"The Red Green Show" (1991) TV series 1991-2006

Creators:

Rick Green
Steve Smith

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Red Green airs his handyman show from Possum Lodge, Canada, and also experiences some zany adventures in real life.

Plot Keywords:

Lodge | Canada | Handyman | Duct Tape | Stupidity

Awards:

1 win & 23 nominations

Cast

Steve Smith	...	Red Green / ... (204 episodes, 1991-2005)
Patrick McKenna	...	Harold Green (185 episodes, 1991-2005)
Rick Green	...	Bill Smith (176 episodes, 1991-2005)
Bob Bainborough	...	Dalton Humphrey (90 episodes, 1994-2005)

Also Known As:

The New Red Green Show

Runtime:

25 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color | Black and White

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Canada:G (TV rating) | USA:TV-G (seasons 7-8) | USA:TV-PG (seasons 9-10)

Filming Locations:

Canadian Broadcasting Centre - 250 Front Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

S&S Productions

Trivia:

"Red Green" was the first Canadian television show watched in space, when a copy of the "Best of Red Green" video was brought to the Russian space station Mir. The video was trapped in the Spektr module following a Progress collision, and thus was never recovered. The videotape is now presumably at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, along with the rest of Mir.

Goofs:

Continuity: Dalton's last name changes from Humphries to Humphrey over the course of the series.

Quotes:

Red Green: I guess crime doesn't pay, huh, Mike?
Mike Hamar: Not the way I do it.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Homestarrunner.com: Everything Else, Volume 3 (2007) (V)

A superb sitcom from Canada.

I used to think that "The Red Green Show" was stupid, but as I watched more episodes I caught on to how great this show is. It really does a superb job of poking fun at the "male bonding" craze that was going on in the 1990's and the entirely male cast represent all sorts of hilarious stereotypes of manhood. They do it so well and it always makes me laugh. And hard at that, too.

Steve Smith portrays Red Green, the leader of the Possum Lodge that's 135 beer stores away from Toronto. His mis-adventures mostly involve the goings-on in his lodge with real and fictionally members of his fraternity. Smith delivers a great performance as the grizzled "King of Men" but it's Patrick McKenna's Harold, Green's nephew that steals most of the episodes. McKenna's character is a nerdy but loveable bumbler who always flashes those pearly whites, has hilarious mannerisms, and just shines with his lack of aloofness. Plenty of recurring characters shine in this series. Co-creator Rick Green's ode to Harp Marx/Teller in the Green narrated "Adventures With Bill" are always a hoot, as Bill always seems to be abused by Red AND Murphy's Law. Gordon Pinsent's compulsive liar/tall tale teller Hap Shaughnessy, Oscar-nominated actor Graham Greene's explosive specialist Edgar Montross, and Peter Keleghan's lonely teary-eyed Ranger Gord are just three of the hilarious people Red interacts with.

Don't forget those classic "Handyman's Corner" segments where his "Handyman's secret weapon" (Duct tape) is always regularly abused; they rule. The Red Green Show, along with Absolutely Fabulous, are two sitcoms that Americans need to watch to understand why some people think that American sit-coms have lost their touch.