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What was the moment that first 'sold' Trailer Park Boys for you?

posted 11 years ago by alvaroperez3050
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Like many fans, I remember being very put off by this show before even giving it a chance. One late night, I was staying up until 1:30 am on a Friday and I remember the final episode of Season 1 rolled around. I thought it was a real documentary at first. I reluctantly watched a bit and found myself slowly drawn to the story. Then a chuckle here and there. About 1/2 way through, I "got" the show's humour/sense of parody. I thought it was genius. But the 2 moments that killed me and made me a fan forever were:

#1. The grocery store robbery. I don't think I had ever laughed so hard in my entire life.

#2. When Bubbles brags about his "tuxedo". It broke my heart, and really me to the character and the show's ability to convey happiness as a matter of perspective.

What about you guys?

[–] Samurai_Joe_Marshall 10 years ago

I will always remember the exact moment that I fell in love with this show.

I watched the first episode and hated it, but I kept watching because I was bored and still curious about the show. The second episode was a little better, but I still didn't really "get it". By the third episode, I was about to call it quits, because it wasn't getting any better. Then this happened:

"Just remember, Lahey: what comes around is all around."

At that very moment, everything kind of clicked with me, and I burst out laughing. I can't even pinpoint what it was I finally "got", but whatever it was, I felt this deep plutonium kind of love sh*t hit me out of nowhere.

[–] LipSipDip 10 years ago

I loved this shot from the get go, and I know my favorite moment comes a little late in the series..

But the scenes involving Ricky and Conky really put this show in in a higher spot on my favorites list. When Ricky had that rag glued to his face and kept turning around in the car to strangle a hand puppet? Haah! Too funny :)

I'm glad they brought him back for season 8 and added Bobby Turkalino. That *beep* was golden :P

[–] Heigen1 10 years ago

I guess I started to watch the series from season 1 and I remember Ricky and Lahey being the first characters that really clicked with me. Then the others growed on me too.

[–] Annied70 10 years ago

Bubbles and the kitties...so cute, drew me in...It was Conky, omg...friggin hilarious!

[–] lanceshirey 10 years ago

"Can you read, my son?"

"Well that depends, can you go *beep* yourself?"

[–] awanner-249-554105 10 years ago

Season 1, episode 6 is my favorite episode by far. I feel like the end scene with the wedding is what the show was originally all about. When Julien looks at Candy and gives her a kiss, then fires off his handgun while police arrest him was very emotional amongst all the humor. Julien would never abandon Ricky, so he chooses to go back to jail. That scene did it for me, and it cemented my opinion of Julien as trailer park hero forever.

[–] liammofo-816-651953 10 years ago

I am a big fan of TV comedy and am a massive fan of Always Sunny. A couple of my friends love TPB and I noticed some Sunny fans praising TPB in some imdb threads so thought I'd give it a go. I am only halfway through the 4th Series and this already holds a place as one of my favourite comedies. I am so happy I have another 4 series, the specials, the movies and the live performances to still look forward to seeing for the first time.
I started with the black and white film, which didn't do much for me but the series started to grow on me as I made my way through. The 3 moments that sealed TPB as a TV comedy classic for me are:

1> Early Season 2 I think. Bubbles talking about stealing carts and selling them to a rival supermarket and that he has been playing two supermarkets off each other for 20 years. Also when Ricky becomes Mall Cop and put in charge of stopping the cart thief and Bubbles says, 'Who the *beep* does he think he is, King of the carts?'

2> S03E05. The Rush episode. This whole episode is great but there's a whole scene focusing on Randy refusing to wear a shirt. Topped off with Mr Lahey's line, 'Randy doesn't wear shirts.' A classic episode.

3> S04E05. Conky. This is where I am up to and possibly one of the best TV episodes I have ever seen.

[–] tom-1674 10 years ago

I first heard of TPB from a friend who casually mentioned his wife's sister was involved in the production. Neither he nor his wife had seen it. I taped the first few shows and showed them to my buddy and his wife. They were shocked; they were convinced the sister had ruined her career before it started (she was fresh out of film school when she got the gig)!

Anyway, I'm sure the sister is doing well in the bizz...

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