Second City Television

Second City Television

1976
Second City Television
Second City Television

Second City Television

8.5 | en | Comedy

Second City Television is a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from Toronto's Second City troupe that ran between 1976 and 1984.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP18  Pledge Week
Jul. 17,1984
Pledge Week

Various SCTV characters host a pledge drive for the network as it goes bankrupt.

EP17  You're On / Happy Hour
Jul. 03,1984
You're On / Happy Hour

Happy Hour presents the exciting conclusion to Six Gun Justice, and host Happy Marsden makes a surprising confession. The show also features and another episode of the oddly-paced You're On, while over at SCTV News, Earl retires and Floyd shows up in his Count Floyd costume.

EP16  Celebrity Fairie Tayles / Canadian Gaffes and Practical Amusements
Jun. 19,1984
Celebrity Fairie Tayles / Canadian Gaffes and Practical Amusements

Celebrity Fairie Tayles features the unlikely pairing of Alan Alda and Ed Grimley, while Canadian Gaffes features the gang from Headline Challenge in another brutal parody of the CBC that often approaches the moribund tediousness of the real thing

EP15  Jackie Rogers, Jr. for President / Happy Hour
Jun. 05,1984
Jackie Rogers, Jr. for President / Happy Hour

The wraparound features Jackie Rogers Jr's run for president, while Six Gun Justice's penultimate episode airs on Happy Hour. Jayne Eastwood returns as moderator for Philosophers at work.

EP14  Half Wits / Save the World Parade
May. 22,1984
Half Wits / Save the World Parade

Melonville's parade to promote world peace might not go as the announcers wish. Meanwhile, Alex Trebel is eager for someone, anyone to score on his game show "Half Wits."

EP13  2009, Jupiter and Beyond
May. 08,1984
2009, Jupiter and Beyond

Sci-Fi movie 2009, Jupiter and Beyond

EP12  Oliver Grimley
Apr. 24,1984
Oliver Grimley

Cheryl Kinsey does a live show, while Ed Grimley, does Oliver Twist

EP11  Allenscam
Apr. 10,1984
Allenscam

Features several wraparound elements, including an unfolding scandal involving Brad Allen, artist Willem de Kooning never quite being interviewed on three shows, and new character Rita Schubb in three separate short bits. Also includes Harvey, as done by the New York Actor's Studio, Mel's Rock Pile returns to the psychedelic sixties, while Murray Shulman savages Canadian television.

EP10  Youth, Do They Give A Damn or What? / Happy Hour
Mar. 27,1984
Youth, Do They Give A Damn or What? / Happy Hour

Soren and Weiss try to figure out what's up with the youth of today, while Don and Cheaplaffs have further adventures on Happy Hour. Also features a trio of commercials with Sophia Loren, who keeps branching out into new businesses.

EP9  Just For Fun / Black Like Vic
Mar. 13,1984
Just For Fun / Black Like Vic

Rusty Van Reddick does a PSA for nursery schools; tonight on "Just for Fun," Stan Kanter launches a discussion on nuclear proliferation; in a 1962 episode of "Vic Arpeggio," our hero pretends to be a black man in segregation-era Georgia.

EP8  Diary of a Female Person / Happy Hour
Feb. 28,1984
Diary of a Female Person / Happy Hour

Happy Hour shows another episode of Six Gun Justice, and Brock Linehan features Libby Wolfson's struggles to produce her new film.

EP7  Stalag SCTV
Feb. 14,1984
Stalag SCTV

Scripts are being stolen from SCTV, and new guy Fred Winston is the likeliest suspect. Highlights include Al Peck's Dinosaur Days and Lewis Does Dylan.

EP6  Stars In One: Bob Hope / Happy Hour
Jan. 31,1984
Stars In One: Bob Hope / Happy Hour

"Happy Hour" was a mock children's show, by bar patron, Happy Marsden, and the bartender, Mike. A mock western filmed in black and white, "Six Gun Justice", with was shown on each episode.

EP5  You're On / Das Boobs
Jan. 17,1984
You're On / Das Boobs

Das Boobs puts Porky's on the deck of Das Boot. Also features a trio of commercials with Irving Cohen, and the call-in show You're On, hosted by councilman for Melonville East, Max Lansky.

EP4  The Date Debate / Scary Previews
Jan. 03,1984
The Date Debate / Scary Previews

Count Floyd and Woody Tobias Jr co-host a new movie review show, Scary Previews

EP3  It's a Wonderful Film
Dec. 20,1983
It's a Wonderful Film

Producer, Martin Simmons is making a Christmas movie by classic film director Frank Bailey but decides that profit is more important than a making a quality movie so fires Bailey and hires a teen sex comedy director in his place.

EP2  Gimme Jackie / Australia
Dec. 06,1983
Gimme Jackie / Australia

Sid Dithers finds love in "An Officer and a Gentile". Perini Scleroso gets her own sitcom. "The National Midnight Star" is rechristened "Hollywood Dirt Tonight". Australian actor Mel McElroy hosts his own film festival.

EP1  Maudlin O' the Night
Nov. 22,1983
Maudlin O' the Night

(This is the start of the SCTV Channel, when SCTV moved to Cinemax. Shows are 45 minutes long). Guy Caballero launches the new SCTV cable channel. The Schmenge Brothers try new wave music. Edith Prickly and Edna Boil go double-dating in the film spoof "Prickly Business". Steve Roman makes his own made-for-TV movie about JFK.

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8.5 | en | Comedy
Synopsis

Second City Television is a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from Toronto's Second City troupe that ran between 1976 and 1984.

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Old Firehall Productions , Second City Entertainment

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