And I'm happy to report I feckin' loved it.For those who are not familiar with the Trailer Park Boys, the whole thing started out as a short film about a couple of lowlife Canadian trailer park dwellers. Then it grew into a successful TV series and finally it's become a motion picture franchise.
This film tells the story of a band of lovable criminals who live in a trailer park in Canada. They drink, smoke pot, screw around, put on cat shows, do jail time, eat shit food, drink more, do some robberies, and cuss. And they cuss some more. The last time I heard this much cursing by Canadians was when Wayne Gretzky signed to play hockey for the NHL team in Los Angeles. Of course the guys have enemies, such as the local cops, the owner of the local strip bar, the guys who do security at the trailer park, and a few of the guards in the jail where they do time, and they make life hell for our anti heroes.
I'm not sure which characters I liked the best but I narrowed it down to Bubbles, the kitty loving nervous wreck who wears Coke bottle bottom glasses, Trinity, the budding young criminal daughter of the leader of the Trailer Park Boys, or shirtless Randy, the sidekick to the head of trailer park security.
All in all it's harmless fun and a laugh out loud comedy. I really liked it and I can see myself quoting lines from it after I watch it a few more times. I'm pretty sure the reason why I liked it so much is because I not only know guys like this, I have guys like this in my family, so the humor is close to home for me. I also liked it that this film is definitely and proudly Canadian. I love that characters like this are universal. And they don't just live in trailers, they live in condos, in apartments, in rented houses, and of course cars.
I'll definitely be seeing the sequel to this film and one day I hope to see the TV version of the Trailer Park Boys.
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Yeh, this show is really good. My favorite episode is when they find and adopt a cougar that has been eating their pot plants and then they try to return him to the wild with hilarious results. The cougar they used should have won an Emmy for it's performance.
Big Fans here at this house.
My oldest two (teenagers) just discovered it last year and are totally hooked. I've watched it for years. We even own both of the movies!
I'm thinking J-Rock might be my favourite character. :P
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Laura
I also liked the episode that Cal mentioned! Too funny!
Haven't seen any of these but just added the TV versions to my Netflix queue.
My love of the TPB runs deep- holy hell I love this show. I haven't seen the second movie yet either, even though I know it's been in my house for a while now.
I now say "ja-lop-en-no" on a regular basis, thanks to Ricky.
Oh WM, you complete me.
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