Rick Moranis...Very smart and under-rated funny man. He and Short were perfect additions to SCTV.
@encinobalboa
Жыл бұрын
SCTV produced many great film stars including Moranis, Short, O'Hara, Candy, and the late Harold Ramis.
@HardRockMaster7577
3 ай бұрын
John Candy is Genius.
@Phibbus
4 жыл бұрын
I'm still amazed that there was ever an era when you could get this degree of bizarre on television, even at 1:00 AM.
@RideAcrossTheRiver
Жыл бұрын
Yes, today, bland conformity is what sells. The audience is the censor!
@monsieurdel
Жыл бұрын
@@RideAcrossTheRiver People cry way too much about censorship... it's just not true.
@RideAcrossTheRiver
Жыл бұрын
@@monsieurdel I said _the audience_ is the censor today.
@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113
Жыл бұрын
If the Audience was looking for Work, you could make it into a TV Show: "Censor: For Hire", then, you could blow it up, good. REAL good.
@RideAcrossTheRiver
Жыл бұрын
@@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113 Tonight on _Who Makes More of A Mess?_ ... it's a blow-up blow-out between J. J. Abrams and Elon Musk! Plus, how sullen can Brie Larson get before she implodes?
@stepchildofsoul
5 жыл бұрын
This sketch went EVERYWHERE.
@theultimatereductionist7592
6 жыл бұрын
"Orson Welles" crafting Devil's Mountain out of Stove Top Stuffing parodying Richard Dreyfuss. PRICELESS!!
@MattMcIrvin
3 жыл бұрын
"I have magic!"
@Blyndtyger76
5 жыл бұрын
I just got a megaphone and first thing I said in it "we'll be right back"
@ChristopherSobieniak
3 жыл бұрын
Television has a way of impacting our senses.
@crs290
7 жыл бұрын
I love the nod to the Plimpton Intellivision ads.
@gorfulator
8 жыл бұрын
I saw this bit when it first aired! Up to that time, It was the funniest thing I ever saw!
@lynnfisher3037
5 ай бұрын
This is brilliant on so many levels. SNL? forget about it!
@janetremsing6988
Жыл бұрын
😂Awesomely nostalgic comedy!!!!‼️
@benprewitt4600
5 жыл бұрын
Holy CRAP it's creepy how much they got John Candy to look like Orson Welles.
@mehermusic2154
4 жыл бұрын
Holy DEFECATION
@robertcombs55
6 жыл бұрын
SCTV = Genius
@theultimatereductionist7592
6 жыл бұрын
The only thing Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar" was missing was Merv Griffin saying "We'll be right back."
@Neville60001
Жыл бұрын
Why would it, when Nolan never saw _SCTV_ in the UK?
@loginregional
3 жыл бұрын
Waiting for the Merv Griffith show, *oooooh Opie* - we'll be right back
@christieperry4361
6 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna make it a point of saying Ohhh that's nice We'll be right back
@miked4377
6 жыл бұрын
rick mouranus doing merv griffin is hilarious ...under rated .....
@christopherdunne7848
5 жыл бұрын
His Dick Cavett ain't half bad either. Those two are almost impossible to imitate, but he pulls it off. Andrea Martin as Phyllis Newman (!!!) too.
@loyaldude10
4 жыл бұрын
Andrea is hilarious, as usual
@mrb4886
3 жыл бұрын
Never underrated.
@bclmax
3 жыл бұрын
its moranis
@tonycanabal1659
2 жыл бұрын
Was the spelling error of Moranis intended for describing Merv's "Anus"?
@thomashumphrey7395
4 жыл бұрын
The way Moranis portrays Griffin's protruding derriere is hilarious. SCTV always had a way of making you feel like you were stoned while watching (even if you weren't). It was completely unpredictable, original, and brilliant.
@russellschaeffler
8 жыл бұрын
the piano bit is awesome
@TheMelonvilleFlyingCircus
8 жыл бұрын
Brilliant stuff.....my heroes, sctv
@ARIZJOE
6 жыл бұрын
Wildly creative humor reflecting a popular culture that was much richer than today's. Unbelievable.
@mehermusic2154
4 жыл бұрын
Why unbelievable to you?
@ARIZJOE
4 жыл бұрын
@@mehermusic2154 Because Merv the tycoon was such a quality, quotidian presence on television, and then Rick Moranis turned him justifiably into a caricature. Merv was so affronted when SCTV had him matching ooohs with Floyd the Barber that he made a call to his attorney. Merv had jazz great Jack Sheldon as his trumpet player, and Johnny Carson's brother as his director. You can't make up stuff like that.
@ARIZJOE
3 жыл бұрын
@Voracious Reader Thirty years ago, Hugh Hefner said, "The rich stew of popular culture has turned into a thin gruel." It's gone downhill from there. No Beatles, no Arthur Miller, no Stanley Kubrick, no Miles Davis, no Vladimir Nabokov, no Saul Bellow, no Vladimir Horowitz, no Andy Warhol, no Lucien Freud, no James Brown. And when Keith dies, so will rock & roll. I'm waiting on a postmodern Stravinsky and Picasso.
@Neville60001
Жыл бұрын
@@ARIZJOE, if you feel that way about society, why are you still here? Also, why do contemporary eras have to be exactly like past ones?
@user-xm5le5ok2r
5 жыл бұрын
SCTV was the best.....Love it. Far better than SNL
@christieperry4361
6 жыл бұрын
We'll be right back! I love it
@robertjsawyer
3 ай бұрын
Yes, this is completely insane. And yes, that's honest-to-goodness Douglas Rain, the original voice of HAL 9000, doing the part here, coming in at the 3 minute 17 second mark. SCTV was made in Toronto. Rain, an actor associated with the Stratford (Ontario) Festival, lived nearby.
@bellaeden6551
Жыл бұрын
Still holds up.
@Blyndtyger76
5 жыл бұрын
You have boxing on that thing? Yes Merv
@petesacco3255
4 жыл бұрын
Rick Moranis is brilliant
@FredLord-sp4ym
4 ай бұрын
Rick Moranis always delivered as "Merv." LOL. Thanks for sharing.
@floydfinder
5 жыл бұрын
So many great touches, right down to the parody of the Carson Productions logo at the end.
@mattstephenson8450
Жыл бұрын
Love SCTV Miss these good old days when everything was innocent ❤
@tommyboy6267
7 ай бұрын
Orson Wells totally miffed at Merv when he blows his name kills me every time.
@michaelharris6918
8 жыл бұрын
Cool early 1980's video game graphics.
@russellschaeffler
3 жыл бұрын
I love the embellishments on the piano!
@hoibsh21
3 жыл бұрын
Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, pleeeaze........
@edmonddantes3640
5 жыл бұрын
Ooooo Orson, l bet it's a trick
@billslocum9819
3 жыл бұрын
He didn't rat out his guest, though. That's classic talk show etiquette.
@marklivingston7737
4 жыл бұрын
who's here in 2020?
@mehermusic2154
4 жыл бұрын
No One
@Neville60001
Жыл бұрын
I am.
@fatima1009
Жыл бұрын
SCTV, their impressions were the best. The whole cast was talented.
@djrychlak4443
5 жыл бұрын
Jesus Christ this is beautiful. Oooooohhhhh.
@josephebacon
6 жыл бұрын
This is over 35 year old and it's still funnier than anything on Saturday Night Dead.
@robkunkel8833
3 жыл бұрын
Last time I saw this I blamed the weed. I was wrong. The bit was totally weird. Love the imagination of the SCTV writers.
@harrysatin5110
5 жыл бұрын
Bravo!!!
@Cheapnis
5 жыл бұрын
Masterpiece
@HailAnts
7 жыл бұрын
Just as funny as when it first aired! And for those that don't remember the gist of this sketch was making fun of Spielberg's _Close Encounters_ 'Special Edition' which was lame & over-hyped.
@Neville60001
7 жыл бұрын
'And for those that don't remember the gist of this sketch was making fun of Spielberg's Close Encounters 'Special Edition' which was lame & over-hyped.' By how much? All that they did was show the inside of the ship that Roy and company were going to go into-there's nothing wrong with that.
@philsackett7341
6 жыл бұрын
BooHooHahahahahahahaha!! Ooooooooo, this is fabulous!!
@JanetCaterina
5 жыл бұрын
Never saw that one before!!
@gallery7596
4 жыл бұрын
When this originally aired it was the first time I'd seen Hollywood's two hottest directors (Spielberg and Lucas) impersonated in a comedy show. Feels maybe a bit too long now, but it still has some hilarious touches- particularly Moranis' Merv impression.
@dplatt7290
Жыл бұрын
SCTV was always great but Rick Moranis had an incredible knack for getting the TV elements right. He took the show to another level.
@88dog
5 жыл бұрын
Brilliant
@gregwelch5344
7 күн бұрын
Sorry, I already reached the number of ads I intend to watch today.
@modjohnsenglishdisco
2 жыл бұрын
HAL wasn't right for Barry Lyndon! That one got me... Merv, Moranis, SCTV, Close Encounters, Orson Welles, and Kubrick... these are some of my favorite things... and when Merv plays the piano at the space ship... then he became Dark Helmet
@Blyndtyger76
5 жыл бұрын
And you too, Mrs. Miller!
@johnp4008
5 жыл бұрын
Wonder of wonders Merv
@donboy65
8 жыл бұрын
6:30 a small tidbit of Henry Mancini's rendition of the Star Trek theme
@spartanx5806
3 жыл бұрын
mouranis is brilliant as merv griffin.....
@alexnejako777
10 ай бұрын
the Intellivision joke was great
@tinytanks
4 жыл бұрын
i think i just had an acid flashback
@artierace8664
7 жыл бұрын
Hal sounds a bit like Marvin the Paranoid Android!
@Johnjohn-gq3du
4 жыл бұрын
How many movies were satirized and/or mentioned? I’m lazy. Someone do it for me.
@Neville60001
Жыл бұрын
Well, right off of the bat: _Close Encounters Of The Third Kind: The Special Edition_ _2001: A Space Odyssey_ _Star Wars: A New Hope_ _The Merv Griffin Show_
@seanjones4807
4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@faffaflunkie
6 жыл бұрын
_Ooooooooooooooooooooooo._
@Blyndtyger76
5 жыл бұрын
I like the look on Merv's face...😯 That's nice
@sixtieskid062
Жыл бұрын
We’ll be right back.😊
@jarryjayo
5 жыл бұрын
SCTV was so ahead of it's time, they foreseen "The Special Edition Movie". years before Steven Spielberg & George Lucas abused it.
@hmich176
4 жыл бұрын
Check out the special edition of Close Encounters
@MattMcIrvin
3 жыл бұрын
Spielberg had just done it with Close Encounters--that was what they were specifically referring to.
@christieperry4361
5 жыл бұрын
Fly shuttle, it's fast Tang....
@romanticwarrior97
6 жыл бұрын
HAL sounds like Phil Hartman.
@kevinericsnell4092
Жыл бұрын
7:43 Well, let's be honest, Merv Griffin would've made just as good a Holiday Special as Vilanch
@offworldatom8850
3 жыл бұрын
Hillarious
@scottweisel3640
Жыл бұрын
I had the Intellivision skiing game.
@sclogse1
6 жыл бұрын
If this ain't gonzo, I don't know what is. I think Dave Thomas is doing Dave.
@beandipcartography
Жыл бұрын
The teacup's on it's way.
@trublu71
7 ай бұрын
Eugene Levy as George Lucas. Epic!
@senorsardonico6153
3 ай бұрын
Merv had to book Phyllis Newman because Sandler and Young cancelled at the last minute.
@billwhelpley6825
3 жыл бұрын
This entire concept is more far out than Merv's ass! Oooh!
@mehermusic2154
4 жыл бұрын
Close Encounters of The Third Kind, 2001, etc.
@dakinayantv3245
Жыл бұрын
George Lucas as Darth Vader is a genius move.💯🤩
@Neville60001
Жыл бұрын
H wasn't being Darth Vader, he was being the 'Force' that was able to stop the whole thing going foward.
@shoresean1237
3 жыл бұрын
The only drawback is, you'd have to know how overhyped and disappointing Spielberg's 'Special Edition' of Close Encounters was, back in the day, to really get this skit.
@twoarrows2543
5 жыл бұрын
Oh, my gosh!!!!!.........!!!!?!!!.....!!!!!!?.!!!!!!!?....
@agornath1
Жыл бұрын
Sammy Maudlin and William B.Williams should've done this.
@2packs4sure
5 жыл бұрын
Help me SCTV fans, please !! There is a scene where Guy Caballero is watching something he doesn’t like and starts saying,,, “ I don’t like this I don’t like this I’m a scared ,,,,,,,,,, then rubs his hands all over all over his face while making booba booba bluba bluba sounds………. I thought it was the ZONTAR episode but I’m mistaken because I watched Zontar on my DVD looking for that scene a few years ago and my buddy watched it a few days ago online looking for it and it ain’t there. HELP if you can. It’s buggin’ me. ANY info. at all would be greatly appreciated.
@2packs4sure
5 жыл бұрын
@B H Thanks ! Another guy beat you to it but I appreciate it !
@DmRofAtoZ
5 жыл бұрын
2packs4sure: what ?, I gotta follow you around replying all over dah' place ? . . . heh-heh. As answered on "Lust for Paint" as well . . . .: Still hopin' for some clarity 2packs4sure ? That would be "The Night of The Prime-Time Stars" ( Jamie Farr, Lorne Greene, etc, etc ) where a ball of energy from TV past starts appearing as Ralph Kramden and Arlene Francis ( etc ) and zaps Ed Grimley and Gus ( etc ) in a Poltergeist fashion. Just rewatched it less than a week ago !
@crustybellbottoms
4 жыл бұрын
Could anyone answer what Merv is supposed to be doing at 5:53? Is it coughing?
@jjlockridge4237
3 жыл бұрын
Yep coughing at Orson's cigar smoke overwhelming him in the small space they were in.
@cameronpickard7456
10 ай бұрын
his merv always has a curious look on his face LOL booo ha yaa
@christieperry4361
6 жыл бұрын
😯😗 Merv emoji
@christopherdunne7848
5 жыл бұрын
Bwahahaha
@Blyndtyger76
5 жыл бұрын
That's nice....ohhhhhh
@rogerstedina2202
5 жыл бұрын
Ooooooo they'll die out there won't they.. Lol
@warrior64
4 жыл бұрын
Ohhh that was good uh
@monkeyb1820
6 жыл бұрын
I loved playing boxing, but it would cheat like hell. You'd be pummeling someone and then they land one knockout punch...
@christopherdunne7848
5 жыл бұрын
That had to have been "#6" (Unpredictable) who landed the one punch. It happened on our game! 🙂
@christieperry4361
6 жыл бұрын
Booohhahahaahaaooooo!
@bluetoad2001
4 жыл бұрын
this is an acid trip
@theultimatereductionist7592
6 жыл бұрын
BOOORING! Bring on Zha Zha.
@DOA-321
Жыл бұрын
Boo Hoo Ha Ha! 😀
@stevepaul6955
2 ай бұрын
BOO HA HA HA !
@daviddennis2803
3 жыл бұрын
Boo hoo ha ha ha
@lmundishop8047
5 жыл бұрын
Awful!
@RideAcrossTheRiver
2 жыл бұрын
I suggest you go outside and check your wi-fi reception ...
@philmfan
8 жыл бұрын
Might be Douglas Rain, the original voice actor, doing the voice for HAL 9000. He is Canadian. That's the kind of cool touch SCTV was capable of.
@b0tterman
6 жыл бұрын
It is Rain.
@giovanna722
5 жыл бұрын
Wow. Ultimate creepy.
@dmrr7739
4 жыл бұрын
“So he tells me I got a Love Boat...”
@destinycaptain247
3 жыл бұрын
Yep
@robertmondoux6466
3 жыл бұрын
If not Rain himself (as has been confirmed) , I was going to guess (close your eyes and listen) Canadian actor Colm Feore
@AlexColberg
7 жыл бұрын
HAL 9000 as a guest on Merv cracks me up every time.
@HardRockMaster7577
3 ай бұрын
I was hoping for a scenario where HAL would say "Merv... I'm afraid..."
@friscoj68
5 жыл бұрын
I love how HAL rips Kubrick when explaining why he hasn't worked since 2001. Hilarity. RIP, Douglas Rain.
@verisimilidude1
6 жыл бұрын
I loved this back when it was a 90 minute late night show on NBC. But few people I knew did at the time - probably because it was on Friday nights. I wonder if any of the references play as well now (2018)? That said, this is truly brilliant stuff. Classic television at its finest...
@dirtydave2691
4 жыл бұрын
My best friend and I watched this when we could as teens. This was other worldly comedy that some kids just didn't get. I loved it. Rick's Merv Griffin is hilarious and John as Orson Wells......classic.
@MattMcIrvin
3 жыл бұрын
A lot of these early-1980s nerd jokes and Merv Griffin references might not land with the youth today, but Spielberg, Lucas, "Special Editions" and "Making Ofs" are still very much with us, and people haven't stopped talking about "2001". In some ways this still works because it was parodying the direction the entertainment industry was going, and it was a trajectory that lasted. For me the thing that really kicked it to God-tier was George Plimpton doing the Intellivision pitch, and that whole campaign just seems like a bizarre relic today... but video games have just gotten more and more central in modern entertainment, so even that is kind of prescient.
@iscariot666
Жыл бұрын
John Candy as Orson Welles asserting he would fall back on magic was fire.
@QuadMochaMatti
Жыл бұрын
@@MattMcIrvin We were always an Atari family back in the early '80s, but I definitely remember the Plimpton/Intellevision adverts. Now I just realized how old I really am... Being born in '72 may as well refer to the late 1800s, rather than the late 1900s as it does in my case, given the vast disconnect between myself and the yutes of today.
@johnsjohnson448
2 жыл бұрын
As Bob Hope would say: "I loooooooove it." Dave Moranis was spot on with his "Merv." Silly, but never mean-spirited.
@RussellFlowers
Жыл бұрын
All the SCTV cast seemed to have genuine affection for those they parodied.
@garywalker1657
3 ай бұрын
Rick Moranis... Dave Thomas is playing Spielberg
@deanjollow2892
7 ай бұрын
I’m so lucky to have been able to watch this show weekly. Pure gold.
@itowedin
5 жыл бұрын
It was the little things on SCTV. The boom mic dropping into frame at the end.
@thomassalyers1391
3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant comedy!!
@verisimilidude1
6 жыл бұрын
You'd have to have seen Merv's show to get that "Orson Bean" joke. Orson Welles appeared as a guest and lamented how he was the only Orson he'd ever known until he heard of "that comedian," Orson Bean (who coincidentally was in Equalizer 2 recently). It really seemed to irk him...
@christopherdunne7848
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that! Both Orsons were "at home" with Merv.
@Phibbus
4 жыл бұрын
Welles was just pissed that Bean beat him out for the role of Bilbo Baggins.
@anthonyrisola6144
4 жыл бұрын
Wow,I haven't heard the name Phyllis Newman in years. She was always a guest on talk shows when I was a kid and nobody seemed to know why. I asked my parents what she was famous for and they just stared at me blankly.
@TheAlicia1195
3 жыл бұрын
I mean Phyllis Newman?!? C’mon! Lol
@danielgaughan4243
3 жыл бұрын
I recognize the name but now i have to google her
@kevhead1525
Жыл бұрын
Running premises tended to run out of steam quickly and become a shell of what was once good. Moranis had a way of keeping the Merv stuff fresh.
@monsieurdel
Жыл бұрын
His best was The Merv Griffith Show... OMFG they nailed Mayberry!
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