when oh when are we going to have another sketch comedy show like this show?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Mad TV
lukejbarnett — 4 years ago(January 30, 2022 02:27 AM)
why oh why have we had to wait as long as we have since this show ended about 10 years ago?
i doesn't make sense that we have had to wait this long for a sketch comedy show to replace this show.
its not that hard to get about 6 or 8 up and coming comedians on the stand up circuit or from a comedy troupe and put them on this show.
it is inexcusable that we haven't had a replacement for this show in 10 years.
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cryptoflovecraft — 4 years ago(January 31, 2022 03:16 AM)
Have you ever seen Fridays, a late night comedy show from the early 80s? It was basically ABC's answer to SNL (only it was better and more risque than SNL, imho). It lasted only three seasons. Michael Richards was one of the cast members and the show usually had great musical guests (The Clash, Devo, Plasmatics, etc.).
As a horror fan, you should enjoy this great skit from an early episode: -
lukejbarnett — 4 years ago(January 31, 2022 03:34 AM)
all i can say is the best sketch comedy show of it's time and better than snl of any time is sctv. it was so ahead of it's time and so amazingly inventive, so cutting edge, mind blowingly creative, funny, genius, and epically, masterfully and classically great.
the only sketch comedy shows that come close in quality is the best sketch comedy show of all time: the kids in the hall, also the upright citizens brigade, and monty python's flying circus.
sctv has pretty much the best comedians of all time in john candy, eugene levy, rick moranis, dave thomas, martin short, harold ramis, paul flaherty, catherine o'hara, and andrea martin. it even has a little bit of fred willard.
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lukejbarnett — 4 years ago(January 31, 2022 03:37 AM)
do you remember the great late night saturday night horror movie show called commando cody? it was just like up all night with gilbert gottfried where they had a host who presented b horror movies.
lukejbarnett