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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.
Genre:Comedy
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Season 1

  • Backstage
    7.7/1097 votes
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    Backstage

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1976

    The inaugural show introduces several major characters, including Johnny LaRue, Earl Camembert, Floyd Robertson and Moe Green. It features a somewhat tenuous wraparound concept involving LaRue - according to Dave Thomas' book, the running time for this episode ran well past 30 minutes, much of the linking material for the wraparound being cut to achieve the final running time. The show also introduces four programs that would feature frequently throughout the show's run: Sunrise Semester, a vehicle for an assortment of characters to educate viewers, would end up appearing in every series except the last; Words To Live By, the inspirational station signoff, would also appear frequently in the first three series; SCTV News; and Masterpiece Theatre, hosted by Alistair Cook.

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  • Murder At SCTV
    7.7/1093 votes
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    Murder At SCTV

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/21/1976

    Perini Scleroso and Gus Gustofferson's first appearance. Gus is featured in a wraparound concept dealing with the murder of puppeteer Lampeer.

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  • Ethnic Humour
    7.7/1092 votes
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    Ethnic Humour

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/18/1976

    Harold Ramis warns viewers that this show contains ethnic slurs, and all the jokes are about the gypsies. From ""Gypsy Mythology"" on Sunrise Semester to the Hints for Homemakers (a gypsy recommends holding up an Amish family and stealing their food), this show is indeed a gypsy rogue. Sunrise Semester, The Leutonian Hour, Out-Patient, Hints for Homemakers, Theatre North American, Words to Live By

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  • Match Unto My Feet
    8.1/1090 votes
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    Match Unto My Feet

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/13/1977

    Sunrise Semester, Witness to Yesterday, PSA:So You're Dead...Now What?, Match Unto My Feet, Words to Live By

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Memoirs of Anton Chekhov
    7.8/1091 votes
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    Memoirs of Anton Chekhov

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/10/1977

    Star Trek comes to the steppes of Russia in a very funny parody of Chekhov. Heavenly Bodies, Mr Science, Masterpiece Theatre, The Memoirs of Anton Chekhov

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  • Dialing For Dollars
    8.3/1091 votes
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    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

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  • Shock Theatre
    8.0/1088 votes
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    Shock Theatre

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/10/1977

    Dining with LaRue, The Wacky World of Poverty, Eye on Science, Shock Theatre:Early to Bed

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  • Therese et Joe
    7.8/1089 votes
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    Therese et Joe

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/7/1977

    On SCTV News, Floyd Robertson (Joe Flaherty) and Earl Camembert (Eugene Levy) report earthquakes, deli crises, the arms race, and Earl asks terrorists to surrender; Dr Hammond Greer (Dave Thomas) delivers a speech against scientists; Johnny LaRue (John Candy) cleans out the food at Lin Ye Tang's (Dave Thomas) garden restaurant; Lou Jaffe (Eugene Levy) witnesses Irish group techniques (and a bombing); On the SCTV Movie of the Week, a depressing French film about a live-in couple, Jerry Lewis-impersonating Joe (Joe Flaherty) and his fawning lover, Therese (Andrea Martin). Sunrise Semester, Dining With LaRue, Perspective '77, Therese et Joe

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  • Broads Behind Bars
    7.7/1089 votes
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    Broads Behind Bars

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/21/1977

    Broads Behind Bars is a classic, with Candy's over the top prison guard Shultzy ("Lock 'em up, keep 'em down, and work 'em over") and Martin's lifer Kitty ("No Dice!"). Trivia: the crew put real liquor in Ramis' bottle for the Mort Finkel sketch. (ref: sctvguide.com) Sunrise Semester, Dining With LaRue, Broads Behind Bars

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  • The Taxidermist
    7.9/1088 votes
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    The Taxidermist

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/5/1977

    Farm Report, Welcome Back President Kotter, Alistair Cook's Armenia, The Taxidermist

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ben Hur
    7.9/1089 votes
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    Ben Hur

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/19/1977

    A landmark show, featuring a show-length parody of the film, introduced by Moe Green on Dialing For Dollars. Additional Viewing: William Wyler's 1959 epic Ben-Hur.

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  • Leave It to Beaver
    8.3/1088 votes
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    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

  • Goodbye America
    7.8/1088 votes
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    Goodbye America

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/3/1977

    Winning Chess with Borris Morris, PSA:So You're Dead...Now What?, Good-Bye America, Johnny LaRue

    Director: George Bloomfield

    Writer: N/A

  • Galaxy 66
    7.8/1088 votes
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    Galaxy 66

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 10/10/1977

    Diving for Dollars, Sunrise Semester, Sci-Fi Theatre: Galaxy 66, Beside the Point, Words to Live By

    Director: George Bloomfield

    Writer: N/A

  • Madame Blitzman
    7.8/1089 votes
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    Madame Blitzman

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 10/17/1977

    PSA: Re-criminalize Marijuana, Dante's Inferno, Monster Chiller Horror Theatre: Madame Blitzman

    Director: George Bloomfield

    Writer: N/A

  • World at War
    7.9/1087 votes
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    World at War

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 11/14/1977

    Passport to Adventure:Africa, The World of Mystery: Sandwich on the Orient Express, World at War:Baseball, Lowell Thompson Remembers

    Director: George Bloomfield

    Writer: N/A

  • The Grapes of Mud
    7.9/1088 votes
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    The Grapes of Mud

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 11/21/1977

    Muley's Roundhouse, Promo: Library Police, The Three Dummies: Of Mice and Dummies, SCTV AM News Today: Terrorist Picnic, Commercial: Spray-On Socks, SCTV Movie of the Week: The Grapes of Mud Part, Commercial: Mrs Prickley's Jams Jellies and Preserves, Disco Farming

    Director: George Bloomfield

    Writer: N/A

  • Officer Friendly
    7.9/1087 votes
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    Officer Friendly

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 11/28/1977

    Message from Moe: License Suspended, A.M. Little America with Tom Brokraw, Promo: Dan Money, SCTV AM News Today: Mafia Interview, Commercial: Civil Engineering, Officer Friendly, Promo: The Undersea World of Marcel Cousteau, Promo: Masterpiece Theatre: All the Long-Leggedy Beasties, Dream Interpretation with Dr. Raoul Wilson

    Director: George Bloomfield

    Writer: N/A

  • Lust for Paint
    7.9/1087 votes
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    Lust for Paint

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 12/12/1977

    Dialing for Dollars: Lust For Paint features a show-length parody of Moulin Rouge, with promos for celebrity tattletales and the Babe Ruth story

    Director: George Bloomfield

    Writer: N/A