Product Description

By popular demand, the first single SCTV DVD releases are now available. This DVD features two classic 90-minute shows along with bonus material.

One On The Town:
Highlights include "Leave It To Beaver 25th Anniversary," "Masterpiece Theatre: All The Long-Leggedy Beasties" and "Play It Again, Bob"— a superb parody of Woody Allen and Bob Hope’s comedic styles.

Polynesiantown:
The 5 Neat Guys spot and the Sammy Maudlin Show on drugs in Hollywood are ace, but the "Polynesiantown" film send-up — with the final crane shot that would become a running gag in future shows — is the real classic.

Bonus Feature:
SCTV Remembers – behind-the-scenes stories from Eugene Levy, Joe Flaherty, Catherine O’Hara, Andrea Martin and executive producer Andrew Alexander.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #59923 in DVD
• Brand: Uni
• Released on: 2005-06-07
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 163 minutes

Amazon.com
While it never reached the ratings heights or pop culture cachet of Saturday Night Live, SCTV did garner critical buzz and a devoted cult following. As with the Python boys, the ensemble members, and the characters they created to populate the fictional Melonville TV network, are revered in hipper comedy circles. In this respect, SCTV is Letterman to SNL's Leno. This single disc consists of two episodes from the essential five-disc set of the series' Network 90 incarnation, which brightened NBC's Friday late-night lineup in 1981. Included are such series benchmarks as "The Great White North" segments, featuring Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas as the stereotypically Canadian, parka-wearing, beer-swilling McKenzie brothers; "Play It Again, Bob," starring Moranis as Woody Allen and Thomas as Bob Hope; the ill-fated made-for-SCTV "Polynesiantown" starring John Candy's Johnny LaRue; "The Sammy Maudlin Show," starring Joe Flahrety as the most sincerely insincere talk show host, with O'Hara as Lola "I want to bear your children" Heatherton; and "Indira," with Andrea Martin in her signature Evita spoof. --Donald Liebenson