Hilarious clips and untold memories bring audience to its feet at ‘SCTV’ reunion
TORONTO — Fans of “SCTV” were served a heaping dish of nostalgia on Sunday as cast members of the Canadian sketch comedy series gathered to share memories for an upcoming Netflix special.
Seemingly every popular character from the influential show — including Johnny La Rue, Alex Trebel and Edith Prickley — had a moment to shine during the three-hour live taping at Toronto’s Elgin Theatre. The conversation will be part of a larger production directed by Martin Scorsese for the streaming platform.
“SCTV” cast members Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Martin Short and Catherine O’Hara sat before a backdrop of photographs from the series as they recalled how the scrappy idea for a comedy show began on Global-TV with a tight budget of $7,000 an episode.
Other revealing moments included Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis reflecting on how seminal hosers Bob and Doug McKenzie were originally created as a way to inject more Canadian content into the series.