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Originally Posted by drcy
I've joked "You learn all about humanity from reading Shakespeare and watching The Red Green Show." Red Green fills in the parts missed by Shakespeare, including the psychotic forrest ranger, the pathological liar ferry boat captain and the monster truck aficionado. And where else but Red Green could you learn how to convert your lawn mower into a coffee maker or your old clothes washer into a ice cream maker. For the record, the clothes washer ice cream maker invention worked except Red Green learned afterwords he had forgotten to take out the dirty socks. His old toaster to computer disc drive invention worked, except when you turned off the computer the disc drive would shoot the disc across the room. Most of his inventions work, but not as intended and, of course, involve a plethora of duct tape. Or as he calls duct tape, "The universal adapter." According to Red "You can do anything if you have enough duct tape." In fact, they had an episode when he suffered severe withdrawals when the lodge and local stores ran out of duct tape. "I'm sorry I lost my temper with you there, but I've been eight hours without duct tape."
If you're from LA or NYC you might not get the show. The key is if you're from rural Iowa, Minnesota or Alberta you have known people exactly like the show's characters.
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I am in South Dakota and yes I know people just like those characters in Red Green.
When they done a pledge drive on PBS several years ago I donated enough to get one of the vests they wear at the meetings. Steve Smith done his stand up routine at the Corn Palace a couple years ago and I wore my vest, it was funny because everybody was looking at me trying to figure out if I was a cast member.