SCTV 3 Gerry Todd and Michael McDonald

[mitermaster]

I want Michael McDonald to do back up vocals for everything I say. That would be awesome!

[jzcrandall]

Thanks for being with us. Bye bye. Take Care. See you next time. So long.

[cflisthebest]

that's all shot in Edmonton Alberta!

[PianoSoulos]

The shot at :43 funniest thing ever.

[MrROTD]

My dad did some camera work on SCTV I always watched it when I was a kid and didnt get this but I do now LOL

[MrROTD]

this is hilarious!!!!

[thegateman89]

hokay.......see ya..

[andrewdishman26]

im likin the 27 cents a litre gas at petro. sweet

[AEMoreira81]

At the time, they should have let SCTV do the video for the song---THE WHOLE SONG! :) It would have been a laugh riot.

[NearbyPlovis]

One of the funniest comedy bits ever done.

[djugel]

????? how can anybody dislike this...  was it Michael McDonald himself? I bet Christopher Cross clicked "like"

[beatyw]

This really is one the best things ever.

[terrymci]

1 person has such a long way to go.

[dizzymanrob]

can't believe i never saw this before....simply amazing!

[la021583]

thanks for sharing.

funny stuff.

[timrs2001]

This was one of my favourite sketches they ever did. Awesome that I found it again on here. Thanks.

[6fives]

Thumbs up if you found this video after watching an episode of Yacht Rock!

[OrchestrationOnline]

Brilliant! I always think of this skit when the song plays.

[richiebear1969]

O.K.!!! SEE YA!!!

[newper]

I love the five different sign offs that he does to hit the post -- funny because it is real.

[donnieandsarah]

Classic. Is this the whole clip? Prior to being on DVD, it seemed like the Mike character got back into his and had to turn around and drive back to sing his part. Whatever the case, I laughed the first time I saw this and still do. RIP (the comedy of ) Rick Moranis.

[ryan49er1]

lol @ the idiots who think that could be michael mcdonald

[jamesedwardtheobald]

CLASSIC! thanks for posting. this show was genius. those crazy canadians!

[dwdeclare]

every time i hear this song on the radio i think aboot this sketch.

[AmourCestVous]

Canadians fucking rule!

[DimensionsofChange]

He is not an irrelevant joke!

[lionel1963]

Every time I hear this song, I smile and giggle because it always reminds me of this sketch. It's one of the main reasons I LOVE SCTV! Keep up the good work, guys!

[cochranexyz]

SCTV kicked ass.

[RobL2756]

"Such a long way to goooooooOOOO!"

[zeppy215]

Fear the Beard!!

[RobL2756]

SCTV... All the members have gone on to do some great projects, but when I see their names I always remember these times. Does anyone have a clip of Gerry Todd's clip of (bing)Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young performing "White..dododododo Christmas"?

[tooheys1968]

@RobL2756 Search SCTV CSNY

[RobL2756]

@tooheys1968 Found it! I searchrd a few months ago, and it wasn't here. Now here it is. Flaherty, Levy, Thomas, and Moranis! Rick Moranis, as Gerry Todd, gets to watch and 'critique' his own performance.

[fobmachine21]

that is a $300 worth of laughs

[younghoss]

at .37 per L, is that about $1.15 gal?

[agnostoman]

Does that gas station sign show 27 cents? 27 fucking cents?

[EuchridEucrow1]

@agnostoman

Tragic, ain't it?

[Bagelbutcher]

Mind-boggling hilarity this is, as everything SCTV was - the greatest show in the history of television PERIOD.

[moviecodswallop]

Am I mad, or was the gas price at 0:36sec showing a whopping .37 a litre? Damn. Now I really hate the '80's.

But not Michael McDonald. He's gold.

[Rudie29]

I love this video...I cannot stop watching it. He really was on everybody's album though....

[thurin68]

this segment still makes me grin like a fiend.

[Allanforbes]

Check out Episode 4 of Yacht Rock. This sketch makes a nice cameo!

[davideppel]

Gerry Todd is the nerdiest funniest one of a kind ever!!! Total Dork!!!

[lloydbarker]

Just watched Christopher Cross and Michael McDonald do this song last night on Jimmy Fallon with The Roots and it reminded me of this hysterical bit. Cracks me up every time.

[rrobinson001]

I remember this video from way back. It as funny back in the day. Still kind of funny.

[drprogensteinphp]

Both Jerry Todd and Michael McDonald are played by Rick Moranis.

[wfwalsh]

This is the ancient ancestor to "more cowbell."

[imtheslime2]

It's still funny as hell! The laugh track sux! The cast didn't like it either. They supposedly had the best laugh track guy in the biz doing it, but that's like being the world't tallest midget.

[MillBelater]

@imtheslime2 Uh, didn't they say on one of the dvd's that in Edmonton he was a chicken farmer by day, and didn't get the humor, so he just put it in during pauses?

[crassyfrake]

i think the reason he was in a hurry was he had to go do "This Is It" for Kenny Loggins and forgot he doublebooked lol

[Miradart]

CHECK THAT OUT!! Gas was 27.3 cents/Litre!!! We hit $1.47 when oil price was crazy! Phew.  the good old days of cheap gas.

This was a funny bit! SCTV RULES!!

[Creaulx]

Just from the way he moves, it has to be Rick.

[HISTORYBUFFPA]

Heard this song today, and remembered this skit.

So glad I found it on here.

Thanks for posting it.

[iheardja]

I have been talking about this clip for YEARS!!! Great to see it again! Thanks!!!!

[scottgeshen]

SO in agreement with ya...just wish I could share it...

[Rusfi16]

No doubt,MTV got it's inspiration from the Jerry Todd Show.

[scottgeshen]

and his speaking voice is NOTHING like his singing voice...

[dnetsurfr]

yeah, It's very low

[richzander]

Best Canadian comedy show ever!! RIP John Candy.

[winkydee]

Awesome!!

[jarasitis]

LOVE it. I can't explain why this is funny to people, you either get SCTV or you don't.

GERRY TODD.

[monochrome35]

i find this funny because it pokes fun at how perfect michael mcdonalds voice sounds when he sings

[waters06]

i work in retail and on many of the songs piped in , its crazy how many songs he sings back up on. it pokes fun at that and how he probably makes a decent living at this.

[Tatupuforyou]

Totally, it's awesome!

[bradchaz]

Ahh, Michael McDonald... at that time period he was always providing great back-up vocals for great artists such as Christopher Cross, Steely Dan, Kenny Loggins, et. al. Because of this, this spoof seems so realistic....Michael running from gig to gig to record backup vocals. Hilarious!

[DonCook47]

@bradchaz

He and Patti Lebelle dueted on, and had a huge hit with "On My Own".

[monochrome35]

@bradchaz plus it pokes fun of the fact that he was and is called the voice and he just sings and it is flawless

[HollywoodWags]

Vuhdeo.

[rachel112263]

I've always loved this one. Great vudeo.

[lmiddleman]

I wish the price of gas at my local PetroCan station was 27.2c per litre.

[Dennis10111]

it is a case of CANADIAN.....woot eh

[El135o]

Also, in the studio booth to the left, is that a case of Canadian?

[El135o]

That's how I enter and leave the office every day. Hi/Bye!

[richiebear1969]

Such a long way to GOoooooo!!!!

[MDMILITARIA]

It is Rick Moranis

[BipolarPics]

I think Harry is taller.

[mattanddi62]

loved this skit !!

[bondfool]

One of my all time favorite sketches.

[kellar]

Harry Shearer wasnt on SCTV. It is definetly Rick in the clip. I am old enough to remember the original airing of the episode so I know this to be true.

[usisguy]

I remember this first run on NBC in New York back in 1981, love this show a cult classic.

[Ingsoc75]

It's so smooooth!

[singinglawnchair]

Step 1: Ask nicely

Step 2: Make him an irrelevant joke

Step 3: Loggins

[MisterEvasion]

And taxed more to boot...

[sidewalkpilot]

:34 petro canada

[sidewalkpilot]

27c/L? WTF.

[MisterEvasion]

Today, 106.9 is pretty much the typical price you see at the pump around town in Vancouver.

I really have forgotten how cheap gas used to be. Filling up never used to be a a real budgetary concern for me. Nowadays, I have to think about how much gas I can afford for the next two weeks.

Over the same period of nearly 30 years, payday has risen far less in relation to the prices of everything.

[ForeverMusicFan]

I don't think it is the real Michael McDonald or Christopher Cross portraying themselves on the SCTV and Yacht Rock clips. Anytime it is a parody, the real individuals are never involved.

[hudgyderobertis]

That american accent Rick does is funny, "I'm Gerry Tadd...and a song I'm just crazy abat..." Hillarious sketch! Thanks for putting this on!

[ForeverMusicFan]

If you type in the phrase 'Yacht Rock Episode 4' and view the clip from 1:43 to 2:19, it shows a parody of Christopher Cross viewing the SCTV video and having a laugh about it.

[DonCook47]

Thanks. I followed your instructions and did view it. And I laughed!

[chuobio]

That was Rick Moranis as Michael McDonald, right?

[DonCook47]

I was confused as well but I believe that it is in fact the true Michael McDonald although I may be wrong. Rick is my second guess.

[sadhuable]

@DonCook47

Later in the show, they would get musical guests in on the skits they were taping, so it could easily have been him.

[DrClaw77]

What is so funny about this video, is that Rick Moranis looks more like Michael McDonald in this clip than almost everyone else who's imitated him... LMAO @ this video still.

[DonCook47]

At first I believed it was Rick but now I think it is actually is Michael.

[ganyuehan]

No, I don't think so. Michael McDonald is a bit taller, facial features are a bit finer, and when he talks his voice doesn't sound the same as when he sings.

[almostfm]

Seriously, I'm pretty sure it's Harry Shearer. Take a look at :43..

[ganyuehan]

Go to the video: " Michael Mcdonald and Christopher Cross - Ride Like The Wind LIVE!"

Their facial features are different even with Rick Moranis made up to look like him.

[telesg]

its definitely rick moranis

[MNWildfan72]

Moranis.

[drdrtfehytf]

@DonCook47 That's one of the most beautiful comments I have ever seen on YouTube and considering this video.

[rallymodeller]

@DonCook47: It's Eugene Levy.

[iamblankdotnet]

@DrClaw77 It's Harry Shearer.

[iamblankdotnet]

@DrClaw77 oh no wait.. maybe it's Rick Moranis after all.

[tuskedbeast]

Last couple comments about the datedness or lack of it are interesting. I'll bet the MM joke dated (though there was that reference in the 40 Year Old Virgin), but I think the freaky perfection of the Gerry Todd character probably still works for current senses of humor. SCTV was incredible sometimes, really subtle.

[MillBelater]

This makes no sense in today's non linear world, but it was funny as hell in th early 80's

[DonCook47]

Come on! Gerry Todd is everything, including in your ear.

[MillBelater]

just like Gordon Lightfoot singing every song ever made.

[rudobuquadrant]

@MillBelater It's still funny as hell. especially the end where he talks like he sings. i'm so happy i found other people who find great humor in mr. mcdonald's vocal style but also enjoy his music as much.

[RobL2756]

@rudobuquadrant - I love Mike McD, too. But I agree that it was really funny hearing 'him' talk the same way he sings. Search youtube for the clip of Rick Moranis on SCTV doing 'Gordon Lightfoot'.

[MillBelater]

Way back when, when there were only 3 Channels, you actually had to be Funny to get on TV.

[stevel738]

It's amazing how obscure SCTV's comedy was, yet still works. This is funny all by itself, but it's twice as funny when you realize they were making fun of Michael McDonald's near omnipresence on the radio in 1981-1982 doing background vocals for practically every other song. (Earlier in this skit, too, they had him doing background vocals for a carpet commercial.)

[Fastboy007]

@stevel738 Funny stuff! Carpets Galore!

[Childhoof]

SCTV, best sketch comedy ever.

[jon1156]

"Had lots of fun .... hope you have had too."

[havin34]

Ahh I miss the sheer briliance of SCTV

[Rebeccaac]

I miss humor that isn't entirely gross and blatant and could unfold over a few minutes. Thanks for the re-post!

[fjccommish]

He goes all the way there just to sing a few words! LOL! I do voice over work and once had to travel across town to deliver three words. "Aw hell no!" They liked the first take so that was it. It was a 2 hour round trip for 3 seconds in the booth.

[MillBelater]

And now Scott Shannon is doing True Oldies from his basement, and e-mailing it in. Actually probably using the automation software remotely.We've come a long way from calling in a second pair of hands to hit buttons in realtime on 4 cart machines, 3 cd players, the 2nd reel to reel and the turntable just for a 30 second wonder production. And then getting to :28, and being late on the last effect, and having to try take 74. /lawn, off it.

[fjccommish]

I still use a studio with a board operator.

[Rudie29]

This had me crying...ahh, I miss SCTV.

[telengardo]

This may be the best comedy sketch ever

[yaywhewclips242]

i love the Gerry Todd character. So 1980's phony, great!

[obergsson]

What .. no fart, sex, toilet, dildo, sperm jokes .... Oh Yeah .. I forgot ... this was when comedy was funny .... instead of degrading, base, and lazy ...

[2tuque2]

right on dude! that is exactly right. I was in fits seeing this again.

[Slydaria]

Hear, hear. Well said.

[olemuckspreader]

BRILLIANT!!!!

[DAZED404]

Hey Doncook47.. do u have the clip of the suitcase dryer?? I can't find it anywhere.

[radiofan6872]

I still laugh my head off every time I hear this song on the radio.

[legatoblue217]

Yacht Rock Ep. 4 makes so much more sense now

[Clevinger67]

I remember watching this; circa 1982 or so.

[PeterMayer]

I just saw a clip of Chris Cross and Michael McDonald. I haven't seen this clip in years!

[famousmortimer263]

Love how he always gets back to the mic in the nick of time. lol

[drbusss]

So flipping funny...

[richiebear1969]

OK!! SEE YA!!! lol

[friendlyporpoise]

Two minutes and twenty-five seconds that make life worth living. Come back, Rick Moranis, we miss you.

[AlanG106]

You, sir, have just made my week. I grew up watching SCTV, and a buddy of mine and I knew half of it by heart. He passed away not too long ago, and watching your ups brought a tear to my eye. Thank you!!!!!

[trailgoat]

Love Gerry Todd.  I wish you'd allow us to embed it! My friends need to see this!!!

[pvtpyle74]

Such a long way to gooooooooooooooooo

[Tiborstractor]

After this, Michael quickly drove across town to lay down vocals for Steely Dan's "Gaucho" album. :)

[drdrtfehytf]

@Tiborstractor A sheer beautiful comment.

[doomryder]

Thanks for reposting these gems. They timeless comedy despite some dated references, and they're also a huge part of my youth. Kudos!

[GlueheadRox]

You are doing God's work putting up brilliant SCTV moments like this, and while it'll most likely eventually be taken down like mine and all other SCTV clips eventually are, it's nice to know it's up there on the internet for everyone to see if only for a few fleeting moments.

[DonCook47]

Thanks for the compliment but I am not worthy. The reason I'm posting is that I,firstly,have a line on some of it and,secondly,I couldn't find any sctv vids when I searched for them.

You are the second person to tell me about the history of this stuffed being pulled so now I understand why my ups are getting some hits. A flash in the pan.

Too bad earlier ups got pulled. It was and is good advertising for "them". Historical comedy as well.

[sassytangerine]

This is one of the most hilarious skits ever. Thank you for posting it!!

[amberfrances]

I love t his sketch - always cracks me up. Glad it's back up!

[GreenWoodWild]

Yeah, who doesn't? :(

[Dancon7]

God, I miss Rick Moranis.