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- The staff of Melonville's TV station put on programming that is unique in its own silly way.
- Comedy parody about TV.
- The staff of Melonville's TV station put on programming that is unique in its own silly way.
- 1983–19848.0 (35)TV Episode
- Sid Dithers finds love in "An Officer and a Gentile". Perini Scleroso gets her own sitcom. "The National Midnight Star" is rechristened "Hollywood Dirt Tonight". Australian actor Mel McElroy hosts his own film festival. A chaotic Jackie Rogers Jr. concert is the subject of the documentary "Gimme Jackie". Finally, a spoof of F. Lee Bailey's Lie Detector.
- Melonville's parade to promote world peace might not go as the announcers wish. Meanwhile, Alex Trebel is eager for someone, anyone to score on his game show "Half Wits."
- Producer, Martin Simmons is making a Christmas movie by classic film director Frank Bailey but decides that profit is more important than a making a quality movie so fires Bailey and hires a teen sex comedy director in his place.
- Guy Caballero launches the new SCTV cable channel. The Schmenge Brothers try new wave music. Edith Prickly and Edna Boil go double-dating in the film spoof "Prickly Business". Steve Roman makes his own made-for-TV movie about JFK. "Melonville Calendar" honors a firefighter. Finally, "The Sammy Maudlin Show" is overhauled to appeal to a younger audience.
- Various SCTV characters host a pledge drive for the network as it goes bankrupt.
- "Happy Hour" was a mock children's show, by bar patron, Happy Marsden, and the bartender, Mike. A mock western filmed in black and white, "Six Gun Justice", with was shown on each episode.
- 1983–19847.6 (35)TV Episode
- Count Floyd takes us behind the scenes of the latest Coppola and Dr. Tongue production.
- "The Days of the Week" returns for another six-episode run with a few new characters. The debut of "Half Wits" and "Artisans and Their Art with Bradley P. Allen". A spoof of the 1976 film 'A Star is Born' starring Crystal Gayle as an up-and-coming singer named Esther Blodgett who deals with her alcoholic husband who is past his prime. Finally, Idella Voudry makes her first appearance on "Melonville Calendar."
- Carl Sagan's team takes on William F. Buckley's.
- After discovering that he's opening for Ben Vereen and not the other way around, Bobby Bittman retires from show business. Sammy Maudlin's ex-sidekick, William B. Williams, hosts his own talk show with Irving Cohen. Bernadette Peters gets blown up real good on "Farm Film Celebrity Blow-Up". Also, Episode 9 of "Days of the Week" follows our scandalous characters for more drama. "Sunrise Semester." Finally, Claire Warmel presents "Communicating With Extremities."
- SCTV's regular programming is interrupted by a Soviet satellite.
- Hall and Oates star in Bobby Bittman's latest film.
- Guy Caballero and Johnny LaRue come to blows over a meager Christmas bonus, resulting in a busted, drunken Johnny desperately tracking down Santa. Segments include Lola Heatherton's "Love Spirit" Christmas Special. Ed Grimley stars in "The Fella Who Couldn't Wait For Christmas." Rex and Edna Boil's Curio Emporium. Count Floyd's "Have Yourself a Scary Little Christmas." The lighting of the Melonville Christmas Tree. The Shmenge brothers explore Leutonian Christmas traditions. "Pre-Teen World Christmas Edition." Bobby Bittman and Jackie Rogers Jr. star in "Christmas - That's All." "You. with Libby Wolfson" looks at Chanukah.
- 1981–19831h 5mTV-PG8.5 (98)TV EpisodeEverything comes to a head at Clay and Sue Ellen's wedding; Johnny meets a valuable ally at the bar.
- Guy runs out of ideas and takes suggestions from the crew.
- Guy Caballero is busted for writing a bad check to Fred Willard, forcing the arrival of SCTV Chairman Allan "Crazy Legs" Herschman. In 'The Nutty Lab Assistant', Ed Grimley makes his debut in this spoof of 'The Nutty Professor' in which Grimley decides to concoct a potion to make himself more attractive to his girl crush, and he ends up transforming into pop singer John Cougar. Mrs. Falbo's Tiny Town looks at atoms and rainy day activities. Also, Jackie Rogers Jr. promotes his late father's last TV special, "Swingin' With Mother Nature."
- Features the segment "Angel Cortez: FBI Jockey." Bobby Bittman PSA for the Public Library. Gus the Security Guard makes everyone sign in while, John Houseman reads the phone book, "Farm Film Report" with Deney Terrio. The band America performs "Right Before Your Eyes." SCTV Movie of the Week: "The Bowery Boys In The Band." Dr. Rawl Withers introduces The National Midnight Star. Harry the guy with a snake on his face sells de-scramblers. A "reasonably faithful" spoof of Jane Eyre. Reverend Gene Filler of the Church of Unlimited Credit. "Monster Chiller Horror Theater" presents Dr. Tongue's 3-D House of Slave Chicks. Curly Howard sings love themes. Gus asks Edith Prickley out. People's Court (joined in progress), Rev. Gene Filler returns.
- Johnny LaRue is desperate for work after the failure of "Polynesiantown."
- The elections in Melonville for various public offices are under way. Mentally unstable Mayor Tommy Shanks is up for re-election against the seedy Vic Hedges. Meanwhile, Libby Wolfson runs for City Council, than becomes infatuated with her opponent. Also, the Shmenge Brothers salute John Williams, Brock Linehan interviews Linda Hopkins. In segment the "Human Sexual Response with Dr. Cheryl Kinsey", the shrink looks at teen dating, and of course, Melonvote Live.
- "Midnight Cowboy II", a takeoff of the original Midnight Cowboy movie. Also, "Whatever Happened to Baby Ed" as a spoof of "Whatever Happed to Baby Jane". The final episode of "The Days of the Week" (with cameos by Catherine O'Hara and Carol Burnett). Finally, "Mel's Rock Pile" hosts the British punk rock band, The Queen Haters, and they trash the place.
- Guy Caballero welcomes you to SCTV's new programming season on NBC.
- 1981–19831h 6mTV-PG8.6 (100)TV EpisodeWhen SCTV wins a suspicious number of awards, Bob Hope notifies the FBI.
- Hollywood stars reveal what bugs them; Stan and Yosh Schmenge welcome back a former Happy Wanderer.
- SCTV holds a pledge drive.
- Johnny LaRue plays a restaurant owner in his latest movie.
- The kids of Pre-Teen World hold a telethon after their funding is cut.
- On the SCTV Foreign Film Festival, Angelo loses control of his fantasies.
- To encourage small business advertising, SCTV cuts its ad rates, resulting in a series of on-the-cheap ads for several micro-entrepreneurs. In the segment "Stars In One" profiles aging child star Rusty Van Reddick. Vic Hedges stars in "Vic Arpeggio, Private Investigator". Steve Roman plugs his Valentine's Day special. Also, a group of philosophers debate whether the animated cartoon 'The Flintstones' was a rip-off of the 1950s sitcom 'The Honeymooners'.
- Johnny is forced to tape "Street Beef" outside on Christmas Eve.
- 1981–19831h 5mTV-PG8.7 (98)TV EpisodeSammy celebrates a milestone anniversary, sidekick William B walks off the show, and the janitors of SCTV go on strike.
- William B Williams returns to the Sammy Maudlin Show. The Shmenges host a beauty pageant. Jackie Rogers Jr. plugs his biographical special, "Jackie, We Hardly Knew Ye".
- Guy Caballero hires illegal immigrant Pirini Scleroso; the Fracases argue about their daughter's wedding.
- It's Sweeps Week and SCTV is promoting specials like "Jumping for Dollars", where large busted women jump up and down while Johnny LaRue watches, and "The Dallas Cowgirls Salute Aaron Copland," which is bit more self-explanatory. We also see the preparation for the special "Night of the Prime Time Stars," which is nearly thwarted when a poltergeist haunts the station, kidnapping Ed Grimley and Gus Gustofferson among others. Also, "Days of the Week" Episode 10 continues. Finally, promos for the miniseries "The Long Hard War."
- Ricardo Montalban is featured in a "To Sir, With Love" parody.
- A war erupts between the Five Networks when "Don Caballero" refuses to back a pay TV channel.
- Bob and Doug McKenzie invite fellow hoser Ian Thomas onto their show.