Oh, Canada

My home and native land…okay, that’s all I know. But I do know this, them Canucks are funny. Oh yeah, you know about Jim Carrey and Mike Myers, but did you know about Julian and Ricky?

They're the Trailer Park Boys, and since netflix hasn’t added it yet, if you don’t have BBC America, you will have to resort to purchasing the past seasons on Amazon. I hesitate to claim it will be worth it, but if what I’ve seen is any indication, you may find it more than commensurate to the expediture (see if there’s any “new and used”, I don’t want to get blamed!).

Every season begins with them swearing they’ll never go back to the joint. Every season ends with our two protagonists back in jail. But such is the cycle of trailer parks, be they in Aberdeen, Tallahassee, or Nova Scotia. And the “reality show” backlash is hot – look how CBS scrapped their “Beverly Hillbillies” show.

This show is funny if you’ve ever lived in a small town filled with people with big ideals (Issaquah, anyone?). But it’s also just hilarious for the delivery; Julian tells Ricky he can sleep in his car for 3 days – Ricky says “Thanks man, it will only be like 3 weeks…” Maybe you have to see it, but a man eating cold hotdogs and swigging vodka from the bottle make that line genius!