 Great White North album cover with Bob (left) and Doug McKenzie (right) Bob and Doug McKenzie were a pair of fictional Canadian brothers who hosted "The Great White North", a sketch which was introduced on SCTV for the show's third season when it moved to the CBC in 1980. Bob is played by Rick Moranis and Doug is played by Dave Thomas. Album Cover for The Great White North album from the Amazon. ...
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"The Great White North" (originally known as "Kanadian Korner") was a panel show that played upon Canadian stereotypes. Bob and Doug, two dumb beer-swilling brothers wearing heavy winter clothing and tuques, would comment on various elements of Canadian life and culture, frequently employing the interjection "Eh?" and derisively calling each other a "hoser." Among the topics discussed were snow routes, the Canadian-built robot arm on the Space Shuttle, and "why there aren't enough parking spaces at take-out doughnut shops." // Canadian culture is a product of Canadas history and geography. ...
A selection of bottled beers A selection of cask beers Beer is the worlds oldest [1] and most popular [2] alcoholic beverage, selling more than 133 billion litres (35 billion gallons) per year. ...
A bright green tuque A tuque (Canadian French: tuque, also spelled toque in English) is a knitted hat, originally usually of wool though now often of synthetic fibers, that is designed to provide warmth in winter. ...
// Canadian culture is a product of Canadas history and geography. ...
An interjection is a part of speech that usually has no grammatical connection to the rest of the sentence and simply expresses emotion on the part of the speaker, although most interjections have clear definitions. ...
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Bob & Doug McKenzie, iconic sympathetic hosers from SCTV and Strange Brew. ...
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The sketch was conceived when SCTV moved to the CBC television network. Each episode to be broadcast on that network was two minutes longer than those syndicated to the United States. The CBC network heads asked the show's producers to add specifically and identifiably Canadian content for those two minutes. Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas thought that this was a ridiculous request, since the show had been taped in Canada, with a mostly Canadian cast and crew, for two years. The request inspired them to create a parody that would incorporate every aspect of the humorous stereotype of Canadians. In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast programs to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ...
Canadian content (cancon or can-con) refers to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission requirements that radio and television broadcasters (including cable/satellite specialty channels) must air a certain percentage of content that was at least partly written, produced, presented, or otherwise contributed to by persons from Canada. ...
Parody of Back to the Future In contemporary usage, a parody is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ...
The segments were videotaped at the end of a day's shooting, with just Thomas and Moranis and a single camera operator. The sketches were for the most part improvised on the set, and after doing several such ad-libbed bits, they would then select the best ones for use on the program.
To their shock, the comedians found that this filler material had become one of the most popular parts of the show. They rode the crest of a fad that produced two comedy albums and a movie, Strange Brew. The first album is noted for the song "Take Off" which featured fellow Canadian Geddy Lee of the rock group Rush chorusing between the McKenzie's banter. The popularity eventually faded, but the act is still fondly remembered by Canadians as an affectionate parody of themselves. On their album, The Great White North they sing their own version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas", which is frequently played on the radio around the holidays in both Canada and the United States. In general, a filler is something that is used to fill gaps. ...
Strange Brew is also the title of a song by the band Cream (released on their 1967 album Disraeli Gears), and of a compilation album - Strange Brew: The Very Best of Cream Strange Brew is a 1983 film starring the popular SCTV characters Bob & Doug McKenzie, played by Dave Thomas...
Geddy Lee OC (born Gary Lee Weinrib, July 29, 1953) is a Jewish Canadian musician who is the vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the progressive rock group Rush. ...
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The duo revived the act in television commercials for Pizza Hut and the Molson Brewing Company, and played a variant of the act for the Walt Disney Pictures animated feature film Brother Bear and its sequel, with their characters being a pair of goofy moose named Tuke and Rutt. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...
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Molson Canada is Canadas oldest brewery. ...
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Brother Bear is the forty-third animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. ...
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Binomial name Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758) Moose range map The moose (so named in North America) or elk (in Europe), Alces alces, is the largest member of the deer family Cervidae, distinguished from the others by the palmate antlers of its males. ...
Currently, Animax Entertainment (of which Dave Thomas is executive creative director) is developing an animated version of Bob & Doug. An animated teaser short also produced by Animax Entertainment appeared on the Strange Brew DVD. The teaser is currently available on Animax's website. Animax Entertainment is an animation studio based in Culver City, California whose clients include Disney, ESPN, Warner Bros. ...
McFarlane Toys produced Bob and Doug McKenzie action figures in September, 2000. [1] McFarlane Toys is a company started by Todd McFarlane that makes detailed models of characters from movies, comics, musicians, video games, and sport figures. ...
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Opinions of the creators In Dave Thomas's behind-the-scenes book on SCTV he reports that he and Moranis hated the characters because they felt they were forced upon by the network and that they were overly identified with drinking.
Discography - The Great White North: Bob and Doug McKenzie, 1981.
- The Great White North: Strange Brew, 1983.
1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
See also It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with List of words mainly used in Canadian English. ...
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