SCTV Network
SCTV Network 90
1981, Series, 90 min, Comedy, English, 0, MoviePedia score 70
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.
Directed by John Blanchard, Jim Drake, John Bell
Cast
- John Candy as Zontar
- Joe Flaherty as Big Jim McBob
- Eugene Levy as Earl Cannonbar
- Andrea Martin as Libby Wolfson
- John Stocker as Staff Announcer
- Catherine O'Hara as Lola Heatherton
- Rick Moranis as Bob McKenzie
- Dave Thomas as Doug McKenzie
- Ron James as Jeff Greenfield
- Martin Short as Ed Grimley
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