04 Solid Gold Telethon [030] [SCTV - Season 2]

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[@davidrubens4404]

That Steve & Eydie song really should have stormed the charts!

[@nigelinasia2088]

The marathon parody is a solid gold masterpiece.

[@fjccommish]

My goodness, the star power on that screen - off the chart.

[@eurekasquared9853]

Very true

[@darkhero781]

Glad somebody put this one back on YT.

[@pickledragonrebel]

A blessing indeed !

[@timhiltonsuperstar]

You mean SCTV, right?

[@user-ct8tk9nh8z]

Biitmann with the classic knee slap at the hilarity of the great Sammy Maudlin. "HOW ARE YA?!"

[@stuartestrine1234]

23 minutes of the funniest TV in history.

[@metalred74]

Nobody could wear a leisure suit quite like Bobby Bittman!

[@senorsardonico6153]

He really knew how to win over an audience.

[@senorsardonico6153]

Bobby Bittman blubbering over Howard the Solid Gold Poster Child is one of the all -time great moments of TV comedy.

[@bufnyfan1]

I think this was a direct spoof of the Jerry Lewis Labor Day telethon Muscular Dystrophy child--only this spoof was used far more shamelessly to get viewers to give gold to keep SCTV on the air

[@antoniosoul]

He's patting the kid's head while holding a lit cigarette!

[@namelessjedi2242]

With that music in the background too… funniest moment. 😁

[@jeanc819]

Sammy, Johnny, and Bobby, it's the SCTV Rat Pack!

[@anthonyarguien7785]

Johnny LaRue donated his body weight in gold! The late great John Candy GOD love him.

[@fjccommish]

3:21 Let me say something as a comedy "audience" member, in all seriousness. When Bittman came out I was ready for what they call in the business "hilarity" - "how are ya!", a few jokes, some "shtick" as it were. Then Bobby complained about the audience reaction, and at first I wondered - no no, even as big a Bittman fan as I am I really did think this - what the hell is he on about? But before he finished, he had me thinking about that live audience's reaction and frankly about my reaction at home. Here were those big stars of stage and screen giving their time for a good cause - for the kids. Did I give the standing ovation they deserve? Did I even put down cabbages and coffee I was enjoying, free my hands up to clap? Did I call a friend to say, "Hey, Bittman and Maudlin are on the tube, so turn on the set and give until it hurts?" No, I didn't. I was a little ashamed of myself and of that studio audience. For "show business" to thrive, for us to thrive as humanity, we all have to do better. Bobby Bittman reminded us all of that.

[@pickledragonrebel]

I love SCTV......Honestly !

[@constancejuday4823]

Steve and Edie just fabulous!

[@Dbodell8000]

Comic genius!

[@agyvonne]

Loved this show !!!’

[@NickWeissMusic]

Dave Thomas as Bob Keeshin is so on the nose it might as well be him

[@HappyFlapps]

15:29 - "As a comic, in all seriousness..." ROFLMFAO!!

[@pickledragonrebel]

Bitmans signature line !

[@QuadMochaMatti]

@@pickledragonrebel Aside from the "How are ya?" 😀

[@pickledragonrebel]

@@QuadMochaMatti true

[@sralyn]

Perfect episode

[@markxxx21]

The price of gold on October 7, 1978 when this episode aired was $234.15/troy ounce. 2000 pounds of gold is 29,166.77 troy ounces. Thus they raised $234.15 X 29,166.77 = $6,829,399.20 Johnny LaRue (John Candy) weighed about 300 pounds. 300 pounds is 4,375 troy ounces. That comes to 4,375 X $234.15 = 1,024,406.25

[@anthonyarguien7785]

Oh GOD, this skit reminds me of Jerry Lewis and The Rat Pack!

[@bufnyfan1]

I always fall down laughing when Sammy (Joe Flaherty) (08:36) berates the stagehand for bringing him tap water instead of "Perrier"--I guess ordinary tap water was too "low brow" for someone of Sammy's stature. LOL!!!

[@sralyn]

To this day when I see Perrier in the store, I giggle.

[@namelessjedi2242]

Great episode, beginning to end!

[@musicmurf]

This is gold lol.

[@DoctorInsomnia-qw7us]

Best part is the Beef 🥩 & Booze 🍷 🍷🍷 commercial....

[@jonhufford6980]

Some of these the sound is like it’s recorded from the bottom of a fish tank. And then others are good. But these episodes are gold, solid gold. Joe Flaherty is hilarious, they all are.

[@sralyn]

Hilarious and gorgeous 💕💕💕

[@anthonyarguien7785]

Beef N Booze! LOL!

[@SJ-bi9wu]

Hey look at this right now!! Hilarious !

[@JohnFoxx108]

The announcer said "Johnny Maudlin" lol

[@moe9196]

21:39 2000 lbs or 1 ton of gold is worth approximately $50 million in today's dollars .

[@Dahstin]

Just melt down your gold and send it to us.

[@anthonyarguien7785]

Send us your gold, America. I wanna bear all your children! (And she means it too!)

[@creekbandit]

Boy I wish I could phone that hotline

[@Giulia-uj9bv]

I love that pink sequin jacket!🥰

[@vonritter4945]

I occasionally deploy jazz hands 👐 If the situation calls for it.

[@pickledragonrebel]

Me too!

[@sralyn]

22:35 Poor little guy

[@alanpiper3711]

17:58 Mrs Sperini Scloroso 😂

[@NV..V]

I grew up in Mellonville and was in the studio audience that day. It was magic. No fagey vegetables either.

[@alanpiper3711]

14:41 Poster Child 😂

[@moe9196]

4:10 I'm willing to donate my S&H Green Stamps . will that do ? i think i have enough here for a teflon frying pan or 3 cans of hairspray for Bobby Bittman .

[@bobwoods1302]

If my math is correct Larue owes somewhere around $800,000

[@anthonyarguien7785]

A telethon to save a cheap ass TV station- that wouldn't pay a $2000 ransom- now that's comedy gold! So, you mine it. You get it? Mine it. Uh, is my mic on? Hello. Hello...

[@mapself]

Does anyone know what real song the “Why Do I Still Love You?” Steve and Eydie parody song at 12:30 is based on?

[@sralyn]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZTJaH6aZa-JnZY

[@michaelmcgee8543]

When I saw this t.v show on n.b.c. in the 80's I did not remember Andrea Martin impersonating Lorna Luf.

[@michaelmcgee8543]

I think the impersonation of Lorna was edited out of the n.b.c version of this comedy show just in case Lorna and Lisa would get offended by the joke and sue the station. this was never on the n.b.c version.

[@anthonyarguien7785]

You know what? They shoulda made this one skit into a feature length film! Too bad, AMERICATHON- with the late John Ritter- beat them to the punch...and it bombed!

[@QuadMochaMatti]

Uff da! I seem to vaguely recall that I had the misfortune of seeing a chunk of that Americathon film. That's time that was spent in the nearly-forgotten past that I could certainly make more effective use now, when I need it more than ever.

[@anthonyarguien7785]

The Gold Brick Mascot Kid. Sigh. So tacky and yet so damned funny too! Satire, folks!

[@c.s.mcleod7383]

The telethon was held in Mellonville,but they say the Sammy Maudlin show is in Holloywood?🤔

[@anthonyarguien7785]

Just goes to show you how tacky telethons can be. Great writing from Ramis and co.

[@sunflashh]

what song is sammy maudlin spoofing where he sings "ingots, send us your gold ingots"

[@farrellmcnulty909]

"Feelings" kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYaTgaNoo5uipac

[@darkhero781]

Morris Albert “Feelings”. Everybody in the 70s and 80s knew this saccharine tune.

[@darkhero781]

@Voracious Reader Interesting. I would have thought AM radio listeners would have filed a class action lawsuit against Albert as he acoustically spread diabetes mellitus. Scientists believe listening to ‘Feelings’ can spike HbA1c scores 10+.

[@ubb4me]

I think its Billy Joel's "Just the way you are".

[@pacerdawn5512]

Wait... Didn't Gunny Rabbit die in Season 1? This show is fake!

[@bufnyfan1]

I love it at 12:12 when the phone rings for a donation and Gunny Rabbit says to Captain Combat--"Hey Meatball...Put the phone to my ear" LOL

[@alanpiper3711]

16:50 😂

[@michaelmcgee8543]

John Candywasgreat.Unfortunately loved his food and die for it. A heart attack.,like fatty Arbuckle.

[@QuadMochaMatti]

But unlike Roscoe, Mr. Candy didn't find himself as the primary suspect in the death of a young woman and a rush to judgement that nearly completely destroyed his career forever...

[@Doo_Doo_Patrol]

Poor sound.

[@NevadaBoss]

oh, like PBS is any better/different? And they don't got no LaRue either! Cheap punks....

[@jayboo8495]

just fucking brilliant comedy.