Joe was a beauty, never too over the top! Oh, okay, maybe with Count Floyd, but that was ACTING!! He was underrated as an impersonater, too. Man, I miss those guys: $87.00 budget per show (or so it seemed), and they still knocked it out of the park most shows. Sure, a lot of it is nostalgia, but damn, those guys knew how to sell a character!
Nobody would get it. Unless they poked fun at Reality Television. This would be a great return vehicle for Roseanne, Andy Dick, Rosie, Grace Under Fire, Matt Lauer.....
You nailed it, Greasy! Subtle humor. SNL was achingly funny at times, but it was SO uneven. And they committed - HARD - to some pretty poor stuff, IMÒ. I.e., the Church Lady, Father Guido, et al. Sweet memories, Grease-meister!
I laughed so hard at this sketch that I thought my eyeballs were going to pop out! My Dad laughed so hard at 'Joan Baez', that he had to take his glasses off!
There's two musical numbers/jokes cut out of this (for rights issues). One is right before the Maharishi scene where Merv sings the Doors Light My Fire, and the other is right after the police storm Hef's place, where Merv sings CSN's Chicago. Here's hoping one day we get the full episode.
When you have good impersonation and excellent writing this is what you get. SCTV was a little smarter than SNL in their heyday, and the Skits were a little more clever. Kudos to Rick Moranis and the gang... 😊🙄😉🤔👍
When I was younger, I never understood what my Radio/TV Teacher in High School found funny about this show. Several years later, I "got it," laugh out loud at the "funny" and think that "SCTV" was simply Epic! Martin Short? John Candy? Eugene Levy? True greats!
I hope Merv Griffin saw these parodies of him, I'm sure he did, he was a nice man, had a great sense of humor, he would have laughed and been flattered. Had a great talkshow, and excellent businessman.
I remember when Merv Griffith got the better of a major hotel deal over Donald Trump--Griffith thought Trump was "way in over his head" and was a big goof
Out of all the performances Catherine's impersonation of Virginia Graham steals the show!! Younger generations may not remember she had her own talk show in the late 60s and early 70s! I know this because my mom watched it! Again spot on!!!
been binging on hendrix videos. couldn't believe the very very beginning, and the Watchtower bit. sick. and Owsley as a sponsor. unbelievably hilarious
@@stevejohnson1577 cool I never noticed Merv Griffin's butt to be that big, when they parodied Arsenio Hall on In Living Color years later Keenen Ivory Wayans had a very big inflated butt
Holy crap did Flaherty look like Fonda! I thought it was him!
Joe was a beauty, never too over the top! Oh, okay, maybe with Count Floyd, but that was ACTING!! He was underrated as an impersonater, too.
Man, I miss those guys: $87.00 budget per show (or so it seemed), and they still knocked it out of the park most shows.
Sure, a lot of it is nostalgia, but damn, those guys knew how to sell a character!
Be kool, Billy ....
Same. Had to do a double take! Great sketch, hadn’t seen this one before, funny as hell!
@@MrBsbottoand Andrea looked exactly like Joan Baez .
Sctv .. comedy for the informed and intellectuals.
Never missed an episode
No other group could pull off those parodies like that..
Sheer brilliance
"We'll drop acid with Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper......Ooooahh." Hillarious!
*"... then later on, we'll all get BEATEN-UP by local rednecks!!!" lol*
🖖❤
The level of talent on this show (and in this skit) is mind boggling.
John Candy was so young and playing that trumpet he was cracking up.😊
Rochdale was a notorious student residence in downtown Toronto, overflowing with hippies and drugs.
Thanks, I got all the references but that one.
Wouldn't it be great if all the surviving SCTVers could return and bring the show back?!!
Nobody would get it. Unless they poked fun at Reality Television. This would be a great return vehicle for Roseanne, Andy Dick, Rosie, Grace Under Fire, Matt Lauer.....
No, it would be a disaster. Time moves on. The Kids In the Hall return has not done well at all.
SCTV was the greatest
Owsley was the famous underground chemest in Berkeley who made the best acid!
Rick Moranis' Merv laugh is one of the best impressions of all time.
The subtle joke of the radical teacher agreeing to be on his show. A perfect skit.
You nailed it, Greasy! Subtle humor. SNL was achingly funny at times, but it was SO uneven. And they committed - HARD - to some pretty poor stuff, IMÒ. I.e., the Church Lady, Father Guido, et al.
Sweet memories, Grease-meister!
Off korse Merff!
This is absolute brilliance!
I laughed so hard at this sketch that I thought my eyeballs were going to pop out! My Dad laughed so hard at 'Joan Baez', that he had to take his glasses off!
this scene is a Gem . i'm a life long fan of SCTV
There's two musical numbers/jokes cut out of this (for rights issues). One is right before the Maharishi scene where Merv sings the Doors Light My Fire, and the other is right after the police storm Hef's place, where Merv sings CSN's Chicago. Here's hoping one day we get the full episode.
Doesn't take away from the sketch.
When you have good impersonation and excellent writing this is what you get. SCTV was a little smarter than SNL in their heyday, and the Skits were a little more clever. Kudos to Rick Moranis and the gang... 😊🙄😉🤔👍
SNLrelied on political humor too much, as a rule, Nixon and Ford jokes don't age well.
emma: Topical humor never ages well.
The hair and make up and the sets were also well done and that added to the effect. So much talent on all levels!!
When I was younger, I never understood what my Radio/TV Teacher in High School found funny about this show. Several years later, I "got it," laugh out loud at the "funny" and think that "SCTV" was simply Epic! Martin Short? John Candy? Eugene Levy? True greats!
Merv in Easy Rider...love these guys
Brilliance. Pure brilliance,
well now I'm gonna try and locate the Plasmatics on the "fishin' musician!"
There was many advantages growing up on the border USA/CAN and this one of them.
Everyone’s favorite: Virginia Graham.
Whenever I pass a joint, I still say, "Here, have a toot."
Does everyone go "BOO WOO HAHAHA"
@@RideAcrossTheRiver Not as much as when I was in my 20s lol.
@@TyrSkyFatherOfTheGods Aw, c'mon, tell 'em Merv still rocked in his 50s!
I hope Merv Griffin saw these parodies of him, I'm sure he did, he was a nice man, had a great sense of humor, he would have laughed and been flattered. Had a great talkshow, and excellent businessman.
I remember when Merv Griffith got the better of a major hotel deal over Donald Trump--Griffith thought Trump was "way in over his head" and was a big goof
Out of all the performances Catherine's impersonation of Virginia Graham steals the show!! Younger generations may not remember she had her own talk show in the late 60s and early 70s! I know this because my mom watched it! Again spot on!!!
Carherine was so underrated. She could play the beautiful bombshell or the older woman brilliantly
GENIUS.......
"I have a lot in common with black people..." this put me out for like 10 minutes...ffffing brilliant
*Joan Baez @ the Playboy Room with Merv* LOL Funniest skit!
Rochdale 😂😂😂 was a building in Toronto near the university where a lot of young people lived. Joni Mitchell lived near there in the 60’s
been binging on hendrix videos.
couldn't believe the very very beginning, and the Watchtower bit. sick.
and Owsley as a sponsor. unbelievably hilarious
"Be cool, Billy".
God I love(d) this show. Still awesome after all these years!
Again, incredibly perfect
This is the best
Great merv griffin imitation, im sure merv himself would laugh if he saw this
Merv did see the sctv bits and actually wondered if his ass was that big... lol.. true story from Dave Thomas’s book on sctv
@@stevejohnson1577 cool I never noticed Merv Griffin's butt to be that big, when they parodied Arsenio Hall on In Living Color years later Keenen Ivory Wayans had a very big inflated butt
@@stevejohnson1577 also read Merv did see the skit and was P.O.'D. the way his pants looked 😆😆
Merv Griffith...
OK the show is really blowing my mind I bet you the 1960s were just playing awesome
4m02s "There's a jacuzzi in the bomb shelter." Aww.w... good times. I miss Hef. :(
🤣 funniest comedy in history!!! 🤣
Love Dave Thomas as Dennis Hopper.
Far out, maaaaan.
Still relevant today. Could have been about 2020.
Just woke up to sctv,,,,new to me ,,,,tons of funny content to enjoy
They did the entire culture , better than the first time around!
Love these guys❤️❤️❤️
You can smoke our roaches!
Slappy and Nipsey!
hahahahaha
When I first saw your comment I first thought Shorsey and Jonesy?!!
This reminds me of Leonard Maltin’s review of “The Glory Stompers(1967) ..”see if you can count how many times Dennis Hopper says “man”..
abcbatman1966 sounds like a drinking game....
SCTV was hilarious!
And the sponsors...f'ing hilarious show 81-83 for me prime time
So I click on one SCTV clip & then yt decides that's all I wanna see...
That's good.. Anymore, whatever I click on links to something unrelated or opposite of what I've just watched.
@@danielgaughan4243 I cannot scrub the videogamer and Japanese tsunami videos from my feed. No clue why they should be there
I was gonna add a comment but everything I read here is right on the spot.
this is insane.
Rochdale was a student residence in Toronto that became a radical hippie hotbed.
John Candy looks like a heavy Mark Wahlberg!
When we get to New Orleans do you mind if I look up Al Hirt?
Hirt is establishment!
Here have a hit
Whhhhoooo haaaaa
Holy crap those sponsors
I wish they had that Moranis as Merv sketch available when he hosted SNL. Valeting parking and picking up laundry while working Trump casino.
Andrea Martin as Joan Baez ... 🤣🤣🤣
Slappy and Nipsy Russell.......boo hoo ah ahh ahhh. And EVERYONES favorite Virginia Graham will be here.
Outrageous 😊
That Merv, always with the Riuniti!
ooooooooooooo!
I miss John candy
Moranis sure can hit a joint.
wish hollywood didn't disillusion rick moranis in the 90's, miss his talent dearly.
Ooooooh! Thats gooood!
mouranis is known for alot of more mainstream characters....he is awesome as grffin
4:06 Look! Fred Travalena in the gold shirt in the background!
A Rochdale reference, that's how you know it means bidness.
More Joan Baez!
Laura Westervelt MORE Cowbell.......
ooooooo, meeeervvvv, ooooooooo.
Be cool Billy!
Next time you're 'dehyrated' ... clear your system with Reunité!
What would Bob Dylan thought of that version of "All Along The Watchtower"?
haha, SCTV gave Merv some serious grief back then... lol
Jacuzzi in the bomb shelter lol
Virginia Graham.... classic!
Who did Peter Fonda? That really looks like him!
Classic
Binging on SCTV during the flu shelter in place, life is good.
People are idiots
Unfortunately, about half of their episodes are not available (so many of their best years).
@@davidcarter2720
Be nice to find all of them.
be cool billy be cool billy LOL
Ryan Seacrest is Merv's boy toy protegee
Alf Landon So was Denny Terio...
Ooooooooh...
@@MuzixMaker😂😂
Riunite - so nice!
I actually had a Nero jacket. With a medallion on a chain.
3:18 john breaking character for a bit for a chuckle
Check out the Merv Griffith show. Hilarious.😄⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
That was so funny. You can smoke our roaches. What does that mean? So funny.
A roach is a term used for a joint that has been smoked.
Flagherty as hugh heffner
Well shit, now I gotta see if Joan Baez's nose was that witchy, in real life... not quite that large, but, the shape is right.
Hey cool it, have a toot, man
How did his hair get that long that fast!
That's your question?
1:01
I will just watch SCTV since SNL isn't funny anymore.
They reference how lite in the loafers merv was ...and it was all good ..no woke no lbqgt or is it lbgqt
Merv themed shows lol boohoohahaha
This clip was VERY weak. Not the usual SCTV par.
Aw man, just go vote for Nixon already!
Dreadfully unfunny.
Says YOU, man, part of the Establishment
@@RideAcrossTheRiver the only "establishment" I am part of is normality
@@Rbl7132 Aw man, give Stephen Harper back his helmet hair, man!
@@RideAcrossTheRiver I have no idea what you're talking about but this skit is the most unfunny thing I've ever seen in my life
@@Rbl7132 Aw man, nobody can hear you with those crumpets in your mouth, man!
SCTV was the best comedy show ever. It was 10 times better than SNL.
I'm 65 and I'm too old to know much of anything about Merv Griffin.
Jesus, that was beyond brilliant
I couldn't wait to watch SCTV back in the day. Brilliant show