1 | !!! Guy Caballero |
2 | SCTV's stingy network head. Played by Creator/JoeFlaherty. |
3 | |
4 | %%* ADayInTheLimelight: "The Godfather" and "Indecent Exposure" |
5 | %%* CorruptCorporateExecutive |
6 | %%* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Starts out as a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk, ends up being a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. |
7 | %%* DeadpanSnarker |
8 | * TheIllegal: At one point, it's implied that he's from South or Central America and got to the United States illegally by selling "Nazi gold" in Panama. |
9 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kind of. In "Sweeps Week", he was genuinely worried when Ed Grimley and Gus Gustofferson suddenly went missing, and was worried that he or Edith Prickley could be next. |
10 | %%* ObfuscatingDisability: He only uses his wheelchair for respect. |
11 | %%* OnlyInItForTheMoney |
12 | * PunnyName: A take on the film "the Gay Caballero". |
13 | %%* {{Schemer}} |
14 | %%* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney |
15 | %%* TookALevelInKindness: Becomes ''a bit'' kinder as the seasons go on. |
16 | %%* VitriolicBestBuds: With Bill Needle. |
17 | %%* TheVoice: In the first season. |
18 | |
19 | !!! Edith Prickley |
20 | Station manager at SCTV; played by Creator/AndreaMartin. |
21 | |
22 | %%* FullNameBasis |
23 | %%* ImpossiblyTackyClothes: Her leopard-print outfits |
24 | %%* LargeHam |
25 | * MrsRobinson: In the sketch "Prickley Business", a parody of the film "Risky Business", only with Edith and her sister Edna Boil [[note]]Edna Boil was another Andrea Martin character, and appeared in commercials for various Emporiums operated by Edna and her husband Tex.(Dave Thomas)[[/note]]as the call girls. |
26 | %%* OnlySaneEmployee: She has her moments of insanity, though. |
27 | %%* ReallyGetsAround: Despite apparently being married. |
28 | |
29 | !!! Bob and Doug [=McKenzie=] |
30 | Hosts of the two-minute show ''The Great White North'' (aka ''Kanadian Korner''), played by Creator/RickMoranis and Creator/DaveThomas. |
31 | |
32 | %%* AccidentalHero: Bob and Doug in ''Film/StrangeBrew''. |
33 | %%* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: The sibling version. |
34 | %%* TheAlcoholic |
35 | %%* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: At times, Bob. |
36 | %%* ADayInTheLimelight: The episodes "The Great White North" and "The Great White North Palace" |
37 | %%* AudioAdaptation: the Great White North album. |
38 | %%* BadBadActing: "The Great White North Palace" and the beginning of ''Film/StrangeBrew''. |
39 | * BigBrotherBully: Doug. Which came to the point [[AudioAdaptation in the album]] that Bob called out on Doug for insulting him while Bob was being nice to him throughout the entire album... |
40 | %%* BigBrotherInstinct: ...but Doug genuinely loves Bob and will defend him. |
41 | * BigBrotherWorship: Bob has been known to be downright amazed by some of Doug's basic skills, such as being able to hook up a stereo. |
42 | %%* BigDamnHero: Doug in ''Film/StrangeBrew''. |
43 | %%* BigDamnMovie: ''Strange Brew'' |
44 | %%* BreakoutCharacter |
45 | %%* BrilliantButLazy: In a way. |
46 | %%* BookDumb |
47 | |
48 | %%** "Take off, you hoser!" |
49 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: Both start out with being idiotic, and both end up being a GeniusDitz. |
50 | * CloudCuckoolander: Both of them, although Bob seems to be a little better at staying on topic, but not by much. |
51 | %%* DistressedDude: Bob in ''Film/StrangeBrew''. |
52 | * DontSplitUsUp: They don't like being separated from each other. |
53 | %%* FunnyForeigner |
54 | * GeniusDitz: Doug can't do basic math, but what he can do is fix a car battery using saliva and bird feces. |
55 | * HatesBeingAlone: Bob can't stand to be apart from Doug. In TheMovie he starts crying the second they're split up. |
56 | * HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Their father used to spank Bob for crying, and Doug for making him cry. |
57 | %%* HypocriticalHeartwarming |
58 | %%* IdiotHero |
59 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: For as much as they like to pick on each other, they really do love one another. |
60 | %%* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Doug can be this. |
61 | %%* LikeIsLikeAComma |
62 | %%* ManChild |
63 | * MooseAndMapleSyrup: They are actually often credited with popularizing the Canadian stereotype, especially the use of the word "Eh". |
64 | %%* NiceGuy: Bob |
65 | * RealLifeWritesThePlot: "The Great White North Palace" is written as a TakeThat to Bob and Doug's popularity. |
66 | * SawStarWarsTwentySevenTimes: Doug saw ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' 17 times. |
67 | %%* SecurityCling: Bob to Doug. |
68 | %%* SharedFamilyQuirks |
69 | %%* ShorterMeansSmarter: Bob is better in math and geography than Doug. |
70 | %%* SmokingIsCool |
71 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis also play Bob and Doug's parents. |
72 | %%* SitcomArchNemesis: Brian Johns. |
73 | %%* SiblingRivalry |
74 | %%* [[{{Spinoff}} Spinoff Cartoon]]: "Bob and Doug", decades later mind you. |
75 | %%* ThemeTune: "Coo loo coo coo coo coo coo coo!" |
76 | %%* ThoseTwoGuys |
77 | %%* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Back bacon, donuts and beer. |
78 | %%* VerbalTic: "Geez" and "Eh?" |
79 | * VocalEvolution: Their voices were a bit higher and the accents were a bit different in the first few sketches. |
80 | |
81 | !!! Johnny [=LaRue=] |
82 | An actor, producer, writer, director. Played by Creator/JohnCandy. |
83 | |
84 | %%* ADayInTheLimelight: "Lunchtime Street Beef", "SCTV Cast Christmas Party", and "Christmas". |
85 | %%* TheAlcoholic |
86 | %%* AttentionWhore |
87 | %%* BreakTheHaughty: In "Lunchtime Street Beef" |
88 | * DemotedToExtra: In universe, after his crane shot from a made for TV movie causes the station to go over budget. |
89 | * DogFoodDiet: On ''Cooking With [=LaRue=]'' when asked by viewers to prepare a more affordable meal for the show, he makes a meal using cat food as the main ingredient. |
90 | %%* FakeFabricFashionFauxPas |
91 | * HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: Frequently denies being gay with no provocation. Surrounds himself with gorgeous women (the Gerbils) to make sure you know he most definitely is not gay. Acts as disgusted as possible after Bobby Bittman smooches him during a house party. See also SuspiciouslySpecificDenial. |
92 | %%* ItsAllAboutMe |
93 | %%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Has his moments. |
94 | * MaleGaze: Many of his shows and movies have elements of this, even shows supposedly geared towards women such as "Pyjama Party". |
95 | %%* ThePrimaDonna: A male example |
96 | %%* PrimaDonnaDirector |
97 | %%* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: Finally getting his crane shot in the 1st Christmas episode.]] |
98 | %%* PlayboyBunny: The Gerbils are his own version of this. |
99 | %%* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The crane shot story arc. |
100 | %%* SmallNameBigEgo |
101 | %%* SmokingIsCool |
102 | * SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: His constant denial that he's gay, which often comes completely out of nowhere. |
103 | * YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler: Guy takes away his crane in the next Christmas episode.]] |
104 | |
105 | !!! Earl Camembert |
106 | Co-Anchor at ''SCTV News'' and host of ''One on the Town'' and ''Dialing for Dollars'', played by Creator/EugeneLevy. |
107 | |
108 | %%* ButtMonkey |
109 | %%* CloudCuckooLander: He tried, among other things, to eat his dinner during a live newscast. |
110 | %%* DirtyCommunists: His father. |
111 | %%* TheDitz |
112 | * ExtremeDoormat: Except when he jabs back at Floyd. |
113 | -->'''Floyd''': Then why doesn't [Earl Jr.] have himself committed? (In response to Earl claiming his son just wanted to follow in his footsteps) |
114 | -->'''Earl''': ... At least I ''have'' a son. |
115 | --> '''Floyd''': What's that supposed to mean? |
116 | --> '''Earl Jr.''': He means there's a rumor going on that you're a- |
117 | --> '''Earl''': ''Shh!'' |
118 | %%* TheFriendNobodyLikes |
119 | * GenerationXerox: Has a son named Earl Jr. that looks exactly like him, giant glasses, gaudy bow tie, and massive 'fro all present and accounted for. Earl Jr. is also every bit as dense as his father. |
120 | * ImpossiblyTackyClothes: Fond of suits with loud colors and patterns with bow ties to match. He's seen in a normal necktie once- [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness in the very first episode]]. He even starts his own line of obnoxious suits and retires from the newscast to focus on menswear! |
121 | %%* KindHeartedSimpleton |
122 | %%* NerdGlasses |
123 | %%* OnlySaneMan: On occasion, when Floyd got drunk- or in one case, mind-controlled. |
124 | %%* StupidGood |
125 | * TheStoner: Once got stoned on air as part of a "government-sponsored experiment" that was to tie into that night's editorial. |
126 | * YouSayTomato: Pronounces his own last name "Cannonbear" for some reason. This is actually addressed in a season 1 news sketch. Floyd asks why this is the case, and Earl responds with a HandWave: "That's just how I say it, Floyd." |
127 | |
128 | !!! Floyd Robertson aka Count Floyd |
129 | Co-Anchor at ''SCTV News'' and host of ''Monster Chiller Horror Theatre'', played by Creator/JoeFlaherty. |
130 | |
131 | * AmbiguousDisorder: Between his severe mood swings, substance abuse, impulsive behavior, unstable relationships (abusive professional relationship with Earl, implied to have cheated on his wife as she has cheated on him), and ''extremely'' aggressive personality, Floyd displays many symptoms of borderline personality disorder. |
132 | * TheAlcoholic: Formerly, but Earl has a habit of bringing it up. Not helped by Floyd apparently falling off the wagon more than once; when the alien Zontar attempted to take over SCTV via mind-altering cabbages, Floyd was affected during a newscast, and Earl thought he was drinking again. |
133 | --> '''Floyd''': Negative. Zontar forbids strong drink. |
134 | * AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Well, more like "aw, look, they really do tolerate each others' existence," but he does occasionally display some concern/affection for Earl. |
135 | * TheCasanova: Mentioned as being married, but is implied to have slept with Lola Heatherton, and Earl accuses him of "living with a girl he's not even married to" in the very first episode (though he could have married her later). |
136 | * CloudCuckoolandersMinder: Not that he ''likes'' having this duty. |
137 | * CovertPervert: Really. Was busted ogling the half-nude stewardesses in a Dr. Tongue flick as Count Floyd, then demanded they go back to the film so he can keep staring. |
138 | %%* DeadpanSnarker |
139 | * DepravedKidsShowHost: He becomes this in ''WesternAnimation/TheCompletelyMentalMisadventuresOfEdGrimley'' (and via [[StockFootage recycled footage]], the 1990s run of ''WesternAnimation/CartoonPlanet''). |
140 | * FacePalm: A fairly common reaction to Earl's shenanigans. |
141 | %%* HorrorHost |
142 | %%* IncomingHam: If you're hearing boisterous werewolf howling, Count Floyd is somewhere in the area. |
143 | * {{Jerkass}}: What he is toward Earl about 99.9% of the time. |
144 | %%* LargeHam: His Count Floyd persona. |
145 | * LighterAndSofter: His negative behavior is obviously toned down for his appearances in ''WesternAnimation/TheCompletelyMentalMisadventuresOfEdGrimley''. |
146 | %%* OnlySaneMan: With Edith Prickley and Bill Needle. |
147 | * WouldHurtAChild: Lunged for Earl Jr.'s throat after the younger Camembert informed him his father was spreading rumors about him. |
148 | |
149 | !!! Lola Heatherton |
150 | A singer, actress, and host of ''Way to Go, Woman!'' Played by Creator/CatherineOHara. |
151 | |
152 | %%* TheAlcoholic |
153 | %%* ADayInTheLimelight: "Bouncin' Back to You" |
154 | %%* AttentionWhore |
155 | %%* BrainlessBeauty: Seems to be one. |
156 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: She starts out as a BrainlessBeauty, and ends up being a feminist, but still a bit brainless. |
157 | %%* DramaQueen |
158 | %%* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles |
159 | %%* HollywoodToneDeaf |
160 | %%* ItsAllAboutMe |
161 | %%* LadyDrunk |
162 | %%* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed |
163 | * NotAMorningPerson: If she's up in the morning it's because she's still up from the night before. |
164 | * OfficialCouple: With Juul Haalmeyer in her final appearance. |
165 | %%* ThePrimaDonna |
166 | * ReallyGetsAround: Apparently, she's had flings with Guy, Johnny, Bittman and Count Floyd/Floyd Robertson. |
167 | %%* SmallNameBigEgo |
168 | %%* SignatureLaugh |
169 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only woman who regularly appears on ''The Sammy Maudlin Show''. |
170 | %%* WhiteDwarfStarlet |
171 | |
172 | !!! Dr. Tongue and Woody Tobias Jr (aka Bruno) |
173 | Stars of the ''Dr. Tongue'' "3D" horror film series, played by Creator/JohnCandy and Creator/EugeneLevy. |
174 | |
175 | * ADayInTheLimelight: The episode ''[=CCCP1=]'', where they fly to space to install a scrambler on the SCTV satellite to prevent the Russians from hijacking their signal again. |
176 | %%* HeterosexualLifePartners |
177 | %%* TheIgor: Bruno |
178 | %%* {{Leitmotif}} |
179 | %%* LargeHam |
180 | %%* MadScientist: Dr. Tongue |
181 | %%* MeanCharacterNiceActor |
182 | %%* ThoseTwoGuys |
183 | |
184 | !!! Sammy Maudlin |
185 | Host of ''The Sammy Maudlin Show'', who speaks with a slight [[UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents Southern drawl]]. played by Creator/JoeFlaherty. |
186 | |
187 | * ADayInTheLimelight: ''SCTV Solid Gold Telethon'', which he hosts (alongside Bobby Bittman and Johnny [=LaRue=]). {{Subverted|Trope}} in ''Sammy Maudlin 23rd Anniversary Show'', however, where his titular anniversary special is broken into by CBC programming as a result of the janitorial union going on strike. |
188 | * AmbiguousDisorder: Repeats phrases and words multiple times, has a repetitive {{Character Tic|s}}, seems to laugh and/or applaud as a default response to things he isn't entirely sure how to react to, and doesn't really notice when something he says is rude or out of line. |
189 | * AmbiguouslyJewish: Wears his curly black hair in an afro (as many people of Jewish descent do) and sported a Star of David necklace in his first couple of appearances. |
190 | %%* CharacterTics: Often slaps his knee while laughing. |
191 | %%* ProfessionalButtKisser: |
192 | %%** Certainly seems like one. |
193 | %%** Also his sidekick William B. Williams. |
194 | * MeaningfulName: Not his first name (a diminuitive of Samuel), but his surname: "maudlin" is essentially a synonym for "overemotional." |
195 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Is based on Sammy Davis Jr. |
196 | %%* OlderThanTheyLook: First came on the air in 1959, if his 23rd Anniversary Special, aired in 1982, is to be believed. |
197 | |
198 | !!! William B Williams |
199 | Sammy Maudlin's sidekick on ''The Sammy Maudlin Show'', played by Creator/JohnCandy. |
200 | |
201 | * ADayInTheLimelight: Had his own show for a bit after leaving Maudlin. It went horribly, with Sammy stepping in to save it and he was back on Maudlin next time we saw the show. |
202 | %%* TheHyena: Laughs after every other sentence. |
203 | %%* {{Sidekick}} |
204 | %%* OlderThanTheyLook: With Sammy, since their show was on the air in 1959. |
205 | |
206 | !!! Bobby Bittman |
207 | A Las Vegas-style stand-up comic and frequent fixture on ''The Sammy Maudlin Show''; played by Creator/EugeneLevy. |
208 | |
209 | * AmbiguousDisorder: Preening, self-absorbed, grandiose, and incredibly arrogant, all symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder. A team of psychologists would have an absolute field day with this cast of characters. |
210 | * AmbiguouslyJewish: [[spoiler: His real name points to him being this.]] He argues with Skip Bittman in [[spoiler: Yiddish]] during the younger Bittman's first appearance. Skip speaks it again during ''Maudlin's Eleven'', meaning the Bittman brothers are both all but stated to be [[spoiler: Jewish]]. |
211 | %%* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: His little brother, Skip. |
212 | %%* AlliterativeName |
213 | %%* BigBrotherWorship: His little brother Skip Bittman, who tries very hard to emulate him. |
214 | * EmbarrassingFirstName: [[spoiler: His real name is Herschel Slansky.]] |
215 | * EverybodyHasStandards: When an SCTV production of ''Julius Caesar'' was interrupted by a Soviet TV station jamming the signal, he apologized to the viewers and walked off the set to find out what was going on. |
216 | %%* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry |
217 | %%* GivenNameReveal |
218 | * HollywoodToneDeaf: ''Awful'' singer. Eugene Levy actually has a very lovely tenor when he sings any other time, which makes Bobby's horrible singing even funnier. |
219 | %%* IncomingHam: '''''HOW ARE YA?!''''' |
220 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Bobby is a preening and egomaniacal man with an inflated sense of self-importance, and becomes downright ''aggressive'' when he doesn't get his way. |
221 | * JerkassWoobie: Bobby is a cruel and vain person, but it's a little hard not to feel bad for him considering his whole career is built on "failing up." He isn't at the top because people genuinely like him or find him funny; he's there because people want to see what he'll screw up next. |
222 | %%* NobodyTouchesTheHair |
223 | * OlderThanTheyLook: Just like Maudlin and William B. First started hitting it big in 1959 after performing stand-up as a child in the 40s and early 50s, according to the post-''SCTV'' {{Mockumentary}} Creator/{{Cinemax}} aired about his life and career. |
224 | %%* SignatureLaugh |
225 | %%* SmallNameBigEgo |
226 | |
227 | %%!!! Libby Wolfson |
228 | %%Host of the women's talk show ''You'', played by Creator/AndreaMartin. |
229 | |
230 | %%* ADayInTheLimelight: "I'm Taking My Own Head, Screwing It On Right and No Guy's Gonna Tell Me That It Ain't." |
231 | %%* BigEater |
232 | %%* DoesThisMakeMeLookFat |
233 | %%* NeatFreak |
234 | %%* StrawFeminist |
235 | %%* ShowSomeLeg: During her play |
236 | %%* WeightWoe |
237 | |
238 | !!! Gerry Todd |
239 | Video DJ, host of ''The Gerry Todd Show'', and spokesman for Videotech. Played by Creator/RickMoranis. |
240 | |
241 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler: Blackmails Guy Caballero and Bill Needle at the staff Christmas party.]] |
242 | %%* CameraFiend |
243 | %%* DistaffCounterpart: His wife, Priscilla Todd. |
244 | %%* FriendlyRivalry: With Tim Ishimuni. |
245 | %%* HamToHamCombat: His video war with Tim Ishimuni. |
246 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: His wife who also has a passion for video, thought she'd met the perfect match. Gerry however can't love another human being as much as he loves video. |
247 | * TheImmune: [[spoiler: Was immune to Zontar's brainwashing. Kind of.]] |
248 | --> '''Guy Caballero''': That's Gerry Todd. He always [[spoiler: acts like a zombie.]] |
249 | %%* LargeHamRadio: The video DJ kind. |
250 | %%* NerdGlasses |
251 | %%* SplitScreenPhoneCall: Done oddly enough on ''The Gerry Todd Show''. |
252 | * YouSayTomato: |
253 | ** Has a very strange way of pronouncing Music/PetulaClark's name. (Petch-u-la) |
254 | ** Pronounces 'video' as 'vudeoh'. |
255 | |
256 | !!! Dusty Towne |
257 | A raunchy comedienne. Played by Creator/CatherineOHara. |
258 | |
259 | %%* BigBeautifulWoman |
260 | %%* BeehiveHairdo: Quite an elaborate one too, with braids woven through it. |
261 | %%* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles |
262 | * FieryRedHead: Can be, like when she yells at her drummer for jumping the punchline. |
263 | %%* FluffyFashionFeathers |
264 | %%* HappyHolidaysDress: Several in her "Sexy Holidays Special" |
265 | %%* PimpedOutDress |
266 | %%* UnlimitedWardrobe |
267 | |
268 | !!! Bill Needle |
269 | SCTV's "critic at large", played by Creator/DaveThomas. |
270 | |
271 | %%* ADayInTheLimelight: "Moral Majority" |
272 | * BerserkButton: He has too many to count; in fact, his original idea for a show was just to come on TV and talk about whatever was bugging him at the moment. |
273 | %%* CausticCritic |
274 | %%* DeadpanSnarker |
275 | * DomesticAbuse: Hit his wife Honey once. |
276 | %%* EvilLaugh: When scheming with Guy. |
277 | %%* HairTriggerTemper |
278 | %%* HamToHamCombat: With Cheryl Kinsey. |
279 | %%* IrrationalHatred: Of almost everyone and everything. |
280 | %%* {{Jerkass}} |
281 | * NotSoAboveItAll: Once did a show complaining about TV being controlled by advertisers and special interest groups, but took it all back when he got an offer to be a spokesman for Sunbright Soap. |
282 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: Will often open his shows by saying he wouldn't be doing it if he didn't need the money. |
283 | %%* OnlySaneMan |
284 | * PapaWolf: One of his {{Berserk Button}}s is entertainers who could influence kids to do drugs or become alcoholics. |
285 | %%* ReallyGetsAround: His wife, Honey. |
286 | %%* SharpDressedMan |
287 | %%* StraightMan |
288 | %%* StrawCritic |
289 | %%* VitriolicBestBuds: With Guy Caballero |
290 | * WhoNamesTheirKidDude: His wife's real name appears to actually be Honey Pie. |
291 | |
292 | !!! Stan and Yosh Shmenge |
293 | Of the Happy Wanderers polka band, played by Creator/JohnCandy and Creator/EugeneLevy. |
294 | |
295 | %%* ADayInTheLimelight: "The Happy Wanderers" |
296 | %%* BigDamnMovie: "The Last Polka" |
297 | %%* FunnyForeigner |
298 | %%* FatAndSkinny |
299 | %%* SharedFamilyQuirks |
300 | %%* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Cabbage rolls and coffee. |
301 | * YouSayTomato: Yosh and Stan Schmenge each pronounced their last name slightly different (which was part of the joke). Candy pronounced it "Shmen-gee", while Levy's pronunciation sounded more like "Schman-gee." |
302 | |
303 | !!! Mrs. Falbo and Mr. Messenger |
304 | Hosts of the children's show Mrs. Falbo's Tiny Town, played by Creator/AndreaMartin and Creator/JohnCandy. |
305 | |
306 | %%* BeleagueredAssistant: Mr. Messenger |
307 | %%* CoolCrown: Mrs. Falbo |
308 | * DopeSlap: When Mrs. Falbo is singing out the numbers from one to ten, Mr. Messenger is behind her running back and forth with corresponding flash cards. When she begins to sing too fast for him to keep up, he smacks her on the back of the head with one of the cards. |
309 | %%* ExcitedKidsShowHost |
310 | %%* FatAndSkinny |
311 | * HarmfulToMinors: Their show isn't always appropriate for the intended age group. For example, in one episode they visit a maximum-security prison. In another the King and Queen (a Barbie and a Ken doll) are seen having kinky sex when Mrs. Falbo looks at them through a telescope. |
312 | |
313 | %%!!! Larry Seigel |
314 | %%Fast talking producer and host of ''The Larry Seigel Show'', played by Creator/RickMoranis |
315 | |
316 | %%* ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount |
317 | %%* DeadpanSnarker |
318 | %%* JewishComplaining |
319 | %%* JewishMother: His mother, who is only ever heard over the phone. |
320 | %%* MotorMouth |
321 | %%* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Based off of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Silver producer Joel Silver]]. |
322 | %%* TheVoice: Elaine, his secretary. |
323 | |
324 | !!! Lin Ye Tang |
325 | Host of ''Doorway to Hell'', played by Creator/DaveThomas. |
326 | |
327 | %%* ADayInTheLimelight: The episode "Doorway to Hell" |
328 | %%* AsianSpeekeeEngrish |
329 | * IfItsYouItsOkay: He hooked up with SCTV crew member Nikki, who is a lesbian. |
330 | %%* NightmareFetishist |
331 | %%* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Spoiling the ending to the show during the intro. |
332 | %%* TheStoner |
333 | %%* ToHellAndBack: Or at least his character on ''Doorway to Hell''. |
334 | |
335 | !!! Moe Green |
336 | SCTV's first station manager, played by Creator/HaroldRamis. |
337 | |
338 | %%* ButtMonkey |
339 | * CharacterTics: Dabs sweat off his face with a handkerchief in almost all of his appearances. He is only actually visibly sweating in the very first sketch SCTV ever aired, probably due to Harold Ramis being audibly nervous in front of the camera, but Moe remained chronically sweaty well after Ramis became less camera shy. |
340 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive: Not a corporate executive per se, but certainly a higher-up and certainly corrupt. Among other incidents, he acted like there was a technical malfunction to agitate a game show contestant (who he also led to believe had a cheating spouse and made recount a tale of his time as a firefighter where his best friend ''melted to the ground in front of him''), deliberately called his own wife during a ''Dialing for Dollars'' segment after he left the answers to the questions with her to pocket the prize money, and tried to bribe a phone guy to not disconnect his phone. Guy Caballero describes him as a "sleazy weasel" at one point, and Earl and Floyd call him "slimy" after he's kidnapped. |
341 | %%* DeadpanSnarker |
342 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His full name, Maurice, is only shown or spoken a few times. 99% of the time, he's referred to solely as Moe. |
343 | * PutOnABus: He gets kidnapped by Leutonians in the 2nd season, never to be seen again. Judging from the picture of him holding a gun while his captors hold guns to his head and he talks in a nervous voice about how he's joined the revolution... |
344 | * TalkingDownTheSuicidal: Averted. In an episode of "Feedback" a suicidal man keeps calling in. The first time Moe tells him to call a suicide prevention hotline, but he keeps calling in. Eventually when he calls and tells Moe he's got his head in his oven, Moe tells him to take the plastic bag off his head [[SuicideAsComedy or the gas won't kill him.]] |
345 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The story arc of him getting kidnapped was suddenly dropped mid-season and we never heard from Moe Green again. This was mostly because Harold Ramis left the show, and the kidnapping arc was just a way to write him out. Viewers can probably infer that the Leutonians ended up [[BusCrash killing or otherwise getting rid of Moe, never to be seen again.]] |
346 | ** Partially explained. We never see or hear from Moe again because, according to him, he joined the Leutonian revolutionaries... but the real reason is revealed a bit by Earl and Floyd: ''nobody cared enough about him to pay his ransom.'' [[JerkassWoobie Poor Moe.]] |
347 | |
348 | !!! Pirini Scleroso |
349 | SCTV's cleaning lady and vice president in charge of coordination. Played by Creator/AndreaMartin. |
350 | |
351 | %%* FunnyForeigner |
352 | * TheIllegal: Stated out right by Guy Caballero when he announces her vice president promotion. |
353 | %%* TheUnintelligible |
354 | %%* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent |
355 | |
356 | !!! Ed Grimley |
357 | On ''SCTV'', he's a spastic, overly-optimistic ManChild actor often seen on the show's TV and movie parodies. On ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' and his own short-lived animated series, Ed is a normal(ish) person who's still spastic and overly-optimistic, but now encounters unusual characters and gets into MundaneMadeAwesome adventures. Played by Creator/MartinShort. |
358 | %%* BreakoutCharacter: had a cartoon series not long after |
359 | * IdiotHair: That slicked-up cowlick that looks like Alfalfa's from ''The Little Rascals'' |
360 | * ManChild: Not as much as Paul Reubens' Pee-Wee Herman character, but Grimley has the boundless energy and mannerisms of a child (at least in the ''SNL'' incarnation of Grimley). |
361 | %%* [[{{Spinoff}} Spinoff Cartoon]]: ''WesternAnimation/TheCompletelyMentalMisadventuresOfEdGrimley''. |
362 | * VerbalTic: He has a habit of saying "I must say" after every sentence, I must say. |
363 | |
364 | |
365 | !!! Tommy Shanks |
366 | Melonville's mayor who often interrupts SCTV programming for announcements. Played by Creator/JohnCandy. |
367 | |
368 | %%* CloudCuckoolander: He tends to feed his stuffed dog dolls treats. |
369 | * CompanionCube: The stuffed dog dolls that often appear with him in his messages to Melonville. |
370 | %%* TheDitz |
371 | * HatesBeingAlone: He has interrupted a program just to say "Hi" to everyone watching. |
372 | * MayorPain: The incompetent type, but is also corrupt, though he's more corrupt out of being [[TooDumbToLive too stupid to know any better]], as opposed to any inherent vice. |
373 | |
374 | %%!!! Big Jim [=McBob=] and Billy Sol Heroc |
375 | %%Hosts of Farm Film Report. Played by Creator/JoeFlaherty and Creator/JohnCandy. |
376 | |
377 | %%* {{Catchphrase}}: |
378 | %%** "He/she/they blowed up '''real''' good!" |
379 | %%** "May the good Lord take a liking to you and blow you up real soon!" |
380 | %%* DeepSouth |
381 | %%* FatAndSkinny |
382 | %%* StuffBlowingUp: They '''love''' seeing things get blown up. |
383 | %%* ThoseTwoGuys |
384 | |
385 | %%!!! Gus Gustofferson |
386 | %%SCTV's security guard. Played by Creator/EugeneLevy. |
387 | |
388 | %%* AlliterativeName |
389 | %%* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In the ''Zontar'' episode. |
390 | %%* CloudCuckooLander |
391 | %%* NiceGuy |
392 | |
393 | %%!!! Cheryl Kinsey |
394 | %%A sexologist. Played by Creator/AndreaMartin. |
395 | |
396 | %%* HamToHamCombat: With Bill Needle. |
397 | %%* PerpetualFrowner |
398 | %%* StrawFeminist |
399 | |
400 | %%!!! Rawl Withers |
401 | %%The owner of ''National Midnight Star''. Played by Creator/EugeneLevy. |
402 | |
403 | %%* {{Jerkass}} |
404 | %%* OnlyInItForTheMoney |
405 | %%* {{Schemer}} |
406 | %%* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney |
407 | |
408 | %%!!! Mr. Wilcox |
409 | %%A ventriloquist and an impressionist. Played by Creator/RickMoranis. |
410 | |
411 | %%* ADayInTheLimelight: ''Doorway to Hell'' |
412 | %%* DemonicDummy: Kind of. |
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