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For Eugene Levy and his SCTV colleagues, a day at the office in 1983 was just like a normal workday — except for the laughter. | cbc_archives

Eugene Levy poses with his son Dan as they arrive at the Canadian Walk of Fame induction ceremonies in Toronto on June 3, 2006.Just in case no one knew Levy's work, he greeted the audience as Bobby Bittman, one of hischaracters. As the Globe and Mail would describe him over the years, Bittman was an "obnoxious comedian" and a "sleazy Las Vegas comic."The comic actor busts out one of his better-known characters and describes the writing process for the SCTV team.

Along with Candy, Levy also made up one-half of the accordion-playing polka duo the Shmenge brothers onMcLean wondered if a writing session for the show was "wild and woolly" or "really serious." "It started as a half-hour local show here in Toronto," he explained. "And after seven shows it got picked up for syndication.

 

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cbc_archives This image is from '81, not '83.

cbc_archives RENEW ANNE WITH AN E PLEASE

cbc_archives hold on!!!..too many whites, better cancel it!

cbc_archives I saw this crew at Second City, as well as Martin Short.

cbc_archives 😍

cbc_archives Oh man I love SCTV. It’s still hilarious

cbc_archives WHERE is the Martin Scorscese documentary that was supposed to end up on Netflix!?

cbc_archives Loved watching this 😀

cbc_archives It was the highlight of my Friday evenings as a kid growing up in the early 80's, not having cable, to be able to watch this on CBC. So much of my sense is humor came from this group. They were Awesome!!!

cbc_archives Mary Walsh said in her ted talk that the strength in Canadian comedy is the sketch comedy genre/style... Thank each of you in the beautiful photo... And may the pillar, columns...of Canadian and First Nations Comedy continue... Thank you. XO ❤️

cbc_archives There will never be a better comedy troupe than these amazing people Realeugenelevy

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