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sl8

(13,584 posts)
Thu May 10, 2018, 07:00 PM May 2018

Rick Moranis Joins 'SCTV' Reunion Documentary for Netflix

From https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/rick-moranis-joins-sctv-reunion-documentary-netflix-1110613

Rick Moranis Joins 'SCTV' Reunion Documentary for Netflix

6:12 AM PDT 5/10/2018 by Etan Vlessing

Moranis will join Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short and Dave Thomas in the comedy special to be directed by Martin Scorsese.

Comedy legend Rick Moranis will appear in Netflix's upcoming SCTV reunion, An Afternoon With SCTV, after all.

Moranis, who along with Dave Thomas played SCTV and Saturday Night Live's beer-loving McKenzie brothers during the 1980s, was not named as part of the original castmembers set to participate. The live taping will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on Sunday in Toronto.

But Netflix on Thursday confirmed Moranis will appear alongside Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short and Thomas in the comedy special, which is set to launch in 2019. Canada's CTV also boards the project.

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Rick Moranis Joins 'SCTV' Reunion Documentary for Netflix (Original Post) sl8 May 2018 OP
Strange Brew!! samnsara May 2018 #1
RIP John Candy he will be missed lunasun May 2018 #2
They are NEVER going to get the credit they deserve for that show. Miles Archer May 2018 #3
I have some of those SCTV Network 90 shows on DVD Va Lefty May 2018 #7
There were a few years where SCTV was the funniest thing on TV. Dave Starsky May 2018 #9
SNL and Fridays offered "sketch comedy." SCTV was SURREAL. Miles Archer May 2018 #10
That was one of my favorite bits ever. Dave Starsky May 2018 #11
Comedy giants. Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #4
Kick and Rec! emulatorloo May 2018 #5
OMGAWD......WE LOVE THIS SHOW......WILL MISS JOHN CANDY a kennedy May 2018 #6
RIP John Candy and Harold Ramis geardaddy May 2018 #8
They will definitely be missed lame54 May 2018 #16
Satirizing American television...Brilliant! CanSocDem May 2018 #12
Moranis kind of dropped off the face of the Earth... TheMightyFavog May 2018 #13
They had their own experiences with Russian hacking decades ago: mucifer May 2018 #14
I wanna see Edith Prickly lame54 May 2018 #15

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
3. They are NEVER going to get the credit they deserve for that show.
Thu May 10, 2018, 07:14 PM
May 2018

I very clearly remember "SCTV Network 90"...I had seen some of the half-hour shows, but "SCTV Network 90" premiered right around the time I got my first VHS recorder. Blank tapes were around $15 to $20, believe it or not. The recorder was big and bulky and the "remote" had a CORD and the only thing it did was pause.



But I taped every show and watched them to the point where I had memorized most of my favorite sketches.

It's great that Moranis is on board. Wish John Candy could have been there too. Probably the best ensemble cast to ever hit the airwaves.

Va Lefty

(6,252 posts)
7. I have some of those SCTV Network 90 shows on DVD
Fri May 11, 2018, 10:22 AM
May 2018

Still funny as hell! Love Count Floyd! Vampire that howled like a Werewolf. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
9. There were a few years where SCTV was the funniest thing on TV.
Fri May 11, 2018, 11:08 AM
May 2018

And that was with the competition of SNL on NBC and Fridays on ABC. Those two didn't even come close.

Take off, hosers!

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
10. SNL and Fridays offered "sketch comedy." SCTV was SURREAL.
Fri May 11, 2018, 11:18 AM
May 2018

SNL, in particular, was at a low ebb during the SCTV Network 90 days.

SCTV just came up with these inexplicable concepts, like this one:

The news that Martin Scorsese will direct an upcoming Netflix reunion special about the legendary Canadian sketch comedy TV show SCTV is the perfect reason to revisit one of the most classic moments from the program.

If you grew up during the show's classic late-'70s/early-'80s run, there's a good chance you’ve seen the skit that starts with five-time Grammy winner Michael McDonald driving through city streets at high speed as Christopher Cross' “Ride Like the Wind” plays. Pulling up outside a building, McDonald parks and bolts from the vehicle, entering the building and running down the stairs into what turns out to be a recording studio. He offers a quick greeting as he ducks into the vocal booth just in time to sing his signature background vocal on the hit song.

McDonald, masterfully portrayed by Rick Moranis, a regular on the show at that time, pops in and out of the booth, even stopping to sign some paperwork at one point. As soon as the song ends, he’s gone just a few seconds later, back in his car to speed away, presumably onto his next studio session destination.

“He was everywhere. He was on Steely Dan albums. By the time I heard him on ‘Ride Like the Wind,’ I thought, ‘Okay, we have to do something with this.’ But it was done out of reverence,” Moranis explained in a 2004 interview with Sound & Vision. “I love the guy and really love his music. I think he took the Doobie Brothers to a whole other level.”

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/michael-mcdonald-sctv-sketch/

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
11. That was one of my favorite bits ever.
Fri May 11, 2018, 11:26 AM
May 2018

Here's another weird and wonderful Moranis classic: The Gerry Todd Show.

TheMightyFavog

(13,770 posts)
13. Moranis kind of dropped off the face of the Earth...
Sun May 13, 2018, 04:05 AM
May 2018

Wasn't it shortly after he lost his wife to cancer?

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