From Victoria Ahearn of The Canadian Press: Link: ‘FUBAR’ creators bring the headbangers into the modern age on Viceland “But it’s not headbangers watching headbangers. It’s normal people who are really interested in the ‘Letterkenny’ way of life, or the ‘FUBAR’ way of life, or whatever, ‘Trailer Park Boys.’” Continue reading. From John Semley of … Continue reading Links: FUBAR: Age of Computer
I once dismissed the mockumentary FUBAR as a ripoff of the Trailer Park Boys. The first FUBAR movie came out in 2002, a year after TPB debuted on Showcase, so the timing seemed apt. And, with buddies Terry (David Lawrence) and Dean (Paul Spence) getting drunk and shouting expletives at one another and folks in … Continue reading FUBAR heads to the small screen for stoner fun on Viceland
This week’s podcast brought to you by Bell City Brewing and Stagg Jr. Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey! After discussing several shows returning and/or debuting in the next two weeks, we discuss Bell Media’s recent channel purchases, Super Channel’s newest Canadian TV show, Letterkenny‘s worldwide expansion and APTN’s plea. Listen or download below, or subscribe via … Continue reading TV, Eh? podcast Episode 237 — The Accidental Peppercorn
From Peter Edwards of the Toronto Star: Link: Bad Blood, good experience: 8 things I learned watching my book become a TV series It has been almost four years since New Metric Media (Letterkenny) bought the option to Business or Blood: Mafia Boss Vito Rizzuto’s Last War, a non-fiction book I co-authored with Antonio Nicaso. … Continue reading Link: Bad Blood, good experience: 8 things I learned watching my book become a TV series
It’s a story from the pages of Canadian history. Bad Blood, the six-part miniseries debuting Thursday at 8 p.m. ET on City, reaches into the history of mob-influenced Montreal to tell the real-life story of Vito Rizzuto, who had everyone from city hall to motorcycle gangs under his command during the 1990s. The project, from New … Continue reading Bad Blood: Kim Coates headlines City’s Mafia mini based on the life of Vito Rizzuto
