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- Reaction To The Red Green Show (Full Episode)
This is my reaction to The Red Green Show (Full Episode)
I have made reactions to classic Canadian television show The Red Green Show (starring Steve Smith) with the segments Handyman Corner and Possum Lodge Word Game but today I watch a full episode for the first time. This the first episode ever of the show.
#canada #comedy #reaction
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Okay, that's it. Mert has gained OFFICIAL HONORARY CANADIAN STATUS.
Seconded!!!
I thought the love of hockey was enough.
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!............
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Oh Mert I love you!....my guy.....sweet Jesus bud...... I can confidently speak to the affirmative on this one..... You can pop a squat 'round any campfire, 'round any part, in any province, 'cross the whole dang-gum-by-jesus country I tellya that fercertain. You can swing down home New Brunswick way and I'll throw on some Moose steaks and bake up some shredded bear meat and squeaky cheese poutine, with a fine accompaniment of a complete and diverse range of buck-a-beers of course, and we could have ourselves a right ole good time😊😎
I'd pull the futon out for ya any day 🍁🍁😄😄😄😍😍😍
He's more Canadian than most of Toronto now
@@avroarchitect1793I elect Mert for Toronto
That's a lookout tower for forest fire detection. Ranger Gord is the loneliest forest ranger in Canada.
Ranger Gord
Loved that character
I love the Ranger Gord cartoon shorts!!!!!
Fun fact to this this they actually had to hike for hours through the forest to reach a real fire tower
Actually, for the first two seasons, Steve Smith used his kids' treehouse.. .
I just love how you dressed for the Red Green show!!! Thanks for the laugh, you are awesome, Mert!
Another of my favourite Canadian comedies is a show called “Corner Gas” that you might want to check out.
“Wullerton”! _spit_
At the same time that he played Harold on Red Green, Patrick McKenna played a hard-ass floor trader in a dramatic tv series. The difference in the characters was stunning, but he was believable in both.
Yes, for a while Patrick McKenna was one busy actor, which is part of the reason why they pretended Harold got a office job and didn't feature him in some episodes in the late 90s.
Show was called Traders for the record. ❤️😁
They even referenced it on a Red Green episode from season 4 or 5
Red: How do you know so much about the stock market Harold?
Harold: Eh, I watch that show Traders.
I loved Harold as much as I loathed his Traders character. I didn’t watch Traders very often, because I wanted to throw things at the tv at a bunch of the Traders characters. Pat’s being one of them. 😂
@@robertsitch1415 He was also on a few episodes of Stargate SG-1.
The man in the boat telling the tall tale is Gordon Pinsent, a Canadian and Newfoundland icon. Has done a lot of classic movies and shows, he even went a little viral a few years ago reciting pieces of Justin Biebers autobiography on This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
It's a bit ironic that that him and the other famous Gordon from Canada died this year.
@@robertsitch1415 Two massive losses :-(
The guy telling tall tales in the boat was the legendary Canadian actor Gordon Pinsent!
Gordon Pinsett ,(Hap Shaunessy the one that always has a “story”) unfortunately, just passed away recently. Great Newfoundlander.
the moment he said it was gunpowder i knew he was making it up, gunpowder is a manufactured compound, the original black powder recipe is sulfur, potassium nitrate and charcoal; about as likely to have a gunpowder mine as you are to have a cheese mine or a whale blubber mine or an ivory mine
It definitely gets better over time. I like the way the Possum lodge meetings start with The Man's prayer:
I'm a man,
and I can change,
if I have to,
I guess.
The black and white segments that Red Green narrates are my favourite. Slapstick is a lost art nowadays.
I remember one episode where they had a female guest at the lodge recite the "woman's prayer",
I'm a woman
And I won't change,
And you can't make me,
So there.
Pure genius.
@@user-wn5wy1ml3u Yes, also very funny! Stereotypes aren't always accurate, but they do strike a chord most of the time.
Love the Bill segments!
Patrick McKenna won awards for both comedic, and dramatic roles.
Keep your stick on the ice, because we are all in this together.
Take care, and all the best.
Gorden Pinsent as Hap really helped through the first few seasons and continued on through out the series.
Gordon Pinsent passed away very recently (July 12, 1930-February 25, 2023). Coincidentally, a celebration of life was held in his honour at The Rooms (Newfoundland Provincial Museum, Art Gallery, Archives and Theatre) in St. John's this afternoon. Many Canadians will remember him from his many appearances on television in The Red Green Show, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, The Rick Mercer Report and Republic of Doyle; in movies like The Rowdyman, John and The Missus and Away From Her; in Shakespearean plays at the annual Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario; and as the voice of King Babar in the beloved children's animated series Babar the Elephant from 1989 to 2015. He was a proud Newfoundlander first and foremost, and proud to call himself a Canadian when Newfoundland and Labrador joined the Dominion of Canada on March 31, 1949. Rest in peace, Gord!
Gordon Pinsent is a Legend. The 'Rowdyman' from Newfoundland had a brilliant career in comedy and drama as well. He sure could deliver as a storyteller.
@@carolmurphy7572 Sad to hear he is gone I first saw him as Sergeant Scott on the Forest Rangers.
@@MatthewBerginGarage Same here. And I still remember his haunting portrayal of the Hexman on the Beachcombers, and that eerie song he sang. I've only seen that episode once, but have never forgotten it, all these decades.
Red Green was originally a skit on the Smith & Smith Variety Show... it had both Steve Smith and his wife Morag, and was a lot of fun... previous to that was the Comedy Mill. He has had a long history in Canadian productions.
Yes, it's interesting how Red Green was originally a recurring character on Smith and Smith, which eventually got his own show. Steve decided to parody the old Red Fisher Show wih his character.
The funniest part is that his wife was funnier than him and actually wrote for The Red Green Show.
@@reesestark6004 he said in the biography that Mag Ruffman wrote about him that his wife does most of the entertaining when he has company over too.
I must say as a canadian i am hapoy to see you wearing the plaid and suspenders. You have to watch all episodes. Newer the episode the better the show gets
Every segment with Gordon Pinsent is pure gold
The “tree house” is a forest tanagers lookout. They are able to keep an eye for forest fires etc. Ranger Rick gets much funnier as the years go by. He starts making cartoons. It’s hysterical.
All the early episodes had him in some backyard tree house, but when they got more budget they were able to borrow an actual fire tower in Muskoka and drive there to film a bunch of segmgents there.
Ranger Gord. Ranger Rick is a cartoon racoon.
@@robertsitch1415: The treehouse was Steve Smith's kids' treehouse .. .
WTF is a forest tananger spell check people
Hap was one of Canada's most respected actors, Gordon Pinsent
My family immigrated to and settled in the Hamilton Ontario area.
The hilly road where we first see Red's van was actually the route i took to my parents home in East Hamilton when I lived on Hamilton Mountain . Seeing it brings back memories and in fact my dad gave me one of my first driving lessons along it.
If i remember correctly it ended up like a Red Green skit.
Keep yer stick on the ice and have a nice day. Eh?
Yes, Steve Smith has lived most of his adult life in Hamilton, so these early lower budget episodes were largely filmed in and around there.
Rick Green was one of The Frantics, a Canadian comedy troupe who had their own show on CBC and created Mr. Canoehead, "Canada's Greatest Aluminum Crimefighter".
And the coneheads invented by Dan Aykroyd after he "Consume mass quantities!" Of Marijuana.
And one for Jenny and the wimp
The possum van is as iconic as the show itself
This iconic show got better and better season after season. The characters got better and so did the writers.
Always loved “Adventures With Bill”. Everybody knew someone like Bill.
Another really funny Canadian show is Corner Gas.
😂😂 holy smokes, you've gone all in on the Red Green. Love it ❤️💚
The guy in the boat is a very well known and recently deceased Canadian actor named Gordon Pinsent.
Everything about this show is iconic for me. The theme song, 'Keep your stick on the ice', Harold, 'If my wife is watching', 'The Man's Prayer' (I guess), Rothschild's Sewage and Septic Sucking Services.,,and so much more. Thank you for this!
Love the 2nd last scene featured Gordon Pinsent in the boat as the gun powder fib guy...he's such a great actor and very well played role there lol.
I had a Possum Lodge membership when I was a kid 😂
Respect for wearing the get-up! The early seasons were some of the best for sure! Just a bunch of guys who don't really care being asses and playing up tropes with sarcasm for fun *chef's kiss*
Absolutely love the outfit! That seals the deal …… you are an honorary Canadian, as well as a new member of the Possum Lodge!
Mert, the character in the boat with Red was a famous Canadian actor by the name of Gordon Pinsent who did a lot of serious acting. We always had fun spotting Canadian icons in the skits. I think that says a lot about Steve and the popularity of this show. By the way, I love how you just start in without even mentioning your outfit. Or did I miss an episode? I'll have to check. Keep your stick on the ice and your rubber on the road!🏒
My favourite parts are whenever there’s a story about the unseen lodge members: Buster Hadfield, Junior Singleton, Stinky Peterson, Moose Thompson, and Old Man Sedgewick.
Rick Green is one of the shows writers and plays Bill in the “Adventures with Bill” segment. He had his own sketch troupe called The Frantics and had a show on Canadian TV called “4 on the Floor”. He also hosed a late night show called “Prisoners of Gravity” about fantasy, horror and science fiction which I adored, where clips of author interviews were spliced with bridging commentary from Rick. More than 600 interviews were done with the very biggest names in the biz over 5 years.
I remember watching Prisoners of Gravity, I couldn’t tell you what the show name was, these days. Thank you for that. 👍🏼
@@mocat1 I loved Prisoners of Gravity. I've actually met some of the authors he interviewed, when they were the Guests of Honor at various science fiction conventions in Edmonton and Calgary.
The characters and the show evolved quite a bit over the years. Segments came and went, along with different supporting characters, though Red and Harold were constants. I do love the early episodes, but the later ones are the ones that stick with me. There is also a movie that came out in 2002 called Duct Tape Forever that I quite enjoyed.
Like a lot of shows, the later seasons were much better after they figured out what role all of the characters should play and how to interact with each other.
Just so you know, you don't have to watch the episodes in order. Every episode stands on its own, so you can feel free to jump around between seasons so you see different recurring segments and characters. For instance, the Possum Lodge Word Game doesn't appear until Season 5. Personally I think the very best episodes are in Seasons 7-8.
There's a thin string of plot elements that link later episodes, nothing deep enough you need the context to follow along though.
One thing that really helps the whole show feel timeless is that it's easy to imagine this as the TH-cam channel for their club. Just a bunch of skits and games that Red plays with his buddies. And he's got his nephew there to edit the videos
it's supposed to be like a public access cable tv show
or tik tok before tik tok
@@rickschmidt1027
it's called tv guys, ffs
@@mentilly_all but it's specifically low-budget, locally produced content. Even though its all for jokes It's very genuine and honest. It looks like two guys in their garage and living room making short videos for their buddies to watch
@@BouncingTribbles
ya... like public access tv.
I'm not Canadian, but I remember watching this show every Saturday night as a kid cause our local PBS channel would air it. To be fair, I'm only 4 hours away from the boarder on the east coast.
Me too! We got Canadian tv on channels 10 and 11, and some programs on PBS (13). That's all the higher the dial went in those days.
My favorite character was the nephew, Harold. He was played by Patrick McKenna, who is a fantastic Canadian actor . I also loved another show he was in, a drama called Traders.
Red Green was originally a sketch character featured in Steve Smith's variety-show in the late '70s/early '80s, called "Smith & Smith." When Red Green became its own series, years later, I was thrilled. Eventually, it became so popular, it hopped the border onto American television.
Red Green used so much duct-tape in the series that 3M eventually became one of its corporate sponsors.
I loved Smith & Smith.
Steve Smith once guested on the Detroit PBS station during a pledge drive, and would race around the room, ringing bells whenever pledges of a certain amount came in from the various PBS stations (our PBS comes from Spokane, but they showed the footage of what was happening in Detroit).
I got a third of the way through watching this before I realized that one of Mert's suspenders is Red and the other is Green! Extra points for irony, eh! 😂❤
He probably got them from the Red Green website. They sell them there. I'd love to get myself a pair eventually. 😊
Mert, your outfit is slammin! I embrace the plaid flannels myself. Not a Canadian tux but you sure have embraced the Canadian culture. Respect!
I grew up watching The Red Green Show whenever I could. The Adventures with Bill bits were always a hoot!
My brothers and dad still quote this show quite frequently.
I'm a man
But I can change
If I have to
I guess
I love watching your reaction to these, partly for European take, and partly for the nostalgia. I am 40+ and grew up on red green, This Hour Has 22 minutes (rick mercer, etc al).
I would love to see your reaction to 90s-00s Canadian musical artists that weren't necessarily large globally (54-40, Tragically Hip, Crash Test Dummies, Moist, Our Lady Peace, etc).
The man in the boat that mined gun powder was Gordon Pinsent, a Canadian actor from Newfoundland. WQell known to Canada and the USA for his acting and theater work.
Gordon is gone now but worth your while to look him up on google.
In case you might not know, the "treehouse" is a forest fire watch tower. People will occupy the tower all summer during forest fire season.
And in a later gag, it is revealed that Ranger Gord was unaware he could go home each fall, so he stayed all winter😂
@@brycedyck8450 IIRC didn't the ranger service (or whatever it's called) shut down his ranger station, but he didn't know that, so he stayed up there for years after he wasn't supposed to?
I'm very happy that you are enjoying this. The "impressive tree house" is supposed to be a fire watch tower, which are located in very isolated, and therefore the employee who man's the tower gets very lonely.
My favorite skit is the handyman corner. It never failed to make me die laughing. Fond memories of my Dad and I watching this show when I was younger. He always said never do that. lol
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
So glad you’re watching a full episode. It’s such a good show. I’m Canadian and this was what we watched in the 90’s as a kid
The segment with the lonely forest ranger actually made me tear up a bit. The humour is in that he's up in a remote location, looking for forest fires and nothing else to do and no one to talk to. Oh how times change! Canada's forests have been burning with out-of-control wildfires so much this year, the smoke has been blotting out the sun all over the U. S.
Smoke from the Quebec fires has been carried by the across the Atlantic and has obstructed the view of the sun in Blackpool, England in the last couple of weeks!
"wildfires" . . .
I was struck and saddened by that, too. Yes, "Oh how times change!" And not always for the better ... Thank goodness the rest of the show made me laugh, all over again.
The gag was that the government put him in that tower and promptly forgot about him. . .
What?
I am a Canadian I live in Sault Ontario. I love your channel and I love that you dressed up today. I know you mentioned wanting to come to Canada eh,on behalf of my fellow Canadians, I extend a warm welcome to you and your family in advance.
Smith and Smith comedy show was Steve's first series on canadian🎉tv. Also worth dive if you appreciate cultural comedy
This show is like a fine wine. It ages spectacularly well and each season is better than the last.
The earlier seasons are a bit rough as they are still figuring things out and Red saying “uhh” every other word eventually goes away, which is appreciated.
Still a fantastic show that I very much enjoy looking back on.
Red Green always made me think of my Dad, although he wasn't quite the same, of course. He passed away last week so it's nice to be reminded of him in a fun way.
I find it hilarious that you've gone all in on Red Green. Have you learned the lodge pledge yet?
Best Adventures With Bill btw is "Horseshoes". The tall tales guy is Hap Shaughnessy. He's also one of the best - I forgot about him! There's some amazing characters in the early seasons. A guy who lives in a cave, a guy who works for the Ministry of Environment who's always golfing and terrible at it, Buzz the bush pilot!
This, Trailer Park Boys and The Beachcombers in the 80s were my favourite Canadian shows growing up. Everything else I watched came from the UK.
I went to the Sunshine Coast for the first time last year and accidentally came across the Beachcombers place and completely fangirled!
@@aimbetternotperfectI live in BC, so it growing up, it was awesome. The CBC was awesome pre-2005.
That wasn't a tree house it was supposed to be a fire watch tower and the guy was a ranger. The tall tale guy was played by famous Canadian actor Gordon Pinsent.
I used to watch Red Green all the time, funny stuff. His van was painted as a possum for possum lodge.
All of the guys were funny, but I think that Harold was my favourite. Rick Green, who plays Bill, was one of the co-creators. Another comedian who was also on the show, Peter Wildman, who plays Buzz Sherwood, was also in The Frantics. And I love the outfit!
I watched every single episode of the Red Green show when it was on TV. My friend and I went to see him in a theatre 30k from my little town years after the show was done. Absolutely hilarious. After the show he chatted with whomever wanted to meet him. They were selling DVD box sets of every episode for half price. Being 1/2 Scottish, I couldn’t resist saving $100 Canadian for the set. He even autographed it for me! My kids and I haul it out and watch them regularly. Best deal ever! 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦
I loved watching this show with my Dad . It was one of his favourites . He passed this year , so this was a nice little blast of nostalgia, and reminder of him.
Harold is my favourite .
If women don’t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy .
I absolutely love your vids.
Kudos on the outfit.
Later episodes ended with a possum lodge meeting which opened with the man prayer....
I'm a man,
but I can change,
if I have to,
I guess.
Remember, keep your stick on the ice, we're all in this together.
My dad always used to say: "Keep your stick on the ice." when we would go off to school. It just means, stay focused and don't hesitate.
Personally, I'd say it leans more to meaning stay level headed, be a good sport and a good Canadian. Don't be high sticking in life. There's also a strong aspect of not giving up (and sticking with it ;) )
I almost spit out my coffee when I saw your outfit!!! Perfect. Haha. I'm liking this one before I've even watched it. lol
Love your reactions and love being reminded of my childhood through these - but damn, today the outfit brings it to another level!! Well done!! 😂❤
Growing up when I was in elementary school and came home every day for lunch it was like clockwork grab the sandwich turn on TV and watch red green over the lunch hour Best memories ever
My favourite actor from this series and many others is Graham Greene: Edgar K. B. Montrose. Gordon Pinsent: Hap Shaughnessy, is a close number two. The first episode of anything is rarely the best.
Surprising they didn't throw the Possum lodge pledge in there.
Hadn't been written yet
The fisherman was played by Gordon Pinsent, one of Canadas most celebrated actors. He just died recently.
I love how you dress up in suspenders and the hat.
Hilarious.
🇨🇦
Rick Green, the co-writer and Bill in Adventure With Bill, was also in a comedy troupe called The Frantics who had a radio show for a number of years and a one season television show on the CBC. Another one of The Frantics, Paul Chato, has a TH-cam channel, Call Me Chato.
Peter Wildman who was also in the Frantics played Buzz on Red Green.
@@jethro1963 Yes, I forgot to mention that.
Mert, you're looking really dapper today!!! 🤣🤣
Oh, and the Bill guy is an amazing comedian and part of his own wacky series that was on for a while. Absurd, fast, edgy humor at the time.👍
The series was Frantics 4 on the Floor.
And it was pretty funny and off the wall stuff.
"Boot to the Head!! nyah nyah!"🥾
The guy who tells tall tales (Hap Shaughnessy) was played by legendary actor Gordon Pinsent who sadly, passed away recently.
I went to a couple of the tapings of the show it was great fun. When they were setting up in between takes the cast would come out and tell jokes and stories to keep the audiance entertained.
The thing that always struck me about Red Green is how far and wide its popularity goes. It was so popular in Houston, Texas, that they brought Steve Smith down to be a guest on one of the Public Television station's fund drives. I can still remember Steve demonstrating building a duck blind by fastening loaves of French bread together with duct tape, while the owner of La Madeleine restaurant, a very self possessed and dignified man, looked on in horror.
Classic. They should re-air it honestly!!!
Have you watched Letterkenny? It's like a newer version of Red Green of Canadian stereotypes.
Hugs from 🇨🇦
The first couple of seasons were good but after that the show really got into a better groove and introduced a number of additional characters. I believe that the original inspiration for the show was one called “The Red Fisher Show” that I used to watch. He was a sportsman who had a guest every week at the fictional set called “Scuttlebutt Lodge”, usually a grade B actor or retired hockey player. They would show footage of a fishing trip they’d taken somewhere then he’d usually read some of his dodgy poetry at the end. SCTV also did a spoof of it called “The Fishin’ Musician with Gill Fisher. John Candy played the main character.
The understated tone of this early RG pays total homage to Red Fisher. In later eps the energy ramps up and the quiet vibe of Red Fisher is lost.
@@jethro1963 Ageed, it takes on more of a life of its own.
There were a lot of these outdoors and fishing shows produced across North America, cheap to make and shown on Sunday afternoon.
@@mrdanforth3744 Yes but that particular show was produced by CTV Network in Toronto and was very well known here in Hamilton and Southern Ontario where The Red Green Show originated.
Red Green is probably the best comedy show ever made. 300 episodes without resorting to being overly dirty, violent or mean spirited. That is a monumental accomplishment for a comedian.
I love, love, love, Patrick McKenna! I was first introduced to him on the Canadian TV show Traders as Marty. It wasn't until after I was married that I was introduced to The Red Green Show. And I loved Patrick on this show too!
Notice that their suspenders are red only at this point and that Red's voice is a bit different at this stage. When I lived in TO, I went to some recordings in the past. It was a great experience and Steve would come out and have fun with the audience before the recording began. They'd do the show twice (to different audiences) just in case. Steve also came to U of Waterloo in 1996 (or '97) and did a show there. Everyone attending got a roll of duct tape and there was a contest for the most creative duct tape invention. I can't recall what won, but I do I recall someone made a roll-up canoe paddle that cracked everyone up.
Harold has always been one of my favorites! All of them .. all of them I love
The song is definitely iconic
Gordon Pinsent was the actor who told the oil rig gun powder tale. He died February this year.
Really famous for his drama roles and his comedy.
He also appeared in the show Due South, a crime drama with a bit of stereotypical canadianism. An RCMP mountie stationed at a Chicago Police Department.
Yeah, I was sad to hear of his passing.
Also, nice Due South shout out
I grew up with this, living in Hamilton the studio was there, even filmed at friends farm a few times. Love it
Red Green is a little niche IMHO, but a very popular 90s show. I still like it, but it's not quite a cultural phenomenon in Canada like many others. Corner Gas for the newer shows, This Hour has 22 Minutes/Royal Canadian Air Farce to me are more memorable. Even the Trailer Park Boys, though I never watched it. Red Green is still hilarious as a comedian though.
I prefer the earlier episodes. They are so iconic of the vacation home, tour, and recreational district in Central Ontario. As soon as I hear that chainsaw, I can smell pine sawdust, wet plywood, a sun baked dock, and possibly an over-ripe outhouse. Ahhh memories.
Love your suspenders!!! I loved this show!!!! It was great!!!!!
Bwahaha! Look at you! I love it and I've been waiting for a full episode! Harold has been my favorite character since the first episode.
The first episode Red has 1 color suspenders. Later it changes to Red & Green as the show becomes more refined. Then the title made sense.
The fact that you DRESSED for this!
Above and beyond, sir
Just watching here near the end of the video.
The ole guy in the boat looks like Gordon Pinsent. Classic Canadian actor.
You might give Corner Gas a try if you haven't already. Another funny Canadian show.
Canadian blood starting to run through his veins 🇨🇦
This show got so much better over time, by the 4th season the characters were pretty much set and all had back stories. This along with SCTV featured some of the best comedy in Canada.
I love your get-up you are a true Canadian by heart
I remember seeing an interview Steve Smith (Red Green) where they told 3M they should sponsor the show with all the sales they got from the Handy Man's secret weapon and they agreed too.
I don’t think I watched many episodes of this show. But I remember it. But I mostly came here to comment on your effort on your get-up! 😂 love the whole outfit! You’re always welcome in Canada. 😂🇨🇦🥰
Love the wardrobe Mert...it is official..honorary Canadian.
You look so Canadian! 👍
My favourite character has always been Ranger Gord. 🥰
Red Green show is totally iconic in all of Canada, we all loved the simple humor.
So great seeing these Canadian actors - Patrick McKenna (Harold) Peter Keleghan ( ranger) and of course Canadian acting royalty Gordon Pinsent ( Hap - the tall tale teller). In later episodes a lot of actors made guest experiences including Paul Gross 😍
I'm trying to remember when Will Millar joined the cast (Irish Rovers fans will remember him; he quit the group after their 30th anniversary and formed another group called *some mad irishmen* and did some instrumental CDs that are really ethereal and relaxing). He's the character who was always working on his boat.
Before The Red Green Show Steve Smith and his wife Morag did a show called Smith and Smith. Great sketch comedy.