Second City Television: A History and Episode Guide - Softcover

Robbins, Jeff

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786431911 ISBN 13: 9780786431915

Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2007

Synopsis

This work offers a complete episode guide and comprehensive history of Second City Television. With unforgettable parodies of game shows (Shoot at the Stars) and classic movies (The Man Who Would Be King of the Popes), and freewheeling commercials for products like Oil of Oil, the Canadian sketch comedy series won devoted fans and influenced many films and television shows that followed. The SCTV crowd created dozens of memorable characters (such as station president Guy Caballero and showbiz mogul Johnny LaRue) and featured many well-known performers and writers--among them John Candy, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, and Harold Ramis--on the rise to stellar comedic careers. This book provides a sketch-by-sketch breakdown and review of each of SCTV's 135 episodes, including a vote for the best moments of each. Two appendices provide guides to the program's compilation shows and recently released boxed sets on DVD.

About this title

About the Author:

Jeff Robbins is assistant program director for Television Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. He also writes and edits on entertainment and sports for the company's Web sites. He lives in Cottage Grove, Wisconsin.

Review:

“exhaustive”—Isthmus

“excellent...a must-have companion to this beloved late-night comedy series”—ComicsWorthReading.com

“recommended...excellent”—John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Film/TV

About this edition

• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0786431911
• ISBN 13: 9780786431915
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 291