McLean and McLean-foul mouthed Canadian duo

Subject: McLean and McLean
From: alanabit
Date: 03 Apr 03 - 08:45 AM

Out of idle curiosity I wonder if anyone recalls this foul mouthed Canadian duo from the seventies/early eighties? I came across an album of theirs which was not for vicars' tea parties and nice old ladies. In fact let's face it - it was filth. But I found it funny and I wonder if anyone else here knows anything about them?

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean
From: GUEST,JohnB
Date: 03 Apr 03 - 12:57 PM

Oh the Fox went out on the Town one Night. If it's starts off there, then goes into too many F's to mention, I have a copy on tape somewhere at home.
It did have a few gems on it. I should try and dig it out and blow the dust away.
JohnB.

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean
From: Greycap
Date: 04 Apr 03 - 02:30 AM

Yeah, I've a cassette of theirs, "Taking the 'O' out of Country" and a sort-of live folk club appearance on the other side with "The Fox".
It's listenable about once every two years,
Need a copy?

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean
From: alanabit
Date: 04 Apr 03 - 03:11 AM

That would be great. I'll PM you my address. Do you know if they still exist? I used to have that album "Taking the O out of country". I remember the Fox with his extraordinary sexual appetites too!

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean
From: Greycap
Date: 04 Apr 03 - 07:14 AM

No idea if they are still musically extant - I'll send a cassette 'cos I haven't worked out how to change cassete to CD's on my 'puter yet.

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean
From: GUEST,celtaddict
Date: 04 Apr 03 - 12:30 PM

I too would love a copy! The grandly randy old songs are way too hard to find. I had a college friend who had an astonishing repertoire of what we then called "basement songs" and recitations. I would give much to find some of those. Unfortunately some I recall only the general gist and the last line. How could I reach you?

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 04 Apr 03 - 01:49 PM

I think they have mercifully stopped playing that purile filth...

Look up Bowser and Blue for a truely tallented Canadian Duo... they started off nearly as rude but were able to mature and grow out of the bar and university pub crowd...

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 04 Apr 03 - 03:40 PM

I think that one of them died a couple of years ago.
      No relation to me! Taing do Dhia!
                           Sandy

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 04 Apr 03 - 03:45 PM

I think you might be right Sandy... about the death part I mean...

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 04 Apr 03 - 03:55 PM

Actually their puerile filth is still easily available, in worse used record stores everywhere.

I met them once. I can't even remember how I got on the same bill with them, but I seem to remember the audience being in shock. I'm not sure if they were the ONLY Canadian band in history to have an album COVER banned (shades of Spinal Tap!), but if you find one with the Brothers riding a tandem bicycle, grab it! One of them is a double arm amputee, and the other, a double LEG amputee. I thought it was pretty funny, but decent Canadians disagreed.

They may also be the only band with a dozen albums, who worked regularily, who NEVER received even one DROP of airplay. I know THIS much. They were THE favourite band of ALL the biker gangs....but I don't know how much the Hell's Angels paid.

Cheers

Rick

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean
From: alanabit
Date: 05 Apr 03 - 02:41 AM

It's just idle curiosity, so thanks Rick. I am not making many claims for their musical stature - and certainly none at all for their taste. They raised a guilty snigger from me - the sort of thing, which like Greycap - I can enjoy after one too many pints about once every two years.

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean
From: Steve Latimer
Date: 05 Apr 03 - 11:37 PM

They played around my neck of the woods a lot. The only time that I ever saw them was when they opened for Neil Young's Rust Never Sleeps tour at Maple Leaf Gardens. I also believe that I heard that one of them died.

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean
From: Greycap
Date: 06 Apr 03 - 03:06 AM

OK, Guys,
Got your cassettes ready - filled it up with even more puerile filth from David Allan Coe's "Plain Brown Wrapper" LP, plus some other non-filthy, 'just plain talent' stuff.
I'll be at the post office tomorrow night - enjoy.

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean
From: GUEST,Silverdog
Date: 07 Oct 06 - 03:53 PM

I have Toilet Rock and the below mentioned record with the amputees was called "Bitter Reality"
I saw them many times in the mid seventies at the Chimney on Yonge Street

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean
From: GUEST,thurg
Date: 07 Oct 06 - 05:04 PM

"....but I don't know how much the Hell's Angels paid."

I suspect they paid well. Friend was telling me that his band once for a short time was the favoured party band for a certain bike gang in Windsor, Ontario, after accepting a very high-paying gig to play for the "annual banquet" of a "bowling club" that turned out to be called Satan's Choice. The money was great but the gigs were VERY scary. The band finally had to break up to get out of it.

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean
From: GUEST,Bee
Date: 07 Oct 06 - 07:42 PM

I hadn't heard any McL&McL in many years - but this summer heard a very drunk 20-something belting out their lyrics over his battered guitar at a NS Bluegrass festival. It was very late at night out among the campsites, and the biggest draw was his young friend who was an absolute magician with a homemade Dancing Dan.

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean
From: Mooh
Date: 07 Oct 06 - 09:47 PM

Don't know about either the Hell's Angels or Satan's Choice, but for a few years the local biker's club liked to hire the Neil Young tribute band I was in. They were more than repectful, always fed, watered, and paid us well up front, and helped haul the gear. Not my lifestyle, biker club that is, but they sure did like Neil Young...Motorcycle Mama...

Had I known, M&M might have been a good alternative.

Peace, Mooh.

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean
From: GUEST,molly
Date: 28 Nov 06 - 10:03 PM

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean
From: number 6
Date: 28 Nov 06 - 10:19 PM

I thought Crowbar were the Canadian biker's choice of band entertainment.

MacLean and MacLean ... remember the name, but never heard them.

biLL

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean
From: Mooh
Date: 29 Nov 06 - 09:16 AM

Man, haven't heard Crowbar in years! Used to have the poster with the train in the tunnel...

Peace, Mooh.

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean
From: GUEST
Date: 01 Dec 06 - 05:34 PM

http://www.macleanandmaclean.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacLean_&_MacLean

Kelly Jay, who was without Crowbar, is in the music scene around Calgary. Have seen him playing with Amos Garrett a number of times.

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean
From: GUEST,hoo haw
Date: 25 Apr 07 - 06:09 PM

i remember watching these guy's at a bar named lucifer's in dartmouth n s . istayed sober all night so i could get the jokes.it was without a doubt,one of the best comedy show's i ever witnessed.

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean
From: GUEST,Steve
Date: 29 Apr 07 - 05:22 AM

Any chance anyone would be able to give me a copy of "Taking the "o" out of country show.

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean
From: GUEST,jake the snake
Date: 31 May 07 - 08:49 AM

like to find a copy of go to hell,it had little toots on it,

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean-foul mouthed Canadian duo
From: GUEST,Guest in SC
Date: 12 Aug 07 - 12:57 PM

Looking for any type of recordings of their material

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean-foul mouthed Canadian duo
From: Cluin
Date: 12 Aug 07 - 01:36 PM

McLean & McLean were big on the college circuit when I was in Uni.
They were banned here in my hometown at the time but I saw them at Lakehead U. Lots of swearing, lots of beer, lots of fun.

Don't know why you'd want a recording of theirs though. They were only good live.

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean-foul mouthed Canadian duo
From: john f weldon
Date: 12 Aug 07 - 02:41 PM

I do believe Bowser and Blue have McLean & McLean performing on their CD "Westmount Rhodesians", on a song called "Big and Hairy".

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean-foul mouthed Canadian duo
From: Padre
Date: 12 Aug 07 - 09:41 PM

They sound like they could be a North-of-the-Border version of "Doug Clark and the Hot Nuts" - the premiere Southern party band in the 1950s & 1960s. I think Doug Clark recently passed away.

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean-foul mouthed Canadian duo
From: Little Hawk
Date: 12 Aug 07 - 09:56 PM

McClean and McLean - "puerile filth", as Clinton put it, sums them up perfectly. Let's face it, though, they were quite good at it. I saw them once for about 5 or 10 minutes in some bar in Toronto. They sang a song about fucking and one about pubic hair. That was enough to satisfy my curiosity that day.

Subject: LYR ADD: Dolly Parton's Tits by MacLean & MacLean
From: Cluin
Date: 13 Aug 07 - 12:27 AM

But they did give us "Dolly Parton's Tits"

Dolly Parton's Tits
MacLean & Maclean

I'd like to see the coyote eat the road runner
And I'd like to see Kneivel blown to bits
I love to see Rex Humbard lay his hands upon Maude Amiee
But I'd love to see that Dolly Parton's tits
Yeah, I'd love to see that Dolly Parton's tits

Cause they're so big and soft and round
And they don't make a sound (make a sound)
How they look remains a mystery
With my hands stuffed in my pockets
Just thinkin' about Dolly's rockets
Here they come again, my fantasy

I'd like to see Pierre french kissin' Rene in the moonlight
I'd like to see the Mounties take a hit (of sensamilla)
And I'd like to see Ed Allen pull his muscle on the TV
But I'd love to see that Dolly Parton's tits
Yeah, I'd love to see that Dolly Parton's tits

Cause they're so big and soft and round
And they don't make a sound
How they look remains a mystery
With my hands stuffed in my pockets
Just thinkin' about Dolly's rockets
Yeah, here they come again my fantasy
Yeah, here they come again my fantasy

Subject: RE: MacLean and MacLean-foul mouthed Canadian duo
From: GEST
Date: 13 Aug 07 - 10:05 AM

From http://www.macleanandmaclean.com/:

MACLEAN AND MACLEAN LIVE' CD

"After Gary's death Blair decided to release a CD of a show they had performed in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in 1996, in Gary's memory. The show was jammed with people and was hot and hard hitting. It captures the comedy and the energy the two of them created together on stage and their magical ability to make everyone laugh. Their rapid fire dialogue reveals the warped minds and black humour that was MacLean and MacLean. Blair took the recording into Lakewind Sound Studio in Cape Breton where it was digitized and turned into this incredible CD which is available only through this website. Much of the material has never been recorded before. It also includes all your favourites including 'I've Seen Pubic Hair' and 'Fuck Ya'. Part of the proceeds from the sale of each CD goes to the MacLean Family Trust Fund for Gary's children. The price for each CD is $20.00 plus $6.00 for shipping (regular mail). You can order the CD by e-mailing Blair at [e-mail]. We accept VISA or you can send a money order. We do not accept cheques or COD."

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean-foul mouthed Canadian duo
From: GUEST,Big Smile
Date: 20 Aug 07 - 01:27 AM

Maclean and Maclean were the original M&M.I had the pleasure of watching them more than once and believe me,you haven't seen a bar party and have a great time until you experienced these two gems in all thier slendor.I'll miss seeing them on the road and to this very day,I keep a cassette player handy just to listen to them warp my mind.

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean-foul mouthed Canadian duo
From: GUEST,Mustangmamma
Date: 28 Sep 07 - 08:32 PM

Hi, I'm kinda in a rush here, but just googled these guys to find out whatever happened to them as my family has always enjoyed them...Extremely sorry to hear about Gary. between my bro and I we have at least 4 albums on them..bitter reality, toilet rock, take the "O" outta country etc. likely an 8 track or two. I've seen them "live" at least 3 times and had a sore gut for 2 days from laughing. Amazing how they could take the stage and keep it moving so solid! I am sure we'll get the memorial cd.

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean-foul mouthed Canadian duo
From: GUEST,Johnny
Date: 02 Oct 07 - 08:54 PM

I saw them at The Palace in Halifax years ago. Hilarious. One line from that show has stuck in my head all these years. It was around the time that women were getting toxic shock syndrome from tampons. The premise was that testing was being done using labratory rats and tampons, and one rat says to the other "holy fuck, I feel like I've got a Sealy Posturpedic stuffed up my ass!"

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean-foul mouthed Canadian duo
From: Rasener
Date: 03 Oct 07 - 07:01 AM

Surely no worse than Derek & Clive AKA Dudley Moore and Peter Cook.
That was sheer filth.
I know they can be seen on YouTube or myspace.

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean-foul mouthed Canadian duo
From: GUEST,Mikey
Date: 13 Oct 07 - 10:19 AM

I just came across this site. These guys were classic. Does anyone know if there is anything on dvd?

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean-foul mouthed Canadian duo
From: GUEST,bapbap2
Date: 06 Nov 07 - 11:32 PM

they were also very hot on the college pub set. They did get airplay, chum radio used to have a comedy show on sunday nights, and they somethimes played some of the ezr to censor cuts. And dr.demento used to play them, but thats american radio that was broadcast nation wide.

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean-foul mouthed Canadian duo
From: GUEST,KITNPLAYN
Date: 27 Jan 08 - 01:46 PM

HEY BABES...I WAS AT AN OUTDOOR CONCERT called "BLINDMAN VALLEY ROCK" at BENTLEY SKI HILL, near RED DEER ALBERTA, in the Summer of 1979; and McLEAN AND McLEAN were the Master of Ceremonies. I was front row centre, and I have two pictures of them in my Concert Album. We had never heard of them, but they blew our minds that day. They gave a powerful and memorable performance!!!!

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean-foul mouthed Canadian duo
From: gnu
Date: 27 Jan 08 - 01:48 PM

Memorable? Yeah, they would be. They are great, if you can get by the raunch.

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean-foul mouthed Canadian duo
From: GUEST,The Mole Catcher's Apprentice
Date: 27 Jan 08 - 03:28 PM

"No idea if they are still musically extant'

Gary Mclean died on December 5, 2001, after being diagnosed with
throat cancer.

...and quite frankly I find phrases like Hey Babes to be far more offensive than anything Mclean and Mclean or Derek and Clive could ever come up with.....

Charlotte

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean-foul mouthed Canadian duo
From: GUEST
Date: 03 Aug 08 - 11:48 AM

garry mclean passed away to cancer a few years ago.. if you can get pasted the language it is fucking hilarious... i believe blair mclean lives in winnipeg. they were a GREAT Canadian comedy and musicians.... i miss them

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean-foul mouthed Canadian duo
From: GUEST,Volgadon
Date: 04 Aug 08 - 04:15 AM

Cnadaians sure do try to convince the rest of the world that they aren't as nice as people think they are, don't they. =)

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean-foul mouthed Canadian duo
From: GUEST,fan
Date: 09 Sep 08 - 08:15 PM

mclean & mclean were hillarious i have a whole tape full both albums
i beleive they have played in ottawa valey qite a bit I think people should realize the ottawa valey and canada is full of excelent artitists that dont get enough play or attention we are a country full of talented people if they would come out of there shells and show us we would be amazed....thanx ..........Rod Masters........

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean-foul mouthed Canadian duo
From: GUEST
Date: 21 Oct 08 - 11:59 AM

I recall seeing them at the Edinburgh international Festival Fringe, performing from 'taking the O out of country' that must have been back in 1983 or 1984. Very funny in my student days.

Graham

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean-foul mouthed Canadian duo
From: GUEST,tourdave
Date: 30 Oct 08 - 04:07 PM

I worked with and knew the McLeans for years and thought they were very funny men. Offstage, they were the nicest guys you could know and very clean in their conversations with friends and people they would meet.
I was very shocked to hear of Gary's passing even though I knew for a year prior that he was not well.

I discovered this page on Oct 30th 2008 while searching for confirmation of the Death of Blair Mclean on the 29th. I have yet to find any info, but if anyone would like to know about the brothers, please e-mail me at    [e-mail] , and I will do my best to reply.

F**k ya

Dave B

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean-foul mouthed Canadian duo
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 30 Oct 08 - 09:07 PM

CBC Story

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean-foul mouthed Canadian duo
From: Beer
Date: 30 Oct 08 - 10:03 PM

Not to take away from the thread but does anyone remember a record (from the 7ties I think)titled Flight 57? Some filth but mostly just great comedy. From Quebec i think.
Beer (adrien)

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean-foul mouthed Canadian duo
From: GUEST,Barry Giovannetti
Date: 21 Nov 08 - 05:33 PM

I went to school with Gary McLean in Glace Bay Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, at St Michael's High. We were in the same class Grade 10, and we became good friends.

I left my little village of Port Morien in 1962 when my family moved to Ontario, and I had not seen him again until 1986 or 87, when he and Blair did a show, in Brampton Ontario. I went back stage that night and we talked for awhile, unfortunately that was the last time I saw him, he was a great guy,

I never even heard him swear when I knew him, his stage act seemed out of character from the guy I knew. Blair was a pretty good artist, and I found a drawing of his in a History book at St Michael,s that he had done in the margin when he went there, I was so impressed with it Gary had Blair draw me a cartoon character and brought it in to School for me.

I was shocked to hear of his passing, I just found out yesterday that Gary had passed away in 2001, when I heard that Blair died. God Bless them. R.I.P.

Barry Giovannetti

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean-foul mouthed Canadian duo
From: alanabit
Date: 22 Nov 08 - 08:28 AM

Thanks for posting TourDave and Barry Giovanetti. It is interesting to hear that their onstage characters were essentially just put on. I liked their records in a schoolboyish way. It is not the music I would like to hear every day, but just every once in a while it is fun. I am sure they must have been very good entertainers - if not to everyone's taste.

Subject: RE: McLean and McLean-foul mouthed Canadian duo
From: GUEST
Date: 03 Dec 08 - 01:08 AM

had the pleasure of turning blair and gary on to some wicked columbian just before a show they did in calgary in 77. i was in stitches even before we left their hotel room to go do their act . don't know how they managed but they didn't miss a beat. my sides were sore for days after. saw gary at a party in winnipeg just before he died. he was funnier. sad to hear blairs gone to. vastly unde rated talent. angry inch(hash name) i'm suppose to be respectable now