SCTV-Troy Soren Editorial Reply

[@dlmsarge8329]

Troy Soren provides the type of balanced, nuanced and well reasoned views we so desperately need in these troubled times.

[@MoeGreensRightEye]

This is how 90% of twitter sounds in my head

[@bclmax]

only 90?

[@cluman1]

Marty could play these characters in his sleep. Too talented. Just close your eyes and listen to his voice. The commentary is obscure, dry and a little self righteous. It's the small details that make these skits masterpieces. Pure perfection.

[@btventura9570]

You are right. I always liked the way they took a little too long to cut away, just as his eyes wandered a little. Small, but hilarious!

[@Rose-qd2bl]

And SCTV made fun of the Right AND the left.

[@jasonreese2088]

Agreed. SCTV was and still is comedy GOLD.

[@lpquagmire3621]

And his timing is IMPECCABLE!

[@elainebmack]

It's the long pauses that get me!

[@jwnagy]

The character is pompous, vapid, and self important all at the same time. Brilliant and prophetic. 😁

[@chuck5279]

This is gold! I remember watching this when I was in high school coming home from a night of partying, and when it was first aired. I was like, "Whaaa?" It still holds up - hilarious.

[@dominic5520]

I love dry humor ,short is so subtle he’s an artiste. “As a parent and as a substitute teacher.”

[@jerrytolomei444]

This is kind of scary....it’s where we are today This used to be funny but today 2021 it’s actually the news...

[@k.pacificnw02134]

Thanks to KZbin and the invention of the internet, now I can see comedy things I never saw when they first came out. Fascinating.

[@efan2012]

Love this.. IDK why but I laughed so damn hard at how he starts this editorial then it just gets better and better. He nailed how condensing and arrogantly these used to be and honestly still are. Troy is Martin's most underrated character imo.. he never did him after SCTV which was unfortunate. Woulda loved to seen him on SNL. Martin did Troy so subtle which was such a contrast to his other characters.. perfection. The ad during Melonvote was gold too; made him look flat out looney tunes. Shame we never got a Troy vs Earl skit that woulda been truly amazing.

[@nanaberry4120]

I love Martin Short’s humor!

[@ferociousgumby]

"HEY! Thou shalt not kill!"

[@joetursi9573]

Out of his mind and we love him .

[@lynnnleistinger8226]

As a parent and a substitut teacher member of the scouts

[@elijahrobinson2362]

Those long and awkward pauses sent it even further over the top.

[@lynnnleistinger8226]

Yes àaaaaa the intellects pause Bill Buckley was famous for that.

[@chuckcookus]

SCTV enjoyed a target-rich environment because they were willing to satirize anyone, not just conservatives.

[@bobwoods1302]

Conservatives back then were not deranged Christian fundamentalist. Conservatives back then didn't beat police officers and threaten to hang the Vice President of America when they lost an election.

[@1223jamez]

So true!

[@saulchapnick1566]

Reminiscent of these types of local network editorial replies in the 60s and 70s.

[@QuadMochaMatti]

They continued well into the '80s in the local Seattle-Tacoma market, most memorably when KIRO television and AM/FM radio were all owned by Bonneville International/aka the Mormon Church.

[@janemarinelli2838]

Martin Short is just that good!

[@emondmi]

Imagine having Troy Soren's voice on your car navigator.

[@shokojimhollingsworth3940]

Hey! Any regrets?

[@dereklarner6298]

I worked with a guy that reminded me of Troy so much...

[@MultiCappie]

"Be he black. Be he white. uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Be he a red man. uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh." omfg. Can't breathe.

[@chuckcookus]

There's another one where he pontificates "... be he Christian ... be he Muslim .... be he Baháʼí ..."

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@chuckcookus Be it football ... baseball ... hockey ... AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ... or jai alai

[@lynnnleistinger8226]

Love it when he played this talk about Gaul. Soren whise report are great

[@marsoelflaco5722]

Martin Short is a treasure!✌🏽

[@Zooba57]

Jiminy Glick before the donut overdose.

[@fjccommish]

This doesn't seem like a joke now because this opinion is now mainstream.

[@jonirving5606]

He is weird, interesting, funny, and out of touch which is hard to pull off. Martin Short is my all time favorite comic.

[@ODJones-zy5ir]

Prescient social commentary, ever more relevant in today's political climate: "If they gas Susan Hayward TODAY, who do they gas tomorrow, Irene Dunn?"

[@fjccommish]

What is today's political climate?

[@marcinna8553]

And who even asks that question? Of course you gas Irene Dunn.

[@jak3186]

The political barometric pressure is zero today...so be careful out there people 😮

[@user-pp1on4fk7d]

Those uhhhhhs kill me... lol

[@9284vr]

Hey! This is hilarious.

[@excellinkus]

Because as far as I’m concerned, one of the Ten Commandments says, “Hey! Thou shall not kill.” Short plays the perfect well-meaning idiot using a vocabulary that’s a bit over his head.

[@abbyhanna305]

" Talk about Gall".....too funny

[@crs290]

@Big Bill O'Reilly Don't sell yourself short, Bill.

[@crs290]

You just proved my point! Well done, Bill.

[@crs290]

@Big Bill O'Reilly I'm gonna pull the string one more time and see what happens. Will Big Bill go 0 for 3? Let's find out...

[@m.oriley8260]

Troy Soren is a gay man with a wife and kids. He ran for major of Melonville, I believe.

[@cluman1]

Major?

[@WizardGlik]

@@cluman1 The "M" is silent.

[@cautionTosser]

@@WizardGlik i know it's a year later, but.... damn, Freddy! That was so well played.

[@stevejohnson1577]

Ran for school board trustee

[@wailinburnin]

Great post!

[@goldenagenut]

Earl's article, ' Capitol punishment, hanging's too good for'em." 😆 ' As a part-time substitute teacher.." whoa, it's Justin Trudeau! ( about as manly as Trudeau too.) Love the extended breaks of silence where he sits there awkwardly! Short has always been super-talented/funny!

[@paulgogo4985]

I agree with him. NO to capital punishment. YES to compassion.

[@jonathanmitchell9886]

"It's like a bird who has somehow gotten in a bag, and someone has set fire to the bag, and there's that last bit of panic...or maybe it's just a birthday party."

[@richheardthis8018]

A favorite part is him getting his example of a woman being executed from a movie! Just classic. Definitely pokes fun at me. I was not unlike this opinion in my younger days. Perfect character.

[@djay6651]

But that movie was based on the true story of Barbara Graham, gassed in San Quentin in June, 1955.

[@goblinman7]

Remember the Soren and Weiss report lol

[@michaelolz]

How did he get that hoarseness in his voice spontaneously?

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

Great satire

[@dixonpinfold2582]

In the thumbnail he looks just like Nigel Farage. How is that even possible?😄

[@lynnnleistinger8226]

Talk about gaul

[@canadaclaret]

Too bad that so many translations of the bible leave out the "hey" from the "thou shalt not kill" line. It makes it far more emphatic and hip.

[@btventura9570]

HaHaHaHa!!!

[@BradyA1124]

In America, Marty and Dana Carvey are the best who ever did SNL

[@zHumanfactor]

The birth of Jiminy Glick.

[@LEARSIKCIGAM]

Don Lemon

[@scottbowers8237]

Hey ...

[@bobknobbe3561]

Does anyone feel Martin stole this charter from Clay Shaw?

[@BGNOLA]

Predicted Libs of Tik Tok.

[@ericanderson969]

Martin Short predicted Tucker Carlson’s whole shtick. Amazing.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Bill Needle: "I'll gladly go to the gallows as an innocent man ... for my right to live in safety from criminals!"

[@tabbycat2599]

Ah…..

[@josephkolozi9364]

Pull the lever

[@JoshSmith222]

If he can make himself a little more ridiculous looking he'd get a show on MSNBC

[@richardpodnar5039]

"...or be he a woman..."😅😊

[@chuck5279]

"aaaahhhhh..."

[@lakeviewviking]

I think we found Biden's VP pick!

[@mintberrycrunch4064]

WHY would he pick Kamala when Troy Soren is available?! This is an OUTRAGE. ... I'm OUTRAGED!

[@Hateranuja]

Must be a liberal

[@Landrew0]

The left channel is dead.

[@MultiCappie]

u mad bro? lol.

[@bryankautz826]

Long live the left channel!!!LOL

[@bluetaco3835]

Worst SCTV actor