Bob and Doug join Global TV's already-successful Sunday night lineup starting on April 19 at 7:30pm ET/PT in a 22-episode series titled simply "Bob & Doug". The main characters, voiced by Dave Thomas and Dave Coulier (Rick Moranis declined the role of Bob McKenzie, but continues as an executive producer), work as garbage collectors in the fictitious and stereotypical Canadian town of "Maple Lake", where their favourite hangout is the "Skate 'n' Bowl".

The series will also air on TVtropolis starting Saturday, April 25 at 7:30pm ET/PT and again on Mondays at 11:30pm ET/PT. Full episodes will be available online at GlobalTV.com. For more information, see the press release from CanWest Media.

Animation Magazine brings us an animated version of Bob & Doug's 12 Days Of Christmas, adding cartoon versions of Bob & Doug to the audio from the recording on their 1981 Great White North album. The video also features a trailer for The Animated Adventures Of Bob And Doug McKenzie, premiering in January, 2009 on Global in Canada and FOX in the United States.

For the first time we get to hear Dave Coulier as Bob McKenzie. It's easier to compare them since we hear his voice just after hearing Rick Moranis' 1981 recording: it's a bit deeper than Rick's. Of course, Dave Thomas's voice sounds different 27 years later, too.

Update (December 9, 2008 @2:34pm EST): The video is also available on YouTube.

The Canadian Press reports that only Dave Thomas will be reprising his role as a McKenzie brother in the upcoming Animated Adventures Of Bob And Doug McKenzie. Rick Moranis will stay on as an executive producer, but has opted out of lending his voice to Bob McKenzie. Instead, it will be provided by Dave Thomas's friend and collaborator, Dave Coulier.

The "Other Dave" is no newcomer to providing animated voices: he portrayed Peter Venkman in The Real Ghostbusters, as well as several voices on Muppet Babies. Both Daves worked together on America's Funniest People, where Thomas was an executive producer. Coulier, like Bob McKenzie, is an avid hockey fan, although in real life he cheers for the Detroit Red Wings.

Several sources report that The Animated Adventures Of Bob And Doug McKenzie will be distributed in the USA (or as Bob and Doug call it, the "Unexplored Southern Area") by FOX to begin airing in 2009. The show was already picked up by Global TV in Canada; both networks already carry Family Guy and The Simpsons, and it sounds as if the show might air between the two on Sunday nights.

One of many articles on the Animated Adventures Of Bob And Doug McKenzie to come out this week points out a few new details on the upcoming Animax Interactive production. Dave Thomas's real-life brother Ian will be producing the music, while his TV brother Rick Moranis "had to be dragged in kicking and screaming" -- both Rick and Dave are less keen on acting, Rick has mostly retired while Dave now prefers production and writing.

The show is being produced almost entirely in Canada, thanks to Canadian tax credit regulations and the fact that Global was the first to pick it up, and Canadian actors Colin Mochrie, Pat McKenna, Derek McGrath, Ron Pardo, Jayne Eastwood and Ho Chow provide additional voices. Michigan-born voice actor and comedian Dave Coulier will also be along for the ride.

The release rate of Red Green complete season DVDs picks up the pace this fall with the release of Season 10 on DVD. The three-disc set comes out September 16 and contains all 19 episodes of the 2000-2001 season, including A Merry Red Green Christmas.

From TVshowsonDVD.com:

One of Red's many mottoes is "spare the duct tape, spoil the job." So when the lodge actually runs out of duct tape in one of these episodes, chaos ensues. In the complete 10th season of the public television hit's 15-year run, Winston searches for a wife, Dalton tries not to cross his wife, and Red does what he does best: turn junk into wild inventions that defy common sense. He also plays host to a foster child, 500 visiting Americans, meddlesome network executives, and Dalton's emu ranch.