I decided to scrimp by buying a few groceries at the Dollar General Market (a Dollar General Store which has groceries, over and above the few canned goods you find in the regular DGS).

I had paid for my fine comestibles and was headed out the door when the DVD bargain bin blocked my way. Sitting there on top … just waiting for me … for the ridiculous price of $10 … was “SCTV Volume 3.” This is the second half of the first NBC season of the show. Nine 90-minute episodes with the formidable lineup of John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Rick Moranis, Catherine O’Hara and Dave Thomas. Martin Short joined midway through this batch of episodes.

I haven’t seen the original SCTV in ages. At $10, how could I go wrong? There’s even a bonus disk of live performances over the years from the Second City stage troupe which spawned SCTV, ranging from John Belushi to Tina Fey.