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Description: SCTV Volume 2 picks up where the first volume left off, presenting nine more 90-minute shows from SCTV’s memorable fourth season. Originally broadcast on NBC in 1981 and 1982, this set contains several of the episodes widely considered to be SCTV’s best. Eugene Levy in "The Jazz Singer" or John Candy as the village idiot in the Russian TV show "Hey Giorgy!" are just two examples of the level of excellence the series achieved throughout this season. "CCCP 1," "The Godfather," "Zontar" and "Teacher’s Pet" are some of the inspired wraparounds for these memorable shows. Commentaries, interviews, hidden treasure and other special features round out another stellar collection of programming from Guy Caballero’s experiment in television. SCTV is on the air...and you will be on the floor. And loaded with over 90 minutes of special features including new & unreleased material:
*Larger Than Life: The Norman Seeff Photo Sessions
*SCTV Remembers, Pt. 2
*The SCTV Writers
*The Juul Haalmeyer Dancers
*Behind-The-Scenes Photo Gallery
*SCTV At The 1982 Emmy® Awards THIS 5-DISC BOX SET INCLUDES:
*Nine 90-minute episodes from the NBC seasons with the comedic talent of Eugene Levy (New York Minute, American Pie, A Mighty Wind, Best In Show), Catherine O’ Hara (A Mighty Wind, Best In Show), Joe Flaherty (National Security), Andrea Martin (My Big Fat Greek Wedding), and Dave Thomas (Who’s Your Daddy? ), Rick Moranis (Honey, I Shrunk The Kids) and the late John Candy. *A photo-packed 24-page booklet with an essay by Pulitzer-Price winning television critic Howard Rosenberg. *Deluxe DVDigistak style package with graphics behind the clear trays in a sturdy slip-case. *Performances by musical stars Al Jarreau, The Plasmatics, Natalie Cole, The Boomtown Rats, The Plastics and Talking Heads. *Commentaries by Dave Thomas, Dick Blasucci, writer John McAndrew, Andrea Martin and Catherine O’Hara. *This set now fully indexed and episodes detailed in booklet. Amazon.com: For those who never missed a Friday, and especially for those who only know SCTV by reputation, these nine episodes, presented chronologically on this five disc-set, are as great as we remember, and perhaps even better than you've heard. With the first nine episodes of SCTV's expanded Network 90 incarnation under their belt (available, naturally, on volume 1), the peerless ensemble (John Candy, Joe Flahrety, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Rick Moranis, Catherine O'Hara, and Dave Thomas) really found its voice (or voices), and the show relied less on the so-called "golden classics" from the show's early days to boldly subvert sketch-comedy convention with brilliantly conceived and performed wraparounds that link the sketches. Looming large in SCTV legend are the program-length Godfather parody, in which Don Caballero launches an all-out network war; the devastatingly funny, "I'm Taking My Own Head, Screwing It On Right, and No Guy's Gonna Tell Me That It Ain't," arguably one of Martin and O'Hara's finest hours, and the sci-fi spoof "Zontar," in which glowing cabbages take control of the network. Other moments for the pantheon: Meryl Streep blowing up real good on the "Farm Film Report"; Bob and Doug McKenzie demonstrating how to stuff a mouse inside a beer bottle; the cross-parody "Benny Hill Street Blues," and the late Wendy O Williams and the Plasmatics really cutting it up (with a chainsaw!) on Gil Fisher's "The Fishin' Musician. Some of the more topical bits are understandably dated, and that canned laughter reeks of network Zontars imposing their will, but this second, equally indispensable volume rescues SCTV from mere cult object of obsession. Original cast member Harold Ramis is right: In Thomas's encyclopedic history, SCTV: Behind the Scenes, Ramis observes, "Everyone just got better and better. You would notice, if you had the time to sit and watch all the shows, the progression in excellence." --Donald Liebenson Customer Reviews: Rating: 
Date: 2007-06-04
Great Season, I Love This Show!
Well you've seen all the other reviews, here's my take. The material is awesome! The commentary with Martin and O'Hare is ridiculous, they were clearly drunk and often incoherent not relating to the show as it was playing, very annoying even though I still love to watch them so much. The commentary with Thomas and the writers was awesome, they discussed the actual episode and it was great. Great season, if you can afford the price get it! Rating: 
Date: 2006-10-20
Buy it for the Perry Como (fake) Show
My all-time favorite SCTV moment is in this set - Eugene Levy doing a deadpan version of the most relaxed Perry Como ever - complete with disco songs and John Candy as a Perry Como groupie! Cracks me up every time. Rating:
Date: 2005-12-08
"You're giving us nothing but borsch!"
Having just received my copy of season 4 the previous month, and this set today, I immediately set out to write this review. I speak as a hardcore fan but also as a severe critic of comedy when I say that this is as close to perfection as comedy has ever got.
The skits are nothing if not genius pulled out of thin air--"The Godfather" (also starring John Marley who reprises his roll as 'Woltz' [albeit re-named]}, "Money Talks", "The Fishin' Musician w/ The Plasmatics", "The Christmas Show", "3D House Of Beef".... this is really the tip of the iceberg.
Perhaps the most brilliant of the wraparounds is here in the second NBC set--"The Russian Show"--an amazingly tight parody of low-rent Soviet production values on what's already a cheap network (dig the new 'Soviet Minicam').
The extras aren't bad; 'SCTV Remembers' with Joe and Eugene includes portions of a sketch from the earlier Canadian shows with Harold Ramis ("Madame Blitzman"), but is mostly a bit of fluff.
The commentary done by Andrea and Catherine on the "Christmas Show" is a lot of fun--note to Shout (or whoever will be taking care of the remaining seasons); more of these talented ladies, please.
SNL, Fawlty Towers, or SCTV; whatever your personal preference, this is a must-own set. Make your own Christmas a hell of a lot brighter and chuck this in your shopping cart. Rating:
Date: 2005-05-20
Lust For Paint
This set features some great moments from SCTV history. Of the shows presented here, I am particularly fond of "Zontar," "CCCP 1," and "The Godfather." Catherine O'Hara and Andrea Martin steal the show, with any appearance by Perini Scleroso, Mrs. Falbo, or Edith Prickley being comedy gold. "The Great White North" and Guy Caballero's rants are particularly entertaining here as are Count Floyd and Dr. Tongue (especially in "Dr. Tongue's Evil House of Pancakes.") As brilliant as I think Eugene Levy is, I still don't enjoy the Sammy Maudlin bits, which are formulaic and un-funny compared to the rest of the show.
Although some of the humor is a bit dated now (as many there are numerous references to then-current events that younger viewers may not grasp), this is still a wonderful and very funny set of DVDs, which I recommend.
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Date: 2005-02-15
Brilliant comedy!
SCTV Volume 2 offers some of the very best sketches from one of TV's funniest shows.
I'm not an expert on SCTV. I don't quite understand the show's on-again off-again history. All I know is that I started watching it as a kid on NBC and got hooked. For the last 15 years I've tried to record the show as much as possible but sadly the opportunities have been few. I only could get the 30 minute trimmed down versions on late night NBC.
Now, the dvd sets offer the original and complete (except for some music) NBC shows. Watching both Volumes 1 & 2, I've already seen hours of additional material that was not included in the 30 minute shows.
Volume 2 also includes my favorite episode, "CCCP 1" which provides a hilarious scenario of the Soviets pirating SCTV's signal and supplying it's own special programming, such as "Tibor's Tractor" (a Soviet version of "Mr. Ed"), "Today is Moscow" (a Soviet style coffee talk show), and a public service announcement deriding Uzbeks ("they are the weak link in the great chain of socialism").
Other great sketches in Volume 2 include: "The Godfather" spoof with SCTV President Guy Caballero declaring network war on the heads of the 4 networks; Bobby Bittman and his brother Skip on the Sammy Maudlin Show; the Plasmatics on the "Fishin' Musician"; the Plastics on "Midnight Video Special" and the SCTV staff Christmas party featuring many of SCTV's best characters such as Gerry Todd, the Boils, Johnny La Rue, and Mayor Tommy Shanks. The X-Mas show also includes the deeply disturbing "Dusty Towne's Sexy Holiday Special."
If you are even a casual fan of SCTV, I highly recommend SCTV Volume 2. |
