SCTV does Stairway to Heaven…

Just plain hilarious…

In Tribute to Annette Funicello…Pee-Wee’s Xmas Special…

“Pee-wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special” first aired in 1988. Starring Paul Rubens as Pee-Wee and Lawrence Fishburne as Cowboy Curtis, this show was guested by Annette Funicello, Frankie Avalon, Magic Johnson, Joan Rivers, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Oprah Winfrey, Dinah Shore, Whoopi Goldberg, Little Richard, Charo, k.d. lang, Grace Jones and the Del Rubio Triplets. Music was by Van Dyke Parks…

Speaking of Fred Rogers…SCTV’s take…

Battle of the PBS Stars is a hilarious SCTV creation, comprising a mashup of an early-80s-trendy “Battle of the Stars” format using all-PBS characters, combined with ABC’s Wide World of Sports, featuring Howard Cosell. The cast is: Joe Flaherty as William F Buckley; Dave Thomas as Carl Sagan; Eugene Levy as Howard Cosell; Rick Moranis as Dick Cavett; John Candy as Julia Child; and Martin Short as Fred Rogers…

S’awright? (Definitely) S’awright…

Spanish ventriloquist/comedian, Wenceslao Moreno, professionally known as Senor Wences, guests on the mock 25th anniversary of a mock talk show on It’s Garry Shandling’s Show in 1986. Senor Wences (pronounced Wenthes by him in his native Castillian) was about 90 years old at the time of this appearance. He retired at age 100, and passed away at 103. He was a frequent guest of the The Ed Sullivan Show, on which he had made 48 appearances…

Todd ‘n Taj do Gilbert and Sullivan…

Legendary singer/musician/composer/producer Todd Rundgren, along with blues great Taj Mahal and Todd’s wife Michele Gray, perform Never Mind the Why and Wherefore from Gilbert and Sullivan‘s HMS Pinnafore. The show is Night Music, in my opinion the best live music show ever, hosted by saxist David Sanborn. The year is 1989…

Lightfoot Does Every Song Ever Written…

In this hilarious SCTV parody, Dave Thomas is the motormouth announcer hawking a Gordon Lightfoot collection, Gord Lightfoot Sings Every Song Ever Written. Rick Moranis is the Voice of Lightfoot…

Laurence Fishburne III does Peewee’s Playhouse…

Before he was “Morpheus” in 1999’s The Matrix, Laurence Fishburne III played “Cowboy Curtis” on Peewee’s Playhouse, back in the ’80s. Of course Paul Reubens is “Peewee Herman”…

SCTV Does Michael McDonald…

SCTV‘s take on the life of session singer Michael McDonald, featuring Rick Moranis as McDonald. The song is Christopher Cross‘s Ride Like the Wind…