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=== Bob and Doug McKenzie ===
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Ironically, the most popular sketch in the program's eight-year history was intended as throw-away filler. Bob and Doug McKenzie, the dim-witted, beer-chugging, and [[back bacon]]-eating brothers in a recurring Canadian-themed sketch called ''Great White North'', were initially developed by Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas as a sardonic response to the CBC network's request that the show feature two minutes of "identifiably [[Canadian content]]" in every episode. The two-minute length reflects the fact that American shows were two minutes shorter than Canadian ones (to allow more [[TV advertising|commercial]]s), leaving two minutes needing content for the Canadian market. The Bob and Doug McKenzie segments first appeared in 1980 at the start of season three and continued in every episode until Thomas and Moranis left the series.

The characters ultimately became icons of the very [[culture of Canada|Canadian culture]] they parodied, spinning off albums, a feature film (''[[Strange Brew]]''), commercials, and numerous TV and film cameos. Bob and Doug helped popularize the stereotypical Canadian trait of adding "[[eh]]" to the end of sentences, a facet of Canadian life often gently ridiculed in American shows featuring Canadian characters. Lines from the sketch, such as "Take off, you hoser!", became part of North American popular culture. Thomas later revealed in his 1996 book ''SCTV: Behind the Scenes'' that the other members of the cast grew envious and bitter at the immense financial and popular success of the Bob and Doug McKenzie albums, ultimately leading to Thomas and Moranis leaving the show in 1982.<ref>Thomas, Dave. ''SCTV: Behind the Scenes.'' New York: McClelland & Stewart, 1996.</ref> Flaherty and Candy accused Thomas of using his position as head writer to increase the visibility of Bob and Doug, though the original segments were largely unscripted.<ref>"Take off, eh?" Review of ''Two-Four Anniversary'' special at www.macleans.ca {{cite web |url=http://www.macleans.ca/culture/entertainment/article.jsp?content=20070507_105097_105097 |title=Macleans.ca – Canada's national current affairs and news magazine since 1905 |access-date=2008-11-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214053129/http://www.macleans.ca/culture/entertainment/article.jsp?content=20070507_105097_105097 |archive-date=2009-02-14}}</ref> An ''SCTV'' episode even poked fun at the duo's popularity. Guy Caballero declared that they had become SCTV's top celebrities, supplanting Johnny LaRue. This led to the pair being given a Bob and Doug "special" with [[Tony Bennett]] as their guest, which wound up being a disaster.<ref>Plume, Kenneth. "Interview with Dave Thomas (Part 1 of 5)", February 10, 2000</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/02/10/interview-with-dave-thomas-part-1-of-5|title=Interview with Dave Thomas (Part 1 of 5)|first=Kenneth|last=Plume|date=10 February 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://asitecalledfred.com/2013/06/29/dave-thomas-ken-plume-interview/|title=FROM THE VAULT: Dave Thomas Interview 1|website=asitecalledfred.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://asitecalledfred.com/2013/06/29/dave-thomas-ken-plume-interview/2/|title=FROM THE VAULT: Dave Thomas Interview 2|website=asitecalledfred.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://asitecalledfred.com/2013/06/29/dave-thomas-ken-plume-interview/3/|title=FROM THE VAULT: Dave Thomas Interview 3|website=asitecalledfred.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://asitecalledfred.com/2013/06/29/dave-thomas-ken-plume-interview/4/|title=FROM THE VAULT: Dave Thomas Interview 4|website=asitecalledfred.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://asitecalledfred.com/2013/06/29/dave-thomas-ken-plume-interview/5/|title=FROM THE VAULT: Dave Thomas Interview 5|website=asitecalledfred.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://asitecalledfred.com/2013/06/29/dave-thomas-ken-plume-interview/6/|title=FROM THE VAULT: Dave Thomas Interview 6|website=asitecalledfred.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://asitecalledfred.com/2013/06/29/dave-thomas-ken-plume-interview/7/|title=FROM THE VAULT: Dave Thomas Interview 7|website=asitecalledfred.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://asitecalledfred.com/2013/06/29/dave-thomas-ken-plume-interview/8/|title=FROM THE VAULT: Dave Thomas Interview 8|website=asitecalledfred.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://asitecalledfred.com/2013/06/29/dave-thomas-ken-plume-interview/9/|title=FROM THE VAULT: Dave Thomas Interview 9|website=asitecalledfred.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/02/10/interview-with-dave-thomas-part-2-of-5|title=Interview with Dave Thomas (Part 2 of 5)|first=Kenneth|last=Plume|date=10 February 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/02/10/interview-with-dave-thomas-part-3-of-5|title=Interview with Dave Thomas (Part 3 of 5)|first=Kenneth|last=Plume|date=10 February 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/02/10/interview-with-dave-thomas-part-4-of-5|title=Interview with Dave Thomas (Part 4 of 5)|first=Kenneth|last=Plume|date=10 February 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/035/035849p1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030215211902/http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/035/035849p1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 15, 2003|title=Movie Reviews, Trailers, Interviews, Wikis & Posters for Movies – IGN}}</ref>

Moranis and Thomas recreated Bob and Doug in the form of a pair of moose in the animated feature ''[[Brother Bear]]'' from [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]. During Canadian rock band [[Rush (band)|Rush]]'s 2007 Snakes And Arrows tour, Moranis and Thomas reprised their Bob and Doug Mackenzie roles in an introductory clip projected on the rear screen for the song "The Larger Bowl".<ref>"Rush out for latest Rush Concert DVD Snakes & Arrows." Review at www.epinions.com on December 5, 2008.</ref> Previously, Rush used Flaherty as Count Floyd to introduce their song "The Weapon" during their 1984 ''Grace Under Pressure Tour''. Rush vocalist [[Geddy Lee]] sang the chorus on the hit single "Take Off" from the 1982 [[Mercury Records]] album ''[[The Great White North (album)|The Great White North]]'' by Bob and Doug McKenzie. On March 27, 1982, "Take Off" reached number 16 on the [[Billboard Hot 100]]. It is the highest-charting single of Lee's career; Lee was an elementary-school classmate of Moranis as a child.