In 1979, the world was on the precipice of change. It was the year that the Walkman made listening to your favorite tunes on the go possible, Margaret Thatcher took office, and “Apocalypse Now” sold ...

PJ Torokvei, a Canadian screenwriter, actor, and television producer, was a notable alum of Second City / SCTV, where she collaborated with the talented John Candy. After her time at Second City, she ...

Conan O'Brien sure loves Canada. He fantasizes about his ghost haunting Toronto because of how much we enjoy comedy — and now he's continued to celebrate Canadian comedy by discussing his love of SCTV ...

Though he worked steadily into the second decade of this century, Joe Flaherty, who died Monday at 82, will be remembered for two series: the Canadian sketch comedy “SCTV,” which sneaked onto American ...

Adam Sandler, John Francis Daley and Martin Short were among the co-stars remembering US actor and comedian Joe Flaherty, known for his roles in Happy Gilmore and Freaks And Geeks, following his death ...

Thanks to so many of you for writing in in response to yesterday’s post about SCTV. It hadn’t occurred to me that lots of the sketches and maybe whole shows are on YouTube. But of course that makes ...

Adam Sandler is mourning the loss of his "Happy Gilmore" co-star Joe Flaherty, who died April 1 at age 82. Sandler honored the late "SCTV" and "Freaks and Geeks" star in an Instagram tribute. "Oh man.

Joe Flaherty, an actor and writer known for “Happy Gilmore” and Canadian sketch comedy show “SCTV,” died Monday at the age of 82. “After a brief illness, he left us yesterday, and since then, I’ve ...

In February, the late comedian's 'SCTV' costar, Martin Short, raised funds for his care after he fell ill to an unknown illness Jim Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Joe Flaherty, best known for his ...

Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, ...

“Second City Television” star Joe Flaherty died Monday following a brief illness, his daughter Gudrun Flaherty told the Canadian Press. He was 82. The American actor and comedian starred in the ...

Variety reported that Flaherty’s death was confirmed by his daughter in a statement through the Comedic Artists Alliance. “After a brief illness, he left us yesterday, and since then, I’ve been ...