Canadian Television Show, shown on
Showcase TV.
The Trailer Park Boys is a
low-budget television show about the goings-on of Ricky, Randy, Bubbles, Julian, Mr. Lahey and J-Roc, the denizens of
Nova Scotia's Sunnyvale
trailer park. Season 1 begins with Ricky and Julian being released from
prison, and trying to go straight. The format is comedic
mockumentary, with the petty crimes and motivations of the inhabitants writ large. Imagine a show with 8 or 9
Homer Simpsons, influenced by both
Cops and
Spinal Tap, but more
pot and
B&E.
Cast of Characters
Ricky - the man with
Reveen's hair (you will not understand this reference, unless you grew up in
Atlantic Canada); loves
pepperoni, lives in his car
Julian - the suave one; always has a
rum and coke (the national drink of the East Coast!) in one hand
Bubbles - thick
coke bottle glasses, smartest guy in the park,
cat fetish; steals shopping carts for a living
Mr. Lahey - runs the park,
alcoholic, former cop
Randy - Has a huge gut and never wears a shirt; weekend trailer park supervisor; Lahey and Randy are lovers
J-Roc - park bad boy
The show is extremely
politically incorrect. Its heroes are unabashedly
white trash who drink, grow hydroponic
marijuana (the
Freedom 35 Plan), break the law and swear constantly.
Rumours abound that
MTV wanted to run the show following
Jackass, but only if the show's creators nixed the drugs and gun play. It ended up on
BBC America with all the swear words bleeped out.
http://www.showcase.ca/trailerparkboys/episodes/
http://www.trailerparkboys.com/