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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
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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
- 8.4/1087 votesLoading...
#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
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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
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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
- 8.3/1091 votesLoading...
#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
- 8.3/1088 votesLoading...
#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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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#12 - 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
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#13 - 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
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#14 - 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
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#15 - 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
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#16 - 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
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#17 - 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
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- 8.2/1085 votesLoading...
#18 - 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
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#19 - 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
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#20 - 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
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#21 - 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
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#22 - 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
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#23 - Hollywood Salutes Its Extras
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 12/19/1980
This SCTV special acknowledges the tireless efforts of Tinsel Town's talented background artists. Also features a clip of Taxi Driver starring Dick Cavett and a promo for the new "Hawaii Five-Ho".
Director: N/A
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#24 - 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
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#25 - Midnight Express Special
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 1/23/1981
Live from a Turkish prison, it's Abbott and Costello hosting the premiere rock and roll showcase. Also features "Sunrise Semester: Basic Photography with Edith Prickley".
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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 93 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".