SCTV Battle of the PBS Stars FR JC 7 16 1982

[jmeredith44]

I love how Fred Rogers (Martin Short) is putting on his slippers before the fight. This cast and the writers were brilliant...

[paul44miles]

This is pure Genius. i laughed my ass off here.

[howtovideos100]

2:14 "I don't have to explain. You saw it. He beat the woman unconscious with a puppet. Oh, the papers will say that Fred Rogers won, but in my opinion, it's a dark day in Mr. Roger's Neighborhood."

[ghostgrabber]

i didnt even recognize john candy as julia child...wow



[klct2006]

NWA logo on the turnbuckles!!

[aitraining]

SCTV WAS THE BEST! SNL was always 2nd place.

[emjee]

I have loved SCTV since the early 80's. This is the first time I have ever seen this sketch and I have never laughed harder. Thanks for posting!!

[Bagelbutcher]

Greatest entrance and exit to and from the ring ever!

[vanhalendlrband]

Ok they edited this out. "Some people question Mr.Rogers manhood" who the hell would take that out??? This gets zero stars for messing with original material. TOtally ruined the video.

[Bagelbutcher]

@vanhalendlrband

I'm a hardcore SCTV fanatic. What are you talking about? 

[vanhalendlrband]

@Bagelbutcher Well if you didn't know that line is gone. My apologies if you didn't know. If you purposely did it then you suck lol.

[vmvlkc]

Now here's comedy from back in the days when you actually had to put some thought into it.

[ripperduck]

This was genius!!!!!

[loyaldude10]

@ripperduck -no other word to describe SCTV but genius

[JackStraw65]

n top of it all, the Cosell parody is spot on. "And it's a dark day in Mr. Rogers' neighborhood." LOL

[debbiechickie5]

Mr. McFeely & King riday cheering...hilarious! This is genuis. I would love to have been in the meeting where someone said "Hey- lets have Mr. McFeely cheering in the corner!"

[DChatc]

GO KING FRIDAY!

Srsly, RIP, Mr. Rogers :(

[wickedfeylady]

F**K yes this is a fight I'd pay to see. Fed Rogers will beast you Julia!

[softshoes]

RIP Ms. Martin Short.

Condolences to all his family. 30yrs married, one of the good Hollywood stories.

[Landrew120880]

SNL never came close to this brilliant skit.

[kzk871]

"...the two of them trading blows like gladiators in the ancient Roman tradition,

fighting to the death."

"You saw it. He beat the woman unconscious with a puppet."

[SirReal1958]

I somehow get the feeling former Talking Head David Byrne will look like Martin Short's Fred Rogers when Byrne turns 70.

[rumpwrestler]

Dark day in Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.......THE BEST COMEDY EVER!

[cesar1963able]

I laughed so hard during this, I almost threw up. This is great comedy. I agree with TimmytheGeek2009 and donaldoflea. This show was much funnier than SNL, and had less of a budget.

[TimmytheGeek2009]

he beat the woman unconscious with a puppet...

[TimmytheGeek2009]

SCTV kicked SNL's butt like than Fred beat Julia.  Best. Show. Ever.

[donaldoflea]

This is comedy TV at it`s BEST!

[benquicks]

What a classic epic battle of 2 icons.

[BassPlayerSusan]

This is funny beyond belief.

[1337itbe]

i liked the way sctv pulled you into their studio with guy cabalearo johny la rue sp? on those long Canadian winter nights. Best example when people get turned to pixie dust and have cabbage leaves behind their ears fnfunnnny so damn cheap but youd get pulled into the story AND LYAO

[rug3r44]

The Galloping Gourmet vs Mr. Green Jeans was a much better bout.

[SFFOOL76]

One of the classic skits ever done...........

[cubuff80]

Classic, tears literally rolling down my cheeks. SCTV was the best television ever, nothing can compare.

[soonerchick01]

Is that Martin Short and John Candy?

[alaina66]

@soonerchick01 YUP!! It sure is!!

[DarthKreeg]

When I was a kid I loved Sctv,Snl was all about sex and drugs and sctv was just funny and superior to snl in my opinion.I also liked Friday's too.

[alaina66]

@DarthKreeg I agree with you, hun. SNL was only funny basically when it first came out, and then some. SCTV was ALWAYS hilarious and STILL is!! NOTHING gets me that laugh so hard you cry feeling than SCTV!!

[nonthere]

Yup, SCTV blew SNL off the map.

[joeardinger1111]

Look at that little monkey go.

[littleurchin28]

What happened to comedy writing? Nothing today even comes close to this material. I'm probably half the age of the typical viewer of this stuff and I always got it. Everything is so dumbed down now. This is STILL hysterical, thanks!!!

[freetobefreddy]

Don't get so hung up on it. Just enjoy what you can and go on in life. There is funny stuff out there today also - The Family Guy is pretty good.

[md4bush]

Superior to any piece of crap SNL puts out the past 15 years

[spiff2268]

Ah, Battle of the Network Stars. One of the lowest points in our civilization.

[alaina66]

@spiff2268 Hey babe, I agree with you, but I WILL have to sadly admit that I DID watch it! Ugh! Please don't hate me!! LMFAO!!

[bsmith2059]

It amazes me how poor some people's powers of perception can be so bad. That is John Candy! Get a clue!

[KokoPuffs52]

Actually it is John Candy. I paused it to make sure. Definitely him.

[kosai19]

This is actually one of my favourite skits.

[El135o]

"Coq au vin or no coq au vin, this woman is in trouble!"

[ldhorricks]

this must have been when SCTV moved to NBC and the longer format..although it was still great....it lost something having to work material for an American audience...much of the early material went by the wayside, or just wasnt appreciated as much by its new audience...these guys were so good.

[paulparanoid]

sound's out of synch.

[SaganAppreciationSoc]

Do you have the episode with Carl Sagan? Would love to see it.

[rogerinkart]

"You saw it. He beat the woman unconscious with a puppet."

[sjice69]

King Friday....lol. I have to pull the dvd's out. Too funny.

[softshoes]

Devastatingly brilliant.

[TheLegendfamily]

Yeah, SCTV came up w/some legendary stuff, IMO.

[thurin68]

@softshoes and brilliantly devastating..

[omgitsdebbie]

hahaha thanks for posting!!

[fuzzynormal]

King Friday, yea!

[SellawEvets]

One of the BEST SCTV sketches EVER!!!!!

[slapshot1971109]

It's a dark day in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood! LOL!!

[AndySabola11]

Fred Rogers is a pretty cagey fighter!

[undurground]

John Candy Eugene Levy Martin Short all writing and acting, coco vin or no coco vin you know everyone will laugh. Spread the word looks like no one knows this one.

[Bigdan1429]

The first time I saw this I nearly peed myself laughing this is a classic

[pilgrimomega]

Too bad about the sync problem but even still it's awesome to see!