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Trailer Park Boys - Definition and Overview |
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Trailer Park Boys is a popular Canadian sitcom/mockumentary from 2001 focusing on the misadventures of ex-convicts living in fictional Sunnyvale Trailer Park which is located near Halifax, Nova Scotia. The show's creator and director is Mike Clattenburg.
The show has been a great success for Showcase, where it is the network's highest rated Canadian series. It airs in the United States on BBC America.
Characters
- Ricky. Played by Robb Wells.
Ricky is Julian's best friend, but isn't too bright, partially due to a poor education (he never graduated from High/Secondary School as a child). He's fond of Knock-Knock jokes that don't usually have a punchline so much as a stream of profanity and he frequently wears track pants. His diet consist mainly of alcohol, chocolate milk, chicken fingers, chicken chips, pepperoni and cereal. He bears a passing resemblance to the magician Reveen (http://www.robertlamar.ca/Reveen.htm).
His family consists of his father, his girlfriend Lucy and their daughter Trinity. Ricky was set on marrying Lucy until the wedding was interrupted by the police.
- Julian. Played by John Paul Tremblay.
Julian is the smarter of the pair and the leader of the group. His main goal in life is to get rich quick (usally from drug related activites) and retire. He is never seen without a drink in his hand.
- Bubbles. Played by Mike Smith.
Julian and Ricky's best friend. Abandoned as a child, Bubbles lived in a shed for 18 years of his life with his cats, who are his only family. He had made a living in the meantime by the generosity of his friends and a semi-lucrative shopping cart theft scam with the nearby malls.
His name comes from his childhood love of blowing bubbles. His parents abandoned him on Christmas Eve and left him an antique bubblemaking machine which he now uses to entertain his cats. Sadly, the machine was destroyed when Bubbles' shed caught fire (because of Ricky's poor rewiring job when he used the shed as a temporary home for his grow-op).
Bubbles' evil alter-ego is a ventriloquist dummy named Conky; the pair bear a striking resemblance.
- Jim Lahey. Played by John Dunsworth.
A former police officer, dismissed for reasons he doesn't wish to talk about, Mr. Lahey runs Sunnyville Trailer Park at the behest of his wife, the owner of the Park. He is rarely seen without Randy and the two have an undefined personal relationship together. He develops a drinking problem between seasons 1 and 2 and lets the trailer park decline into chaos. He keeps trying to catch Julian and Ricky at their illegal activities but is fairly ineffective. Has a tendency to use the word "shit" as a prefix to most nouns.
- Randy. Played by Patrick Roach.
Mr. Lahey's assistant. He never wears a shirt, despite a large beer/cheeseburger belly. He has an undefined personal relation with his boss. He went out with Lucy for a short while during Ricky's stay in prison between episodes 1 and 2.
Randy used to be a male prostitute who went by the handle "Smokey".
- Lucy. Played by Lucy DeCoutere.
Ricky's on-again, off-again girlfriend and mother to his child, Trinity. It is also hinted at that Lucy and Julian used to be together.
- Sarah. Played by Sarah Dunsworth.
Lucy's best friend.
- J-Roc. Played by Jonathan Torrens.
An Eminem wannabe who lives with his mother at the trailer park. He often helps Ricky and Julian out. He also occasionally makes forays into the amateur international porn market (his titles to date are the low-budget movies, "From Russia With the Love Bone" and "The Bare Pimp Project"). Real name is Jamie.
- Cory. Played by Cory Bowles.
- Trevor. Played by Michael Jackson.
Trevor and Cory are two rather stupid young adults who are often used as lackeys by Ricky and Julian, but it's rarely worth the effort because they have a tendency to screw up anything. Invariably, the pair are used by Ricky as scapegoats whenever something illegal doesn't go according to plan.
- Ray. Played by Barrie Dunn.
Ray is Ricky's father who enjoys drinking alcohol, listening to blues music and reading the Bible. He constantly steals his son's pepperoni. Interestingly enough, his wheelchair has three flags on it, a Pirate flag, a Canadian Flag and a Confederate flag.
- Sam Losco. Played by Sam Tarasco.
Sam is a former veterinarian who lost his job after helping Ricky fix a bullet wound. He later ran for Trailer Park Supervisor but lost to Jim Lahey after Julian slipped hallucinogenic mushrooms into his food prior to his speech to the residents of the park. Not particulary fond of Ricky or Julian. His favorite food seems to be greasy hot dogs.
- Tyrone. Played by Tyrone Parsons.
J-Roc's manager.
- Officer George Green. Played by George Green.
The local police officer most often dispatched to deal with Ricky and Julian. He is easily fooled by the pair and it is very rare that he makes an arrest.
- Cyrus. Played by Bernard Robichaud.
Bully who enjoys waving his gun around and terrorizing the residents of the trailer park. Ruled over the park while Julian and Ricky were in jail at the start of Season One.
- Trinity is Ricky's daughter. She has an addiction to cigarettes. Played by Jeanna Harrison.
- Treena Lahey is Jim and Barbara's daughter. She hero-worships Ricky, much to the chagrin of her father. Played by Ellen Page.
- Barbara Lahey is the owner of Sunnyvale Trailer Park. Played by Shelley Thompson.
- Levi. Played by Ardon Bess.
- Desiree. Played by Sandi Ross.
- Candy was Julian's girlfriend at one point in the series.
- Erica Miller is a police officer who fell for Julian, hoping that he'd leave his current life behind. She later realized that he'd never change and arrested him. Played by Shauna MacDonald.
- Jacob works at a convenience store. Played by Jacob Rolfe.
- Alex Lifeson from the band, Rush. Played himself in the episode, Closer to the Heart.
- Rita MacNeil. Canadian singer-songwriter. Played herself in the episode, Working Man. website (http://www.ritamacneil.com/)
- Nancy Regan. Halifax based journalist. Played herself in the episode, Working Man. website (http://www.nancyregan.ca/)
Episodes
Season one
- Take Your Little Gun and Get Out of My Trailer Park
- Fuck Community College, Let's Get Drunk and Eat Chicken Fingers
- Mr. Lahey's Got My Porno Tape!
- Mrs. Peterson's Dog Gets Fucked Up
- I'm Not Gay, I Love Lucy... Wait a Second, Maybe I am Gay
- Who the Hell Invited These Idiots to My Wedding?
Season two
- What in the Fuck Happened to Our Trailer Park?
- Jim Lahey Is a Drunk Bastard (Summary) (http://www.showcase.ca/trailerparkboys/episodes/eps/full_season2_2.asp)
- I've Met Cats and Dogs Smarter Than Trevor and Cory (Summary) (http://www.showcase.ca/trailerparkboys/episodes/eps/full_season2_3.asp)
- A Dope Trailer Is No Place for a Kitty (Summary) (http://www.showcase.ca/trailerparkboys/episodes/eps/full_season2_4.asp)
- The Bible Pimp (Summary) (http://www.showcase.ca/trailerparkboys/episodes/eps/full_season2_5.asp)
- Never Trust a Man with No Shirt On (Summary) (http://www.showcase.ca/trailerparkboys/episodes/eps/full_season2_6.asp)
- The Bare Pimp Project (Summary) (http://www.showcase.ca/trailerparkboys/episodes/eps/full_season2_7.asp)
Season three
- Kiss of Freedom (Summary) (http://www.showcase.ca/trailerparkboys/episodes/eps/full_season3_1.asp)
- Temporary Relief Assistant Trailer Park Supervisor (Summary) (http://www.showcase.ca/trailerparkboys/episodes/eps/full_season3_2.asp)
- If I Can't Smoke and Swear I'm Fucked (Summary) (http://www.showcase.ca/trailerparkboys/episodes/eps/full_season3_3.asp)
- Who's the Microphone Assassin? (Summary) (http://www.showcase.ca/trailerparkboys/episodes/eps/full_season3_4.asp)
- Closer to the Heart (Summary) (http://www.showcase.ca/trailerparkboys/episodes/eps/full_season3_5.asp)
- Where the Fuck is Randy's Barbeque? (Summary) (http://www.showcase.ca/trailerparkboys/episodes/eps/full_season3_6.asp)
- The Delusions of Officer Jim Lahey (Summary) (http://www.showcase.ca/trailerparkboys/episodes/eps/full_season3_7.asp)
- A Shit Leopard Can't Change Its Spots (Summary) (http://www.showcase.ca/trailerparkboys/episodes/eps/full_season3_8.asp)
Season four
- Never Cry Shitwolf (Summary) (http://www.showcase.ca/trailerparkboys/episodes/eps/full_season4_1.asp)
- Man's Gotta Eat (Summary) (http://www.showcase.ca/trailerparkboys/episodes/eps/full_season4_2.asp)
- Rub 'N Tiz'zub (Summary) (http://www.showcase.ca/trailerparkboys/episodes/eps/full_season4_3.asp)
- The Green Bastard (Summary) (http://www.showcase.ca/trailerparkboys/episodes/eps/full_season4_4.asp)
- Conky (Summary) (http://www.showcase.ca/trailerparkboys/episodes/eps/full_season4_5.asp)
- If You Love Something, Set It Free (Summary) (http://www.showcase.ca/trailerparkboys/episodes/eps/full_season4_6.asp)
- Propane, Propane (Summary) (http://www.showcase.ca/trailerparkboys/episodes/eps/full_season4_7.asp)
- Workin' Man (Summary) (http://www.showcase.ca/trailerparkboys/episodes/eps/full_season4_8.asp)
Christmas Special 2004
- Dear Santa Claus. Go Fuck Yourself (Summary) (http://www.showcase.ca/trailerparkboys/specials/)
The Movie
There is currently a Trailer Park Boys movie in production
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Critical reviews
- "Trailer Park Boys are the latest incarnation of a Canadian cultural classic." - The Globe and Mail
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