Product Details

• Actors: Bob Bainborough, Stephanie Beard, George Buza, Lawrence Dane, Laurie Elliott
• Directors: Rick Green, Larry Schnur
• Format: DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Acorn Media
• DVD Release Date: May 11, 2004
• Run Time: 25 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001OGUS6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #147,689 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Red Green: Hindsight Is 20/20" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Red Green made his television debut in 1979 in a two-minute guest appearance on a variety program. That was 11 years before the launch of The Red Green Show. Red’s ability to make success out of failure became an inspiration to his fans as well as to future securities executives. Twenty-five years after that first appearance, it’s time to look back and see how it all went so horribly wrong. Interviews with Red and the gang, photos, and video clips tell Red’s regret-filled history. Possum Lodge favorites who reminisce and appear in memorable clips include Harold, Buzz Sherwood, Dougie Franklin, Glenn Brackston, Kevin Black, and Bob Stuyvesant.

Also included, never-before-seen Red Green footage predating the hit TV series.

Extra Stuff on the DVD: 66 minutes of extended clips and a Red Green photo gallery.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Rare early appearances & classic clips!, June 3, 2004

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Paul J. Mular (San Carlos, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Red Green: Hindsight Is 20/20 (DVD)

This DVD first appeared on PBS as a Red Green Special. For the fans of the R.G. series who never saw Red Green's early appearances on other Canadian shows, and for those who saw them, these raw gems will be a joy to see. I call them raw because it really looks like they did the early routines without a script! Red is not as crisp as he is in the later episode performances, but he is still funny. This DVD starts out more like a study in the perfection of Red Green. I never thought I would use that word to describe Red.

Also included in the PBS special are classic clips from the Red Green show's entire run. If the clips in the show are leaving you wanting more, you can watch the complete comedy segments in the extras section of the DVD. Something you could not do watching PBS.

I would still watch the one hour special with Red's new introductions to the clips first, and then watch the extras to see the entire routines. The comedy holds up on multiple viewings and you get to see something more in the complete versions. You get a total of over two hours of entertainment. Even if you have all of the Red Green shows, you will still want this DVD for the early appearances!

I give only **** rating because I would have liked a commentary track or explanation of the segments in the extras section of the DVD.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Green with Envy, May 1, 2004

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Michael Eaton (West Valley City, Utah USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Red Green: Hindsight Is 20/20 (DVD)

Okay, you have to be either Canadian or an American who watches PBS to know who Red Green is. If you do know him, you probably love him - for reasons that are not quite fully expressible in words. Red is the Canadian version of Tim Allen on Home Improvement -- only Red is a lot lazier and imcompetent than Tim ever was. Plus, Red has a far greater gang of fellow loonies and long-suffering relatives and spouses. Any contribution to the Red Green DVD library is to be very welcomed. For Americans, a version of this DVD appeared on PBS and gave us an insight into the early days of Red and his friends. I look forward to sliding the actual DVD into my player for the first time. Like Red's wife, Bernice, my wife will sit there patiently with me and laugh at the antics of a typical clueless male.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love Red Green, January 9, 2007

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Chery L. "Cher" (Wheaton, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Red Green: Hindsight Is 20/20 (DVD)

We just love goofy Red Green and the gang at Possum Lodge. You will either love or hate the loopy humor of this TV series. We happen to love it and find it refreshingly clever and funny. (And family-friendly)