Little brains, big plans.
Yep, it’s all over for dope-smoking recidivists Ricky, Julian, Bubbles and the rest of the gang at the embattled Sunnyvale Trailer Park in Nova Scotia.
Director/creator Mike Clattenburg has supposedly promised another feature-length movie, but the TV series is finished. The last episode, Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys, an hour-long special involving a country and western dance at a community hall, aired a few weeks ago.
Fortunately, the series lives on in repeats on Showcase. For now. Just saw the Rush “Closer to the Heart” episode, rum ‘n Coke tumbler-full of great lines:
- “You guys don’t give a fuck about Rush!” – Bubbles.
- “I was a bit of a dick. You were a bit of a dick. There were a lot of people being dicks.” – Ricky, to Alex Lifeson.
And has there ever been a more proud Canadian pop culture moment than when a pitch-perfect Bubbles shyly sings the first lines of Closer to the Heart in front of his guitar hero at the end of this classic episode?
A dope trailer is no place for a kitty.
A close runner-up might be when Ricky, banished to his car (the Shitmobile), watches the opening credits of The Littlest Hobo roll on a portable TV installed on his dash. I get teary just thinking about it.
So long boys. Thanks for the memories – and the immortal, expletive-littered catch phrases. Here’s to Freedom 35, cheeseburger bellies, piss jugs, and the auteur cinematic vision of the Bare Pimp Project. To getting drunk and stoned with my family at Christmas, and for the following mantra: a dope trailer is no place for a kitty. Also heed: “Dope and cops don’t mix, do they, Mr. Lahey?” “Like shit and strawberry shortcake, Randy.” Words to live by, people.
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