Bob and Doug McKenzie in SCTV – Convert-a-Toupe

In the video SCTV – Convert-a-Toupe, Bob and Doug McKenzie are two of fictional Canadian actors who created “Great White North”, a improv which was televised on SCTV for the show’s most popular season when it aired by CBC Television in in the early 80s. The character Bob McKenzie is played by comedian Rick Moranis and Doug McKenzie is performed by Dave Thomas. Despite developed originally as fluff to both satisfy and make fun of dumb Canadian content policies, the brothers turned into a pop culture phenomenon in both Canada and the USA. The brothers enetually would become the focus of a classic comedy album, The Great White North, in 1981.