In the Canadian Category, Watching through the Static chooses The Wayne and Shuster Show.
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They spoofed All in the Family as "All in the Royal Family", with the king calling Hamlet, "Meathead", and his queen "Dingbat". As Paramount was about to release Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the duo spoofed it with "Star Schtick". When The Equalizer went on the air, they responded with "The Tranquilizer", dealing with mysterious deaths on a game show that was a cross between The Price Is Right and the $64,000 Question. When Dallas was popular, it was spoofed with a character determined to corner the fertilizer market, and featured a cameo by Barbara Frum. Fantasy Island was spoofed with "Fantasy Motel".
The duo spoofed the commercials "we love to hate" with their own versions: Crazar TVs spoofed the "Quasar" TV brand with the high pitched overture; Oil of Oyvay spoofed the de-aging Oil of Olay; Macedonian Formula spoofed Grecian Formula, and questioned why a man would say he used it and thus reveal he has grey hair; Russian Express spoofed American Express, with a muscular KGB agent saying "Don't leave home!"
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I remember it for its really bad laughtrack, but it still brings back fond memories
http://www.tvarchive.ca/database/189...c_the/details/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_and_Shuster
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