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I think improv and sketch comedy groups are all springboards from stage to radio, radio to stage, stage yo television, radio to television, television to radio, to other television and ultimately the big screen. Any good YouTube sketch comedy? I've yet to really explore that, I guess Vine is funny sketch comedy. A bit too fast, over and done for me though. Cyanide and Happiness count? Web comics? Cracked? Anyway, on to television, which remains the fascination:

The first years of SNL are phenomenal with Chevy Chase, Dan Akroyd, Bill Murray, and Gilda Radner. And before that a lot of those guys were together on the National Lampoon Radio. (Speaking of radio, Dr. Demento?)

And there's also SCTV, jesus -- John Candy, Martin Short, Harold Ramis, Eugene Levy, Rick Moranis, and Joe Flaherty. Flaherty's vampire killed me as a kid. So funny, but really I haven't watched it since I was a youngster.

When I was growing up PBS played a lot of BBC television. Benny Hill amongst them, such a naughty show. I think I was barely allowed watch. But I enjoy the show as much as its mostly about old horny men and women with big tits.

What do I think about Upright Citizen Brigade? I would choose to be an Agent of U.C.B. before S.H.I.E.L.D. Great as both an improv group and sketch comedy for television. Amy Poehler and Horatio Sanz are awesome, and I love them on SNL as well. Assssscat

Cast transfers, right? Sketch comedy groups are like sports teams. Mark McKinney on SNL, etc. Daily Show anchors from Upright Citizens Brigade. SCTV to SNL, etc. Every sketch comedy floods into SNL. Did you watch Nickelodeon's All That? Kenan and Kell.

Mr Show is on my to watch list. I love David Cross in his stand up, as Tobias Funke on Arrested Dev, and as Todd Margaret, which is fucking RIDICULOUS if you haven't seen it. It's not sketch comedy but it might as well be. It's like a British comedy with brash Americans thrown into the mix. Chaos ensues and many, many, many laws are broken, including the usage of weapons of mass destruction and murder. Dark comedy.

Oh, I know a good dark sort of sketch comedy: The League of Gentlemen? It's sort of like if Simon Pegg produced Monty Python. They say things like "Rape our dead mouths". Psychopaths, murderers and crossdressers.

Now that we've ventured off the beaten path, what are your thoughts about the short run comedy central show Stella? Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain. All three from a funny sketch comedy series called the State. I think I've sifted or promoted some sketches from that series.

And I can't not mention MadTV, you know what? Uh uh, a list about sketch comed without MadTV, ridiculous. I'm running out of steam though, because I'm typing too much, but MO Collins, Orlando Jones, Bobby Lee, Phil LaMar (who does DC comics cartoon voice over work), Aries Spears, and Will Sasso. Damn.

And lest we forget (Thanks, Rudyard), Little Britain -- Britain, Britain, Britain, if it weren't for Little Britain I would scarcely know of the country.

I'm sure I've left off some other great sketch (In Living Color!!), but these came to mind and as I started to think of my favorite cast members and comedians, I began to realize how they all fit in the grand scheme of things. I'm going to watch some Fire Marshall Bill clips now.

Fucking love John Candy. This post is amazing. *promote

THAT guy was drunk? I'd say he passed the sobriety test.

Also, John Candy lives!

Just for that I'm not going to fix it.>> ^shuac:

"The shit that makes you laugh when your 14...
...inch penis gets caught in the disposal."
Dude, as a diamond, you should know that this place isn't YouTube. We have a bare-minimum grammatical requirement around here.
That said, I STILL can't believe John Candy is dead.

"The shit that makes you laugh when your 14...

...inch penis gets caught in the disposal."

Dude, as a diamond, you should know that this place isn't YouTube. We have a bare-minimum grammatical requirement around here.

That said, I STILL can't believe John Candy is dead.

I love that last story. Although i imagine it's relatively easy to get to meet him compared to other actors, i'd love to meet him one day, he's been a hero of mine since i was about 8.

He's one of those people, to me, who are irreplacable "characters" that single handedly make films work. Every so often we get one.. leslie nielsen, john candy, clint eastwood. The kind of person who you just couldn't replace.

Also, Catherine O'Hara, Ivan Reitman, Eugene Levy, et. al.>> ^siftbot:

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Tags for this video have been changed from 'leave it to beaver, sctv, second city, sketch comedy, improv' to 'leave it to beaver, sctv, second city, sketch comedy, improv, John Candy' - edited by Trancecoach

*beg directed to Canucks, fans of SCTV, and for the comedic genius of John Candy! Come on!

This movie short called B-11 was from the original Heavy Metal film but originaly had the music of Don Felder (Take a Ride).

"It is Based on original story by Dan O'Bannon. A World War II B-17 bomber nicknamed the "Pacific Pearl" makes a difficult bombing run with heavy damage and casualties. As the bomber limps home, the Co-Pilot goes back to check on the crew. Finding nothing but dead bodies, he notices the Loc-Nar trailing the plane. Informing the pilot, he heads back to the cockpit, when the Loc-Nar rams itself into the plane and raises the dead crew members as zombies. The co-pilot is killed by the zombie ball turret-gunner leaving only the pilot - who barely escapes in time, only to land on an island populated by zombified airmen."

The music featured here, although from the same movie was from the short: Harry Canyon featuring John Candy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Metal_%28film%29

>> ^budzos:

I take offense to using this music with this clip. Sacrelige!

The first time for me was at john candy, that's for sure.

He is probably just suffering the side effects of having his assitants drop shit in his eyes so that he appears to be crying. He has been doing that lame trick for years. There are videos of "behind the scenes" shoots of Glenn being made to cry. It cant be a co-inky dink, Its like Lance Armstrong has nut cancer, or John Candy had a heart attack.... its not really an accident.

John Candy isn't dead and he's living with Mike Huckabee?!!