Best. Sketch Comedy. Ever.

[everythingsxen]

I only listed my 9 favorites. Obviously there are a lot of others out there.

What about it DU, what's your favorite sketch comedy show?

[Sagan]

1. I think it was vacant lot...

They did this one sketch about these guys playing poker and arguing about the words to "Blinded By the Light"....


One of the best sketches ever...

[EV1Ltimm]

32. and the "Slept on his arms last night" song was classic.

[Chomskyite]

2. Voted for Monty Python

But get some episodes of Mr Show if you can, David Cross's HBO show. You'll gutlaugh ttill you need icepacks on your diaphragm.

[kanrok]

3. UCB

Two words: "Ass Pennies"

[Zuni]

16. Do you remember

the episode with the Unibomber? That was one of the funniest shows I have ever seen.

[tom_paine]

4. MR SHOW!

[Guaranteed]

8. Yeah they're great nt

[Guaranteed]

9. Yeah they're great nt

[Supply Side Jesus]

29. definetly Mr. Show

definetly

[Rowdyboy]

5. The League of Gentlemen....

Very strange contemporary British troupe.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

7. Gets my vote. Disturbing bunch of fuckers.

[Rowdyboy]

12. Truly

I just got "Live From Drury Lane". Haven't even opened the bos!

[dolo amber]

35. I don't guess

"I'm Alan Partridge!" counts as sketch comedy, eh?

Oh well, I vote Python, but an honorable mention to LoG. Also, Absolutely, and of course, Blue Jam. *points to sig line* ;)

http://cabinessence.cream.org/

[Screaming Lord Byron]

43. YES!!!! A CHRIS MORRIS FAN!!!! YESSSSS!!!!!

Now where'd I put my cake?

[dolo amber]

48. YAY!!!

That makes a whole 2 of us!! :D

:bounce:

Free the
United
Kingdom from
Drugs

and

British
Opposition to
Metabolically
Bisturbile
Drugs.

;)

edited for rubbish spelling

[Screaming Lord Byron]

49. Yeah. You've got to watch what that stuff does to Shatner's Bassoon

[LisaM]

6. SCTV.

Mrs. Prickley's Tiny Town. Also, their takeoff on "The Grapes of Wrath" and then doing "To Sir, With Love" using a Zorro character.

[geniph]

14. Another emphatic vote for SCTV

I mean, look at their alumni:

John Candy
Eugene Levy
Joe Flaherty
Catherine O'Hara
Andrea Martin
Martin Short
Dave Thomas
Harold Ramis
Rick Moranis

Some of the greatest characters of sketch comedy EVER were created on that show, the one show that could be guaranteed to leave me ROFLPMP every time. God, that was a great show.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

26. Who can top Tex and Edna Boil?

They slay me every time.
I also love the CCCP episodes when the Soviets hijacked SCTV's satellite.
How about Monster Chiller Horror Theater's version of Ingmar Bergman's "Whispers of the Wolf" As Count Floyd would say, "oooooh scary!"

[Philostopher]

23. No, wait --

It was 'Mrs. Falbo's Tiny Town'

So come on in and hang around!

But yeah, SCTV for me, too. Between it and Python, I can find practically anything funny.

"I'm ready for my crane shot!"

JLaR

[BlackVelvetElvis]

27. G. Gordon Liddy (Dave Thomas)

I have a tape of him as a guest on "Tiny Town".

[NightTrain]

25. Remember SCTV's version of "The Jazz Singer?"

With special guest Al Jarreau. The plot involved a jazz singer who wanted to become a rabbi. Needless to say, his record-producer father (Eugene Levy in his recurring "elderly Jew" role) vehemently opposed the boy's move.

Or when the SCTV building was invaded by television's Id, which made old-time TV characters like Ralph Kramden appear out of nowhere and scare the bejeezus out of the unsuspecting staff. Just brilliant!

[Philostopher]

36. That was Zontar!

I'm pretty sure that was the same episode. Everybody sprouted a big cabbage leaf on the backs of their heads when Zontar took them over.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

37. I don't think so

They were put into cyber space behind the camera and could only be viewed on a monitor.

[Philostopher]

42. You're right -- but for all the SCTV fans

who've posted, here's an episode guide:

http://sctvguide.ca/episodes/sctveps.htm

They chopped episodes so badly on TV when I watched them, and jammed parts of one into another, I may have seen the two close together and gotten them welded in my brain.

[edzontar]

53. Thanks for the link. SCTV is THE BEST SHOW EVER.

Along with Python, the all time best in comedy tV.

I wish they would put THOSE out of DVD.

Who can we write to?

[BlackVelvetElvis]

34. They nailed "Sir"

That was great (have it on tape!).
They even got the same damn background music playing again and again.
Second City needs to find a way to get this on DVD, copyright issues or not.

[peekaloo]

44. So many funny moments, so little time to post 'em.

Gangway for Miracles (takeoff on the Miracle Worker)
Johnny LaRue
The Godfather
Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas did some of the most funniest impersonations/sketches!
Perry Como is still alive!
Monster Horror Chiller Theatre
Dr. Tongues 3-D House of (fill in the blank)


and on and on and on........

:D

[geniph]

51. The Schmenge Brothers' tribute to John "Villiams"

never fails to bring me to tears. and remember, Ed Grimley and most of Martin Short's other characters came from SCTV.

Remember John Candy dressed up as a droid, playing an accordion?

[CanuckAmok]

57. Tip O'Neill's 3-D House of Representatives...

Johnny LaRue sleeps with the fishes...

Mrs. Felbo's Tiny Town

Pepe Longsocks ("Let's play Jump the Weed!")

The 5 Neat Guys tribute to the Movies:
"Chariots of Fire,
But I'd like to inquire,
Why were there no chariots,
in the moooovie,
Raiders!
Of the Lost Ark!
Met a Nazi!
And his face melted!
Absence of Malice!
Absense of Malice!
Absense of Malice!
And that's our salute to the movies!"

The spoof of the disaster movies, with the new SCTV nuclear powered skyscraper HQ.

edit: it's all coming back to me...

Brock Linahan Goes Home Again

Gerry Todd's Audio Games

Phil Donahue in Outer Space

The Great White North (Canadian DUers--remember when that became a national obsession?)

G. Gordon Liddy on Tiny Town

Guy Caballero's occasional use of his wheelchair

[DifferentStrokes]

10. Phil Ford and Mimi Hines

An oldie.

Phil interviews the NBC peacock played by Mimi. Cute double entendres--you can imagine--but nothing over the line. Everyone that I have seen it with fell on the floor laughing. Absolutely insane.

Another oldie from the totally insane mode: Flip Wilson's first appearance as Geraldine.

On edit: I still watch reruns or anniversary programs of Carol Burnet shows enjoying the skits with Tim Conway especially. I never watched the show when it was live.

I catch SNL occasionally but am not into the new stuff. It's probably generational, but Monty Python and a lot of the sitcomes leave me cold. Who knows, some day I might be watching reruns of the things I failed to appreciate today.

[Snow]

15. Another vote for Carol Burnett...and some more oldies

Carol could be topped by Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca
and what about Red Skelton? Has anyone here seen the episode where Skelton invited Marcel Marceau on, and they sort of did a mime contest. IMHO, Skelton cleaned Marceau's clock, but they were both incredible.

[Dogmudgeon]

11. Upright Citizens' Brigade

I chose MPFC for the best, but Upright Citizens' Brigade deserves special notice. They started out as an under-funded improv troupe in Chicago, and shook the form heart and soul until an improv revival was smacked on it's cold, wet ass and handed to Mama for some quality titty time.

Best thing out of the improvisational theater movement since Second City, which had taken a gut-punch with the death of improv guru Del Close.

Three cheers for UCB!

--bkl
(Not a UCB member. Didn't even sleep with any. Don't know any, either.)

[mulsh]

13. The Goon Show

Harry Secombe, Peter Sellars, and Spike Milligan. Ran on BBC radio in the 50's. when I was a kid in the SF bay area in the 60's we had a couple of DJ's who ran tapes of the show. Insane stuff. ask Python.

[Mass_Liberal]

50. YOU LIKE THE GOON SHOW?

awesome. I was under the impression that they had been largely forgotten. I was given their CD by my british dad, who used to listen to them as a child. Bluebottle is perhaps the funniest character of all time.

[TrogL]

17. Abbott and Costello

The two greatest comedy sketches of all time:

Who's on first

Niagara Falls

[TrogL]

21. I was in a radio shop trying to get my CB fixed

with my first wife, and the proprietor started in with "Niagara Falls" and I joined in.

She just stared at the both of us with the "deer in the headlights" look wondering :wtf:?

[Character Assassin]

18. Battle of the Network Stars.

That was a fucking laff-riot.

[donotpassgo]

19. PRANK

n/t

[TacticalPeek]

20. Beyond the Fringe

"War's not going very well, you know. We are two down, and the ball's in the enemy court. War is a psychological thing, Perkins, rather like a game of football. You know how in a game of football ten men often play better than eleven - ?"

"Yes, sir."

"Perkins, we are asking you to be that one man. I want you to lay down your life, Perkins. We need a futile gesture at this stage. It will raise the whole tone of the war."

:silly:

[kixot]

22. Monty Python.

Though KIH would be my second.

[HEyHEY]

24. Kids in the Hall

Very edgy. ANd the Shadowy men rule!

[ajacobson]

28. KITH

shout out to you, my friend.

Met my wife at a KITH taping in Toronto, 1994.

[SmileyBoy]

30. Everybody PLEASE vote for Kids In The Hall!!!!

SERIOUSLY!!! Please vote for it!!!

[EV1Ltimm]

31. I loved the state

I still go around and say "I want to dip my BALLS in it!"

It doesn't get as many laughs as I always think it will.

[NoPasaran]

33. My show

Hi Density TV which used to be on Austin Access.

[Touchdown]

38. The Carol Burnett Show

The best comedians. The best writing. The funniest deliveries. The funniest Kormanizing ever.

It's the show that all others are measured against.

Kormanizing: The act of breaking character because you can't control your laughter.

[JVS]

39. You all handle my ass pennies!

[SmileyBoy]

41. That was from Upright Citizens Brigade???

LOL....

[sistersofmercy]

40. In Living Color got my vote but tied with Monty Python, love 'em both

If anyone knows a channel that plays repeats of In Living Color please let me know. I was so bummed when the show was cancelled.

[bmbmd]

45. Well, since North American

and British comedy are two different animals, I get two votes. Mark me down for "SCTV" and "Monty Python".

[mac56]

46. How about "The Goodies"?

nm

[bbernardini]

47. Anybody have any full episodes of The State?

It's hard to find people who will trade for them. I've got a lovely list of things one might find interesting to trade for.

[everythingsxen]

52. My apologies to SCTV fans..

It's been so long since I saw it, I'd forgotten about it.

I would have used that over The Ben Stiller show, which, while funny, obviously doesn't have the diehard fanbase of SCTV. :D

[edzontar]

54. The omission of SCTV is symptomatic of its underrated status...

Relegated in memory BEHIND the infinitely inferior SNL.

We need to get SCTV on DVD!!!

[slinkerwink]

55. SMACK THE PONY!!!!!

God, I loved watching that show on Bravo....

[slinkerwink]

56. SMACK THE PONY!!!!!

God, I loved watching that show on Bravo....