I first saw this skit when I was about 12 years old. The bit where the convict says he's in for manslaughter, and Candy's reaction shot are still hilarious. I still feel that SCTV was the greatest TV ever made in Canada.
Juan- Kids In The Hall, In Living Color, and MAD TV are up there as an extension of what SCTV brought to the table, but SCTV is still the reigning king and queen of kitsch comedy. Only being usurped by the Duke MST3K
@Tony MarioCorner Gas was the most unfunny so called comedy of all time--about as funny as Brett Butt was--I watched him be booed off the stage at a comedy club outside Toronto once
That opening segment always cracks me up - I have to think the old guy is just a street resident who walked by and his 'what the hell?' reaction is real.
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6:50 "It's just you & I Mrs. Feblo"... SCTV is the MOST Brilliant comedy skit program out there. Period. I grew up on this. God Bless John Candy. Taken WAY too soon.
I always loved how at the start, and then at the end, they'd peel out of the driveway, get to the intersection, and then mess up their turns! SCTV WAS THE BEST!!!!
For 40 years now a friend and I repeat the common inside joke. Whenever there is a lull in the conversation, usually after a stated fact, one of us will invariably say, "That's about the size of it Mrs. Flablo". Come to think of it, our reunions are usually referencing SCTV about 10 times a weekend. I thank God this show was in my life.
The building used for the prison was the RC Harris water filtration plant in Toronto's east end in the Beach community. It was also used in a couple of movies including Strange Brew and John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness. I grew up just up the street from it and I also went to Neil McNeil H.S. also just up the street from the plant. John Candy graduated from the same H.S.
4:24 "That's about the size of it, Mrs. Fabalo". The purposed mispronunciation of the character's name has stuck for over thirty-years. This is, probably, the first time I've seen this sketch since '82.
This was my Friday night treat in high school. Less razor edged than snl. I always thought Andrea should be Elaine benes mom. Love the town car and the imperial.
Some of those shots were in Edmonton. The start of the clip when she's backing out of the driveway and the end when Candy was driving. You can tell by the old yellow Alberta license plates on the vehicles. Kind of odd that they filmed this short sketch in two different cities that aren't even close to one another.
LOL ... That prison exterior is actually the R. C. Harris Water Treatment Plant in Toronto. It has been similarly used a similar locale in movies and other TV shows.
Seen this strange and great segment many times but always some weird new detail shows up. Like when Mrs. Falbo gets in her car, something fall from the car to the driveway and she runs over it. Then at the end when Mr. Messenger gets into his car one of the balls from his costume falls off.
One of the best things is that she had to be palming that and intentionally drop it while closing the door for that bit to work. I liked Gilda Radner, but if anybody was going to be an heir to the physical comedy of Lucille Ball, it was Andrea Martin (although-sacrilege!-I think Andrea at her best is funnier than Lucy).
SwankSong There was a similar building in Sandusky, OH, we could see it from my godmother's backyard on Sandusky Bay. It was the water treatment plant, but its fortress-like appearance always made us think it was a prison, we used to talk about what the prisoners were having for dinner that night. (Privately my family would agree it should be my godmother's cooking, she was not as nearly good as she thought she was.)
I haven't seen this in years! And Andrea Martin apparently reprised Mrs Falbo on "Sesame Street" in the late 90s. "That was very foolhardy, Mrs. Falbo"
I had heard that Andrea Martin lived in my building on Broadway and 106th Street, and sure enough, I saw her in the lobby one day. This was c.1993-98. Saw her one-woman show at the Public Theater around then as well. [This was all in NYC, you rubes.] I'm not easily impressed, but she's the real deal.
I feel lucky that I was around to watch this after midnight on NBC Saturday nights backin the early 80s. We had good shows back then when compared to these fake reality shows which are "dumbing" down the nation.
That is absolutely hilarious. I checked Google streets and you're absolutely correct. I knew it was Edmonton because of the history of the show and Alberta because of the plates. I had family in Edmonton and used to spend a fair bit of time there as a kid at the time of SCTV.
Yes. This is the reason I loved SCTV so much. So much of the humor was subtle and easy to miss on the first viewing. Yes, Johnny LaRue was stuck playing Mr. Messenger.
It’s just you and I, Mrs. Fablo. The end segment appears to have been shot in Edmonton. Both the scenery and the yellow license plates seem like dead giveaways.
There's got to be some sort of backstory to this. Radner was a member of the Second City troupe years before the SCTV show. Someone like Andrea Martin or Eugene Levy should write a book. We've already lost a few of these wonderful comedians and their great stories.
I first saw this skit when I was about 12 years old. The bit where the convict says he's in for manslaughter, and Candy's reaction shot are still hilarious. I still feel that SCTV was the greatest TV ever made in Canada.
mightymartianca
'Kids in the hall' was pretty funny.
better than anything I ever saw in US also---sctv was the best ever period
Juan- Kids In The Hall, In Living Color, and MAD TV are up there as an extension of what SCTV brought to the table, but SCTV is still the reigning king and queen of kitsch comedy. Only being usurped by the Duke MST3K
mightymartianca I know what you mean...I was around 14-15. It’s still one of my all time favourite SCTV skits.
@Tony MarioCorner Gas was the most unfunny so called comedy of all time--about as funny as Brett Butt was--I watched him be booed off the stage at a comedy club outside Toronto once
How rad is it that Mrs. Falbo drives the gnarliest, cherry bad-ass muscle car ever??? i always loved that.
That opening segment always cracks me up - I have to think the old guy is just a street resident who walked by and his 'what the hell?' reaction is real.
+Vincent Macek i really love how she drives an old-school Mopar muscle car.
I know, man! I'm thinking "who the heck ARE those people?"
@@toadelevator Probably some random couple who didn't know this was for a TV show until later.
@@tsartodd 10 seconds in and I'm crying already!
The dress in the door and the car tires are an image 😆😅😂
A little trivia...The outside of the prison was the water filtration plant in Toronto. The inside was the Don Jail, also in Toronto.
Lead Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzeplame in the water supplie makes folks warship the Deevviill! my brain hurts...I fear that it may have to come RIGHT OUT¡!¡¡¡!¡¡¡!¿?(69)
The water plant near my house also looks like it could be a prison. I wonder why...
I thought I recognized it, the plant off Spadina?
Thanks! I was just wondering where they filmed this. Who owned the car in the opening scene. I love it that Mrs. Falbo had a hood scoop!
Isn't that where Yonge Street is?
6:50 "It's just you & I Mrs. Feblo"... SCTV is the MOST Brilliant comedy skit program out there. Period. I grew up on this. God Bless John Candy. Taken WAY too soon.
totally agree--
too bad that she died from terminal tennis felbow...carpel tunnel tiny coffin was donated by the local osteoporotic
I always loved how at the start, and then at the end, they'd peel out of the driveway, get to the intersection, and then mess up their turns! SCTV WAS THE BEST!!!!
For 40 years now a friend and I repeat the common inside joke. Whenever there is a lull in the conversation, usually after a stated fact, one of us will invariably say, "That's about the size of it Mrs. Flablo". Come to think of it, our reunions are usually referencing SCTV about 10 times a weekend. I thank God this show was in my life.
The irony is that Andrea brought over this parody of kid show hosts over to Sesame Street as “Wanda Falbo: Word Fairy”
Sesame Street is a parody of itself.
Not sure why but what I remember most about this bit was how in the closing, 'driving away' clip one of Mr Messenger's dingle balls falls off!
YOU NOTICED!!
John Candy as Mr. Messenger just rounds out the sketch.
This is sheer comedic brilliance.
I love when Mrs. Falbo (3:52) says she has an allergy to beef and the server says "Don't worry lady-there isn't any beef in this stew"
@@foobarmaximus3506 more so than you are!!
The thing I love about Mrs Falbo is her spunkiness. She's witty and young at heart. You would never see Mr Rogers drive a muscle car.
Mr. Rogers really was a major square.
Cool that Mr. Messenger snagged himself a fudgesicle.
Fudgickle is the correct pronunciation...although I mispronounce it Throatwobbler-Mangrove for no discernible reason...gob I missanity
This is literally where i learned about both man's laughter and what happens when you assume, way back in '82.
They swiped that from Benny Hill!
When I was 10, that line “Hello fish” killed me. I must have quoted it for months.
Missus Falbo, Johnny LaRue, Guy Cabellero...SCTV was so ahead of it's time
After all these years I can sing the theme song Word for Word!!! SCTV is the BEST!
The building used for the prison was the RC Harris water filtration plant in Toronto's east end in the Beach community. It was also used in a couple of movies including Strange Brew and John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness. I grew up just up the street from it and I also went to Neil McNeil H.S. also just up the street from the plant. John Candy graduated from the same H.S.
Thanks D.K.!
One of my all time favourite sketches! Right up there with Gangway for a Miracle.
Thank you for sharing this! I remember watching this at like 2 a.m. with my mother.
Watched with my dad when he had the chance. My dad loved to laugh, and John Candy was one of our all time favorites
I think this is an excellent spoof on all the Canadian Classic Kids TV Shows, like The Friendly Giant.
This is better than thorazine for my depression. Thanks sctv cast ...pure gold.. wwwaaahhhoooo Isn't that scarey kids.. ....aaahhwwwooooo .
That Roadrunner is the Real Deal. The hood and Spoiler only came on the high performance model. 440/426 amazing car.
my fav sctv line " it's just you and me Fablo"
"you and I" One of the odd places where "and I" is correct.
FabLio is my favorite whatever the fuck he is...romance novel coverboy I think
4:24 "That's about the size of it, Mrs. Fabalo". The purposed mispronunciation of the character's name has stuck for over thirty-years. This is, probably, the first time I've seen this sketch since '82.
Agreed, always remained a stand out in my memory banks!
@@eg4449 I took it for granted and then it was gone but while it lasted nothing could touch it.
Same here. Never forgot : 'Just you and I Mrs.Fablo.'
I say that all the time and no one gets it. I’m not hanging around with the right people obviously!
@@arhatyellow haha! I always wondered what happened after that and how she got out of there in one piece 😳😆
Thank you so much for this. SCTV rocked. It is great to see it again.
This still holds up! I first saw this when I was about 13, and I still find it funny. :) Thanks for posting this.
Mrs Falbo rockin a '70' Roadrunner.......SWEET!
This was my Friday night treat in high school. Less razor edged than snl. I always thought Andrea should be Elaine benes mom. Love the town car and the imperial.
Ah SCTV! Thanks for posting this , I always got a good laugh from these skits.
One of my favorite TV lines of all time: "What the HELL is that, Mrs. Falbo?!"
According to 2002 Stats Can: population of Melonville: 3,500. Population of Melonville Prison: 7,400. Go figure?
Remember when TV was good..... I do.
I always loved that Mrs. Falbo drove a muscle car...
"Man's Laughter" lol. SCTV ruled.
Great shots of Toronto
That prison is a water works plant in the Beaches area
Some of those shots were in Edmonton. The start of the clip when she's backing out of the driveway and the end when Candy was driving. You can tell by the old yellow Alberta license plates on the vehicles.
Kind of odd that they filmed this short sketch in two different cities that aren't even close to one another.
LOL ... That prison exterior is actually the R. C. Harris Water Treatment Plant in Toronto. It has been similarly used a similar locale in movies and other TV shows.
Seen this strange and great segment many times but always some weird new detail shows up. Like when Mrs. Falbo gets in her car, something fall from the car to the driveway and she runs over it. Then at the end when Mr. Messenger gets into his car one of the balls from his costume falls off.
Mrs. Falbo also hand signals a left turn immediately before turning right.
One of the best things is that she had to be palming that and intentionally drop it while closing the door for that bit to work. I liked Gilda Radner, but if anybody was going to be an heir to the physical comedy of Lucille Ball, it was Andrea Martin (although-sacrilege!-I think Andrea at her best is funnier than Lucy).
It is the door speaker grill she kicks it off with her foot
Door speaker grill@@jackal59
I was weeded up when the con said 'It's you and me , MRS FABLO'. LOL, I was screaming!!
Andrea Martin is hilarious!
"That's about the size of it, Mrs. Fab-lo."
FABLO. LOL....
@@oluhamilton2121 I have always loved the mispronouncing of her name...its subtle little thing....but it hilarious
@@eg4449 ln old NY, ppl had a propensity of transposing their letters.
SwankSong There was a similar building in Sandusky, OH, we could see it from my godmother's backyard on Sandusky Bay. It was the water treatment plant, but its fortress-like appearance always made us think it was a prison, we used to talk about what the prisoners were having for dinner that night. (Privately my family would agree it should be my godmother's cooking, she was not as nearly good as she thought she was.)
Wow! I haven't seen this in years, and it's the first time I ever noticed that's the RC Harris Filtration Plant!
I haven't seen this in years! And Andrea Martin apparently reprised Mrs Falbo on "Sesame Street" in the late 90s.
"That was very foolhardy, Mrs. Falbo"
I had heard that Andrea Martin lived in my building on Broadway and 106th Street, and sure enough, I saw her in the lobby one day. This was c.1993-98. Saw her one-woman show at the Public Theater around then as well. [This was all in NYC, you rubes.] I'm not easily impressed, but she's the real deal.
OMG.....I had forgotten about this character
I LOVE Andrea Martin
and John Candy, RIP, dammit
Nice Plymouth road runner.
She comes out and gets into a massive Mopar with jacked up rear and big fat tires! Awesome!
"i'll have LOTS please!"
What a voice. Opera quality.
I feel lucky that I was around to watch this after midnight on NBC Saturday nights backin the early 80s. We had good shows back then when compared to these fake reality shows which are "dumbing" down the nation.
SCTV was for adults, snl was junior high skits
You’re not wrong- the humor on SNL is more juvenile for sure.
What do you mean "was"?
Me, too. I'm 53 now.
That's about the only time it was ever really entertaining or relevant - back in the mid-to-late '80s when I was in Junior High and High School.
We miss you John!
2023 72 St. NW in Edmonton Alberta Canada if you want to visit her house (or use Google earth!)
no sign of Falbo or Roadrunner though
That is absolutely hilarious. I checked Google streets and you're absolutely correct. I knew it was Edmonton because of the history of the show and Alberta because of the plates. I had family in Edmonton and used to spend a fair bit of time there as a kid at the time of SCTV.
I forgot that we had yellow license plates in Alberta. I was only 9 years old when this was filmed lol
After the 1993 Melonville Prison riots, inmates had to wear jester suits for 1 month. Kept the prison tailors busy.
"I'll have lots please"
Candy almost laughing when the sign starts to tilt.
Fire Away boys ...this skit still makes me laugh out loud. Hilarious !!
I remember Mr. Messenger saying when he wakes up at.the end " no more overtime Mr.Caballero" not "no more late time" . Wt ????
"What that hell was that, Mrs Falbo?!!" 😝
"More lead time Mr. Caballero, Please" Is that supposed to be Johnny La Rue playing Mister Messenger ?
Must be after Johnny's downfall after blowing the budget on that crane shot.
So funny
LMAO!
Bad ribs.
Yes. This is the reason I loved SCTV so much. So much of the humor was subtle and easy to miss on the first viewing. Yes, Johnny LaRue was stuck playing Mr. Messenger.
Was Mr.Messenger 'getting goods ' from one of the inmates?
lol I think he was selling them cigarettes, yeah he made a beeline right over to them...
@swanksong- good eye! Yes, the RC Harris plant...I grew up next to it on Nursewood Rd in the Beaches.
it's you and i mrs Fablo
I miss the old yellow Alberta plates. BC people used to just call Albertans yellow plates.
Now theyre red plates. This is how a Salmon Arm tow truck driver described his work: “Things really pick up in red plate season.”
Just you and me Mrs Fabalo
Brilliant 😅
the unreserved and sexy andrea delivers the belly laffs
4:01 Is this line an real life anecdote from Andrea Martin on how she first got an acting job on TV?
Perhaps it was a dig at Radner...
all our siblings and I loved sctv & got an extra kick because there was a falbo family in our parish.
Hey it's the Centre! I wonder if Jarod escaped while they were busy with Mrs. Falbo?
I love this show.
Mrs. Falbo drives a bad ass ride, i am impressed.
actually that was John candy's car...
Such a big part of my childhood...
“It’s a break!”
So Mrs Falbo got into television because Gilda Radner turned down a role?
Perhaps they were talking about Second City Television...
My favorite SCTV skit ever!
It’s just you and I, Mrs. Fablo.
The end segment appears to have been shot in Edmonton. Both the scenery and the yellow license plates seem like dead giveaways.
It's a '74 Road Runner
I WANT THE ROAD RUNNER
"What the HELL is that, Mrs. Falbo!?"
The R. C. Harris water plant in Toronto!
Yet the vehicles in the skit have the old, yellow Alberta license plates on them lol
@@TMGMedia73 Haalmeyer was doing props that day.
Always loved the 'Fab-lo' bit but I totally forgot about the Skunk Song part. Why would they sing that? Hilarious.
Gurnis bleef shmargies.
What's Mr. Messenger doing with the prisoner at 3:33?
Mrs. Falbo's Tiny town reminds me of Mary Janes's Magic Castle that was shown in Houston....lol
Mrs. Falbo drive's a hot rod. LOL.
At 3:00 that sign almost crushes poor Mrs. Falbo.
I could've sworn that when I saw this back in the 80's the line was "That Pig Porked me"... followed by "Nice Words, Mrs. Falbo."
damn that Mrs. F has a damn fine ride...damn fine
Not exactly, her Sesame Street character was Wanda Falbo, the Word Fairy. Probably a close relative.
4:25 ... *"man's laughter"* 😂🤣
Hahahaa i laughted so hard the dress in the car
I like the chocolate ice cream dripping on J Candy’s gloves.
Our friend apostrophe
Fantastic Car Mrs. Falbo,
but the Seat covers got to go....🤣
Did John Candy throw that ball out of the car door or was it a fortuitous accident? We may never know.? Either way it’s brilliant.
When Mrs. Falbo gets into her Hot Rod, she drops a wallet and runs over it.
"well then, walk up there and you'll find out."
;
thanks, man.
"And Gilda Radner turned it down, and that's how I got into television!" Some backstory there, or just joking?
There's got to be some sort of backstory to this. Radner was a member of the Second City troupe years before the SCTV show. Someone like Andrea Martin or Eugene Levy should write a book. We've already lost a few of these wonderful comedians and their great stories.
@@jr2375 Dave Thomas did write a book all about SCTV
@@eg4449 I will have to look into that!