Second City Television - Season 6

Second City Television

Season 6

1983 • 18 Episodes

Episodes

Maudlin O' the Night - Second City Television

1. Maudlin O' the Night

November 22, 1983

(This is the start of the SCTV Channel, when SCTV moved to Cinemax. Shows are 45 minutes long). Guy Caballero launches the new SCTV cable channel. The Schmenge Brothers try new wave music. Edith Prickly and Edna Boil go double-dating in the film spoof "Prickly Business". Steve Roman makes his own made-for-TV movie about JFK.

Gimme Jackie / Australia - Second City Television

2. Gimme Jackie / Australia

December 6, 1983

Sid Dithers finds love in "An Officer and a Gentile". Perini Scleroso gets her own sitcom. "The National Midnight Star" is rechristened "Hollywood Dirt Tonight". Australian actor Mel McElroy hosts his own film festival.

It's a Wonderful Film - Second City Television

3. It's a Wonderful Film

December 20, 1983

Producer, Martin Simmons is making a Christmas movie by classic film director Frank Bailey but decides that profit is more important than a making a quality movie so fires Bailey and hires a teen sex comedy director in his place.

The Date Debate / Scary Previews - Second City Television

4. The Date Debate / Scary Previews

January 3, 1984

Count Floyd and Woody Tobias Jr co-host a new movie review show, Scary Previews

You're On / Das Boobs - Second City Television

5. You're On / Das Boobs

January 17, 1984

Das Boobs puts Porky's on the deck of Das Boot. Also features a trio of commercials with Irving Cohen, and the call-in show You're On, hosted by councilman for Melonville East, Max Lansky.

Stars In One: Bob Hope / Happy Hour - Second City Television

6. Stars In One: Bob Hope / Happy Hour

January 31, 1984

"Happy Hour" was a mock children's show, by bar patron, Happy Marsden, and the bartender, Mike. A mock western filmed in black and white, "Six Gun Justice", with was shown on each episode.

Stalag SCTV - Second City Television

7. Stalag SCTV

February 14, 1984

Scripts are being stolen from SCTV, and new guy Fred Winston is the likeliest suspect. Highlights include Al Peck's Dinosaur Days and Lewis Does Dylan.

Diary of a Female Person / Happy Hour - Second City Television

8. Diary of a Female Person / Happy Hour

February 28, 1984

Happy Hour shows another episode of Six Gun Justice, and Brock Linehan features Libby Wolfson's struggles to produce her new film.

Just For Fun / Black Like Vic - Second City Television

9. Just For Fun / Black Like Vic

March 13, 1984

Rusty Van Reddick does a PSA for nursery schools; tonight on "Just for Fun," Stan Kanter launches a discussion on nuclear proliferation; in a 1962 episode of "Vic Arpeggio," our hero pretends to be a black man in segregation-era Georgia.

Youth, Do They Give A Damn or What? / Happy Hour - Second City Television

10. Youth, Do They Give A Damn or What? / Happy Hour

March 27, 1984

Soren and Weiss try to figure out what's up with the youth of today, while Don and Cheaplaffs have further adventures on Happy Hour. Also features a trio of commercials with Sophia Loren, who keeps branching out into new businesses.

Allenscam - Second City Television

11. Allenscam

April 10, 1984

Features several wraparound elements, including an unfolding scandal involving Brad Allen, artist Willem de Kooning never quite being interviewed on three shows, and new character Rita Schubb in three separate short bits. Also includes Harvey, as done by the New York Actor's Studio, Mel's Rock Pile returns to the psychedelic sixties, while Murray Shulman savages Canadian television.

Oliver Grimley - Second City Television

12. Oliver Grimley

April 24, 1984

Cheryl Kinsey does a live show, while Ed Grimley, does Oliver Twist

2009, Jupiter and Beyond - Second City Television

13. 2009, Jupiter and Beyond

May 8, 1984

Sci-Fi movie 2009, Jupiter and Beyond

Half Wits / Save the World Parade - Second City Television

14. Half Wits / Save the World Parade

May 22, 1984

Melonville's parade to promote world peace might not go as the announcers wish. Meanwhile, Alex Trebel is eager for someone, anyone to score on his game show "Half Wits."

Jackie Rogers, Jr. for President / Happy Hour - Second City Television

15. Jackie Rogers, Jr. for President / Happy Hour

June 5, 1984

The wraparound features Jackie Rogers Jr's run for president, while Six Gun Justice's penultimate episode airs on Happy Hour. Jayne Eastwood returns as moderator for Philosophers at work.

Celebrity Fairie Tayles / Canadian Gaffes and Practical Amusements - Second City Television

16. Celebrity Fairie Tayles / Canadian Gaffes and Practical Amusements

June 19, 1984

Celebrity Fairie Tayles features the unlikely pairing of Alan Alda and Ed Grimley, while Canadian Gaffes features the gang from Headline Challenge in another brutal parody of the CBC that often approaches the moribund tediousness of the real thing

You're On / Happy Hour - Second City Television

17. You're On / Happy Hour

July 3, 1984

Happy Hour presents the exciting conclusion to Six Gun Justice, and host Happy Marsden makes a surprising confession. The show also features and another episode of the oddly-paced You're On, while over at SCTV News, Earl retires and Floyd shows up in his Count Floyd costume.

Pledge Week - Second City Television

18. Pledge Week

July 17, 1984

Various SCTV characters host a pledge drive for the network as it goes bankrupt.