SCTV on DVD

[link|http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/features/2641655|After 20 years, 'SCTV' available on DVD]

Once in a land far to the north, there was a comedy Camelot. Known as SCTV, it was created in stark isolation and broadcast at obscure hours. Hilarious and inspired, this madcap enterprise was clearly too good for television. In 1984, after eight years of spotty production, SCTV vanished, seldom to be seen again.

Until this month. For the first time, SCTV, which Conan O'Brien has termed "the most intricate, complex, and, in a way, beautiful comedy show ever made," has been anthologized on DVD as SCTV Network 90, Volume 1 (Shout! Factory, $89.98). Getting the rights to some of the show's music derailed previous attempts to bring SCTV to home video.

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This collection bundles up the 90-minute episodes from the two years (1981-83) the show ran on NBC as SCTV Network 90 at 11:30 Friday nights...

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Post #161,183 by SpiceWare 6/23/04 9:38:10 AM Reply	SCTV on DVD [link\|http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/features/2641655\|After 20 years, 'SCTV' available on DVD] Once in a land far to the north, there was a comedy Camelot. Known as SCTV, it was created in stark isolation and broadcast at obscure hours. Hilarious and inspired, this madcap enterprise was clearly too good for television. In 1984, after eight years of spotty production, SCTV vanished, seldom to be seen again. Until this month. For the first time, SCTV, which Conan O'Brien has termed "the most intricate, complex, and, in a way, beautiful comedy show ever made," has been anthologized on DVD as SCTV Network 90, Volume 1 (Shout! Factory, $89.98). Getting the rights to some of the show's music derailed previous attempts to bring SCTV to home video. ... This collection bundles up the 90-minute episodes from the two years (1981-83) the show ran on NBC as SCTV Network 90 at 11:30 Friday nights... Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://www.spiceware.org/cgi-bin/spa.pl?album=./Artistic%20Overpass\|Artistic Overpass]\n[link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #161,212 by lincoln 6/23/04 12:49:48 PM 6/23/04 12:50:45 PM Reply	Putting it on my birthday list along with the full set of Monty Python. SCTV was always underrated down here - it was as good as, if not better than, Saturday Night Live in its prime. lincoln "Windows XP has so many holes in its security that any reasonable user will conclude it was designed by the same German officer who created the prison compound in "Hogan's Heroes." - Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times [link\|mailto:bconnors@ev1.net\|contact me] Edited by lincoln June 23, 2004, 12:50:45 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #161,216 by ChrisR 6/23/04 1:08:56 PM Reply	Was my Father's day present But the kids have been enjoying it, though I've had to explain some the characters to them, as they don't know the era. Good stuff.

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