"Take Off, Eh!" McKenzie Brothers Raise Big Money for a Good Cause!

Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas reunited as the McKenzie Brothers for “Take Off, Eh!”, a big night of comedy and fundraising!

Back on stage for the first time in a decade, the McKenzie Brothers, alongside a star-studded cast of Canadian comedians, came together in support of Dave Thomas’ nephew, who was partially paralyzed following a January 2017 snowmobile accident.

To give a taste of the lineup, the evening kicked off with a live version of the “Great White North” with Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas, Martin Short played host, and Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara did a skit together.

Dave Thomas told the CBC that Martin Short was a big catalyst of this evening coming together: “Marty said, ‘let’s do a show’ and I said, ‘well, I don’t want to impose’ and he said ‘Nonsense! If it was my kid, I would impose on everybody, starting with you!”

“Take Off, Eh” ended up raising $325,000 that will go to towards the Jake Thomas’s Road To Recovery GoFundMe campaign and Spinal Cord Injury Ontario.

Dave Thomas faces a horde of cameras! #takeoffeh

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Immediately charming the cameras….Marty Short has arrived! #takeoffeh

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And a fashionably late Michael Douglas had hit the red carpet! #TakeOffEh #michaeldouglas #redcarpet

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