisis Game Show. Syndication Note: Family Crisis was dropped; replaced by Wara Wara Wara from 1-2 (2)
Feb 10, 1979
Relaxing with Raoul, Dining with LaRue
Season 2Episode 2330 min

Relaxing with Raoul, Dining with LaRue

Bit of a grab bag, padded with two repeats, but I love the sleazy Raoul Wilson.
Feb 17, 1979
The Flaming Turkey
Season 2Episode 2430 min

The Flaming Turkey

Hugh Betcha's Insights and Firing Squad, both first seen in Series 1, return; Socrates is now played by Thomas (replacing Ramis) - the numbskulls are stilled played by Levy and Candy. Second City notes: A Flaming Turkey-style ballet parody was featured in the 1975 revue Alterations While You Wait; the stage version was also introduced by Candy.
Feb 24, 1979
The Best of Season 2: Part 1
Season 2Episode 2530 min

The Best of Season 2: Part 1

Mar 3, 1979
The Best of Season 2: Part 2
Season 2Episode 2630 min

The Best of Season 2: Part 2

Mar 10, 1979

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