Broadcast 02/18/83. At least Irving Cohen shows up. From my dilapidated tape collection. And whatever the hell...
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@Jack1839 Жыл бұрын
William B. was definitely one of my favorite John Candy characters. Candy's portrayal of the anxious and awkward William B. with that unique nervous laugh was endearing and brilliant. The interactions between William B., Sammy Maudlin, Bobby Bitman, Skip Bitman, Lola H., Irving C. and others with their gamut of raw emotions were always hilarious and priceless. Thanks for the posting and thank you SCTV!
@bufnyfan19 ай бұрын
I think William B. was a parody of Ed McMahon, Johnny Carson's announcer
@mrnastey94 жыл бұрын
So brilliant. John Candy was amazing and SCTV was the most underrated comedy show of all time.
@garylobo3484 жыл бұрын
Could not agree more. And Candy was the straw that stirred the drink.
@hoibsh213 жыл бұрын
Every year SNL pats itself on the back by running an anniversary special every few months.
@ryanpeterson86683 жыл бұрын
Wasn't underrated in our house..always caught it. It was frustrating trying to get other people into it however
@james414 Жыл бұрын
SCTV was the best!
@jeanniemainzer8551 Жыл бұрын
It blew SNL away. Way more talent. I watched it all the time in my teens, but I appreciate it more now at 60.
@adamfitzgerald9115 жыл бұрын
Irving Cohen is most likely the greatest forgotten character in comedy.
@theBaron05303 жыл бұрын
Yep. There are probably a lot of people who know, "Give me a 'C', a bouncy 'C'!" and don't know where it comes from.
@magmasunburst93312 жыл бұрын
I found an old two volume biography of Washington that was an Irving Cohen dedication volume as some kind of gift/promotion he did.
@jamespfitz2 жыл бұрын
On EBay I recently found a 78 of him doing a duet with Ben Bernie on "Nagasaki"
@fjccommish2 жыл бұрын
The man had talent. I wrote a song about it./ Irving Cohen, a talented man, who writes the music he can. It has a beat, and you can dance to it, he's clever at making lyrics. You don't get this kind of talent today. Dah dah dah,...whatever the hell else you want to put in there.
@margaretross91502 жыл бұрын
@@fjccommish 🎶
@lancasterII6 жыл бұрын
"The William B. Show will NOT be seen again next week." Ten minutes in and cancelled. Even Guy Cabellero has his limits.
@fjccommish5 жыл бұрын
If Johnny Larue had been the producer, he would have been able to get it at least 13 minutes.
@h20-p6g5 жыл бұрын
@@fjccommishThey could never take a meeting together so he to go elsewhere. It's too bad though because LaRue knew how to turn the screws. He would have got William B 13 minutes and a crane shot. 👍
@fjccommish5 жыл бұрын
@@h20-p6g I think LaRue could have gotten Bittman as a guest.
@h20-p6g5 жыл бұрын
@@fjccommish True. Despite his fame I don't think Bittman was hard to get. But he could carry a show and he'd take the heat off William B for an hour. You might have saved the William B show if only they'd asked you- the universe is so needlessly cruel.
@fjccommish5 жыл бұрын
@@h20-p6g Don't pretend LaRue wouldn't have done the same thing as I suggested. The man was a genius. He had the chops to get it done, the pull in the biz if you will. Bittman could have carried the opening show. You put Bittman and Lola Heatherton on this show regularly, make the Shmenge Brothers the music directors, and the William B. show would still be going today.
@42awww11 ай бұрын
We were watching the night this aired, as was our Friday night custom by this point. NO social event could stop us. The first time we saw this, we roared with unrestrained laughter. The kind where one can't breathe. Forty years later, it still stands as an absolute SCTV classic.
@kengruz6693 жыл бұрын
Never before or since has a talk show host had such a memorable entrance and exit for their first and only episode.
@chaplainmattsanders4884 Жыл бұрын
😂😂
@edwardmcintosh016 жыл бұрын
OMG, bad jokes, bad timing, bad coordination, runaway guest = a great show. Long live William B !
@tomh.24053 жыл бұрын
He's the Spinal Tap of talk-show hosts.
@QuadMochaMatti Жыл бұрын
Runaway host. 💥
@danielschnee26662 жыл бұрын
I used to watch these sketches on TV back in the day when they first aired. The thing that was so great was that they were for anyone. Kids loved the slapstick, the adults loved the not-so-subtle digs at various stars and politicians... this was pure gold for everyone. And as you grew up you started to get more and more of the references, so they got better and better as time went on. Irving Cohen to this day is still an iconic Canadian TV character...
@stevea.74063 жыл бұрын
Brilliant forced laughter...he had to create a perfect blend of pain, fear and insecurity that sounded like laughter.
@42awww11 ай бұрын
Which stemmed from his own feelings of inadequacy. He got over it thankfully for him. And us.
@Margatroid8 ай бұрын
I love how it sounds like he's crying.
@missmeow87916 жыл бұрын
John Candy makes me cry laughing to this day. Such a brilliant comedy legend. Miss him!
@garybeauchamp36233 жыл бұрын
He was underrated. He was great in SCTV and the movies he did. We miss you John.
@dragonflysurgeon5 жыл бұрын
"Roy? What the hell kinda name is Roy?" I say this in my head every time I hear the name Roy. Remembering this comedy genius since I was 12
@tomh.24053 жыл бұрын
I love the little crunching sound every time he puts his weight on his wounded ankle.
@postatility97035 жыл бұрын
Candy gives a clinic in how to make awkward as brilliantly funny as possible.To see Candy and Short together again is simply priceless!
@oggjoshua6 жыл бұрын
Now that is how you tell a McLean Stevenson joke!
@dondajulah41686 жыл бұрын
Many have tried, few have mastered
@iancurtisspectre37445 жыл бұрын
Poor Mac...66 and out...Larry Linville only made it to 60...damn M*A*S*Hame
@BigDogCountry5 жыл бұрын
HELLO LARRY!
@howardstern6664 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite Irving Cohen lines.
@klondikebelridge19962 жыл бұрын
@@BigDogCountry I had crush on the 2 daughters on that show as a 10 or so year old.
@AmyLSacks5 жыл бұрын
There's a little William B. in us all.
@joegausch3 жыл бұрын
"So Jolson comes to my office he says write me a tune I say Jolson that's fine but pass me the spoon" Words to live by !!!
@jasonhurd43796 жыл бұрын
Love the crickets during William B's opening monologue. And I think Irving Cohen is my spirit animal.
@h20-p6g5 жыл бұрын
So funny, the crickets.
@maxshenkwrites6 ай бұрын
And the sound of coughing in the audience.
@hotpoint766 жыл бұрын
Holy crap! About time someone posted this masterpiece!
@edwardmcintosh016 жыл бұрын
Well said, this is a masterpiece....wish there were a couple of skits of his "show"
@shaggystair95495 жыл бұрын
It is like witnessing a birth of a black hole by a star folding in on itself. This is one of the greatest bits of all comedy!!
@positivelastaction39572 жыл бұрын
Love the crickets. SCTV was the best sketch comedy ever.
@Mickju5 жыл бұрын
There's nothing this funny these days.
@schizoidboy5 жыл бұрын
The sad thing is this is the William B Show is probably more entertaining than most things you see on TV these days.
@schizoidboy3 жыл бұрын
@Sean Myers And that's the best you can come up with..?
@robkunkel88333 жыл бұрын
My sister, who is ... was ... in TV “these days”, after reading your comment, committed suicide, yesterday. It was the final straw. It’s not your fault. She was in and out of rehab. Sad how cruel life can be. Thanks.
@schizoidboy3 жыл бұрын
@@robkunkel8833 I'll say a prayer for her.
@biasedjedi43533 жыл бұрын
@@robkunkel8833 Not a funny joke.
@racheldiederich8383 жыл бұрын
@@robkunkel8833 all of us need to remember how things we do and say effects others.
@tuskedbeast4 жыл бұрын
To present a procession of intentionally un-funny, tortured and/or hostile characters is such radical, weird television, then or now. But what's even more bizarre is the HEART in these characters. SCTV was brilliant.
@stevecathym35664 жыл бұрын
Candy's forced laugh through clenched teeth gets me Every. Single.Time.
@gordongordon984 жыл бұрын
Steve & Cathy M reminds me of Brandt in the big lebowski
@robkunkel88333 жыл бұрын
Every single time. Yes.
@tomh.24053 жыл бұрын
And the bonus is that his anguished cries as he's walking off the stage at the end sound pretty much exactly like his forced laugh.
@gxulien3 жыл бұрын
Even funnier when interspersed with, "Please, Mr. Caballero".
@loyaldude106 жыл бұрын
Martin Short was absolutely brilliant. actually all of the SCTV people were
@donmoore77854 жыл бұрын
The biggest of the Half Wits!
@free2roam6742 жыл бұрын
My favourite Jerry Lewis impression as well. Absolute classic, just like the show.
@sashek84512 жыл бұрын
His Jiminy Glick shows the brilliance of his improv skills, I can never get enough 😂😂😂
@davidells67605 ай бұрын
William B is the anti- Jiminy Glick
@DPaine-rg6iz5 жыл бұрын
that giggle willam b. does kills me everytime
@garylobo3484 жыл бұрын
That was Candy's staple, his go-to... That fake-sincere laugh of his... And it's the funniest one I've ever seen any human being do. Gets me every single time.
@assateaguecottage83783 жыл бұрын
Those old low budget local shows were hysterically bad. Joe Franklin comes to mind. It was so terrible but you had to watch it. This skit captures that perfectly
@Local_yokels_monsters_myths Жыл бұрын
I just think about the movies John Candy could have done, I miss this man. He brought me joy and a deep down laugh that none else could!!!
@TyrSkyFatherOfTheGods6 жыл бұрын
"Give me a C - a bouncy C!" I love Irving.
@BrianSmith-ix3ns6 жыл бұрын
with a Quantro and sody
@jasonhurd43794 жыл бұрын
Da-dada-da, da dada da
@timmmahhhh4 жыл бұрын
@@jasonhurd4379 ...and whatever the hell else you want to throw in there!
@saltdog14974 жыл бұрын
A hit tune!
@JCO20026 жыл бұрын
I remember this from years ago in Canada. SCTV was brilliant. I never understood the attraction for SNL. Poor, vague, uncompleted sketches that relied mostly on mugging for the camera. SCTV rules.
@BrianSmith-ix3ns6 жыл бұрын
Python taught us and them that a bitskitsketch don't need no stinking ending...or a beginning or a middle for that trapped in a format box
@BrianSmith-ix3ns6 жыл бұрын
matter
@daveerickson95245 жыл бұрын
In my opinion "you got that right"
@argelbargel76805 жыл бұрын
@@BrianSmith-ix3ns I would argue, but it would just be contradictions.
@user-cp3cz5lv4o5 жыл бұрын
JCO2002 Spot on. SCTV > SNL always.
@PositiveLastAction6 жыл бұрын
William B. Best second banana in all of Mellonville.
@cheapthrilll63236 жыл бұрын
PositiveLastAction thats saying alot.
@fjccommish5 жыл бұрын
When you're a second banana, you're still a banana.
@positivelastaction39573 жыл бұрын
@@fjccommish True
@kamuzu4 жыл бұрын
Sammy Maudlin surprise appearance on William B's first show............pure genius , pure gold.
@garylobo3484 жыл бұрын
Right. Just like Bob Hope (Dave Thomas) would walk into Sammy's show, with absolutely nothing to say besides hyping his upcoming lame specials. That's Gold Jerry, Gold!
@sralyn3 жыл бұрын
@@garylobo348 Didn't Britney Spears walk into Letterman's show once?
@sckarow6 жыл бұрын
I love how Cohen casually puts down William B on his own show.
@garylobo3484 жыл бұрын
Nothing casual about it my friend...
@sckarow4 жыл бұрын
@@garylobo348 Were Martin Short and John Candy having a feud or something?
@Vichedges3 жыл бұрын
@@sckarow That or they were just playing characters on a fictional show. Definitely one of those.
@fjccommish2 жыл бұрын
Cohen was a giant of the industry. He had talent more in his little finger than William B ever had. But there's a place for a second banana...to make talented people look more talented while at the same time bringing down the talent on the stage so the average person isn't too intimidated.
@bareknuckles2u4 жыл бұрын
OMG, this is so intense! It's hilarious and embarrassing at the same time. The way they worked with dead air time was amazing. I can't imagine a show today having the nerve to do that. I might be wrong on that. I wouldn't know for sure because I stopped watching tv shows.
@outtathyme56796 жыл бұрын
Candy brought real pathos to his performances
@h20-p6g5 жыл бұрын
Yes, he could make it a real challenge when he wanted to.
@fjccommish5 жыл бұрын
Yes. William B didn't leave because he was angry at being insulted, belittled. He left because he took it to heart that he's not talented, and he concluded he was bringing down the show.
@edwardst.boniface74694 жыл бұрын
Absolutely agree - one thing about William B is, although he's hopeless and a joke and totally unsuited to the career, you FEEL for him too. John Candy puts the character right between absurd and sad-sack at the same time in a way that makes you care as well as laugh. This is why I love SCTV - there was this incredible acting that went along with the LOL comedy...
@mattyboyanderson3 жыл бұрын
@@edwardst.boniface7469 Thank you for pointing this out. I was trying to determine exactly why the SCTV crew was better than anyone else; they're not only funny, but all brilliant actors on top of it. No wonder they all work so well in the Christopher Guest films, and elsewhere.
@eveltyler76883 жыл бұрын
@@mattyboyanderson ...I think this is why some of the characters from SCTV itself, and the talented characters who invented and portrayed them did so unexpectedly well like Ed Grimley who had his own animated show, and 'The Hosers' Bob & Doug McKenzie who actually had their own movie STRANGE BREW. There was always a core of humanity there to identify with and laugh with, not just at them. Yes they were caricatures, but affectionate ones. Many of the SCTV people like Rick Moranis, Andrea Martin, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara and particularly Martin Short did well in their Hollywood careers because they had that empathy in their performances. And they really did have to earn their skills, the budgets for SCTV were tiny even by usual TV standards and they made the most of what they had from the beginning...
@MerkinMuffly5 жыл бұрын
Whatever the hell else you want to throw in there.
@yenomeerf6 жыл бұрын
LA DA DA ...DEE DEE DEE.. And whatever the hell else you wanna put in it.
@BrianSmith-ix3ns6 жыл бұрын
Shut the fuck up Vick Dick
@h20-p6g5 жыл бұрын
It's so so funny.
@h20-p6g5 жыл бұрын
@@BrianSmith-ix3ns That's enough glue for the night. What the hell is the matter with you?
@theultimatereductionist75926 жыл бұрын
THANK you for reminding me of this classic! Martin Short's "Give me a C! A bouncy C!"
@NevadaBoss6 жыл бұрын
"da deee da dee...and whatever the hell else u wanna put in there..." . they dont write em like that anymore...(ps..little inside joke in the opening monologue..."As much as I love Sammy & Company"...which was the actual name of the real Sammy Davis show that Maudlin parodied. God this show as so fkn brilliant...
@toadelevator6 жыл бұрын
Short shows total trust there at 4:26 ! One of the greatest sketches this crew ever did imho.
@MultiCappie5 жыл бұрын
Not ahead of "Vikings and Beekeepers".
@porflepopnecker43763 жыл бұрын
It's THE greatest.
@MrJDOaktown6 ай бұрын
@@MultiCappie Don't forget bathing.
@lanechange27956 жыл бұрын
The William B show will NOT be seen again next week.
@jaytaylor77403 жыл бұрын
I thought I'd seen all the SCTV eps, but I don't remember this one. Poor William B; from one humiliation to another. Thanks for posting and thanks for all the comments below.
@tomh.24053 жыл бұрын
The smoked aviator glasses are a nice touch.
@ryanpeterson86683 жыл бұрын
William B rocked them well
@billyrock8305 Жыл бұрын
Greatest talk show in history. Watched it every Saturday as a kid. Once got Williams autograph after a show. A funny gentleman! Even Gave me his broken Bic pen! I did smell booze though. 😳 🍺
@jeanniemainzer8551 Жыл бұрын
John Candy's little giggle is so infectious. He did it on "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" as well, and it never failed to make me smile. We sure lost a good one too soon with his passing.
@jedibill1114 жыл бұрын
You know, life just ain't be the same since the cancelled the William B show.
@janemarinelli28386 жыл бұрын
John Candy was brilliant😥
@porflepopnecker43763 жыл бұрын
My all-time favorite SCTV sketch! And it's STILL better than "The Chevy Chase Show"!
@goldenagenut Жыл бұрын
" We're going to be going to a commercial...no we're not..." 😆 I still miss John Candy, dern it. " There goes a 100% yutz." Lol Martin Short has always been a riot, still is!
@michaelmccall3234 Жыл бұрын
Seeing Irvin Cohen come out on the show was hilarious!! When he slowly buttons his jacket and it stays unbuttoned....and when William B. finally pushes him down into his chair...Priceless!!
@JustSomeCanadianGuy11 ай бұрын
This is one of the few long sketches that's great!
@fjccommish5 жыл бұрын
I like to watch....SCTV...it's on the KZbin...great memories...of all the funny things...those people did..and they were funny....and daa daa daa whatever the hell else you want to put in there.
@lovedicedtomatoes96535 жыл бұрын
John Candy had me in tears during this. So funny.
@illcuration4 жыл бұрын
I'd watch the William B. show over anything on late night. Candy=Genius
@jprz135 жыл бұрын
Aw, to bad Bitman didn’t show up 😍
@1515gator15 жыл бұрын
I love how William B. shoves Cohen down into his seat both times.
@michaelmccall3234 Жыл бұрын
Hilarious!!
@laurawestervelt4766 жыл бұрын
We love the Irving Cohen show!
@lancasterII3 жыл бұрын
If I could get Irving Cohen's entry cue music as a ringtone, I'd totally use it.
@flashkaput6 жыл бұрын
Yeah I grew up on SNL but it's been SCTV that's seared into my brain
@BrianSmith-ix3ns6 жыл бұрын
you need a Paul Fistinyourface...no relation to a certain Mr. Throatwobbler-Mangrove-Luxury-Yachet
@richardherbst80816 жыл бұрын
"There goes a %100 yutz! "
@paulbrennan56465 жыл бұрын
What a great opening, lots of laughs!!!
@theultimatereductionist75926 жыл бұрын
Poor William B. Walks off his own show.
@donmoore77854 жыл бұрын
I still miss John Candy, and always will. Martin Short honing his impersonation skills, years before bringing us Jiminy Glick.
@garylobo3484 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine Jiminy Glick interviewing William B? It's too wonderful to even think about. Two hours wouldn't be enough!
@sralyn3 жыл бұрын
@@garylobo348 That would rule!
@plekkchand6 жыл бұрын
Candy was a virtuoso.
@krisscanlon40514 жыл бұрын
Watch that lunatic Martin Short in his prime oh I love this character oh my God too good
@99baji994 жыл бұрын
His character on Kimmie Schmidt is b-a-n-a-n-a-s-BANANAS! He never lost it. When he pulled out Jackie Rogers Jr. on What's Up with That I lost it.
@eatanddrinklikeaeuropean76086 жыл бұрын
Thanks for putting this up! I love this one!
@Renegade_20232 жыл бұрын
SCTV still has the ability to make me snort laugh!
@kevinsmith53185 ай бұрын
SCTV was one of the best shows ever. The wit and intelligence of it, the characters, entertained this Canuck to no end. SNL doesn’t hold a candle to it.
@crs2904 жыл бұрын
For one brief, shining moment, Sammy hosted two talk shows in the same night.
@jrm23836 жыл бұрын
Bringing the ratings down, so you start your own show? Hilarious!
@brownsugar24563 жыл бұрын
You'll always be a star to me John 🌟
@crusty216 жыл бұрын
Love it....This skit was probably what scared Ed McMayhem from going solo...or ever inviting Irving Cohen on the tonight show.
@marc1082 жыл бұрын
Tremendous show ...
@jond1965 Жыл бұрын
I miss John Candy. One of my all time favorites.
@bkatbamna6 жыл бұрын
Awesome. Thanks for posting.
@bertmustin4 жыл бұрын
The inspiration for the Chevy Chase Show.
@jessfrankel52122 жыл бұрын
Funnier than Chevy Chase.
@djrychlak44435 жыл бұрын
I preferred the William B. Show to the Tonight Show back in the day. And Sammy Maudlin was the king. Those were heady times for late night entertainment.
@WitchesCoven-vy8cz5 жыл бұрын
So FUCKING funny. Love the crickets during William B.'s monologue. Classic
@MarcosElMalo23 жыл бұрын
Oh my god, it’s the Eric Andre Show!
@garylobo3484 жыл бұрын
I love how Irving Cohen high-steps his way onto the set. 85 and aging fast... And then rips William B a new one at every opportunity. Some first guest. Kinda like Bill Murray with Letterman.
@fjccommish2 жыл бұрын
In the midst of the silliness, the skit also showed real friendship - Sammy Maudlin comes to the set to bail out his pal William B.
@magmasunburst93312 жыл бұрын
0:46 How a real man cries, laughing through his tears...
@jabronicamel19576 жыл бұрын
John Candy RIP
@yenomeerf6 жыл бұрын
I think martin short did this bit on Carson's tonight show. Trying to find it still.
@theBaron05303 жыл бұрын
He reprised the character on SNL, in the "Broadway Gumby Rose" sketch. "Det's not a Morey Amsterdam sandwich! I'll tell you what goes into a Morey Amsterdam sandwich! Give me a 'C', a bouncy, 'C'!..."
@jprz135 жыл бұрын
Aw, to bad Bitman didn’t show up 😍
@pmatula30806 жыл бұрын
Poor William B. Who booked Irving Cohen?
@lancasterII6 жыл бұрын
A GENIUS booked the king of songwriting!
@elainebmack3 жыл бұрын
Short has that old time Brooklyn/ Yiddish accent down pat.
@argelbargel76806 жыл бұрын
Gimme a C, a bouncy C.
@GGoAwayy Жыл бұрын
Imagine a decade where guys could wear those style of glasses, indoors, and be considered stylish and not creepy.
@richstex47369 ай бұрын
My buddy wears glasses like that, & no one has ever accused him of being stylish.
@rubyfirefly25822 жыл бұрын
"There goes a 100% yutz." LOL
@djrychlak44435 жыл бұрын
That's a focking Tour de Force performance. Fantastic!
@warrenermish14542 жыл бұрын
Comedic brilliance
@marlinperkins69105 жыл бұрын
Now, Irving, THAT is the kind of first guest on your new talk show!
@bradspringer2372 Жыл бұрын
What an uncomfortable skit. Brilliant
@dandy_griffith3 жыл бұрын
“The far-out comedy of Tom Dreesen”.
@dlmsarge83292 жыл бұрын
The perfect parody of 70s cheesy entertainment TV
@onionhat7453 жыл бұрын
William B. Williams is the consummate showman.
@blakkat41262 жыл бұрын
"Where's the drum ro...NOW the drum roll..." LOL!
@rollo131 Жыл бұрын
4:40 William B. pushes Irving down into his seat 😂
@nolagospeltracts82644 жыл бұрын
They gave him the crappiest set ever.
@dangottlieb53835 ай бұрын
Hidden within the brilliant hilarity of John Candy's character is a very tragic and deep philosophical moment: at about 9:45 you can see William B. having an existential epiphany in which he see's the truth of his own absurd existence and actually does something very brave: walks off his own show and exclaims to himself and to the world "I don't wanna play anymore!"