Six Degrees Six Degrees of Sctv

Reitman’s daughter Catherine is the creator, executive producer, writer, star and sometime Finkleman later director of created, wrote and Corner Gas creator and star Workin’ Moms produced the acclaimed Brent Butt cites Ramis as a major influence: “I met him mockumentary series Pre-SCTV, Moranis did once, but I didn’t even say I The Newsroom live comedy with Ken O’Hara has won the was in comedy. It would have Finkleman on CBC’s Canadian Screen been a mall security guard late-night talk show Award for Best Actress talking to Robocop about the SIXSIX 90 Minutes Live in a Comedy Series for four straight years for business” her role as Moira Rose in Schitt’s Creek As a screenwriter, Ramis often collaborated with director and DEGREESDEGREES producer Ivan Reitman (Animal House, Meatballs, Lee’s bandmate Alex Ghostbusters) Lifeson has cameoed on Trailer Park Boys, one time as himself—he’s OF SCTV kidnapped by Ricky RICK after Bubbles loses out Moranis went MORANIS CATHERINE ’HARA on Rush tickets to elementary O school with HAROLD Rush frontman RAMIS Geddy Lee Short voiced SCTV may not have been the the Cat in the Hat on the first purveyor of sketch comedy kids’ series The Cat in the Hat in Canada (remember Peppiatt A special reuniting Knows a Lot the SCTV cast About That! and Aylesworth? Wayne and (directed by Martin Scorsese) is set to air Shuster? Nightcap?), but its on Netflix and CTV MARTIN SHORT SCTV name is nonetheless writ large in the annals of Canadian Inuktitut-language series television. SCTV, which grew out Qanurli? gives the SCTV Long-time collaborators Levy and premise a northern twist: SIX DEGREES OF OF DEGREES SIX of Toronto’s Second City improv O’Hara reunited for the riches- two young men attempt to to-rags broadcast a show (with comedy spoof commercials and fake theatre and aired from 1976 Schitt’s newscasts) from a tent on EUGENE Creek, now the tundra to 1984, took viewers inside a in its sixth LEVY and final INDIESCREEN / INDIESCREEN fictitious TV station in the equally season / 12 fictitious town of Melonville. The / 13 ANDREA groundbreaking series not only MARTIN Martin appeared as a self-centred self-help launched the film careers of Levy acted on guru in one episode Thunderbird of Saskatchewan-set Entertainment’s sitcom Little Mosque its cast members—from John live-audience on the Prairie sitcom Candy to Catherine O’Hara to Package Deal JOHN Thunderbird’s current hit is the Martin Short—but put Canadian CANDY award-winning Kim’s Convenience comedy on the map and laid The Kids in the Hall DAVE (whose own absurdist, THOMAS a zany foundation for many massively influential Kid in the Hall sketch show ran on CBC Bruce McCulloch from 1988 to 1995) cite shows to come. Here, we draw JOE is a producer of two major influences FLAHERTY TallBoyz, the on their comedy: Monty Mary Walsh, of CODCO and CBC’s latest important (and not-so-important) Flaherty’s dumb Python and SCTV sketch offering trivia show, Half This Hour Has 22 Minutes fame, yelled at Candy Wits, inspired Celebrity the connections between SCTV and for five minutes for using legendary sketches Jeopardy “Newfie” in a Second City SNL stage show in the 1970s: some of the landmark Canadian for SCTV’s Great White North “I would have yelled much segment, featuring the longer, but he was just the Thomas’s brother über-Canadian McKenzie comedies that followed. It’s a nicest man” Ian played monster- brothers (Thomas and small world, after all—and a better truck-driving Moranis), was expanded Dougie Franklin in into the 1983 movie the long-running one with SCTV in it. Flaherty Strange Brew resurrected his Red Green Show Count Floyd Carolyn Taylor, character a writer on This on APTN’s Hour, is a writer sketch series and principal CAUTION: May The Toronto Star called fast-talking cast member of Contain Nuts small-town sitcom Letterkenny the Baroness von McKenzie brothers’ “heir apparent” Sketch Show.

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