Second City Television - Season 2 - Eps 13: Bad Acting In Hollywood
Features Sid Dithers Private Eye and the superb Bad Acting In Hollywood. Additional Viewing: Bad Acting In Hollywood is a parody of That's Hollywood, a late 70s TV show hosted by Tom Bosley that looked at historic Hollywood films (mostly from 20th Century-Fox) (Thanks Jim Donato). Johnny Dark Always Rings Twice parodies 30's and 40' gangster films; start with Little Caesar from 1931. The Phil Donahue Show, which ran through the 70s and 80s, was the precursor of all modern daytime talk shows. C.P.O. Sharkey was a mid-seventies sitcom starring Don Rickles.
About Second City Television
Title: Second City Television
First Air Date: 1976-09-21
Last Air Date: 1984-07-17
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.6/10 (from 27 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 6
Total Episodes: 136
Network: CBC Television Global TV Super Channel
Genres: Comedy
Production Companies: Old Firehall Productions, Second City Entertainment
Synopsis
Second City Television is a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from Toronto's Second City troupe that ran between 1976 and 1984.
Cast
Joe Flaherty
Self - Various Characters
Eugene Levy
Self - Various Characters
Andrea Martin
Self - Various Characters
Martin Short
Self - Various Characters
John Hemphill
Self - Various Characters
Mary Charlotte Wilcox
Self - Various Characters
