Their trademark was off-the-wall and often surreal sketches that took advantage of power of radio and audio recordings to produce imagery that would have been too expensive or simply impossible in a visual medium, such as the tales of their Canadian superhero, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YLLaOyQfx8 Mr. Canoehead]], who had had an aluminum canoe [[LightningCanDoAnything welded to his head by a lightning bolt]]. (Attempts to recreate these sketches on television only reduced their comedic impact.) Their comedy was never dumbed down -- in fact, they respected and depended upon the intelligence of the audience, as seen in their sketches [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWNmqdLmAfc "You Were Speeding"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=aAa2UeuIMu0 "Human Race"]]. They were also talented musicians, as demonstrated by their numerous novelty songs. They are perhaps best known for their routines [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5kGUW6M7W0 "Last Will and Temperament"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou-yprCsHS0 "Ti Kwan Leep"]], both of which make frequent use of their most famous CatchPhrase, "Boot to the head!"

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Their trademark was off-the-wall and often surreal sketches that took advantage of power of radio and audio recordings to produce imagery that would have been too expensive or simply impossible in a visual medium, such as the tales of their Canadian superhero, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YLLaOyQfx8 Mr. Canoehead]], who had had an aluminum canoe [[LightningCanDoAnything welded to his head by a lightning bolt]]. (Attempts to recreate these sketches on television only reduced their comedic impact.) Their comedy was never dumbed down -- in fact, they respected and depended upon the intelligence of the audience, as seen in their sketches [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWNmqdLmAfc "You Were Speeding"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=aAa2UeuIMu0 "Human Race"]]. They were also talented musicians, as demonstrated by their numerous novelty songs. They are perhaps best known for their routines [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5kGUW6M7W0 "Last Will and Temperament"]] and "Ti Kwan Leep", both of which make frequent use of their most famous CatchPhrase, "Boot to the head!"

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