SCTV, 10/16/81: "PERRY COMO: STILL ALIVE"

SCTV, 10/16/81 - "Perry Como Still Alive": Eugene Levy's parody of a Disco-ized Perry Como, who's so relaxed he has to be held up lest he take a snooze onstage. The Juul Hallmeyer Dancers. Andrea Martin, Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas, John Candy

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[hfelton]

Dave Thomas in a cardigan, ''It was a little too uptempo for me, but I still love him.''

I thought a funny kicker might have been to cut to the audience, all of whom were sleeping.Dunno, that might be considered too mean-spirited.

[chalomirof63]

@hfelton Actually, I think it's funny!!

[eilujnosliw]

eugene levy was the best actor of the group, this was the funniest show on the air in the 70's. Thank you for uploading these, for those of us old enough to remember Perry Como this never fails to completely crack me up.

[chalomirof63]

@eilujnosliw  They're all brilliant, but I'm on the same page as you: Levy was particularly awesome, and my personal favorite. His range was unreal, and he could evoke so many emotions: from smarmy and smug, to poignant and pitiful. Amazing actor.

[tomtrh]

I remember the crew of SCTV sent Perry a letter apologizing if they offended him by the parodies. Como wrote back saying he wasn't offended at all. He laughed his head off!!

[chalomirof63]

@tomtrh I hope that's the case, because I had heard that Perry wasn't too pleased.

[chalomirof63]

@AmericanPowerBase I'm sure we'd all like you to enlighten us: ".....like Obama loves blac......": Please, finish this bit of racist brilliance! Another Teabag charmer, ay? Welcome to my page; now stay off in the future, jackass!

[tedh754]

One of the funniest sketches of all time!

[donchoq]

Sorry..John Candy STEALS the bit as the fan of Comos.

[sudynim]

Just had to check this out after listening to Fresh Air with Terry Gross and David Bean Cooley

[hungfao]

It was mentioned how old this video is. Wow! I had no idea. I'm still laughing at this 30 years later. My wife never got this show so I divorced her. No, just kidding. This skit is brilliant. It is great to have the ability to see this again thanks to the Internet. SCTV was one of the very few shows that I would actually schedule into my weekend during the '70s.

[Dablkwid0w2008]

I'm watching SNL while watching this clip, I turned this up so I could watch it again. There is no way I could have done this part without crackin up and the director say cut continuously

[richiebear1969]

The parody sketch that Candy and Levy did of "Midnight Cowboy" was funny, and how could I forget to mention "The Days Of The Week"

[Porkcfish]

This is one of the funniest damned things I have ever seen. I love how he taps he one finger when he is prostrate.

[bobjfs]

Sheesh. That's 30 years ago next month. I remember this when it was first on SCTV. LOL

[3investigators]

HILARIOUS!