Bob and Doug McKenzie in SCTV | Great White North – Carpets

In the video SCTV | Great White North – Carpets, Bob and Doug McKenzie are a group of made up Canadian brothers who are responsible for “Great White North”, a sketch which was televised on second city television for the show’s most liked season when it got sent to the Canadian Broadcasting Channel in in the early 80s. Bob is created by comic Rick Moranis and Doug’s character is brought to life by comic Dave Thomas. The bit was developed originally as filler to both fulfill and make fun of annoying Canadian content legislation, the siblings became a pop culture smash hit in both Canada and the USA. The pair enetually would become the focus of a hit comedy album, The Great White North, in 1981.