![]() In 1991, the flannel-shirted (with matching red and green suspenders) handyman began hosting his own TV series, The New Red Green Show, eventually airing 300 episodes on CBC through 2006. Smith introduced Red Green in 1979 on Smith & Smith, a sketch-comedy series he produced with his wife Morag. John Candy lampooned The Red Fisher Show on the SCTV skit The Fishin’ Musician. Smith isn’t the only comedian to pay satirical tribute to Fisher. Of course, the other source for the character created by the Toronto-born actor is Red Fisher, host of a popular hunting and fishing show that aired on CTV from 1968 through 1989.įisher’s Scuttlebutt Lodge, the Tall Tale Capital of the World, provided the inspiration for Red Green’s Possum Lodge. to grease the show,” Smith quips during a recent phone interview. before returning home for 36 performances spanning coast to coast. Smith performed 47 mostly sold-out shows across the U.S. The appearance draws the curtain on the Canadian leg of Red Green’s Personal Wit and Wisdom Tour. His one-man stage show on Wednesday will transform the Centre in the Square into Possum Lodge. “The University of Waterloo is largely to blame for Red Green,” the 65-year-old actor, writer and comedian confirms with a gravely chuckle. Steve Smith, who created the duct tape-wielding handyman, says the character’s genesis dates back to when he studied engineering at UW and spent a work term in the maintenance department at Canadian General-Tower, a Cambridge-based manufacturer of vinyl products. Production Company: S&S Productions, Steve Smith and Dave Smith, in association with the CanWest Global System.KITCHENER - We can thank the University of Waterloo for Red Green. Time slot: Saturday 10:00 pm, Friday 7:00 pm It moved to CBC in 1997 but repeats still appeared on Global until 2000. ![]() ![]() The show began on CHCH-TV in Hamilton, at one time part of the Global Network, but when CHCH pulled out, Smith actually bought a half-hour on Global to continue the show as The New Red Green Show. The show was based loosely on, or perhaps was just honouring, a 1960's Canadian TV legend, Red Fisher, who was master of Scuttlebutt Lodge. Also starred Rick Green as Bill Smith, Peter Wildman as Buzz Sherwood, Peter Keleghan as Ranger Gord, and Ian Thomas as Dougie Franklin. As Red often said in the show, "If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy." Patrick McKenna co-starred as Red's geeky technology-obsessed nephew Harold Green. He constructed gadgets of dubious usefulness, such as a dishwasher made with a garden hose and lawn sprinkler mounted in an old refrigerator, or used linoleum flooring to rustproof a car. Handyman's Corner was a popular spot in the show where Red used the handyman's secret weapon for just about anything needing fixing or inventing- duct tape. He took viewers on a tour of Possum Lodge, singing twisted campfire songs, and reading environmentally Green poetry in "The Winter of Our Discount Tent". Steve Smith played the acerbic, dry-witted Red Green, Possum Lodge leader and host of the show. With an all-male cast, this comedy series featured men's dreams, obsessions, hobbies, pastimes and idiosyncrasies.
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