The Drunk and On Drugs Happy Fun Time Hour
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The Drunk and On Drugs Happy Funtime Hour is a Canadian
television comedy series, airing in the 2011 television season on Action.
Described by its producers as "Curb Your Enthusiasm
after it got smashed in the head with a hammer and force-fed liquor and drugs", the show stars former Trailer Park Boys
actors John Paul Tremblay
, Robb Wells
and Mike Smith
as fictionalized versions of themselves. The fictional trio are starring in a new sketch comedy series, Happy Funtime Hour, but their production goes awry when a mad German scientist named Doctor Funtime (Maury Chaykin
) forces them to ingest a hallucinogenic substance he created. The actors must go through unpredictable events while constantly meeting different characters.
, John Dunsworth
, Patrick Roach
, Jay Baruchel
, Richard Collins
, Amy Sedaris
and Luke Gordon. All three main actors also play numerous minor and one-off characters, utilizing an array of prosthetics.
will affect the series. Chaykin's "mad scientist" character had already been re-cast once; musician Alex Lifeson
was originally set to take on that role before bowing out in early 2010.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
television comedy series, airing in the 2011 television season on Action.
Described by its producers as "Curb Your Enthusiasm
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American comedy television series produced and broadcast by HBO, which premiered on October 15, 2000. As of 2011, it has completed 80 episodes over eight seasons. The series was created by Seinfeld co-creator Larry David, who stars as a fictionalized version of himself...
after it got smashed in the head with a hammer and force-fed liquor and drugs", the show stars former Trailer Park Boys
Trailer Park Boys
Trailer Park Boys is a Canadian comedy mockumentary television series created and directed by Mike Clattenburg that focuses on the misadventures of a group of trailer park residents, some of whom are ex-convicts, living in the fictional Sunnyvale Trailer Park in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The...
actors John Paul Tremblay
John Paul Tremblay
John Paul Tremblay is a Canadian actor who stars in the hit Canadian TV show Trailer Park Boys, playing Julian, a newly released ex-con returning to his home in a trailer park in Nova Scotia...
, Robb Wells
Robb Wells
Robb Wells is a Canadian actor and screenwriter who portrayed Ricky on Trailer Park Boys.-Early life:Wells was born in Moncton, New Brunswick and moved to Dartmouth, Nova Scotia when he was eight years old...
and Mike Smith
Mike Smith (actor)
Mike Smith is a Canadian actor and musician, most famous for playing Bubbles on Trailer Park Boys.-Personal life:...
as fictionalized versions of themselves. The fictional trio are starring in a new sketch comedy series, Happy Funtime Hour, but their production goes awry when a mad German scientist named Doctor Funtime (Maury Chaykin
Maury Chaykin
Maury Alan Chaykin was an American-born Canadian actor. Best known for his portrayal of detective Nero Wolfe, he was also known for his work as a character actor in many films and on television programs.-Personal life:...
) forces them to ingest a hallucinogenic substance he created. The actors must go through unpredictable events while constantly meeting different characters.
Cast
The supporting cast includes Maury ChaykinMaury Chaykin
Maury Alan Chaykin was an American-born Canadian actor. Best known for his portrayal of detective Nero Wolfe, he was also known for his work as a character actor in many films and on television programs.-Personal life:...
, John Dunsworth
John Dunsworth
John Dunsworth is a Canadian actor known for playing the frequently drunk trailer park supervisor Jim Lahey on the hit TV show Trailer Park Boys. He has also appeared in Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion, a CBC film about the 1917 Halifax explosion...
, Patrick Roach
Patrick Roach
Patrick Roach is a Canadian actor best known for playing the always shirtless and cheeseburger-addicted assistant trailer park supervisor Randy on the cult television series Trailer Park Boys....
, Jay Baruchel
Jay Baruchel
Jonathan Adam Saunders "Jay" Baruchel is a Canadian actor. He has had a successful career in comedy films, and has appeared in supporting roles in such box office successes as Million Dollar Baby, Knocked Up and Tropic Thunder, as well as starring in films like She's Out of My League, The Trotsky,...
, Richard Collins
Richard Collins
Richard Collins is a Canadian actor who played the character of Philadelphia "Phil" Collins on the television show Trailer Park Boys.In 2011 he also appeared as 'Big Ron' in episode 3 of The Drunk and On Drugs Happy Fun Time Hour....
, Amy Sedaris
Amy Sedaris
Amy Louise Sedaris is an American actress, author, and comedian. She is known for playing the character Jerri Blank in the Comedy Central television series Strangers with Candy. Sedaris regularly collaborates with her older brother, humorist and author David Sedaris...
and Luke Gordon. All three main actors also play numerous minor and one-off characters, utilizing an array of prosthetics.
Premiere
The series premiered in Canada on 22 July 2011, and aired two episodes three Friday evenings in a row. It is unknown how the 27 July 2010 death of Maury ChaykinMaury Chaykin
Maury Alan Chaykin was an American-born Canadian actor. Best known for his portrayal of detective Nero Wolfe, he was also known for his work as a character actor in many films and on television programs.-Personal life:...
will affect the series. Chaykin's "mad scientist" character had already been re-cast once; musician Alex Lifeson
Alex Lifeson
Aleksandar Živojinović, OC, better known by his stage name Alex Lifeson, is a second generation Serbian-Canadian musician, best known as the guitarist of the Canadian rock band Rush. In the summer of 1968, Lifeson founded the band that would become Rush with friend, drummer John Rutsey...
was originally set to take on that role before bowing out in early 2010.
List of episodes
- Maury Chaykin Fucked Us
- Sexual Metal Underwear
- Robbie Krishna and the Big Ron
- Where in the Fuck is Cincinnati Harry?
- Piss, Gas, and the Eiffel Tower
- Sucking Off K Money (The Festival of Death)
Mike Smith
- Mike Smith
- Don Brutto
- Joelp Fuckerton
- Elson Bandle-Hiover
- Liza
- Russfert Thelonious Diggins
- Blaise
- Captain Mega Power
- DJ Dazzie Daddle
Robb Wells
- Robb Wells
- Stabby Brutto
- Moley Brutto
- Chris Tall
- Peter P. Squalls
- Chase Lightning
- Rico
- Kris Kream
John Paul Tremblay
- John Paul Tremblay
- Sammy Brutto
- Karen Sunshine
- Captain Reginald Scary
- Chip
- Flex Fearless
- Lightning Stick O'Leigh
Other characters
- Pat Roach
- K. Money
- Samantha
- Sasquatch
- Jackson Packinsteel
- Papa Karlson
- Dr. Funtime
- Maury Chaykin
- Potatoes
- Dr. Fieldiveory
- Cincinnati Harry
- Big Ron
- Private Camembert
- Private Prosciutto
- Commander Mayo
- Speedy Pete
- Falcon
External links
- Drunk and on Drugs Official Website
- Port Cockerton - fictional town where the series is set
- Happy Funtime Hour - fictional series within the television series
- Official Facebook Page
- Official YouTube Channel
- Official Twitter Account