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The Best Episodes of Second City Television Season 3

Genre:Comedy

Every episode of Second City Television Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Second City Television Season 3!

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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  • Mel's Rock Pile
    8.5/10(94)
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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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  • Alpha Channel
    8.5/10(91)
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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

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  • Lee Iacocca's Rock Concert
    8.4/10(88)
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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

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  • Big Brother
    8.4/10(90)
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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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  • Mel's Rock Pile: MacArthur Park
    8.4/10(92)
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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

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  • Thursday Night Live
    8.3/10(89)
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    #6 - 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

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  • The Lone Ranger Show
    8.3/10(88)
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    #7 - 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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  • Play It Again, Bob
    8.3/10(90)
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    #8 - 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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  • The Sammy Maudlin Show
    8.3/10(89)
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    #9 - 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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  • The Irwin Allen Show
    8.3/10(89)
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    #10 - 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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  • Gene Shalit's America
    8.3/10(88)
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    #11 - 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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  • Dick Cavett
    8.3/10(90)
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    #12 - 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

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  • My Factory, My Self
    8.2/10(88)
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    #13 - 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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  • Death Motel
    8.2/10(87)
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    #14 - 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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  • Gaslight
    8.2/10(87)
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    #15 - 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

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  • Man's Ability To Imitate
    8.2/10(86)
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    #16 - 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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  • Night Gallery
    8.2/10(86)
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    #17 - 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

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  • Two Way TV / Pit Bulls
    8.2/10(88)
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    #18 - 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

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  • Cookery Crock / Cartoon Coroner
    8.2/10(87)
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    #19 - 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

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  • The Mating Game
    8.2/10(90)
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    #20 - 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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  • The Best Of Season 3
    8.2/10(85)
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    #21 - 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

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  • Death of a Salesman
    8.1/10(86)
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    #22 - Death of a Salesman

    Season 3 Episode 3

    Aired 10/3/1980

    Molly Earle revives her Crazy Crafts series after a 15-year hiatus. Guy Caballero introduces a live production of Death of a Salesman with George Carlin, Deforest Kelly, Ricardo Montalban, and Margaret Hamilton. Playing the ghost of Ben is John Belushi.

    Director: N/A

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  • Hollywood Salutes Its Extras
    8.1/10(87)
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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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  • Midnight Express Special
    8.1/10(88)
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    #24 - 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

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  • Star Wars
    8.0/10(87)
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    #25 - Star Wars

    Season 3 Episode 13

    Aired 12/12/1980

    Sunrise Semester: Do It Yourself Advertising with Phil, Promo: Chick Monk Roadie for the Defence, Teaser: SCTV News, Kanadian Korner 24: Star Wars, SCTV News: 4th Anniversary, Commercial: Mr Earl Doll, Commercial: Joni Mitchell's For Dogs Only, Bill Needle's Mailbag, Message from Guy: SCTV Premiere of Star Wars, Commercial: Videotech Complete Home Entertainment System, Dialing for Dollars: The Fly Returns to Beneath the Planet of the Apes

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Mel's Rock Pile" is the best rated episode of "Second City Television" season 3. 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 is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Alpha Channel".