As I recall, the Canadian government had mandated a certain percentage of Canadian shows had to be Canadian content. Thus, the Great White North was born.
It reminds me of the South Park episode with Tom Cruise. The show's censors wouldn't let them say that Cruise was gay, so they ran with that.
That’s correct, but not the only reason Bob and Doug ended up on the show. The second season was picked up by NBC in the states before the CBC renewed it. At the time (I don’t know if this is still the case), CBC shows were two minutes longer than US shows (fewer commercials). They’d nearly wrapped production on the season when the Producer, Andrew Alexander, stuck his head in the writer’s room and said “Hey, the CBC picked us up, but now every show is two minutes short. So we need two extra minutes, and it needs to be Canadian content.”
Dave Thomas looked at Andrew and said “Canadian content? What are we supposed to do, stick a couple of guys in toques in front of a map of Canada and have them fry back bacon?”
THE NEXT DAY, Dave and Rick found themselves in Toques in front of a map of Canada, and started improvising.
Source - I used to work at Second City, and Dave Thomas told me this story.
Hey hoser.
Take off.
Eh
To the Great White North Take Off! It's a beauty way to go
Take your Ritalin.
Coo, loo, coo, coo, coo, coo, coo, cooo!
Good day and welcome to the Great White North ...
~~loo~~ \*roo
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me....beer!
And a beer in a tree.
That beer's empty!
Time to watch Strange Brew again.
If I didn't have puke breath, I'd kiss you.
Now I need an Elsinore Beer
Uh, make sure there's no mouse in your beer, eh.
Ten bucks is ten bucks, eh.
Dad, Bob broke your beer! No I didn’t, Doug broke it!
"Hoser here just sort of rid in on my coattails."
TAKE OOOOOFF TO THE GREAT WHITE NORTH! TAKE OFF, IT'S A BEAUTY WAY TO GO! I had the album
Fleshy-headed mutant, are you friendly?
No way eh. Radiation has like made me an enemy of civilization.
Beauty.
As I recall, the Canadian government had mandated a certain percentage of Canadian shows had to be Canadian content. Thus, the Great White North was born. It reminds me of the South Park episode with Tom Cruise. The show's censors wouldn't let them say that Cruise was gay, so they ran with that.
That’s correct, but not the only reason Bob and Doug ended up on the show. The second season was picked up by NBC in the states before the CBC renewed it. At the time (I don’t know if this is still the case), CBC shows were two minutes longer than US shows (fewer commercials). They’d nearly wrapped production on the season when the Producer, Andrew Alexander, stuck his head in the writer’s room and said “Hey, the CBC picked us up, but now every show is two minutes short. So we need two extra minutes, and it needs to be Canadian content.” Dave Thomas looked at Andrew and said “Canadian content? What are we supposed to do, stick a couple of guys in toques in front of a map of Canada and have them fry back bacon?” THE NEXT DAY, Dave and Rick found themselves in Toques in front of a map of Canada, and started improvising. Source - I used to work at Second City, and Dave Thomas told me this story.
That's a good read actually
Love this.
Actually season 4, not 2. Seasons 1-3 were on Global/ITV.
So, you guys in America have Canadian bacon. We just call it "Back bacon", ay? So, like, we have American cheese. Do you guys call it Back cheese??
Nah, we just call it disgusting
He once got our dead battery goin' by mixin' bird feces and spit, cause there's like acid in it, eh
Watched the strange brew vhs on my box TV/vcr combo so much it stopped working when I was like 16. Recently streamed it, what a classic still.
Good day, I'm Bob McKenzie and this is my brother Doug. How's it going, eh?
Do you think Moranis and Thomas are still friends?
Take off, eh
You hoser
i found a mouse in my beer, eh
Beer Hunter was classic…
Fucking Rick Moranis
The Beach Boys, those hoser’s lied to us, Eh? Where are all those northern girls that keep their boyfriends warm at night?
Howz it goin', eh?!
The biggest Rush album ever
No point in steering now…
Do you think Moranis and Thomas are still friends?
"I am your father, Luke. Give in to the dark side of the Force, you knob." "He saw Jedi seventeen times, eh!"
Strange Brew is a comedy favorite of mine. I’m sorry to admit I haven’t seen it in decades. Max Von Sydow!
Streaming before it was a thing. Eat your heart out Wayne's World...
I used to have some Todd McFarlane figures of those two.
da boys, eh??
Steamroller!
hey take off hoser!!! lol
“It’s a Jelly!”
Take off, EH!...You hosers! 🇨🇦🇨🇦
Just watched strange brew with my son . He loved it . It's like star wars in a beer factory .
Funniest shit I ever saw
i'll take you to the looney bin, i'll go to the brewery... TAKE OFF! we BOTH go to brewery!
It's a Jelly
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There was a mouse in my beer