Sammy
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Post by Sammy on Apr 21, 2011 19:00:23 GMT -8
HAHAHAHA omg!
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Post by scarletharlot on Apr 15, 2012 12:20:38 GMT -8
The very best SNL routine I ever saw was 'refrigerator repair man" with Robin Williams and Gilda Radner. I was never a fan of SNL; found it too puerile for my taste.
Much better: "Dave Allen At Large"; this was an English comedy show from the seventies, in the same genre as SNL: comedy skits interspersed with comic routines by Dave himself.
In fact I think it pre-dated SNL.; D.A.'s religion-mocking skits were incredibly funny and i have never seen their like anywhere else; (one of them featured a "jousting match" between the Pope and the Archbishop of Canterbury, using their croziers and ensconced in sedan chairs, f'r instance)
In fact the Archbishop's sedan chair was a frequent target of DA skits: the Archbishop "drinking and driving" and then being pulled over by a bobby-who was in a "police sedan chair" of his own!. Another one involved one of the carriers spraining his ankle; a (smaller) carrier was retrieved from the 'boot' in back and took the place of the injured carrier, who was pushed off into the bushes, and the A of C continued on his way... I heard DA got plenty of heat for these routines (I can't find old versions of the show ANYWHERE!) and he got a new show eventually-but I heard he had to sign off on the religious skits! Wahhh!
And then there was SCTV...BRILLIANT. The "Bob and Doug Mackenzie" routines gave us the "Ugly Canadian"!
The whole routine apparently originated over a legal dictum that insisted the show include in every episode "2 1/2 minutes of Canadian content". There was no clear definition of what this was supposed to involve, so the cast collected together as many stereotypical 'Canadian' things as they could ("Canadian" beer, "Canadian" bacon", lumberjack clothing, toques, etc) and featured two "Canadians" (Bob and Doug) rambling on inanely about "Canadian" things for 2 1/2 minutes and adding "Eh", at the end of all their sentences!
When I read about how this routine came to be, I thought that was hilarious all on its own! I can tell you: having been an entertainer who traveled in "Northern Ontario (which is, for the most part, technically SOUTH of "the REAL great white Northern" part of Canada), they caught the essence of the "Northern Canadian" VERY WELL : I met MANY "Bobs and Dougs" in my day!
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Sammy
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Heya all! I hope you enjoy the site and all its topics!
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Post by Sammy on Apr 17, 2012 19:04:43 GMT -8
HAHA yes I did like "the great white north", and "The Brew Bros.". Canadian bacon's always a classic.
Dave Allen was new to me and thank you SO much for the introduction!
For those not familair here is a good start.
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Sammy
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Heya all! I hope you enjoy the site and all its topics!
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Post by Sammy on Apr 18, 2012 4:48:49 GMT -8
another one of my favorite shows (which is also canadian) was "you cant do that on television". Hooray for green slime!
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Post by scarletharlot on Apr 18, 2012 20:08:37 GMT -8
Are you familiar with George Carlin? Seven words you can't say on television? His classic 'A Place for my Stuff!" is a masterpiece of vintage humour.
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Sammy
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Heya all! I hope you enjoy the site and all its topics!
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Post by Sammy on May 1, 2012 16:19:21 GMT -8
Oh ya george is a classic in the comedic scene. Love his stuff, not sure of the names of what I saw. But his older stuff is my more favorite.
Back to SNL I think my favorite skits were with John Balushi, I also loved the one that Richard Pryor hosted.
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