Friday A/V Club: Rock ‘n’ Roll Commie Werewolves

This 1982 SCTV sketch mashes up a monster movie with
the Red Scare and a bunch of ’50s moral panics, from the
rising tide of juvenile delinquency to the alleged evils of rock
‘n’ roll. The story also incorporates a musical number by former
Rockpile guitarist Dave Edmunds, and it’s interrupted midway
through so a tattoo-faced John Candy can advertise a sex shop. Oh,
and Eugene Levy is basically playing Lenin. In short, it just might
be the best 12 minutes of ’80s television ever aired:

(For past editions of the Friday A/V Club, go here.)