History Series / TheRedGreenShow

** In a season two episode, the treasurer, Douglas Hendrychuk tries to use the lodge charter to overthrow Red; Red couldn't care less and lets him take over. Doug screws up, and the lodge votes to put Red back in charge.

* TalkingToHimself: Invoked with Ranger Gord's educational cartoons.

->''"Well, I'm not gonna be calling the U.S. Air Force, Harold. What do I say? We've got a missile? They take that as a threat, we're in real trouble."''
->''"Well, then, contact the Canadian Air Force."''
->''"Harold, it's after six; he's gone home."''
-->-- Typical exchange between Red and Harold

Other members of the lodge that actually appear on camera include such sterling intellects as [[CloudCuckooLander Ranger Gord]] the extremely lonely forest ranger (Peter Keleghan), Dougie Franklin the monster truck driver (Ian Thomas), Edgar K.B. Montrose the half-deaf explosives enthusiast (Creator/GrahamGreeneActor), Arnie Dogan the injury-prone roofer and aspiring country singer (Albert Schultz), Winston Rothschild III the prissy sewage magnate (Jeff Lumby), Mike Hamar the paroled ex-convict and handyman (Wayne Robson), Dalton Humphrey the avaricious junk store proprietor (Bob Bainborough), Hap Shaughnessy the water taxi captain and pathological liar (Creator/GordonPinsent), Buzz Sherwood the burnout hippie float plane pilot (Peter Wildman), and Ed Frid the animal-phobic animal control officer (Jerry Schaefer). Given their various eccentricities and incompetences, not a lot ever tends to get done, except by way of confusing the issue further. Guest actors have included Creator/ColinMochrie in a small role as hotdog expert Frank Kepke, and [[Series/DueSouth Paul Gross]] as naïve yuppie Kevin Black.

->''"Well, I'm not gonna be calling the U.S. Air Force, Harold. What do I say? We've got a missile? They take that as a threat, we're in real trouble."''
->''"Well, then, contact the Canadian Air Force."''
->''"Harold, it's after six; he's gone home."''
-->-- Typical exchange between Red and Harold

* DaddyDNATest: In one episode, an old rich guy dies, and since he amassed his fortune by [[ADateWithRosiePalms donating to the local sperm bank]], everyone in town gets DNA tested hoping to get a match, and therefore be entitled to the inheritance. Shockingly, ''all'' of the DNA tests turn out to be exactly the same. Incestuous implications aside, this unfortunately only entitles everyone to a few bucks each since the inheritance has to be split so many ways. [[spoiler:It turns out that this was because [[StickyFingers Mike]] stole all the test tubes, so the testers had to use the lids off pickle jars, and simply ended up testing the chemical composition of pickle juice. The reason this matched the old guy's DNA was because [[TheAlcoholic he was always pickled himself]]. At the end, the men show off their real DNA test results: Dalton's shows a graph with dollar signs, Mike's shows prison bars and Red's shows a possum playing dead.]]

* BackForTheFinale: Edgar didn't appear in the finale, but Creator/GrahamGreene was on set for the taping and appeared, out of costume, with the cast for the final bow at the end.

* CoolClearWater: {{Subverted|Trope}}. With all the snowmobiles falling through the ice, run off from the lodge and the marina, the appropriately named [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Mercury Creek]], and the proximity of "Stinky" Peterson, everyone knows how dirty Possum Lake is.

A SketchComedy show produced by and starring Canadian comic Steve Smith, centered around the members of Possum Lodge, a backwoods hunting camp somewhere in Northern Ontario. It loosely parodies "outdoor" TV shows generally, and the iconic ''Red Fisher Show'' (which ran in Canada from 1968 to 1989) in particular. It ran for 15 seasons and exactly 300 episodes, from January 4, 1991 until April 7, 2006.

The show is hosted by the President of the lodge, philosopher, handyman, outdoorsman, and basically very average man Red Green (Smith), with technical direction provided by his painfully geeky nephew Harold (Creator/PatrickMcKenna).

Episodes are usually framed by Red and Harold discussing some activity or event affecting the lodge or its members. This most often involves a wild scheme either to raise money or clean up some kind of environmental disaster before the authorities clamp down. Or, not infrequently, both. Red's updates -- and the resulting arguments with Harold -- are intercut throughout the show with various scenes of Red talking to lodge members about said issue.

Since the lodge members include such sterling intellects as [[CloudCuckooLander Ranger Gord]] the (extremely) lonely forest ranger, Dougie Franklin the mechanic, Edgar Montrose the half-deaf explosives enthusiast, Arnie Dogen the injury-prone roofer and aspiring country singer, Winston Rothschild III the prissy sewage magnate, Mike Hamar the itinerant felon, Dalton Humphrey the avaricious storekeeper, Hap Shaughnessy the pathological liar, Buzz Sherwood the hippie pilot, and Ed Frid the hamster-phobic animal control officer...not a lot ever tends to get done, except by way of confusing the issue further.

The lodge members are often famous Canadian actors such as {{Creator/Graham Greene|Actor}} (Edgar), Creator/GordonPinsent (Hap), Creator/ColinMochrie (in a small role as hotdog expert Frank Kepke) and [[Series/DueSouth Paul Gross]] (as naive yuppie Kevin Black).

Meanwhile they also carry on with the ShowWithinAShow that Red and Harold are producing, a local cable-access version of the standard Saturday-afternoon outdoor program. Various topics are touched on, but the actual quality of the information tends to be...well, the most elaborate segment is "Handyman's Corner", wherein Red somehow turns a simple DIY repair or project into a huge, awkward, Goldbergian task with the help of the "handyman's secret weapon", [[DuctTapeForEverything duct tape. And lots of it.]]

Another popular segment is "Adventures with Bill", featuring the title character's attempts (or more accurately, spectacular failures) to get a grip on the whole outdoorsman gig, in slapstick pantomime shown in black and white and narrated by Red. "The Possum Lodge Word Game" is a typically loose attempt at a Series/{{Password}}-esque game show, with Red and Harold trying to get a lodge member to say a certain word for a prize.

The show always ends with the sounds of the lodge meeting beginning, in the basement. Red stays upstairs for a moment to deliver a quasi-{{Aesop}} and a message to his wife, Bernice.

Often the opening of the lodge meeting will run behind the closing credits, with the studio audience as the lodge members.

The entire series can be watched for free on the show's [[https://www.youtube.com/user/RedGreenTV/ official Youtube channel]]. It was also released in whole on [=DVD=].

Also has a movie, ''Duct Tape Forever'' released in 2002 and focused on Red trying to save the lodge after his antics land him in hot water with the town and threaten to have the place destroyed.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first two seasons: In season 1, Red is incredibly low-key, and Harold frequently interrupts his stories with scene transitions. It also lacked the "Possum Lodge meeting" which ended every episode from season 2 onwards. Season 2 had a bunch of characters that were never seen in any other season. Neither season had the Expert segment, which would debut in season 3. Also, Harold's intros of Red in the first few seasons were much longer, and accompanied by the camera panning across various parts of the set.

*** --> '''Announcer''': Caution: Winston Rothschild is not for everyone. Small children, the elderly, pregnant or nursing mothers, household pets, people on heart medication, and anyone with a reasonable sense of smell should not come within 100 metres of a Rothschild's truck. SideEffectsInclude: Nausea, dizziness, stomach cramps, dry mouth, headache, skin rash, tremors, watery eyes, blurred vision, profuse sweating, diminished appetite, palpitations, agitation, asphyxiation, gland trouble, permanent sinusitus, indigestion, constipation, temporary blindness, vertigo, stuttering, dementia, depression, property devaluation, divorce, third degree embarrassment, foul language, sexual dysfunction, and actual loss of the will to live. Check with your doctor, zoning officer, building inspector, environmental protection agencies and disaster relief organizations to see if Winston is right for you.

* GoneHorriblyWrong:

* NamesTheSame: Murray Woolworth was a crooked store owner who only appeared in the second season but was mentioned a few times in later seasons. The Handyman Corner segment from the episode "Man Of The Year" has Red mention that he got a revolving door from the Woolworth's store after it was demolished. A few fans assumed Red was referring to Murray's store, but Red was more likely referring to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._W._Woolworth_Company Woolworths department store chain]], especially since he mentioned the store was in Port Asbestos rather than Possum Lake.

* CaffeineBulletTime: In "Guinness World Records," Winston drinks several hundred cups of coffee and by the end meeting, manages to recite the entire men's prayer before the rest of the men have even started to say it.