If It Ain't Broke, You're Not Trying

If It Ain't Broke, You're Not Trying is a segment on The Red Green Show hosted by Red Green, in which Red repairs (or attempts to repair) various objects and tools brought in by other Lodge members. As usual, Red's solution to most any repair project is to use duct tape, though there are some cases where the item doesn't actually need fixing at all.

This segment ran between the seventh and thirteenth seasons.

Items Fixed

Season 7

Episode	Guest	Item to be fixed
Running Of The Bulls	Dalton Humphrey	A tennis racquet (irreparable)
Swiss It Up	Hap Shaughnessy	A hockey stick that was supposedly autographed by the 1967 Toronto Maple Leafs
The Implosion	Arnie Dogan	Arnie's guitar - Arnie wants to give it more "character"
Adopt-A-Highway	Edgar Montrose	A dining room set for refinishing (irreparable)
Expropriation	Hap Shaughnessy	A broken picture frame
Let Me Count The Ways	Edgar Montrose	A steering wheel from Edgar's car
Pardi Gras	Buzz Sherwood	A toaster, which somehow has Buzz's wallet stuck in it (irreparable)
The Good Old Hockey Game	Hap Shaughnessy	A fireplace grate
Step Outside	Edgar Montrose	A hammer
The Town Mall	Arnie Dogan	Arnie's arm
The Winter Carnival	Mike Hamar	A stethoscope

Season 8

Episode	Guest	Item to be fixed
House Moving	Edgar Montrose	An umbrella (irreparable), and Edgar's hat
College Life	Hap Shaughnessy	A poster of the Mona Lisa
It's A Wonderful Red Green Christmas	Hap Shaughnessy	Christmas lights
	Edgar Montrose	A snow cannon
	Dalton Humphrey	Christmas lights

Season 9

Episode	Guest	Item to be fixed
Rent A Wreck	Dalton Humphrey	A remote control (irreparable)
Curse Of The Mummy	Hap Shaughnessy	A lie detector
No Retreat	Edgar Monrose	An explosives locator
The Auto Club	Dalton Humphrey	A jammed gumball machine
Too Much Information	Mike Hamar	A locked suitcase

Season 11

Episode	Guest	Item to be fixed
New Job In Town	Dwight Cardiff	A garbage disposal
Mike Goes Straight	Winston Rothschild	A customer's mailbox (irreparable)
The Fishing Derby	Mike Hamar	A police car radio
Harold's Dilemma	Dalton Humphrey	A waffle iron
Red Green Does New Years	Mike Hamar	An inflatable pool chair

Season 12

Episode	Guest	Item to be fixed
Possum Air	Hap Shaughnessy	An answering machine
A Lot Like Christmas	Edgar Montrose	Edgar gives advice on gift giving

Season 13

Episode	Guest	Item to be fixed
The Spelling Bee	Hap Shaughnessy	A pair of boxing gloves
Pay It Forward	Edgar Montrose	Edgar needs some jars opened
Ranger Harold	Hap Shaughnessy	Hap needs his tap shoes repaired

See Also

• Handyman Corner