The Red Green Show
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 stations in the United States, from 1991 until the series finale April 7, 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.
Genre: Comedy
Actor: Patrick McKenna, Steve Smith, Rick Green, Albert Schultz, Bob Bainborough, Derek McGrath, Gavin Crawford, George Buza, Graham Greene, Ian Thomas
Creator: Rick Green, Steve Smith
Country: Canada
Type: tv
Season: 1
Episode: 1
Duration: 21m
Release: 1991
Rating: 7.3
Season 1 - The Red Green Show
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"Moose Thompson goes to see an exotic dancer. Dougie shows off his monster truck engine. Bill parachutes, and Red builds a mobile phone."
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"Somehow, gunpowder ends up in salt and pepper shakers, while the salt and pepper surface in shotgun shells. Dougie describes how the ladies go for his monster truck, Bill fools around with slingshots and Red does his own bodywork on a car."
Season 2 - The Red Green Show
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"While tightening security, Noel accidentally strikes Helmut on the head with Bob's favorite putter."
1992-01-01
"Bob buys a set of clubs that turn out to be all left-handed drivers with a goalie stick for a putter. Red makes a moped with a bike and a chainsaw. Bill tires fishing from a float tube."
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"A raccoon is spotted in the Lodge's attic. Noel tries to get rid of it, but Eddie wants it as a pet."
Season 3 - The Red Green Show
29 Sep 1993
"Red comes up with a plan for a car pool so he can justify buying a new 12-passenger van."
06 Oct 1993
"When the Lodge backhoe rolls into Possum Lake, the men of the Lodge learn that if they can use it as a shelter for fingerlings, they will receive a grant from the government."
13 Oct 1993
"A freak accident and lots of pollution result in Possum Lake being magnetized. Life in the area becomes very difficult, especially for anything metallic. So Red and his pals decide to try ..."
20 Oct 1993
"After a failed attempt at digging a gold mine, the men decide to convert the mine into an underground parking lot. Little do they realize that this particular mine is in a flood district."
10 Nov 1993
"Red holds a Casino Night at the Lodge, but everyone is more concerned about his new shirt."
24 Nov 1993
"The men at the Lodge try to convert their vehicles to run on firewood."
15 Dec 1993
"Red and his pals stage a race across Possum Lake to see who will be the captain of the ferryboat for the nudist camp."
22 Dec 1993
"The Lodge has a parade to celebrate the return of the salmon to Mercury Creek."
29 Dec 1993
"The Lodge members decide to send in a funny video tape to a TV show to raise money for the Lodge."
05 Jan 1994
"Red and his pals try to perform a biosphere experiment, only to learn that they have to be there for at least two years."
12 Jan 1994
"Red and his pals decide to use an accidental cement spill to their advantage and build a water park out of Possum Lake."
26 Jan 1994
"Moose Thompson accidentally flips his car into the lake and the men decide to use as part of the Possum Lake Regatta."
02 Feb 1994
"Old Man Sedgwick enlists everyone to help him build a cottage on Rock Reef Point."
09 Feb 1994
"Moose comes up with a different way of water-skiing that doesn't involve a water craft."
16 Feb 1994
"The Lodge is a possible location candidate for the bi-annual Possum Olympics."
23 Feb 1994
"Red and his pals discover a dinosaur swimming about in Possum Lake."
Season 4 - The Red Green Show
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"When a rare unicorn owl is spotted in the Possum Lake vicinity, the whole area is suddenly on the verge of becoming a sanctuary, with no fishing or hunting allowed. So Red and his pals try to get the owl to leave."
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"After they learn that the price of beer has skyrocketed, the men of the Lodge decide not to curtail consumption, but to brew their own beer."
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"Red and his pals are convinced that just as there's a market for \"pick your own\" fruits, there's also a market for \"pick your own\" firewood."
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"In trying to turn Possum Lake into a huge car battery, Red and his pals inadvertently release an enormous quantity of hydrogen into the air, with hilarious results."
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"The citizens of Possum Lake, including the men of the Lodge, try to protect the old schoolhouse from being purchased."
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"One of the Lodge members encases fireflies in a skylight to light his home."
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"Old Man Sedgwick gets a badger caught in his pants and the Lodge members come up with various schemes to remove it."
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"Buster Hadfield and his brother buy a used conveyor belt, and the other Lodge members try to make it look like a smart decision."
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"Red and his pals decide to protest the utilities company by generating their own electricity."
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"The Possum Lake area is struck by a big storm, as predicted by Old Man Sedgwick's body."
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"Red and his pals plan to put on a Sea World-type water show extravaganza, even managing to arrange to have manatees imported. However, and not surprisingly, transporting the manatees presents some problems."
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"The men of the Lodge attempt to remove the silver from the negatives of Buster Hadfield's vacation pictures."
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"Following a successful lawsuit against a ski\/golf resort by Moose Thompson for an injury that happened to him there, he ends up owning all the ski equipment there. So Red and his pals try to build something out of them."
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"The Lodge members hold a huge auction, when they learn of tourists' liking of spending any kind of money on anything."
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"Red and his pals experiment with various tactics to rustproof their vehicles."
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"All bets are off when a group of American vegetarian filmmakers show up at Possum Lodge."
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"The men of the Lodge attempt to use an accident at a local paint shop to their advantage for the sake of tourism."
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"The Lodge members, in an attempt to bolster tourism, decide to make Rock Reef Point a tourist trap."
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"When Old Man Sedgwick catches an ENORMOUS catfish at the Catch a Catfish for Confirmation Contest, the men try to make it into perfume."
Season 5 - The Red Green Show
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"\"Women are watching the world, Men are watching television.\" The men use the roof of a silo as a satellite dish."
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"\"Women can bear children; Men can't.\" Red and Harold both need fathers for an annual banquet for fathers and sons."
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"\"Women pursue good health, Men pursue good doctors.\" Possum Lake's old doctor has retired and his replacement uses a local ice cream parlor as the new Possum Lake Medical Clinic."
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"\"Women protect their feelings, Men protect their possessions.\" The Possum Van gets stolen, but Red can't decide whether to get it back or buy a replacement van."
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"\"Women have to cement a romance, Men have a romance with cement.\" When the submarine pen project is canceled, Red and his pals have to deal with 15 truckloads of cement."
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"\"Women lament lost love, Men lament lost pets.\" The men at the Lodge attempt to find a lost dog spotted in the woods."
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"\"Women enjoy church, Men enjoy Sundays.\" Religion arrives at Possum Lake with unsurprisingly explosive results."
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"\"Women enjoy good food done well, Men enjoy fast food done cheap.\" Red and Harold attempt to promote the new restaurant in town."
Season 6 - The Red Green Show
30 Sep 1996
"Red attempts to provide Harold with some unwanted help on his project for the school science fair, with disastrous results."
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"After Old Man Sedgwick's son moves in, the old man moves out and into Possum Lodge."
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"Once again, Harold fails his driving test and makes a mistake in asking Red for help."
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"The Lodge members to come up with various tactics to play golf after they're banned from the local golf course."
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"The lodge members go off to the local charity casino and try to hide their winnings."
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"A collection of bits from the first six seasons (1991-1996). This is a boon for PBS audiences, who had not heard of Red Green scenes from its CHCH days. RED GREEN said, \"Okay, so you got a ..."
Season 7 - The Red Green Show
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"Red and his Lodge pals attempt to stage a \"running of the bulls\" event, with the usual disastrous results."
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"Red and Harold sell the show to Switzerland and are forced to alter the show's content to suit the Swiss audience."
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"A fund-raiser for the Historical Society results in the destruction of its own Heritage Building."
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"Red tries to join a big brothers organization for one reason and one reason only: to compete in its soapbox derby. The only problem is, he has no partner."
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"Harold fears crime is running so rampant that he decides to create an informer's club to rat on criminals."
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"Red and his pals decide to impress their wives by remodeling their cabins for their wives' visits."
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"Possum Lodge and Yuppie cottagers are fighting for control of the local rink. The Lodge wants to use it for hockey while the Yuppies want to use it for curling."
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"The men attempt to turn downtown Possum Lake into an indoor mall using the sewers."
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"The men of the Lodge stage a carnival for their wives as an excuse to avoid going to Florida for the winter."
Season 8 - The Red Green Show
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"Harold is on his way to college, but he actually manages to leave Red devastated in the process."
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"Red and his pals try to move an old building on several pick-up trucks. Naturally and unsurprisingly, things do not go as planned."
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"Red decides to form his own postal system and he enlists Harold with help on it."
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"A tractor-trailer full of apricots capsizes and Red and his pals decide to try to use this situation to their advantage."
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"Possum Lodge has a blood donor contest with its rival, Caribou Lodge."
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"Possum Lodge receives a contract to supply services to Possum Lake from the tow truck, ambulance and snowplow."
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"Red and Harold decide to have a contest to see which can go farther, a bicycle or the Possum Van."
Season 9 - The Red Green Show
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"Harold's company is getting rid of its old computers and one of them is donated to the Lodge, much to Red's chagrin."
Season 10 - The Red Green Show
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"Red discovers that a foster child is at the Lodge to spend the weekend with him."
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"Possum Lake is rising perilously high because beavers have built a dam across the only river running from it."
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"Everyone panics when the entire Lodge runs out of duct tape and the hardware store is on back-order."
Season 11 - The Red Green Show
14 Dec 2001
"Winston tries to adopt a child to carry on the family septic sucking business. Red turns a car into a castle, complete with turret. Mike and Walter turn a basketball competition into an ..."
Season 12 - The Red Green Show
15 Nov 2002
"Harold sponsors a beautification project around Possum Lake. Rather than clean up the lodge, Red uses nuclear waste to grow sunflowers tall enough to hide the lodge."
13 Dec 2002
"Trouble arises at the Lodge when the guys prepare for the Santa Claus Parade."
10 Jan 2003
"Harold brings in a local boy scout troop to teach Lodge members about the outdoors."
17 Jan 2003
"Trying to observe the Kyoto Protocol, Lodge members try to generate power using windmills - and their own vehicles."
31 Jan 2003
"Harold and Red try to turn the Lodge into a bed and breakfast, with Mike Hamar as a test customer."
14 Feb 2003
"Anxious to meet women, Harold submits a tape to a video dating service."
Season 13 - The Red Green Show
14 Nov 2003
"Winston uses his septic truck to pump all the coins out of the wishing well."
05 Dec 2003
"Dalton tries to win a contest by making the world's largest ball of string."
16 Jan 2004
"Red tries to avoid cleaning the boat ramp by throwing the boats directly into the lake."
20 Feb 2004
"Harold fills in for a sick Ranger Gord, leaving Red alone at the Lodge."
Season 14 - The Red Green Show
08 Oct 2004
"The men put on a circus to celebrate the Lodge's 75th anniversary."
12 Nov 2004
"Red tries to get Harold and Bonnie to take time off from each other."
14 Jan 2005
"Appalled by the high cost of insurance, Red decides to insure the Lodge himself."
04 Feb 2005
"Red and Harold contract a contagious disease and have to give each other shots."
18 Feb 2005
"Possum Lodge is challenged by an American lodge to a fishing contest."
Season 15 - The Red Green Show
18 Nov 2005
"Red buys a motel, then finds out the land isn't included and so he has to move the motel off the property."
06 Jan 2006
"Red buys lots of cheap beef but Harold thinks it carries the Mad Cow virus."
27 Jan 2006
"The guys paint all the farm silos to look like giant crayons."
03 Mar 2006
"A dispute over public access to the waterfront is settled - with a tank."
24 Mar 2006
"Before meeting Bonnie's family, Harold accidentally uses animal musk instead of after shave."
