SCTV 1 - 02 Murder at SCTV, Wara Wara Wara

SCTV season 1, episode 2 - Murder at SCTV, featuring Jayne Eastwood. Sketches include Captain Combat, SCTV News, Gus Gustofferson: Security Guard and Wara Wara Wara.

[@cbresett]

Holy crap - even the real ads seem like SCTV skits

[@marlinperkins6910]

No kidding. They seem almost homemade. I lived through these things and I don’t remember them being so bad.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@marlinperkins6910 Wait 'til they beam them right into your head, man

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

Yes l finally realized omg these are real! Derp art imitates life imitates art.

[@alukuhito]

@@marlinperkins6910We were really that unaware back then. We didn't question much. We didn't pay attention to details. We weren't vigilant.

[@joetrapp9187]

I remember those cheap late night commercials; I think pretty much everyone thought they were a joke. SCTV came on at around 1 AM Saturday morning when all these strange commercials came on - that was basically what was (barely) funding the show, as they hunted around for any sponsorship. That's another great thing about SCTV: they were a parody of an independent network just scrapping by and taking what ever they could, and in reality they were an independent show, just scraping by. We were in on the joke, but vaguely aware of the reality. As a late teen, I worked Friday nights dishwashing at a fancy restaurant outside of NYC, and after a beer and sharing a smoke, I'd come back and watch SCTV, Don Kirschner's Rock Concert, and maybe Tom Snyder. In particular, I remember the flower arranging commercial. A flower arranging commercial on at 1:15 A.M.? Yeah, sure, why not.

[@JiuliaD]

The MAAD commercial broke my ❤😢May they all rest in peace 🙏

[@ajbufort]

Captain Combat - a childhood favorite back in Texas in the old days!

[@HVACSoldier]

Part of me wants to send in a money order to see if they still make the “Body Mate.”

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

They take Diner's Club

[@HVACSoldier]

@@RideAcrossTheRiver I didn’t notice that, until now.

[@Commander-McBragg]

I’m still waiting for mine. I look like crap.

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

Taken from then-ABC affiliate WPEC CBS 12 in West Palm 👋🏻 Beach 🏝️, Florida, in the wee hours of May 31, 1986, and originally broadcast 🔈 at 3:30 🕞 am Eastern.

[@QuadMochaMatti]

No, it was taken from Second City, in exchange for a syndication broadcasting fee.

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

@@QuadMochaMatti Starting in the fall 🍁 of 1984, of course.

[@BrianBattles]

Wow who knew you could learn the art of floral arrangement AT HOME?

[@addis.temari]

Bob Keeshan/Captain Kangaroo, was an Enlisted USMC Reservist. There's basis for this skit.

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

I think SNL first season cast drew a lot from sctv characters and skits

[@cl759]

Raising the dead with acupuncture 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@frankalfar]

This is great , just when you thought you be seen all the episodes....ty.

[@howardstern666]

That Body Mate commercial fit right in.

[@bertferri-5685]

Johnny didn't make that Tabby Surprise. That was pre-made by Gordon Ramsey.

[@DH-3on_sAm]

my fav episode I've watched at least 3 times always lmao

[@QuadMochaMatti]

@2:19 "I must, I must, I must increase my bust..." - Lords of Acid (1991)

[@katherineblack4772]

3:00 RIP these poor folks. I think this is reprehensible, and have been a MADD member for years.

[@williammcghee863]

I thought the Body Mate commercial was a SCTV skit, because the product and the claims made for it seem so ridiculous.

[@BrianBattles]

Genuine diamelles!

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

$12.95 ... show her how much you love her

[@andersonsmith979]

@@RideAcrossTheRiver Gosh, I'd give my heart to a fella who'd splurge on GENUINE diamelles for me! :D

[@breakfastsurreal5650]

14:53 I think we know the real answer lol...

[@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont]

9:14 - I had forgotten about Heinz "Keg-o-Ketchup."

[@alukuhito]

I don't remember it.

[@quakers200]

In 20-30 years all the stuff we think is cool now will look as stupid as commercials back in the day. Actually the cool stuff today already looks stupid like testosterone pills and copper Sox.

[@GM-cf6jv]

Laugh tapes are horribly over the top

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

So don't use them, Gummi

[@andersonsmith979]

Wow. I thought that the commercial for the "Floral Arranger Course" HAD to be an SCTV skit! No offense to the 80s but what dumb bunny needs a step-by-step course to arrange flowers? Makes me wonder what ads and products of our times will people be laughing at 40 years from now?

[@iamamaniaint]

Well don't you want to avoid the mistakes of an inexperienced floral arranger?