tomfleming2470
Recently discovered this show as it just came to the U.S. on Hulu. From the first beat of episode one I loved it. Fast paced dialogue by all of the characters in a small town in Canada. I have tried to persuade people to watch it by describing the characters as 'Kevin Smith's if Randall and Dante, etc... grew up in rural Canada instead of suburban New Jersey.' Some of the funniest dialogue I have heard in a long time. All of the cast are great and each character is uniquely odd in their own way. If you haven't given this sho a try yet, time to figure it out!
O2D
The basic premise of this show is that they all talk super fast, using lots of what I suppose is Canadian slang. The main character is the biggest square in Canada, yet he chain smokes and drinks non-stop. His sister is the biggest slut in Canada and he has two friends who add nothing to the story other than one of them likes to eat yogurt. They all drink lots of alcohol yet no one ever gets drunk. Then there's the "skids". Apparently "skids" mean people who wear black metal corpse paint, say each other's names like they are in a death metal band, make meth and do 30 year old dances. Did I mention that the one black person in the show is the only one who ever goes to work? Or that she is almost impossible to understand? This show is watchable but don't expect to laugh more than once per episode.
Harrison Tweed (Top Dawg)
I can't help it, it gets funnier faster than a duck with a boner dragging weeds.I initially saw season 1 and gave it a 7. I enjoyed the series but felt some of the humor was over the top and trying too hard with lots of fluff between the punch lines. Then I saw season 2. Well now, talk about upping the ante! Way more funnier, and more true to the roots of growing up in small town Canada with some real-life small-town issues!I first got introduced to Jared Keeso watching 19-2, and his role in that next to Letterkenny is yin to yang. I think he found his true calling in this series. I'm hoping the episodes increase in numbers and come out sooner than later, because watching all 6 in the 2nd season so fast with a massive cliff hanger, I can't wait to see what happens next. So pitter patter let's get at'er boys, needing season 3 asap is a Texas sized 10-4.
CANpatbuck3664
Canadian sitcoms don't tend to stick around. The theory before Corner Gas came on the scene was that Canadians don't watch their own content on a weekly basis. The two most popular exceptions to the rule are the aforementioned Corner Gas (a show I loved) and it's dirtier cousin the Trailer Park Boys. I honestly wasn't all that interested in this show (if you watch Canadian T.V. this show is advertised endlessly) because I hadn't heard of any of the actors and I was annoyed with the bombardment of ads for it. But I slowly came around to it and I was hanging out with one of my best friends and we threw it on. I instantly found it easy to relate to (I think if you live in a small town, you'll recognize things from Letterkenny). Even though every joke doesn't hit, the show has it's own style and I got more than a few good laughs per episode.The best way I can describe Letterkenny is if you took the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, had everyone talk like they were on the show Gilmore Girls (super fast) and set it out in Dog River, Saskatchewan (setting for Corner Gas). The show is actually set in a fictional town in Ontario. The jokes fire at a mile-a-minute and they're all in this crazy country slang. It isn't always easy to understand and a few of them are bad but thankfully the show doesn't slow down. If something doesn't work, by the time you realize it there's been 3 or more jokes delivered. Letterkenny may seem like it lacks proper plot development but they compensate with some really great comedic dialogue and a different tone.Letterkenny doesn't have season-long character arcs or deep subject matter but they do manage to create some pretty hilarious and memorable characters. It's easy to like Wayne, he's direct, witty and he's not afraid to scrap with anyone. He's backed up by Daryl and Dan who play off each other and Wayne brilliantly (the 3 of them riffing or shooting the $#!& make up most of the show's best comedic moments) and Dan especially always has something weird to discuss. Katy is a cool female character, she trades insults just as well as the boys and backs up her impressive looks with an equally sharp mind. Reily and Jonesy are just hilariously dumb. Their confidence never wavers despite not being very good at hockey or being constantly outsmarted by Wayne and his crew. I did get tired of a few of the characters. The goth kids and Pastor Glen were best used in small doses and the longer they were on screen, the more annoying they got.It would be easy to discount the acting on Letterkenny but that would also be a mistake. Jared Kesso is the standout, he never fails to make Wayne likable and how he doesn't just burst out laughing every take is beyond me. The rest of the main cast border on perfect: Nathan Dales, K. Trevor Wilson, Michelle Mylett, Lisa Codrington, Andrew Herr and Dylan Playfair are great. They're not only funny but they just ring so true to the types of people that you end up meeting if you hang out in small towns enough.I'm probably in the target demographic for this show. I grew up in a smaller farming community (in Canada), there wasn't much to do some days and whatever fun you were going to have, you had to create it with your friends. I don't so much identify with the non-stop talking, I could never replicate that. This show isn't amazing but I do think it fills a hole in the T.V. landscape. The bottom line is that Letterkenny is really funny even if it doesn't work the entire time. I've seen both seasons and I'm looking forward to more. Pitter-patter boys, I hope you keep at er.'