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It has been a long time since I saw this, but I remember it was quite funny - great point about Ming the Merciless who was perfectly played by Max. You'll recall the movie was a result of the big success of the SCTV Great White North/McKenzie Brothers sketches (much like the terrific Waynes' World movies sprung from the Wayne and Garth SNL super funny sketches [and Wayne was, in turn, brought to SNL via the Canadian TV series City Limits where I believe Mike Myers first introduced the Wayne character - I never saw this series but I might check it out]). A lot of great talent came from SCTV like John Candy as you know. Thanks for the reco.
Funny how you could use stereotypical humor back then and nobody got upset, in fact they embraced it!
You couldn't make any of that today.
The ending of that clip you posted said:
It's Great.
Its White.
And it's North!
So, take off eh.
Imagine the backlash from the alphabet community on Twitter today.
Bob and Doug would be immediately canceled.
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