'Strange Brew' was a Canadian film starring Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis as brothers Bob and Doug McKenzie.
They also co-directed the movie. Bob and Doug McKenzie’s characters were taken from the famous sketch comedy shows on Second City Television or SCTV. 'Strange Brew' was a light story about two unemployed brothers.
'Strange Brew' starts with two unemployed brothers Bob McKenzie and Doug McKenzie, place a live mouse in an empty beer bottle to blackmail the local shop to get free Elsinore beer. Instead, they are given a job in the bottling plant of Elsinore Brewery.
The cunning brewmaster Smith is producing a mind-control drug that he will add to Elsinore beer to control the common public and do anything he wants. The mind-control drug will make people attack each other when a specific musical tone is played.
In order to test his drug, he experiments it on the patients of the nearby Royal Canadian Institute of Mentally Insane, which is connected to the brew via secret underground tunnels.
This is the premise of the 'Strange Brew'. We have the funniest quotes ever for you, which quote will be your favorite?
Man, we love this show and the adventures of Bob, Doug and the cast. Read on for more!
A sequel was planned for the movie called 'Home Brew' but could not be made due to financial constraints. The plot in the sequel was about the brothers’ Bob and Dough McKenzie getting home brewery business.
Here are some of the best 'Strange Brew' movie quotes that you will ever come across in the adventures of Bob, Doug and the cast.
1. “He once got our dead battery goin’ by mixin’ bird feces and spit, cause there’s like acids in it, eh?”
- Bob McKenzie, 'Strange Brew'.
2. “My brother and I used to say that drownin’ in beer was like heaven, eh? Now he’s not here, and I’ve got two soakers...this isn’t heaven. This suck!”
- Bob McKenzie, 'Strange Brew'.
3. “Hey, we found a dead mouse in our beer, eh? That means you owe us a free case.”
- Doug McKenzie, 'Strange Brew'.
4. “I was the last one left after the nuclear holocaust, eh. The whole world had been destroyed, like U.S. blew up Russia and Russia blew up U.S. and Canada. Fortunately, I had been off world at the time.
There wasn’t much to do. All the bowling alleys and doughnut shops had been wrecked. So’s, I spent most of my time looking for beer.”
- Bob McKenzie, 'Strange Brew'.
Funny Bob Doug McKenzie 'Strange Brew' Quotes
To promote the movie 'Strange Brew', beer-shaped paperback books were released called 'The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie' in 'Strange Brew': The Book About the Movie About the TV Show About the Men!' The book contained some funny stills from the movie, comics, puzzles and a joke library. Here are some more funny 'Strange Brew' quotes.
5. "Doug McKenzie: Figures you wouldn't know how to work it if it's got a computer.
Bob McKenzie: Oh yeah, Mister Wizard, you know, eh...
Doug McKenzie: Let me try, I'm a genius."
- 'Strange Brew'.
6. "Bob McKenzie: Fleshy-headed mutant. Are you friendly?
Doug McKenzie: No way, eh? Ra-...radiation has made...me an enemy of civilization.
Bob McKenzie: [into a comm unit] Alpha Base. This is Bob McKenzie. I have a fleshy-headed mutant
in sector 16B.
[Bob shoots Doug with a toy foam launcher]
Doug McKenzie : Ahhh! Take off, you hoser."
- 'Strange Brew'.
7. "Doug McKenzie: Chimp here does the killin'. I don't like to kill. I'm the brains, eh? Like, we got over five billion dollars in our hideout, only some of the money's marked, eh, so we're not spendin' it. We's just waitin'.
Bald con: Youse guys like a smoke?
Doug McKenzie: No, eh? We want our lungs to be pink when they fry us. Hey, we told 'em we didn't want a lawyer. Chimp here probably just kill him anyway."
- 'Strange Brew'.
Interesting Bob Doug McKenzie 'Strange Brew' Quotes
The film 'Strange Brew' received average ratings. The critics called it mindless yet funny in some parts. This light-hearted movie can be enjoyed with some beer and friends if you like '80s humor. Here are some hilarious 'Strange Brew' quotes from Bob, Doug, Mckenzie in the film, like "power of the force" and "leak so bad" jokes!
8. "Bob McKenzie: Hey whiplash, how's it going?
Bob McKenzie: My brother and I used to say that drownin' in beer was like heaven, eh? Now he's not here, and I've got two soakers... this isn't heaven, these sucks.
Doug McKenzie: The power of the force has stopped you, you hosers.
Doug McKenzie: I am your father, Luke. Give in to the dark side of the force, you knob."
- 'Strange Brew'.
9. “I gotta take a leak so bad I can taste it?”
- Bob McKenzie, 'Strange Brew'.
10. "Bob: I do.
Doug: I do.
Bob: I guess were married, clerk. Where’s the honeymoon?
Judge: Order. Order.
Bob: Give me a toasted back of bacon, hold the toast.
Judge: I must instruct you not to speak unless you are spoken to.
Bob: Geez, he’s starting to sound like the old man. Pretty soon he’ll be sending me out for beers.”
- 'Strange Brew'
11. “If I didn’t have puke breath, I’d kiss you.”
- Doug McKenzie, 'Strange Brew'.
12. “Okay, good day, welcome to our single
I'm Bob McKenzie and this is my brother Doug
How's it going, eh.”
- Bob McKenzie & Doug McKenzie, 'Take Off'.
Here at Kidadl, we have carefully created lots of interesting family-friendly quotes for everyone to enjoy! If you liked our suggestions for 'Strange Brew' quotes, then why not take a look at ['Footloose' quotes] and weird science quotes.
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