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Seven years into its 15-year run, The Red Green Show was just hitting its stride, or was that the fan? Anyway, this complete season of the public television comedy hit features some of the shows greatest moments. It was the year Red made the double-wide limo in Handyman Corner and the year the Repair Shop opened with its motto: "If it aint broke, youre not trying." It was also the year the lodge members first uttered their solemn prayer: "Im a man, but I can change if I have to, I guess." Join Red, Harold, and all the guys at Possum Lodge for a years worth of doing what men do when women arent aroundand some things that are even worse. "The funniest thing to hit public television since Monty Pythons Flying Circus"The Milwaukee Journal. The Episodes: Running of the BullsThe guys at Possum Lodge stage a wild race. Swiss It UpRed and Harold sell the show to Switzerland. The ImplosionA fundraiser for the Historical Society goes awry. Adopt-a-HighwayPossum Lodge adopts a challenging stretch of highway. The Strange RangerRanger Gord goes missing from his tower. Big Guy, Little GuyRed joins a Big Brothers club just for the soapbox derby. The MovieRed and Harold make a feature film on Super 8 MOS. ExpropriationRed speculates in real estate after a new highway is announced. The Stool PigeonsHarold creates an informers club to snitch on criminals. CelebrityWerner Klemperer buys a cottage in the Possum Lake area. Let Me Count the WaysThe men fix up their cabins for their wives visit to the lake. Pardi GrasPossum Lodge inherits 137 tubas and the guys decide to have a parade. The Splinter LodgeSome of the men rebel against Reds leadership. The Good Old Hockey GameThe men argue for hockey and against curling. Step OutsideRed encourages Harold to stand up and fight for himself. The Town MallUsing the sewers, the men turn downtown into a mall. The Winter CarnivalThe men stage a carnival to entertain their wives.
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The long-running Canadian comedy series is in top form on The Red Green Show: 1997 Season, representing the 7th year the Possum Lodge's resident handyman, Red Green (Steve Smith), shares his wisdom and dubious skills with duct tape and junkyard flotsam. Affectionately vexed by nebbish nephew Harold Green (Patrick McKenna), who never stops goading Red into dreaming bigger dreams for The Red Green Show, the greying host celebrates the sale of his series to Swiss television (though he isn't sure if Switzerland and Sweden are one and the same), organizes a local version of Pamploma's "Running of the Bulls" (though he's only got one healthy bull available), and shares advice on how to keep one's grown-up grandchildren attentive and loving (by making them think there's a sizable inheritance coming their way--which there isn't).
On the creative front, Red demonstrates how to make one's own version of an Airstream trailer out of discarded appliance parts and an aluminum boat. Red also uses massive quantities of duct tape to turn two beat-up cars into, uh, one very large, beat-up car, and he transforms an old police car into a zebra-striped, personal emergency vehicle. Meanwhile, speculation runs high at the lodge about the identity of a mystery celebrity who's buying a cabin in the neighborhood, and Harold acquires two tubas in hopes that Red will learn to play it with him. As always, The Red Green Show is both absurd and sweet in its effort to promote manly virtues among clueless men. Smith and McKenna, as always, are a real hoot. --Tom Keogh
- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 0.7 x 5.4 inches; 8.8 ounces
- Media Format : NTSC, Collector's Edition, Color, Full Screen, Box set, Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned
- Run time : 7 hours and 5 minutes
- Release date : May 2, 2006
- Actors : Steve Smith, Patrick McKenna, Rick Green, Bob Bainborough, Peter Keleghan
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
- Studio : ACORN MEDIA
- Writers : Richard McDonald, Rick Green, Scott Albert, Steve Smith, William Flaherty
- Number of discs : 3
