This was the first of two seasons of The Red Green Show to air on CHCH-TV, which aired Steve Smith's previous shows, Smith & Smith(1979-1985), Me & Max(1985-1986), and The Comedy Mill(1986-1990), each of which also featured the Red Green character. His wife Morag Smith founded S&S Productions on April 1, 1980. Morag retired from performing in 1990, that same year that The Red Green Show began filming before the show debuted in 1991.
This is the only season of the show to feature Jack the Hermit.
The first season's opening credits consisted of a painting of Possum Lake and various scenes after introducing the characters, after that, several gunshot holes appear, and the last gunshot hole shatters the screen outward.
Version 2 of the season 1 opening credits looks similar to season 2, and showing extra scenes from it.
Red Green and Harold Green wore red suspenders, with a patch reading the show's title, and a picture of the possum with green and red colors can be seen on their plaid shirts, and Red Green had a soft-spoken voice.
This is the only season where Harold walks over to Red as the camera pulls away from them, while the credits were shown onscreen. For this season only, Red addressed his wife to the camera that he will be coming straight home.
This is the first season where Harold Green introduced Red at the start of every episode after the camera pans through the main lobby at Possum Lodge. This continued until season 3.
As The Red Green Show wraps up its first season, the men build a water slide.
Season 2 (1992-1993)
The show's format was changed to more closely resemble a traditional sitcom. This is the only season in which this occurred - according to RedGreenJrTV, the changes were ordered by CHCH-TV, but the producers were unhappy with these changes. After this season concluded, CHCH-TV officially cancelled the show, consequently, this is the last season to air on CHCH-TV, though production would later move back to their facilities starting in season 4.
The opening credits were changed to show extra scenes after introducing the characters, after that, animation of a bird flying at sunset appears, which is accompanied by various gunshot sounds. It looks similar to later episodes of season 1.
In this season only, the Lodge Meeting took place before the closing credits.
Male Call was dropped after this season, due to being replaced by The Experts the next season.
This is the last season to have Red Green's soft-spoken voice. It had been in use since season 1.
A new segment called In The Lodge was introduced in this season, and featuring Bill Smith. For this season only, the main plot segments took place at night.
The Lodge Meeting became a regular feature at the end of each episode. In addition to that, Red began addressing his wife to the viewers that he'll be coming straight home after the meeting, and heads down to the lodge basement, where the lodge meeting took place.
This is also the last season in which Red Green and Harold Green wore red suspenders, and the show's title was removed from the patches, leaving only the possum with green and red colors.
Doc claims that Bob and the government have killed all the fish in Possum Lake.
Season 3 (1993-1994)
After CHCH-TV officially cancelled The Red Green Show, extensive fan campaigning allowed the show to resume production, though now produced at CFPL-TV in London, Ontario, which also resulted in that station airing this season first-run (and the only season where CFPL-TV had done so), and the show was also picked up by specialty channel YTV to ensure continued distribution across Canada, as CHCH-TV was also carried nationally by various cable providers as a superstation (and was also seen in nearby Buffalo, New York) whereas CFPL-TV was only available in Southwestern Ontario and in certain locations in the easternmost part of Michigan's Thumb region.
Hearst Entertainment, the syndication subsidiary of the Hearst Corporation, began syndicatingThe Red Green Show in the United States around this time, being picked up by mostly PBS affiliates, but also a handful of independent stations and Fox affiliates.
This is the last season to use the original title The Red Green Show.
Starting in the next season, the show will be renamed as The New Red Green Show.
Beginning with this season, the Lodge Meeting began taking place during the closing credits, rather than taking place before the closing credits.
Red Green's voiceover was added to the opening credits by showing previews after introducing the characters, replacing scenes that were shown in the first two seasons.
The closing credits were shown in Mistral font starting with this season.
This is the only season in which the 1991 S&S Productions logo appeared in widescreen, with the title graphics bordering it.
This is the first season of the show to feature Buzz Sherwood.
This season marked the debut of The Experts, which replaced Male Call in the first two seasons.
This is the last season to have the original design of Red and Harold's plaid shirts, it had been in use since season 1.
This is also the last season in which Red and his nephew Harold wore red suspenders during the Red's Campfire Songs segment, most likely due to these segments being shot during the first two seasons.
This is also the last season in which the camera pans through Possum Lodge before arriving at the main lobby, where Harold Green is heard introducing the show before introducing Red.
Red's voice became louder starting with this season, instead of soft-spoken in the first two seasons.
Red and Harold's suspenders changed again in this season, becoming primarily red and green.
A dinosaur is spotted swimming around in Possum Lake.
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The Water Show (season finale)
March 2, 1994
The men decide to put on a water show to attract tourists, but because the water is too cold, Bill decides to go diving in the leaves instead.
Season 4 (1994-1995)
The show moved to the Global Television Network starting with this season, while production moved back to CHCH-TV, just like they did in the first two seasons, and was renamed The New Red Green Show, in order to indicate episodes from the first three seasons, which were still being reran at the time. This title will remain in use until The Winter Carnival.
In this season only, the episode title and the closing credits were shown in italic Gill Sans font.
Only in this season, the camera already appeared in the main lobby of Possum Lodge, where Harold introduced Red.
Only in this season, each episode began with Red standing in front of a pier early in the morning, holding a fishing rod. On later episodes of this season, he is seen standing outside in the field. Red Green said "It's not smart or correct, but it's the thing that makes us what we are".
The opening credits were completely redesigned by ARCCA Animation. It begins with a shot of the city with the traffic light stopping at red. And then, it changes to green, with The New Red Green Show logo zooming forward, and crashing to reveal an animated flyover of the city with a 180-degree angle toward Possum Lodge before showing previews, which is accompanied by Red Green's voiceover, as The New Red Green Show logo appeared onscreen. This continued until season 7.
By the time in this season, Male Call came back to the show, where Harold begins by saying "It's Male Call", and ringing a bell loudly. This remained in use until season 6.
Beginning with this season, the Canwest Global System logo appeared onscreen after the closing credits, followed by the 1991 S&S Productions closing logo. This was only used in the United States.
Harold Green began announcing "It's The New Red Green Show" at the start of every episode before introducing Red Green as the episode title appeared onscreen in Mistral font.
An animated version of Red Green riding a motorboat, and a shot of flying birds were added to the opening credits starting with this season. It was first seen on later episodes of season 4.
Special: A collection of shorts on the male-oriented culture of Possum Lodge.
Season 7 (1997-1998)
The show moved to CBC Television, where it remained for the rest of it's network run.
In this season only, each episode began with the text reading "The New Red Green Show is duct taped in front of a live audience" as duct tape sounds are heard.
Several changes were made to accommodate the associated relocation of production to the Canadian Broadcasting Centre; most notably to Possum Lodge's interior wall paint, which became a lighter shade of brown; and to Red and Harold's plaid shirts. Red's beard also became fully gray starting with this season.
S&S Productions debuted a new closing logo beginning with this season. This remained in use until the end of the show's run. On PBS airings, a still version of the logo was used.
This season was the first to contain less than 24 regular episodes.
This was also the last season to use the title The New Red Green Show, to have the saxophone-driven theme song, and to have the ARCCA Animation-designed animated opening sequence, all of which had been used since the show was picked up by Global in 1994.
The show's title was reverted back to its original title from the first three seasons, and retaining this title for the rest of its network run. Harold's opening spiel before introducing Red was consequently changed to "It's The Red Green Show", rather than "It's The New Red Green Show" in seasons 5-7.
Red and Harold's plaid shirts were modified starting with this season.
The opening sequence was dropped completely, as a result, The Red Green Show logo instead appeared before and after commercial breaks superimposed over a particular scene.
The S&S Productions closing logo received a slight change beginning with this season, with the addition of the URL www.ssp.ca.
Red has the Lodge declared an organized religion so everyone can play Bingo.
Season 9 (1999-2000)
Beginning with this season, due to the discontinuation of the Men Anonymous segment, at the beginning of the Lodge Meeting after the motto recital, Red Green started reminding the Possum Lodge members to bow their heads for the Man's Prayer: "I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess". This remained until the series finale, when the Man's Prayer was revised to "I'm a man, but I changed, because I had to, Oh, well".
Ranger Gord's Educational Films made its debut in this season, which was renamed Ranger Gord's Wilderness Safety Tips in Season 13.
Beginning with this season, due to reduced screen time (see below), Harold no longer introduced Red at the beginning of each episode, as Red just now entered the lodge by waving to the audience, which is accompanied by an applause. Harold is no longer seen with his switcher and headphones, and wearing a plaid shirt, suspenders, and khaki pants, in every appearance from this season on, he began wearing colorful clothes.
Harold's screen time was reduced to a single segment, Harold at the Office, in this season, while another regular, Bill Smith, left the show entirely for the next four seasons, with his replacement becoming Walter.
Beginning with this season, dedicated end-of-commercial-break bumpers were created with The Red Green Show logo superimposed over an exterior shot of Possum Lodge as seen through a wooden fence. These bumpers were also used between the first main plot segment, and The Possum Lodge Word Game.
Before commercial breaks, the logo continued to be superimposed over the closing shot of a particular segment.
Movie: For destroying an evil land baron's limo, Red and Harold have 10 days to raise $10,000 or lose the Lodge. They attempt to raise this money by entering a duct tape sculpture contest in Minneapolis.
Season 12 (2002-2003)
Red's plaid shirt became blue starting with this season.
Number in season
Number in series
Title
Original air date (Canada)
Plot Summary
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Go Fish (season premiere)
October 18, 2002
To kick off the show's twelfth season, the wives stage a protest to prevent the men from going on a weekend-long fishing trip.
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229
The Possum Ponderosa
October 25, 2002
Red and Harold promote the Lodge on the basis that they are relatives of Lorne Greene, who grew up there.
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230
Possum Air
November 1, 2002
In order to bring tourists to the area, Harold starts his own airline, with Red as the first passenger.
4
231
The I.Q. Test
November 8, 2002
Harold wants to open a chapter of MENSA, so he has everyone take an IQ test.
5
232
The Day Of The Sunflowers
November 15, 2002
As their part in a local beautification project, the men grow sunflowers to hide the Lodge from passing motorists.
A massive snowstorm traps three of the men at the Lodge.
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238
The Go Go Bars
January 17, 2003
Harold gets a shipment of energy bars to test-market on the men of Possum Lodge.
12
239
The Missile Crisis
January 24, 2003
The men decide to detonate a missile they found in an abandoned well.
13
240
Never Send A Man
January 31, 2003
Harold allows a boy scout troop to come to the Lodge and educate the men about the outdoors.
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241
Power Struggle
February 7, 2003
In order to satisfy the Kyoto Protocol, the men of Possum Lodge try to generate their own power using a windmill and a lot of vehicles.
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242
Mr. Possum Lake
February 14, 2003
Harold is chosen to represent the Lodge in the annual Mr. Possum Lake contest.
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243
Red and Breakfast
February 21, 2003
Harold gets Red to help him turn the Lodge into a bed-and-breakfast, with Mike as their test customer.
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244
The Moosetrap
February 28, 2003
The men decide to host a dinner theater at the Lodge.
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245
Stupid Cupid (season finale)
March 7, 2003
In an effort to meet women, Harold makes a tape for a video dating service.
Season 13 (2003-2004)
Bill came back to the show in episode 246, initially sharing his Adventures With Bill segments with Walter for the next two seasons.
Ranger Gord left the show permanently after this season, in turn resulting in the discontinuation of the now-renamed Ranger Gord's Wilderness Safety Tips segments.
To kick off the show's fifteenth and final season, after Bonnie breaks up with Harold, Red tries to cheer him up by entering him into a race with a two-man kayak made out of washing machines.
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283
The Folk Art Convention
November 4, 2005
The Lodge tries to cash in at a folk art convention.
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284
Mr. Clean
November 11, 2005
Possum Lodge and Caribou Lodge compete to win the highest Tourist Board rating.
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285
No-Tell Boatel
November 18, 2005
Red must either tear down or move a motel.
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286
Cell Hell
November 25, 2005
Red gets free cell phones, but tries to avoid activation fees and per-minute fees by boosting the signals with car batteries.
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287
Cart Blanche
December 2, 2005
Red tries to avoid paying for gas with a membership plan to share nine electric golf carts.
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288
New Yorkshire Pudding
December 9, 2005
"Entrepreneurial" Red tries to start a new business selling Yorkshire pudding.
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289
Exit Stag Right
December 30, 2005
Red tries to set up a stag party for groom-to-be Harold.
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290
Mad You Say
January 6, 2006
Red buys a side of beef for just $38, but does it carry Mad Cow Disease?
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291
No Place Like The Home
January 13, 2006
Red campaigns against Old Man Sedgwick going into a nursing home.
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292
Flying Blind
January 20, 2006
After selling tickets for a vintage air show, Red finds he can't get the necessary permits. So he tries to fool people with model airplanes.
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293
The Bigger The Better
January 27, 2006
To create a tourist attraction, the farm silos are painted to look like giant crayons.
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294
The Big Retreat
February 3, 2006
Women business executives decide to rent the Lodge for a seminar.
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295
Rites of Passage
March 3, 2006
Riparian water rights are exerted via signs reading "Public Beach" and an army tank.
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296
Sasquatch
March 10, 2006
Hoping to catch a real one on tape for a $20,000 prize, Harold dresses up as a pink Bigfoot to serve as bait.