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Proof that Canadians are attempting to control America through comedy.
In 1976, there was a small group of comedians who had worked together for a season on a previous series, ''The David Steinberg Show''
This show, ''
How is that? Well, let's run down the original cast: [[John Candy]]. Joe Flaherty. [[Eugene Levy]]. Andrea Martin. Catherine O'Hara. Harold Ramis. Dave Thomas. Martin Short. Add in latecomer [[Rick Moranis]], and you have a veritable who's who of comedy. Due to the connections between the Chicago and Toronto branches of the Second City comedy troupe, there was considerable constructive feedback between this show and ''[[Saturday Night Live]].''
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* [[Celebrity Star]]: Performers like [[Robin Williams]] and Bill Murray did guest spots as sketch characters. Most guest performers were musicians appearing as themselves on the [[Show Within a Show]] ''The Fishin' Musician'' and thus engaging in outdoorsy activities with its host. Within recurring sketches like ''The Sammy Maudlin Show'' and ''Farm Film Report'', this concept was frequently spoofed with cast members playing various celebrities or [[Expy|Expies]] thereof.
* [[Christmas Episode]]: Several, which took plenty of potshots at Christmas programming tropes.
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Both Guy Cabellero (who ranks up with [[The Simpsons (animation)|Mr. Burns]]) in all-around venality and Melonville Mayor Tommy Shanks (involved in bribery, but his corruption is more along the lines of him being [[Cloudcuckoolander|too stupid to know any better]] than any inherent vice.)
* [[Dead Air]]: During an episode about an up-and-coming boxer who was slated to fight the champ on their station. The entire episode is spent hyping up the underdog, even making a short film about him. At the end, when the fight begins, the underdog is [[Curb Stomp Battle|knocked out by a single punch,]] leaving SCTV with nothing but dead air for the remainder of the program as they desperately looked for something, anything they could fill it with.
* [[Deconstructive Parody]]: Everything from Ingmar Bergman classics to old Canadian movies.
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* [[Something Completely Different]]: While many of the parodies were straightforward, others placed already established recurring characters in the key roles; ''Ocean's 11'' became ''Maudlin's 11'' by incorporating the ''Sammy Maudlin Show'' gang, for instance.
* [[Springtime for Hitler]]: Bob and Doug McKenzie were a [[Take That]] (see below) that backfired, creating the most popular characters in the show's history.
* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: The ''Farm Film Report'' critics like movies with this trope the best. ("Blowed up real good!") Even when reviewing art-house fare. They love Michelangelo Antonioni's ''[[Zabriskie Point]]'' (where everything blows up at the end), but are sadly and ironically disappointed by ''[[Blow Up]]''
* [[Stunt Casting]]: Several musicians also acted in skits, including Natalie Cole, Tony Bennett, Hall & Oates, and The Boomtown Rats. Several actors also appeared, including Sir John Gieguld, Al Jarreau (who starred in a parody of ''The Jazz Singer'') and John Marley (Jack Woltz from ''The Godfather'', playing the exact same character as the one from the film).
* [[Subverted Kids Show]]: ''Mrs. Falbo's Tiny Town'', ''Pre-Teen World'', ''Happy Hour'', and ''Muley's Roundhouse''. And ''Mister Science'' with Johnny La Rue.
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