List of Bob and Doug McKenzie appearances on SCTV

The following is a list of Great White North segments from 1980-1982. The characters of Bob and Doug McKenzie first appeared in the first episode of SCTV's third season.

Series overview

Season Episodes Originally aired DVD release dates
Region 1
3 25 1980–1981 October 24, 2006, Various
4/1 2 1981 June 8, 2004
4/2 9 1981–1982 October 19, 2004
4/3 5 1982 March 1, 2005

Season 3 (1980-1981)

The Great White North segments featured one two-minute sketch per episode. Production took place after hours at SCTV, where several segments would be filmed at once. Of the segments produced, twenty-five were aired during the third season.[1]

Key
  • In the # column the number refers to the order of appearance.
  • In the № column the number refers to the episode number.
# Skit Name SCTV Episode DVD Release Original Airdate
01"Introductory Show""Lee Iacocca's Rock Concert"NASeptember 19, 1980 (1980-09-19)3-1
02"Doug's Got His Earmuffs On""Thursday Night Live"SCTV: Best of the Early YearsSeptember 26, 1980 (1980-09-26)3-2
03"The French Problem""Death of a Salesman"NAOctober 3, 1980 (1980-10-03)3-3
04"Calculators""My Factory, My Self"SCTV: Best of the Early Years, SCTV: Volume 1October 10, 1980 (1980-10-10)3-4
05"Snow Chains""Death Motel"SCTV: Best of the Early Years, Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary DVDOctober 17, 1980 (1980-10-17)3-5
06"Back Bacon and Snow Chains""The Lone Ranger Show"SCTV: Volume 1October 24, 1980 (1980-10-24)3-6
07"Making Doug Go""Play It Again, Bob"SCTV: Best of the Early Years, SCTV: Volume 1October 31, 1980 (1980-10-31)3-7
08"Back Packing with Beer on Ski Trips""Gaslight"SCTV: Best of the Early YearsNovember 7, 1980 (1980-11-07)3-8
09"Snowshoes for Spatulas""Man's Ability to Imitate"NANovember 14, 1980 (1980-11-14)3-9
10"Boom Shadows, Stuff that Bugs Us""Mel's Rock Pile"NANovember 21, 1980 (1980-11-21)3-10
11"Miracle of Back Bacon""The Sammy Maudlin Show"SCTV: Best of the Early YearsNovember 28, 1980 (1980-11-28)3-11
12"Name that Smoke""Night Gallery"NADecember 5, 1980 (1980-12-05)3-12
13"Star Wars""Star Wars"NADecember 12, 1980 (1980-12-12)3-13
14"Exercise""Hollywood Salutes the Extras"SCTV: Best of the Early Years, Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary DVDDecember 19, 1980 (1980-12-19)3-14
15"Rolling Your Own With Ski Mitts""The Irwin Allen Show"SCTV: Best of the Early Years, Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary DVDDecember 26, 1980 (1980-12-26)3-15
16"Mystery Guest""Big Brother"SCTV: Best of the Early Years, Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary DVDJanuary 2, 1981 (1981-01-02)3-16
17"The Best Groups and Doug's Imitations""Two Way TV / Pit Bulls"SCTV: Best of the Early Years, SCTV: Volume 1, Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary DVDJanuary 9, 1981 (1981-01-09)3-17
18"Sports""Alpha Channel"NAJanuary 16, 1981 (1981-01-16)3-18
19"Bowling Loaded""Midnight Express Special"SCTV: Best of the Early Years, Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary DVDJanuary 23, 1981 (1981-01-23)3-19
20"Stuff That Bugs Us""Cookery Crock / Cartoon Coroner"SCTV: Volume 1January 30, 1981 (1981-01-30)3-20
21"Parking at Donut Places""The Mating Game"SCTV: Volume 1February 6, 1981 (1981-02-06)3-21
22"Kicked Out of Studio""Gene Shalit's America"NAFebruary 13, 1981 (1981-02-13)3-22
23"Stolen Car""Mel's Rock Pile - MacArthur Park"NAFebruary 20, 1981 (1981-02-20)3-23
24"Where to Look for Cops""Dick Cavett"SCTV: Best of the Early Years, Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary DVDFebruary 27, 1981 (1981-02-27)3-24
25"Doug Builds a Studio""The Cisco Kid"NAMarch 6, 1981 (1981-03-06)3-25

Season 4, Cycle 1 (1981)

Most of this cycle was made up of Great White North repeat segments. The only new appearances were in episodes 4/1-2 and 4/1-9. The final episode of the season included a wraparound storyline which heavily featured the characters.[2]

# Skit Name SCTV Episode DVD Release Original Airdate
26"Traveling and Salaries""Polynesiantown with Dr. John"SCTV: Volume 1May 22, 1981 (1981-05-22)4/1-2
27"Great White North: Ian Thomas""The Great White North with Ian Thomas"SCTV: Volume 1July 31, 1981 (1981-07-31)4/1-9

Season 4, Cycle 2 (1981-1982)

Growing in popularity, the characters returned for 9 new segments in the second cycle of season 4. While Cycle 1 featured many repeats, this is the only cycle to feature a new Great White North segment in each episode.[3]

# Skit Name SCTV Episode DVD Release Original Airdate
28"Economics""CCCP 1 with Al Jarreau"SCTV: Volume 2October 16, 1981 (1981-10-16)4/2-1
29"Mouse in a Bottle""I'm Taking My Own Head, Screwing It On Right, and no Guy's Gonna Tell Me It Ain't with The Plasmatics"SCTV: Volume 2, Strange Brew DVDOctober 23, 1981 (1981-10-23)4/2-2
30"Short Cuts""Zontar with Bonar Bain and Natalie Cole"SCTV: Volume 2October 30, 1981 (1981-10-30)4/2-3
31"Carpets""Walter Cronkite's Brain with Rough Trade"SCTV: Volume 2November 6, 1981 (1981-11-06)4/2-4
32"Microwave Ovens""Doorway to Hell with Eugene Fodor"SCTV: Volume 2November 20, 1981 (1981-11-20)4/2-5
33"Long Underwear and Back Bacon""The Godfather with James Ingram and John Marley"SCTV: Volume 2December 11, 1981 (1981-12-11)4/2-6
34"Beer Nog""SCTV Staff Christmas Party"SCTV: Volume 2, Christmas with SCTVDecember 18, 1981 (1981-12-18)4/2-7
35"The Great White North""Teacher's Pet with The Boomtown Rats"SCTV: Volume 2February 12, 1982 (1982-02-12)4/2-8
36"The Space Arm/Snow Routes""Midnight Video Special with Talking Heads and Plastics"SCTV: Volume 2February 19, 1982 (1982-02-19)4/2-9

Season 4, Cycle 3 (1982)

This was the last season to feature the characters. The first episode's plot revolves around the growing popularity of Bob and Doug and they are given their own variety show on SCTV, which turns into a catastrophe. The characters are then featured in four final segments before Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas left SCTV to film Strange Brew.[4]

# Skit Name SCTV Episode DVD Release Original Airdate
37"The Great White North Palace""The Great White North Palace with Tony Bennett"SCTV: Volume 3April 16, 1982 (1982-04-16)4/3-1
38"15-Pin Bowling""The People's Global Golden Choice Awards with Third World"SCTV: Volume 3May 1, 1982 (1982-05-01)4/3-3
39"How to Beat the Russians""Pet Peeves / The Happy Wanderers with Carl Perkins"SCTV: Volume 3May 21, 1982 (1982-05-21)4/3-5
40"Twist-off Beer Caps""Chariots of Eggs with Hall and Oates"SCTV: Volume 3June 5, 1982 (1982-06-05)4/3-6
41"Dog Scoopers""Rome, Italian Style with Jimmy Buffett"SCTV: Volume 3October 15, 1982 (1982-10-15)4/3-8

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