The Red Green Show
The Red Green Show is a fictional television comedy that has aired on the CBC in Canada and on PBS in the United States from 1991 through the present (as of 2004). The title character, Red Green, (Steve Smith) is a lazy handyman who trusts the vast majority of his work to duct tape, which he refers to as "the handyman's secret weapon". He and the rest of the Possum Lodge, a fictional men's club in the small town of Possum Lake, Canada, have their own TV show (which is more or less the show itself), in which they give humorous lessons and demonstrations in repairwork and fishing, and advice for men on relating to women.
The show has gained a general structure over time; there is at least one segment of Red demonstrating one of his unlikely and madcap inventions (such as a paddlewheeler made out of pallets and a revolving door, or a jetpack made out of two barbecue grills), where he quips, "If the women don't find you handsome, they can at least find you handy." He also gives some sage advice to older men from behind his workbench, concluding, "Remember, I'm pulling for you. We're all in this together." Finally, the show almost always ends with a general meeting of the Lodge membership, where the first item is a ritual stating of the Man's Prayer: "I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess."
A movie based on this show has been produced, Duct Tape Forever.
The Red Green Show was produced first by CHCH-TV in Hamilton, then CFPL-TV in London, and then Global Television in Toronto, before finding its permanent home at the CBC in the late 1990s.
From 2000, Red Green has been "Ambassador of Scotch® Duct Tape" for 3M.
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