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Fun fact: The "Canadian content" requirement for broadcast was parodied by SCTV, who in order to fill the letter of the law aired a skit featuring two of the mo
by bitwize 4y ago
Fun fact: The "Canadian content" requirement for broadcast was parodied by SCTV, who in order to fill the letter of the law aired a skit featuring two of the most stereotypically Canuck characters imaginable: Bob and Doug McKenzie.
- jtode 4y agoNot just one skit. Bob and Doug are as fundamental to our cultural DNA now as Gord Downie. Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas reunite occasionally to do commercials for Mr Lube and stage video for Rush, and they never get accused of greed or whatever cause we all are just so happy to see them again. For a quick crash course, find and watch Strange Brew, their feature film, which today is like a vacation in early 80s Toronto. But all the old SCTV shows are worth digging up, it had three different lives and each is fantastic, but different.
- scj 4y agoWeird Al hosted a Muchmusic special in the 90s and had to resolve a "CanCon Alarm" by inserting himself into an Alanis Morsette music video. EDIT: https://archive.org/details/al-music/AL+Music+3.mp4 https://archive.org/details/al-music/AL+Music+3.mp4 at 49:51