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The Red Green Show

From left to right, Harold, Red and Bill.
Format Sitcom
Sketch comedy
Created by Steve Smith
Rick Green
Starring Steve Smith
Patrick McKenna
Rick Green
Country of origin Flag of Canada Canada
No. Sketch comedy consists of a series of short Comedy scenes or vignettes called "sketches" commonly between one and ten minutes long Steve Smith CM (born December 24, 1945, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian comedy writer and actor Rick Green (born 1953 in Toronto Ontario) is a Canadian Comedian, and writer Steve Smith CM (born December 24, 1945, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian comedy writer and actor Patrick McKenna (born May 8, 1960 in Hamilton Ontario) is a Canadian comedic and dramatic Actor. Rick Green (born 1953 in Toronto Ontario) is a Canadian Comedian, and writer Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page  of episodes 300 (List of episodes)
Production
Camera setup Multiple-camera

and Single camera
Running time 21 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel CHCH
CFPL
Global
CBC Television
Picture format 240p (Deinterlaced 480i SDTV)
Original run 1991 – April 7, 2006
External links
Official website
IMDb profile

The Red Green Show is a television comedy that aired on CBC Television in Canada and on PBS in the United States from 1991 until the series finale 7 April 2006 on CBC. The following is a list of episodes for the Television Comedy series The Red Green Show, produced by CBC Television and aired on CBC and The multiple-camera setup (aka multiple-camera mode of production is a method of shooting films and television programs The single-camera setup (aka single-camera mode of production is a method of shooting films and television programs Global Television Network (more commonly called Global TV or just Global) is a Canadian English language privately owned Television network CBC Television is a Canadian English language Television network. Deinterlacing is the process of converting Interlaced video like common Analog television signals into a non-interlaced form 480i is the shorthand name for a video mode The i, which is sometimes uppercase stands for Interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and CBC Television is a Canadian English language Television network. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Reruns currently air on CBC Television, The Comedy Network, and various PBS stations. The Comedy Network (TCN is a Canadian English language Cable television Specialty channel owned by CTV Television Inc The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the It was produced by S&S Productions, which is owned by Steve and Morag Smith, and directed by William G. S&S Productions is a Canadian Television production company known best for The Red Green Show. Steve Smith CM (born December 24, 1945, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian comedy writer and actor Morag Smith is a Canadian Television comedian who with her husband Steve Smith, performed as a comedy duo in several television series Elliott.

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The show

The Red Green Show is essentially a cross between a sitcom and a sketch comedy series, and is a parody of home improvement, do-it-yourself, fishing, and other outdoors shows (particularly The Red Fisher Show). Sketch comedy consists of a series of short Comedy scenes or vignettes called "sketches" commonly between one and ten minutes long Home improvement or home renovation is the process of renovating or making additions to one's home For the computer security term see Phishing. Fishing is the activity of catching Fish. The Red Fisher Show was a Canadian television series which appeared on CTV from 1968 to 1989 The plot of a typical episode is expressed through a series of comedic sketches that are spread throughout the episode. These sketches draw from the same single set of characters and almost always take place inside Possum Lodge. Between the main plot sketches are an assortment of usually unrelated segments that touch on a variety of topics, from home improvement and marriage advice to slapstick comedy.

The title character, Red Green (Steve Smith), is a lazy handyman who generally tries to find shortcuts to most of his projects, trusting the vast majority of his work to duct tape (which he calls "the handyman's secret weapon" and the "universal adapter"). Steve Smith CM (born December 24, 1945, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian comedy writer and actor Duct tape (sometimes called duck tape; He is the president of the Possum Lodge, a fictional men's club in the small town of Possum Lake, Canada, near the also-fictional town of Port Asbestos. The Red Green Show is a Television Comedy that aired on CBC Television in Canada and on PBS in the United States Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. Possum Lake is a fictional town in Northwestern Ontario, Canada which is the setting for The Red Green Show. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Port Asbestos is a fictional town in Northwestern Ontario, Canada which is the largest town closest to Possum Lake, the setting for The Red Green He and his fellow lodge members have their own TV show (which is more or less the show itself), in which they give humorous lessons and demonstrations in repair work and outdoor activities (such as fishing and camping), and advice for men on relating to women, among other things. Humour or humor (see spelling differences) is the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke Laughter and provide Amusement For the computer security term see Phishing. Fishing is the activity of catching Fish. Definition Camping describes a range of activities Survivalist campers set off with little more than their boots whereas Recreational vehicle travelers arrive equipped A man is a Male Human. The term man (irregular plural The characters Bob & Doug McKenzie, from SCTV's Great White North sketch, are an obvious comparison and a likely inspiration (with Dave Thomas, who played Doug McKenzie, appearing on The Red Green Show along with his real life brother Ian Thomas, as Ben and Dougie Franklin). Bob and Doug McKenzie are a pair of fictional Canadian brothers who hosted "The Great White North" a Second City Television (SCTV was a Canadian television Sketch comedy show offshoot from Toronto's The Second City troupe that ran between See the David Thomas disambiguation page for other people with this name Ian Thomas may refer to Major W Ian Thomas (1914–2007 Christian speaker and author Ian Thomas (1929–1993 dressmaker to Queen Elizabeth

The show's basic concept is that it is a cable TV show, taped in part on a hand-held camera by Red's nephew Harold. The show's structure has evolved over time and now includes several regular segments that appear in almost every show. These segments are interspersed with each episode's three main plot segments, and they include such staples as the "Possum Lodge Word Game", "Handyman Corner", and "Adventures with Bill" (a slapstick home movie-style sketch with a voiceover by Red). Home movies are motion pictures made by Amateurs, often for viewing by family and friends

In "Handyman Corner", Red attempts to demonstrate creative and often humorous ways to tackle relatively common tasks, such as taking out the trash or making use of derelict cars. Memorable examples include a paddlewheeler made out of a van on pallets and a revolving door, a jetpack made from two propane tanks, a hybrid car from recycled golf carts and satellite dishes, and a kiddie ride made from a bar stool attached to the agitator of a washing machine. A paddle steamer is a ship or boat driven by a Steam engine that uses one or more Paddle wheels to develop thrust for propulsion. A Revolving door typically consists of three or four doors that hang on a center shaft and rotate around a vertical axis within a round enclosure For other meanings see Jetpack (disambiguation. The Martin Jetpack, despite its name has no jets or rockets but is a small helicopter and A washing machine, or washer, is a machine designed to clean Laundry, such as Clothing, Towels and sheets The term is mostly applied Green often uses duct tape in these projects; in one episode, he even tried to duct tape the Ontario-Quebec border as a potential solution to Quebec separatism. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk The Quebec sovereignty movement ( Mouvement souverainiste du Québec) is a political movement aimed at either attaining independent statehood ( Sovereignty) or some The segment customarily concludes with the aphorism "If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy. "

"Adventures with Bill" is a black-and-white segment in the form of a narrated home movie, in which Red and Bill attempt to accomplish a task, trying out a sport, or go on some adventure, invariably leading to slapstick comedy. (Later in the series, other characters would be featured, sometimes without Red or Bill. ) Red narrates each Adventure as the action occurs.

Red also gives sage advice from behind his fly tying workbench, "North of Forty", usually talking to older men about married life or coping with changing society ("Let's face it," he quips in one episode, "these days, if you're not young, you're old. Fly tying is the process of producing an Artificial fly to be used by anglers to catch Fish via means of Fly fishing. ") This segment always concludes with "Remember, I'm pulling for you. We're all in this together. " "Buddy System" involved Red and another character giving men advice on how to get out of a jam with their wives, although Red was usually replaced by another character in later seasons.

"The Possum Lodge Word Game" usually appears as the second or third segment of the show, immediately following the first plot segment. It is structured much like Password and Pyramid, in which the objective is to get a contestant to say a certain word in thirty seconds by giving them various clues. For other uses see Password and Password (disambiguation. Password is an American television Game show Pyramid is the collective name of a series of American television Game shows where contestants tried to guess a series of words or phrases based on descriptions On this program, however, the contestant almost always gives either way off or odd answers through the segment, but finally says the correct word by accident, usually as part of a punch line.

In earlier episodes, Red often recites small bits of poetry in the woods, and the segments are named depending on the season and a humorous twist on a famous saying. For example, a winter segment is named "Winter of Our Discount Tent". Winter is one of the four Seasons of Temperate zones Calculated astronomically, it begins on the Solstice and ends on the Equinox The Winter of Our Discontent is a 1961 Novel by John Steinbeck. In later seasons, the characters give brief biographical sketches (consisting of various odd historical photos accompanied by narration) of "famous" Possum Lake residents.

Other regular segments include "The Experts", where Red and another character answer alleged letters from viewers and always give ridiculous advice; Ranger Gord's "educational" safety cartoons (featuring anthropomorphic animals that look like Red and Harold); and occasional advice segments by Dalton Humphrey and Mike Hamar. The word cartoon has various meanings based on several very different forms of Visual art and Illustration. Anthropomorphism is the attribution of uniquely Human characteristics to non-human creatures and beings natural and supernatural phenomena material states and objects Hap Shaughnessy appears in many segments and always tells outlandish stories about his life—among other things, he claims to have been an astronaut, to have invented television and basketball, and to have once advised Walt Disney on how many fingers to put on Mickey Mouse. An astronaut or cosmonaut (космона́вт) is a person trained Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m Walter Elias Disney (December 5 1901 – December 15 1966 was a multiple Academy Award -winning American Film producer, director, Screenwriter Mickey Mouse is a comic animal Cartoon character who has become an icon for The Walt Disney Company.

The show usually concludes with Red giving a message to his wife, Bernice (usually a double entendre), and delivering his signature piece of life advice in the form of a hockey metaphor: "Keep your stick on the ice. Not to be confused with Puns which employ multiple phrases A double entendre is a Figure of speech similar to the Pun, in " This is followed by a general meeting of the Possum Lodge membership, which begins with the ritual stating of the Lodge motto: "Quando omni flunkus moritati" (Pseudo-Latin for "When all else fails, play dead"). Dog Latin or mock-Latin refers to the creation of a Phrase or Jargon in imitation of Latin, often by directly translating English From season 6 onward, this is followed by the Man's Prayer: "I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess. "

History of the show

Smith originally created the character of Red Green for his 1979–1985 sketch comedy series Smith & Smith. Smith & Smith was a Canadian Sketch comedy series which aired from 1979 to 1985 on Hamilton Ontario 's CHCH-TV The sketch was a parody of the long-running Canadian outdoors show The Red Fisher Show (1968–1989), starring BH "Red" Fisher, in which Red and his friends would show silent films of their fishing trips with commentary at "Scuttlebutt Lodge". Bernard Herbert "Red" Fisher ( February 18, 1914 - 5 May, 2006) was an American sporting goods retailer U The character also appeared in Me & Max and The Comedy Mill before becoming the focus of his own series. Me & Max was a Situation comedy produced for Canadian Television station CHCH-TV in 1985. The Comedy Mill was a Canadian Sketch comedy series which aired from 1986 to 1991 on Hamilton Ontario 's CHCH-TV

The Red Green Show was produced first by CHCH in Hamilton, Ontario, then by CFPL in London, then by the Global Television Network, before finally finding its permanent home at CBC Television for the 1997 season (its seventh) onward. Hamilton (ˈhæməltən ( 2006 population 504559 UA population 647634 CMA population CFPL-TV is a Television station owned by CTVglobemedia, which serves the London and Sarnia regions of Ontario, Canada. London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada along the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor with a metropolitan area population of 457720 the city proper Global Television Network (more commonly called Global TV or just Global) is a Canadian English language privately owned Television network CBC Television is a Canadian English language Television network. The show was renamed The New Red Green Show upon its move to Global, and would keep this title until its second season at CBC.

The show ended April 7, 2006 after its 15th season with exactly 300 episodes. Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. (This longevity inspired a joke in one episode, where Red says "The question is, can you do anything with crap? Obviously the answer is yes, we're in our fourteenth season. ")

The last episode was filmed on November 5, 2005, at the Showline Studios Harbourside location. Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. At the time the season began taping, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was locked out, rendering the show's studios at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre unusable. The Canadian Broadcasting Centre, located in Toronto Ontario, is the broadcast headquarters and Master control point for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation [1]. The last episode concluded with the show breaking the fourth wall by thanking the audience and fans for their popularity. The fourth wall is the imaginary wall at the front of the stage in a Proscenium Theater, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play In addition, the Man's Prayer was changed to "I'm a man / but I changed / because I had to / Oh, well. "

The low-budget movie Duct Tape Forever (2002), was based on The Red Green Show. Duct Tape Forever is a 2002 comedy movie based on The Red Green Show. It was screened in select American theaters, but did not receive a wide release. It has since appeared occasionally on PBS stations during pledge drives. The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the It is also available on DVD.

In previous years, the show would stage live mini-telethons (sometimes called "Red Green-a-thons") for public television stations in the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the These usually coincided with national PBS fundraising drives, and featured contests between various PBS stations carrying the show. This was done to encourage new stations to carry Red Green, for those who already have it to continue it, and in one year Red playfully dumped stations that chose to discontinue the show in a wheelbarrow.

Since 2000, Red Green has been the "Ambassador of Scotch Duct Tape" for 3M. 3M Company ( formerly Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company until 2002 is an American multinational conglomerate corporation with a worldwide [2]

Smith says he has no intentions of ever reprising his character, partially because he has found it more difficult to maintain the character's distinctive gravelly voice. However, there is a Red Green cartoon, Planet Harold, in development, said to be a prequel in which Harold is a teenager. A prequel is a work that portrays events and/or aspects of a previously completed narrative but is set prior to the existing narrative

DVD release

Main characters

Red Green

The title character of The Red Green Show, Red (Steve Smith) is the leader of Possum Lodge and a self-proclaimed handyman who is constantly extolling the virtues of duct tape ("the handyman's secret weapon"). Steve Smith CM (born December 24, 1945, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian comedy writer and actor The Red Green Show is a Television Comedy that aired on CBC Television in Canada and on PBS in the United States Duct tape (sometimes called duck tape; He is married to Bernice Green and does not have any children.

According to Red's DVD biography, Red became the leader of Possum Lodge after gradually becoming more involved with it over time and becoming "the only guy nobody hated. " At one point, he borrowed a large sum of money from his brother just before his brother lost his job. In repayment, Red employed his nephew Harold as the producer and director of The Red Green Show.

In addition to being a handyman, Red also has several main philosophies in life, some of which are passed on to the lodge as a whole. Chief among them is the phrase "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (pseudo-Latin for "When all else fails, play dead"). He also concludes each of his Handyman Corner segments with the phrase, "If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy. "

Red owns what is known as "the Possum Van", an early 80s model Dodge Ram cargo van, painted as a grey possum on a pale blue background, and with a license plate reading simply "POSSUM". The Dodge Ram Van was a Full-size Van marketed under the Dodge brand by the Chrysler Corporation and later DaimlerChrysler It is one of Red's few vehicles that actually runs. It has played (and donated) many parts in Handyman's Corner projects.

Red's dry, often sarcastic wit is balanced by a strong sense of camaraderie with his fellow lodge members, partly because he directs most of his sarcasm toward Harold. Despite this, Harold and the rest of Possum Lodge seem to regard Red with a high level of respect, though occasionally some of the lodge members will challenge his authority in one way or another.

Harold Green

Harold (Patrick McKenna) is Red's nephew and the fictional producer and director of The Red Green Show. Patrick McKenna (born May 8, 1960 in Hamilton Ontario) is a Canadian comedic and dramatic Actor. He is a nerd—he has a significant overbite, wears thick glasses, is very eager and sensitive, and is one of the most intelligent members of Possum Lodge. Nerd is a term often bearing a derogatory connotation or Stereotype, that refers to a person who passionately pursues Intellectual activities Esoteric He is often appalled by the behavior of the other lodge members (and even Red himself), and he puts a lot of effort into trying to change everyone's behavior, usually with little to no success.

Harold's advanced knowledge of computers, television and technology originally landed him the job of producer and director of the TV show. A computer is a Machine that manipulates data according to a list of instructions. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Later in the show's history, he became employed at Multicorp and went to work in the neighboring town of Port Asbestos. He later became the publicity manager for Possum Lake, and eventually fell in love with Bonnie, a commercial truck driver who shares nearly all of his unusual mannerisms. The two were married in the final episode of the series.

Harold and Red spend much of their time on the show trading insults and poking fun at each other. While they have shown they can cooperate with one another at times, Harold is often very critical of Red's ideas and schemes, but usually ends up going along with them anyway.

In the movie Duct Tape Forever, Harold is not a member of the Possum Lodge. At the end, the brotherhood accept him and take him in.

Dalton Humphrey

Dalton (Bob Bainborough) is the owner of Humphrey's Everything Store and is one of Red's best friends. He is one of the few financially successful lodge members, most notably because he makes up fake history for the junk he sells in his store and fools gullible city people into thinking they're priceless antiques and paying a fortune for them. He is also a notorious cheapskate. A miser is a person who is reluctant to spend Money, sometimes to the point of forgoing even basic comforts In the meantime, he tries to conserve money as much as possible, shortchanging and cheating people if necessary. When he isn't complaining about the state of things at his store, he generally complains about his troubled marriage to Ann Marie and their daughter's spending habits. ("Thirty dollars for a pair of jeans! Can you believe it?!")

Dalton has been with the show since season 4 and takes part in the vast majority of the show's main storylines. He has a strong relationship with Red, joining him on his regular fishing trips and taking part in many aspects of the Possum Lodge operations. He also takes his fatherhood very seriously, often trying to pass on his ideas and wisdom to other people (most notably Harold). He generally tells people exactly what he thinks of them, even if it means offending them.

Ann Marie only appeared onscreen once, in the final episode where she and Dalton renewed their wedding vows (her face was obscured by her bridal veil), however she was sometimes seen in shadow in scenes set near their home (her voice was provided by Jennifer Irwin). Jennifer Irwin (born June 17, 1975 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian Actress best known for her role as Linda on Their daughter, Tabitha, appeared in the film Duct Tape Forever although there she goes by the name Mandy. Duct Tape Forever is a 2002 comedy movie based on The Red Green Show.

Mike Hamar

Mike (Wayne Robson) is a career criminal who joined Possum Lodge while on parole from federal prison. Wayne Robson (born 1946) is a Canadian television actor who is best known for playing the part of Mike Hamar, a thief on The Red Green Show He has become another of Red's best friends and often tries to help out around the Lodge, though he is not very good at handyman tasks in general. He talks a lot about his troubled childhood—mostly about his mother (an exotic dancer) and many fathers. For the racehorse see Exotic Dancer (horse The terms exotic dancer and exotic dance can have different meanings in different Mike suffers from low self-esteem and poor planning, usually causing those around him to try to cheer him up again. ("No, that's okay Mike. The wall looks good with the hole in it. ") He is the only character who regularly refers to Red as "Mr. Green. " As revealed in the final episode, Mike eventually becomes a police officer, causing the crime rate to plummet. . . since he now has a full-time job.

Winston Rothschild, III

Winston (Jeff Lumby) is the owner and sole employee of Rothschild's Sewage and Septic Sucking Services. Jeff Lumby is a Canadian Actor and Voice actor. He is a member of the Lumby family who created and produced the 1980s Canadian children's television series Like Dalton and Mike, Winston is one of Red Green's friends and takes part in the day-to-day operations at Possum Lodge. He is always seen wearing a hard hat, a white button-down shirt, a bowtie, hip waders, and heavy boots. A hard hat is a type of Helmet predominantly used in workplace environments such as Construction sites to protect the head from injury by falling objects He is generally upbeat and has a positive outlook on life, and is usually able to look on the bright side of things even in the face of certain disaster. He is also a fan of self help speakers Anthony Anthony (whom he likes to quote) and Walter Mollusk. Self-help or self-improvement refers to self-guided improvement—economically intellectually or emotionally—most frequently with a substantial psychological or spiritual

A true entrepreneur, Winston describes sewage and septic sucking as his lifelong dream. He owns his own equipment and a septic truck—apparently his only means of transportation, even on his usually unsuccessful dates. Throughout the series, he appears in a wide variety of commercials advertising his septic sucking business, almost always with a humorous quip ("We're number one in the number two business"; "We'll take that smell off your hands"; etc. ). In later episodes, his commercials tend to parody the advertising campaigns of numerous Canadian companies.

Secondary characters

The following characters appear frequently on the show, but almost never within the main story segments.

Bill Smith

Bill (Rick Green) is the star of the "Adventures with Bill" segment, in which he and at least one other character (usually Red) attempt to perform relatively simple tasks or try a sport or game in the clumsiest, most accident-prone way possible. Rick Green (born 1953 in Toronto Ontario) is a Canadian Comedian, and writer (These segments are done in a silent home-movie format with a voiceover by Red, which, interestingly, seems to switch back and forth between past and present tense. ) Bill rarely actually speaks, and has only appeared on the main set of the show in the second season (still silently) and in the series' final episode—these are also the only times Bill is ever seen in color, since the "Adventures" segments are shot in black & white. In some segments, Bill can be heard speaking in gibberish, but the explanation for not hearing him clearly is usually that the camera they use for these segments has a weak microphone. Later in the show's history, the "Adventures with Bill" segment was expanded to include more characters and not necessarily Bill himself.

In each "Adventures" segment in which Bill appears, he usually attempts to do something of an outdoors nature, such as backpacking, building something, chopping down a tree, or playing a sport. Each of his actions are basically slapstick comedy routines—for example, when he swings an axe, it flies out of his hands and smashes into another character or Red's Possum Van. In what has become a classic occurrence, Bill often manages to knock the side mirrors, or one of them, off the van. He can also store large tools and miscellaneous items in his overalls, and pull them out on demand. Magic satchel is a term often used in reference to Computer role-playing games It refers to the use of a character's Inventory in the game which can often contain Many segments show Bill getting hurt somehow, but apparently not seriously or permanently. (One segment in particular ends with Bill's arms crushed and flattened in a grape press. ) There is generally no continuity from one "Adventures" segment to the next, and Bill comes back in the following episode good as new.

Ranger Gord

Ranger Gord (Peter Keleghan) is the local forest ranger who spends almost all of his time alone in Fire Watch Tower 13, and, later in the series, Tower 3. Peter Keleghan (born September 16, 1959) is a Canadian Television actor who has played roles in many of Canada's most popular comedy series A Park ranger is a person in lead of protecting and preserving parklands - national state or provincial parks His full name is Gordon Ranger, but he prefers not to be called "Ranger Ranger. " He is always seen wearing his ranger outfit (which he apparently launders using only a blow dryer), and he finds various eccentric ways to pass his time, even while Red is visiting. For example, he has been seen making nature-sounds tapes by mimicking animal noises into a tape recorder, and he claims to use baked beans as his alarm clock. In one episode, he even is found by Red to be hibernating.

Gord has worked in his watch tower for more than fourteen years without a paycheck, and claims to have been a forest ranger his entire life. His apparent reason for becoming a ranger was that he thought Smokey the Bear was talking directly to him in one of his famous public service announcements ("Only you can prevent forest fires"). Smokey Bear (often wrongly referred to as Smokey The Bear is a character in the longest running public service campaign in United States history He frequently breaks out in tears during Red's visits as he talks about how lonely he is and/or how much of a sacrifice he makes at his job. During one visit, Gord claimed to have gotten so lonely that he ate the watch tower, then later moved on to another tower in season 7. Gord sometimes laments about his lack of recognition. Once, he thought that someone had left him some honorary medallions, only to learn from Red that they were beer bottle caps (Gord thought that a Budweiser cap was for being a "bud of the forest").

Later in the series (seasons 9 to 13, between 1999 and 2004), Ranger Gord made a series of 23 short "educational" cartoons about the environment. Written, animated, produced, directed and voiced by Gord himself, these films always feature an animated version of Gord as a muscle-bound super-hero type, and Red and Harold Green make appearances as a possum and beaver, respectively. (Dalton and Mike also appear in one short, depicted as a bear and a raccoon, respectively. ) The cartoons' subjects have included finding money at the end of a rainbow, planting a cell phone to grow a telephone pole, and a fire fight against the Sun and its deadly ultraviolet rays. (The cartoons were actually written by staff writers, and were designed, directed and animated by Bryce Hallett of Frog Feet Productions. Bryce Hallett (born in 1976 is a Canadian independent Animator living and working in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. )

The original fire watch tower shown in seasons 1–2 appeared to be a simple treehouse. From seasons 3–6, it was filmed in an actual watch tower (in reality, located at Port Carling, Ont. Port Carling is an unincorporated community in the Township of Muskoka Lakes in the Canadian province of Ontario. ). By season 8, it was a set. Gord appeared in the Lodge during season 7, saying that he eaten the front two legs of the tower and caused it to fall over. In the movie Duct Tape Forever, the tower had burned down and Ranger Gord was then in charge of a train station.

Edgar K. B. Montrose

Edgar Montrose (Graham Greene) is Possum Lodge's explosives enthusiast. Graham Greene (born June 22, 1952) is an Academy Award -nominated Canadian Actor. He believes that any problem (including leaky roofs and invasive weeds) can be solved with explosives. He is usually seen wearing singed overalls, a cracked construction helmet and a pair of ear protectors, though he rarely covers his ears with them. According to himself, Edgar was born in Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, and he started using explosives at a young age. Assiniboia ( 2006 Population 2305 is a Town in south central Saskatchewan, Canada. Saskatchewan (səˈskætʃəwən) is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588276 He later enlisted in the Army and was dishonorably discharged after only three weeks, when he blew up the main office ("turns out they were only thinking of building a new one").

Edgar's heavy use of explosives over the years has caused him to lose most of his hearing. As he says, "What doesn't kill you, makes you hard of hearing. " This often leads to nonsensical responses to questions. (For example, Red asks him, "What have you brought for us today, Edgar?" and Edgar responds, "Oh, just fine, Red. ") He is also missing a finger on his left hand, though the story of how he lost it changes each time he tells it. He claims not to have many friends, and according to his DVD biography, he "has yet to meet a woman that likes to spend a Saturday night watching him blow a fully grown Douglas Fir tree clean over the lake. "

Edgar's middle initials, K. B. , are rumored to stand for "Ka Boom!", his favorite catchphrase. His favorite movie, is The Bridge on the River Kwai, saying, "Did you see that baby go up at the end?"

After seeing the movie Dances With Wolves, Edgar thought that the "native guy" (Kicking Bird) should have received an Oscar for his role. The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 World War II film based on the novel The Bridge over the River Kwai by French writer Dances with Wolves is a 1990 Epic film which tells the story of a United States Lieutenant who travels to the American Frontier to find a military post Kicking Bird Also known as Tene-angop'te "The Kicking Bird" or "Eagle Striking" and as Watohkonk "Black Eagle" was a chief of the Kiowa "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. (Graham Greene played both roles. )

Hap Shaughnessy

Hap Shaughnessy (Gordon Pinsent) is the water-taxi captain of Possum Lake, but he is much better known at Possum Lodge for his tall tales. Gordon Edward Pinsent, CC, FRSC, LLD (born July 12, 1930) is a Canadian television theatre and film actor In virtually every appearance he makes on the show, he makes a ridiculous claim to have been a significant person in history, or to have accomplished some incredible feat. Nobody else on the show believes him, but he will go to great lengths to tell his stories anyway. For example, he has claimed that he invented basketball while working undercover for the CIA, that he once filled in for Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, and that he even fought a whale for "ten, twenty months. Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m near as long as it used to be several months ago It has been actively summarized and split into sub-articles and there is a dynamic talk page discussion of all Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943 is an English Guitarist, Songwriter, Singer, producer and a founding member of The Rolling " In one episode, it is hinted that he lies about his past because he has a poor self-image.

Hap is always seen wearing a Royal Canadian Regiment baseball cap, which is a nod to Pinsent's own military service as a soldier in the Regiment during the early 1950s. The Royal Canadian Regiment ( The RCR) is an Infantry Regiment of the Canadian Forces.

Ed Frid

Ed Frid (Jerry Schaefer) is the animal control officer of Possum Lake. An animal control officer may be an Employee of or a contractor to a Municipality, is charged with the responsibility of responding to calls for service Ironically, he is deathly afraid of almost all animals and believes they are out to get him. (He is most afraid of hamsters—"They're evil. E-vil. ") He is featured on The Red Green Show in the "Talking Animals" segment, in which Red tries to get Ed to show the audience a small animal, such as a weasel or a leech. Invariably, something goes wrong and causes Ed to panic, usually bringing an abrupt and comedic end to the segment.

PBS Airing Notes

During season 12, SDPB aired the final episodes of that year before Canada. This was because, at that time SDPB, aired Red Green five days per week.

See also

References

  1. ^ CBC.ca Arts - Red Green says goodbye to Possum Lodge
  2. ^ 3M Canada Press Box

External links

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