Bob and Doug McKenzie in The Christmas Song

In the video The Christmas Song, Bob and Doug McKenzie are a pair of hilarious Canadian family members who are responsible for “Great White North”, a program which was introduced on second city television for the show’s most popular season when it got sent to CBC Television in in the early 80s. The character Bob McKenzie is played by actor Rick Moranis and the character Doug is acted by actor Dave Thomas. The bit was developed originally as an idea to both follow guidelines and laugh about legal Canadian content rules, the two transformed into a pop culture phenomenon in both Canada and the USA. The pair became the focus of a huge comedy album, The Great White North, in 1981.