Boys in the ’Hood

Countdown to Liquor Day marks the end of the Trailer Park Boys’ ten-year run. How did creator Mike Clattenburg turn white trash into comic gold?

by Robert Hough

| photograph by Michael Tompkins

Television | From the November 2009 issue of The Walrus

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JOctober 20, 2009 17:33 EST
Thank you for defending Trailer Park Boys as a well-written comedy series. I've been defending the show to friends and co-workers who think the show is too crass to be potentially funny. I enjoy the program as much as I enjoy Arrested Development or Canadian fare like Twitch City, Slings and Arrows and my new favourite, Less Than Kind (which deserves a DVD release).

AnonymousOctober 27, 2009 17:11 EST
I've been defending the show to friends and co-workers who think the show is too crass to be potentially funny.

Ontario GalNovember 02, 2009 08:58 EST
Trailer Park Boys is truly brilliant. Hysterically funny, one has to look past its "face value" and see a remarkable show with its comments and perceptions of a sub-culture. There are many subtleties hidden beneath the apparent coarseness of the show. Their Christmas special was classic. A true original, hats off to you Boys!