"Shout Factory have been doing a heroic job of bringing one of the finest comedy series in television history, SCTV, to DVD, and the fourth volume in their ongoing series continues the pattern of excellence they established with their previous box sets. SCTV: Volume Four, featuring 12 complete episodes of the show aired between 1982 and 1983, documents the show shortly after Catherine O'Hara left the cast (though she makes a guest appearance on the 1982 Christmas show) and Martin Short had truly come into his own on the series. The material has been transferred to disc in the full-frame aspect ratio of 1.33:1, and the original single-channel audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Stereo. The source materials look great for video shot in the early '80s, and it's hard to imagine this set looking or sounding better. The dialogue is in English, with no multiple language options, though closed captions in English are included for the hard of hearing. Each of the four discs in this set includes bonus materials. Two episodes feature commentary tracks (Joe Flaherty and Martin Short discuss the CBC parody episode, while Short and Catherine O'Hara chat about the Christmas show), while Short also appears in an onscreen look at his tenure with the show. The show's producers are profiled in a documentary on disc five, and footage of Flaherty's 2004 appearance as Sammy Maudlin at Toronto's Second City improv theater is featured on disc four. The sources of some of SCTV's parodies are paid homage in profiles of The Red Fisher Show (which inspired ""The Fishin' Musician""), the iconic Canadian independent film Goin' Down the Road, and the public service announcement series ""Hinterland Who's Who"" (the latter two of which were needled in the show's legendary CBC parody episode). And finally, we're given a look at the SCTV crew on their day off in home movies of the show's cast and writing staff playing softball with the technical crew on a cloudy Sunday. Fans of the series will be delighted with this set, and beginners will be amazed at just how smart and funny this material remains over 20 years after it was initially broadcast."