For me it’s Corner Gas. I still think it’s pretty funny and there’s a decent amount of references to Canadian stuff but not enough to be off-putting. I feel like an American wouldn’t be confused watching it even if some of the references get a bit dated overtime.

I have only seen a bit of the animated version in waiting rooms.

  • Klanky@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    38·
    5 months ago

    The Red Green show. Used to watch it on PBS with my dad when I was a kid.

  • morbidcactus@lemmy.caEnglish
    33·
    5 months ago

    Kids in the Hall 100%, I know it was popular stateside and if corner gas has dated references, it absolutely does, but it’s an absolute classic and some of the recurring bits still pop into my head from time to time.

  • DeathbringerThoctar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    5 months ago

    SCTV, specifically Bob & Doug. SCTV was asked to add two minutes of explicitly Canadian content to an already very Canadian show and the result was the Great White North and the Mackenzie brothers.

  • Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    5 months ago

    Trailer park boys. I think it’s the only Canadian show that has really exploded outside of Canada all the way to Europe. It’s also so revolutionary. I always hear about how original the UK office was with their mockumentary style, yet trailer park boys did it first.

    Anyways, I would rather shove hot needles up my urethra then watch a full episode of corner gas.

    • akakunai@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      Anyways, I would rather shove hot needles up my urethra then watch a full episode of corner gas.

      You’re saying you’ve never tried thermalgesiaphilic sounding?

  • usualsuspect191@lemmy.caEnglish
    19·
    5 months ago
    • The Odyssey
    • Red Green Show
    • The old YTV PJ stuff
    • Fred Penner’s Place
    • Mr Dressup
    • Anne of Green Gables
    • Due South
    • This Hour Has 22 Minutes
    • Royal Canadian Air Farce
    • Kids In The Hall
    • Hockey Night In Canada
    • Jonovision

    I think I’m showing my exact age with a few of these

    • wmcduff@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      5 months ago

      I suspect we’re of similar ages, since I had to scroll down this far to find Due South.

      “You know we just took out seven guys? One more and you qualify for American citizenship.”

    • bluemite@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      Jonovision was great! I also watched Street Cents regularly. I think it was on around the same time

      • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        5 months ago

        I’ll never forgive Switchback for sending me Boggle when I specifically won Jenga, and calling me Paula instead of Paulo.

        Come to think of it, that’s probably when I subconsciously decided that someday I would drop the “o” when I was old enough.

  • Troy@lemmy.caEnglish
    19·
    5 months ago

    Oldest: Kids in the Hall (You want something to drink? You want a beer, or do you want to drink out of the toilet like I do?)

    Older: Red Green Show (Remember, you may have to grow old, but you don’t have to mature.)

    Recent: Trailer Park Boys (I’m not the kind of person to say atoadaso, but you know what? Atoadaso. A fuckin atoadaso.)

    Newest: Shoresy (Your mum’s twat’s so swampy not even Duck’s Unlimited will touch ‘er.)

    • Fogle@lemmy.caEnglish
      131·
      5 months ago

      If the women don’t find you handsome they should at least find you handy

    • BreadOven@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      5 months ago

      That’s specifically Canadian?

      Edit: I have no clue, I just assumed it wasn’t because…I don’t know why. Regardless, great show.

          • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.caEnglish
            4·
            5 months ago

            Any of those cgi animated shows from the 90s were most likely Canadian

            The donkey kong show was Canadian as well

            • BreadOven@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              5 months ago

              Wow. I had no clue. I will have to look into this more and see what else was Canadian.

              Is beast wars on the list?!

                • BreadOven@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  1·
                  5 months ago

                  Shit. I was sort of joking. I’m going straight to that list now. Thanks for letting me know. On a side note, I miss that show. Should pirate it.

                  Edit: looking at it right now. Wow, it’s really quite the list.

  • DannyBoy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    10·
    5 months ago

    Someone below reminded me of Letterkenny, it is definitely full of Canadian culture. There’s Murdoch Mysteries which has lots of historic Canadian sites. There’s Trailer Park Boys, and lesser known was Psy-Factor (?) which was a Canadian X-Files.

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    9·
    5 months ago

    Ahhh, Kids in the Hall is it.

    I probably have seen some of the other stuff on TV at some point, but that and SCTV are all that come to mind, and SCTV I never saw back then, it was only after the internet that I finally saw some, so I don’t know if it counts for what you’re asking.

    Kinda strange considering how many of the SCTV cast are on my list of favorite comedic actors.