Strange Brew, what do Canadians think of it?

[JVS]

[TrogL]

1. It was shot where I was living at the time

London Ontario, at the Molson Brewery headquarters.

The Second City Troupe did a good job of parodying Canadian mannerisms. We don't mind.

[JVS]

2. They should have done a good job

many of them were Canadians!

[htuttle]

4. Didn't the 'Great White North' skit start due to Canadian TV rules?

I thought that the reason that SCTV started the Bob and Doug skit in the first place was because Canadian TV rules required fewer commercials than US TV, so they needed an extra few minutes of content for Canada (then it caught on, and was added to the regular SCTV shown in the US)?

That might be apocryphal, but I'm pretty sure something like that was involved.

[Swede]

3. I don't recall it very well.

I guess we do like beer,wear toques and say eh,so I guess it did parody us.

[meegbear]

5. Great flick ...

It's a great movie to drink a 12 pack of Molson Blue with.

[morningglory]

6. Our 2 boys who were around 12 when it came out,

did not know it was about Canadian mannerisms, but just thought the movie was hilarious and the dialect was also hilarious to them. They memorised the whole thing and would spend hours talking in the dialect. Then as 15 and 17 year-olds they were in a bluegrass band that toured British Columbia one summer. When they crossed the border. the customs guy asked the grownups in the band if they were carrying any tobacco or tobacco products. The grownups were from around Vidalia, Georgia and felt like they were in outer space when outside of the South, simply looked puzzled at the customs guy. So, to make it easy for them, the guy said "Just what you're smookin' , eh?" Owen and Balder had never heard anyone talk like Bob and Doug and thought he was being funny, that he had maybe studied Strange Brew as they had for years and they both spit up their corn chips, and screamed laughing before they realized the situation. Then they had a lovely time in Chetwynd and other places with the elk hunters and fishermen playing bluegrass music all night because the sun never went down. Great experience.

[bif]

7. Molson Blue?

n/t

[HEyHEY]

8. Well, I'd like to know if anyone actually used "Hoser" before that movie

Maybe an older Canadian Duer can explain....the movie itself. I thought it was cheesy in a funny and good way.

[CanuckAmok]

9. I remember a, during the height of the MacKenzie Bros. Popularity...

They had just released the "Great White North" LP (which featured Geddy Lee and was later sampled on "The Simpsons"), and Toronto hard-rock station Q107 held a contest in which you were supposed to dress like Bob and Doug MacKenzie, and win a prize. It was some stupid little contest, but enough people did it that Yonge Street (the main artery through Downtown Toronto) was clogged with "hosers" for hours. The police traffic squad were stymied, and rush-hour traffic literally ground to a halt for several hours. I have photos somewhere of this impromptu parade--it's crazy.

It's kind of ironic, I think, 10,000 average Canadians dressing up to look like "Average Canadians".

[HEyHEY]

10. hahano shit.... also Getty Lee

"Ten bucks is ten bucks" Great line

[CanuckAmok]

11. I use it all the time. "Ten bucks is ten bucks, eh!" n/t

[grasswire]

12. Jelly donut comin'!

I'm lettin' go!

Dad, Doug dropped your beer!

I heard some pre-teenage boys talking about Strange Brew just the other day, so I guess it's still popular.

[progressiverealist]

13. No, it's "dad, Bob broke your beer."

:)