SCTV - The Sammy Maudlin Show: Drugs & Hollywood

[@fz8971]

Lights are dimmed today from NYC to Toronto.. Thanks for the laughs Joe and say hi to John Candy when you see him :(

[@CaliforniaBushman]

RIP to Joe Flaherty! And, RIP to Guy Caballero. Grew up with SCTV in the 70's & 80's.

[@MacTeee]

RIP Mr. Joe Flaherty...thanks for sharing your comedy with all of us so long. You will be missed but not forgotten

[@positivelastaction3957]

Well said-- was going to post a comment but yours will do just fine :)

[@gottadomor7438]

The whole cast I mean were so exceptional and I mean that sincerely REALLY but Joe Flaherty for me was the funniest. Sorry to hear his going ahead. RIP Sammy, Count Floyd ...

[@42awww]

The thought just occurred to me; We need SCTV now more than ever.

[@MelWarrior]

Eugene Levy's Bobby Bittman's jaded character wearing a buttoned down lounge suit with dangling gold chains and chain smoking at a formal congressional hearing. Classic!

[@daver5120]

Great to see Lola sober enough to stand upright and actually sing a song. And great to see Bobby Bittman make a surprise appearance as well. Mother Theresa ain't no slouch either. Another great Sammy Maudlin show!

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

Catherine O’Hara is one of those actresses where they’re so funny you don’t notice they’re stunningly gorgeous.

[@projektkobra2247]

IKR?

[@amadablam8229]

I noticed

[@harlonpeppernuts]

Hey!! I noticed!

[@jdolew]

she's a she not a they

[@projektkobra2247]

@@jdolew The "they" refers to actresses..plural.

[@pikeman80]

A Canadian comedy poking fun at Americans. Another reason to love that show and the amazing cast

[@michaelmapes4119]

They did have a episode where they skewed the CBC.

[@carolnahigian9518]

Saint Mother Teresa just gets shoved aside___! ( oops)!

[@Dresdentrumpet]

They weren't making fun of Americans perse, They were making fun of institutions, they made fun of Canadians just as much. It wasn't look how dumb america is, Joe Flarhety was from Pittsburg PA. You probably don't get any of the jokes at all just because you weren't alive when what they were satirizing was part of both Canadian and American Culture.

[@dandy_griffith]

“As a person, she’s marvelous, and as a performer…she’s absolutely marvelous.”

[@Lewis9700]

Poor Sammy. Always being preempted. RIP Joe and John

[@superfly3990]

Bobby Bittman is Simply Sensational. And I really mean it I really do.

[@perisbrodsky4242]

@@superfly3990 And sincere!

[@superfly3990]

@@perisbrodsky4242 Yes, so true.... And I mean that Sincerely. I really do.

[@capone70]

The best performance here was Andrea Martin who had 1 line in the whole scene. The way they kept making her scoot down was beyond hilarious.

[@cautionTosser]

and the way she copied them fake wiping tears from their eyes. It's the little things.

[@laurawestervelt]

Well, it's 40 years later and SCTV is still the only alphabet network worth watching.

[@jewelscash8752]

You're still right.

[@carolnahigian9518]

amen. Ditto

[@robynrodriguez6237]

Well said!!

[@shawnjoncas6692]

Isn't though

[@alukuhito]

"Alphabet network"? Never heard that term before. As opposed to what? "Numerical network"?

[@MrAitraining]

Sammy maudlin show was always "Already in progress" lol

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

Bobby Bitman - What a great character. Killed every serious moment by trying to be funny and killed every funny moment by being serious.

[@elvicare35]

lol

[@klmullins65]

As a comic in all seriousness

[@42awww]

Brother, you just nailed it!

[@afterthefox]

perfect description...

[@jefsiv]

"In all seriousness...."

[@afterthefox]

Levys laugh alone is one of the greatest routines of all time...

[@tested123]

make a great ring tone

[@colinpoitras8769]

SCTV was by far the funniest smartest show on TV. The take off on the 70,s talk shows is spot on. Polyester clad phonies overacting. I'm old enough to remember, that's kinda how it really was. SCTV never got the props it deserved.

[@jasonreese2088]

I agree ! I'm old enough to remember those shows too. SCTV NAILED it.

[@matthewgray469]

Maybe because their satire was so professional and spot-on it hit too close to home for the thin-skinned Hollywood crowd, in much the same way as Ricky Gervais today.

[@BushcraftingBogan]

I remember that too. Even as a kid I knew a washed up lounge act when I saw one. They always did songs that appealed to my grandparents but even in the mid to late 70s were out dated by decades. I use to think the same about the Jerry Lewis Telethon. I was always wondering where they dug up these vaudeville ghosts of a long gone era.

[@vigo894]

You shut the fuck up.

[@alukuhito]

It got props from me.

[@jond1965]

I aways love Bobby Bitmans laugh....brings back so.many memories as a kid. And John Candy was pure talent.

[@DateTwoRelate]

The secret hero in this sketch is Andrea Martin playing Mother Theresa - having to continually change her seat complete with her constant wtf facial expressions.

[@nicholasfox966]

So great. None of the jokes explained, none of the comedy spelled out for the audience, no winking at the audience. Everything funny arises naturally out of the characters and the situations. This is what SNL is trying so hard to be so often, but can't even come close.

[@jamescampion7880]

Spot on!!!!

[@carolnahigian9518]

amen & Ditto 'in all seriousness

[@davidoldfield6114]

How I miss this series. It shaped my sense of humour. Love them all.

[@yeltsin6817]

When I was in university my buddies and I would get together with a ton of beer and we would recite all these lines and just kill ourselves laughing. 30 years ago. What a blast. As a comic in all seriousness...

[@capacola262743]

couldn't get laid, huh?

[@yeltsin6817]

@@capacola262743 probably a lot more than you buddy.

[@capacola262743]

@@yeltsin6817 guys don't count.

[@stephenstone8480]

Just beer, no weed??

[@paulyricca3881]

👴🏻🥃 SOOO HOW OLD IS U 900 OR WATT?

[@hunterjwwej5878]

Bobby Bitman makes me smile whenever I see him. Can I say something what a great character.

[@Chicagoan444]

That's the genius of SCTV-Mother Theresa sitting at the end of the couch, moving down, and never even acknowledged until the last line. Love it!

[@billielittle]

" I wanna bear your children hahaaaa". The look on Mother Theresa's face is priceless.

[@robertbrink633]

It's, "I wanna marry your children." Right?

[@user-mc9hp6il4r]

Robert Brink yeah that’s what she said

[@sralyn]

Know what would rule? If she said that to Libby Wolfson on YOU.

[@maynardsmoreland]

I love how O'Hara/Heatherton pouts when discussing the tabloids.

[@cranebeacher2516]

I've been a fan for so long and it's great to see Catherine and Eugene on POP doing "Schitt's Creek" great show

[@kimmy1984]

The way Mother Teresa turns around in her chair to get a better look at Bobby's out takes is priceless!

[@Sherwoody]

Andrea Martin did more with 2 lines than most people with a full page of dialogue.

[@stevea6816]

sometimes great acting can be subtle like that. Andrea was great as actress and comedian

[@AndrewJackson-rx6ld]

This was the greatest comedy show that no other even comes close to it then and now.

[@effmidi]

The fact that Sammy's show is always ridiculous and awkward but yet still absolutely hilarious, is testimony to the brilliance of this awesome cast!

[@jond1965]

The talent in this skit is amazing...where do I start. I really miss these folks

[@ironpirites]

Lola approaching Mother Teresa on bended knee at the end is a nice touch by Catherine O'Hara. Nicely observed bit of characterization. Lot of talent on that show.

[@robkunkel8833]

Is that Andrea Martin as Mother Theresa? She is so funny with her silence.

[@WAHOOUPS]

I love the way John candy made Mother Theresa move over a seat..

[@elvicare35]

"Could you move over sweetheart". lol

[@lornedey4040]

Nothing was better than SCTV and still isn't. In SoCal in the early 80s it used to come on around midnight on Saturdays after SNL and my brothers and I would stay up to watch it and if we couldn't, we taped it on our VCRs. Very funny stuff!!!

[@mekes12]

Tearing up, Bobby Bittman says, "I don't know about you Sammy....but when I get paid, I get paid with the green stuff, not the white stuff." he has the Sammy Davis mannerisms, with the bent wrist and all the finger bling!

[@BushcraftingBogan]

Sammy and Bobby both are a mix of Sammy Davis and Jerry Lewis. I recently watched clips from Sammy Davis Jr.’s show “Sammy and Company” and the very short lived “Jerry Lewis Show” and Levy and Flaherty nailed it with these skits.

[@CynthiaMcG]

Thanks for posting this and other SCTV gems. More, please!

[@lesterhankins5251]

the world misses john candy!!!!! PS i love lola hetherton......this was my childhood.....

[@Redmenace96]

I forgot that Flaherty was also Sammy Maudlin! Love it. Thanks for the memories.

[@DannyD714]

i love mother teresa's reaction to the panel wiping away tears at 7:35. so subtle,yet so funny.

[@carlpen850]

@ Danny D... I was watching Andrea Martin during this whole skit... she didn't say a word and yet she was hilarious... that dead pan look, the way she was looking at the rest of the cast, even the way she was sitting... the silent clown

[@namelessjedi2242]

Yes that was great! Funniest moment in a show full of funny moments.

[@garylobo348]

8:00. mark. Just priceless. William B. throwing Sammy under the bus! "I remember when Sammy had a massive drug habit... what was it, $2, $3000 a day?"

[@silentgd]

I love how they cut just as Sammy grabs William B by the lapels

[@fjccommish]

Can I say something? KZbin today is filled with a lot of no talent wanna be stars. They slap up a video of their dog vomiting, their baby taking a poop in a diaper, their aged mother expiring in the middle of a meal, and they get millions of viewers, hundreds of thousands of followers - really just gawkers looking to get a cheap thrill from exploitation. It's refreshing to see some real talent, dare I say legendary talent, grace the algorithm and screen with their presence. Real entertainment, not what passes for it today. That gives me hope for the future - the next generation of Maudlins and Heatheringtons, and Bitmans. They're out there watching! This inspires that next generation!

[@WastingTime1878]

Still the greatest sketch show. EVER.

[@Paulmancieri67]

Sister....do you mind please......It's been a while......I haven't been on this show in a long time. Classic!

[@klmullins65]

Paul Mancieri I think Bobby Bitman was on EVERY episode of the Sammy Maudlin Show lol

[@northernreflections4653]

I grew in the 70’ and 80’s and took the quality of programs such as this for granted. Canadian humour it’s at their finest!

[@johnnydtractive]

amazing ensemble work, in a skit like this, to all hit the same tone despite doing completely different characters. comedy gold.

[@jond1965]

Love SCTV...Candy and Levy... simply awesome.

[@bufnyfan1]

Absolute Comic Genius--always fall down laughing when William (John Candy) pushes his new book (The Loser I Knew) and Sammy attacks him after the show for "spilling the beans" on his drug past---there has been nothing since SCTV that even approaches the humor/imagination that this show had

[@elvicare35]

+david graham lol

[@kjchicago1]

Sammy, however, wanted to keep it a secret

[@bluestate69]

"In all seriousness, as a comic"

[@elvicare35]

+bluestate69 lol

[@fredpickles5655]

I've seen this but many times before but this was the first time I noticed Mother Teresa watching them wipe tears after the Sammy outtakes and she does it also. But it looks like she felt she had to in order to fit in. The little details in this show is what made it so good.

[@PositiveLastAction]

SCTV: Best comedy ever!

[@metalred74]

Lol,Mr. T bought HIS jewelry from Bobby Bittman! It didn't get any better than SCTV! Sheer comedy brilliance and genius! This stuff never gets old. William B. is the greatest late night talk show sidekick of all time!

[@chrispnw2547]

Like many, I raced to this episode of SCTV as the character of Sammy Maudlin and his show was guaranteed to invoke laughter and smiles. Thank you Joe and the team for bringing laughter and happiness to millions over the years. Given the number of episodes produced each season, it was clearly hard work. A list of all the characters Joe performed is too great but can't deny the joy each brought. My respect to his family and loved ones.

[@miked4377]

i love sctv not only because of the great cast...and the great material....also cause i grew up in that era 79 84.!! my favorite time to be alive!....todays stuff is fucking horrible....

[@miked4377]

i defintley shed a few tears for those days being over.........

[@JohanVNilsson]

This is a satire take on the 70’s show ”Sammy & Co.” featuring Sammy Davis Jr.

[@rubyfirefly2582]

"Mother Theresa.....keep up the good work." LOL

[@nadyarossi5102]

Every show was a winner! Lola singing "No One Cares," Martin Short's Jerry Lewis..."You Will Jamais Walk Alone." Dave Thomas' Lin Ye Tang. Every skit, every show is a gem!

[@ChrisR-ne4kn]

"Under OATH?! HAHAHA! I think we better take this from the top! HAHAHA!" His laugh is classic!

[@christophermacintyre5890]

"Sammy Maudlin: The Loser I Knew" is a real pager turner.

[@nealzokan2414]

You know who turned most of those pages? Moe Green and Guy Cabellero, who in turn, were seen "giving" it to Edith Prickly.

[@johnjarou2357]

ha ha.

[@BushcraftingBogan]

Ive also read Willy B’s excellent book about Sammy, “My Life with God”

[@johnjarou2357]

i think dave thomas is doing a bobby kennedy imitation during the hearing scene.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

+John Jarou Or Teddy.

[@johnjarou2357]

+Porfle Popnecker maybe. bobby's the first one that came to my mind. either way: funny stuff!

[@kjchicago1]

Sounds Also More Like John F. Kennedy

[@hardlines4]

I was going to say the same thing

[@pwk22]

Lola Falana + Joey Heatherton

[@mesaeddie]

Poor Lola even laughs out of key.

[@robertassinewe]

GREATEST comedy in this Era!!! ... it's just plain ... insanity to get these ... ensembles to get this working ... perfection ... as I see it today 😎🎵👽❤️

[@goldenagenut]

" I love you New York you great big apple, you're so cosmopolitan it's scary! Haaaaa-haaa-haaa!" Rotf, Katherine O'Hara has created some great characters but Lola Heatherton was beyond funny - rrrrrrrrrrrruh!

[@MrMoon-cg2yy]

Still hilarious after all these years!:)

[@jmeredith44]

I love how Sammy makes Mother Theresa move down one chair. I remember watching talk shows in the 60s...actors would come onto the stage in the middle of the show. Classic.

[@eezyclsmooth9035]

The Wonderful Mr Joe Flaherty passed away recently. I had to come here to appreciate him again. I loved him in EVERYTHING he was ever in RIP.

[@pinz2022]

Early eighties, and Catherine O'Hara looked TOO good in that pixie cut.

[@illcuration]

Trying to find a copy of "The Loser I Knew" but no luck. Heard it's a riveting read.

[@shamsheerg7519]

andrea martin is genius i love them all... canadians rock, bunch of hosers!

[@argopunk]

Joe Flaherty and Andrea Martin are Americans. So Yanks rock too.

[@loyaldude10]

they're all geniuses

[@alukuhito]

@@argopunk They're basically Canadian though, especially Joe Flaherty. Yes, both were born in the USA or something like that, but does it really matter? Anyway, they're all funny wherever they call home.

[@alukuhito]

@Congolese Capitalist He was born in the USA, but he's been living in Canada since 1973. He must have Canadian citizenship.

[@sralyn]

As was Harold Ramis

[@andyskiles9542]

5:13. Andrea Martin. So subtle. Genius editing

[@skippygatten8572]

100 times better than most of the SNL crap

[@reelincoln7747]

Totally!!

[@JohnR1130]

Funnier than anything SNL has done in the last 30 years..This show was classic.

[@laurawestervelt]

Probably funnier than anything SNL has ever done.

[@hoibsh21]

""Couldja move over there, Sister?""

[@shanghaibennyii6565]

Andrea Martin is totally in character as Mother Teresa...lost in that environment.

[@shanghaibennyii6565]

+Shanghai Benny II ...lost and bewildered.

[@klmullins65]

I wish Andrea Martin would've stayed in the public eye more after SCTV ..the only thing I've seen her on is "My Big Fat Greek Wedding". Joe Flaherty's MIA too

[@hoibsh21]

She's busy these days. She's on Broadway playing Frau Bleucher in Young Frankenstein The Musical.

[@shanghaibennyii6565]

@@hoibsh21 kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3TOhH2eeKlpiaM

[@sralyn]

I know, he's so gorgeous!

[@ironpirites]

I loved the tape of the Congressional hearing. "If this is under oath, maybe we better take it from the top."

[@Thunt9]

I'm always in awe of the layer of genius that sits quietly under the surface of these skits. Even when I'm not laughing out loud at these, I'm still watching the characters with fascination. They were able to crank the over-acting up to 11, but somehow do it discreetly.

[@janscott602]

As a Canadian, like so many others, I accidentally discovered SCTV while channel surfing late at night. I was hooked. They managed to get away with murder. Nothing since has come close.

[@alukuhito]

As a Canadian, there was nothing accidental about discovering SCTV. Everybody watched SCTV in the early 80s. It wasn't something you needed to discover. You must be under 40.

[@reelincoln7747]

Hate Canada Love SCTV

[@TheorizingWithBen]

I love the knee slapping Sammy does when he's exaggerating his laugh. Seen it in real life. These things make me cringe.

[@RjBenjamin353]

Me Talking Yes, I love the knee slapping and the fake laugh, he reminds me of Jimmy Fallon

[@gerrydooley951]

It's based on Sammy Davis Jr.

[@sralyn]

So sexy.

[@ribonucleic]

I saw Will Smith slapping in his knee on a talk show once and I immediately thought "Maudlin".

[@sralyn]

While we're on the subject, I think Sammy's weepy acceptance speech at the People's Global Golden Choice Awards was way better than Will's at last years Academy Awards. Anyone agree?

[@firepower782]

All four of them wiping a tear from their eye after the Sammy Maudlin out takes hahahaha freakin hilarious!

[@ignoranceandwant]

LOL William B. called her a "lezzy"

[@alukuhito]

I remember how we actually used that term in the late 70s and early 80s in Canada. It's funny how they make being called a lesbian so awful. Today stars get more credit for being homosexual or anything else but straight.

[@TyrSkyFatherOfTheGods]

"Bobby Bittman, you're so sincere, it's scary!"

[@robertcombs55]

absolutely the funniest thing to EVER come out on TV...5 stars!!!

[@josephpaul4548]

I would like, at this juncture, if I may, to say, at the risk of seeming overly sentimental, and I don't care if I do seem overly sentimental, that these old SCTV clips, in all sincerity, are some of the most...uplifting..the most..moving.....sniff....the most...sniff...I....I...I can't go on.....

[@sralyn]

(hug) poor little guy

[@peterandjunko]

I just insincerely wiped a tear from my eye…

[@johnnydtractive]

Back again a year after my last comment here, lol. That moment at 7:33 where they all fake wipe tears from their eyes

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

"I get paid with the green stuff, not with the white stuff!" LOL!

[@afterthefox]

these are out-takes from the congressional investigativion hearing on drug abuse in hollywood with star witness bobby bitman....classic...

[@michaelmccall3234]

Mother Theresa On The Sammy Maudlin Show!!! PRICELESS!!!

[@ismailfarah4852]

yep, sctv is the best tv comedy show of all time.

[@mekes12]

a friend of mine says this skit (The Sammy Maudlin Show) was a take on a short lived late 60's early 70's talk show with Sammy Davis as the host. He had all his rat pack friends as guests, "surprise visits", over emotional scenes, and saying all this great stuff about each other. If not, this definitely reminds me of other goofy talk shows from the 70's, Jerry Lewis Telethon. The word Maudlin means overly sentimental, trifling, silly. The name fits the theory: Sammy Maudlin Show, lol.

[@johnjarou2357]

James Tussey i don't know about it being based on the merv griffin show. i don't think he had a second banana on the show(as in ed mcmahon/william b.) anyway,great stuff;still cracks me up.

[@mekes12]

James Tussey Sammy Davis' side kick was William B Williams lending more evidence it was loosely based on the Sammy and Company talk show.

[@mekes12]

John Jarou Sammy Davis' side kick was William B Williams lending more evidence it was loosely based on the Sammy and Company talk show.

[@YourUncleScroatie]

mekes12 Hey,if you listen to Rush Limbaugh,Sean Hannity,Joe Pags,Mark Levine...it's the same crap...hilarious....William B Williams is crying....lol

[@bufnyfan1]

I never forgot the "SCTV telethon" where Sammy urged viewers to send in gold instead of money--and at the end how Johnny LaRue donated his weight in gold---pure genius

[@2ToyBoys]

The Sammy Maudlin show, if I may be so bold, is the best talk show in the business, and I would never say that if it weren't so true!

[@MrTonemaster]

Shudder worthy - so close to reality. These guys were fantastic with the cutting edge humor

[@PacRimJim]

Their sincerity is scary.

[@edherrick2]

Love ❤️ love ❤️ love 💕 SCTV real comic talent

[@KenMac-ui2vb]

sctv was the pinnacle.

[@Mel.U]

Their portrayal of these celebrities have more depth and dimension than real ones I watch today

[@2ndEndingVintage]

That was a pretty classic sctv skit right there....

[@wallaceb9120]

Teddy Kennedy...too good!!

[@CornbreadOracle]

Eugene Levy’s hair in this scene is a character in itself

[@casario2808]

What amazing comedic talent on display here. Catherine O'Hara and Andrea Martin just over the top funny and amazing parody that can mashup the symbolism of Hollywood phonyism (Lola Heatherton) with Mother Theresa. RIP Joe and John.

[@cpnnpr]

Please post more SCTV episodes!