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.

The Red Green Show (1991-2006) is a Canadian television comedy created by Steve Smith and Rick Green for CBC Television, a sitcom and sketch comedy hybrid. Steve Smith stars as Red Green, a folksy host who hands out outdoorsy repair advice, and Patrick McKenna plays his put upon sidekick Harold Green. Rick Green appears as Bill Smith, with Albert Schultz, Bob Bainborough, George Buza and Graham Greene rounding out a rotating cast of regulars. Each episode runs about 21 minutes and is built from a central household or outdoors problem, a shaky do-it-yourself fix, and a string of sketches, with duct tape as the running answer to nearly everything. Across fifteen seasons and 304 episodes, the show plays as a parody of earnest home improvement, fishing and outdoors programs, and its mock sincerity makes the bumbling host lovable rather than cruel. Its tone is lighthearted, irreverent and warm, closer to a Canadian cousin of SCTV or Corner Gas than to a plotted drama. Viewers looking for a gentle family comedy, a sketch show with a recurring cast, or a wry parody of diy television will find much to enjoy. The series is set in a contemporary rural Canadian milieu and holds a steady place in CBC comedy history.

• Mr. Beanirreverent parody of hands-on home and outdoors shows, lighthearted sketch-sitcom hybrid
• SCTVsketch comedy with recurring characters and a mock-serious host persona
• The Trailer Park BoysCanadian mockumentary-style deadpan comedy with a folksy small-community tone
• Corner Gaslighthearted sitcom-sketch hybrid built around a recurring cast of eccentric regulars

Created by

Steve Smith, Rick Green

Release Date

1991-09-25

Episode runtime

21 min

Rating

8.1 / 10 (31)

What is The Red Green Show about?

A Canadian sitcom-sketch hybrid in which a folksy outdoorsman hosts a parody of do-it-yourself television, fixing life's problems with duct tape.

What is The Red Green Show like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Red Green Show as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as simple.

Is The Red Green Show violent?

No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in The Red Green Show.

Which shows are like The Red Green Show?

Shows with a similar feel include Mr. Bean, SCTV, The Trailer Park Boys, and Corner Gas.

How long is The Red Green Show?

The Red Green Show: 15 seasons, 304 episodes.

Is The Red Green Show still running?

No, The Red Green Show has ended.

Where can I watch The Red Green Show?

In United States, The Red Green Show streams on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.