Monday, October 9, 2023

SCTV, Monster Chiller Horror Theatre, "Dr. Tongue's House of Cats"

 


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I'm starting off the week with this fun clip from the Canadian comedy sketch series SCTV. It stars Joe Flaherty as Count Floyd hosting the horror movie series Monster Chiller Horror Theatre. His feature this particular segment is "Dr. Tongue's House of Cats," starring John Candy as the titular Dr. and Catherine O'Hara as his unwitting "victim." Eugene Levy is the Dr.'s gortesque servant Bruno.

This appears to be the first appearance of the Dr. Tongue character, who would appear numerous times throughout SCTV's run. He's a spoof of the cheesy horror movie villains of the 50s and 60s with ridiculous premises and even cheesier 3-D. It's a lot of fun!

Enjoy!

2 comments:

Caffeinated Joe said...

Silly fun - can't believe how young they all look!

Todd Mason said...

They were younger adults...but we were closer to babies!