"Trailer Park Boys" (2001) TV series 2001-2008

Creator:

Mike Clattenburg

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | unknown

Release Date:

20 April 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

More brawn, less brains.

Plot:

Two petty felons have a documentary made about their life in a trailer park.

Plot Keywords:

Trailer Park | Mockumentary | Rapper | Grow Op | Megalomaniac

Awards:

3 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

John Paul Tremblay	...	Julian (56 episodes, 2001-2007)
Robb Wells	...	Ricky (56 episodes, 2001-2007)
John Dunsworth	...	Jim Lahey (56 episodes, 2001-2007)
Patrick Roach	...	Randy (56 episodes, 2001-2007)
Lucy Decoutere	...	Lucy (56 episodes, 2001-2007)
Sarah Dunsworth	...	Sarah (56 episodes, 2001-2007)
Jonathan Torrens	...	J-Roc (56 episodes, 2001-2007)
Barrie Dunn	...	Ray (56 episodes, 2001-2007)
Mike Smith	...	Bubbles / ... (56 episodes, 2001-2007)
Jeanna Harrison	...	Trinity (56 episodes, 2001-2007)
Tyrone Parsons	...	Tyrone / ... (56 episodes, 2001-2007)
Shelley Thompson	...	Barb Lahey / ... (49 episodes, 2001-2007)
Michael Jackson	...	Trevor (46 episodes, 2001-2006)
Cory Bowles	...	Cory (46 episodes, 2001-2006)
Garry James	...	Detroit Velvet Smooth (27 episodes, 2003-2005)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Canada:18A | Australia:MA (TV rating) | Canada:G (Quebec)

Filming Locations:

Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada

Company:

Showcase Television

Trivia:

Each season was filmed in different trailer parks, all in Nova Scotia, Canada. The pilot was filmed in Spryfield, Nova Scotia. The first season was filmed in Sackville, Nova Scotia. The second in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The third in Lakeside, Nova Scotia, The fourth in Dartmouth again (in a different park then the second) and finally for the Christmas special they have their own park in Dartmouth, which they will be using for the fifth season onward.

Quotes:

Julian: Ricky, I'm telling you, you gotta stop growing pot.
Ricky: Come on, man, you can't tell me to do that.
Julian: I'm serious Ricky.
Ricky: You can't tell me to do that. It's like telling the NWA to stop being black.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Past Perfect (2002)

It grows on you

When I first left a review of this show I was fairly unimpressed with it. However, since then I've forced myself to watched the entire Seasons 1-3 and I have to say it: man, was I wrong.

It grows on you. If you can get over the bad acting and the political incorrectness you'll find one hell of a show. As another reviewer said it's not an accurate reflection of life in a Nova Scotia trailer park: more like if you took the weirdest members of every trailer park in NS and put them together to dumb it up.

Some of the funnier aspects I've found have been Ricky's constant mispronunciations (there are at least then in every episode), Mr Lahey's constant sh*t analogies, and, of course, Bubbles, who makes even the bad episodes worth watching.

If you give it a chance you won't have a single favourite episode; more like a collection of favorite moments pulled from each ep. Whether it's J-Roc's identity crisis ("I hate to admit it ... I'm white"), Bubbles' dragging a drunken Ricky home in the back of his go-cart, or the visit from the hysterically creepy Bible Pimp, there'll be at least something that makes you giggle whenever you think of it.

All that said, BBC America can look forward to a few letters of mixed reactions, and Comedy Central can start kicking themselves for not being the first to snatch it up.