SCTV was probably one of the best comedy TV shows ever. They nailed satire, had solid characters, from a very talented cast, well written and most of all, extremely funny.
The sheer amount of talent that came out of SCTV is unbelievable. John Candy, Andrea Martin, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Martin Short etc. And almost all of them still in the business. Schitt's Creek, Only Murders in the Building...two massive hit shows.
Used to watch SCTV on NBC as a teen but never remembered this part. As a late 1970s80s soap opera viewer, this has it all, the amnesia, wedding chaos, evil imposter. I'd watch a whole season of this today.
i was searching for the clip of the unforgettable lines from catherine ohara: 'all they want is sex and that's all i give them'. Then i found the whole series condensed in this youtube video. Second City TV is Timeless comedy
I know you're referring to the "Violet McKay" character, but the way she annunciates the word 'fiancé" as "Sue Ellen" @19:08 is hilarious-very Joan Cusak.
Everybody was on-track playing melodrama for a soap, except Andrea Martin was playing for a laugh-track on a kids' show. Really dropped the penny on that one.
Yes, it's a classic parody and compelling in its own right because the SCTV cast are such great actors on top of being first class comics. The funny thing is, surreal as it gets, so much actual daytime drama is even more insanely weird but played straight without satire, and it enhances the sheer fun madness...
Back when SCTV was new, I missed the wedding episode. I didn't see it in the summer reruns either. 40 years later, I finally got to see the episode here--and Bill Murray was in it! That was a nice surprise after all this time. Thanks for posting this!
Your comment is the highlight of my day. I had never heard of this before and bam, here I am. 40 years to wait for the wedding episode. you are awesome. lol
I grew up in the 80's in Britain and so annoyed that no British Channel broadcast SCTV back in the day. Thank you uploader for taking the time to put this together. Man Canada was brimming with amazing comedy talent back then
Same here - some of the crap we got instead. I would've loved this cos it had people I loved to see in the films of the day - like John Candy, Rick Moranis, Catherine O'Hara. I feel like the internet was invented to let us play catch up in Britain how to join the dots with how all those people go into the movies.
They perfexted all of the lowered gazes, the pregnant pauses...the kind of timing that was needed to build "'suspense" 🤣 The characters' names - perfect.
Clay Collins is at the top of that list of music genius’ who left us way too young ( Hendrix,Cobain, Duane Allman etc)and leaves us music lovers to ponder what could of been. If Buddy Holly’s death was the day the music died,well Clay’s death was surely the day music fans stopped being turned on to the music. I cry whenever I think about how many pretty girls will never get turned on by his music in the future
Clay''s unreleased work is finally going to see the light of day in a double album. I think it's going to be called his "Wide" album because the records are both being released in that format that didn't last too long, ie on oblong discs that are almost twice as wide on one axis than the other. One of Clay's never-finished songs---I AM GLASS WALRUS NUMBER 9---was just completed by the Queen Haters. At least we'll all have this to help quell the tears of our' unending sorrow at his loss.
@@RSEFX If you believe in forever,then Clay’s life was just a one night stand. If there’s a rock & roll heaven,with Clay they’ll have a helluva of a band
Now THIS is MY era of tv and I'll always treasure these sketches and my memories of the laughter this show brought me. This was possibly the best and most complete parody of soap opera cliches and stereotypes of all time. It just distilled all the elements in one hilarious skit. Brilliant.
@@whateverheather655 You're 50 and asking if SCTV was shown on HBO or Showtime? Anyway, if it aired in your town or city you'd have found it late night on a local station, not CBS, NBC, or ABC.
@user-ug4jp8lp4q like I said I do not remember this being on TV. Yes we had HBO in the early 80s and showtime in the 80s. I came from a very very strict home so that's probably another reaon I don't remember this show
John Candy is fantastic in the second season as he gets more hysterical and Eugene Levy is so spot on as the upright guy. I just wish I knew what happened to Clay Collins and Sue Ellen!
Clay Collins played by Rick Moranis from Ghost Busters and Honey I shrunk the Kids. He died at the Alter. Nice Cameo appearance from Bill Murray And I think the Terrorist who impersonated a Pentagon employee looked like Bill Paxton? But his profile didn't look like him? I wish they gave the names of the cast?
Okay, I'm six minutes in and I'm totally involved with this story. Everyone in SCTV is so talented and they all have great range. I used to watch soaps in the 1970s becaise the ladies lounge in the office building had a TV. Women would come spend their lunch hour either napping or watching the soaps and then go back to their office. This is just like those terribly serious stories. They were addictive. Thanks for posting!
The over the top “acting”, dramatic pauses, constant drinking and 70/80s musical sound track are so spot on, it’s funny how a 40 year old soap opera parody I watched the first time around has sucked me in again all these years later 🤣🤣🤣
To me SNL has always been hit and miss when it comes to skits and even cast members but SCTV was gold every time. Funniest show and best cast. And their still killing it today. Anyone who watches the brilliant Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy on Schitt's Creek can attest to that.
@@georgesabol459 - Yes! 100%. This is because SCTV and MADTV were all about the comedy, poking fun at all sides equally. SNL is continually hell bent on lecturing me about politics. I haven't watched it in about as long.
Fewer people know, however, that there have been tons of SCTV semi-reunions over the years, with John Candy, Eugene Levy, Rick Moranis, Joe Flaherty, Andrew Martin, Martin Short & Catherine O'Hara getting together in various formations and doing classic SCTV characters and/or their spiritual successors. Most of the shows below can be found on TH-cam and do not disappoint: 1983 *Bob & Doug McKenzie:* Strange Brew (DT/RM) 1984 The New Show (DT w/JC, CO'H) 1985 *Schmenge Brothers:* The Last Polka (JC/EL w/RM, CO'H, DT) 1985 Comedy Week (eps. w/EL, JF, RM, DT, CO'H) 1985 Concert for the North Americas (MS w/JC, JF, EL, AM, DT) 1987 Really Weird Tales (JF w/JC, MS, CO'H) 1988 Biographies: The Enigma of *Bobby Bittman* (EL) 1988 Completely Mental Misadv's of *Ed Grimley* (MS w/AM, CO'H, JF) 1989 I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood (MS w/CO'H, EL, JF, DT) 1989 Andrea Martin...Together Again (AM w/DT, CO'H, MS) 1990 The Dave Thomas Show (DT w/JC, MS, CO'H) 1994, 1995, 1999 The Martin Short Shows (MS w/AM, EL, JF) 2001-2005 Primetime Glick (MS w/CO'H, AM, EL, JF, AM) 2007 Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary (DT/RM) 2012 I, Martin Short, Goes Home (MS w/JF, EL, AM)
He was amazing, even when he took on a serious role in that movie with Ally Sheedy and the serious, as well as the funny parts of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles!
She actually makes you care for everything that happens to her and it's surprisingly clever, because the characters develop just as in a genuine soap opera; Mojo goes from being a laugh-at character to the one you empathise with most...
I haven't seen Billy since he was no bigger than..."this cup?" and Mojo taking the oath... "high ho?" Love Mojo. And even Rocco understood that "high ho" was funny. This kind of satirical parody is sadly, almost non existent nowadays. Thank you SCTV! (and many thanks to whoever posted this)
Eugene Levy and Catherine O Hara Pre Schitts Creek! Love this what a gem. Bill Murray,Rick Moranis, Martin Short and John Candy too. Loved Levy and Candy especially in Splash😄This is just too fun 🤩 thx for uploading!❤
I recall watching this when it first aired that when Bill Murray's character was shown Simon and Garfunkel doing "Mrs. Robinson" was playing. Guess they couldn't get rights to have that here! Love this show! Incredibly talented folks, everyone of them!
Reminds me of a "Golden Girls" bit, where Blanche was reading a serial comic strip I forget the name of. Dorothy said she hadn't read that strip since the early '60s, or some such long ago decade. "Well, you haven't missed much, Dorothy; let's see....it's later that same afternoon......."
Andrea Martin is the funniest woman ever . That bit where she's attempting suicide dangling from the rope whilst holding a conversation with Dave Thomas like it was the most natural thing on earth is absolutely hilarious.
Both Martin and Catherine O’Hara are comic icons, and they didn’t even get paid for their writing contributions for the entire first season, because they were women, even though they wrote their own characters and sketches. And all of the guys didn’t stand up for them, they just took their extra pay as though it was the most natural thing in the world.
When you think about the money they made - even me even the guys at the time kind of ridiculous - def not 100000 an episode or 10,000 I bet , hope they get something from you tube
Omg, I just came across this tonight. I LOVED Second City TV...John Candy, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy & the rest of the gang were the best, absolutely HILARIOUS. Watched it everytime it was on. Can't find comedy like this anymore.
I wonder if the Carol Burnett cameo was a tip of the cap to "As the Stomach Turns"? Candy, Levy, and Flaherty were amazing together, I for one can't look at Levy and not start laughing, even when he's being serious, his double takes and expressions are spot on.
Couldn't agree more about Levy. He was especially brilliant with the equally brilliant O'hara in "On the waterfront, again" 🤣 (I'll take it out on their skulls!) Levy as "bobby bitman" with his "brother" skip bitman on the Sammy Mauldlin show was pure comedy gold. Moranis as "skip bitman" was beyond superb, especially when he was trying to record his act while on stage, and royally screwing it up.😂
SCTV in the 70s and 80s Kids in the Hall in the 80s and 90s Trailer Park Boys 00s and 10s What Canadian comedy is out there now that I'm missing out on as an American?
I am just beyond delighted to find that the entire series is on TH-cam! This and “As the Stomach Turns” on the Carol Burnett Show were always my go-to as a kid when I needed a laugh. Thank you for sharing 👏
All 12 episodes! They all wrote their OWN material. This devastating spoof of DAYS OF OUR LIVES and YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS is a true comic gem. Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis bowed out early to film STRANGE BREW. Catherine O Hara plays 4 parts! She plays Violet McKay, Sue Ellen, Janet Halsey and a Courtroom Attendee. Cameos by Bill Murray and Carol Burnett. WATCH THIS!
27:44😂 roco..smh.. i do that as a joke anytime im drinking from a cup or glass. 😅Only a selected few know why it's funny. Sctv is the best 👍🏻 Joe Flaherty was brilliant. 🙏🏻 So sad he's gone.
I watched this show religiously back in the 80"s. I never realized there was an actual plot to these shorts. As well, Rocco goes into a phone booth with the old AGT logo, lol
I think that logo was for Edmonton Telephones which was the city-owned telephone service back then. Thunder Bay also had a municipal telephone company at one time-at least into the 1980’s.
I want to thank you personally for putting all of these together so I can watch it... In one setting. I spent this afternoon watching the entire thing. Again, thank you?
1:17:07 How did they ever make it thru that jail cell scene without laughing. I bet it took a few takes. Joe Flaherty & John Candy are kings of comedy.
The background music, audio and tones of voice used by the cast makes The Days of the Week an auditory carnival for the ears. Perfect soap opera satire.
andrea martin is one of the most underrated comedians of all time. i love her.
oh to laugh without a laugh track is pure pleasure
So Lovely to hang out with John Candy in any form. We all miss him. ♥️
And now Joe flaherty has passed 🙏🏻
@@The_whimsickal_artist 😥
SCTV was probably one of the best comedy TV shows ever. They nailed satire, had solid characters, from a very talented cast, well written and most of all, extremely funny.
Yup! And the drama in Days of the Week shows the quality in the actors and how much range and dedication they had.
And . . . we must not overlook THE DIRECTOR and the SCREEN WRITERS. Without them . . . nothing happens.
@@rockyhill9965 Absolutely !
Most excellent, I must say 😎
What years was this shown? It's so funny, but I don't remember it!
"Do you love your son more than me?"
"Well he is my son."
"Am I your son?"
Pure gold.
"Sometimes I forget who I am."
"Well, you shouldn't. You're my maid."
My favourite is the guy who walks in with the violin case. "Which side are you, the bride or the groom?" "I'm the violinist." x
That part had me in tears
Don't you have something to clean?
My fave so far; about chemical warfare: "It's no more dangerous than sticking a baby's head through a buzz saw."
Andrea Martin's face can contort into just about anything. She's amazing.
Seriously, the amount of talent on this show is astonishing.
That face is too funny.
She's great The level of talent in every single person. There's no dead weight.
I love it when she's trying to seduce Billy?
"The knock...out!!"
Hilarious show , Canadians make great shows
I can’t get enough of this! It’s better than any soap opera on tv. The opener listing all the days is priceless
The sheer amount of talent that came out of SCTV is unbelievable. John Candy, Andrea Martin, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Martin Short etc. And almost all of them still in the business. Schitt's Creek, Only Murders in the Building...two massive hit shows.
OMITB is the best series right now
I really like how there’s no canned laughter
Used to watch SCTV on NBC as a teen but never remembered this part. As a late 1970s80s soap opera viewer, this has it all, the amnesia, wedding chaos, evil imposter. I'd watch a whole season of this today.
I'm watching the whole "season" now. Lol puts SNL to shame. Extra soapy and silly.
Catherine O’Hara’s accent for her character was so subtle. No wonder she went on to accomplish so much. Very talented lady.
i was searching for the clip of the unforgettable lines from catherine ohara: 'all they want is sex and that's all i give them'. Then i found the whole series condensed in this youtube video. Second City TV is Timeless comedy
Have you seen her in _For Your Consideration?_ Heartbreaking performance, even though it's comedy.
I know you're referring to the "Violet McKay" character, but the way she annunciates the word 'fiancé" as "Sue Ellen" @19:08 is hilarious-very Joan Cusak.
Everybody was on-track playing melodrama for a soap, except Andrea Martin was playing for a laugh-track on a kids' show. Really dropped the penny on that one.
She isn't in this skit - she left in 1979
Whoever put this together, thank you.
Forever grateful. You are the best, uploader.
Yes, it's a classic parody and compelling in its own right because the SCTV cast are such great actors on top of being first class comics. The funny thing is, surreal as it gets, so much actual daytime drama is even more insanely weird but played straight without satire, and it enhances the sheer fun madness...
You can't imagine how much effort I went through (and failed) trying to get all this in one place back in the day!!!
Whoever put this together is truly a hero.
Have you noticed it's a whole channel?
@@ferociousgumby I'm referring to whoever took the time to gather all the clips.
Whoever put this together is a genius!
Unfortunately its not put together in the right order
I have loved this for 35 years!!!! Thank you for compiling them!
Yeah, That's the thing, You can never become tired of watching these.
Bill Murray and Carol Burnett spots are priceless ❤️
What a great group and show. RIP Joe Flaherty and John Candy.
Back when SCTV was new, I missed the wedding episode. I didn't see it in the summer reruns either. 40 years later, I finally got to see the episode here--and Bill Murray was in it! That was a nice surprise after all this time. Thanks for posting this!
Your comment is the highlight of my day. I had never heard of this before and bam, here I am. 40 years to wait for the wedding episode. you are awesome. lol
Young Martin Short...he looks like he’s about 12......didn’t realize he was Canadian. What a treasure he is......love him.
Martin shirt is small man and Rick moranis is shorter than him!
Oh my god. Thank you for posting this again. Best. Parody. Ever. That they did it without a laugh track is the icing on the cake.
Calvin Saxon day’s of our lives doesn’t use laugh tracks...
So good!!!
Wait, it's a parody..?
🤯
If something it truly funny, it doesn't need a laugh track.
Days Of The Week taught me about day drinking!
😂😂
The part with Rocco at the phone booth is SO like every frikking warehouse wharf district on every soap ever!
And every soap had one lol
I thought of general hospital, I think 🤔
@@tdward23 yes and guiding light
😂😂 Port Charles.
I grew up in the 80's in Britain and so annoyed that no British Channel broadcast SCTV back in the day. Thank you uploader for taking the time to put this together. Man Canada was brimming with amazing comedy talent back then
Same here - some of the crap we got instead. I would've loved this cos it had people I loved to see in the films of the day - like John Candy, Rick Moranis, Catherine O'Hara. I feel like the internet was invented to let us play catch up in Britain how to join the dots with how all those people go into the movies.
in Canada, at this time anyway, we ruled the seas of comedy!
Canadian here... I always assumed people in the UK didn't think much of North American humour.
@@modern_memory I think it was more we didn't have enough access to it. Now we do!
They perfexted all of the lowered gazes, the pregnant pauses...the kind of timing that was needed to build "'suspense" 🤣 The characters' names - perfect.
Andrea Martin is such talented comedic actress.
Agreed - the concept of timing and subtlety are a lost art today.
And so cute! As was Catherine O'Hara! What a great cast and show they were!!
No she isn’t. And this is a soap opera not a comedy. Sorry to shatter your precious illusions. Refill?
@@juliusward5291 Are you…stupid?
Clay Collins is at the top of that list of music genius’ who left us way too young ( Hendrix,Cobain, Duane Allman etc)and leaves us music lovers to ponder what could of been. If Buddy Holly’s death was the day the music died,well Clay’s death was surely the day music fans stopped being turned on to the music. I cry whenever I think about how many pretty girls will never get turned on by his music in the future
Clay''s unreleased work is finally going to see the light of day in a double album. I think it's going to be called his "Wide" album because the records are both being released in that format that didn't last too long, ie on oblong discs that are almost twice as wide on one axis than the other. One of Clay's never-finished songs---I AM GLASS WALRUS NUMBER 9---was just completed by the Queen Haters. At least we'll all have this to help quell the tears of our' unending sorrow at his loss.
@@RSEFX If you believe in forever,then Clay’s life was just a one night stand. If there’s a rock & roll heaven,with Clay they’ll have a helluva of a band
I’m sure that wherever he is, Clay would be glad to hear that his music turns on anonymous TH-cam commenters like you.
A delight to see proper music journalism.
Hahaha same here 😂
SCTV one of the all time best comedy shows. So much talent, and some of the best writing anywhere. Timeless
Now THIS is MY era of tv and I'll always treasure these sketches and my memories of the laughter this show brought me. This was possibly the best and most complete parody of soap opera cliches and stereotypes of all time. It just distilled all the elements in one hilarious skit. Brilliant.
agree.....still laughing
When did this come out I have never even heard of this. I'm 50 . What channel did it come. on cbs hbo showtime ?
...and a few gallons of whiskey drinken...
@@whateverheather655 You're 50 and asking if SCTV was shown on HBO or Showtime? Anyway, if it aired in your town or city you'd have found it late night on a local station, not CBS, NBC, or ABC.
@user-ug4jp8lp4q like I said I do not remember this being on TV. Yes we had HBO in the early 80s and showtime in the 80s. I came from a very very strict home so that's probably another reaon I don't remember this show
They're all great character actors but the relationship between Rocco anD Dr.WainRiGHt just takes the cake.Yes thank you very much for posting.
Its just a work of pure beauty. The church scene is gold.
" That's Doctor Rocco to you. "
John Candy is fantastic in the second season as he gets more hysterical and Eugene Levy is so spot on as the upright guy. I just wish I knew what happened to Clay Collins and Sue Ellen!
Gallons of whiskey were sacrificed in that serie and you want to know ... Clay got drunk on whiskey and Sue Ellen got gang banged by bikers!
Governor of Oregon & Mayor of Portman..
Clay Collins played by Rick Moranis from Ghost Busters and Honey I shrunk the Kids.
He died at the Alter.
Nice Cameo appearance from Bill Murray
And I think the Terrorist who impersonated a Pentagon employee looked like Bill Paxton?
But his profile didn't look like him?
I wish they gave the names of the cast?
@@Prof.Tarfeather Bill Paxton was played by Dave Thomas. He also played G Gordon Liddy in other skits and his character here is very similar.
SCTV has created comedy gold with their take on soap operas with The Days Of The Week. The comedy of SCTV will always be timeless and legendary.
Okay, I'm six minutes in and I'm totally involved with this story. Everyone in SCTV is so talented and they all have great range. I used to watch soaps in the 1970s becaise the ladies lounge in the office building had a TV. Women would come spend their lunch hour either napping or watching the soaps and then go back to their office. This is just like those terribly serious stories. They were addictive. Thanks for posting!
Andrea Martin is simply amazing!
"Who's the skag?" This soap may be my absolute favourite piece of SCTV. Thank you!
"Sis?"
Absolute Masterpiece! I watched it when it first aired, it was riveting. Now, in 2023, it's still a masterpiece.
Agreed!!!
This was actually captivating. Since they are all comics, one is constantly expecting a one-liner or a zinger, but the story actually seems to work.
The over the top “acting”, dramatic pauses, constant drinking and 70/80s musical sound track are so spot on, it’s funny how a 40 year old soap opera parody I watched the first time around has sucked me in again all these years later 🤣🤣🤣
"Glad to know it turns on pretty girls like you." - Clay Collins
I remember watching this as a kid, now as an adult and complete soap opera fan, they've captured 1980's soap opera in real time! Bravo!!!
Do you want to play marbles? Am I your son? 😂😂😂😂😂
This mini series, "Days of the Week," was particularly brilliant from conception to execution!! The actors were magnificent in their portrayals.
We’re so proud of SCTV ❤️🇨🇦
To me SNL has always been hit and miss when it comes to skits and even cast members but SCTV was gold every time. Funniest show and best cast. And their still killing it today. Anyone who watches the brilliant Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy on Schitt's Creek can attest to that.
@Steve Stone Oh Yeah! The original SNL cast was far the best of them all imo.
They're not "skits", they're sketches.
@@evanrockwell7883 What's the difference? 🙄
SNL hasn't been funny in 30 years plus. Haven't watched it for nearly 35 years.
@@georgesabol459 - Yes! 100%. This is because SCTV and MADTV were all about the comedy, poking fun at all sides equally. SNL is continually hell bent on lecturing me about politics. I haven't watched it in about as long.
Andrea Martin is a great actress. It's almost like Mojo and May are being played by different two different people!
She could be different, each day of the week. It goes "Sunthd.... Damnit!
I love how all the rich characters have the same glass whiskey containers always within reach.
I can’t believe I’ve never heard of or seen this! Perfect Sunday viewing. So grateful 🥰
I remember these from the 80s! I had a big-time crush on Catherine O'Hara - we're the same age to boot!
She is Amazing
Priceless!! Instead of 5% I want 8%..
That guy got quite greedy 😂😂
'Care for a drink?'.....'No thanks, I've got surgery in ten minutes. Ok just the one' lol
I have just discovered SCTV on TH-cam having never even heard of it before. Days of the week is glorious !
Fewer people know, however, that there have been tons of SCTV semi-reunions over the years, with John Candy, Eugene Levy, Rick Moranis, Joe Flaherty, Andrew Martin, Martin Short & Catherine O'Hara getting together in various formations and doing classic SCTV characters and/or their spiritual successors.
Most of the shows below can be found on TH-cam and do not disappoint:
1983 *Bob & Doug McKenzie:* Strange Brew (DT/RM)
1984 The New Show (DT w/JC, CO'H)
1985 *Schmenge Brothers:* The Last Polka (JC/EL w/RM, CO'H, DT)
1985 Comedy Week (eps. w/EL, JF, RM, DT, CO'H)
1985 Concert for the North Americas (MS w/JC, JF, EL, AM, DT)
1987 Really Weird Tales (JF w/JC, MS, CO'H)
1988 Biographies: The Enigma of *Bobby Bittman* (EL)
1988 Completely Mental Misadv's of *Ed Grimley* (MS w/AM, CO'H, JF)
1989 I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood (MS w/CO'H, EL, JF, DT)
1989 Andrea Martin...Together Again (AM w/DT, CO'H, MS)
1990 The Dave Thomas Show (DT w/JC, MS, CO'H)
1994, 1995, 1999 The Martin Short Shows (MS w/AM, EL, JF)
2001-2005 Primetime Glick (MS w/CO'H, AM, EL, JF, AM)
2007 Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary (DT/RM)
2012 I, Martin Short, Goes Home (MS w/JF, EL, AM)
Rocco is absolute gold.
Rip john candy. We could use some laughs today. A comic genius 🙂
His movies were hit-and-miss but John was a Canadian treasure. Lost him way too soon.
He was amazing, even when he took on a serious role in that movie with Ally Sheedy and the serious, as well as the funny parts of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles!
“I’ll have a bourbon and tomato juice.”
“Why don’t you...go ahead and order that yourself.” 😆
The Bloody Kentucky...
@@tunafang I order that to test people’s intelligence.
I know😂
My mothers drink if choice was bourbon with cranberry juice
"... but they gotta tell me I'm pretty, I don't dish it just to everyone." Hahah!
Love it when O'Hara checks her watch while holding a cup of tea--then her expression when tea hits carpet.
I always loved Rocco. Joe Flaherty plays great thugs.
It was a gift....for Columbus Day!
Rocco is one tough mamma jamma
Mojo is one of the greatest characters in modern cinema.
argel bargel soap operas were on television, not in movie theatres.
She actually makes you care for everything that happens to her and it's surprisingly clever, because the characters develop just as in a genuine soap opera; Mojo goes from being a laugh-at character to the one you empathise with most...
Mojo rising
@R W Can you imagine their brilliant offspring?
@@antney1108 11:02 Look at this performance, and you tell me Mojo doesn't transcend media.
I haven't seen Billy since he was no bigger than..."this cup?" and Mojo taking the oath... "high ho?" Love Mojo. And even Rocco understood that "high ho" was funny. This kind of satirical parody is sadly, almost non existent nowadays. Thank you SCTV! (and many thanks to whoever posted this)
Whenever anyone in our family uses the phrase “no bigger than…”, we always say “this cup??”
This was so spot on. I remember coming home from school the soap operas were just like this. The pauses the over acting, the closeups. Brilliant 🎭
I never saw this show because I was too young...but watching all these awesome people on one show is kick ass.
It's wild to watch this all these years later when you watched it the first time. Still holds up.
One of the best music documentaries I've ever watched.
Eugene Levy and Catherine O Hara Pre Schitts Creek! Love this what a gem. Bill Murray,Rick Moranis, Martin Short and John Candy too. Loved Levy and Candy especially in Splash😄This is just too fun 🤩 thx for uploading!❤
This is hilarious 😂😅😢 The way Martin Short walked down the aisle in the church is too much😅🤣😅🤣
I had forgotten all about "The Days of the Week". Rocco and Mojo. Insane and hilarious. Thanks for this.
I recall watching this when it first aired that when Bill Murray's character was shown Simon and Garfunkel doing "Mrs. Robinson" was playing. Guess they couldn't get rights to have that here! Love this show! Incredibly talented folks, everyone of them!
"Do you wanna play marbles?" I lost it.
What, your marbles?
This is pretty much every soap opera!
Hey Carol...As the Stomach Turns meets Days of the Week!
Dave Thomas channeling his G Gordon Liddy characterization, plus a few more hilarious quirks. Classic.
I have always appreciated Rocco's excellent negotiating skills!!
Kind of a Trump-Putin relationship.
1,000 bucks that's a lot of money
The whole cell block smells like shoe polish
@@michaelsnell5960 Yep....over 50 years Rocco will be collecting essentially 20 bucks a year just for keeping his mouth shut....not to shabby.
SCTV has captured the essence of the crazy plots and general nonsense that soap operas portray. I like it very much.
Reminds me of a "Golden Girls" bit, where Blanche was reading a serial comic strip I forget the name of. Dorothy said she hadn't read that strip since the early '60s, or some such long ago decade. "Well, you haven't missed much, Dorothy; let's see....it's later that same afternoon......."
They even have the draggy, funereal pace of the dialogue right.
Me too🤔🧐😂😂😂🤓
As well as the dramatic music & closeups.
I wonder what they could have done with the truly batshit insane plots that came in the decades since.
Whoever compiled this...thank you!!!
this, and Twin Peaks.. the two best parody's of serial soaps ever conceived.
Next two would have to be Mary Hartman and Fresno...
What a rare treasure to see SCTV! I grew up watching it and as far as I'm concerned, it's never been topped.
Such a dead on take of soap operas cliches, satire at it's best and classic SCTV
Has anyone looked under "show more"? What is going on here?
Oh my God, the number of star comedians in this is crazy! Rick Moranis, then Eugene Levy and John Candy, and then Catharine O'Hara?! Very cool.
I loved the Carol Burnett cameo!
Well...it's SCTV. That's the cast of that show lol
Oh, honey, you must be so young! SCTV was a seminal humor show
Andrea Martin is the funniest woman ever . That bit where she's attempting suicide dangling from the rope whilst holding a conversation with Dave Thomas like it was the most natural thing on earth is absolutely hilarious.
Both Martin and Catherine O’Hara are comic icons, and they didn’t even get paid for their writing contributions for the entire first season, because they were women, even though they wrote their own characters and sketches. And all of the guys didn’t stand up for them, they just took their extra pay as though it was the most natural thing in the world.
When you think about the money they made - even me even the guys at the time kind of ridiculous - def not 100000 an episode or 10,000 I bet , hope they get something from you tube
Hilarious! Even the organ music at the church for the wedding is the theme song!! 🤣
Omg, I just came across this tonight. I LOVED Second City TV...John Candy, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy & the rest of the gang were the best, absolutely HILARIOUS. Watched it everytime it was on. Can't find comedy like this anymore.
I wonder if the Carol Burnett cameo was a tip of the cap to "As the Stomach Turns"? Candy, Levy, and Flaherty were amazing together, I for one can't look at Levy and not start laughing, even when he's being serious, his double takes and expressions are spot on.
Couldn't agree more about Levy. He was especially brilliant with the equally brilliant O'hara in "On the waterfront, again" 🤣 (I'll take it out on their skulls!) Levy as "bobby bitman" with his "brother" skip bitman on the Sammy Mauldlin show was pure comedy gold. Moranis as "skip bitman" was beyond superb, especially when he was trying to record his act while on stage, and royally screwing it up.😂
Need more episodes. I saw Breaking Bad five times and now it’s time to binge The Days of the Week. Love it
SCTV in the 70s and 80s
Kids in the Hall in the 80s and 90s
Trailer Park Boys 00s and 10s
What Canadian comedy is out there now that I'm missing out on as an American?
I am just beyond delighted to find that the entire series is on TH-cam! This and “As the Stomach Turns” on the Carol Burnett Show were always my go-to as a kid when I needed a laugh. Thank you for sharing 👏
And she has that extremely understated cameo in the courtroom near the very end.
All 12 episodes! They all wrote their OWN material. This devastating spoof of DAYS OF OUR LIVES and YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS is a true comic gem. Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis bowed out early to film STRANGE BREW. Catherine O Hara plays 4 parts! She plays Violet McKay, Sue Ellen, Janet Halsey and a Courtroom Attendee. Cameos by Bill Murray and Carol Burnett. WATCH THIS!
I agree, but one correction: O'Hara is not Janet Halsey; she was played by Mary-Charlotte Wilcox, who also played Idella Voudry.
There were other writers on SCTV
You can actually see the cast dropping out as it goes along. Watching the decline of SCTV...
Tony Arguien My wife’s brother-in-law wrote for SCTV for years.
This show was brilliant!
I’ve missed this brilliant show for sooo long. Thank you !
"you telling me I've only got two weeks to live?". "Well, give or take a couple of days".
27:44😂 roco..smh.. i do that as a joke anytime im drinking from a cup or glass. 😅Only a selected few know why it's funny. Sctv is the best 👍🏻 Joe Flaherty was brilliant. 🙏🏻 So sad he's gone.
Second City TV! Always loved as a kid!👍
"You wanna play marbles" was so perfectly random.
I actually find watching this in ten minute shots relaxing and funny
Agreed. Relaxing & a bit of silly does the soul good....but poor Clay Collins. His plight puts the edge into the mix, sadly.
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Strangely true!
I watched this show religiously back in the 80"s. I never realized there was an actual plot to these shorts. As well, Rocco goes into a phone booth with the old AGT logo, lol
Trevor Provencher w/rotary dial!
I think that logo was for Edmonton Telephones which was the city-owned telephone service back then. Thunder Bay also had a municipal telephone company at one time-at least into the 1980’s.
30 mins in and so invested in this wonderful tale. Hope it all works out for Clay. 🤞🤞🤞
That window ... I used to look outta that thing
This chair ... I used to play behind there
better than anything on TV or film today ....God bless SCTV
I love the random Bill Murray cameo! 😂
I had no idea he was on this show at all. When I saw him I thought, That guy looks alot like Bill Murray." LOL. It was him. Cool
@@olliefoxx7165 The episode of SCTV with Robin Williams just hits you out of the blue like that as well.
See? We had attention spans in the 1980's... It was awesome!
I want to thank you personally for putting all of these together so I can watch it... In one setting. I spent this afternoon watching the entire thing. Again, thank you?
1:17:07 How did they ever make it thru that jail cell scene without laughing. I bet it took a few takes. Joe Flaherty & John Candy are kings of comedy.
The background music, audio and tones of voice used by the cast makes The Days of the Week an auditory carnival for the ears. Perfect soap opera satire.
“You’ve been no help whatsoever. Now get the hell out.”
I've purposely used this line. It's genius.
I want that carved on my tombstone!
This gets better every time I watch it, and I have watched it many, many times.