Maniac Mansion
A large portion of "Maniac Mansion"s cast and crew were made up of alumni from the Toronto comedy troupe The Second City and the 1976-1984 television offshoot "Second City Television". In a 1992 article visiting the set of the series, "Entertainment Weekly" remarked that "Maniac Mansion" was like an "SCTV" convention: "The place is packed with veterans of the ... series: There are former "SCTV" actors, writers, directors, key grips—even "Mansion"s makeup artist is an old "SCTV"er".