SCTV. Volume 1, Network 90

Author

Dick Blasucci

Call Number

• DVD TV SERIES (CEN)

Performers

John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Rick Moranis, Catherine O'Hara, Dave Thomas, Harold Ramis.

Publication Information

Los Angeles : Shout Factory, [2004]

Physical Description

5 videodiscs (ca. 780 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

When the little fictional local television station known as SCTV first broadcast its small-town programming via big-time NBC in 1981, it immediately captured the devotion of comedy fans across North America. Although SCTV had been broadcast in Canada and had been in syndication for three years as a half-hour show, the NBC 90-minute broadcasts are considered by many to be the best. These are the first nine episodes from that original series of 90-minute shows.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally broadcast as individual episodes on NBC in 1981.

Bonus features: commentaries by Joe Flaherty and Eugene Levy ; The 1999 Aspen Comedy Festival SCTV Tribute: original cast members Flaherty, Levy, Andrea Martin, Catherine O'Hara and Dave Thomas joined Conan O'Brien for this event, which was first broadcast on HBO ; nearly 90 minutes of newly created and audio and video segments featuring cast and crew insights and memories.

Contents

• Disc 1. (163 min.) Episode 79. One on the town, May 15, 1981 ; Episode 80 Polynesiantown, May 22, 1981 ; Extra: SCTV remembers
• Disc 2. (158 min.) Episode 81, Southside fracas, May 29, 1981 ; Episode 82, Compilation, June 19, 1981 ; Extra: Origins of SCTV (25:30 min.)
• Disc 3. (157 min.) Episode 83, Lunchtime Street beef, July 3, 1981 ; Episode 84, Moral majority, July 10, 1981 ; Extra: Remembering John Candy (27 min.)
• Disc 4. (160 min.) Episode 85, Pledge week, July 17, 1981 ; Episode 86, Bouncin' back to you, July 24, 1981 ; Extra: The craft of SCTV (29 min.)
• Disc 5. (130 min.) Episode 87, The Great White North, July 31, 1981 ; Extra: SCTV reunion
• 1999 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival (63 min.).