There was talk of this years ago but it looks like Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas are recreating their famous characters from SCTV in animated form. A preview trailer is available after the jump.As someone who owns their comedy album Great White North (pictured) as well as their movie Strange Brew, this is exciting news. The characters are pretty much timeless since their humor never depended on a particular era. They only depended on Canadian clichés.
Dave Thomas talks live in the preview and notes that due to their advancing age, Bob and Doug work best nowadays in animated form. Based on the preview, the series looks like it would be perfect for Adult Swim (are you listening Cartoon Network?).I'm glad the show has been picked up in Canada and therefore won't be dependent on American studios (who probably wouldn't understand the humor anyway). This means that even if Hollywood doesn't pick it up, it still would be available from, shall we say, other sources.
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4-29-2008 @ 9:41AM
Galley said...
Coke lobster, anyone?
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4-29-2008 @ 11:44AM
Argus said...
Thank god... I'm always afraid when Canadian animation gets co-produced with the U.S. Remember Undergrads? Comedy Central dropped out and there wasn't enough left in the hole to keep the show going even though teletoon was still on board. (The same thing happened with Clone High, which, while originating and acted by Americans, was co-produced with Teletoon and developed in Canada.)
That said, the show looks great, however I find it really odd that its going to be airing on a major broadcaster (Global) rather than a cable channel. It seems like it would be a better fit on The Comedy Network or Teletoon's Detour scheduling.
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4-29-2008 @ 2:00PM
Ras Thavas said...
Strange Brew is one of those movies that just cracks me up.
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4-30-2008 @ 5:22PM
Bus said...
Luke, I am your father. Give in to the dark side of the force you knob.
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