Dave Thomas(I)

Thomas and Rick Moranis originally created the characters Bob and Doug McKenzie in protest against government requirements for "identifiable Canadian content" in domestically produced television programming. The skits, as an SCTV program "The Great White North" featured two dim witted brothers who combined as many negative Canadian stereotypes as possible. Despite this, they became so popular that the skits were included in the U.S. version of the program.

[on SCTV colleague Joe Flaherty:] I talked to Joe last week. I was supposed to go see him this week, and I went to Hawaii with the family, and now I'm riddled with guilt that I did that instead of going to see him. When I got off the plane, I got a text from his daughter and it just said "Joe passed away." I stared at my phone in just shock and disbelief.