In this episode, we recap the entire first season of ‘Letterkenny’ with special guest Dean from the podcast ‘How Are Ya Now?’ We discuss each episode, its standout moments, and its ratings from the team and Twitter. Dean provides insights into the series’ deeper themes and offers a glimpse into future seasons. We also touch upon controversies, listener comments, and a special mention of the W5 Letterkenny special.
Chapters
- 00:00:00 – Introduction
- 00:01:31 – Introducing Dean From How Are Ya Now? Podcast
- 00:19:27 – How Was Your Week?
- 00:30:31 – Twitter Roll Call
- 00:32:15 – Don’t Bore Us, Get To The Chorus! (Season Recap)
- 00:32:52 – Episode 1: Ain’t No Reason To Get Excited
- 00:39:28 – Episode 2: Super Soft Birthday
- 00:41:17 – Episode 3: Fartbook
- 00:46:15 – Episode 4: Wingman Wayne
- 00:49:15 – Episode 5: Rave
- 00:57:22 – Scientific Twitter Polls: Favourite Letterkenny Characters
- 01:03:25 – Season 1 Rating
- 01:06:41 – Listener Comments
- 01:09:45 – Final Comments
- 01:21:18 – Outro
Scientific Twitter Polls
What do yo think of the Gail Character on Letterkenny?
- 50% Love her
- 36% Just kidding, IDGAF
- 7% I have no opinion
- 7% I Agree with Victor
Who was your favourite Hick in Season 1?
- 49.4% Wayne
- 27.4% Squirrely Dan
- 13.2% Katy
- 10% Daryl
Who was your favourite Skid in Season 1?
- 45.6% Roald
- 37.7% Stewart
- 16.7% Devon
Who was your favourite Hockey Player in Season 1?
- 55.3% Shoresy
- 24.1% Coach
- 11.4% Reilly
- 9.2% Jonesy
Who was your favourite ‘Other’ character in Season 1?
- 35.4% Pastor Glen
- 29.8% Tanis
- 18% Gail
- 16.9% McMurray
Final Season 1 Rating
Mat: Fresh
Al: Fresh
Dean: Fresh
Tanya: Clearance
Victor: Clearance
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Clip: [00:00:00] A couple of hockey players come up to the produce stand the other day.
Allan: It’s Thirsty Thursday. And that means we’re once again, hanging out at the produce stand. A podcast paying tribute to the great Canadian show Letterkenny.
Now I know what you’re thinking. There are many other podcasts about Letterkenny out there, but this is the only one that’ll invite a rival podcast to the end of the lane way to have a puppers. I’m all your host and joining me in the room as always is a lovely Tanya and online we have squirrely Matt the Invincible Victor and our first guest at the produce stand.
He’s the host of the heart. How are you now podcast? They claim to be the toughest toughest podcast in Letterkenny Dean Giles. How are you now? It’s Oh, good. You not so
Dean: bad. . It’s Charles, by the way, soft G You know, like those French over in Quebec, so, so . Wait a
Allan: minute. That’s a great, we shoulda got it right though.
Soft G, so, [00:01:00] so as, as in gif , yeah. Yeah. No hard. No . I saw, I saw your poster earlier. Uh, was it on Twitter about people who pronounce it J instead of gif.
Dean: Yeah, rules for, uh, other rules, uh, aside from eating crackers to kick people out of bed.
Victor: We’re going to be friends. That drives me crazy. Like nothing else.
Allan: Yeah. Me too. My apologies, Dean. Uh, so it’s Giles. Okay. Giles. Right. Giles.
Dean: It’s okay.
Allan: It’s,
Dean: you know, you’re not the first one and you won’t be the last. Exactly.
Allan: Well, thank you so much for joining us. Uh, I mean, compared to your podcast, we’re, we’re still relative newbies. Um, and, uh, you know, uh, I’ve been listening to your podcast.
I haven’t been getting ahead though, because I want to make sure that we’re not doing anything to copy you. Uh, but so far I’ve been, I’ve been enjoying it. I mean, you guys must’ve started what a couple of years ago with the, uh, how are you now podcast.
Dean: Yeah, well, it was near the end of, uh, year before last, actually.
So we’re coming up on two years, two years. So yeah, it was right at the end [00:02:00] of December of, uh, 2018 that we started
Allan: now. So you’re in Seattle. Correct. How did you get into letter Kenny?
Dean: Uh, well, I, first it was because of Tumblr. Um, I used to be, I used to be on Tumblr a lot. Um, and then I saw, I saw the, uh, The, uh, the clip from the very first of the first episode of the first season, a couple of hockey players come up with the produce stand the other day.
So, yeah, that one, um, is the one I very first, uh, saw and I’m like, that’s fucking hilarious. I need to go find this. And I, and then I found the web shorts. Right. Um, and. Are
Mat: there
Dean: any problems? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, yeah. Uh, so yeah, the, yeah, cause they are the, uh, the list, list of well shorts, uh, list, list of all problems, which started on Twitter and then became letter Kenny problems on Twitter and then became the, the web, the web series or web shorts, uh, that, you know, where it was just.
Yeah. [00:03:00] Pretty much him and, uh, uh, Kiso and Nathan Dale’s a bit of, uh, of, um, Riley and Jonesy in there. Um, but yeah. And then, you know, then when they got the, the go ahead with Bell Media to do, to do a show Mm-Hmm. and they had, uh, Tierney assigned to, uh, to direct . It was, I’m like, came off
Allan: this. Yeah, exactly.
So you were, you were watching it before they even got on Hulu then. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Wow. Uh, we’re going
Mat: to be learning more from you. I think today. Yeah. I think so.
Dean: Yeah. Uh, I, I, what we like to say is we’ve made a few trips up to Canada to watch this before it got here on Hulu. Right. I
Mat: mean,
Dean: we are close.
Mat: And if I, if I caught, I mean, I listened to a bit as well and I caught the first episode and to Tiara, is that your, your co host there?
Yeah, Tiara. She mentioned she’s from Canada. Is she not?
Dean: Well, she, no, she’s from here. Her mother’s Canadian. She has dual citizenship. [00:04:00]
Mat: Okay. That’s what, so she did mention, she referenced it really briefly. So I was, I was curious about what that was part of the connection, but just sounds like a general love for it.
When you, when you caught on to the show.
Dean: Yeah, it was, it was really me who, who saw it and then I introduced it, uh, to her and as, uh, when TELMA, she wasn’t really interested in it because you know, it was, there wasn’t a lot, I couldn’t get a lot initially. Um, So once, uh, once it, I think, I can’t remember what it, before it had come out, right before it come out on Hulu, something had been announced that it was coming out.
Um, and so that’s when we started making the trips. We didn’t, we would never torrent anything. No, no, that would be, yeah, we, we, yeah, we, uh, we watched them from there and, um, Then they got on Hulu and one of, one of our friends, uh, so this was before we started the podcast at all. So one of our [00:05:00] friends had, um, seen the steak, the steak scene that cause like, that was the next big thing was, you know, how you like your steak.
Yeah. Uh, so, uh, you know, that one, That’s when that was the first big everybody from the States started to get on board. Sure. Uh, and that’s, so just,
Allan: just to fill Victor and Tanya and they haven’t seen that episode yet. Is that in season two or three? It’s coming up, but I think
Dean: that’s season two because, well, you know, hang on.
Uh, I believe, uh, cause yeah, we, we get started on that with, uh, and see at the end of season one. Um, so let’s see.
Allan: Yeah. So anyway, what he’s referring to is there’s a, there’s a steak, an episode that has to do, yeah, that has to do about, uh, uh, you know, grilling, grilling steaks properly and stuff that that’s caught on and spawned a bunch of memes.
I mean, if you go online and see anything about steak, uh, hashtag letter, Kenny, it’s, it’s because of that episode. So, [00:06:00] uh, yeah, that’ll be interesting.
Victor: And so you said that’s season two?
Dean: I believe that, yeah, that’s an, uh, uh, episode called Native
Allan: Flu. Alright. Yeah, that was a funny episode from what I recall.
So, I mean, you’ve got an impressive setup there, so obviously you’re into podcasting and you must have been podcasting before before Letter, Kenny.
Dean: Yeah, I started, uh, a buddy of mine and I started a podcast that We’ve kind of, we’ve been in and out of just because of life. Uh, it was a podcast that we initially started to interview other podcasters about what makes them tick.
Not really necessarily about their podcasts. I mean, there’s a little bit of that, but it’s really just more sit down and chat with other podcasters about what makes them do the things that they do. Um, and that’s, and it’s called pod secure. Um, and, uh, so. You know, even if we didn’t have an interview, we’d sit down and talk bullshit about what we’d been going through, uh, [00:07:00] and, you know, and Tiara would join us.
So, but mostly it was me and Don, uh, who would be on there. And then, then we started that. So that was like probably six months prior. Uh, to a starting, uh, Letterkenny, I think. Um, uh, how are you now? Uh, and then, so yeah, I just kind of, once the Letterkenny thing happened, there was one other, there was one other guy and, uh, Oh gosh.
Uh, Nish, uh, who’s also Canadian. He’s, I think he started the very first Letterkenny one and he, uh, he was very fact driven about the show. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And I think,
Allan: yeah, I think I heard, uh, it might’ve been his, cause before starting this, I did kind of look out there to see. If there were others. So I found yours and I found another one, uh, that I listened to, like, just kind of just to see what it was like, kind of quality wise and whatever.
And I feel like that might’ve been it, but, uh, and it never really stuck. And, you know, funny enough, I heard yours. I’m like, Oh, I got, I got to listen to more of that.
Mat: Well, I think part of that was when we were, we were talking about [00:08:00] names originally, and you said the, the produce stand, I’m like, I like him.
And then I suggested hiring out.
Allan: Yeah, you did
Mat: well and sure enough, we found
Allan: you produce stand. Wasn’t my first choice out there. Like we were talking like pitter patter pod or like, you know, the alliteration. I
Dean: think I thought of that one too, but I’m like, no, that, that’s all the obvious ones. Yeah.
Allan: There’s a lot of obvious ones, but then, you know, every time I look, I wanted to try also to get a.
com. So even if there wasn’t a podcast available, there was, there was usually a. com and I didn’t want to, To go there. So for some reason produce stand worked and, and, and was available. So I jumped on it, but for sure. Yeah,
Mat: we get our website snaked right away too. What do you mean? You started setting, you started setting up, you went to set up a produce stand.
Oh, that’s right.
Allan: Yeah. It took too long. Yeah. Cause I was waiting. I was too much of a consensus builder. You guys, you took too fucking long. And then, uh, by the time I went to go register it, it got snaked. So I think I had ended up having to get dot C a or so I forget. But anyway, uh, it was something. [00:09:00] Oh yeah, that’s right.
I had to add the word the, or whatever, and be any, and because, uh, As soon as you show, uh, show interest in, in, in a. com, uh, there’s like prospectors out there that’ll gobble that up because they gobbled it up only to try to resell it to me. And I’m like, well, fuck that. I’m just going to throw the word done and you guys are screwed.
So.
Dean: Alright, so yeah, there was, there was no other, how are you now? pod.com, so, no, no. As soon as I saw it was, it was available. I, I mean, it’s only, what, 15 bucks a year, so, yeah. It’s not . I mean, if, if, if we went another way, oh well, exactly. I’ll buy another one for 15 bucks. It’s no big deal.
Allan: So you, you started that one and you’ve been doing that now for a couple of years.
Uh, but, uh, uh, you’ve started a new one now too. Uh, what’s your, yeah. What’s your newest podcast called?
Dean: Uh, it’s about, well, it’s, it’s called, uh, the boondocks podcast, uh, which is, uh, the TV show, the boondocks, which was, uh, well, actually it was a comic strip [00:10:00] called the boondocks, um, made by, uh, a artist, social justice, uh, very, very brilliant.
Uh, named Aaron McGruder, uh, who started getting these strips in the, in the, uh, in the papers about, um, black lives in suburbia, basically, um, and you find out more and more about, uh, this granddad, uh, Robert Freeman, who, and his two grandsons, who he is, who he is now raising, uh, and the stuff that they have to go through.
How they live. Right. And this starts, I mean, the, the, the, the, uh, the comic strip started in the nineties somewhere, mid nineties. Uh, and then then got picked up, uh, I can’t remember by who, I think it was, uh, adult swim, uh, and, uh, 2005 that’s when they started the tv show and uh, john witherspoon was granddad [00:11:00] regina king did the voices of the boys uh huey and riley um so and you know it was just and i had never watched it back then um and i just got i’d gotten signed up for hbo max And, uh, I saw it was on there.
I’m like, you know, I never watched this. And it’s not up to my wife. And I said, I’ve never watched this. Have you seen it? She goes, I saw a few episodes back when it came out, it was okay. I said, do you want to watch it? She’s like, sure. It’s, you know, it’s, it’s pandemic time. Let’s, you know, binge something else.
So I was like, Oh my God, this is fucking fantastic. No, I mean, cause the, the, the stuff that was going in. In there, the, the things that they’re talking about are so relatable today, uh, with, you know, Black Lives Matter and protesting and by pandemics and things like that. Uh, so it was like we, you know, we need to find out if there’s a podcast about this.
So I looked and there was none. Now, this is a very black fronted show. This is [00:12:00] the creator is black. All the main characters are voiced by black actors. Even though even the white care, even the two of the main white characters are voiced by we’re voiced by Charlie Murphy and Samuel L. Jackson.
Mat: Oh,
Allan: wow. So yeah, the only main white, wait, wait, Sam Jackson plays a white guy.
That yes, that. I
Dean: mean, it was fucking hilarious, him and Charlie, because it was him and Charlie Murphy were the two white guys and they were buddies. And
Allan: so this is a blind spot for me, uh, Matt or Vic, have you ever heard of boondocks?
Victor: Yeah, I heard of it, but I haven’t, I’m not, uh, I haven’t watched it.
Mat: Yeah, same deal.
Like I just looked it up. I’ve definitely seen this like imagery in this artwork and I’ve never taken the time. So now I’m interested. Yeah. Very interested. Yeah,
Dean: it’s, it’s, it’s really funny, very poignant. Um, and so, well, you know, [00:13:00] when I found there was no podcast, I, and I, and you know, this is a very black.
Like I said, black fronted show. I said, I said, I can’t do this. I’m very white. So I went out to other black podcasters. I said, you know, the show, the boondocks, there’s no podcast for it. There should be one. And yeah, everybody was like, Yeah, there should be, but you know, they didn’t have time for it. They were doing other, their show or, you know, and so finally I, I went to Tiara, my wife, who is black.
Yeah. I was going to say,
Allan: yeah. Isn’t your co host, uh,
Dean: I said, if I found you two other black co hosts, would you do the show? She’s like, hell yeah. So I was on it and it was like, I w you know, I, so basically I’m the producer, uh, the producer editor of the show, that’s all I do. And then we have a segment in there called stupid white people questions.
Where I read those.
Allan: Awesome. [00:14:00] Uh, yeah,
Dean: that’s, so that’s where that came in when we just put out, we had an episode zero kind of introducing everybody and then we just put out episode one, uh, this morning.
Allan: Great. And so, I mean, it’s, you’re, you’re two episodes and I know this takes time, but any feedback at any response yet or no.
Dean: Uh, a little, I mean, yeah, just the, the people who have listened, which, I mean, that have responded to us have, I’ve liked it very much. They, and they are waiting for more. Okay,
Allan: good. Well, that’s the good thing about tapping into, I mean, uh, like just like letter Kenny letter, Kenny’s a cult favorite, really. I mean, it’s not one of these, it’s not a highly accessible show to the masses, but the people who like it, like it a lot.
And, uh, yeah. And so, uh, doing a podcast, even ours, you know, being a couple of years behind yours, uh, we’re, we’re getting some, some pretty good, uh, response from it. So it’s, uh, you know, there’s room for everybody, I think.
Mat: Yeah. And Dean, I bet you, you ran into that a lot when you started this with people, you know, in your circles and you’re like, I’m doing a letter [00:15:00] Kenny podcast, probably what the fuck is Leonard Kenny.
Crosstalk: And
Mat: I bet you, you’ve opened it up, open eyes to a lot of people on this, on this show, along your journey as well.
Dean: One or two. I mean, cause yeah, you’ve cause letter Kenny, when you hear the word letter, Kenny, people are going the hell’s letter Kenny. And, oh, it’s a Canadian show. Okay. Yeah, yeah, exactly.
You’re still not selling it. I said, no, it’s, it’s, it’s a, it’s a very cool show. It’s about small town, uh, these small town guys. There’s, you know, there’s, there’s different groups. There’s the Hicks, there’s a hockey players. There’s a skids and there’s a Christians. Uh, and then you have. You have the natives, uh, and then you, you end up having some other, uh, in the DJs.
Yeah. So, so yeah, then, so it, it, it all breaks out. Um, and, uh, and, but what the, the protagonists are, are the Hicks and you find out that everybody in letter Kenny, regardless of what group they’re in, [00:16:00] They’re family. This is, this is, this is a show about community. And especially like, you know, season one, how it goes through, you know, there’s the fights between, uh, between the Hicks and the Skids and the Skids and the natives.
And then, you know, The, then the Hicks and, and the natives and how that, even though, you know, that, that big fight with the outside, you know, the natives being outside of Letterkenny, uh, that they, uh, that the Hicks went to battle for the skids and this, you know, even though, It’s like, you can’t, I can talk bad about my mom.
You can’t. Oh,
Allan: that’s perfect. Analogy. Yeah, yeah, sounds great. Uh, so
Mat: I got up, so yeah, I got back, you made a comment there really at the beginning of that, he said, it’s a Canadian show, you know, when you’re something funny, if you talk to most Canadians and we refer to something like this, we would also say it’s a Canadian show,
Allan: most of
Mat: the content.
Anyone’s used to watching comes out of the U S or other places. So to have these [00:17:00] homegrown. Like Letter Kenny, we go out of our way to say, yeah, it’s a Canadian show. Just so that other Canadians know that you need to watch this. Yeah. Because sadly, sadly,
Allan: sadly, the Canadian show label, uh, will turn many Canadians off of it.
And that’s true. It’s so sad.
Dean: But what Kiso has done, I mean, he, I mean, from the actors to the music talent that he has on the show. Uh, he, he is, I mean, he picks all the music. He that’s him 100 percent
Allan: and it’s so good. It’s so good. Yeah.
Dean: So, and, and most of that is Canadian talent. Yeah. So yeah, I, I mean, I’m super proud of what he’s done.
I mean, and that’s kind of, you know, as, as you get further into our show, uh, cause you’ll notice It’s first, first and second season, it’s all the same music that we have. And then I start reaching out to independent bands because I, I mean, once I found out that Kiso was doing that, you know, getting show, getting, getting these small unknown, a lot of unknown bands [00:18:00] and having their music in a show.
I’m like, you know what? That’s a really good idea. I’m going to start reaching out to independent bands and I’m going to have them on our intros and outros.
Allan: And what a better, what better town in Seattle to find that?
Dean: Well, actually, I mean, I think we’ve only ever had one Seattle band. Oh, really? Well, except, except for, you know, our, our initial music was a band, uh, uh, hard money saints was a band that I sat in with a number of times over the years.
I used to play in a rockabilly band. Uh, And I would sit in with them and every so often when their bass player wasn’t there. So, uh, so yeah, big friends with them. Uh, and so, yeah, I asked Jack, who was the lead singer. I said, mind if I borrow a couple of your songs? And he said, sure, go ahead. And. That’s you know, that’s where that ended.
So, uh, and I, and I have another, I think I’ve had one other, uh, who’s, uh, James Honeycutt, uh, who’s also from out here. He’s on, he’s over in the [00:19:00] islands. Uh, so, uh, I’ve used his music a couple of times, but yeah, most, I mean, I’ve had, I’ve had a few Canadian bands, uh, but. Pittsburgh, uh, light the lamp probably, I think is the favorite band of everybody, which is a hockey themed punk band out of, uh, Pittsburgh.
Oh, and I’ve had them on a number of times.
Allan: Well, all right. Well, let’s, let’s move on real quick here to how’s your week, Matt. How, how’s your week so far? Better. Oh, by the way. Yeah, you, you, you skipped out on this last week. How the fuck are you? I,
Mat: I apologize. I felt horrible. I’m not going to lie. I was, I will use the word burnt out.
Uh, a little guy, do you have a reference? I have a 10 month old and he went through a bit of a sleeping shift last week where suddenly he decided sleeping didn’t matter anymore. So I was bouncing about two to three hours a night of sleep, little asshole. But luckily he’s [00:20:00] rewarded us with full night’s sleeps this week.
So it’s a, we’re, we, we, we balanced out. But, uh, so recovering from that, uh, Uh, it’s been a good week. I, I was, I was there and I had some touch ups done on some recent artwork I had applied to my arms. So that was fun. Can you show it off? Sorry.
Allan: Show it off.
Mat: Oh, I can see it. It’s probably not very visible.
Allan: So that, oh, that looks good.
Mat: It’s uh, yeah, I love it. Is that new? He’s got a pit.
Allan: So Dean showing off is how are you now? Podcast tattoo. Amazing. So we
Mat: can’t beat that. No, you can’t.
Allan: That looks amazing.
Victor: I, I know you’re gonna get an ostrich there. Tanya .
Mat: Oh my goodness. I, oh, let’s, I didn’t even get started on Tanya’s obsession over the sponsor.
So, so, before we, before we move on, Matt, Matt,
Allan: Matt, have you caught up to, did you listen to last week’s episode? Did you hear what I did? I performed a miracle. I got Victor and Tanya to defend the show.
Mat: No, it was so, it was amazing. I’m not [00:21:00] gonna lie, I, I, I, I was, I was actually expecting this one. Yeah. When I, especially when I watched the episode, that’s why I was so distraught about not joining because.
It really was such a great episode to wrap up that season. First season is really what drew me in and it was just, it wrapped up so well. So I was like, you guys get anything less than fresh. You got it. So it’s okay. We can move on. But yes, I know, Tanya, you got some more, uh, Some, some more information about the, uh, the ostrich fuckers.
The ostriches, yeah. That’s been your following this season.
Allan: Victor, how was your week?
Victor: Yeah, it was pretty good. Um, my daughter, uh, she had her 19th birthday. So there’s that.
Allan: Was she home or is she off to college?
Victor: Well, she, she goes to college, uh, here in Toronto. She goes to OCAD. Oh, that’s right. She has a boyfriend now who lives in Oakville.
Um, so for being at the, uh, I don’t know, it’s just a little, a little bit of, it’s between [00:22:00] Toronto and Hamilton.
Allan: Yeah, it’s, it’s,
Victor: um,
Allan: almost a sub or a, whatever. Any
Victor: bar hopping then for her?
Allan: Of course, she’s 19.
Victor: Yeah, but bar hopping is not like a thing right now. No,
Allan: that sucks. Can you imagine the year you turn 19 and there’s a fucking pandemic and there’s
Victor: lots of rain checks on that one.
But, uh. But yeah, so she’s like, it’s a fairly new relationship for her. So she’s been going there and staying there for like a week and coming back for a day and going back for a week. But now the, today was her first day in, uh, back in university. So she’s got to get her act together again. And, uh, so we’ll see how that goes.
But, uh, yeah, so that was good. And, and then for me, I got another toy. It’s a new loop. So I’ve been, uh, having fun with that. So, you know, these are the things that bring me joy. Yeah, but no good. So
Allan: you, you, you managed to sell enough of your Lego sets to, to get yourself a looper pedal.
Victor: I, I got, uh, 1, 000 in cash for my Lego sets and I [00:23:00] went and started, uh, Serious.
Serious.
Tanya: I, I’m looking for one of those, uh, plastic Scenic, scenic, uh, uh, Lego sets. They have like the, the city lines for different, uh, that’s not the kind
Allan: of different places. That’s not the kind of, uh, uh, league, uh, victors playing none. Yeah, those, those are kind of,
Victor: yeah,
Allan: those,
Mat: those are not so
Allan: great. Come on.
You can say lame picture. You can say La .
Mat: Come on.
Allan: Yeah.
Mat: Let’s just say childish and then I’m say, what’s Lego? Yeah.
Tanya: Well, okay. I was looking for our 13-year-old son, so there you go.
Allan: And you know, I’m your guitar. You didn’t want to play us a, you didn’t want to play us a song today.
Victor: Oh, I didn’t even think about it.
I got it here next to me, but we don’t need to do that. You know, we’ve got two real musicians here. I’m not going to, you know,
Allan: all right. Anyway, do better next time. Will you. Uh,
Tanya: busy, busy week, had a couple of days off work. Uh, it was our long weekend, had some [00:24:00] friends over, ended up playing some cards. Lots of
Allan: Euchre.
Is there, do you guys play Euchre in Seattle, Dean? I’ve heard of Euchre from old people. From
Victor: old people. That’s rage in our territory. Do you remember Bob Euchre? He was the dad of Mr. Belvedere. Oh, for fuck’s sake. All right, so.
Crosstalk: I
Victor: remember Bob
Allan: Euchre. We were playing Euchre and drinking a lot over the weekend.
And I’m sitting there going, You know what? Letterkenny needs to do an episode around Euchre. Because
Tanya: And so my friend tweeted that out,
Allan: didn’t you? I did. I said, cause I wanted to see if they’ll, you know, in season nine, I guess it’s too late for season nine, but if there, if there was another season, there needs to be a Euchre episode, you’re playing a Euchre tournament at the ag hall, uh, the other day, you know, like something like that.
Tanya: Yeah. So it was very much a letter Kenny kind of Euchre, uh, card game that we were having with multiple drinks on board. And, uh, my friend turns around and I don’t know how the conversation came into play, but there was a reference to her. her dog’s, uh, [00:25:00] penis and the size of it. And I said, you think that’s bad.
You should see what an ostriches looks like. I thought Alan was going to fall off his chair. He was laughing so hard and pointing at me going. You just did that. So there you go. The ostrich just continues. And now they said, and now you’ve got that in my head and I have to go see what it looks like. So, yeah.
Allan: So none of our friends know we do a podcast for letter or a podcast at all. So she’s bringing up all these like letter Kenny references over the weekend. It was, and I’m just laughing at her. She’s saying stuff that’s, that would make. Gail blush. I’m looking at her going,
Tanya: but I, but I protest. I do not do it like Gail does it.
I, I just throw it out there as a little like, huh, how about this? And that it goes no further. I’m not rubbing my,
Mat: it like your spirit animal. You just haven’t
Allan: figured it out. No, we’re not allowed to [00:26:00] use that. So let, we’ll talk about that in a sec. Um, wait, what, what not allowed to use? Uh, the term spirit animal.
Why? I’ll, I’ll tell you in a sec. So, uh, just, just to cap off our week, since we live in the same house, I can’t use the same story, but today our six year old started, started school. So we dropped her off at school today, uh, for the first time wearing her mask and the
Tanya: longest March break ever.
Allan: Yeah. That’s it.
Longest March break. This all started the day before March break and, and it ended today. Yeah.
Tanya: March 17. Well, but yeah, March 13th they came home and did not go back. Holy. Do you have
Dean: any kids, Dean? I have two. Uh, one will be turning 21 in November. Holy, you don’t look old enough to have a 21. 21. I’m 52. I’ll be 52 in November.
Allan: Holy, you’re fucking old. All right. . .
Dean: I’m quite fucking old. I’m, I’m so old that they wouldn’t allow me in letter Kenny anymore. Geez. . [00:27:00]
Allan: That’s right. There are no old people, no
Dean: old people,
Allan: no parents, no, no. Yeah, you’re right.
Tanya: Huh. I just, I just got that. I just got,
Allan: uh, so,
Dean: and then my son is 17. He’ll be 18 in March.
All right. So he’s in high school still, I guess. Senior. Yeah. Yeah. He’s a senior. Yeah. Uh, they,
Mat: they, they back to school this week. And so like, I don’t know what the schedule was there and, and are they taking kind of precautions? I mean, we work. We’ve taken this
Dean: my yeah, my son is uh, they’re uh, and also my wife tiara.
She’s a teacher Um, so yeah, this was this uh, this is the start of of most stuff coming back Um, yeah, everything right now up here is online Okay. Oh, so no going until I think spring. Yeah. Yeah.
Mat: Also, it’s like they made that decision. Yeah. I think right now in Ontario, they’ve given the choice.
Crosstalk: Um, they’ve
Mat: said that you can either go full online or full in school unless you’re in high school.
It’s a half and half kind of situation. Yeah. In high school, it’s a [00:28:00] half and half.
Tanya: Yeah. Where are we? Where we are, our, um, our town currently at this moment has zero COVID active cases so
Allan: far. So
Tanya: that, uh, that’s just our town though.
Allan: The town right next to us has a shit ton. So we’re like, keep them. Oh, I see.
Dean: You’re shipping people off. Yeah.
Allan: Not, not a shit ton. I mean, relatively speaking, there’s a few in, in, in New York, in the York region, but, uh, I mean, so it’s such a strange time. Are your boys going, going back, Matt?
Mat: Uh, so I mean, so I’m separated as you guys know, I mean, you know, my, my ex and I, we had, we had planned at putting the two kids in school or sorry, virtual, then at the ninth hour, they decided.
Or she decided that she wants them to be in school. So I don’t know that right now, the plan is to send them back as of next Monday. And so we’ll see how that goes.
Tanya: It’s tough. You know, there’s, [00:29:00] there’s, there’s no right or wrong on this. This is just what works for you and your family and everyone needs to support everyone for sure.
Mat: Oh, I totally agree. It just, I mean, we had them all sign up for the virtual environment, at least to get started and see how things played out. And then. To change their situation. So that changed everything. And, uh, so now they’re going to, we got the mask, we got them all ready to go. And, uh, that’s the plan as of now.
Victor: And the plan can change next week. So it’s
Allan: very fucking fluent, fluid for sure.
Mat: We got a sugar, happy for miracle, happily shut things down in a heartbeat. If it happens,
Allan: you know what though? Good. Good. Uh, I’m glad, I’m glad he’ll, he’s willing to do that. I, I’m, I didn’t give him that much credit when, when he was elected.
So
Victor: don’t, don’t, don’t be too, uh, giving with that credit though.
Allan: Well, it’s, it’s bare minimum. Trust me. It’s bare minimum.
Mat: I wouldn’t expect Dean to know who our premier is, um, but he might know his brother, his brother, Rob Ford. Did you ever hear [00:30:00] the name Rob Ford?
Dean: Oh, yeah.
Mat: Okay. So this is his brother. Runs our province.
Yeah. I have
Dean: heard of the Fords. Yes.
Mat: So,
Dean: yeah, I hear I and I do hear Kate Trevor quite often that you’re littling Rob Ford. Yeah.
Allan: Oh, trust me. I’m no fan of his. I’m no fan of his. But, uh, at the very least, he’s doing the bare minimum of what
Victor: I’ll take to Doug Ford’s over one Trump. But, uh, I’ll
Allan: take five, but anyway, uh, so, uh, let’s try to move on here.
Uh, let’s see. I just want to welcome some new followers to Twitter. We have a Jen from Memphis, Tennessee, uh, Lorna violet from parts unknown. Oh, you know, Lorna,
Dean: yeah,
Allan: I
Dean: think we probably share. Oh, yeah, I’m sure that we share a lot
Allan: of awesome.
Dean: Well, it’s off. We’re family, man.
Allan: Exactly. So, you know what? You call them out when you’re here, you call them out when you’re here.
And then Helen Black from St. Louis, Pete from Danville, Indiana. I have to look up a lot of the state [00:31:00] abbreviations because there’s a lot of I ends and I. Like I L.
Dean: I L is Illinois.
Allan: Yeah. I is Iowa. Someone named squirrely Dean from Seattle, Washington. Yes, that would be Dean Giles. Jason Cyverson or Syverson.
Uh, he’s a twin fan. So I guess I’m guessing he’s from Minnesota. Cause why else would you be a twins fan? If you weren’t from Minnesota? Uh, square black. The movie. You know, maybe square black lives matter pegs from Portage, Michigan, or is that portage probably portage? Probably portage. Yeah. Uh, because you’re not from Canada, uh, Eli Whitaker, Eli
Tanya: Whitaker.
You have to do it with a French accent.
Allan: Eli Whitaker from New Hampshire or New Hampshire. I’m sure Adam Canela, a canal from Port Coquitlam, BC. Uh, he’s, uh, you know, he’s closer to you, Dean, than he would be to us. So
Dean: say that, say that [00:32:00] one five times fast and,
Allan: and Austin with a whole bunch of punctuation over his letters, uh, from, from Annapolis, Maryland.
Uh, thank you all for the follows, uh, and welcome and thank you for listening guys. All right. So let’s, uh, let’s do. Well, pitter patter, let’s get at her last week. We reviewed season one, episode six, a fuss in the backbush. And that episode received a unanimous fresh rating from all of us. So let’s, let’s, you know, today we’re just going to do a little bit of a season one recap as a whole with our friend Dean here is, is, uh, uh, you know, helping out.
So on Twitter, I’ve taken the liberty of doing some, uh, scientific Twitter polls to, to get some consensus,
Tanya: scientific and Twitter. You just put those together.
Allan: So I’m going to go just like quickly episode by episode. So for example, episode one ain’t no C no reason to get excited. So this is the first episode in our, our second, uh, uh, podcast episode.
[00:33:00] And, uh, that rating got, uh, that episode got a fresh rating from Matt myself. Uh, Dean, did, did you, did you remember?
Dean: Oh yeah, that was a fantastic episode. My favorite quote from that. I don’t know. Let’s see if you can hear this vaginal
Mat: intercourse.
Allan: Awesome. You’ve got the soundboard. I love it. Okay, great. So Dean, I’m going to get your ratings on these two and I’m going to include them here.
So, uh, we’re going to do a episode one year rating for that one. I’m going to guess is a, it’s fresh. Of course. Yeah.
Dean: And I’m gonna throw, I’m gonna throw a curveball for you here for, for Fart Book, I’m sure.
Allan: Alright, yeah.
Dean: Once we
Allan: get to that. Yeah, once we get to it. I
Mat: heard a bit of your podcast on that one, so.
Clip: It
Allan: was that episode there where we got this Wayne’s Word of Wisdom.
Clip: It’s a hard life picking stones and pulling teats, but sure as God’s got sandals, it beats fighting dudes with treasure trails.
Allan: So, uh, I mean, it was a great, you know, [00:34:00] introduction to, to the characters and to the show. I mean, um, it, it didn’t do anything for Victor and Tanya, but, uh, it certainly. It certainly did, you know, it, it got, it drew me. And so,
Mat: so Al, before you continue, you set the stage. I mean, when we started this show, I introduced you to this.
Allan: Okay. Yes. You
Mat: fell in love with it. Yes. Then you drew your wife into it and then we dragged victory. And so, so,
Allan: so there’s, so, okay. Re re so, uh, rewind a bunch, like, uh, Victor, Matt and I, Victor, Matt, and I have done podcasts in the past, but nothing, nothing publicly available way back. But I’ve always wanted to do like a publicly available podcast.
Uh, and it did, there’s just never a good idea. So during one of those old episodes, Matt, I remember saying, Oh, you got to check out letter Kenny, but I didn’t have crave at the time. And I didn’t, you know, it was not, it wasn’t on my radar. So during the pandemic. I finally like, all right, I got a, you know, I got to watch something letter.
Kenny looks interesting. I’ll check it out. [00:35:00] And I binge through it. So while watching it, though, Tanya, every once in a while would come by as leave it. What the fuck are you watching? And she would be,
Tanya: I would, I would catch like them, the fart book, I would catch them farting and recording it. And I’m like, Are you serious?
Like what are you watching right now? This is the most immature. Yeah. She hated it. And oh my God, he did it. Yeah.
Allan: And I try to show her like episodes that I thought were really well written and smart, like from future seasons. I’m like, no, watch this. Like it’s really smartly written. And she’d watch it going.
Yeah, I don’t. So it’s like, yeah. She didn’t know the characters, so obviously she wouldn’t care about the characters, and therefore she wouldn’t care whether it was smartly written or not, right? Uh, so anyway. So,
Tanya: fast forward, Alan found this podcast in order to get me to watch it with him.
Allan: So, the whole premise here, like, I’m like, I want to do a podcast, what, I want to do a Letterkenny podcast.
And you know what, we’re going to do it so that, I’m going to, like, there needs to be conflict. And the conflict here is, like, trying to convince Tanya. [00:36:00] That it’s a good show. I know she hates it. Let’s see if we can’t change her mind. So I, I, I obviously I asked Matt if you want to do it and Victor, I thought he told me that he’d seen it before and enjoyed it.
So, okay, I’ll, I’ll, I’ll bring Victor in. But what happened when we started this, it was like a line in the sand has been drawn between Matt and myself who love everything about the show and Victor and Tanya who are like, uh, still not sure about it. And, uh, and that’s kind of the birth of this. So this is what
Victor: we’ve
Allan: been doing.
Victor: Yeah. But I think that’s why, that’s why we came up with a rating system because we realized it wasn’t going to be a love fest.
Allan: No.
Victor: So we should, we should definitely have some sort of a rating system to give it a. So
Allan: we have, we’re a couple of fanboys and then, uh, uh, a girl and another guy.
Victor: Well, I’ll, I’ll just give you a quick recap for me.
I saw this, I saw the first episode a couple of years ago. Um, and I. I, I watched the very first episode, and [00:37:00] so, because we got to see Riley and Jonesy, I thought it was going to be about hockey, and my favorite, one of my favorite shows ever, and happens to be also Canadiens, Corner Gas, and I had just finished, um, My wife and I had just finished binging that show, and I thought, oh, here’s another kind of Canadian show about a small town.
I kind of thought it would be something similar, and obviously it, it isn’t, it isn’t at all. Um, but I, I, I enjoyed, I remember enjoying the first episode a lot more than I wa than I enjoyed it when I most recently watched it. Yeah. Um, because I gave it a clearance and, uh. But I liked it enough to say, yeah, you know what?
This is, yeah, it’s probably going to be a good show, but there’s context here. So the first time I watched it, I watched it on my own second time. I watched it. I watched it with my wife and my son. So I was watching it, not as kind of my own goofy self, but I was watching it as a dad, so it just, it just, you know, uh, it, [00:38:00] Gives it a different perspective.
Mm-Hmm. , uh, and you know, I, you tried to kind of let the hair down and, and, and, you know, just enjoy it for what it is, but it’s kind of hard to, um, to do it that way. So, anyway, so I think, uh, you know, it’s nice to kind of come in with those different perspectives. Uh, absolutely. Yeah.
Allan: I think if we all agreed it would be boring or, you know, not, not as, I mean, it’d still be good ’cause we’re, we’re, we’re professionals now, but it would be professionals.
I think it’s more interesting when there’s, you know, you know, consent to Eric, uh, uh, uh, whatever, uh, opposing views, Dean. Uh, so, I mean, obviously the, the, the first few episodes drew you in as well, like, and I know Tiara, Tiara is a fan. How about your, your kids, like your 20 year old or your 17 year old?
They’re, they’re
Dean: not interested at all. My son plays video games 99 percent of the time. Yeah, mine too. My, my daughter, uh, She’s more into drag race. Um, uh, let’s see. Uh, [00:39:00] she watches a lot of anime. Uh, so, um, but she has, you know, she watches American horror story. I think, but yeah, this just, I think it’s because dad’s doing it.
She would never watch it. Right, right, right. That sounds
Allan: about right. Yeah. Yeah. That does sound about right. Like my son. Dad’s in a rock band. Yeah. Who gives a shit?
Victor: Yeah, I’m, I’m into rock. My son listens to nothing but rap. So there you go.
Allan: Same. All right. Uh, episode two, super soft birthday. One of my favorites, uh, that one got, uh, you know, uh, frustrating from Victor, Matt and myself.
Uh, Tanya just gave it a clearance. She still wasn’t, uh, drawn in by the, the heart of this episode, which I think has a heart. I think it has a lot of heart .
Dean: I love this episode.
Mat: Dean, did you not have a surf Super soft birthday? I did
Allan: for my 50th. Oh, that’s right. I saw the pictures too. Or you, yeah. Did you post a picture on Twitter and you guys are or something?
Yeah, yeah.
Dean: Yeah. . So yeah, my, on my, [00:40:00] on my 50th, it was super soft birthday. I mean, yeah. And even, even the, the thing about the, uh, go Florida State seminal vesicles, , uh, and the, yeah. And my favorite, yeah. Which also is my favorite quote from that.
Clip: I thought it was pretty funny when I said Florida state seminal vesicles and nobody laughed.
Allan: I’m sorry to tell you Dean, but that joke would probably get lost on 90 percent of Canadians just because
Dean: so good. Hey. If Wayne gets it, everyone should get it.
Allan: So I meant to mention actually before episode one, uh, the scientific Twitter poll, uh, the 87. 5 percent of people agreed. It was a fresh at 12. 5 percent agreed with Victor and Tanya.
Uh, none of them gave him a compost, uh, which, you know, why would they, they’re, they’re, they’re following it, uh, letter Kenny fan site. Um, and the super soft birthday, uh, 100%. Oh,
Tanya: I’m on my own.
Allan: Yes. Say that it’s a fresh and, and by all accounts, [00:41:00] at least for, from season one, it seems to be a lot of people’s favorite episode.
Tanya: I have to watch it again.
Allan: Yeah. Oh, and, and that’s, uh, that’s when we learned this, uh, Wayne’s word of wisdom.
Clip: You don’t fuck with, you don’t fuck with tradition.
Allan: You don’t fuck with tradition. That’s right. And now we get to the controversial, uh, uh, episode, uh, episode three fart book. Now, I mean, this, this episode is basically the birth of this podcast of our podcast anyways, we have now talked about, um, it got a fresh, so, and this was a turn of events because we got a fresh rate
Crosstalk: of
Victor: shit show, man.
Allan: From Victor and Tanya, uh, this is like an upside down world, uh, or what’s, what’s the upside
Tanya: down
Allan: and then a compost from Matt and myself. Um, I don’t think they’re watching the same show. No, I know. So Dean, Dean, what’s your take on this?
Dean: So this, I mean, number one, it’s probably got one of the best quotes, uh, in there of any [00:42:00] It does of any of the episodes.
It does. No,
Clip: there’s nothing better than a fart. Oh, oh no. I was, except kids falling off bikes, maybe. Fuck. I could watch kids fall off bikes all day. I don’t give a shit about your kids . You’re right.
Dean: I mean, so, I mean, and that’s not the only one. No, but, but I mean, and also it’s, it’s. Basically, it’s a episode, a metaphor for the shit show that is social media.
And, and the way Devin did, uh, yes, did Zuck Zuckerberg.
Mat: I’ll give you that one. A hundred percent. I mean, we talked about that in ours. Like it, it was such a great, like some of the impressions and the were unbelievable, but it wasn’t. You know, these two idiots kept talking about depth of character, but there’s nothing of that Oh,
Dean: yeah, that’s it just shows what skids they are they sit in their basement and watch tv over and over and over I mean so much in that when wayne smacked him devon had no clue what the fuck to do.
Yeah[00:43:00]
So, yeah, I mean it was I think it was beautifully executed for what it was supposed to be yeah I know a lot of people will just get, I think it’s all just about farts. Well, that’s not it. It’s your farts are what goes out on social media because as you find out later, uh, there’s a, there’s a quote of Wayne him saying, um, as, as I am with all social media, I don’t follow.
Allan: There’s some great, you’re right there. Great quote. Uh, does anyone have the number to the internets? I mean, that is some of the funniest, uh, squirrely Dan stuff was on that episode. But yeah, it just wasn’t enough. Like as Victor would say about a wing man, Wayne, it wasn’t enough to save the episode for me.
Uh, so I had to give it a compost. What, what, what would you give it a Dean?
Dean: Oh, I, I, you know, I, I don’t have no, I can’t think of anyone that’s not fresh from season one.
Crosstalk: Okay.
Dean: Um, I, I, I loved them all. All right. And they, they, [00:44:00] cause, cause you get some that are, that are about a trope like this one, uh, which was just about, This shit that goes on on social media, literally you get to wingman Wayne, which kind of starts delving into Wayne’s character, uh, in, you know, and how, especially with the way that it ends.
Yeah. So, but there’s some, I mean, yeah, cause wingman Wayne, you got, cause you have Wayne who’s giving tips. To everybody about all of it. She’s giving you the eyes or she’s doing the, uh, the unintended squeeze, squeeze by, or, uh, the hair flip, you know, all these things that he’s telling, yeah, just go get it.
And then when he finally gets to go get it, you know, he, as he’s going to the bathroom, he sees Angie’s name.
Crosstalk: Yeah.
Dean: So, and that’s just fucked him up. So yeah, it’s so yeah, there you got the, that’s the thing I love about Kiso and tyranny is that. They go in there and they say, okay, we’re, we’re going to need to have, uh, uh, just a goofy episode and then we’re going to need to [00:45:00] build some story and then we’ll go back to some goofy with some story.
And so you have all that, which is brilliant.
Mat: Yeah, there’s always a lot more going on that meets the eye. Like, if you’re really paying attention, it’s really smart writing. There’s nothing’s off limits either.
Allan: Dean, you, you, you make a great podcast guest and I know you make a better host, but, uh, let’s, let’s, let’s, uh, dial it back 20, 20 percent here.
We just need to go back.
Dean: I just, you know, you get me excited. You’re going to get me on a roll.
Allan: I just, okay. Cause I forgot to ask you what your rating for super soft birthday was first.
Dean: Oh, yeah, fresh, fresh, right? Yeah, yeah, because I had a super soft where they just because of that episode, I thought I loved it.
Tanya: That’s commitment. It’s all
Allan: a good fart book. And now we
Tanya: wait. You scroll too fast. So far book, though. Right. So the
Allan: poll, the scientific Twitter poll for fart book.
Tanya: Agrees with Victor and I.
Allan: But only fifty five point six percent of people agreed. And actually we’re talking
Mat: like six votes here. Yeah. Yeah, I know.
Allan: We don’t have a lot of [00:46:00] followers just yet. And again, our followers, our followers are letter. Kenny fans, we’re doing all right. And 22. 2 said clearance and 22. 2 said compost. So there you go. Uh, yes. Victor and Tanya, you won that one. Congratulations. Uh, wait, so let’s go to wingman Wayne now and, and, and, and because then Wayne and Dean, you know, you, you, you so eloquently put it.
I loved it. I mean, and, and we, we, we, we almost came to blows on this one because it was a victory and tenure kept on saying they want character development. They want, uh, you know, story and stuff like that. And it wasn’t enough. It wasn’t enough. Actually, that I think it was rave that that wasn’t enough for them.
But wingman Wayne had a lot of that too. And, but the one thing wingman Wayne, like it knocked me off my, uh, my, uh, uh, theory that Wayne may be on the spectrum because usually people on the spectrum. Conceit don’t get social cues. And that’s like a wingman. Wayne is all about him noticing the social cues.
He [00:47:00] just doesn’t react to them usually. Uh, but, but he doesn’t in this episode and, and, uh, uh, yeah, let’s see. There’s some, uh, some good Wayne’s words of wisdom in this one.
Clip: They naturally prefer companionship, but I guess there’s a lot worse things than playing a little one man coach hockey in the dark.
Allan: So they, they need to take the prize for the most euphemisms for masturbation on this show.
One man couch hockey, hockey. And yeah, there’s so many of them. And also the, uh, very popular, more hands make less work. More hands make less work.
Tanya: Actually I quoted that. Yes you did.
Allan: Again. We’re, we’re, we’re turning Tanya. We’re wearing her down. I
Tanya: quoted that. Yeah. I absolutely did. I’m like, Oh,
Allan: so wing man, Wayne got a fresh rating from Matt, uh, six and, uh, A clearance from myself.
Uh, I mean, it was, it was to me, it was, it was a good story. There weren’t as many laughs, so it got a clearance, but a compost from [00:48:00] Victor and Tanya. And do you think Twitter agreed with them? No, of course not. 62%, uh, 5 percent said. Fresh.
Mat: And I recall that episode. We started to get mad.
Allan: Uh, 25 percent agreed with me clearance and only 12. 5 actually said compost, which I’m, I’m kind of surprised because again, people are following this. You think they’re letter Kenny fans and there’d be no compost ratings, but in this one there was, so we appreciate the honesty. Uh, Dean, what would you give this one?
Dean: Yeah, that was, I mean, I loved that. There was a great, the, the, the tips, you know, you got, it’s really hard to get tune out of your dick hole. I mean, come on.
Tanya: The visual was just disgusting on that one.
Victor: That connects to his, uh, to the opening. Right. Not just a rant.
Dean: Yeah. Don’t fart in a space suit. Yeah. Yeah. So it’s a fresh for you. It’s a, it’s totally a fresh for me. I mean, cause even if you look at IMDB, which, you know, uh, IMDB [00:49:00] has wingman Wayne is a 8. 3 out of 10.
Allan: So that’s, uh, that’s, that’s higher than I’d expect.
All right. Yeah. The only
Dean: fart book though. 6. 7.
Allan: Yeah. That sounds about right. Yeah. It does sound about right. It’s actually higher than I expect to. Uh, all right. Episode five rave. Now this is where, um, you know, we were all down the middle here on this one, uh, three clearance or four clearances from Tanya, Victor, and myself, and actually Twitter kind of agreed with us.
It’s 75%. I said, uh, clearance as well, and only 25%, uh, fresh. I mean, and talk about more character development. I mean, we got more of the skids. We, we, I think most people felt, you know, truly sorry for, for Stuart and during that episode, um, I really enjoyed, uh, you know, Wayne. Sticking up for him afterwards at the end when the hockey players wanted to come and beat the shit out of uh, Stuart Uh, so there was a lot of you know Good character development again, but it lacked it lacked the really [00:50:00] funny moments Like I mean say what you will about fart book.
There were some really great lines in fart book I didn’t I don’t recall too many in rave
Victor: a couple of possum
Dean: Yeah.
Victor: Yeah.
Dean: Mutant. The fuck fork penises and, um, we should all be. So when they come into the church and Wayne’s like, Oh fuck, you’re naked as a Jaybird.
Victor: That shows more about the visuals. I think, yeah.
Dean: Um, so yeah, it was, yeah, there, there were, I mean, I did have. A few quotes out of there, but, um, you know, I mean, I mean, the best one overall was, was, uh, Stuart’s list of drugs, you know, when he was, uh,
Clip: I thought it was pretty fun. That’s
Dean: not the right one anyway, but, uh, so, uh, but yeah, when he, when he’s talking about all the, uh, the DMT and USB and all this stuff that’s going off about he, uh, [00:51:00] Yeah.
Mat: That was a great scene. That was almost once. Like I cried laughing during that one. Yeah.
Dean: But yeah, this, this is another one. This where it’s getting into the story. You’re finding more about Stuart. Yeah. And the story that, you know, and, and his, you know, what he finds out from Katie about, you know, she looked up to him and then he wants to change.
And so, yeah, this is one of the story episodes. So I thought it was great. I mean, for
Allan: sure. And, and I mean, we don’t get the impact of, of episode six without some of those, you know, some without, without five and even without four, right. But, but so they’re, they’re a little weaker, but they do kind of, you know, uh, advance the story, I think.
Dean: Yeah.
Allan: Uh, let’s see. And then, so, and what would you, your rating for rave would be?
Dean: I, I, it was a fresh, um, I, it would, but no, I would say that would border on clearance, but I, I, you know, it’s just because I, I love what [00:52:00] they do with the show. Just what, whether it’s story or comedy, the way they blend it and how, you know, often there will be more story.
And I know that there’s lots of people. I just want the comedy and because, and like you said about, uh, cause I don’t know if we’ve gotten it when we were talking about it in season one, I don’t know if we’d gotten into. Talking about Wayne being on the spectrum. Oh, and we definitely get in and into that later on because Tiara is on the spectrum and yeah, and yeah, he is, he is definitely on the spectrum and we’ve had lots and lots of Chats with other spectrum people about that.
Um, we’re, we’re, we’re hoping at one point in time to get, uh, a, a, uh, a psychologist on, to talk about that and give their interpretation of what they were saying
Allan: as well. Interesting. So, I mean, that is interesting. So I’m wondering, I mean, and I don’t, I haven’t gone past the episodes we’re on. So have you guys had any of the cast members or writers on [00:53:00] your, your podcast?
Dean: Yeah, uh, we had, we had, uh, Stewart on, we had, uh, Tyler Johnston, uh, then, and we had, uh, uh, uh, Patrick McNeil, uh, Connor, um, we had, uh, let’s see, who do we have after that? We had, uh, was it, uh, Trevor Risk? Well, I think it was after that, uh, he’s one of the writers on the show and we had a really good, a good chat with him about, he, this, and this would be a spoiler that he, in the end, what he wants to do is he wants to come out and play drag queen called the ostrich.
Tanya: Oh, my God,
Allan: that would be so perfect. If you didn’t just ruin it, that would be so perfect. That would be like, drop the mic. The series is over and that’s the perfect ending. Oh my God.
Dean: And then, uh, then, then we spoke to Jess Salguero. Uh, [00:54:00] who you haven’t met yet. Uh, no,
Allan: yeah, but she’s me, nanny from working moms, which right.
And she’s also in the boys and stuff. Uh, Tanya,
Dean: yeah, also the expanse, which is brilliant. Yeah. Yeah. Um, but, uh, and a fellow pork chop. Yeah. And so, and then, uh, Kelly and then Kelly McCormack, her counterpart in letter Kenny, so not Marion and Barry and Betty. And
Allan: neither of Jared Keese or Jacob Tierney then.
No, I’ve,
Dean: I’ve put, uh, Kiso is pretty, keeps himself pretty secluded, um, for the most part I’ve tried right now I’m, I’m trying to get Evan Stern cause I really want to chat with him. Uh, but yeah, I think, you know, my, my chats with, uh, My chat with trevor risk was amazing. Uh, we we I mean we could have gone on for probably two or three hours I he’s I mean just all the stuff that he knows about and uh, but uh [00:55:00] the talking To uh, jesse algero and kelly mccormack separately.
I mean, I want to i’d love to chat with them together. Yeah uh, uh, but yeah, they are brilliant and smart and beautiful and they I mean they’re You There are causes that they’re, that they’re on about. Then another one that I really want to get to, I don’t know how up she’d be for it right now, because she’s very pregnant, uh, kind of to your horn.
Oh, she’s pregnant. Yeah. She’s due in November. Oh,
Allan: Tannis is pregnant anyway. Uh, that’s yeah. Oh, just, uh, the reason I asked is because it would be interesting given what, you know, your, your thoughts on, on that. The, the possibility that the Wayne character is, is on the spectrum is to, to get there, you know, art, have they written him that way on purpose maybe, or, or
Dean: that’s what I want to know directly from, uh, from, from tier, uh, Tierney or key.
So, um, I’ve talked to, I talked to Trevor, we talked to Trevor about it and he said that he’s never been given any explicit information about it, [00:56:00] uh, one way or the other. Um, and none of the other cast members know for sure. Um, but. He, uh, he’s, I mean, there’s lots of things that he does. And, and I mean, and one of the things you’ll hear in, as, as, as we’re going through our episodes, uh, is that TR is talking about if you’ve met an autistic person, you’ve met an autistic person because, uh, and we ha we’ve had other autistic folks on the show.
Imagine, uh, uh, a, uh, autism, the autism spectrum being like, uh, a Sunday. So where you go in, so you have a, you have your ice cream and, uh, you want to go put on some sprinkles over here and you want to put some nuts in here and put some sauce over here. I mean, and each one of those things. Make up different.
I mean, you may, may just have the ice cream and that’s all you’ve got. So, you know, there’s different. So because of the [00:57:00] spectrum, it is a very diverse population, right? From savants down to people who, who are, uh, non talkative or whatever, uh, non communicative. So, yeah, it’s, uh, so yeah, we’ve, we’ve definitely delved into that heavily.
Interesting.
Allan: All right. I’m just looking at our time and wow, we’re already at an hour. So, uh, we’re just speed this up a bit here. Uh, some more scientific Twitter polls that I just put out in the last few days. Uh, I just asked, well, first of all, so here’s, here’s the one that kind of caused a little controversy early last week.
I had put up a Twitter poll asking, what do you think of the Gale character on letter Kenny? Uh, and, uh, I. I had it, you know, the first option was she’s my spirit animal. Uh, uh, second option, I have no opinion. Uh, third, I agree with Victor because he’s not a fan and fourth, just kidding. I don’t give a fuck.
Um, so, and then I, two and four, the same thing, two and four. No, no, because what
Mat: was admitting you? Oh, never mind.
Allan: Yeah. So, uh, so basically 50, 50 percent love her, [00:58:00] uh, 7, 7%, uh, have no opinion or agree with Victor. And then just kidding. I don’t give a fuck 36%. So, uh, I got a, a, a message from, Oh crap. Who was it?
Was it, uh, I think it was professor. Tricia would literally shit or brick. I, it might’ve been her.
Dean: Yeah, Christian, she’s and she runs, she runs a group on, uh, on Facebook as well, which it’s called the same thing. So basically it’s people who are being, you know, you gotta, you got a lot of Wayne folks, people who think they’re Wayne, but are actually hard, right?
Jay. So in the community, so yeah, that’s kind of why she runs that group.
Allan: So I think it was her, I don’t want to, I feel bad giving her credit if it wasn’t her, but anyway, if it was her. She, she kind of, you know, responded to me and let me know that the whole term spirit animal is actually kind of a cultural appropriation from, from the natives and not, not a term that, you know, is politically correct at this time.
So of course I took it down and I apologize. She, she shared with me [00:59:00] an article to read, uh, and I read it and, and, and, you know. Completely, you know, uh, great. I agree. I had no idea. And of course I took it down to respect, uh, what her, you know, not her wishes, but like, uh, to, to respect the, the, the issue. So, uh, thank you just folks.
Yeah. I
Dean: mean, like, like, cause yeah, like, like America, Canada has its issues with the race for sure. Yeah. This folks like we have with black
Allan: folks. Yeah. And you can’t be a fan of letter Kenny and, and not care about indigenous issues. So, uh, I mean. It may not be apparent yet in season one, but we’ll learn that even further.
And especially with the people involved, like Tia Horn, the actress who plays Tana, she’s very heavily, heavily involved in her. And I think her mom in, in, uh, indigenous Canadian issues. And so of course, of course, as soon as that was brought to my attention, I took it down, but, uh, but. Not, not before I recorded the results.
So 50 percent loved her. Uh, the next, [01:00:00] the next poll I had here, who’s your favorite letter? Kenny Hick character in season one. Uh, so this got retweeted by a letter Kenny problems and thank God it did because up until then, my, my, my crappy polls were getting maybe a dozen, uh, people responding and a boom, this one here got 310 votes.
So, uh, Oh, wow. And, uh, I
Dean: think, I think I retweeted those as well when I saw him, I didn’t see any of the first ones. Yeah.
Allan: So I appreciate that. So Wayne is everyone’s favorite 49. 4%, uh, followed by squirrelly Dan. I’m a little surprised. I thought squirrelly Dan would be the favorite. It definitely is. I think on our, on our show, uh, Followed by Katie at 13.
2 and, and Daryl at 10%. Uh, the favorite skid character in season one, 204 votes. Again, the power of letter Kenny, uh, um, problems, uh, Stewart 30. Oh no, sorry. Rolled. So here’s where somebody, somebody tweeted, uh, I think maybe people are answering this poll, not like thinking, not knowing that it’s [01:01:00] for only season one.
Because Roald isn’t, doesn’t really come into play in season one. Like he’s, he makes a few comments, but he doesn’t become the character he becomes in later seasons. But, uh, I mean, the people disagreed and he’s their favorite, uh, followed by Stuart and then, uh, Devin at 16. 7%. Uh, the other, uh, Stuart, uh, who is your favorite letter?
Kenny hockey player character in season one. And I, and again, 228 votes. And I got shit from somebody because I didn’t put Riley and Jonesy as one. And in hindsight, I should have. I should, and that would have given me, you know, space for another hockey player character. So anyway, Riley and Jonesy got low marks, but because predictably short Shoresley, Shoresley got 55.
3 percent of the vote, you know, um, and yeah, Shoresley, even in
Dean: the first
Allan: season.
Dean: Yeah. Not much of a character. No, he wasn’t. I was about to
Mat: say that. He hasn’t really made his mark yet. He comes out way more in later seasons.
Dean: Coach was [01:02:00] by far, you know, the, the lead character of, of especially of season one for the, for the hockey.
Mat: Fucking embarrassing.
Dean: Yeah, exactly.
Allan: Yeah. But yeah, sure. He did give did coin his phrase in the first season. And then the
Dean: real quick, we, we, we, I don’t know if you’ve heard. I don’t know if we did it in season one. We, we play a game called fuck fight Furta. Yeah.
Allan: Yes. Which is,
Dean: yeah, we always put Riley and Jonesy as one character because they share a brain cell.
Yeah.
Allan: So that was my bad in season two recap. I will definitely combine them. And then, uh, who was your favorite letter, Kenny, other character in season one? Uh, and we had Gail McMurray, uh, Pastor Glenn or Tannis, and it was a close race, but in the end, Pastor Glenn came out on top. I know Tanya’s not, not a fan.
Not a fan.
Mat: Yeah.
Allan: Uh,
Mat: and even we commented on McMurray as well. Because again, he’s really hasn’t found his character yet.
Dean: No,
Mat: not at all. [01:03:00] He evolves so much as the show goes on. So you, he’s not even recognizable against season one.
Dean: No, no. Yeah. He’s yeah. Season one. I think he’s probably got two episodes. Maybe he has a little bit in, but yeah, I mean, because you can actually in season one still understand him.
Exactly. Yeah. When you get smarter, you start talking like this. You guys won’t talk about her. Yes. And Mrs. McMurray.
Allan: Well, we haven’t met her yet. So what true overall rating for season one, let’s go fresh, uh, fresh clearance compost for season one, uh, let’s grade it on a curve because Dean, I know it’s all fresh for you, but you know, you’ve seen them all now.
So compared to other seasons, uh, let’s hear, let’s hear from you first, fresh clearance or compost.
Dean: It’s definitely fresh. I mean, personally, I think three. Once you get to three, I think you’re going to love three. Three is probably the best one of, of the batch of the first, first set. Um, but yeah, one great.
One is great.
Allan: Okay. And Tanya, what would you give a season one? Not knowing anything [01:04:00] yet, like beyond season one.
Tanya: Uh, I’ll stick it right smack dab in the middle at clearance. It had its ups. It had its downs. Yeah,
Allan: that’s fair enough on
Tanya: there.
Allan: Victor.
Victor: Yeah, same, uh, I’m, I’m at clearance, you know, more towards the top end, I think, but, uh, I’m hoping the show gets better.
Allan: Okay. Uh, Matt, dare I ask?
Mat: Yeah, a hundred percent. It’s fresh. I mean, with the abs, with the absence of fart book, which again, I still agree. There was some great moments there, but overall it just didn’t do it for me. It was just this, this season’s what threw me in. Um, I, I, I get nervous about Victor and Tanya later seasons though, because there is a couple, I think it was.
Four or five where even I started losing a bit of interest and then it picked back up again.
Crosstalk: So
Mat: one of them just, uh, was, was a little tough to get through.
Dean: Uh, sorry, seven, seven. Okay.
Mat: Yeah, there was definitely a season that was tough either way. It’s this season was a [01:05:00] fresh
Allan: and luckily they’re short season.
So it’s not like, uh,
Victor: you don’t have to worry about the interest level. I think for Tanya and myself, the issues are, and Tanya, just because she’s Uh, probably just, uh, the more intelligent one, but for me, it’s because I’m, I’m watching it, watching it through my dad, dad lenses. Uh, it’s just the juvenile, juvenileness and, and, uh, of it all.
Right. So it’s not that it’s not interesting or whatever. If I’m watching the show alone. I’m watching it slightly differently, but, um, but I think, again, I think it gives it that, that nice perspective and, uh, and, and that’s all. I think if you take away some of the, uh, the, from the season and I get it, obviously people love Gail and, and maybe she even develops into, um, a more of a funny or interesting character, but we’ve had such a small taste of her and it just so far a bit of a bad taste.
Uh, so. So, you know, and, and I think what, what was it, uh, episode [01:06:00] five where she’s actually trying to sober up. So who knows, maybe
Mat: expecting a better, a change, but
Dean: what are your views on Gail? I think it, as you, as you see McMurray develop, you’re going to, you’re going to see that. They’re basically the same character, one female, one male, and
Victor: maybe, and maybe that’s what she needs, right?
Cause right now she’s, she’s on an island and she’s just so, so far out there. I believe the skits are all weird, but they’re all, they all have each other, but she’s like, she’s the only one that’s saying that maybe that’s, she needs a buddy. So
Dean: Gail, Gail just gives no fucks at all.
Mat: Fox given by her for sure.
Exactly.
Allan: Okay. Quick. Some, uh, listener comments. Uh, let’s see. Joshua Burleigh, uh, have to agree. Season one finale is the best so far. My favorite all time episode is a D uh, is in a different season. Nice to go back and review though. We’ll do, be doing my. Homework before the podcast from now on, pitter patter.
Thank you, Joshua. Uh, this is from professor Tricia with literary shit or brick. She [01:07:00] says, I know I’m in the minority, but honestly, I’m team Devin. Uh, this is in regards to the polls. Uh, he was creative, energetic, and mischievous. He brought a lot of life to the skids and also got them into a lot of trouble.
Uh, yeah. And then there’s this guy named Dean from some other podcasts. While I adore Tannis, she was much more of a villain in season one. Glenn, on the other hand, was much more of a didgeridoo, uh, yes, more of a didgeridoo. Uh, also from this guy named Dean without coach, the hockey team has no fire and one, five, no, no, no.
Two more from Dean. Rolled will always be my favorite wood nymph. And then that comes, that comes in a later,
Tanya: I was going to say, I don’t know how, I don’t know that reference
Allan: and that’s how he identifies as a wood nymph. And also Dan has Hoovered so much sniff from so many places. There’s no other, uh, who I could appreciate some more.
So I take it. Your favorite Hick was, was also squirrely Dan. Oh, yeah, definitely. Yeah. Uh, let’s [01:08:00] see, uh, square black ply. Okay. Lives matter pegs. I think lots of people are forgetting season ones based on these voting results. So yeah, that there’s a point there and actually Dean, you’re, you’re, you’re guilty of that because you voted for rolled.
Dean: Yeah. I, you know, I, it’s, I couldn’t, I couldn’t not, I just, my, my heart is filled with rolled and I mean, you know, every, and as you, as you watch, as you continue watching I, I, you’ll, you’ll, I think so many people are very much on board with that. Um, Stuart, Stuart’s great and stuff, but he, I think he’s there to have his ups and downs and roles just there to be supportive.
Sure.
Allan: Stuart was my favorite in season one, but by season three, he was coming in close second to rolled. I even named some of my baby goats after two of them this year. That’s from Lorna Violet. So apparently she’s got baby goats named. I love Lorna named Rolled. Thank you Lorna. But only
Victor: some of her baby goats.
Yeah,
Allan: not all . [01:09:00] So what, she’s like rolled one, rolled two. Is that
Mat: That’s what I caught him. Like There’s more than one goat named rolled .
Allan: And uh, another one from Lorna. I hope, uh, he shows back up at some, oh, this is a little bit of a spoiler. I hope she shows, he shows it back up at some point. I don’t like Devin.
But I don’t like him in a way that makes me want him to stay on the show. So I can keep not liking him. Plus, I love the way he says Stuart, um, yeah, you do it better than I do. Uh, second to only roles. I think I do roles better. Yeah. So those are the comments. Thank you guys for, for following us on Twitter.
Uh, let’s see, uh, check out our, we’ve got our Spotify playlist called the produce stand podcast playlist that has all the music from the first season. Um, final comments. First of all, Dean, thank you so much for doing this. Uh, can we make this like, uh, between each season? Would you come on? Sure. Yeah. Yeah.
That would be great. Totally. This is a lot of fun. And, uh, it’s great to [01:10:00] hear, you know, some fresh views on the show. Did you have any final comments?
Dean: Um, I just, you know, season one was amazing. Uh, it just, that’s what drove me to keep going with this. I mean, right off the bat, uh, the, just the subtle. Things that they would put in there, uh, even though it’s supposed to be just these Hicks, there’s a lot of depth in there that a lot of people don’t see right off the bat.
Uh, and that’s kind of, you know, what, what, what, I mean, cause I grew up in a little town in Texas. And so I, I identified with a lot of that. So yeah, it’s, uh, it was, it’s brilliant. Um, and, um, I love the passion that Kiso and Tierney and everybody in that cast, everybody in that cast that I’ve talked to are perfectly lovely and awesome people.
I mean, and they all say that Kiso is the nicest person that they’ve ever met. So, I mean, I would love to be on that set. So, yeah, it’s, it’s just, uh, it’s [01:11:00] fantastic. And I, I’m glad that so many people are listening and I hope people. Still spread the word because it’s like, it’s a great show.
Allan: I see it feels like it gets a lot of love from Texas.
It seems to have struck a chord down there.
Dean: Yeah, it, it has. Uh, yeah. I mean, I think a lot of people though, I mean, like we’re, as you notice and I’ve noticed, there’s, there’s a lot of depth in there, which they don’t, they don’t. You know, uh, and you’re going to find later that they’re very, they’re very LGBTQ plus, uh, positive.
Allan: Don’t give anything up there.
Dean: Yeah. But you know, that, that this is a very progressive show for sure. Uh, you, you may not see unless you’re actually looking and a lot of people. Uh, there’s been a lot of people who have given us bad reviews because we talk about that stuff,
Allan: which is weird again, because like I said about the natives, you can’t be a fan of this show and be against some of these issues because then you’re not really paying attention.
Yeah, by the way, did you, did you get a chance to see that W five [01:12:00] clip? Uh, I did not. No, it’s okay. It’s fine.
Dean: But I, I, I, I was aware of the show because yeah, there was being Americans. One of the things that we would do just as, as, as we would see them as we would see, okay, what does W five mean? I mean, I know that means, you know, it’s all who, what, when, where, why, uh, you know, and so, but you know, what does that mean in Canadian?
Yeah. So, yeah, so we, we, we would do a lot of your translations to different things. Yeah.
Allan: So W five is like a Canadian news magazine show that, and they do like Special interest stories and news related stories. So they did a 20 minute thing on letter Kenny from, uh, probably around season two. So there’s, the reason I was able to share with these guys is cause there’s not a lot of spoilery stuff beyond that season, but it, it tells a story from beginning to end of Jared Kiso where he grew up in Listowel and how he, he got connected with, uh, Jacob tyranny and stuff.
It’s, it’s, it’s interesting stuff. So you might, you might enjoy it. You might learn something new or maybe not. Cause it sounds like, you know, everything about the show already.
Dean: I think, well, I think one of [01:13:00] my, my favorite bits of trivia about. Jared Kiso is he didn’t, he couldn’t make it as a hockey player.
So he just fell back into acting.
Allan: Yeah, that’s funny. It’s his fall back. Uh, Tanya, any final words, even like about the W five show or anything?
Tanya: It was very insightful. It was, uh, it was a new kind of take on the characters and the, the writers and their process and, uh, yeah, it, it definitely gave more. Depth to the show for sure.
For sure. It was a nice.
Allan: So made you appreciates a bit more.
Tanya: I appreciates it About the ostrich though, but you know,
Allan: no It’s funny because the the way they navigate around a lot of the soaring because it is a it’s a regular cable show So they can’t They have to bleep it all out, but of course, they’re, you know, it’s, it’s just so much of it that, you know, you know, exactly what they’re saying, even, even though they’re, they’re bleeping it, uh, Victor, any, uh, final [01:14:00] words or about the W five episode or otherwise.
Victor: Yeah, I really enjoyed it. Uh, they gave lots of interesting insights, even, uh, on how Trevor or squirrely Dan came up with his own idea to kind of speak in that dialect. And, uh, Um, and, and, and how Jared basically said, yes, I, that’s what I wanted you to do, but I didn’t know how to ask.
Allan: I wanted you to sound like a dumb hick, but I just didn’t know the right way to say it. Yeah.
Victor: Yeah. Yeah. So, so that was, you know, that was really good. And, and I loved how they had the actual, uh, they had five or six, uh, hockey players from the Calgary flames come out, come on and read the lines from, um, from the The Riley Jonesy lines.
Yeah. From that, uh, scene in, in, in, uh,
Allan: season one. Yeah. What, what?
Victor: In, in, in the locker room where they’re talking about, uh, uh, you know, all the guys in town that are, um, on meth.
Crosstalk: Yeah. Yeah. and,
Victor: uh, and then some, and then I think the, the. The poop lines, uh, all the [01:15:00] different poop, uh, poop harass and all that stuff.
So they had actual hockey players read those lines and it was hilarious. These are players
Allan: that they’re actually still playing against and they’re making making fun of them, right? So yeah, it’s pretty funny Yeah, yeah, it was
Victor: brilliant
Allan: Oh, sorry, go ahead. Oh,
Victor: and one more thing. So, uh, and, and I just wanna say, Dean, one of the things I love that, uh, you guys do on your podcast is, uh, kind of go over the, the new kind of terminologies or the language that you’re learning in each episode.
Yeah. So I think that’s really neat. Yeah. Um, and, um, uh, we may borrow from that, but, uh, I think, I just think it’s, uh, it’s a really, uh, because you are, you’re building your vocabulary or you’re destroying it. I’m not sure which one it’s . But either way, what was,
Allan: what was the term? Uh. Chiara looked up and I’ve something, something hot pocket.
Um,
Dean: Oh, that was, yeah, that was a gale. Uh, I, uh, Oh Jesus Christ. Now Alabama, hot pot Alabama.
Allan: I love that. I laughed my ass off when you guys are trying to figure that out. Cause that’s not even a [01:16:00] Canadian thing that I don’t even know if that’s an Alabama thing or they just made it up, but it was just so disgusting.
Dean: I think they just went out on Urban Dictionary and found something disgusting.
Allan: Yeah. But, but which came first, right? Did they make it up in an Urban Dictionary kind of, you know, or yeah, I
Dean: don’t know,
Allan: but it’s funny. Cause yeah,
Dean: I’ve been checked out.
Allan: That was actually something we thought about doing when we first started, when we were doing like our production meeting is like, God, we should do like Canadian slang, but the thing is, we don’t know what people don’t know.
You know, we take it for granted. So when you guys say, Oh, Oh, they don’t know that. Oh, I guess maybe not. Like, so yeah.
Dean: Like FURTA. We didn’t know off the bat because we were not, we were in hockey fans. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, so I didn’t know that that was just a, a generalized hockey. Uh, term, uh, overall, I mean, I can’t even think now exactly what, what we learned over the years, over the last couple of years, but I mean, uh, and so, cause we would always watch especially with the hockey players cause they talk so fast, uh, we would make sure we watch it with a [01:17:00] closed captioning on.
So, you know, we didn’t miss anything.
Victor: The hockey players are the only ones I understand. And everyone else.
Allan: Yeah.
Victor: Yeah. Yeah. It’s everything else that goes over my head.
Allan: Uh, Maddie, it’s past your bedtime. So we’re wrapping this
Mat: up. No, I mean, I, yeah, I mean, from my perspective, I think, uh, you touched on it already to me, it’s one of the most inclusive shows I’ve ever seen when you’re paying attention.
A lot of people would look at it and see a lot of nonsense. Uh, you look a little closer. There’s a ton of depth. So they, they, nothing’s out of bounds and they touch every subject in a very smart, um, classy way. Almost. I mean, I don’t know that’s the right way to put it, but, um, it’s just, it’s very refreshing to see.
To the point
Allan: where I think some right wingers will look at they’re going, yeah, yeah. And then right on. And then like, Oh shit, wait a minute. Am I cheering for that? Why? Right. Like, I feel like there’s some of those, those, those. Some of those happen. And, uh, you want, I wonder whether that actually, I don’t know, maybe, maybe I’m just [01:18:00] fantasizing about it, but
Mat: it’s so smart.
And I mean, I think the other thing that really catches me and what drew me in and even doing some more research is the, like, I think Dean, Dean, you touch on the passion behind these guys. It’s so clear and obvious and watching that w five episode, a lot of these guys, they’re friends, like you didn’t talk about six or seven of them are all old hockey buddies.
No, they don’t care. It’s not about. You know, you know, where you, what your background, but here, let’s come. We’re having some fun. We’re making a show, come out, be part of it. I don’t care what your, your background, every talent is. Let’s let’s make some fun. And it actually reminds me of things like a couple of references, like the CKY guys that ultimately Ben Margera that became.
Jackass with giant knocks on girl, like that all started with sort of a, a small little group of guys doing something just for the fun of it and grew into something bigger, right? It’s just one of those things, or even you go to the happy Madison guys, Adam Sandler. Yes, he went through all those channels, but even through his movies over time, he still brings all those old buddies in to make movies because they’re just loving the things they do.
And, uh, and [01:19:00] I think you’re seeing Sort of sides of that within this show too, just as a group of friends, having a good time, laughing their asses off every week and making some great content.
Allan: Yeah. Uh, I love the, uh, the story, Jerry Kiso. And again, in the W5, he talks about going down to Hollywood and before, before doing all of this, he had, you know, You know, designs on, on being an actor went down to Hollywood and how Hollywood basically chewed him up and spit him out and he hated it down there.
And you could tell like a lot of his personality is in Wayne and a lot of Wayne is in him and he’s just not Hollywood material and not because he’s not a creative or, or a good writer or a good actor. It’s just because he doesn’t put up with any of that bullshit. And he only, he was only happy when he came back to Canada.
And even though it had to start. Small and grassroots now look at what he’s done in it and he’s done it on his terms. And I think that that’s amazing. Uh, he
Mat: specifically said that in the W I was like, I am happy now. Yeah, exactly.
Allan: He would
Mat: have to go see a shrink first. [01:20:00] But then he was,
Dean: yeah, I, I, I’m, I’m really proud of, I mean, cause I did, I did see the one episode of psych that he was in, uh, and I was a huge fan of psych been watching that it was just hilarious because he was totally not himself.
Allan: Uh, Victor, did you appreciate the scenes from the Don Cherry movie that he’s in? He did a great job. I
Victor: saw, I saw the Don, it’s actually a two part movie, but uh, I saw both and I, I didn’t make the connection when I was watching it a few years ago. Yeah. Um, I, I totally, until you told me, oh yeah, you know, he was in a, it’s like, whoa.
That was, that kind of blew my mind a little bit, but, uh, I love that movie. And I recommend Dean, if you haven’t seen it, uh,
Dean: I had somebody send me discs of it. Oh
Victor: yeah. Oh,
Dean: and yeah. And, and, uh, I think 19 to, uh, Kisa’s other series, uh, you can, uh, down here, I can find streaming from my library.
Allan: So, oh, well, there you go.
Yeah.
Dean: Yeah.
Allan: Yeah. Uh, I saw some, some clips from that. That looks interesting. I’ll probably get [01:21:00] on that once we’re done this, because it looks, It looks pretty, you’ll
Dean: see, you’ll see a lot of the guys from letter kidding. Yeah.
Allan: Merck Murray’s in there. Devin’s in there. Um, that’s a couple others, but yeah.
Adrian Holmes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, for sure. All right, guys. Well, again, thank you so much Dean for doing this. Uh, I’m going to wrap this up now and that’s all we have for this episode. Next week. We begin our recap of season two with episode one of fuss at the egg hall. Uh, please rate us on iTunes. If you’d like to show, follow us on Twitter at produce stand pod.
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