Chevy Chase is an a*hole. Talented, but an a*hole.
Well the choice is narrow, here is a list of the stars,,,can't see the big deal though, he winked at a woman, scandalous.
@TTM, that was golden! Rick Moranis in drag, not just drag, but leather lingerie drag!
Moranis (Honey, I Shrunk The Kids, Ghostbusters, Parenthood). He retired from acting when his wife died, and is one of the reasons the third Ghostbusters never got off the ground - he and Murray declined to participate. Moot, now that Ramis is gone.
Well, Harold Ramos just died recently, right? So either this is an old blind or it happened prior to his death. If it's him, that is.
Ramis. Damn you, auto correct!
Derek, SCTV was great great fun.
Mb he was just kidding. From that list, i dont see any of them being nasty except Dave Thomas. And thats based on some snarky crap he spewed on letterman show once.
There were Second City theatres in Toronto and London, Ontario as well as Chicago as far as I remember. The Canadian troup started the SCTV show in Canada which I think was bought up by an American network in its final few yaears - and of course it wasn't as good as its early days with no interference and low budgets.
What talented impressionists and so many iconic characters. Bunch of us were talking about the Schmengy Brothers last weekend. Always loved Catharine O'Hara's Lola Heatherton. Joe Flaherty and Eugene Levy as the anchormen. There was a running soap opera. Stuff that still holds up as funny now.
I loved Kids in the Hall! Wasn't Dave Foley in that? Anyhow...happy Father's Day and Sunday everyone!
And hey! I could sit in the middle and it would be like I wasn't even there!
My thought too , Charlie.
Besides Martin Short is an incredibly nice guy. He's very generous with fans.
Did Moranis' wife die also? I know Martin Shorts wife of many many years passed and Kathy Lee brought her up as though she were still alive when she did an interview with him. He was incredibly gracious. The epitome of class.
@Tina Mallette they were an amazing group of improve actors. You have to be older to have seen it on tv. I loved John Candy and Catherine O'Hara.
This can't be Candy as he died in the mid 90's and Short is a very nice guy.
Second City was founded in Chicago (hence Second City, named after Chicago pretty much burned and had to be rebuilt) however, SCTV was filmed and distributed in Canada and later made it's way to the US.
I always liked it better than SNL, I have every episode on DVD and watch it constantly. I would've killed to have Gilda Radner on SCTV (who didn't love her?)
Rowdy - I always thought the origin of second city name was because it was second next to NYC. Not from either place so don't care but I assume most would think that. In fact I just checked origin of name and most sources said because of size relative to NYC (although in the 50s LA passed it in size, population).
Martin Short is a comedic genius and the nicest man in the world. One wink and I'd forget all about any children in the vicinity.
Rick Moranis, not so much.
@Sherry that was so painful to watch with Kathie Lee.
Ug. Research your guests !!! Jeeesh.
I felt so bad for him but he handled it quite gracefully.
Martin Short made me laugh hysterically whenever his movies were on when I was growing up.
I also loved Moranis since I'm a child of the 80s and both Ghostbusters & Honey I Shrunk the Kids were huge during my childhood. They were always constantly being played at my house or my friends.
I miss Ramis too. Sad he passed away. He was such a talented screen writer.
Second City is what Chicago used to be called, after New York. Los Angeles is really the Second City now, but the name stuck to Chicago.
And SCTV was in fact an offshoot of the Chicago Second City sketch comedy troupe (which, with the Groundlings in LA and Upright Citizens Brigade in NYC, has been the source of all cast members on SNL since time immemorial) (ie, the 1970s).
SCTV is my all time favorite show ever, hands down the best comedy show I've ever seen. Eugene Levy was at the top of the heap in brilliance. I believe this is probably him, he never had what it takes to be a star though. That's not an insult though, because he played ordinary people so dead, funny in a way that a real person would be, on that is was amazing.
Check out YouTube classic SCTV clips:
SCTV 3D House of Stewardesses, SCTV Nutcracker Suite, SCTV South Sea Sinner, SCTV Sammy Maudlin 23rd Anniversary show, SCTV Whatever happened to Baby Ed, SCTV Midnight Cowboy 2, SCTV 3D Stake from the Heart, SCTV Foreign Film Festival - Rome, Italian Style, a great take off on Fellini's 8 1/2. All masterpieces.
Hey Studio, lay off the gays. They have less power than you imagine. Hollywood is the same as it ever was. There's a lot of dreck and a few gems every year.
' these are the Dave's I know, I know, I know! These are the Dave's I know.. Most of us are David's but some of us are Dave's! Something something something.. And we come from different moms! Ahh kids in the hall!!
As for sctv alumni I want to say Levy but only because like one of the posters above I met Dan his son and he really was annoying as fvck
No real reason to believe his dad was other than maybe the apple didn't fall far from the tree??
I have seen pictures of Martin Short with adult fans only but never with kids. Go to Facebook and see pictures of him. If you got to Youtube there's a video of a little girl interviewing Short he was kinda rude to her at the end, one more thing I remember awhile back there was a blind item here about a former SNL alumni at a party during the weekend and he was talking to women to see who would go home with him but was getting turned down cause they were interested in the other stars that were there, well.. I believe it was Martin Short, he was at a wedding reception type party in Malibu for some high profile gay couple. Funny thing, you can't really find any gossip type dirt on this guy, he flies under the radar.
@Christine MacInnis: Thanks for that info on Rick Moranis. I guess that's where he got his one and only pick up line for rock star Clay Collins "thank you, it's good to know my music turns on pretty women like you."
Chevy Chase is an a*hole. Talented, but an a*hole.
Well the choice is narrow, here is a list of the stars,,,can't see the big deal though, he winked at a woman, scandalous.
@TTM, that was golden! Rick Moranis in drag, not just drag, but leather lingerie drag!
Moranis (Honey, I Shrunk The Kids, Ghostbusters, Parenthood). He retired from acting when his wife died, and is one of the reasons the third Ghostbusters never got off the ground - he and Murray declined to participate. Moot, now that Ramis is gone.
Well, Harold Ramos just died recently, right? So either this is an old blind or it happened prior to his death. If it's him, that is.
Ramis. Damn you, auto correct!
Derek, SCTV was great great fun.
Mb he was just kidding. From that list, i dont see any of them being nasty except Dave Thomas. And thats based on some snarky crap he spewed on letterman show once.
There were Second City theatres in Toronto and London, Ontario as well as Chicago as far as I remember. The Canadian troup started the SCTV show in Canada which I think was bought up by an American network in its final few yaears - and of course it wasn't as good as its early days with no interference and low budgets.
What talented impressionists and so many iconic characters. Bunch of us were talking about the Schmengy Brothers last weekend. Always loved Catharine O'Hara's Lola Heatherton. Joe Flaherty and Eugene Levy as the anchormen. There was a running soap opera. Stuff that still holds up as funny now.
I loved Kids in the Hall! Wasn't Dave Foley in that? Anyhow...happy Father's Day and Sunday everyone!
And hey! I could sit in the middle and it would be like I wasn't even there!
My thought too , Charlie.
Besides Martin Short is an incredibly nice guy. He's very generous with fans.
Did Moranis' wife die also? I know Martin Shorts wife of many many years passed and Kathy Lee brought her up as though she were still alive when she did an interview with him. He was incredibly gracious. The epitome of class.
@Tina Mallette they were an amazing group of improve actors. You have to be older to have seen it on tv. I loved John Candy and Catherine O'Hara.
This can't be Candy as he died in the mid 90's and Short is a very nice guy.
Second City was founded in Chicago (hence Second City, named after Chicago pretty much burned and had to be rebuilt) however, SCTV was filmed and distributed in Canada and later made it's way to the US.
I always liked it better than SNL, I have every episode on DVD and watch it constantly. I would've killed to have Gilda Radner on SCTV (who didn't love her?)
Rowdy - I always thought the origin of second city name was because it was second next to NYC. Not from either place so don't care but I assume most would think that. In fact I just checked origin of name and most sources said because of size relative to NYC (although in the 50s LA passed it in size, population).
Martin Short is a comedic genius and the nicest man in the world. One wink and I'd forget all about any children in the vicinity.
Rick Moranis, not so much.
@Sherry that was so painful to watch with Kathi
e Lee.
Ug. Research your guests !!! Jeeesh.
I felt so bad for him but he handled it quite gracefully.
Martin Short made me laugh hysterically whenever his movies were on when I was growing up.
I also loved Moranis since I'm a child of the 80s and both Ghostbusters & Honey I Shrunk the Kids were huge during my childhood. They were always constantly being played at my house or my friends.
I miss Ramis too. Sad he passed away. He was such a talented screen writer.
Second City is what Chicago used to be called, after New York. Los Angeles is really the Second City now, but the name stuck to Chicago.
And SCTV was in fact an offshoot of the Chicago Second City sketch comedy troupe (which, with the Groundlings in LA and Upright Citizens Brigade in NYC, has been the source of all cast members on SNL since time immemorial) (ie, the 1970s).
SCTV is my all time favorite show ever, hands down the best comedy show I've ever seen. Eugene Levy was at the top of the heap in brilliance. I believe this is probably him, he never had what it takes to be a star though. That's not an insult though, because he played ordinary people so dead, funny in a way that a real person would be, on that is was amazing.
Check out YouTube classic SCTV clips:
SCTV 3D House of Stewardesses, SCTV Nutcracker Suite, SCTV South Sea Sinner, SCTV Sammy Maudlin 23rd Anniversary show, SCTV Whatever happened to Baby Ed, SCTV Midnight Cowboy 2, SCTV 3D Stake from the Heart, SCTV Foreign Film Festival - Rome, Italian Style, a great take off on Fellini's 8 1/2. All masterpieces.
Hey Studio, lay off the gays. They have less power than you imagine. Hollywood is the same as it ever was. There's a lot of dreck and a few gems every year.
' these are the Dave's I know, I know, I know! These are the Dave's I know.. Most of us are David's but some of us are Dave's! Something something something.. And we come from different moms! Ahh kids in the hall!!
As for sctv alumni I want to say Levy but only because like one of the posters above I met Dan his son and he really was annoying as fvck
No real reason to believe his dad was other than maybe the apple didn't fall far from the tree??
I have seen pictures of Martin Short with adult fans only but never with kids. Go to Facebook and see pictures of him. If you got to Youtube there's a video of a little girl interviewing Short he was kinda rude to her at the end, one more thing I remember awhile back there was a blind item here about a former SNL alumni at a party during the weekend and he was talking to women to see who would go home with him but was getting turned down cause they were interested in the other stars that were there, well.. I believe it was Martin Short, he was at a wedding reception type party in Malibu for some high profile gay couple. Funny thing, you can't really find any gossip type dirt on this guy, he flies under the radar.
@Christine MacInnis: Thanks for that info on Rick Moranis. I guess that's where he got his one and only pick up line for rock star Clay Collins "thank you, it's good to know my music turns on pretty women like you."