SCTV

Back in the day I was a big fan of SCTV. It was on Friday nights and if I wasn't working I was sure enough in front of the tv watching the show.

Just yesterday I put in one of the four box sets we have in the house and I watched the Christmas Special from 1981. I am very glad to say that it holds up very well.

They did a Christmas sketch based on Neil Simon's Plaza Suite called The Nutcracker Suite. It still kills me.

Last week I watched SNL and I sat through several bits that, well, let's just say that they weren't up to SCTV standards.

John Candy as Divine, on ice skates! Dave Thomas as Michael Caine, Catherine O'Hara as Maggie Smith, and Rick Moranis as Richard Dreyfus from Jaws.

I can't forget Joe Flaherty as Count Floyd or Andrea Martin as Marsha Mason, or Eugene Levy playing Judd Hirsch playing Neil Simon.

If you haven't seen this show... run to see it.

I feel like Rex Reed with that last sentence.

Kurt