Bob and Doug McKenzie in AT&T Long Distance SCTV

In the video AT&T Long Distance SCTV, Bob and Doug McKenzie are a couple of made up Canadian actors who created “Great White North”, a skit which was broadcast on SCTV – second city television for the show’s most popular season when it got sent to the Canadian Broadcasting Channel in the eighties. Bob’s character is acted by hilarious comedian Rick Moranis and the character Doug is acted by actor Dave Thomas. Despite created originally as fluff to both fulfill and laugh about legal Canadian content statutes, the duo transformed into a pop culture sensation in both Canada and across the border. The characters went on to become the focus of a famous comedy album, The Great White North, in 1981.