The Red Green Show is a half-hour Canadian television comedy program that aired on various channels in Canada and the U.S. from April 4, 1991 until April 7, 2006. During its fifteen seasons, it had six network homes, but its longest run was with its final network, CBC Television. It found its largest fandom on U.S. broadcast stations, airing on more than 100 PBS affiliates at its peak. Essentially a cross between a sitcom and a sketch comedy series, it is also a parody of home improvement, do-it-yourself, fishing, and other outdoors shows, particularly The Red Fisher Show.
From left to right, Harold (Patrick McKenna), Red (Steve Smith) and Bill (Rick Green).
The Red Green set used for filming in 2004.
Steve Smith as Red Green
Some of the supporting characters that appeared during the 2004 season of the show. Left to right: Dalton Humphrey (Bob Bainborough), Winston Rothschild III (Jeff Lumby), Mike Hamar (Wayne Robson), Blair Cobden (Brad Cowan).
Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. The form developed and became popular in vaudeville, and is used widely in variety shows, comedy talk shows, and some sitcoms and children's television series. The sketches may be improvised live by the performers, developed through improvisation before public performance, or scripted and rehearsed in advance like a play. Sketch comedians routinely differentiate their work from a "skit", maintaining that a skit is a (single) dramatized joke while a sketch is a comedic exploration of a concept, character, or situation. Sketch comedy is a genre within American television that includes a multitude of schemes and identities.
The actors of Nightmare on Overwhelmed Street performing in 2018.