If you haven’t seen the Canadian based Red Green Show, then you really are missing one of the best comedies involving junk creation and just plain funny humor about males, duct tape, and male lodge behavior.
The Belleville Intelligencer recently posted an article that features Harold, the geeky nephew from the Red Green Show, and his enormous keyboard.
In his post McKenna: no love lost for monster laptop, author Luke Hendry shares a portion of his interview with Harold (Pat McKenna) and I have quoted a portion of the portion below:
Pat McKenna is most famous for his roles as the stressed-out, half-crazed Marty on Traders and the goofy tech-head nephew Harold on The Red Green Show.
When I spoke to McKenna by phone Tuesday, we talked briefly about those shows, and and he mentioned his hatred for wearing Harold’s unique computer console. It was made from an old Commodore computer keyboard - remember how heavy they were? - and assorted other bits of gear.
Through 300 episodes, McKenna stood there with this monster around his neck.
If Harold seemed to lean backward a little, it’s because the thing weighed 40 pounds.
And I thought we photographers had it bad.
“They made it as a joke, never thinking the show would really run,” McKenna said, adding that his back is still bad because of it.
So if Harold’s little laughs and quirky noises sounded a little strangled, it’s because McKenna’s spine was being compressed a little more with each taping.
I makes me feel marginally remorseful that I laughed so hard at the Red Green Show–since it seems to have been slowly driving the man playing Harold to the chiropractor.
Seriously, I highly recommend the show, back-breaking though it apparently is.
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