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Before Ryan Reynolds' documentary on John Candy hits Prime Video, fans need to watch John Candy's legendary SCTV sketches.
Joe Flaherty, the two-time Emmy-winning actor best known for his work in comedies including Canadian sketch comedy show “SCTV,” died on Monday after a brief illness. He was 82. Flaherty’s daughter, ...
Mama called, and Dave Thomas is returning to his comedy homestead on the Second City stage in Chicago. "I've always been a good friend of Andrew Alexander (Second City's current owner)," Thomas told ...
In need of a good chuckle? Stacker delivers 15 sketch comedy shows that have made audiences roar with laughter over the past ...
Joe Flaherty, who got his start in Canadian sketch comedy show SCTV and was best known for his roles as Harold Weir in Freaks and Geeks, Donald in Happy Gilmore and Western Union Man in Back to the ...
Martin Scorsese, whose mob film The Irishman is being financed, produced and distributed by Netflix, is expanding his relationship with the streaming service. Scorsese will direct an untitled original ...
One of television’s all-time funniest series returns to the digital airwaves with Shout! Factory’s (www.shoutfactory.com) gala new five-disc set SCTV: Second City Television Volume 2 ($89.98). It’s ...
Shout Factory marks a most welcome return to Melonville with its six-disc SCTV Volume 4 ($99.95), celebrating what may well have been the small screen’s best sketch-comedy series. It’s our … DVD pick ...
The women haven’t fared much better, getting exactly one lead or supporting comedy nom, Andrea Martin from SCTV Network, in the 45 years between 1962 and 2007. At least they’ve had a performer win in ...
Actor and comedian Joe Flaherty, who played Harold Weir on the short-lived NBC comedy hit "Freaks and Geeks," has died at 82. Flaherty died after a "brief illness" his daughter, Gudrun Flaherty, told ...
Joe Flaherty, the comedy legend behind decades of memorable performances, has died. A longtime member of the Second City comedy troupe, Flaherty starred in the pioneering sketch comedy series SCTV, ...
Actor and comedian Joe Flaherty passed away on Monday, April 1 at the age of 82 following a brief illness, his daughter Gudrun Flaherty confirmed to the Toronto Star. Over the course of his ...