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Actually I think that SCTV sketch might have brought Perry Como back into the limelight since he was mostly forgotten back them. BTW, the cancellation of SCTV by NBC was one of the great cultural crimes. NBC picked up SCTV for broadcast and then BETRAYED that show. What they did was broadcast it after midnight on the weekend so there would be few viewers. It turned out they did this to eliminate competition for the inferior SNL.

46 posted on 01/02/2007 6:30:40 AM PST by PJ-Comix (Join the DUmmie FUnnies PING List for the FUNNIEST Blog on the Web)

NBC picked up SCTV for broadcast and then BETRAYED that show. What they did was broadcast it after midnight on the weekend so there would be few viewers. It turned out they did this to eliminate competition for the inferior SNL.

SCTV was head and shoulders above SNL, no question of that. Drug abuse notwithstanding, Belushi was (IMHO) one of the premiere talents of SNL, and it was ironic that he would end up paired with Dan Akroyd, a truly premiere Canadian talent in his own right.

And nothing could top that footage of TVs being thrown from the high rise buildings in the opening shots of 'SCTV', LOL!

50 posted on 01/02/2007 6:49:22 AM PST by mkjessup (The Shah doesn't look so bad now, eh? But nooo, Jimmah said the Ayatollah was a 'godly' man.)

You are so right! SCTV was 1,000 times better than SNL..some of the funniest stuff I've ever seen was on SCTV. Can you recall Guy Cabellero, Tex and Edna's Organ Emporium, Lola Heatherton and Edith Prickley, to name a few, without a smile? Do you know if they are available on DVD?

73 posted on 01/02/2007 7:32:03 AM PST by ariamne (Proud shieldmaiden of the infidel--never forget, never forgive 9/11)