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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!

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

Best Episodes Summary

"Mel's Rock Pile" is the best rated episode of "Second City Television". It scored 8.5/10 based on 94 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/21/1980. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Alpha Channel".

  • Mel's Rock Pile
    8.5/1094 votes
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    #1 - Mel's Rock Pile

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1980

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Alpha Channel
    8.5/1091 votes
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    #2 - Alpha Channel

    Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 1/16/1981

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Lee Iacocca's Rock Concert
    8.4/1088 votes
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    #3 - Lee Iacocca's Rock Concert

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1980

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Big Brother
    8.4/1090 votes
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    #4 - Big Brother

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/2/1981

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mel's Rock Pile: MacArthur Park
    8.4/1092 votes
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    #5 - Mel's Rock Pile: MacArthur Park

    Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 2/20/1981

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dialing For Dollars
    8.3/1091 votes
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    #6 - Dialing For Dollars

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/24/1977

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Leave It to Beaver
    8.3/1088 votes
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    #7 - Leave It to Beaver

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 9/26/1977

    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: N/A

  • Fantasy Island
    8.3/1088 votes
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    #8 - Fantasy Island

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/13/1979

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Thursday Night Live
    8.3/1089 votes
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    #9 - Thursday Night Live

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1980

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Lone Ranger Show
    8.3/1088 votes
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    #10 - The Lone Ranger Show

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/1980

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Play It Again, Bob
    8.3/1090 votes
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    #11 - Play It Again, Bob

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/31/1980

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Sammy Maudlin Show
    8.3/1089 votes
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    #12 - The Sammy Maudlin Show

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/1980

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Irwin Allen Show
    8.3/1089 votes
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    #13 - The Irwin Allen Show

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 12/26/1980

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Gene Shalit's America
    8.3/1088 votes
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    #14 - Gene Shalit's America

    Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 2/13/1981

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dick Cavett
    8.3/1090 votes
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    #15 - Dick Cavett

    Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 2/27/1981

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Consumer Action Line
    8.2/1086 votes
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    #16 - Consumer Action Line

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/10/1979

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • My Factory, My Self
    8.2/1088 votes
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    #17 - My Factory, My Self

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/1980

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Death Motel
    8.2/1087 votes
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    #18 - Death Motel

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/1980

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Gaslight
    8.2/1087 votes
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    #19 - Gaslight

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/7/1980

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Man's Ability To Imitate
    8.2/1086 votes
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    #20 - Man's Ability To Imitate

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/1980

    Sunrise Semester: Man's Ability to Imitate with Mr Wilcox, PSA: Concerned Children for Truth In Advertising, Rebuttal: National Organization to Reinstate Cigarette Advertising, Teaser: SCTV News, Kanadian Korner 17: Snowshoes for Spatulas, Promo: Monster Chiller Horror Theatre: The Odd Couple, Promo: Sea Talk, SCTV News: Earl Plugs Products, omment with David Brinkley: Viletones, Promo: The Invisible Man, Cooking With Marcello: Lobster Cacciatore

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Night Gallery
    8.2/1086 votes
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    #21 - Night Gallery

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/5/1980

    Crazy Crafts: Bingo Drop Cans, Teaser: SCTV News, Kanadian Korner 13: Name that Smoke, Promo: Tom Snyder MD, SCTV News: Earl on roller skates, Grizzly Abrams, Hugh Betcha's Night Gallery, Signoff: The National Anthem

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Two Way TV / Pit Bulls
    8.2/1088 votes
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    #22 - Two Way TV / Pit Bulls

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 1/9/1981

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Cookery Crock / Cartoon Coroner
    8.2/1087 votes
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    #23 - Cookery Crock / Cartoon Coroner

    Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 1/30/1981

    Sunrise Semester: Disasters in the Home with Edith Prickley, Commercial: Nasex Nasal Deodorant, Bill Needle's Mailbag, Kanadian Korner 20: Stuff that Bugs Us, Promo: Freddie De Cordova Show, Cookery Crock, Quincy: Cartoon Coroner

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Mating Game
    8.2/1090 votes
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    #24 - The Mating Game

    Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 2/6/1981

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Best Of Season 3
    8.2/1085 votes
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    #25 - The Best Of Season 3

    Season 3 Episode 26 - Aired 3/13/1981

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A