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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Uni
EAN: 9780738928562
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
ISBN: 0738928569
Label: Shout! Factory
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Shout! Factory
MPN: SMVD39520D
Number Of Items: 5
Publisher: Shout! Factory
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 19, 2004
Running Time: 678 minutes
Studio: Shout! Factory
Theatrical Release Date: May 15, 1981
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Studio: Uni Dist Corp (music) Release Date: 10/19/2004
Amazon.com:
For those who never missed a Friday, and especially for those who only know SCTV by reputation, these nine episodes, presented chronologically on this five disc-set, are as great as we remember, and perhaps even better than you've heard. With the first nine episodes of SCTV's expanded Network 90 incarnation under their belt (available, naturally, on volume 1), the peerless ensemble (John Candy, Joe Flahrety, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Rick Moranis, Catherine O'Hara, and Dave Thomas) really found its voice (or voices), and the show relied less on the so-called "golden classics" from the show's early days to boldly subvert sketch-comedy convention with brilliantly conceived and performed wraparounds that link the sketches. Looming large in SCTV legend are the program-length Godfather parody, in which Don Caballero launches an all-out network war; the devastatingly funny, "I'm Taking My Own Head, Screwing It On Right, and No Guy's Gonna Tell Me That It Ain't," arguably one of Martin and O'Hara's finest hours, and the sci-fi spoof "Zontar," in which glowing cabbages take control of the network.
Other moments for the pantheon: Meryl Streep blowing up real good on the "Farm Film Report"; Bob and Doug McKenzie demonstrating how to stuff a mouse inside a beer bottle; the cross-parody "Benny Hill Street Blues," and the late Wendy O Williams and the Plasmatics really cutting it up (with a chainsaw!) on Gil Fisher's "The Fishin' Musician. Some of the more topical bits are understandably dated, and that canned laughter reeks of network Zontars imposing their will, but this second, equally indispensable volume rescues SCTV from mere cult object of obsession. Original cast member Harold Ramis is right: In Thomas's encyclopedic history, SCTV: Behind the Scenes, Ramis observes, "Everyone just got better and better. You would notice, if you had the time to sit and watch all the shows, the progression in excellence." --Donald Liebenson
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More laugh out loud comedy from SCTV. If you've never seen this parody of a TV Network you are in for a treat.
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Well you've seen all the other reviews, here's my take. The material is awesome! The commentary with Martin and O'Hare is ridiculous, they were clearly drunk and often incoherent not relating to the show as it was playing, very annoying even though I still love to watch them so much. The commentary with Thomas and the writers was awesome, they discussed the actual episode and it was great. Great season, if you can afford the price get it!
Rating:  -
My all-time favorite SCTV moment is in this set - Eugene Levy doing a deadpan version of the most relaxed Perry Como ever - complete with disco songs and John Candy as a Perry Como groupie! Cracks me up every time.
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Having just received my copy of season 4 the previous month, and this set today, I immediately set out to write this review. I speak as a hardcore fan but also as a severe critic of comedy when I say that this is as close to perfection as comedy has ever got.
The skits are nothing if not genius pulled out of thin air--"The Godfather" (also starring John Marley who reprises his roll as 'Woltz' [albeit re-named]}, "Money Talks", "The Fishin' Musician w/ The Plasmatics", "The Christmas ... Read More
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This set features some great moments from SCTV history. Of the shows presented here, I am particularly fond of "Zontar," "CCCP 1," and "The Godfather." Catherine O'Hara and Andrea Martin steal the show, with any appearance by Perini Scleroso, Mrs. Falbo, or Edith Prickley being comedy gold. "The Great White North" and Guy Caballero's rants are particularly entertaining here as are Count Floyd and Dr. Tongue (especially in "Dr. Tongue's Evil House of Pancakes.") As brilliant as I think Eugene Levy ... Read More
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