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The Red Green Show - 1999 Season

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This is the famous, "Man's Prayer" from the start of each Possum Lodge meeting on "The Red Green Show". And this is a review of this great DVD set.

This is the 1999 or the 9th season of the show; For those of you who have the wonderful "Stuffed and Mounted Series", this set contains 5 episodes (all on disk number three of this set) that you will already have. They are; in order:

"The Battle Call"- Possum Lodge and Caribou Lodge lock horns in mock combat. (Stuffed & Mounted #6)

"Hurricane Doug" - A powerful hurricane bears down on the lodge. (Stuffed & Mounted #5)

"Guinness World Records"- The men scramble to find a way into the record book. (Stuffed & Mounted #4)

"The Auto Club" - The guy's form an auto club to earn cash. (Stuffed & Mounted #3)

"Too Much Information" - Everyone gets sucked into the computer craze- except Red. (Stuffed & Mounted #2)


Also worth mentioning; this is the year that Patrick McKenna (Harold) left for Hollywood and movie fame; so his roll on the show was limited accordingly. He was able to record smaller segments, usually with himself and Steve Smith (Red); where Red goes to his place of business, (an office building) where they talk about various subjects; such as lodge business or how Harold is adjusting to city life, etc. On one episode "The Bachelor Auction" Harold actually shows up at the end of the episode at the lodge; as a contestant.

Rick Green (Adventures with Bill) also left the program for a short while starting with this season. Rick started the Canadian comedy series "History Bites" in 1999. There is a similar segment in each episode during this season of The Red Green Show. It's filmed in black & white and Red still does the narration just like in the previous "Adventures with Bill" segments; but it's filmed with other lodge members, Dalton Humphrey, Mike Hamar and Ed Frid to name a few.

Anyway; to make up for Harold's limited appearances on the show, we get to see more of Dalton, Mike, Edgar Montrose, Winston Rothchild III (from "Rothchild's Sewage and Septic Sucking Services"). Hap Shaughnessy and Ranger Gord have bigger roles now too.

Sadly this is Hap Shaughnessy's (Gordon Pinsent) last year on the show; Gordon left after this season.

This is also the season that started the famous "Ranger Gord Cartoons".

Here what's on each disk....

Disk One

"Harold's Job"- Harold moves to the city and takes a corporate job.

"The Fishing Derby"- The men have the lake tested when the fish stop biting.

"Lady In Red"- A beautiful young chiropractor sets up shop in town.

"The Bachelor Auction"- The men auction themselves to raise money- and get dates.

"Angel"- The guys bet about whether Mike can show them an angel.

"School Bus Blimp"-Red and the gang turn an old school bus into a hot air balloon.


Disk Two

"Coupe De Gras"- Red invents grass that grows only two inches high.

"Rent A Wreck"- Mike Borrows Red's van to take part in a demolition derby.

"Curse Of The Mummy"- Red and Mike fool around with museum artifacts.

"Roll Out The Barrels"- Red decides to go over the falls in a beer barrel.

"No Retreat"- Harold's company wants to buy the lodge for retreats.


Disk Three

"The Battle Call"
"Hurricane Doug"
"Guinness World Records"
"The Auto Club"
"Too Much Information"

Even though there are five out of the sixteen episodes already on the "Stuffed and Mounted" series; in this release, I think this is still worth owning. Remember; after the 10th season (2000 set); there won't be anymore repeat shows; since the Stuffed & Mounted series only includes episodes from 1991 to 2000. So show your support and buy this. Hopefully we will see many more of these seasons released (including the early ones) as years go by and "Remember I'm pulling for ya' were all in this together".

The only drawback to this season is that Harold (in my opinion the funniest one of the lot) is no longer a central character and appears only in occasional segments. But these segments, where Red goes to visit Harold at his job in the city, are some of the funniest exchanges ever, as roles reverse and a newly confident Harold frequently gives Red his comeuppance. You also have the benefit of the Ranger Gord educational cartoons. I really can't describe these--you have to see them. The episode "Too Much Information", in which Red takes on the Internet age, is worth the price of the collection on its own; every single segment is side-splittingly funny.

It's consistently creative and hilarious. It reminds me of the summers at our cabin and it's safe to watch with my family and afterwards I always feel like making bizarre inventions. Love this show

This is just so great. He has a great way of giving us the light side of men in a funny sort of way!

I bought this DVD for my husbands birthday. He always enjoyed Red Green. My son also loves it and watches it all the time. Humorous shows, anyone that loves The Red Green Show will love it.

The Red Green Show at its zenith! If you have not seen the show, you need to. Keep them coming - a little quicker please! I will buy...

I agree with the other posting - please keep putting the full seasons out. I had a lot of these episodes on VHS tapes. But, as VHS is basically no longer and I don't use my tape machine much anymore - and the tapes are old - well the DVD's are so much better!!!

I own all of the Red Green DVD's they have out. I love this show. I reminds me of my childhood days when we would head up to Canada during the summer. Our family owned a lodge on a small island. And, a lot of this reminds me of the men (mostly my dad) in my life(past and present). I love the humor. It is classic funny humor. Hard to find these days! No need for cuss words or bleeping in these episodes.

I will be buying the 2000 season when it comes out! And I will keep buying the seasons until they are all out! I just wish they would put the seasons before they went to the CBC out on DVD's. I know some of the episodes are in the SixPack box set, but only a few. I loved the older episodes as well.

It is worth the money to purchase!!!!

This is great fun thank you. Red Green is a lot of fun and we have all had Duct Tape moments. Long live Red Green & Possum Lodge. Thank You.

Many of the shows on this DVD are in his best of collections put out previously. I would like to see some really old shows to see how it changed over time.

Red is always funny and always in touch with what it means to be a 50+ year old man (and the women who put up with us!).