 Ed Grimley! Second City Television (SCTV) was a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from Toronto's The Second City troupe that ran between 1976 and 1984. |
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SCTV.org CHARACTER SPOTLIGHT: SCTV's most famous character for those who never even heard of Melonville, Martin Short's Ed Grimley appeared on SCTV, Saturday Night Live and in his own Saturday Morning cartoon ("The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley"). Among Ed's finer moments on SCTV are "The Fella Who Couldn't Wait For Christmas" and "The Nutty Lab Assistant". Ed will be in the SCTV.org Spotlight for April and May! Check out Ed's page for clips, photos and more, and come back each week for more completely mental stuff!
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SCTV (Second City Television) characters included Ed Grimley, Count Floyd,Johnny LaRue, Edith Prickley, Lola Heatherton, Johnny LaRue, Big Jim McBob and Billy Sol Hurock of the Farm Film Report, Sammy Maudlin, Guy Caballero, Bobby Bittman, The Shmenge Brothers (The Happy Wanderers - sometimes misspelled "Schmenge Brothers" - Yosh Shmenge and Stan Shmenge of "The Last Polka"), Lin Ye Tang, Five Neat Guys (or 5 Neat Guys), The McKenzie Brothers (Bob and Doug McKenzie), Tex and Edna Boil, Agnus Crock, Dusty Towne, Gerry Todd, Johnny LaRue, Mel Slirrup (sometimes "Mel Slirrop") Floyd Robertson and Earl Camembert of the SCTV News, William B. Williams, and many more.
SCTV ran from 1976-1984, showing in Canada on Global Television and CBC Television, and in the US on NBC Television and Cinemax. The show was called "Second City TV" from 1976-1981, "SCTV Network 90" from 1981-1983, and "SCTV Channel" from 1983-1984