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As funny man Bobby Bittman might say, "In all seriousness," SCTV is the show of shows. All modern kultur comes from under Edith Prickly's leopardskin hat or maybe Johnny LaRue's smoking jacket.(Britney Spears and entourage were better as Lola Heatherton and the Jules Haalmeyer dancers.)
Your Show of Shows with Sid Caesar is close, and so is Dennis Potter's Pennies from Heaven and those Ernie Kovacs specials with Eugene and Bela Bartok's music.
Nit-pick:
". . . moments after having gleefully busted the kneecaps of a gambler while Frankie Vallee trilled, 'Don't know why I love you, don't know why I care.'"
His name is spelled Frankie Valli, but he's not the one trilling. It's Dion and the Belmonts singing "I Wonder Why."
