classic bittman

[@mellotronage]

Without Guy Cabellero, talent like this would have never been on the air. That's a fact.

[@MoeGreensRightEye]

Guy had an eye for talent

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

God bless you Guy!

[@grandslam1044]

Skip Bittman?

[@wowster762]

Guy Caballero is a Saint

[@fjccommish]

Angel: "You see, Guy? With you not born, there was nobody there to tell Sammy Maudlin not to wear that sausage scarf - the dogs mauled him, and he didn't go into show biz. You weren't there, so there was nobody with bad taste enough for Edith Prickley to sleep her way to the top with. Nobody stopped Bitman from strangling that stage hand when he didn't have a seltzer water handy. Bitman's in jail serving life for murder, not in Vegas asking people 'how are ya' and entertaining millions. The Chinese bought the frequency license, and what should have been SCTV is a Chinese shopping channel. You truly did have a wonderful life." Guy: "Screw it. Now that I'm not born, I don't have to pay alimony or deal with that idiot LaRue. I'm keeping it like this."

[@floxy20]

I like how he signals the punch line by laughing. It's very helpful.

[@michaelseidl5240]

The audience's dead silence after every punchline is priceless....Bittman was pure gold.

[@bufnyfan1]

How can someone who isn't funny at all be so FUNNY!!! absolutely brilliant

[@gordongo7919]

Tony Roletti on Fernwood Tonight

[@elg1959]

That's the genius of it

[@briannilles1303]

Exactly, the point of the whole thing

[@laurenceholland8465]

Bobby Bittman never got the credit he deserved for "How are ya?".

[@SamQuentin]

Krusty the Clown stoke that bit

[@bigduke5902]

It became a reoccurring MST3K riff for whatever that's worth.

[@bufnyfan1]

back in late 1980s, I was walking by the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Toronto (right across from City Hall) and I saw Eugene Levy getting out of a cab and going into the hotel. I yelled out "How are ya" and started laughing. He looked at me and started laughing too and thanked me for watching him on SCTV. Very gracious man

[@yeltsin6817]

Eugene Levy was so versatile on this show and could do so many skits and impressions. Loved watching this in University and drinking beers.

[@mikemahoney6840]

Bobby Bittman reminds me of Sammy Davis Jr.on steroids

[@yeltsin6817]

@@mikemahoney6840 I can see that. So over the top with the clothes, jewelry and the hands

[@cluman1]

Levy is a genius.

[@gettyz]

"That's trespassing, I think"... best punchline EVER!

[@billyrock8305]

Bobby was an incredible comic talent. Got his autograph once after a gig in Hamilton. 👏

[@jond1965]

Bobby Bitman is awesome! Loved watching sctv when I was a kid. Miss John Candy too.

[@hankkingsley2976]

The sad thing is Bittman is funnier than most late night hosts now.

[@outtathyme5679]

It’s like Eugene couldn’t help but be funny, even when he was trying not to

[@positivelastaction3957]

Big fan of Bittman and his kid brother Skip“ “How’s it Hangin’?” Bittman. Good stuff.

[@keithlauderjr1691]

It’s the timing that makes Bobby so great.

[@fliegeroh]

"But seriously folks," Bobby was truly an enigma.

[@buckweevil]

Why on Earth would Napoleon call someone on a phone of such ridiculous size? Bittman always pushes the envelope!

[@roberthill799]

@onionhat745 He was making fun of prop comics who were kinda trendy--and horrible-- at that time. The utterly forgettable Gallagher was one.

[@SuperWidemouth]

I still do this act to strangers on the street; and they always get the reference! "How R Ya??"

[@bufnyfan1]

I'd always come up to friends of mine and say---as a good friend of yours....HOW R YA?---and they know exactly who I'm imitating all these years later

[@PaperbackWizard]

Holy crap, I finally found him. I watched MST3k's "Jack Frost" episode, and there's a scene where a witch is doing some kind of jazz hands and the boys go "How are ya!" It really does look just like him!

[@DoktorStrangelove]

The end of Krankor’s first scene in Prince of Space. Kills me every time.

[@jago76]

Bittman was a comic genius.

[@fast03vette4me]

I need to go to the E.R.,,, for stitches after Bobby cut me up.

[@djrychlak4443]

Bittman is the #1 ranked comedian in the world today...still. Now that's talent. He surpassed other comedy geniuses of the last 50 years such as Adam Carolla, Larry the Cable Guy, Jim Norton, and Drew Carey. That's some Murderer's Row of cutting edge comedy.

[@grandslam1044]

Carlin, Pryor,Martin and Bittman! Bobby is a true genius!

[@LATVERIAN1]

Pure comedy genius.

[@dmacnic]

Pure class and talent

[@fast03vette4me]

A real Saint too!

[@XPHALCON]

I love this guy!

[@jillmitchell1500]

How are yuh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@garylobo3]

I just love comics that laugh at their own jokes. Jackie Martling, Bobby Bittman. That's the list...

[@PJ-lp4lr]

Dennis Miller comes to mind

[@KenPotter]

Yeah, it works for some, like Dennis Miller, but not for others.

[@elderlypoodle9181]

@@KenPotter I laugh at my own jokes.

[@KenPotter]

@@elderlypoodle9181 I'm laughing now at the name "Elderly Poodle"... Good One!

[@ThePatank]

dave chappelle is constantly laughing at his own stuff, just watch his specials

[@firstlast7719]

Love it - Dave Thomas' father was my philosophy Prof at Mac - so much talent came out of 'The Hammer'

[@felicity4711]

I still quote 1:01 to myself every so often. “Don’t they just bug ya?!” ☺

[@todd4317]

Bittman does look like Carbone from Goodfellas.

[@larky368]

Do you notice how there is always an element of nastiness in all of his jokes betraying his underlying nasty character. This has become much more noticeable amongst modern day comedians.

[@roberthill799]

@larky368 Nastiness? What nastiness? Bobby was a great comedian and a beautiful one-of-a-kind individual! I love that man! Sincerely, Sammy Maudlin

[@Canerican.]

Geniuses especially Eugene Levy!

[@HanifBarnwell]

Time for a Bobby Bittman movie!

[@johnjarou2357]

+Hanif Barnwell long overdue!

[@PaulMashTV]

they had one done quite a long time ago. search for "the enigma of bobby bittman" I think it's only like 70 minutes long but it was a funny movie.

[@KenPotter]

"Going Berserk" - Levy plays "Sal DiPasquale", who is very similar.

[@MokkaMatti]

@@PaulMashTV It really was quite some Funny Stuff.

[@imashmenge7981]

Geez, I don’t think you’re gonna find too much kosher ham in a New York deli.

[@abundantYOUniverse]

I own all of Bitman's 8-Track tapes, hilarious!

[@runeplate123]

what a Sleazy laugh...

[@rcadventure44]

Funniest show ever. Makes SNL look like ammatures.

[@CadillacBunner]

Just one "m" amateur. (from ami, amor, amic) means those guys (on SNL) absolutely loved what they were doing and making. I agree that both were great

[@loyaldude10]

no. dave thomas did a great bob hope. all of the people on ths show were extremely versatile. and funny as hell

[@pward3338]

He did Hope , better than Hope...

[@brianarmstrong6390]

Play it again Bob w/ Woody Allen was priceless

[@LocalCoot]

Sammy says Bobby's just back from Hamilton Canada, Bobby says he just got back from New York!

[@MokkaMatti]

York, Hamilton, it's all in Ontario...

[@chuckcookus]

You can keep your Gallaghers, your Carrot Tops, your Pauly Shores - no other comedian on the planet is as exquisitely bad as funnyman Bobby Bittman.

[@millicentsquirrelhole582]

The Flamingo Club, up in Canada, eh? No, Sammy fibbed there, Bobby was really at Gander's famous Club Baby Seals for his Newfie gig...

[@steeltownbrown52]

The Flamingo Club was an actual venue in Levy's hometown. It's now where the Hamilton Place is located.

[@KenPotter]

Levy was more talented than Candy, but Candy became a bigger star because he was more likable.

[@kurtkish6970]

Thank Dog, now we’ll always have Schitt’s Creek!

[@garybeauchamp3623]

Bitman, the king of bling. The limp wrists clinch the cliche.

[@bryannelson6139]

I absolutely love how they did such a great job making fun of the phony celebritie's "sincerity".

[@Darryl6636]

I watched SCTV all the time when I was in high school I loved it and still do

[@tedmichaels1951]

All the characters these guys played...so funny...don’t know how they did it

[@vincarcin]

SCTV puts SNL to shame.

[@fjccommish]

SNL never could make a deal with Bittman. "Live from New York. How are yaaa...ahahahahahahaha!"

[@roberthill799]

SNL was mildly amusing for its first year or two in the mid 70's. And then absolutely sucked from then on. Except for Bill Murray and the occasional appearances by Don Novello who was always great, especially as Father Sarducci.

[@sjames304]

Imagine - - - - Bobby Bittman doing a 12 week gig in Vegas alongside Tony Clifton. Fuck.......are you kiddin' me??

[@brettaxelson6163]

That Bobby Bittman....... What an actor!

[@DM-hw4cr]

That outfit.

[@alukuhito]

Classic Bittman. So true about commercials. And to be interrupted by Bob Hope?

[@theholymackerel072]

How ARE YA?!?!?!?!

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

Can we have Bittman's "How are ya?!" as a ringtone?

[@free-birdrocker8809]

Bobby Bitman special Plenty of ham and a side of vasoline..

[@lenpey]

Ends with Bob Hope's entrance? Would have liked to have seen the rest of the skit.

[@sirtalkalotdoolittle]

I wish the Sammy Maudlin show had been real.

[@hugginkiss1027]

It was inspired by Sammy Davis Jr.'s real (but short lived ) talk show.

[@genecasciari748]

SCTV was superior to SNL. Over the top characterizations, and parodies are classic. Bobby Bitman is my favorite skits and then Floyd the Barber in the Godfather skits made me cry tears of laughter 😂

[@mattarthur7065]

Smash engagement in hamilton.... Beauty!!

[@ccrrocks]

All this time i thought it was Pee Wee Herman who made up that laugh, when it actually started with Bobby Bittman!

[@jimrd1965]

how are ya,,,,the phone was a classic.......

[@oscarforce1]

How are ya!

[@meerkat7406]

Bobby is so underrated.

[@aum3.146]

ever seen his tribute to the "fahk-land" islands?

[@taposirusmagna5433]

SATURDAY NIGHT MARY ANNS CLEVELAND CIRCLE

[@garyspitz434]

How are ya ?

[@mattpeckham667]

"As a comic, in all seriousness..."

[@outtathyme5679]

I would buy the Bobby Bittman

[@briankane]

the king of comedy

[@lobserve1]

It's totally cringe-worthy but somehow hysterical.

[@discosucks99]

SCTV was so much better than SNL

[@joenazario6189]

James Ebert I never cease to laugh with SCTV no comparison

[@jeffreym.8957]

Well... it was great. But both shows are mostly misses in a weekly format. It's how much we enjoy the hits in between the misses.

[@maryannemelenka9250]

He’s so bad he’s funny

[@briannilles1303]

Absolutely better than snl, I’d wait up til midnight to watch this

[@bigduke5902]

Yet another MST3K joke explained! Thanks, KZbin!

[@jimbothedemocraticredneck555]

Bobby Bittman reminds me of Larry Dallas

[@lynnleistinger9855]

The sad thing is I remember these walkons up staging people Bob Hope was the biggest offender.Thankfully slot of people complained about it.

[@vestibulate]

He dated my Mom. She wouldn't talk about it.

[@antelthrope]

Dave Thomas of SCTV fame

[@abrham57]

Underrated comic genius-------------

[@lynnleistinger9855]

Bobby Bittmam was a parody of every over the top cheesey game and talk show celeb..William B. Williams was Ed McMahon. Sammy Maudlin over emotional you know Maudlin

[@doratiscareno5856]

I wonder how old his son was when he did this one

[@hugginkiss1027]

Dan Levy was born in 1983. I think this is 1980 or 1981.

[@GoWandererGo]

Good stuff.

[@dr.roberts4508]

A good many Years Now.

[@Hugatree1]

They just don't make em like this anymore!

[@fjccommish]

How are ya!!!!!!! HohoHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[@robertslydell6990]

Carrot Top stole his prop act from the great Bittman.

[@readyfreddy4630]

Love levy !

[@johnnyk.2911]

Classic.

[@smokeysdad8627]

Is that Howard Stern

[@johnlammergeier2890]

As a comic in all seriousness

[@russellschaeffler]

I love SCTV probably the funniest shows ever to be on, but many of them were also on the david steinberg show... which if you have ever seen, is one of the worst shows to be on. It is hard to believe that John Candy, Dave Thomas, Martin Short, and Joe Flaherty could be so not funny on the steinberg show and then create comedy genius on SCTV.

[@cecilrickets]

+russell schaeffler blame the show not the performers. that show was shite.

[@bufnyfan1]

I remember Steinberg's show---it was horrible-it lasted one season and then mercifully was cancelled in 1976---it was interesting that Steinberg and the guy who ran the deli across the street from the studio (Bill Saluga) were the "stars" of this junk and the SCTV group just extras-yet they were the ones who went on to stardom--Steinberg was essentially forgotten

[@armenianeric]

without doubt

[@squeakystool]

duhhh!

[@superfly3990]

The Sammy Maudlin Show is Really Great. I really really mean that Sincerely. But like others have said, including Sammy, Bobby Bittman is one of the Funniest Comedians in the World. And I really mean that too. You know, having Bob Hope walk out on stage was a little unprofessional, but Bobby takes it all in stride and shows that he is The Consummate Professional. What a Showman ! I mean that Very Sincerely too.