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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
dimebag darrel
How: shot on stage by enraged fan
Submitted by craig houle. Added to the site on November 17, 2009
Charles Rocket
How: The actor apparently cut his own throat
Submitted by Zoey. Added to the site on November 17, 2009
Rebecca Schaeffer
How: Shot to death by a crazed fan on July 18, 1989.
Actress who co-starred with Pam Dawber on "My Sister Sam".
Submitted by Her. Added to the site on November 17, 2009
Harold Robbins
How: lingering illness due to a stroke and from a bad fall. Another one was Benigno Aquino, assasinated at the Manila International airport.
Submitted by Ruel Mayo. Added to the site on November 17, 2009
Dana Reeve
How: Lung Cancer 2006
She died just a meere 2 years after her husband, actor Christopher Reeve, surcumbed to cardiac arrest that was caused by a spinal cord injury that he sustained while he was riding a horse.
Submitted by Celeste. Added to the site on November 17, 2009
Wendy Richard
How: Great Actress - Eastenders & Are You Being Served?Died 26th Feb 2009 - Cancer
Submitted by Jackie. Added to the site on October 24, 2009
MAURICE GIBB
How: HEART ATTACH FOLLOWING A STOMACH OPERATION 12th Jan 2003 Aged 53
Submitted by Jackie. Added to the site on October 24, 2009
PATRICK SWAYZE
How: DIED OF PANCREATIC CANCER 15th Sept 2009 AGED 57
Submitted by Jackie. Added to the site on October 24, 2009
Patrick Swayze
How: Pancreatic Cancer (fairly sure)
He was a triple threat. Singer, dancer, actor, and all round kewl dude.
Submitted by unlike_me. Added to the site on October 14, 2009
Roy Scheider
How: multiple myeloma died feb 10th 2008 little rock arkansas
great american actor most famous for chief brody in jaws
Submitted by william donaldson. Added to the site on October 14, 2009