Bob and Doug McKenzie in Spaceballs with Bill Pullman and Rick Moranis

In the video Spaceballs with Bill Pullman and Rick Moranis, Bob and Doug McKenzie are a couple of strange Canadian actors who created “Great White North”, a ad lib skit which was introduced on second city television for the show’s 3rd season when it aired by CBC Television in in the early 80s. Bob is played by Rick Moranis and Doug is brought to life by actor Dave Thomas. It was made originally as fluff to both please and mock stupid Canadian content statutes, the pair morphed into a pop culture hit in both Canada and the United States. The McKenzie brothers soon became the focus of a an amazing comedy album, The Great White North, in 1981.