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On this day, May 20, 1949, actor Dave Thomas was born.
Dave Thomas (actor)
Thomas at the 34th Annie Awards, 2007
Born: David William Thomas; May 20, 1949 (age 74); St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
David William Thomas CM (born May 20, 1949) is a Canadian actor, comedian and television writer, known for being one half of the duo Bob and Doug McKenzie with Rick Moranis. He appeared as Doug McKenzie on SCTV, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award out of two nominations, and in the film Strange Brew (1983), which he also co-directed. As a duo, they made two albums, The Great White North and Strange Brew, the former gaining them a Grammy Award nomination and a Juno Award.
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Thomas at the 34th Annie Awards, 2007
Born: David William Thomas; May 20, 1949 (age 74); St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
David William Thomas CM (born May 20, 1949) is a Canadian actor, comedian and television writer, known for being one half of the duo Bob and Doug McKenzie with Rick Moranis. He appeared as Doug McKenzie on SCTV, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award out of two nominations, and in the film Strange Brew (1983), which he also co-directed. As a duo, they made two albums, The Great White North and Strange Brew, the former gaining them a Grammy Award nomination and a Juno Award.
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Sun Dec 18, 2022: On this day, December 18, 1981, the "SCTV Staff Christmas Party" episode was aired.
This was episode 16 of the first season.
SCTV Network (1981–1983)
SCTV Staff Christmas Party
TV-PG | 1h 6min | Comedy | Episode aired 18 December 1981
Christmastime At SCTV
SCTV staff has a Christmas party.
The first sketch is Liberace (Dave Thomas) and his salute to the holidays. He is seen playing the piano and being whipped by a muscular guy in a Santa hat. He then does dueling pianos on Carol Of The Bells with Elton John (Rick Moranis). Ethel Merman (Andrea Martin) belts out Silent Night in her inimitable style. Orson Welles (John Candy) tries to recite Good King Wenclesas but gets angry and berates the crew. We see the start of the Christmas party with Gerry Todd doing video interviews of everyone. Guy tells LaRue he has to do Street Beef that night.
Mayor Shanks gives a quick Christmas message. Then Sammy Maudlin welcomes Neil Simon (spot on impression by Dave) and his wife Marsha Mason (Martin). Sammy promises one day he will quit smoking. Simon is plugging his new movie Neil Simon's Nutcracker Suite. Sammy keeps calling Marsha Pamela and she cries like she does in all the films. The show ends with a Christmas tree on fire from one of Sammy's cigarettes. In between we get a commercial for Frank Incense, a statue of Frank Sinatra blowing incense from a cigarette.
We see the movie of Nutcracker Suite, a hilarious send up of all Neil Simon's movies. Judd Hirsch (Levy) plays a writer who wants to write a play for his actress wife Marsha Mason. Joe Flaherty shows up doing a great impression of Alan Alda with rapid witticisms. Moranis plays a manic Richard Dreyfuss doing the Goodbye Girl role. Candy is funny playing James Coco. Dave and Catherine are Michael Caine and Maggie Smith.
LaRue is forced to do Street Beef on a freezing cold night. He has a drunken rant about his infamous crane shot. But is rewarded by Santa with his own crane. ... Dusty Towne does a Sexy Holiday Special. Her guests are Andrea as a Solid Gold dancer and John Candy plays a hilarious version of Divine.
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SCTV Staff Christmas Party
TV-PG | 1h 6min | Comedy | Episode aired 18 December 1981
Christmastime At SCTV
SCTV staff has a Christmas party.
The first sketch is Liberace (Dave Thomas) and his salute to the holidays. He is seen playing the piano and being whipped by a muscular guy in a Santa hat. He then does dueling pianos on Carol Of The Bells with Elton John (Rick Moranis). Ethel Merman (Andrea Martin) belts out Silent Night in her inimitable style. Orson Welles (John Candy) tries to recite Good King Wenclesas but gets angry and berates the crew. We see the start of the Christmas party with Gerry Todd doing video interviews of everyone. Guy tells LaRue he has to do Street Beef that night.
Mayor Shanks gives a quick Christmas message. Then Sammy Maudlin welcomes Neil Simon (spot on impression by Dave) and his wife Marsha Mason (Martin). Sammy promises one day he will quit smoking. Simon is plugging his new movie Neil Simon's Nutcracker Suite. Sammy keeps calling Marsha Pamela and she cries like she does in all the films. The show ends with a Christmas tree on fire from one of Sammy's cigarettes. In between we get a commercial for Frank Incense, a statue of Frank Sinatra blowing incense from a cigarette.
We see the movie of Nutcracker Suite, a hilarious send up of all Neil Simon's movies. Judd Hirsch (Levy) plays a writer who wants to write a play for his actress wife Marsha Mason. Joe Flaherty shows up doing a great impression of Alan Alda with rapid witticisms. Moranis plays a manic Richard Dreyfuss doing the Goodbye Girl role. Candy is funny playing James Coco. Dave and Catherine are Michael Caine and Maggie Smith.
LaRue is forced to do Street Beef on a freezing cold night. He has a drunken rant about his infamous crane shot. But is rewarded by Santa with his own crane. ... Dusty Towne does a Sexy Holiday Special. Her guests are Andrea as a Solid Gold dancer and John Candy plays a hilarious version of Divine.
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Liberace's Musical Tribute to the Holidays
175,719 views • Jul 22, 2010
SCTV
34.7K subscribers
Liberace performs "Sleigh Ride" by Leroy Anderson. Also featuring a memorable piano duel with Elton John, a song from Ethel, and a monologue ( "Good King Wenceslas" ) from Orson Welles.
Watch new videos created by Second City Alumni: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheSecondCityNetwork
Liberace - Thomas; Elton John - Moranis; Orson Welles - Candy; Ethel Merman - Martin; muscular elf - extra
175,719 views • Jul 22, 2010
SCTV
34.7K subscribers
Liberace performs "Sleigh Ride" by Leroy Anderson. Also featuring a memorable piano duel with Elton John, a song from Ethel, and a monologue ( "Good King Wenceslas" ) from Orson Welles.
Watch new videos created by Second City Alumni: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheSecondCityNetwork
Liberace - Thomas; Elton John - Moranis; Orson Welles - Candy; Ethel Merman - Martin; muscular elf - extra
SCTV - Bob Hope Desert Classic
SCTV
59.3K subscribers
173,713 views Aug 6, 2015
Bob and Lou host this star-studded golfing event. Begin has a bad lie, and argues with Arafat. King Fahud shows Lola how to hold her putter. Charlton Heston helps Golda chip through a pipeline. Arafat occupies the 12th hole, while Begin takes the 13th fairway. Lou gets lost off the 18th hole.
Lou Jaffe - Eugene Levy
Bob Hope - Dave Thomas
Menachim Begin - Joe Flaherty
Yasser Arafat - Eugene Levy
King Fahud - John Candy
Lola Heatherton - Catherine O'Hara
Jack Nicklaus - John Candy
Cheap Bogie - Joe Flaherty
Golda Meir - Andrea Martin
Charlton Heston - Flaherty
Richard Nixon - Joe Flaherty
American businessman - John Candy
Announcer - John Candy
miscellaneous Arabs - extras
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SCTV
59.3K subscribers
173,713 views Aug 6, 2015
Bob and Lou host this star-studded golfing event. Begin has a bad lie, and argues with Arafat. King Fahud shows Lola how to hold her putter. Charlton Heston helps Golda chip through a pipeline. Arafat occupies the 12th hole, while Begin takes the 13th fairway. Lou gets lost off the 18th hole.
Lou Jaffe - Eugene Levy
Bob Hope - Dave Thomas
Menachim Begin - Joe Flaherty
Yasser Arafat - Eugene Levy
King Fahud - John Candy
Lola Heatherton - Catherine O'Hara
Jack Nicklaus - John Candy
Cheap Bogie - Joe Flaherty
Golda Meir - Andrea Martin
Charlton Heston - Flaherty
Richard Nixon - Joe Flaherty
American businessman - John Candy
Announcer - John Candy
miscellaneous Arabs - extras
Find us on Facebook!
https://www.facebook.com/SecondCityTV
Follow us on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/SecondCityTV