Earl Camembert Earl Camembert (pronounced "Canen-bare") is a fictional news reporter and anchorman portrayed by Eugene Levy on the Canadian sketch comedy show SCTV, which aired in the 1970s and 1980s. Camembert, named after Canadian broadcaster Earl Cameron and after camembert cheese, was actually modelled more closely as a parody of Buffalo, New York newscaster Irv Weinstein (both Weinstein and Levy were Jewish and lived in the Buffalo Niagara Region most of their lives). He was a recurring character alongside Joe Earl Camembert (pronounced "Canen-bare") is a fictional news reporter and anchorman portrayed by Eugene Levy on the Canadian sketch comedy show SCTV, which aired in the 1970s and 1980s. Eugene Levy (born 17 December 1946) is a Canadian Emmy and Grammy Award-winning actor, television director, producer and writer. Earl Camembert (pronounced "Canen-bare") is a fictional news reporter and anchorman portrayed by Eugene Levy on the Canadian sketch comedy show SCTV, which aired in the 1970s and 1980s. Career[edit]. Personal life[edit]. Earl Camembert was the son of a former SCTV station manager, Merle Camembert (also played by Levy), who had a reputation for buckling Earl Camembert (pronounced "Canen- bare") is a fictional news reporter and anchorman portrayed by Eugene Levy on the Canadian sketch comedy show "SCTV", which aired in the 1970s and 1980s. Camembert, loosely based on real-life news reporters Earl Cameron (from which the name was derived) and Irv Weinstein, was a recurring character alongside Joe Flaherty's character of Floyd Robertson, also a fictional anchorman, based on real-life Canadian news anchor Lloyd Robertson..