# Do you know of Bob and Doug McKenzie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 24, 2018, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362 "2018-01-24T08:00:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/61 "2018-01-25T00:16:00Z")
Oh, my god. How could anyone NOT love _Strange Brew?_ ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/62 "2018-01-25T11:33:37Z")
> [@Marlonius](#): > > I am a 45 year old Canadian. I will let you guess if I am familiar with the comedic hilarity that is Bob and Doug MacKenzie. Canadian Thunderdome: Bob and Doug vs Red Green. Three men enter; three men drink beer and talk about hockey. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/63 "2018-01-25T14:46:21Z")
So why is it called the Great White North when the map is clearly pink? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/64 "2018-01-26T01:15:00Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > Anyone have the album on vinyl and play “You Are Our Guest”? (That was pronounced “you are are guest”) Yep. Could hardly ever get through it without [del]breaking character[/del] cracking up. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/65 "2018-01-26T01:17:46Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Holy fuck **Bo**. > > Between snowboarding, your love of hockey, and now this revelation? > > I’m recommending to PM Trudeau that you be made an honourary Canadian. Perhaps even Order Of Canada! Before you do anything rash, I suggest you find out if they have quarries in Canada. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/66 "2018-01-26T01:30:11Z")
BTW, I couldn’t respond to the poll because the answers are both too surly for a Canadian content-themed poll (at least, for someone like me, who hasn’t had enough beers to get over that threshold). But, yes, I’m familiar with them. Back in 1981, I was living in a rented house in Idaho Falls with two other sailors. After the bus got us home from Arco during the weeks we had swing shift, we’d have time to put together a quick meal, then watch SCTV before hitting the rack. ---
**Author:** ![ch51](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ch51/32/3111_2.png) [@ch51](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ch51)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/67 "2018-01-26T04:18:43Z")
Sure I know them. In high school parties would stop for two minutes for Bob & Doug’s “show”. Everyone would pile into the room with the TV (living room usually). Then the party would resume. Have the album. Had the vinyl. Have the CD. Ordered the church key (bottle opener) that you could get with the original issue of the album. Never got into the movie … I was too busy with college by then. Still listen to the Xmas track and the “hit single” though eh. Oh yeah, I remember the “you’re our guest”. Classic stuff. Doughnuts! I forgot to ask for doughnuts … ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/68 "2018-01-26T04:25:00Z")
Stop for donuts at “Corner Gas”! ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/69 "2018-01-26T05:51:56Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > But, yes, I’m familiar with them. Back in 1981, I was living in a rented house in Idaho Falls with two other sailors. After the bus got us home from Arco during the weeks we had swing shift, we’d have time to put together a quick meal, then watch SCTV before hitting the rack. What was the Navy’s mission in Idaho Falls? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/70 "2018-01-26T13:00:53Z")
Nuclear Power Training Unit. Spent six months in Orlando learning the theory of reactor operation, then six more months getting some hands-on training before being sent out to the Fleet. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/71 "2018-01-26T14:01:40Z")
I voted “no,” but the apparently know must of their work. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/72 "2018-01-26T14:07:32Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Canadian Thunderdome: Bob and Doug vs Red Green. Three men enter; three men drink beer and talk about hockey. I own a collection of Red Green DVDs. It warmed my heart to come home one day and see that my son (then around 13) had found them and binge watched them all. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_a\_Platypus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Not\_a\_Platypus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_a_Platypus)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/73 "2018-01-26T14:39:16Z")
I voted no because I drew a total blank at the names. It still seemed fitting even after looking them up, because yeah I recognize them now but never really watched any of their work. I don’t remember if I’ve seen Strange Brew. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/74 "2018-01-26T15:21:52Z")
Love 'em. I will still from time to time exclaim “I gotta whiz so bad I can taste it.” ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/75 "2018-01-26T18:02:10Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I voted “no,” but the apparently know must of their work. Yeah, it’s really weird that I somehow didn’t recognize the names immediately, as I used to watch SCTV _and_ I hear their version of 12 Days of Christmas every year. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/76 "2018-01-26T19:21:50Z")
I’ve always wondered about the Canadian significance of the Koo-roo-koo-koo-koo-koo. Is it a bird call? A Great White North greeting? Sorry for the lower North American ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/77 "2018-01-26T19:34:42Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > So why is it called the Great White North when the map is clearly pink? It’s da U.S. dat’s pink, eh? It’s Canada dat’s blue, ya hoser. So, dey should call it da Great Blue North, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/78 "2018-01-26T20:17:46Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I’ve always wondered about the Canadian significance of the Koo-roo-koo-koo-koo-koo. Is it a bird call? A Great White North greeting? Sorry for the lower North American ignorance. Ha! It’s parodying the music of some nature-type CBC commercials from back in the day called “Hinterland Who’s Who.” It doesn’t sound the same, but that’s where the genesis of the call comes from. Example: [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LwWHk8azaAc](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LwWHk8azaAc) ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/79 "2018-01-26T20:52:12Z")
So, what does “Six packs of two-four” mean? Six cases of beer? At first, I thought they said Tuborg, but they wouldn’t drink that, eh? I even asked a Canadian I work with, and he wasn’t sure what that meant. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/80 "2018-01-26T21:00:39Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > So, what does “Six packs of two-four” mean? Six cases of beer? At first, I thought they said Tuborg, but they wouldn’t drink that, eh? I even asked a Canadian I work with, and he wasn’t sure what that meant. As I understand it, a two-four is a case with 24 bottles of beer. But six packs of 24 bottles does sound a bit … excessive. :dubious: 😕 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362.md?page=5)