You Can't Do That on Television

You Can't Do That on Television1979

Genre: Comedy
You Can't Do That on Television is a Canadian sketch comedy television series that first aired locally in 1979 before airing in the United States in 1981. It featured preteen and teenage actors in a sketch comedy format similar to that of American s… more »



Marc Baillon:
[directly to the camera] And now we come to one of the most important parts of the program, so listen carefully. The following enrollment in Ottawa schools could lead to a crisis of great...

[breaks off suddenly then continues but on quite a different track]

Marc Baillon:
Not many people know what important work is done behind the scenes in television studio. That, for instance, the words that television performers speak into the camera are usually read directly off cue cards. Men who hold these cue cards are among the most valuable members of the team...

[Ross is shown happily holding cue cards]

Marc Baillon:
...valiantly striving behind the scenes to put the program on air, struggling for hours writing out words on large cards so that stupid performers can remember stupid lines written by overpaid, untalented writers...

[Mark gulps uncomfortably]

Marc Baillon:
...fawned upon by pansy producers and drunken directors...? Hey, wait a minute, this isn't what we practiced in rehearsal!

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