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tom i'm standing in south park colorado
where earth day 2001 is in full force
environmental awareness games booths and
of course the entertainment on stage
which is being broadcast live all over
the country this eco-happy crowd is
thrilled and waiting in anticipation for
the arrival of terence and philip who
were promised by these four boys
what a touching and true song you know
it's true republicans are ruining the
earth
republicans all right well i think i
know why most of you tuned in today how
about some earth day entertainment
[Applause]
hooray for the earth we must protect
[Applause]
and now as it
here are terence and philip on video
on video
they were considered the best comedy act
in all of canada but a fast-paced rocket
ride to success would bring them to the
depths of despair this is terrance and
phillip behind the blow
wow
what the hell do you call this it's
terrance and phillip behind the blow i
taped it last month we promised people
terence and phillip not a video
documentary you've ruined the earth for
the last time boys
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terence was born terence henry stoot in
the small canadian village of toronto at
a very early age his parents noticed an
uncanny musical ability and decided to
enroll him the canadian school for
gifted babies it was here that he
partnered up with philip niles argyle a
brash young baby from montreal together
they performed musical acts that stunned
canadians everywhere at the tender age
of six terence and philip were off to
the united states to perform on the ed
sullivan show where american audiences
would be exposed to canadians for the
first time and now ladies and gentlemen
we have two adorable little boys from
canada please put your hands together
for the music of young terence and
phillips
oh my god what's wrong with their heads
it's all right darling they're just
canadian
the canadian act confused american
audiences
but then something happened that would
change terrance and phillips act
[Laughter]
[Applause]
forever was the birth of canadian comedy
terence and philip spent the next
several years perfecting their art and
meeting some of america's most
influential people
excuse me which way is the bus station
hey you're the guy on the screen what
but it was in 1974 on the sunny and
share show that terence and philip
finally started to mix their canadian
humor with deep political insight you
know cher a lot of us real americans
don't know much about canada well all
the real americans aren't as stupid and
short as you
please put your groovy hands together
for the young and talented terrance and
phillip
say terence i'm getting worried to boot
all these russians making missiles maybe
we should stop this cold war here's a
missile fire
that's better
with this bold mix of humor and
political insight the world couldn't get
enough of terence and philip but their
fame would come at a price when behind
the blow continues
okay okay i think we lost them jesus man
those earth people don't screw around
huh none of this would be happening if
you hadn't lied in the first place you
lied and then you allowed to cover up
your life i didn't see you complaining
at the time fat boy guys we have no
choice we're gonna have to move away
environmental activists don't use logic
or reason there they are
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