SCTV Network 90
“Comedy parody about TV.”
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
Seasons
1.One on the Town
9.015-05-198166mGuy Caballero welcomes you to SCTV's new programming season on NBC.
2.Polynesiantown
22-05-198166mJohnny LaRue plays a restaurant owner in his latest movie.
3.Southside Fracas
29-05-1981Guy Caballero hires illegal immigrant Pirini Scleroso; the Fracases argue about their daughter's wedding.
4.Compilation
19-06-1981A selection of sketches from the previous seasons.
5.Lunchtime Street Beef
03-07-1981Johnny LaRue is desperate for work after the failure of "Polynesiantown."
6.Moral Majority
10-07-1981Guy tries to appease a major advertiser.
7.Pledge Week
17-07-1981SCTV holds a pledge drive.
8.Bouncin' Back to You with the Tubes
24-07-1981Lola Heatherton is despondent after her live special is canceled.
9.The Great White North
31-07-1981Bob and Doug McKenzie invite fellow hoser Ian Thomas onto their show.
10.CCCP 1
16-10-1981SCTV's regular programming is interrupted by a Soviet satellite.
11.I'm Taking My Own Head...
23-10-1981Libby Wolfson prepares for her new play.
12.Zontar
30-10-1981The SCTV cast and crew falls victim to alien mind control.
13.Walter Cronkite's Brain
06-11-1981David Brinkley's look at the human brain includes Walter Cronkite's childhood on Krypton.
14.Doorway to Hell
20-11-1981Guy runs out of ideas and takes suggestions from the crew.
15.The Godfather
11-12-1981A war erupts between the Five Networks when "Don Caballero" refuses to back a pay TV channel.
16.SCTV Staff Christmas Party
18-12-1981Johnny is forced to tape "Street Beef" outside on Christmas Eve.
17.Teacher's Pet
12-02-1982Ricardo Montalban is featured in a "To Sir, With Love" parody.
18.Midnight Video Special
19-02-1982Gerry Todd hosts a concert special consisting entirely of videos.
19.The Great White North Palace
16-04-1982Everyone is jealous of the attention Guy is paying to Bob and Doug--including giving them their own special.
20.Pre-Teen World Telethon
23-04-1982The kids of Pre-Teen World hold a telethon after their funding is cut.
21.People's Global Golden Choice Awards
01-05-1982When SCTV wins a suspicious number of awards, Bob Hope notifies the FBI.
22.3D Stake from the Heart
14-05-1982Count Floyd takes us behind the scenes of the latest Coppola and Dr. Tongue production.
23.Pet Peeves/The Happy Wanderers
21-05-1982Hollywood stars reveal what bugs them; Stan and Yosh Schmenge welcome back a former Happy Wanderer.
24.Chariots of Eggs
05-06-1982Hall and Oates star in Bobby Bittman's latest film.
25.Battle of the PBS Stars
16-07-1982Carl Sagan's team takes on William F. Buckley's.
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