Owain Taggart wrote:
The Borgified Corpse wrote:
But I am stunned that we've gotten this far without mentioning Canada's greatest ever contribution to the medium: Made in Canada. It was a scathing satire about unscrupulous Canadian TV producers. It starred Rick Mercer (This Hour Has 22 Minutes) & Peter Keleghan (Ranger Gord from The Red Green Show). It lasted 5 seasons, but only the 1st 6 episodes were ever released on DVD before Salter Street Films went broke. (And that barebones DVD is so out of print that it costs about $74.94 on Amazon.com.) My greatest wish would be for Seasons 2-5 to get released on DVD. Does no one else remember this show?
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Ahh, good point about the show! I somehow never really got around to watching it much, but I did like what I've seen of it. It's almost like Arrested Development in the humour department. |
Kinda. It wasn't quite as overtly wacky as
Arrested Development could be at times but it was equally clever. Really, the closest comparison to
Made in Canada would be
Action, a short-lived American series about an unscrupulous movie producer (Jay Mohr). I go back & forth over who was the bigger showbiz scumbag,
Made in Canada's Richard Strong or Peter Dragon from
Action. Overall, I'd say that while
Action was a raunchier show, Peter Dragon still seemed to have some semblance of a conscience. He never screwed over anyone that wasn't screwed up to begin with. On the other hand, just in the first 4 episodes of
Made in Canada, Richard...
- Drugged his brother-in-law and then framed him for fondling the boss' daughter.
- Hired a disgruntled ex-employee to severely injure a movie star just to embarass Victor.
- Recommended that an actor go to Mexico to get a hair transplant, which lead to his death. (Although, it's unclear exactly how much of that Richard actually planned.)