Canadians, like countless others around the world, tuned in for the historic NASA and SpaceX launch Saturday.
And probably more than a few of those Canadians, when they saw the Crew Dragon lift off, couldn’t help but cheer it on with a hearty “TAKE OFF, EH!”Behold: Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley,. They’re the ones who are aboard Elon Musk’s spaceship, currently on a 19-hour journey to the International Space Station.
During several broadcasts of the highly anticipated launch, the duo were casually and frequently referred to as “Bob and Doug.”NASA commercial crew astronauts Doug Hurley, left and Bob Behnken, right, leave for their flight aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket bound for the International Space Station. And Canadians who came of age in the 1970s and ’80s couldn’t help think of a certain iconic SCTV comedy duo, Bob and Doug McKenzie:Rick Moranis as Bob McKenzie, left, and Dave Thomas as Doug McKenzie, right, during a Saturday Night Live monologue on January 29, 1983.
Bob and Doug McKenzie were hosts of a fictional cable TV show, “Great White North,” and were hilarious caricatures of every Canadian cliché rolled into two lovable, doughnut-eating, beer guzzling, toque-wearing everymen with the strongest Canadian accents north of the 49th.I’m never getting over the fact that two of the
They listened and took off, eh?
I’m glad it wasn’t just me.
I was like, Bod and Doug 🤣
It really did lol 😂
Take off, eh!
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