Perry Como loved this sketch so much, he called the producers and asked for a copy of it for himself!

40 years later and I’m still cracking up watching this skit.

It must have been so hard to keep a straight face through this skit.

Perry Como was a presenter at the Emmy Awards the same or following year, and SCTV was one of the nominees. As Perry was reading off the list of nominees, he mentioned SCTV, paused for a moment and then said to the crowd, "I hear they're big fans of mine." This triggered a lot of laughs from the audience, many of whom had seen the sketch.

Words fail at the brilliance of this skit.

...and Perry LOVED this! He'd been kidded about being "too relaxed" for years.....

Eugene looks good..
Relaxed..

I was thinking about the other day. Classic. SCTV never gets old.

Absolutely hysterical,SCTV was far superior  to SNL in every way.A big budget doesn't buy laughs.

Most accurate representation of Perry Como aha

They played this at an Emmy show, or some award show and the crowd was in hysterics. Up until that point the gang were not sure what their status was with the industry, they knew they were funny......soon the whole world was laughing along!

Makes me want to stand up and stretch.

that was good.  Perry Como was a real singer back in the day 50's-70's.  He sang like he was half asleep and was good to listen too to go to sleep

What made SCTV different from SNL was that the impersonations actually worked as entertainment. Real talent, plus a genuine affection that never sank to ridicule.

This was the first time I’d ever ever experienced Eugene Levy’s brilliance. I laugh just as much now as I did then. I loved this show.

This shit is still funny after all these years I'm still alive

One of the best SCTV skits 🤣

I was at that concert!! But passed out 🥱

The backup dancer holding him up to the mic was a good touch

This causes a deep whole-body laughter. One of the funniest things I have ever seen.