The Great White North (album)
| The Great White North | ||||
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| Released | 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1980–1981 | |||
| Genre | Comedy | |||
| Length | 44:20 | |||
| Label | Anthem Records (Canada) Mercury Records (U.S.) | |||
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The Great White North is a Canadian comedy album by the fictional television characters Bob and Doug McKenzie (portrayed by actors Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas), released in 1981 by Anthem Records (ANR-1-1036) and distributed in the United States by Mercury Records (SRM-1-4034). The title is a nickname for Canada, also used as the title of a Second City Television (SCTV) sketch featuring Bob and Doug. This album's release tied in with SCTV at the height of the characters' popularity, and a still from the show is on its cover. In its sleeve is a newspaper parody called The Daily Hoser.
The complete story of how Anthem Records' Perry Goldberg fought to get the Great White North album made is at Billboard Canada: https://ca.billboard.com/fyi/how-gut-feeling-made-million-bob-doug-mckenzie