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Take off eh? Bob and Doug McKenzie to return in cartoon form

Posted by ChuckyG, April 29, 2008
Fans of the movie Strange Brew and SCTV will be happy to hear the duo have reunited and are going to be animated for an upcoming cartoon version of their characters. Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis are going to be doing the voices as well, no lame imitations!

The Bob and Doug characters launched as a two-minute skit on the Canadian Broadcasting Corp's sketch-comedy series SCTV in 1980, in part to mock federal government rules that require the public broadcaster to air identifiably "Canadian content" in its homegrown TV shows.

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Latest Additions to World Events Of The Eighties Pages
Your Love Love Come's Nd Go But After I Met You Going Wasn't A Easy Thing To Do 1367097628
Submitted by King Crown . Added to the site on April 27, 2013
brainsHe who Knows, & Know He Knowns Is A "Wise Man" But He Who Does Not Know But Thinks He Knows Is "A Fool"1367097624
Submitted by Steve R. Added to the site on April 27, 2013
Today, 1/28/2013, is the 27th anniversary of the Challenger disaster. I still remember being home with the flu and recording it as it happened while watching it on CNN, which carried it live. I still have the tape, which is as clear today as it was when I recorded it. It was a tragic day, and I never experienced anything worse til 9/11/2001, or the tragic breakup of the Columbia on 2/1/2003. May the Lord continue to keep them all safe in His arms.
Submitted by Jan Griffiths. Added to the site on February 09, 2013
I was at community college,and did not watch the launch, but some students who had watched it came into the classroom laughing and joking about it. I was appalled and disgusted by their callousness...
Submitted by AnthonyW. Added to the site on February 09, 2013
I was 17,soon to be 18, a senior in high school in NJ, and I was sick at home for a couple of days. I was sleeping in bed, sick, when my Mom woke me up and told me what happened. I remember seeing over and over again the footage, and the eerie, calm voice of the NASA command center describing, after the explosion, the downward nautical miles and saying "obviously a major malfunction", and the feedback noise of the mic he was using...can hear still it now.
Submitted by JimmyD. Added to the site on February 09, 2013
I was a Senior in high school. I was in my English class (first row and second desk) when one of the secretaries from the principal's office told us what had happened. I remember we talked about it briefly, held a moment of silence, and had to continue our classwork. Everyone was talking about between the next class period and then at lunch.
Submitted by DLR. Added to the site on September 03, 2012
Was working on car at my late Father`s shop when he came out and told us. We took a break and watched a little of the coverage. Then back to work. Remember it like it was yesterday.
Submitted by AL. Added to the site on June 29, 2012
i was in fourth grade and i remember watching the news reports over while i was at school-the next day we were supposed to have watched Christa Mcaullife give us a science lesson from space.
Submitted by amanda. Added to the site on March 24, 2012
I was in first grade. The launch was a big event in my class- the AV guy at the school rolled the TV in on some huge metal cart. I think it was on 321 Contact, or maybe that was the show that led up to the launch. I loved space and when that thing blew up right in front of me, I was a bit confused. It's not supposed to do that, right. We didn't watch a lot of TV in my house, so I thought it was real, which it was. Anyway, it was a pretty traumatic event and last year I came across my first grade journal while cleaning out the attic. Halfway through the book was a full page drawing of an explosion- pretty abstract, but definitely the Challenger.
Submitted by doogiehowser. Added to the site on February 09, 2012
Well it was the 13th, and I was having a great day. Until my sister yelled at me.
Submitted by John Backangerizer. Added to the site on February 09, 2012