# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/81 "2018-01-26T21:01:29Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Hahaha!!! > > It’s like the Canadian version of “Dumb and Dumber” but 10 years earlier! :D:D That’s a good one:smack: I’ve been telling a clueless friend, it’s like Trailer Park Boys but different. > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Before you do anything rash, I suggest you find out if they have quarries in Canada. :DYou beat me to it.:mad:😃 ---
**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, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/82 "2018-01-26T21:12:32Z")
> [@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. > [@terentii](#): > > 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: 😕 Yes. A two-four is a case of 24 beers. ---
**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, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/83 "2018-01-26T21:35:01Z")
So, 6 cases? Would you say six packs of two four? ---
**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, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/84 "2018-01-26T21:39:01Z")
To a Minnesotan, six-pack means a package of six beers. ---
**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, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/85 "2018-01-26T21:42:32Z")
Means the same to this East Coaster. ---
**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, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/86 "2018-01-26T21:43:09Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > So, 6 cases? Would you say six packs of two four? We would say “6 two-fours.” “Hey, for the cottage weekend can you grab 6 two-fours?” ---
**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, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/87 "2018-01-26T21:46:03Z")
Cottage weekend! Love it. Yeah, that’s what always struck me as odd in the B & D Christmas song. They say six packs of two four. Love those guys. I had the LP, probably still do, with no place to play it. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/88 "2018-01-26T22:23:25Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > “Hey, for the cottage weekend can you grab 6 two-fours?” Oh my god. I _finally_ understand what the lyrics to that Chicago song are about. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/89 "2018-01-26T22:50:39Z")
> [@StusBlues](#): > > [How they came to be.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkH1Dk5O7KA) I remember another interview with both of them in character where the interviewer asked them what back bacon was. They did a rambling explanation, which ended up by saying it was what we call Canadian bacon. Then one of them said something like “So in Canada we have something called American cheese. Which you probably call back cheese.” The interviewer replied “No, we call it American cheese, too.”, and the two brothers just gave each other a confused look. ---
**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, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/90 "2018-01-26T22:50:43Z")
> [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > Oh my god. I _finally_ understand what the lyrics to that Chicago song are about. ha HA! ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/91 "2018-01-27T00:11:08Z")
Meh. I guess they were iconic – back before Duct Tape. ---
**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 27, 2018, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/92 "2018-01-27T00:23:58Z")
> [@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. Damn, I always thought they said Tuborg, too, because Tuborg was a popular (cheap) beer at the time. My American ears were geared to hear Tuborg because Tuborg dark was a beer I often drank. The Tuborg available in the U.S. wasn’t imported from Denmark, though. It was brewed in the U.S. by Carling under license from the Carlsberg brewery. That would explain why it was so cheap. I think the Tuborg that I used to drink came from Phoenix. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/93 "2018-01-27T01:04:55Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Meh. I guess they were iconic – back before Duct Tape. I know you’re joking, but [duct tape dates to ca. 1943](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape) (or before, for looser definitions). Bob and Doug first hit the airwaves in [1980](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_City_Television#Bob_and_Doug_McKenzie). ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/94 "2018-01-27T01:07:42Z")
Hmm, I always heard “Tuborg” too, and from that I inferred that Tuborg was a Canadian beer. I can’t possibly have been _wrong_ all these years, can I? Me? It’s not possible. Is it? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/95 "2018-01-27T06:02:19Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > We would say “6 two-fours.” > > “Hey, for the cottage weekend can you grab 6 two-fours?” Exactly. My guess is that “six packs of two-four” is better rhythmically for the song. Nobody would say that in real life. Funny how terminology across Canada varies. In Ontario, where I’m from originally, a “case” is always 24. Here in Alberta, a case is 12. Two-fours are available in bottles, but if it is 24 cans, it is known as a “flat.” And six two-fours for a summer cottage weekend in Canada is only a start. Good luck getting to Sunday with so few beers. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/96 "2018-01-27T06:20:39Z")
Kind of like Prince, and his father Tubold. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/97 "2018-01-27T08:25:50Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > Hmm, I always heard “Tuborg” too, and from that I inferred that Tuborg was a Canadian beer. Tuborg is actually Danish…and while it’s sold in Canada it’s not exactly an iconic brand, on the level of Molson or Labatt, so wouldn’t really make sense in the context. ‘Six packs of two-four’ would be unusual phrasing, but ‘Six two-fours’ wouldn’t fit the melody. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/98 "2018-01-27T18:38:34Z")
[Here’s a thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=229143) from 2003 asking what six packs of two-four is. One person insisted it was Tuborg, and they are now banned. I assume that was the reason for the banning. ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/99 "2018-01-27T19:07:56Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > 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. The entire set is on our Amazon wish list. Doubt we’ll ever be able to afford it, though. ---
**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 27, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362/100 "2018-01-27T19:16:35Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > … I assume that was the reason for the banning. And rightfully so! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362.md?page=4)