Bob and Doug McKenzie in What’s on TV?

In the video What’s on TV?, Bob and Doug McKenzie are a group of hilarious Canadian brothers who are responsible for “Great White North”, a ad lib skit which was featured on second city television for the show’s most watched season when it braodcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Channel in the year 1980. Bob McKenzie is performed by comedian Rick Moranis and the character Doug is created by comic Dave Thomas. Although created originally as fluff to both satisfy and mock network Canadian content policies, the two became a pop culture phenomenon in both Canada and the United States. The McKenzie brothers soon became the focus of a classic comedy album, The Great White North, in 1981.