Sons of Butcher (TV series)
| Sons of Butcher | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Black comedy Satire Rock music Sketch comedy |
| Created by | Dave Dunham, Trevor Ziebarth, Jay Ziebarth |
| Directed by | Karl DiPelino |
| Starring | Dave Dunham, Trevor Ziebarth, Jay Ziebarth |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Running time | approx. 23 minutes per episode |
| Distributor | S&S Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Teletoon, MTV Latin America, MTV Poland, TV Enter Serbia, All Music Italy, MTV Philippines |
| Original release | August 5, 2005 – January 12, 2007 |
Sons of Butcher is a cartoon based on the band of the same name. It is animated using a variety of programs, put together using Adobe Flash.
The show follows the exploits of Sol Butcher, Ricky Butcher, and Doug Borski, who operate a successful butcher shop called "Sons of Butcher Quality Meats" in the slums of Steeltown, a city modelled after Hamilton, Ontario. When not tending to the shop, they play together at various venues in a Rock band, naturally called "Sons of Butcher".
It was announced on April 28, 2007 that Teletoon opted not to renew Sons of Butcher for a third season. On http://www.sonsofbutcher.com they declared that they'd be stopping entirely and their "guitars will be unplugged indefinitely".
A petition was started to renew the show for another season, taking donations from fans. The show's fate remains unknown, but has a devoted fan base supporting it.
Sol is the current owner of the butcher shop, older brother to Ricky, and the eldest and strongest of the three. He inherited the shop from their father, Arpo Butcher, who died in an unfortunate accident involving a meat grinder. Sol is a recovering alcoholic, and is unable to drink even a small amount of non-alcoholic liquor without going on a massive drinking binge that causes him to grow a thick beard in an instant and run through the city streets wearing nothing but a green thong. Despite his gruff attitude, Sol is the friendliest of the trio, affectionately referring to anyone he likes as "buds"; he only seems to have a short temper around Ricky, who often shows a rebellious attitude towards his authority as an older sibling.
Sol writes songs for the band sometimes and has a habit of speaking in malapropisms. Sol's stupidity has had some consequences, as in one episode Sol (mistaking both the point and spelling of I.O.U.s) inadvertently becomes an infamous robber in Steeltown. Sol has had a few romantic interests in the series, including a woman named Sherry (whom he had literally dreamed about) and Jaco's daughter Suncheeps (whom he broke up with upon discovering she snored monstrously when she slept). He has gone to extreme lengths to earn their affections, including stealing massive amounts of coal in the hopes of making them into diamonds, and encasing himself in a feta cheese sculpture of Aphrodite to gain Jaco's respect. Despite owning the butcher shop, Sol has worked in a few other jobs over the series, such as a prison chef (while incarcerated), cruise ship worker, and small-time actor.
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