It's Bob and Doug McKenzie, You Hosers

It's Bob and Doug McKenzie, You Hosers | Letterman

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Rick Moranis & Dave Thomas talk about how The Great White North started as filler. (Air date; 2/10/82)
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@lindamarie6574 Жыл бұрын

I love when Geddy Lee guested on their song and he says, “Well ten bucks is ten bucks” lol

@theprogressivelefty5107 2 ай бұрын

you forgot the eh lol

@emperortrevornorton3119 6 күн бұрын

You hoser

@lindakaye7935 2 жыл бұрын

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a beer.

@Russtopia 2 жыл бұрын

In a tree!

@gabbleratchet1890 Жыл бұрын

Just "beer." No article.

@lindakaye7935 Жыл бұрын

@@gabbleratchet1890 maybe there are different versions, but I hear "a beer" in the version I listened to.

@benjaminhoyt1421 Жыл бұрын

Next year, get me a chainsaw.

@uprebel5150 Жыл бұрын

I say "How's it goin', eh?" to this day.

@bonniewiggins1168 5 ай бұрын

One showing of Strange Brew at a drive in movie....we were all Canadian!

@toddwebb6216 Жыл бұрын

Letterman was one of the best comedic hosts with his humble wit. I stopped watching SNL and fell in love with SCTV, the cast was so talented! I laughed so hard when Dave and Rick came up with THE GREAT WHITE NORTH, what a great Canadian Treasure.

@jerrywoods4066 Жыл бұрын

It was no early snl . Period. But it had some good episodes

@patpeterson2671 Жыл бұрын

Then we came out with The Trailer Park Boys ..... and This Hour Has 22 Minutes .....

@antonboludo8886 Жыл бұрын

@@patpeterson2671 I have never seen the former, but the latter is very good.

@emperortrevornorton3119 Жыл бұрын

Rick Moranis is not just a Canadian treasure but also a comedy nerd legend

@LetsDoBongs 6 ай бұрын

They're not mutually exclusive. You could watch them both.

@dmblum1 2 жыл бұрын

I was in 8th grade when their movie came out. I loved it and bought the soundrack album (vinyl) - it had Rush on it, probably the most famous Candadian rock band.

@tiediegymnasts920 2 жыл бұрын

Strange Brew the song was written by Dave's brother

@Momcat_maggiefelinefan Жыл бұрын

I still have that album! No turntable, but that album is priceless to me!

@jamesd242 Жыл бұрын

Triumph, and April Wine also

@allanbard6048 Жыл бұрын

@@Momcat_maggiefelinefan Get yourself a cd of it, eh? That way, you can just put it on shuffle, or repeat.

@Momcat_maggiefelinefan Жыл бұрын

@@allanbard6048 My younger brother had the soundtrack album. It’s still on my iPod! It gets a listen a couple of times a year. It’s old, but never grows old! Classic Canadian content, eh?

@msquaretheoriginal Жыл бұрын

For a lot of Americans, Bob and Doug represented the first time they saw characters who were distinctively Canadian. Before that, all we knew were hockey players.

@antonboludo8886 Жыл бұрын

I am Canadian. I watched these skits when they came out. However, I have never met any Canadians who speak and act like these two. The most used word in the Canadian vocabulary is "Sorry", not "Eh?". The British say "Eh?" far more than Canadians do.

@stoverboo Жыл бұрын

@@antonboludo8886 I knew a woman from Boston who said "eh" more than any Canadian I know.

@antonboludo8886 Жыл бұрын

@@stoverboo I am so "Sorry" to hear that, LOL! xD Even the Terminator would never say "Eh?", haaaaaa! xD Happy Holidays!

@royalsfan Жыл бұрын

And Alan Thicke

@flnthrn2 Жыл бұрын

Isn't Dudley Doo-Rite the Canadian prototype.

@austinricky 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing how much was inspired by this. Fubar, letterkenny, hockey movies, trailer park boys

@Tommyr 2 жыл бұрын

LOVE Letterkenny! These 2 guys are great too and I love the cartoon "Fugget about it"!

@Theotherme11 Жыл бұрын

A “Hoser” is the losing hockey team had to scrape the ice and hose it down..before the Zamboni came along.

@trurush 19 күн бұрын

Ya know I’d forgotten that. My dad was from Minnesota and played hockey and competed in curling. He told me that told me that was a hockey word for loser! Because of having to scrape the ice. I miss my dad, thanks for the memory ☺️

@thewaryears Жыл бұрын

I bought their album back in '81. Never got tired of listening. Yeah, Letterman, Canada is full of hosers.

@elvicare35 9 ай бұрын

I was going to mention MY buying their ab, album while scrolling down here!!!!!

@kinky_Z 6 ай бұрын

Me too. SCTV Canadian Geniuses.

@LimitlessThinker 2 ай бұрын

When I lived in Canada, I used to love these guys. It's been years. I moved back to the states for family but really miss Toronto.

@andrewbecker3700 Жыл бұрын

Rick Moranis was a comic genius the likes of we'll never see again. Before Wayne's World or Beavis n Butthead, there was Bob and Doug Mckenzie.

@xHICKORYx Жыл бұрын

Is, he's still alive.

@andrewbecker3700 Жыл бұрын

@@xHICKORYx No he passed away just a few years ago now. Ghostbusters is his masterpiece.

@xHICKORYx Жыл бұрын

@@andrewbecker3700 No, he is alive.

@andrewbecker3700 Жыл бұрын

@@xHICKORYx Harold Ramis is the guy I'm confused with.

@xHICKORYx Жыл бұрын

@@andrewbecker3700 ah

@Icthy_ankles Жыл бұрын

I liked how in the Movie Brother Bear the two Moose which were voiced by Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas acted like Bob and Doug Mckenzie.

@kathyd456 11 ай бұрын

That was so fantastic!

@nancyhey1012 2 ай бұрын

@@kathyd456wow, so they are not really brothers in real life?

@kathyd456 2 ай бұрын

@@nancyhey1012 Hi, no, just co-stars on SCTV many, many years back. Lots of fun stuff on there.

@NiftyDimensions Жыл бұрын

Still watching the the Strange Brew movie in 2022, classic.

@PB-jk8bl Жыл бұрын

I gotta take a leak so bad I can taste it,eh!!!

@bonniewiggins1168 5 ай бұрын

Drive in movie, huge screen, Strange Brew and friends in lawn chairs. Best times ever. Afterwards....we were all Canadian!

@charlie-obrien 4 ай бұрын

Let's go down to the Beer store and get a case of Elsinore beer, eh.

@mrs.g.9816 Жыл бұрын

I still have the LP, "The Great White North". I was a student at Buffalo State College in the earl 1980's. I, my future husband, and all my friends at the college were all nuts about Bob and Doug McKenzie!

@ozharms Жыл бұрын

One of my favourite Bob & Doug skits of all time, especially the backbacon bit.

@Ingrid922 Жыл бұрын

Take off, eh? I love Bob and Doug!!! I first heard it in 6th or 7th grade. Like the mid 80's.

@tootired76 Жыл бұрын

Some people think Minnesota is southern Canada. Oh Yah, you betcha!!

@knittylane3016 Жыл бұрын

Uff dah!

@gocygo63 Жыл бұрын

...better translated: Baja Ontario...

@6Sierra 2 ай бұрын

I wrote a script with Dave Thomas in 2013. Amazing dude and exceptional writer. Still waiting for it to go to camera 😂😂😂

@jamesmartin7282 Жыл бұрын

"My burps are giving me whiplash!" Loved you guys in Detroit and Kalamazoo.

@dwaynecoy1871 9 ай бұрын

The best character that Dave Thomas did on his SCTV show was his impression of Bob Hope. He was fantastic and it's as funny as anything I've ever seen on SCTV. He didn't do it often, but when he did, he nailed it.

@janloftness 8 ай бұрын

He did a great Liberace too!

@Luke. Жыл бұрын

I love this guys, Canada and its phenomenal culture! 🍁

@judydoyle1124 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. Always love the Mackenzie Bros

@bryede Жыл бұрын

How did we not end up with 4 or 10 McKenzie movies? Biggest crime of all time. At least we got Spaceballs.

@demonicsweaters Жыл бұрын

classic duo, I love these guys

@williamhauswirth958 Жыл бұрын

Just classic!!!! The song with Getty Lee "The Great White North" is also amazing!

@georgemcgnarly3144 7 ай бұрын

I remember watching this movie for the first time at Thunderbird Lanes in Detroit.

@misskc82 4 ай бұрын

Rick's comments on Quebec vs the rest of Canada were spot on!!!

@charlie-obrien 4 ай бұрын

I'm from Buffalo and southern Ontario did watch our TV... And we watched Toronto stations. It was a cultural exchange. Lol

@hadara69 Жыл бұрын

My sister and I LOVED watching SCTV as 80s kids! It’s such a shame younger folks might not get some of those impersonations of certian dated celibrities anymore. SCTV’s improvisational style with characters and impersonations was absolute comic genius!

@johnhartley4721 Жыл бұрын

80's gold!

@dianewinters8628 Жыл бұрын

We loved Second City TV an the McKenzie Brothers were a hilarious segment.

@simonagree4070 Жыл бұрын

I had a cable installer who was one of these guys. From Newfoundland. I love them, still funny after all these years. Eh?

@michaelcarey8388 Жыл бұрын

I wish they'd get together and do a reunion skit or something....

@Dbomb81 5 ай бұрын

"HEY THAT WAS NO GOAL EH! YOU WAS IN THE CREASE!"

@user-kj6cd7qq5o 3 ай бұрын

You 2 are the best reps. for the great white north

@EightPieceBox Жыл бұрын

I don't know how I missed this! I wish the SCTV youtube channel was as good as the Letterman channel. The clips are just too short, but I'm glad it exists!

@DigitalPraise7 Жыл бұрын

If you dislike this video you are a hoser, eh!

@hamsandwichson 2 жыл бұрын

This was created because Canada wanted more Canadian content? I love that. When I think of Canada I definitely think about these guys! 😂

@VicGChad07 Жыл бұрын

CanCon is still a contentious issue for some.

@michaelrmurphy2734 Жыл бұрын

There was a two minute gap between the Canadian and American versions of SCTV. For more commercials. The producers said "we need something to fill and it has to be Canadian content". Thus, Bob and Dong MacKenzie were born!

@msquaretheoriginal Жыл бұрын

@@michaelrmurphy2734 yes, it was meant to be the two most exaggerated Canadian characters they could come up with.

@donziperk Жыл бұрын

Can con is garbage. Talent no matter where it is flows to the top. I hate being force fed mediocre programming because of Cancon. Not to mention my tax dollars being spent on it.

@3-2-1-. Жыл бұрын

Before Wayne's World, there were the McKenzie Brothers, the Hosers. Take off to the great white north! Courtesy of Geddy Lee.

@IamReallySanta Жыл бұрын

Mike Myers definetly was inspired by Bob and Doug

@kinky_Z 6 ай бұрын

SCTV on acid... love it. Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis were hoser geniuses! Beloved for all time...

@nidodson 4 ай бұрын

I wish Rick had more work, absolutely love him, and the only reason he doesn't is because he is a great person.

@jamesrobert782 8 ай бұрын

I miss the old letterman, he was the best, My uncle told me about these 2 hosiers, there hilarious.

@robertking7269 Жыл бұрын

Great comedy duo

@sharonlefebure3892 2 ай бұрын

I remember these guys from high school! I’m born and raised in North Vancouver, BC, Canada! Take off eh! Ya hoser! Kalooka kooka kooka koo! Kalooka kooka kooka koo! Our national anthem!

@Adam-xj8mp 8 ай бұрын

Love these two, legends in their own time!!

@MrMotleyStue 3 ай бұрын

"Hey! Hey over here! Over here for doughnuts!"

@ll1ll1ll1ll1ll 9 ай бұрын

Rick Moranis is such a chad for leaving acting to raise his kids.

@lewliberty Жыл бұрын

Great time to be alive!

@ronmills5234 Жыл бұрын

Watching this 40+ years later in Edmonton hits different.

@keithmills778 Жыл бұрын

Yes, we do want to bad-mouth Edmonton, says a guy from Calgary. Nice last name, BTW.

@dwaynegalvin8799 Жыл бұрын

Seen them filming an episode out in front of the ITV studios one day!

@dannysulyma6273 Жыл бұрын

Condolences from the left coast.

@jasonmccrank4981 Жыл бұрын

A city of over a million people that still behaves like a small town. There's stuff happening now in the core that should have been happening 25 to 30 years ago.

@OMGWTFLOLSMH 10 ай бұрын

I lived in Edmonton back when SCTV was taped at ITV/Allard Studios. Now I'm in Nanaimo, which also got a mention here. Cool beans.

@birdwatchinglife Жыл бұрын

Oh the memories....

@f1lupo Жыл бұрын

now those are some true hosers eh😂

@rodmandealerman3297 7 ай бұрын

'I can't believe he drank it all!!'

@suchanjv Жыл бұрын

Great interview!

@Javmon9 Жыл бұрын

♥️♥️♥️♥️ always loved watching strange Brew

@billymartinaswell1779 Жыл бұрын

I love these guys.

@tylerward6723 Жыл бұрын

I so miss Bob and Doug. RIP

@elijahrobinson2362 Жыл бұрын

Far superior to SNL, especially in those days and today is just an order of magnitude better. So much creativity and variety, from incredible talent, that is still hilarious 40+ years later.

@msquaretheoriginal Жыл бұрын

that's an important point. Look at the careers of John Candy, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Andrea Martin, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Joe Flaherty. Some have passed on, but the survivors are still in action today.

@jerrywoods4066 Жыл бұрын

Ah no way

@cerealfamine1 Жыл бұрын

Blows my mind this aired the year I was born!

@RichEmbury Жыл бұрын

Legends

@hotelbastard7853 9 ай бұрын

David reminds me of Sgt. Preston.

@andrewwareing7291 Жыл бұрын

I spent a year in Edmonton one week.

@MK-fc2hn Жыл бұрын

I spent a week in Edmonton on one Sunday afternoon. 🤣

@chezsnailez 2 жыл бұрын

We have the Great White North album with the 'You are the Guest' sleeve...

@brendalg4 7 ай бұрын

Same

@jezebeljones659 Жыл бұрын

OMG-- love these guys.

@robertleslie2467 29 күн бұрын

Always loved these guys. I’ll be a hoser for them.

@bryansarracino8623 2 жыл бұрын

Oh man how great! I had never seen this before!

@peterhiggins5439 Жыл бұрын

Great routine!

@TTony-tu6dm 26 күн бұрын

“The lower 48”🤣🤣🤣

@jeremybennoch4338 Жыл бұрын

My mom lived in near the Canadian border in maine everyone sounded like they were asking me a question

@jeremybennoch4338 Жыл бұрын

@@Henry-W-Schlemmer Who? And I mean that cause I don't know Was she in strange brew that is the only thing I remember the Mackenzie brothers in

@jeremybennoch4338 Жыл бұрын

@@Henry-W-Schlemmer Ok I've seen skits with candy and Martin short I'm 45 so my experience with Canadian tv was red green on PBS If ya can't be handsome be handy And have a roll of duct tape handy Also you can't do that on television which always made me think Nickelodeon was Canadian

@dwaynegalvin8799 Жыл бұрын

Ahhhh, the good old dehs!

@sinclairjg Жыл бұрын

So obviously, this is before Strange Brew? "There’s no way I’m gonna crash this. This is a beer truck, eh?"

@trevorthornley8835 8 ай бұрын

This is a 10 speed. That's just a 5 speed x 2

@billlonee9470 Жыл бұрын

I can't believe that Dave is talking to Seymour Krelborn and the founder of Wendy's Hamburgers!

@garyfrancis6193 Жыл бұрын

I used to live in Nanaimo, eh? It’s on Vancouver Island but ain’t on their map either eh? It’s the closest place in Canada to Hawaii which is only 3500 miles away. Almost walking distance if you can walk under water like a fish. I’m a product of the Canadian educational system.

@intrepidelica7059 7 ай бұрын

Gordon Lightfoot sings every song ever written!

@CraftAero Жыл бұрын

CanCon works !! Red Green, Tragicially Hip anyone ?

@eloiseharbeson2483 Жыл бұрын

We Floridians ♥ our Canucks

@denisebrowne5316 8 ай бұрын

They missed the great lakes, PEI, Newfoundland, lol

@dar4052 Жыл бұрын

Sctv roster is legendary

@Garmbreak1 10 ай бұрын

"There are no diversions in Edmonton."

@flimnap4841 8 ай бұрын

Saw them live.

@xHICKORYx Жыл бұрын

Beauty

@mrmoshpotato Жыл бұрын

Hilarious hosers!

@halon7476 21 күн бұрын

Heroes of Canada 🇨🇦 and drinking Molson Canadian

@benjaminhill2836 Жыл бұрын

Dave Thomas did a pretty good impression of Liberace on SNL's Guy Talk.

@OMGWTFLOLSMH 10 ай бұрын

His Bob Hope was great too.

@bobsutube Жыл бұрын

It would have been funny to have Dave be the guest on their little show in the first clip

@kingsuperbus4617 11 ай бұрын

I love it.

@standing0 Жыл бұрын

Beauty segment eh!

@Snoopymk37 Жыл бұрын

I have an Elsinore Brewery t-shirt. I get comments from people all of the time.

@Flies2FLL Ай бұрын

I spent 6 weeks in airline training at Flight Safety in Downsview; It was a cultural change for this Flori-Duh boy, but I still liked the city.....

@tkbuffalogaming Жыл бұрын

SCTV was just brilliant!

@jerseyforhawks Жыл бұрын

Dave Thomas infinitely cool to Dave Letterman's insecurity.

@billrea66 Жыл бұрын

They should be drinking out of stubby beer bottles,huh ?

@kevinkantell7381 Жыл бұрын

Classic movie 🍿

@chasbodaniels1744 Жыл бұрын

Until just now watching the interview segment, I never realized that Bob was Rick Moranis. Do I feel like a hoser or what?

@IamReallySanta Жыл бұрын

You should eh

@Ingrid922 Жыл бұрын

Take off, eh?

@Ingrid922 Жыл бұрын

Take off, eh?

@heluvsmenu 6 ай бұрын

You’re not alone!

@garymclaughin Жыл бұрын

Very educational for the most part I know I used to cross at Seattle first stop everyone so friendly and not reserved but when I got home after a few months what a sigh of relief everyone minding their own business stop and catch something for dinner not much traffic imagine living beside the I95 for awhile would make one nuts.

@TheKitchenerLeslie 7 ай бұрын

Whenever you see Moranis as himself, it makes you respect how good his characters are... he's nothing like them. Not even a hint of Louis Tully here.

@thatwasinteresting3319 Жыл бұрын

Bob and Doug were the first bloggers

@paulziegler737 Жыл бұрын

Strange Brew.....GREATEST Movie Ever !

@jerrywoods4066 Жыл бұрын

You got to be kidding. A big disappointment

@paulziegler737 Жыл бұрын

@@jerrywoods4066 Well, maybe it wasn't the GREATEST, but I enjoyed it. 🤣😂🤣😂

@jerrywoods4066 Жыл бұрын

@@paulziegler737 👌

@oxyfee6486 Жыл бұрын

Guy who knocked out Rick Moranis is a Hoser EH!!

@September2004 Жыл бұрын

It's interesting seeing him wear a sweater since none of his successors did that. I kinda like the casual for 12:30am, I admit. 4:17 Jokes about Canada. 5:48 Inferiority complex of Canadians.