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Biggest crushes:
Chris Hemsworth (Thor, shirtless... need I say more?)
Chris Pine
Malcolm McDowell (HOT when he was young, i.e. If...., A Clockwork Orange)
DeForest Kelley (very sexy as Dr. "Bones" McCoy)
Leonard Nimoy (Spock!)
William Shatner (hunk and a half as Kirk.. though he's a bit bloated now, I still love the Shat!)
Patrick Stewart (chrome dome of sexy manliness!)
Johnny Depp
Paul Johansson
Will Ferrell
Rainn Wilson
Steve Carell
John Krasinski
Alan Rickman
Eugene Levy
Joaquin Phoenix
Antonio Banderas
Orlando Bloom
Billy Boyd
Kenneth Branagh
John Candy
George Clooney
Sean Connery
John Cusack
Willem Dafoe
Larry David
G�rard Depardieu
Richard Dreyfuss
Clint Eastwood
Peter Falk
Colin Firth
Joe Flaherty
Harrison Ford
Victor Garber
Andy Garcia
James Garner
Kelsey Grammer
Cary Grant
Ioan Gruffudd
Christopher Guest
Jake Gyllenhaal
Ian Hart
Dustin Hoffman
Anthony Hopkins
Tommy Lee Jones
Christopher Lee
David Letterman
William H. Macy
James Mason
Michael McKean
Ian McKellen
Rick Moranis
Viggo Mortensen
Sam Neill
Paul Newman
Edward Norton
Jameson Parker
Gregory Peck
William L. Petersen
Robert Redford
Tim Robbins
Geoffrey Rush
Tom Selleck
Harry Shearer
Kevin Spacey
James Spader
Jimmy Stewart
Donald Sutherland
Keifer Sutherland
Dave Thomas
Christopher Walken
Hugo Weaving
Gene Wilder
I'll think of some more.... [biggrin]
Reviews
Second City TV (1976)
The greatest show that ever was, and that ever will be...
SCTV is now on the air! and I LOVE IT!! I'm only 18 yrs old, so naturally, I was born after the show ended, but I've been watching reruns for quite a while now, and I have to say that I know the show pretty well. There's so much to say about it. Like most of the other posters stated, SCTV surpassed SNL in every aspect. I'm not much of a fan of SNL just because I find it's humour too simple, too forced. I like the wit. For example, this may seem to be stupid, but when you think about it, it's very ingenious: The Days of Our Lives becomes The Heys of Our Lives and everyone says "hey" all the time!! I mean, it's corny, yes, but it works! Oh, I love of the actors so much! They're so awesome at what they do! John Candy's sleazy Johnny LaRue, Joe Flaherty's equally sleazy and money-hungry Guy Caballero, Eugene Levy's funnyman Bobby "How are ya?!" Bittman, Andrea Martin's loud-mouthed, cackling Edith Prickley, Rick Moranis's super (as in the supers on his show) crazy Gerry Todd, Catherine O'Hara's spoiled, man-crazed performer, Lola "I want to bear your children! HA!haha!" Heatherton and Dave Thomas's opinionated Bill Needle.
Yes, SCTV had it all, and all the actors had caliber. There are so many more characters and impersonations worth naming and remembering: Floyd Robertson, Count Floyd, Earl Camembert, Bob and Doug McKenzie, Dr. Tongue, Woody Tobias,Jr. aka Bruno, Alex Trebel, "Rockin'" Mel Slirrup, Mrs. Falbo, Big Jim McBob and Billy Sol Hurok, Yosh and Stan Shmenge, Harvey K-Tel, Lin Ye Tang, Richard Harris, Bob Hope, Rabbi Karlov, Crazy Hy, Ricardo Montalban, Don Strom, Sid Dithers, Moe Green, Ed Grimley, Jackie Rogers,Jr., Pierre Trudeau, Hugh Betcha, Alistair Cook, Larry Siegel, Merv Griffin, Sammy Maudlin, Lou Jaffe, William B. Williams, Brock Linehan, Harry (The Guy with a snake on his face), Skip Bittman, David Brinkley, Lorna Minelli, Barbra Streisand, Divine, Brian Johns, Mayor Tommy Shanks, William F. Buckley, Mother Theresa, Angus Crock, the 5 Neat Guys, Brooke Shields, Raoul Wilson, Joyce DeHalfWitt, Jack Klugman, Tex and Edna Boil, Liberace, G. Gordon Liddy, Gus Gustofferson, Al Peck... oh! there are SOOOOOO MANY!!! All of them memorable. One of my favourite skits is when Richard Harris (Dave Thomas, of course) guest stars on Mel's Rock Pile and sings a re-mix of MacArthur's Park. Actually, anything with Dave Thomas as Richard Harris is hilarious. There are so many sketches I could name, but I won't, because it would literally take me a full day, if not two.
How can anyone NOT enjoy this show? I mean, if you've seen it at least once, be you Canadian or American, there had at least one sketch that made you chuckle! I am glad that it never became as popular and widely known as SNL... and that it didn't as long. For those who knew and loved SCTV, they know that it was never bad comedy and that it went out with dignity... and humour! This show is a timeless classic and I hope that it's memory will live on with the DVD box sets. I am glad to have stumbled upon this treasure... it's too bad that more people don't appreciated the comedic talent of these fine, fine actors.