SCTV - Sammy Maudlin O' The Night

[@PMofKhanadah]

RIP Guy Caballero, Sammy Maudlin, Count Floyd and al the rest of the gang that wonderful Joe Flaherty gave us. Im laughing right now Joe. Thank You. 🙏🏻🍁✝

[@redshiftexperiment]

Out of all the cast, looking back I feel Joe Flaherty was most underrated. He never really hit it big after sctv really, but he had so many really funny skits. Count Floyd, Cabelliero, Maudlin, and he actually did fairly good impressions depending on which ones he was doing, bing crosby and other ect.. Honestly didn't appreciate him as much when I was younger but I really think he is hilarious.

[@quantumcat6998]

I agree! I am a big Joe Flaherty fan myself. 😎

[@quantumcat6998]

Juul's work is fantastic, plus he has such a fun personality! He put Joe in an amazing pastel pink suit and flowered tie on the David Steinberg Show... an outfit both hilarious and yet somehow oddly stylish. And Joe Flaherty, as always, makes it work.

[@redshiftexperiment]

@Elizabeth Frantes yeah and i was just thinking about the sketch .. K-tels fast talking playhouse. Joe plays Broderick Crawford. Just an amazingly funny impression. Also in play it again Bob with Moranis doing woody allen, Joe pops up as Bing Crosby to give advice on how to deal with Bob Hope who is obsessed with "stewed fruit" and hanging on "that bar" . Amazing stuff..

[@robertslydell6990]

Kirk Douglas

[@bufnyfan1]

I loved Joe Flaherty--but although he wasn't a main player--the late Tony Rosato was also brilliant and underrated

[@MJ-dq8ik]

The look on Flaherty's face when Martin Short can't think of one funny thing is priceless

[@srldwg]

It really is!

[@tonyhinds6882]

Forget Saturday night live. I will take SCTV any time

[@gregthebaritone]

It's good to see this sketch posted again -- it was taken down a while back. Martin Short probably put more study and rehearsal into his scathing impression of Howie Mandel than Mandel ever put into an entire show.

[@jerryshunk7152]

That Chinese bit was probably too much for all those super sensitive types!

[@Neville60001]

@@jerryshunk7152, who are you calling 'super sensitive'? If something's offensive, _something's offensive_ .

[@jerryshunk7152]

@@Neville60001 ECCLESIASTES 7:9 is one way to look at it.

[@bufnyfan1]

This was a spoof of the late night 80's show "Thicke of the Night"-that was hosted by Alan Thicke--that show bombed too

[@dw8773]

Oh yeah, and remember the hype for that show? It was all 'America's just not ready for this guy, he's so 'out there', gonna be too much for them to handle' blah, blah, blah... and he turns out to be the most boring, milquetoast TV personality EVER!

[@matthewgray469]

I must admit I saw Thicke of the Night and they had the Australian rock band Midnight Oil on in the early '80s and Alan Thicke granted them a respectful interview and a great venue for performances.

[@Crafty_chemist]

The dad from Growing Pains had his own late night talk show?!? TIL

[@honda350racer6]

@@dw8773 m

[@TJ-kk5zf]

I saw that too. He also takes shots at Howie Mandel

[@tonyroberson1983]

"WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT RICHARD NIXON????!!!" I was DYING of laughter on that one.

[@davidlaw689]

He was a greeeaaat President . lol

[@AllThingmac]

It’s rare (almost impossible) that you see this many funny and talented people in one cast. And Joe actually has some singing chops.

[@lgcybernetics]

such a great sketch; thanks for posting so much SCTV greatness

[@quantumcat6998]

You're welcome! All this good stuff needs to be kept in the public eye. 😎

[@mr_nobody_000]

i love this sketch especially Eugene Levy's Kissinger impersonation its one part Kissinger one part Frankenstein

[@IronDiva]

God, I forgot how painful Howie’s act used to be.

[@matthewhartt9966]

It still is.

[@frankfrank7921]

Exactly. Some people succeed on talent while others seemed to have bluffed themselves into "stardom".-

[@canaisyoung3601]

Well, that's why SCTV is there: to remind you.

[@marcg439]

WHERE'S MY COKE!

[@gcdcjccc]

Levy as Kissinger is so hilarious..lol

[@meldan8521]

The O2 followed by the cigarette...so good.

[@petarticinovic2710]

"It's all about change. It's about the eighties. It's about LATE NIGHT HAPPENINGS!"

[@ryanpeterson8668]

@@petarticinovic2710 hahaha..brilliant stuff as always from SCTV

[@pops1981]

Keep digging in that box hidden in your closet Quantumcat.....you're posting tremendous video's. One a day is fine and such a great way to start the day. Thanks again

[@quantumcat6998]

It may not be every day, but I do what I can. 😁 I only wish the box was bottomless...

[@42awww]

And to think we were blessed with this show every Friday night. Took it for granted.

[@gerrydooley951]

I didn't

[@FawleyJude]

Oh jeez, I remember guys with that "80s look" that Sammy's got here: the mullet, the pushed-up sleeves on the flimsy sport coat, the groovy loosened tie, he looks like he's ready to hit the disco or take the stage as some guy playing smooth jazz.

[@ryanpeterson8668]

@FawleyJude sort of a Kenny G thing going on there

[@johndef5075]

Howie Souzloff way funnier than Howie Mandel.

[@nelsonx5326]

This was the real deal people. No lip sync, no autotune, just pure talent.

[@gerrydooley951]

thank you for that comment

[@sirtalkalotdoolittle]

They nailed the late night tv show sax music perfectly.

[@bobjames874]

Quantum Cat, you are doing good work here. I saw this episode once, many many years ago. I did not recover for three days, fortunately, this time, it is the weekend. All of us that remember the brilliance of SCTV need you.

[@mikehalvorsen4788]

When he portrays Henry Kissinger I almost pee my pants laughing. He so funny. 😂👍😎🇨🇦

[@Megared82]

It was at 5:01 that Mauldin knew that without William B, his hip new show for the 80s was doomed. sidenote: Pretty sure Mauldin's theme is "Dead Giveaway" by Shalamar.

[@Hipnosis65]

Any Maudlin is better than an TV today.

[@bb7931]

Martin Short as Howie Mandel!!! Jesus Christ!!! I couldn't breathe.

[@canaisyoung3601]

Howie Mandel back when he had hair. A lot of people these days know him better as a bald man.

[@ModMokkaMatti]

@@canaisyoung3601 And as a germaphobic schizophrenic.

[@tphvictims5101]

Martin nailed the hideous character of Mandell.

[@kindlytest6434]

Absolutely. Martin Short as Mandel is hilarious, Mandel as himself is a nausea-inducing nightmare.

[@MrBronx61]

They really savaged Mandel in this skit, lOL.

[@highwaymaintainer]

Ain't it the truth, Mandel sucked

[@DS-bi3fz]

Where’s Gilligan?!

[@northernstudioworks]

A great sketch that featured Ron James in one of his early roles and Colin Mochrie's wife Debra McGrath as well. Both Ron and Debra were members of the Second City Troupe in Toronto in the 80s so it was nice they got this opportunity to be on SCTV.

[@felicity4711]

Sammy Maudlin had a double for his singing and a double for his dancing here…hopefully someday we can expect a full-time, you know, complete performance from him! :-)

[@johncunningham8503]

R.I.P Joe

[@thomasdickson62]

The seemingly ageless Sammy Maudlin.

[@vipermad358]

This is the first time I've ever kind of agreed with Henry Kissinger.

[@blakkat4126]

I’d bet Howie Mandel hated Martin Short for this.

[@pogos6633]

Ya. Didn’t care for HM comedy in the 80’s. Especially the baby talk!

[@christophervaldez8746]

If only Thicke of the Night was this funny.......🤣

[@canaisyoung3601]

Then it would still be on the air. You wouldn't want that.

[@christophervaldez8746]

@@canaisyoung3601 rather have Thicke than Jimmy Fallon😂

[@canaisyoung3601]

​@@christophervaldez8746 Okay, you got me there.

[@bufnyfan1]

I love when the set collapses and Sammy and everybody starts chasing Fred Silverman--then when Silverman is overrun and falls-Sammy yells out--"Hurt him boys...hurt him good" Sammy was really ticked off over this show and insulting Johnny Carson (LOL!!)

[@johnheart6890]

Maudlin of the 80’s was different then the maudlin of the 70’s! But hey, as William B might have said, what about the Sammy Maudlin of the 2020’s? The world needs him now! Calling on some old talent! Hello! How are ya! Bittman, Heatherton, etc!

[@miked4377]

i love sammy maudlin ..this was so great joe flarretys best character!

[@ashcarrier6606]

Short's send-up of 1980s Howie Mandel was dead on.

[@MrBronx61]

It was savage🤣🤣🤣

[@jayphelps9613]

A drunk Kissinger kicking Howie Mandel! My day has been made!!

[@ModMokkaMatti]

If only G. Gordon Ratty had dropped by to share some Apple-Pan Liddy with him.

[@Autopsy6]

I wish Sammy could have interviewed Jackie Rogers Jr.

[@seawardbnd]

I miss William B.

[@PositiveLastAction]

seawardbnd yeah the zanies didn’t hold a candle to the greatest second banana who ever lived.

[@PatrickLink]

And would a little Bobby Bittman hurt?

[@positivelastaction3957]

@@PatrickLink maybe even a quick gig by Skip?

[@seanpatrickcain2]

12:27 Kissinger! MY SET!

[@mischiefmikeyo]

I still cant believe anyone thought Alan Thicke was gonna knock Johnny off the air.

[@philiphatfield5666]

Alan Thicke was so insufferable on his own show. He fancied himself as some kind of great entertainer, and the show itself was contrived to showcase what a 'great talent' that we were all so lucky to get to experience, but 90 minutes an episode seemed like 90 hours! He had a passable singing voice, but his 'lounge lizard' covers of the top hits of the day were pretty lame.

[@Ericotheriault]

Martin Short doing Howie Mandel is spot on! …,

[@gerrydooley951]

yes, spot on, are you English

[@marshallposey2063]

I always despised howie Mandel 🤦‍♂️

[@edmonddantes3640]

You and 3/4s of the world.

[@marco4702]

Martin's Howie Mandel is spot on, I recall Howie at times didn't seem to know where to go with a joke but he was funny and different. Love Sammy's face at 5:00 LOL,

[@ModMokkaMatti]

That's the same face I make every time I see Howie Mandel - and because I no longer have a television, is thankfully not at all these days.

[@ryanpeterson8668]

Sammy was genuinely shocked by the lack of talent

[@honda350racer6]

Was I hearing a real singer at the beginning ? Iam replaying the song over and over. Pretty good tune for sure

[@ksonchannel5261]

@ 0:10 Shalamar's "Dead Giveaway" as the Theme to Maudlin of the Night on SCTV? #JustThinking

[@edisone1]

God help me, you made me fall off the davenport. Joseph, I hope you see this and know how much we LOVE you! Most brilliant and intelligent comedian & actor, you are. Wish everybody knew it.

[@lazonwilliams4859]

Oh God they killed Howie!😂😂😂

[@TJ-kk5zf]

you bastards!

[@positivelastaction3957]

The Maudlin zanies lmao!!!!

[@nolagospeltracts8264]

First mistake was getting rid of William B.

[@ryanpeterson8668]

The big enchilada

[@scottweisel3640]

This was so bad that Maudlin was praying for Bittman to crash the show.

[@ModMokkaMatti]

Bobby B had no need to bust in to ask, "How you doin'?" as he knew full well it was tanking.

[@jamesconsiglio311]

Love that Sammy maudlin please show more with William b please!!

[@quantumcat6998]

Lol, I would like to post more William B for you, but I don't have anything that hasn't already been posted (by other users) to KZbin. And the rest of his sketches are always available on the official DVDs. 😎

[@CarsoKingso]

I don't know if the opening song was dubbed over, but, if not, Joe Flaherty had some damn good pipes!

[@CarsoKingso]

@Elizabeth Frantes Upon closer inspection, looks like you're right! I guess Flaherty could sing but not dance :)

[@tgore276]

I think it was his brother Paul singing

[@PositiveLastAction]

Carson Wang no. Wasn’t his voice. It was dubbed over.

[@chcarey]

@@tgore276 Definitely Paul.

[@thedreamisstilldead]

Martin Short's Howie Mandel is genius lol

[@jamesconsiglio311]

If anyone seen the skit they did on the godfather it was pure comedy gold ,they nailed every actor who was in the godfather..

[@jefffunnell6205]

hope someone finds the sketch where they spoof SNL and Fridays its so good

[@quantumcat6998]

If you mean the episode "Thursday Night Live", it was officially released on the "SCTV: Best of the Early Years" DVD box set. So I can't actually post it. But it is a must-have for any SCTV fan. 😎

[@Neville60001]

@@quantumcat6998, thanks for posting this; I wish that Second City and Shout Factory could do a complete DVD or Blu-Ray box set of this show (and have _every_ episode in it), but until that day, these videos are all that we have.

[@quantumcat6998]

@@Neville60001 You're welcome, and I agree! I hear there's a petition floating around to get all the episodes released, but I'm not sure how it's going. But as always, fingers crossed that it will happen. 😎

[@canaisyoung3601]

It's posted on KZbin. And "Thursday Night Live" was more of a spoof of Saturday Night Live during its 5th season (1979-1980), where the cast was overstuffed and the humor was becoming tasteless and shocking (but compared to Jean Doumdnian's terrible sixth season, season five still had some humor to it). I didn't really see any reference to "Fridays" outside of Rick Moranis as the Jack Burns-esque show announcer, though the voice he uses sounds like SNL's long-running announcer, Don Pardo.

[@DM-hw4cr]

Kissinger is the life of the party.

[@susanwansley7950]

Loved his Kirk Douglas impression

[@ibtaba]

Oh to see Jennifer Beals!

[@Mr22thou]

What late night host or hosts is Flaherty spoofing? Short reminds me of how quickly Howie Mandel wore out his welcome.

[@quantumcat6998]

I do believe Sammy Maudlin was an odd sort of spoof of Sammy Davis Jr. 😎

[@ryanjackson3428]

In this case, he's spoofing Alan Thicke, who had a very short-lived talk show called "Thicke of the Night".

[@Mr22thou]

@@ryanjackson3428 Ok. I've never watched a lot of late night shows, but I did watch Alan's show a few times. I don't remember it being so hyper, but that was a long time ago. That's why I asked. I was wondering if this spoof was more of a composite of late night shows of the time, as I assume there must have been an interest in appealing to a younger audience to pull a few viewers away from Johnny Carson's ever popular show. But I'm just speculating

[@drewnogy]

Alan Thicke, RIP.

[@quantumcat6998]

@@edsherman8269 Lol, you're so right!

[@IllBeIntheGarage]

The audience couldn't help but cheer when Sousloff got whacked by Kissinger....

[@felicity4711]

I wonder if Soozloff’s riff on China (Chubby Chinese Checkers) was a reference to the Checkers speech

[@jefffixler8858]

“ can’t you think of anything”? Hilarious.

[@devitorules]

Aside from Martin as Howie, any idea if the other "zanies" were based on specific people? The woman has a Paula Poundstone vibe

[@PositiveLastAction]

Joe DeVito short’s zany character “Howie” was based on Howie Mandel and Bob Goldthwait

[@FawleyJude]

You're right about Poundstone. The guy named Cole who's smoking the pipe, I can't figure out who he's based on. I don't remember any "intellectual" comedians who looked like that. I think the guy with the somersaults is just simply a "zany" person.

[@ryanjackson3428]

I'm thinking more Elayne Boosler than Paula Poundstone.

[@joshv.8330]

I feel like Cole is in part based on Harry Anderson and the jumping guy is in part based on Bill Irwin

[@Mr_Flerb]

@@ryanjackson3428 The hair and shoulderpads say Poundstone.

[@johnran6015]

Martin Short is doing a spot on impression of early Howie Mandel. Also it is really funny how they are making fun of the 80s in real time, when it's mostly assumed no one was aware of how putrid the mainstream of the decade was when it was happening.

[@robertcombs55]

100 times funnier than ANYTHING on TV today....

[@mikekrause3671]

1000 times

[@basilwilson2796]

@@mikekrause3671 10,000.000 times!!

[@Neville60001]

The three of you, give me a break.

[@ryanpeterson8668]

My thoughts exactly

[@shawnmcewen6210]

Joe Flaherty was hilarious! It's a sin that he didn't become a big star like Candy, O'hara, Levy, Short and Martin.

[@pthef.c.8218]

Joe Flaherty was always my favourite.

[@BigDogCountry]

10:49 Was that a Whoopee Cushion that didn't get SFX or what on the chair?

[@ashcarrier6606]

It is a skit that is fully self-conscious of the fact it is the 1980s...

[@ghettoninja82]

Great comeback, maudlin!

[@miked4377]

bring back the maudlin show in 2020.!!! wheres howie suzloff

[@robertdaly9162]

Sorry, Maudlin's nothing without a good second banana like William B.

[@theccrbandakathecajuncount3747]

Because a second banana sets up the more talented people to shine

[@canaisyoung3601]

That's the point of this sketch. Well, that and making fun of Alan Thicke and anyone who tries to make their show "hip" and "cool". It's like something The Simpsons would do (and they did, with the season eight episode "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show").

[@ukmedicfrcs]

I forgot how bad Howie Mandell's act was. It's my potty and I will cry if I want to... Yikes.

[@michaeldownstairs]

He has a really cool expression on his face at 0:35!

[@brycemcneil4404]

Man if Alan Thicke could have harnessed 10% of this chaos, he could have actually given Johnny a run.

[@Hellodarknessmyolefriend]

How come Carson never went there ?😂

[@brianchappell4054]

This Maudlin guy shoulda, coulda, woulda been a BIG star. Frickin' corporate interference.

[@abrahamali115]

I'm Maudlin of the night...

[@KennyWalsh-wh5zv]

RIP Joe Flaherty.

[@Cole-b4o]

Sammy's dancing....... 😂

[@hunterjwwej5878]

Amazing!!!!!!!! So freaking funny!!!!

[@jamescampion7880]

I believe this is from the Cinemax years on cable. Maybe reason not seen as widely.

[@lazonwilliams4859]

I don't remember this episode, it's funny as hell!

[@billtooke6642]

It's the 1st episode of SCTV Channel on Cinemax in 1983. Not a syndication or NBC episode

[@jayparry1139]

It's Ron James...

[@matthewhartt9966]

Saw Ron do his stand up last year. Great comedian. Outshines Mandel any old day!

[@vestibulate]

Bring back William B.

[@tertommy]

Howie Mandel; Paula Poundstone I think, who are the other two?

[@flippgoofman1868]

I enjoyed the part with Howie best.

[@jond1965]

Funny stuff but just not the same without the great William B.

[@davidbrown5152]

I think that SCTV was much better before they revamped the show for the US audience. It didn’t have that Canadian feel to it.

[@travismcdonald6576]

David Brown That and some of the best members left.

[@canaisyoung3601]

But it was still funnier than SNL at the time.

[@davidbrown5152]

@@canaisyoung3601 I agree with you.

[@AccurateCrabLegs]

To be fair, those were very difficult items to utilize in improvisational prop comedy. Howie tried his best. The "Where's Gilligan?" bit was funny!

[@RatPfink66]

Marty tried harder than Howie Mandel ever did.

[@christopheroliver2465]

I think that I am the only person who liked Thicke of the Night. Big fan of Maudlin O' the Night as well. The Zanies? Not so much.

[@bclmax]

theme song rocks

[@streamofconsciousness5826]

Those splits... and then the hand shaking with the lighter.

[@doublemrclean]

Howie Mandel exposed as having zero talent whatsoever.

[@senorsardonico6153]

Mandel's comedy act was awful, but he was surprisingly good on "St Elsewhere"

[@craigwillingham9511]

Better than Colbert or Kimmel.

[@socksumi]

Who is that Cole guy supposed to be a parody of?

[@bclmax]

we lost joe :(

[@mike196212]

Still funny as hell. The legs on Andrea Martin!! CAN'T STAND Howie Mandell and LOVE Short sending him up.