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| Green on Red were an American rock band, formed in the Tucson, Arizona punk scene, but based for most of its career in Los Angeles, California, where it was loosely associated with the Paisley Underground.In the summer of 1980, the Serfers relocated to Los Angeles, where they changed their name to Green on Red (after the title of one of their songs) to avoid confusion with the local "surf punk" scene.Green on Red followed the Dream Syndicate onto Slash Records, which released the album Gravity Talks in the fall of 1983.Mercury followed, with the EP No Free Lunch and the album The Killer Inside Me, produced by Jim Dickinson at Ardent Studios in Memphis.The band split up afterward; Cacavas began recording albums under his own name.Three more albums were released before the pair called it quits, after the 1992 Too Much Fun.Hotel Congress in Tucson.This was followed up by a show in London on 10 January 2006 (ostensibly to complete their aborted 1987 European tour), with more shows promised later in the year (and a second "Danny and Dusty" album rumoured to be in production).This page was last modified 14:44, 4 January 2008.See Copyrights for details.Productions, which is owned by Steve and Morag Smith, and directed by William G.These sketches draw from the same single set of characters and almost always take place inside Possum Lodge.The title character, Red Green (Steve Smith), is a lazy handyman who generally tries to find shortcuts to most of his projects, trusting the vast majority of his work to duct tape (which he calls "the handyman's secret weapon" and the "universal adapter").In "Handyman Corner", Red attempts to demonstrate creative and often humorous ways to tackle relatively common tasks, such as taking out the trash or making use of derelict cars.Memorable examples include a paddlewheeler made out of a van on pallets and a revolving door, a jetpack made from two propane tanks, a hybrid car from recycled golf carts and satellite dishes, and a kiddie ride made from a bar stool attached to the agitator of a washing machine.We're all in this together.""The Possum Lodge Word Game" usually appears as the second or third segment of the show, immediately following the first plot segment.It is structured much like Password and Pyramid, in which the objective is to get a contestant to say a certain word in thirty seconds by giving them various clues.In earlier episodes, Red often recites small bits of poetry in the woods, and the segments are named depending on the season and a humorous twist on a famous saying.For example, a winter segment is named "Winter of Our Discount Tent".Other regular segments include "The Experts", where Red and another character answer alleged letters from viewers and always give ridiculous advice; Ranger Gord's "educational" safety cartoons; and occasional advice segments by Dalton Humphrey and Mike Hamar.Walt Disney on how many fingers to put on Mickey Mouse.The show usually concludes with Red giving a message to his wife, Bernice (usually a double entendre), and delivering his signature piece of life advice in the form of a hockey metaphor: "Keep your stick on the ice."Latin for "When all else fails, play dead").BH "Red" Fisher, in which Red and his friends would show silent films of their fishing trips with commentary at "Scuttlebutt Lodge".The show was renamed The New Red Green Show upon its move to Global, and would keep this title until its second season at CBC.The show ended April 7, 2006 after its 15th season with exactly 300 episodes.Obviously the answer is yes, we're in our fourteenth season."The last episode was filmed on November 5, 2005, at the Showline Studios Harbourside location.At the time the season began taping, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was locked out, rendering the show's studios at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre unusable.The last episode concluded with the show breaking the fourth wall by thanking the audience and fans for their popularity.It was screened in select American theaters, but did not receive a wide release.It has since appeared occasionally on PBS stations during pledge drives.However, there is a Red Green cartoon, Planet Harold, in development, said to be a prequel in which Harold is a teenager.Also, each episode on the "Stuffed and Mounted" DVDs features a spoken word introduction by Steve Smith (out of character, as evidenced by his higher pitched voice).The eighth season DVD set was released on 15 May 2007.According to Red's DVD biography, Red became the leader of Possum Lodge after gradually becoming more involved with it over time and becoming "the only guy nobody hated."In addition to being a handyman, Red also has several main philosophies in life, some of which are passed on to the lodge as a whole.Latin for "When all else fails, play dead").It has played (and donated) many parts in Handyman's Corner projects.Red's dry, often sarcastic wit is balanced by a strong sense of camaraderie with his fellow lodge members, partly because he directs most of his sarcasm toward Harold.Harold Green
Harold (Patrick McKenna) is Red's nephew and the fictional producer and director of The Red Green Show.He later became the publicity manager for Possum Lake, and eventually fell in love with Bonnie, a commercial truck driver who shares nearly all of his unusual mannerisms.The two were married in the final episode of the series.In the movie Duct Tape Forever, Harold is not a member of the Possum Lodge.Dalton Humphrey
Dalton (Bob Bainborough) is the owner of Humphrey's Everything Store and is one of Red's best friends.He is one of the few financially successful lodge members, most notably because he makes up fake history for the junk he sells in his store and fools gullible city people into thinking they're priceless antiques and paying a fortune for them.In the meantime, he tries to conserve money as much as possible, shortchanging and cheating people if necessary.He has a strong relationship with Red, joining him on his regular fishing trips and taking part in many aspects of the Possum Lodge operations.Mike Hamar
Mike (Wayne Robson) is a career criminal who joined Possum Lodge while on parole from federal prison.He has become another of Red's best friends and often tries to help out around the Lodge, though he is not very good at handyman tasks in general.The wall looks good with the hole in it."He is the only character who regularly refers to Red as "Mr.Winston describes sewage and septic sucking as his lifelong dream.Throughout the series, he appears in a wide variety of commercials advertising his septic sucking business, almost always with a humorous quip ("We're number one in the number two business"; "We'll take that smell off your hands"; etc.Later in the show's history, the "Adventures with Bill" segment was expanded to include more characters and not necessarily Bill himself.There is generally no continuity from one "Adventures" segment to the next, and Bill comes back in the following episode good as new.Ranger Gord
Ranger Gord (Peter Keleghan) is the local forest ranger who spends almost all of his time alone in Fire Watch Tower 13, and, later in the series, Tower 3.His apparent reason for becoming a ranger was that he thought Smokey the Bear was talking directly to him in one of his famous public service announcements ("Only you can prevent forest fires").The cartoons' subjects have included finding gold at the end of a rainbow, planting a cell phone to grow a telephone pole, and a fire fight against the Sun and its deadly ultraviolet rays.By season 8, it was a set.In the movie Duct Tape Forever, the tower had burned down and Ranger Gord was then in charge of a train station.Montrose
Edgar Montrose (Graham Greene) is Possum Lodge's explosives enthusiast.He believes that any problem (including leaky roofs and invasive weeds) can be solved with explosives.He later enlisted in the Army and was dishonorably discharged after only three weeks, when he blew up the main office ("turns out they were only thinking of building a new one").As he says, "What doesn't kill you, makes you hard of hearing."For example, Red asks him, "What have you brought for us today, Edgar?"Edgar responds, "Oh, just fine, Red."He is also missing a finger on his left hand, though the story of how he lost it changes each time he tells it.His favorite movie, is The Bridge on the River Kwai, saying, "Did you see that baby go up at the end?"For example, he has claimed that he invented basketball while working undercover for the CIA, that he once filled in for Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, and that he even fought a whale for "ten, twenty months."The Red Green Show at PBS.This page was last modified 09:30, 9 January 2008.See Copyrights for details.Red Vineyards, Napa Valley California, a boutique producer
of Zinfandel, Chardonnay, and Sauvignon Blanc.Your browser is among those few that can not view frames.Green On Red were based around Dan Stuart and Chuck Prophet."This Time Around"
1991" Scapegoats"
1992 "Too Much Fun"
1997 "What Were We Thinking?"Press release to follow....And, of course, Keep the Faith!Almost six months after our 2007 championship exit, Mayo's footballers finally take the field in something resembling a competitive fixture this coming Sunday when they take on NUIG in the Connacht FBD League at Ballinrobe.Johnno has apparently been left with around twenty waifs and strays for the opening match with NUIG on Sunday so it's anyone's guess who will line out where in Ballinrobe.Here's Mike Finnerty's tuppence worth.Finnerty says that both James Gill and Pat Kelly will feature in the FBD matches this month (after NUIG, we play Sligo IT and Roscommon), which, if true, is good news.It would be nice to see him prove all the doubters wrong in his second coming.Ireland club semis and so his recall is of little surprise.And, with plenty of action on the menu over the coming weeks and months, it should also make it a bit easier to keep the site humming.Well, 2008 is here and the holidays are over and work is rearing its ugly head once more and all those resolutions which sounded so good with all that beer in the bloodstream the other night are now already starting to look somewhat, er, challenging.Welcome back, real life, in other words.But, it IS a new year and, in the spirit of fecking out all that old stuff and replacing it with something more in tune with the shiny new year, it's time to unveil what has hitherto been my little secret project.Mine and Gerry's, aka Tommy Joe, that is.Yes, folks, Green and Red 2.We might win Connacht again!Beating the living shite out of Galway in the process!Okay, that's enough delusion for now.That'll teach them to jump the gun.On that note, all the best for the New Year.Martin Breheny's assessment in yesterday's Indo of where he reckons we've ended the year in the pecking order (12th, down from 4th last year) can spoil the moment.Santie's on his way in a little over 24 hours and the little people asleep upstairs are more than a bit interested in what'll be in his bag.However, plans are already afoot for a revamp of the site early in the New Year (new look, new domain, that sort of thing) so keep an eye out for what's in store.There's a large crop of GAA books out this year.I'd only heard about vaguely in the past.Personally, I'd have preferred if he'd stuck with his own story as the bits told through the players' eyes was the kind of stuff you could have read in any newspaper article.Either could happen to WJ, dear reader, were Mayo ever to triumph again).It would have been nice to know what he thought of seeing his team reach the summit and what the view looked like from there.This was, I thought, a bit like reading The Day of the Jackal, in that you know the ending but it doesn't spoil the story.Seeing as the denouement results in defeat for Kerry and their hopes of making history smashed to smithereens, it made, all told, for rather enjoyable reading.One might win and the other might not.In other words, there are a number of permutations that could arise, only one of which could leave me with a problem about who I shout for in the final on Paddy's Day.NFLDerry v MAYO (2nd February, 7 pm)MAYO v Donegal (17th February, 2.MAYO v Galway (6th April, 2.Tyrone v MAYO (13th April, 2.Castlebar, 22nd March, 2.Book online below or call 0871 0755520.The liquid gold slid down my throat with ease.Half way through a Modelo it was time to eat.To start we had the Chile Relleno, Ceviche and chargrilled steak tacos.Simple, fresh flavours constructed with effortless precision.The lamb worked incredibly well with the flavours of the beer and cloves.All that goodness oozing out of the sides of the tortilla, the lamb melting in your mouth.Three textures in the dish; a large piece of crackling, set of ribs, and the carne.You could tear two ribs apart like a piece of paper; the meat fell off the bone.As I dipped my hot and crunchy churro into the thick spiced chocolate I was intoxicated with nostalgia.The service was unforgettable.Mexican cuisine was unmistakable.Mexico, hell, this is better than Mexico!Mex stuff, Californians swear by.Just when I was about to call off the search party, I found this gem.Think bag of Doritos and canned tomatoes style food preparation and you're getting there.The crucifyingly slow service, inexcusable pricing and dingy interior ice the cake.Red, I must admit I was slightly apprehensive.Nevertheless, my husband insisted on booking a table last weekend for my intimate birthday party gathering.Red before and we all pleasantly surprised.We arrived and were immediately greeted and sat down at our table.Our waitress was informative and we all ended up with a different starter and main to share!The steak was cut into strips.And the chicken was so tender our knives glided right through the meat.The extra sides, especially the black pinto beans, were amazing!The food was such a happy discovery and the drinks went down a treat, but mostly our waitress made the night.She really seemed to care about the customer, and especially seemed to enjoy her job and guiding us into the unknown territory of Mexican Food!After having a little trouble getting through to the restaurant on their reservations line, I finally managed to make a booking in the restaurant for my leaving do (travelling throughout Central America for 6 months).So far everything was good and everybody seemed to be enjoying themselves.Multiple bowls of shredded chicken, pork, mushroom and roasted vegetables.The light option of watermelon slices and the irresistible hot chocolate doughnuts you can get in Spain and Latin America.After our meal, most of us carried on the night drinking more beer and tequila in their basement bar, which had a real party vibe.If you manage to get though to the on the phone, take what you can get!America and discovered Mexican food.That was 3 years ago I have been on the epic search for decent Mexican food in London since.Red over the weekend tucked away out East, right across town from my usual haunts and hit jackpot!The food was well proportioned and flavours well balanced.Followed by their taco platter, which came with a small pot of refried beans (heaven), shredded salad, homemade corn tortillas and green and red salsas (you could taste all the different chillies) with a choice of two fillings.Meltingly tender pork belly was the highlight for me, the person next to me had a really beautiful piece of hake that I also enjoyed picking at (as the waitress who served us explained it's all about sharing here).It was pretty dissapointing, the food was OK and probably as good a mexican as you can find in London.Maybe there PR should have a meal there before the next round of releases.My partner and I were really looking forward to eating at Green and Red; we're both big fans of Mexican Food, and London has a real shortage of good restaurants serving authentic food.We visited for Cinco de Mayo, hoping for some real atmosphere; and I had been considering it as a venue for a birthday party.While we were sat at the bar we ordered some tortillas and salsa, and were still waiting for these 20 minutes later when we asked the waitress if we could be seated at a table to order mains.This comprised of small flour tortillas, crispy fried whitebait, roast courgettes, ribeye steak and crispy pork belly, with a salsa, a green tomatillo sauce, onions and coriander, and were lovely.This is a nice bar, if you just want to drink, and the food is good, but the service really lets the side down; I don't think I'll have my birthday party here because for the prices they're charging it's just too amateur, I'd probably only return for drinks.The night started well, the cocktails and the bar attendant were fantastic.We had high hopes for the food and service.The service was nothing short of horrendous.The floor manager was the rudest waitress I think I have ever come across.One of our party was vegetarian and had asked about which dishes were available.She looked very bored and answered but then took down the order wrong as she brought two of the same dish ( as I was also having a veggie dish).We told her it was wrong and she argued the point and told us that was not what we had orginally ordered and said she was going to bring the other starter but charge us for the one brought in error!What happened to the customer is always right?Such a shame she had marred the evening.So thumbs up to him for making amends.We left happy customers and hope that the waitress will not be there next time! |
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