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The Best Episodes of Second City Television

Every episode of Second City Television ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Second City Television!

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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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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Second City Television Season 2 Episode 2 - Bob Hope Desert Classic
    8.7/10(116 votes)

    #1 - Bob Hope Desert Classic

    S2:E2

    Monster Chiller Horror Theatre: The House of Cats; SCTV Sports Central: Desert Classic; Commercial: Delay; Betty Bain: Professional Juror; Promo: Masterpiece Theatre: Naughty Chambermaids; Bob Hope Desert Classic

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Second City Television Season 3 Episode 18 - Alpha Channel
    8.5/10(93 votes)

    #2 - Alpha Channel

    S3:E18

    Commercial: Gordon Lightfoot Sings Every Song Ever Written, Cooking with Marcello: Vatican, Kanadian Korner 18: Sports, Crazy Crafts: Bob, Message from Guy: Alpha Channel, Promo: Alpha Channel, Bill Needle's Mailbag, Dialing for Dollars: Partridge Family Goes to Mars

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Second City Television Season 3 Episode 1 - Lee Iacocca's Rock Concert
    8.4/10(91 votes)

    #3 - Lee Iacocca's Rock Concert

    S3:E1

    After Edith Prickley introduces the season, SCTV kicks off its third year with Pirini Scleroso in My Fair Lady (promo only). Then comes the debut of Great White North (aka Kanadian Korner). Earl Camembert gets his tongue twisted during SCTV News. Then it's Lee A. Iacocca Rock Concert, where the host asks the U.S. government to save the show from financial peril.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Second City Television Season 3 Episode 10 - Mel's Rock Pile
    8.4/10(99 votes)

    #4 - Mel's Rock Pile

    S3:E10

    Promo: Shakespeare in the Park, Cheryl Kinsey, Traveling Sexologist, Kanadian Korner 19: Boom Shadows, Stuff that Bug Us, Promo: The Merv Griffin Show: Arafat, Liberace, Ferigno, Message from Guy: Viewer Mail, PSA: Participaction, Promo: Flashing Eyes, Mel's Rock Pile: Speed of Light

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Second City Television Season 3 Episode 23 - Mel's Rock Pile: MacArthur Park
    8.4/10(96 votes)

    #5 - Mel's Rock Pile: MacArthur Park

    S3:E23

    Sunrise Semester: Greek Travel with Alki Stereopolis, Message from Prickley: Mel's Rock Pile, Promo: Jackie Stewart's Wide World of High Voices, Exercise Is Easy with Lucky Ibsen, Kanadian Korner 30: Stolen Car, Mel's Rock Pile: Richard Harris

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Second City Television Season 3 Episode 7 - Play It Again, Bob
    8.3/10(93 votes)

    #6 - Play It Again, Bob

    S3:E7

    Woody Allen tries to jumpstart Bob Hope's flagging film career with this strange cinematic love letter. Also features "The Trial of Oscar Wilde".

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Second City Television Season 3 Episode 16 - Big Brother
    8.3/10(91 votes)

    #7 - Big Brother

    S3:E16

    At the stroke of midnight, New Year's Eve 1983, TV is overtaken by Big Brother.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Second City Television Season 1 Episode 7 - Dialing For Dollars
    8.2/10(94 votes)

    #8 - Dialing For Dollars

    S1:E7

    BEAUTY AND THE BEETS Beauty learns to like beets... the hard way. Beauty and the Beets, Firing Squad, Alice, the Wonder Dog, Dialing for Dollars, Changing Partners

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Second City Television Season 1 Episode 15 - Leave It to Beaver
    8.2/10(91 votes)

    #9 - Leave It to Beaver

    S1:E15

    Exorcising, Leave it to Beaver 25th Anniversary Party, PSA:Rip Masters for Children on Booze, Dr Tongue and his Animal Friends

    Director:George Bloomfield
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Second City Television Season 2 Episode 18 - Fantasy Island
    8.2/10(91 votes)

    #10 - Fantasy Island

    S2:E18

    Features the show-length parody of Fantasy Island, which itself incorporates a bevy of parodies of classic 40s pictures. Additional viewing: the 70s hit TV show Fantasy Island; Hope and Crosby road pictures; Casablanca; and The Wizard of Oz.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Second City Television Season 3 Episode 2 - Thursday Night Live
    8.2/10(90 votes)

    #11 - Thursday Night Live

    S3:E2

    In an attempt to capture the hip comedy audience, SCTV goes "live". Also features the "K-Tel Fast Talking Playhouse" version of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Second City Television Season 3 Episode 4 - My Factory, My Self
    8.2/10(90 votes)

    #12 - My Factory, My Self

    S3:E4

    Dolly (Andrea Martin) goes from victim to victor in this spoof of the overly earnest women’s lib films of the 70s.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Second City Television Season 3 Episode 6 - The Lone Ranger Show
    8.2/10(89 votes)

    #13 - The Lone Ranger Show

    S3:E6

    Sunrise Semester delivers a lesson in Conversational New Yorkese, with the words ""shower,"" ""super,"" and ""lawyer"" as examples. On 60/20, Earl Camembert tries to analyze TV's impact on society and gets impacted himself. Guy Caballero addresses the need to sustain a good orbit for SCTV's satellite.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Second City Television Season 3 Episode 8 - Gaslight
    8.2/10(90 votes)

    #14 - Gaslight

    S3:E8

    The classic thriller is given the satiric SCTV approach. Also features Dick Cavett talking to his most appropriate guest – himself.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Second City Television Season 3 Episode 11 - The Sammy Maudlin Show
    8.2/10(92 votes)

    #15 - The Sammy Maudlin Show

    S3:E11

    Bob Hope crashes Bobby Bittman's appearance to discuss his new multi-night special. Also features a clip of Taxi Driver starring Gregory Peck.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Second City Television Season 3 Episode 15 - The Irwin Allen Show
    8.2/10(92 votes)

    #16 - The Irwin Allen Show

    S3:E15

    The famous disaster film producer hosts his own catastrophe-plagued talk show. Also features "Cooking with Marcello".

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Second City Television Season 3 Episode 17 - Two Way TV / Pit Bulls
    8.2/10(89 votes)

    #17 - Two Way TV / Pit Bulls

    S3:E17

    As the latest in television technology is explained, journalist Earl Camembert infiltrates an illegal dogfight. Also features Molly Earle and her Crazy Crafts.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Second City Television Season 3 Episode 21 - The Mating Game
    8.2/10(91 votes)

    #18 - The Mating Game

    S3:E21

    Promo: Starting Out with Bill Needle, Commercial: Eskimo Arts, Message from Prickley: The Mating Game, Teaser: SCTV News, Kanadian Korner 22: Parking at Donut Places, Promo: Taxi Driver with Sid Dithers, SCTV News: Walter Cronkite, The Mating Game

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Second City Television Season 3 Episode 22 - Gene Shalit's America
    8.2/10(89 votes)

    #19 - Gene Shalit's America

    S3:E22

    Sunrise Semester: Societal Behavior with Norman Gorman, Commercial: Henry Moore for American Express, SCTV Special News Report: Chez Mona, Teaser: SCTV News, Kanadian Korner 29: Kicked out of studio, SCTV News: W.A.S.A.S.L., Comment with David Brinkley: Quality Smoke, Gene Shalit's America, Dialing for Dollars: Space Week

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Second City Television Season 3 Episode 24 - Dick Cavett
    8.2/10(92 votes)

    #20 - Dick Cavett

    S3:E24

    Bobby Bittman makes an appearance on the PBS staple's talk show to promote his new film, Funny Stuff. Also features another lesson in Italian cuisine from Chef Marcello.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Second City Television Season 3 Episode 26 - The Best Of Season 3
    8.2/10(85 votes)

    #21 - The Best Of Season 3

    S3:E26

    Rerun package: all sketch material was seen earlier in the season. Message from Guy: Satellite Model, Sunrise Semester: Do It Yourself Advertising with Phil, Promo: The Merv Griffin Show: Arafat, Liberace, Ferigno, Kanadian Korner 24: Star Wars, Promo: Taxi Driver with Bob Hope, Dick Cavett: Dick Cavett, Promo: Elvis 'n Costello, K-Tel's Fast-Talking Playhouse: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Tri-Promo: Black Man, White Boy, Promo: My Fair Lady, Promo: My Life One More Time, Commercial: Ella Fitzgerald for Mamorex Video Tape, Signoff: The National Anthem

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Second City Television Season 2 Episode 10 - Edith Prickley Station Manager
    8.1/10(89 votes)

    #22 - Edith Prickley Station Manager

    S2:E10

    Edith Prickley has succeeded Moe Green as SCTV Station Manager. (Naturally, she rubs Guy Caballero the wrong way.) Her first day on the job sees the world television premiere of Jaws 23, where Amity residents want to lure a mackerel into town for the Fourth of July. Edith Prickley: Station Manager, Shoot at the Stars, Jaws 23' Sore Loser

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Second City Television Season 2 Episode 19 - On the Waterfront Again
    8.1/10(91 votes)

    #23 - On the Waterfront Again

    S2:E19

    The second episode in a row to feature a show-length sketch, an episode of The Sammy Maudlin Show with Bobby Bittman promoting his remake of On the Waterfront. Maudlin music is "Soulful Strut" by Young-Holt Unlimited. Additional Viewing: On The Waterfront, the 1954 classic

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Second City Television Season 2 Episode 22 - Consumer Action Line
    8.1/10(89 votes)

    #24 - Consumer Action Line

    S2:E22

    Features the mysteriously cut from syndication Family Crisis Game Show. Syndication Note: Family Crisis was dropped; replaced by Wara Wara Wara from 1-2 (2)

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Second City Television Season 3 Episode 5 - Death Motel
    8.1/10(89 votes)

    #25 - Death Motel

    S3:E5

    Count Floyd offers up this so-called scare classic, with a rare in-studio interview with star Woody Tobias, Jr.

    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Bob Hope Desert Classic" is the best rated episode of "Second City Television". It scored 8.7/10 based on 116 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/23/1978. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Alpha Channel".