Reaction To The Red Green Show (More Handyman Corner)
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- Reaction To The Red Green Show (More Handyman Corner)
This is my reaction to The Red Green Show (More Handyman Corner)
I recently reacted to the Handyman Corner segment from Canadian comedy TV show The Red Green Show. There are many videos of this segment so I reacting to 3 more today.
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Handyman Corner "Mid-Engine Car" - • Handyman Corner "Mid-E...
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Handyman Corner - "Lug nuts" - • Handyman Corner - "Lu...
I worked on the Red Green show studio segments for 5 seasons as the switcher (or as called in the UK "vision mixer"). What a great crew to work with and the studio audiences were always really into it. I saw the same audience "warm up" tape playback for all these seasons and laughed along with the audience every time (especially the "Adventures with Bill" segments which were shot on location film style. It's wonderful to see it is still making people and entire families laugh out loud. Steve (Red) and Bill the director are wonderful and inspiring people to work with. 🙂
I forgot about adventures with Bill
I'd forgotten "Adventures With Bill" so funny! I also loved any segment with the incomparable Graham Greene as Edgar the explosives "expert", and anything with the Animal Control officer with PTSD. And I loved watching Harold go from earnest yet kind of creepy teen, to young adult with a girlfriend * bites the right palm, just below the thumb *, and a job in the BIG CITY.
You have to admire Steve Smith, if anyone paid his dues he did. He started out in a band and the comedy was just filler between songs.
Rick Green and Steve Smith two legends of Canadian Comedy
I just want to know who the heck were tasked with building his Handyman Corner contraptions....
Red Green is a true Canadian everyman. There's a Red Green in every city and town and hamlet in every province and territory in this country. We've all known a Red Green at some point in all of our lives. That's why this character is so beloved.
I've known quite a few Red Greens, and also a few Mike Hamars.
Yup, there is usually an "uncle Red" in every family... :-)
If it wasn't an uncle it was a grandfather. My pop who passed away few years ago, I swore if any of his kids or grandkids had a problem he would just appear out of thin air with a tool box and great big smile. I remember one time the automatic window in the old clunker I drove gave out so the window just got sucked into the door. He took the door apart and propped it up with two pieces of old lumber that where already perfectly sized for it. Sure the window couldn't go down but kinda more important it stayed up due to it being winter! Lasted until we sold the van for parts. Pop didn't use as much duct tape as old Red Green but he had the know how to just make his own little tool for the job. Breaks my heart we lost him due to Alzheimer's.
@@ProfessMAwwww, the old Canada, I remember it well. Nice story.
Loved this show! Steve Smith said in an interview that they didn't have the money to believably fake anything... so they had to get creative. He said everything you saw on screen worked, at least long enough to sell the idea. They ended up using so much Duct Tape, that 3M eventually sponsored the show. Definitely one of my most favorite shows ever!
I met Steve Smith twice and he was genuinely a nice, wholesome guy. This show was always a treasure.
I couldn't agree more.
@@da_SpiffR I remember the old Smith and Smith show..
Nn in. 😢
Steve always insisted in working in the Hamilton area where he's from. Always doing what he can to promote the city.
@@gerardgauthier4876 An oldie but a goodie!
I was born in Hamilton Ontario (where The Red Green show was filmed) and an old friend of mine grandfather owned the farm where "Possum Lodge" is filmed. So many amazing memories!!
I am from there and there are many Red Greens there.
As already stated below, Red uses Duct Tape. Also, part way through the show run 3M started supplying Duct Tape to the show.
Some people don’t know. Steven Smith A.K.A Red Green is a Engineering graduate. Really smart, smart man! And super a nice guy! Duck Tape in Canada. Thanks for the great laughs and memories! ✌️
Duct tape! 😅
@@itswhox2 The original product was called "duct tape", and was invented by 3M. A competitor trying to get into the market noticed that people would come into stores looking for "duck tape", so they made a version, and called it "Duck Tape", and it immediately became a leading selling. So, "Duck Tape" is a brand, and "duct tape" is the product.
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Love Red Green! The show is so funny and so Canadian! Best quote: If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy! Reminds me so much of my late husband and his buddies. Eight guys standing around trying to replace a car headlight, takes all afternoon and they replaced the wrong headlight.
Lol were there beers involved?
OMG NO way!
I had something wrong with my car door. My buddy needed a flashlight to look deep inside it once he got the entire inside panel off. It took most of the afternoon and when all was finished he shut the door. We heard a dull thunk-thunk. It was the flashlight he had left inside the door and it was still on.
@@colinmacvicar2507 most likely!!
I was lucky enough to be in the audience a couple times during the original run. It was a fun experience. As for episodes, try to find one that features ranger Gord or maybe Gordon Pinsent
We haven't seen Hap Shaughnessy yet, the funniest guy on the show.
You would love Maine humor, it’s British style, most people don’t get it, but the English stars use to come visit Maine and we’d all meet them at the airport, lol they were amazed at how many fans were in Maine watching all the bbc comedies,❤
I can only imagine those who had the job of coming up with and building those crazy contraptions for the show every week. It must have been a hell of a fun job.
One of my favourite handyman corners was when he made a working elevator on the outside of a building using a hot water tank as a counterweight. He had hoses connected to it and taps in the basket. To raise it he’d drain the water and to lower it he’d fill it up again. Always wanted to try making one myself. Can’t find the actual episode.
Just need to watch all 300 episodes again 😂
Season 10 Episode 202 Barter Starter.
@@mr.jimmuc7172 thanks
I'm trying to find the late season episode where he drills and "duck tapes" Victorian crown molding to a porch. This was the first episode after year's 8 learned the show was actually sarcastic 😂🤷♂️
We are proud to call Red Green a Canadian Icon. I ended up seeing the last live episode taping.
Mert - Thank you so much for showcasing our beautiful country and culture. We are truly lucky to be born and raised here!
I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed this show. 😅
exactly, i watched this with my dad as a child but even today i remember the mans prayer. want to go back and watch it all the way through but just haven't gotten around to it
Red Green embodies the traditional Canadian, I grew up on this, the guy who plays Harold is a brilliant actor.
In an episode he turns a dryer into an air hockey table that worked, got a kick out of that 😂. In Canada at one time red Green was the 3M duct tape person
As I recall, Red Green (the character) first appeared as a tiny segment on the comedy show Smith and Smith in 1979 or 1980. Smith and Smith was its' own show, featuring comedy segments by Steve Smith and his wife Morag. I believe he also appeared a few times as a character in The Comedy Mill, which was also a Smith and Smith production. The Comedy Mill ended after only a few seasons, but The Red Green Show was born and expanded the Red Green character,. On it's own, the Red Green Show lasted something like 15 or 16 years.
Love Duct Tape. Best invention ever. Red Green made "Duct Tape" an iconic household name. I think the show introduced me to the stuff. Red Green was good, but his previous show was just as funny, it was called " Smith & Smith". Another great Canadian comedy show was "Super Dave Osborne" which was a parody of Evil Keevill.😊
omfg i forgot all about super dave! lol
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In the TV biz, duct tape is called gaffer tape.
Loved Smith and Smith
The Super Dave show wasn't Canadian at all, hence the American flag colours he always wore. He did the first episode of 'Norm Macdonald Live' and it's absolutely hilarious. Cheers
Fun Red Greed fact that most people don't know. His long green jacket he's often seen wearing is an old Canadian Forces parka. The green hat he's often wearing is also an old Canadian forces "soft cap", both in OD, and no longer issued (at least not for more than a couple of decades)
That’s why the cap looks so familiar. I was in the CF reserves and I remember those caps.
@@anneedge3627 Yeah I got in right after they stopped issuing those soft hats. I got one of the CADPAT bush caps instead
You must meen most non Canadians don't know
I loved it when he turned the transit bus into a roadster.
Every house in Canada has a roll of Duct Tape in a drawer somewhere, because of Red Green
I'm watching this in my basement and there's literally a roll of duct tape within hands reach
Look for adventures with bill! That segment was absolutely hilarious! Red green narrates over black and white clips with the guys from the show, you’ll love it!
I think one of the funniest things you find about Canadian comedy, is how much YOU enjoy it, Mert.
As many people have mentioned, it’s DUCT TAPE. But, in the tv etc. business, it’s also known as “gaffer tape,” wherein you use Duct Tape to tape all the cords to the floor so the actors don’t trip. That would be a “gaffe,” and there you go. But it’s wonderful stuff.
At least that’s what we used in my day, but I think things might have changed in the past few hundred years…🤓
Thanks for your deep interest in Canadian comedy, Mert. We have to oaugh ir we might be crying over expenses all the time!🤣🤣
Congratulations Mert on reaching 10,000 subs. I wish I could pinpoint a specific Re Green, but I can’t. I loved them all!
Love Red Green and watch today. All the Characters were so funny. Thanks for the Red Green!
Always loved this show growing up. There used to be a store in Hamilton Ontario, kinda like a garage sale kinda place, but there was a corner that was all old handyman corner props. Super cool stuff.
Nice to see a channel that covers a Canadian show that kept me entertained for years
And a Scot to present it my family are from Fife 😂
Adventures with Bill. Greatest segments of the show.
14:33 Mark! 2K Thumbs Up + Mine! 👍 You're welcome, and thanks! 😊
Notes: I don't watch any form of hockey, but I never looked up why he says, "Keep your stick on the ice!" 😮
Yes all us Canadians are proud of the cinematography in the Red Green show.
Masking tape in Canada is white and thinner than duct tape. I do use it for certain things, but the tape you're looking at here is called duct tape, though so many people mispronounced it duck tape that a company got a great idea and made a brand called duck tape. I'm sure lots of folks worked on these segments. The Red Green Show has a cult following in the US as well as being a Canadian staple. I'm trying to pick a favee episode, but they all had great stuff in them and all ended with the lodge meeting and the man's prayer. "I am a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess." I'm a woman and I am a huge fan of the show.
Only the later seasons have the lodge meetings and the man's prayer. Early episodes have none of this good wholesomeness
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Man this really brings back nostalgia for me. We don't make comely like this or "Just for Laughs"
Congrats on the 10K subscriptions! You've got a really fun and interesting channel! Oh, btw...I too am Canadian! You're right, the team behind Red Green were totally brilliant!!😅😄
@Mert Can - ***Congratulation on reaching over 10K Subscribers🎈*** Air Farce was an other great Canadian comedy show👍👍👍
What I always found hilarious was the episodes at "Possum Lodge" with the 5 gallon gas can sitting on top of the wood stove, haha.
14:09 Mark! "Adhesive tape" is yellow-brown in color and weaker.
By the way! There's a brand of duct tape named "Duck Tape" that was invented at first for school children, and there was a duck-shaped plastic dispenser whose bill is where the tape was cut. I recently just happened to see some of that brand again, and now they have it available to adults on various sized rolls without the cute dispenser. 🦆
Love these segments, haven't watched these ones in a while, so it was nice to see again. I remember going to a Home Hardware and Home Depot in Toronto and they had a duct tape display with a cut-out of Red Green on it. I thought it was great, loved it, made my dad stock up on duct tape. He also made a movie called, 'Duct Tape Forever' as well as wrote a few books, love them all, very funny. Thanks again for another great video :D
Another good segment on the Red Green Show is "Adventures With Bill", where Red narrates a black and white film of him working on some project with another character named Bill Smith, who is almost like a Chaplin style silent era comedy character.
The best part about it is Red Green is played by Steve Smith, and Bill Smith is played by Rick Green.
Rick Green also had a really good show called "History Bites". Every episode told the story of a real historical event, but it told it as though television existed at the time and you the viewer are flipping channels. A lot of the cast of the Red Green Show were in that as well.
14:33 Mark! Hi there! Ahem. Oh no, he is using "duct tape"! The episode with the "adhesive tape" helps demonstrate why he uses duct tape! 😂 If I recall correctly, he didn't want to use duct tape on actual ducts! 😮😅
I think it is odd that he relies on a tape that he can tear from the roll with his bare fingers yet expects it to be strong enough to stay in place once used!
Also, his fingers are strong enough to do that when I need a knife or scissors!
He's strong enough to do some tasks, yet not for others? 😮
Love that you are enjoying something that was one of mine and my father's favorite show to watch when I was off school in elementary and middle school and he was off work it is the reason I have so many fishing/bucket hats
Some of the best parts of this show are when red green goes somewhere to do things with Bill
I agree!! Physical humour is the best.
We who have found you, love you, dude, and we love the Scottish accent.... Hello from canada.
It's actually Duct Tape. Cdns are notorious for using Duct Tape to fix everything. Red Green raised the bar lol. It was hilarious! You should find some when patterned Duct Tape came out. Steve was really funny. So glad you enjoy them too.
Best thing I ever learned from Red Green? "If duct tape don't fix it, you have an electrical problem...." Proud to call him a fellow Canadian, from 'just up the road' in a manner of speaking. Pretty sure I've driven by 'Possum Lodge' 😉 Seriously though, Mert, we call it duct tape as it's original use was to seal seams in sheet metal duct work in a house, and his real name is Steve Smith. He truly studied engineering at the Uni of Waterloo in Ontario, which is very famous for this field of study.
Do Red Green "Maple Syrup"
The handyman corner was in one of your previous shows.
Love the shows there, Bud.✌️👌🤞
Red Green was also a comedian on tour. Prior to his final tour they did an interview with him in his hometown of Hamilton. Perhaps you would like to know more about the man by viewing on your tube "Steve Smith - Red Green's final tour done by The Gate
Congratulations on reachimg 10K! I do believe that's all of us Canadians now subscribed! 😆 Keep up the great work.
FUN FACT - Steve Smith aka Red Green had a variety show with his wife on my hometown channel. It was called Smith & Smith. He also owned a production company by the same name.
Grew up with the Red Green show. He always used to end the show with a commentary with something that was prevalent at the time in a tongue and cheek way. Then he'd end by saying, "Keep your stick on the ice, I'm rooting for you "
Let's all say the man's prayer!
I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess!
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But not that much
The mid-engine car project makes me laugh every time I watch it!
“If it can’t be fixed with duct tape, it can’t be fixed” has become a saying in our house
My favourite Handyman Corner was the multi part skit in which Red and the resident ex convict tried to insulate a house by pouring popping corn into the furnace and have the popped corn insulate the house.....
hard to say what my favourite episode is (so many good ones.), but a couple I love are Sausage Envy and Man of the Year.
These are nod in video, as far as I know, but there are stories spoken by a guy named Stuart McLean. The series is called The Vinyl Cafe Radio Show. It's super Canadian and you will laugh until you cry and it will make you cry. I used to give these to international guests as part of a gift package for a little taste of Canadian humour.
You have to be super Canadian to get half of the stuff McLean did but he was funny
Oh man! How I miss "The Red Green Show"!
My husband and my sister Diane and her husband Allen saw him at the Decoste center in Pictou Nova Scotia Canada. He is even better in person.
The show is just funnier watching it with you. Your awe is hilarious.
I use to work in a tire shop and we had a long metal pipe that we called “The persuader”. We managed to only break a few lug nuts off.
It’s spelt Duct tape but it is Canadian pronunciation is Duckt tape. It was invented in Canada. Fun fact, when a VIP ‘s plane landed in Saraavo during the Bosnian war it was shot full of holes. The Canadian military at the airport repaired them with Duct tape. And the plane flew on another day.
That first one was me trying to change my winters a couple months ago.
Masking tapes 🤣🤣 this is Duck®Tape the handyman's secret weapon! Masking tape is for Painting Duck®Tape is for fixing things. 👍
The thing I like best about this show is how everything is done as if they have NO MONEY.
There is a Red/Green Duct Tape Movie. There was a call out for fans to make Duct Tape scultures with only tape and chicken wire for structure to be used in the movie. They quickly had to retract the call out as many scultures flooded in
My fav segment was when they turned their van into a sports car with a couple fire extinguishers
My memorable episode would be “Pardi Gras” because the unseen tuba player was actually my brother!
It’s also an episode that features “Adventures With Bill”.
Years ago, when the Red Green show was on TV, often I'd be watching it when my mother-in-law came over for a visit. After it was off the air, I'd keep a few on the PVR just for such an emergency. 🤣LOL
At one point there was a shortage of duct tape. Red goes further and further into withdrawal. Funny stuff. After all we’re all in this together
how you described handy man corner nailed it imo
he (steve smith) was an undergraduate from waterloo university in engineering. i think he did eventually become a spokesperson for 3M duct tape.
I used to watch this show when I was a kid
How I think they filmed the red car flipping over:
the first half of the motion (car going vertical) was probably filmed in reverse (car was stood up and let to fall down on its wheels)
obvious camera cut (the angle changed)
the second half was filmed with the car standing up and let to fall down on its roof
Do you love the most subtle joke, to me it's the red plastic gas can smoking away on top of the wood stove! The best verbal line is "I'm a man but i can change..if I have to"
My favorite is episode 300, when Harold gets married!
I can highly recommend the Catfish Project. I nearly died laughing When I first saw it.
This is an excellent example of my brother in-law
Love Red Green, saw a live taping in 2002, it was the Christmas episode, and they had Dalton Humphrey say yule.
Take care, and all the best.
Red is basically Canada's Tim "the toolman" Taylor
Masking tape is the beige tape use for painting.
Mert there is a joke we tell in Nova Scotia. Q: What two things do women need in a tool box? A: WD 40 and Duck Tape . WD 40 for the things that should move and don't and Duck tape for the things that are moving that shouldn't. BTW Duck tape was a military invention and named Duck tape because it is waterproof ! Carol in Nova Scotia
You need to find the handyman corner where he built a wood splitter with a car,axe and child's merry-go-round
Also look for the feature film they did duct tape forever
He also did a show previously with his wife called Smith and smith
LOL. You thank the subscribers now, but just wait until we all show up in Indonesia and try to buy one round each.
Ranger gord is another great part of the show.
Its hard to believe someone is complementing the camera angles of The Red Green Show.. The last thing the show is, is a serious piece of cinematography.
We call that silver tape "duct tape" in Canada.
this is a fantastic show
It's Duct tape. And everytime I use duct tape, I think of Red Green. I taped a paint brush onto a broom stick so I could reach to paint the top board of shed. Lol.
As for the full episode you want to watch (if you haven't picked yet) I would recomend the one where the Guinness World Record people are going to visit Possum Lake.
Loved the Red Green show!!! There was a show by him on the CBC radio before the TV show. He also was in a variety tv show with his wife Morag, there was always a segment if Red Green on it before the Red Green show itself. Great fun!
Other shows you can watch that are probably on youtube is Royal Canadian Air Farce, This hour has 22 miniutes, Corner Gas and Rick Mercer Report
I assembled a TV stand using a similar amount of ductape as red green once.
It's been forever since I watched it. But I remember and episode where there was a duct tape shortage.
The tape is called "duct tape". Good episode!
I lived in Hamilton where these were filmed. It was not uncommon to see the possum van drive by in my neighborhood!
You really need to see the one where he makes a gull wing.
I would definitely recommend skipping to season 3, or season 4 to start, that's kind of when they got into their stride.
Red Green was good , kids in the hall are legendary and letterkenny is a comedic masterpiece. You're 10 ply bud, you'll have to watch letterkenny to get what I said lol
Fun fact. Duct tape (used to seal ducts) is often wrongly called duck tape. But in fact the original tape was called duck tape because of how waterproof it was.
Duct tape should never actually be used to seal ducts, as (despite the name) it's not designed for use on ducts. The fiber and adhesive are not designed for those temperatures and will deteriorate rapidly. There's special heat-resistant adhesive foil tapes intended for that.
It was made for AC ducts not furnace ducts
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