The Red Green Show | |
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From left to right, Harold (Patrick McKenna), Red (Steve Smith) and Bill (Rick Green).
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Created by |
Steve Smith Rick Green |
Starring |
Steve Smith Patrick McKenna Rick Green Jeff Lumby Wayne Robson Bob Bainborough |
Country of origin | Canada |
No. of seasons | 15 |
No. of episodes | 305 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Robert Singer |
Camera setup | Multiple-camera and Single camera |
Running time | 21 minutes |
Distributor | S&S Productions |
Release | |
Original network |
CHCH-TV CFPL-TV YTV Global CBC Television |
Picture format | 240p (Deinterlaced 480i SDTV) |
Original release | March 26, 1991 – April 7, 2006 |
External links | |
Website |
The Red Green Show is a Canadian television comedy that aired on various channels in Canada, with its ultimate home at CBC Television, and on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) stations in the United States, from 1991 until the series finale 7 April 2006, on CBC. 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). Reruns currently air on CBC Television, The Comedy Network, and various PBS stations. It can also be found online at 'Nowhere TV', a ROKU channel. It was produced by S&S Productions, which is owned by Steve and Morag Smith. Directors on the series include Steve Smith, Rick Green and William G. Elliott.
The title character, Red Green (Steve Smith), is a handyman who tries to find shortcuts to most of his projects, trusting most of his work to duct tape, which he calls "the handyman's secret weapon". He is the president of the Possum Lodge, a fictional men's club in the small northwestern Ontario town of Possum Lake, near the also-fictional town of Port Asbestos. He and his fellow lodge members had their own TV show in which they gave lessons and demonstrations in repair work and outdoor activities, and advice for men.