Trailer Park Boys is a popular Canadian mockumentary that premiered in 2001 focusing on the misadventures of ex-convicts living in fictional Sunnyvale Trailer Park which is located near Halifax, Nova Scotia. The show’s creator and director is Mike Clattenburg.
Shot COPS-style (Cameraman’s point of view), the low-budget program became something of a rarity in English Canada: a homegrown phenomenon. Characters, particularly "Bubbles", appear on novelty tee-shirts, the show’s lead trio toured with Our Lady Peace, they appeared in a video with The Tragically Hip, and were presenters at numerous award shows - always in character.
The show has been a great success for Showcase, where it is the network’s highest rated Canadian series. It airs in the United Kingdom on Paramount Comedy, in Australia on the Comedy Channel and in New Zealand on TV 2. In the United States, BBC America formerly aired a censored version of the show, but it no longer is part of their lineup.The show was born out of three short films (all directed by Mike Clattenburg). The shorts are: The Cart Boy (1995), One Last Shot (1998), and Trailer Park Boys (1999). The show was filmed in real trailer parks in the Halifax area. During the first season, they shot at a park in Sackville, second season at a park in Dartmouth, third season at a park in Timberlea and the fourth season at a park back in Dartmouth. Since then, the show (including the Christmas special and feature film), has been filmed at a closed set near Dartmouth. Mike Smith (Bubbles), a musician formerly of the band Sandbox, was the sound man during the pilot movie and season one, but became a full time actor when Bubbles became more popular during the second season. Barry Dunn (who is a producer on the show and plays Ray), saw the original production at the Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax and thought it would be great on television. Showcase agreed to air the show and the rest is history.
"Knock, knock" "Who’s there ?" "FUCK OFF !"
