SCTV-Scenes from an Idiot's Marriage

[jfrsnjhnsn]

omg, I wish Bergman had put Lewis in a movie...

[GlobalPunditOrg]

to add to the brilliance, they added the Jerry Lewis 'Typewriter Sketch' too - w/ Short pulling up a piece of paper at the end...such genius in the details!!! amazing.

[GlobalPunditOrg]

For other SCTV fans here, i just uploaded the full 2 hour youtube.com/watch?v=rS1nNIyJIt­4

Disc 5, Vol. 1 of the DVD for everyone to enjoy - it also has a 1999 cast reunion & Q&A moderated by Conan O'Brien at the end. Enjoy, all - (and of course, please rate and comment your SCTV reminiscences).

youtube.com/watch?v=rS1nNIyJIt­4

[jimbobklyn1963]

maybe we can be friends?

[jimbobklyn1963]

maybe we can all be friends?

[MrUndersolo]

I had such a crush on Andrea Martin (and it never went away).

[KLOKFXR]

Johnson is a tricky name....aahahahhahaaaaaaa

[kevlar21059]

Marriage...It's not an easy thing.

[bLuDcLoT06]

hahahahah

"ITS A DIFFICULT NAME, HOIVENDEN ,ITS NOT LIEK JOHNSON WHICH IS A TRICKY NAME"

[bLuDcLoT06]

SIDNEY WOIVENDEN!

[yossarian9]

"His name is Sven Gundelbloom."

"Svendreiden.. dren?"

"Sven Gundelbloom."

"Sy Hoyven.. dns!"

[howardstern666]

Mahvelous.

[888edward888]

I shall get the drinks for because without drinks when you're thirsty then you still are dry

[fredhetz]

The role Martin Short was born to play.....

[rachel112263]

This is called "Scenes from an Idiot's Marriage." Sy Wvoimenden? Cindy? Sy!!

I shall get the drinks for because without drinks when you're thirsty then you still are dry. - PRICELESS!!

What do you do when it's this much pain? One of my many favorites from Martin Short. 5 stars

[Twoey2E]

"Cy Goydeninn?"

"I hate you!"

That was pretty hilarious. If you appreciate Ingmar Bergman it's an even funnier sketch.

[shelley9000]

Brilliant.

[El135o]

"Oy am a write-uh."

[karpopper]

Man, seltzer down your own pants and the foot in the waste basket.

Légion d'honneur bits baby.

Andrea Martin is great in this too

[imtheslime2]

She's Outstanding.

[Kazapp66]

Sye Woiervenzen. Yeah that's it. wahahaha.

[yaywhewclips242]

Please post "Tender Jerries" a take off of the Oscar winning film Tender Mercies. Jerry Lewis takes the part of a down and out ex- country singer working at a gas station. Of course Short palys Jerry.

[reving19]

I try to show SCTV to my younger friends and they just look at it stone faced. They look at me strange because I am laughing, but I think it's funny." It was really one of the best comedies ever to be put on television.

[finisher999]

I am sending this to a friend who will laugh his ass off, our wives just roll their eyes

[chuggachuggawoowoo]

Yeah, that's to be expected from women. Whenever that don't get something, that's what they do. I seem to remember they did the same thing in elementary school.

Some things never change.

[Jamiesyme999]

@reving19 Don't worry, the average person is an idiot, you're probably the smartest amongst your friends

[wickkidda]

this was mawvelous

[imtheslime2]

Martin Short was to SCTV what Jimmy Page was to the Yardbirds. I'm sure there were those in the network who thought the show was giving out with so many major cast members leaving when Martin Short showed up. He must have blown a lot of people's mind at the time.

[penrod59]

imtheslime2, yeah, I agree, even though he's my least favorite cast member of that era; to me it illustrates the fact that the rest of the core cast members were brilliant. I doubt that this show will ever be equalled.

[jon1156]

You MAKE ME VANT TO PUKE!!!

[Shamborn]

I love the BREATHY WHISPERS at the dinner party!

a perfect example of the sophistication of SCTV.

[CARMSFAV]

Brilliant Show. So funny and way more entertaining than Hiedi and Spencer move to Mars, well maybe not that entertaining.....Hilarious and I love Marty Short!

[Jsizzler2]

This is absolutely brilliant from beginning to end...thanks for posting this. Now we just need some Jackie Rodgers on here...

[Daywalker75]

I wish they would compile a "Best of" for this cast as they did for SNL. Martin Short would need two volumes. Thanks for posting this!

[PrincessExcellent]

The more I watch it the funnier it gets. It haunts me. *LOL*

[LolaBalatro]

One of the greatest bits of sketch comedy ever.

[cubuff80]

SCTV was the best show that ever aired - end of subject.

[angryniggah]

everything snl wasn't, isn't and never will be.

[dannyboy860]

Sven Goynden ?? Sy Hoyven ?

[pitcalco]

Ingmar Bergman could never have done a movie as good as this spoof.

[corg22]

So funny and so smart!

[petclark1]

Oh My God...it's hurts from laughing so much..I've got tears in my eyes...I'd forgotten what a scream SCTV was...I think Time magazine called the the "Comedic Assassins". Inspired lunacy is what I'd call it-nothing even comes close to SCTV now. Thanks so much for posting this gem.

[chalomirof63]

"brett6556": It was head and shoulders above SNL. And "so ahead of its time"; totally agree. They managed to connect totally unrelated events, programs and situations, and went off into a wonderfully hilarious absurdity. I mean: Jerry Lewis meets Bergman. It was done - deliberately to look cheap and cheesy - which was the essence of the drop dead, fall of the couch hilarity. A different time we'll never see again. However, I have them all on videotape, and would post if I knew how; sorry.

[Vincek88]

Connecting the totally unrelated...the Merv Griffith Show took a simple name substitution and ran with it...Eugene Levy as Floyd the Barber was inspired! OOOooohhh!

[chalomirof63]

"Vincek88": "OOOooohhh - Boo-Hoo ha ha ha...!!!" LOL!!! Did you ever see Merv Griffin's "Salute to the 60s" Special!!?? Hilarious. And, BTW, since I posted my comment, I've uploaded several SCTV sketches. Check 'em out. I apologize for the rather primitive quality, but they're all from old videotapes, and I can't figure out the right camera settings, etc. But they could be worse! Eugene Levy rules!!! Cheers!

[chalomirof63]

Hey "Vincek88": my bad! I mistook your "OOOooohhh" for Merv Griffin's, but only realized later you were referring to Floyd the Barber's! LOL LOL!

[Vincek88]

Well, Merv and Floyd both 'OOOooohhh'ed together in that one, so, tough call.

I just ordered the SCTV Volume 3 DVD, on the strength of their bizarre 'Rome Italian Style' movie parody, and the brutal 'Jerry Lewis Live on the Champs-Elysses'.

[chalomirof63]

LOL! "Rome: Italian Style", with Joe Flaherty riding a bike with training wheels!!!  And Jerry Lewis Live ..... How about Eugene Levy's Perry Como. One could go on and on. Enjoy your DVD. If you don't mind a lousy video, keep checking out my page as I add to the list. Cheers Vince.

[chalomirof63]

This spoof was titled "Scenes from an Idiot's Marriage"! Classic SCTV!

[brett6556]

It really was so ahead of its time.

[Jamiesyme999]

@brett6556 I swear the best things always are , remember duckman?

[BeeRich33]

Oh man I need Mel's Rock Pile!

[davidcl40]

You know what i think is funny is that SCTV was the best TV show on at the time by a long ways yet NBC stuck it on Friday nights a 12:30. How pathetic is that.

[cecinid]

Mah-velous....

[AbsoluteQi]

Jerry Lewis meets Ingmar Bergman! Brilliant!

[rstephen52]

I really wish it was coming to a theatre near me soon! A classic!

[bucktrust]

This was so briiliant...SCTV is timeless. What a great group of talent!

[DigitalGrotto]

God that whispering scene is so annoying.

And I thought yelling was bad.

No. Whispering is worse.

Definitely.

[GEXRGuru]

Sven Guyden . .?!

[JenWreck]

mahvelous indeed.

Not enough SCTV out there..

[tuxguys]

Jerry Lewis in a Bergman film... marvelous.

And was there ever, ever, a hipper, funnier show than SCTV?

[nyr1994]

NOPE!!! and there never will be....John Candy, Martin Short, Dave thomas, and company... thats a heavy line up!!

[tuxguys]

Y'KNOW THAT CAST, and the original SNL cast at the time, and maybe Steve Martin and Martin Mull, kinda changed everything, didn't they?