The Red Green Show will film its last episode on Nov. 5 in Toronto, bringing an end to its 15-year run on CBC.

Comedian Steve Smith created and starred in the show featuring a repairman whose philosophy is that ?if the women don’t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.?

It attracts one million viewers every Friday night, and is filmed in Harbourside Studios before a live audience, many of whom wear plaid shirts and bring rolls of duct tape to fit in with the Possum Lodge atmosphere. A fan club boasts 100,000 members.

Even after 300 episodes, Smith insists he won?t miss his beloved Red Green.

?I won’t miss him, not even slightly,? he said in an interview with the Hamilton Spectator. ?It’s been so great, honestly, it’s all positive memories for me, and if I felt sad, it would be kind of like I’m greedy, that I wanted more of that. I don’t think there is more. I don’t think there could be more and I sure don’t need more or expect more.?

Smith added that the final episode will reveal what happens to the characters long after viewers have bid farewell to Possum Lodge.

?It will be a kind of where-are-they-now thing where we fast-forward 10 years ahead,? Smith says. ?I really want the fans to feel satisfied and know what happened to the characters, and that everybody’s OK and the lodge still exists somewhere. It’s just not on TV anymore.?
The last show will air in March.






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