What have those ‘SCTV’ regulars been up to lately?
Here’s what the “SCTV” regulars have been up to since the series ended:
John Candy: Until his death of a heart attack in 1994, Candy was the biggest star to come out of “SCTV” — first as a scene stealer in big-budget comedies such as “Stripes” and “Splash,” then headlining movies like “Summer Rental,” “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” and “Uncle Buck.”
Eugene Levy: He spent his early Hollywood days playing Candy’s sidekick in movies such as “Armed and Dangerous,” then floundered around for a few years before being rediscovered in the “American Pie” films, as well as for his work in the improvisational comedies he co-wrote and starred in with Christopher Guest: “Waiting for Guffman,” “Best in Show” and “A Mighty Wind.”
Catherine O’Hara: In the ‘80s, she contributed memorably weird supporting turns in “After Hours” and “Beetlejuice.” Like many other alums, her career stalled in the ‘90s until the Guest/Levy movies put her back in the spotlight. Last year she played Lili Taylor’s demanding boss on “Six Feet Under.”
Rick Moranis: After his turn as hapless “Ghostbusters” nerd Louis Tully, Moranis became one of the few “SCTV” performers to briefly graduate to leading roles, in “Little Shop of Horrors,” “My Blue Heaven” and the “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” movies.
Dave Thomas: After “SCTV” ended, he and Moranis took their McKenzie brothers characters into movie theaters with “Strange Brew” (the brothers later turned up as cartoon moose in “Brother Bear”). He spent most of the ‘90s playing friendly pharmacist Russell Norton on “Grace Under Fire.”
Harold Ramis: The head writer and a featured performer in the first season (mostly as station manager Moe Greene), Ramis left the show to write, co-star in and/or direct a series of popular comedies with his Second City buddies, including “Caddyshack,” “Stripes,” “Ghostbusters” and “Groundhog Day.” He also helmed the hit “Analyze This” and its sequel “Analyze That.”
Martin Short: The last major addition to the cast (he isn’t featured in the “Network 90” DVD release), Short was also one of the most successful. When “SCTV” ended, he took his more popular characters — notably Ed Grimley — over to “Saturday Night Live” for a season, then starred in movies like “Innerspace” and “Three Amigos!” These days, he’s best known for playing obese, obsequious celebrity interviewer Jiminy Glick on “Primetime Glick.”
Andrea Martin: A Tony winner for her performance in “My Favorite Year,” Martin has split her time between the stage and movies. She played Aunt Voula in “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” and in the TV spinoff, she reportedly got so many laughs in rehearsal that star/producer Nia Vardalos started demanding that all Martin’s lines be given to her.
Joe Flaherty: He popped up in most of the movies featuring the rest of the cast (“Club Paradise,” “Speed Zone”), but Hollywood in general hasn’t known what to do with Flaherty. His best post-“SCTV” role was on television’s “Freaks and Geeks,” as a worried father whose anti-drug lectures always ended with the line, “You know what happened to him? He died!”