Netflix Shows You Should Check Out

[Mar]

A lot of people are enjoying the other Netflix thread I started so I figure I'll post up some of the things I've been watching since I got the service that other people may enjoy. Some of these shows really surprised me at how good they are.

I Shouldn't Be Alive
This is a show about people put into extreme circumstances and many of them coming within hours of death. I just watched an episode about a guy that was adrift at sea in a life raft for 76 days, it was insane. I can't recommend this show enough.

I Almost Got Away With It
A show about people that committed terrible crimes like murder and went on the run from the law. Most of them went to Mexico, many of them went to another state. One guy was on the run for 28 years before they caught him.

Lockup
A show about life inside some famous US prisons like San Quentin and how the inmates live day to day. Many of the episodes are on things like how to make weapons, how people live in segregation, the execution chamber (Holman) and gay relations.

30 Days
This is a Morgan Spurlock show, the guy that made Supersize Me. It's about people taken out of their tunnel view lives and put into a world the total opposite of their views. The ones I've seen so far include:
- himself as a rich man trying to survive on the minimum wage system
- an overweight guy trying to use every diet enhancing drug and system available to man
- a faithful Christian living in Dearborn Michigan, Muslim capital of America
- an all-American army guy living in the Castro district of San Francisco
The show revolves around these various people as they live these different lives for a total of 30 days and what they learn from seeing the other side.

Post some of the shows you think are great but people may not be aware of. Of course there are a lot of great well known shows on there but I'm sure people are already aware of those.

Once again, some of these may only be available on the USA version of Netflix which can be set up in Canada by following the details in the other thread.

[D'z Nutz]

Originally posted by Mar
It's about people taken out of their tunnel view lives and put into a world the total opposite of their views.

You don't say?

[funkedelic2]

Misfits, breaking bad, Jericho to name a few

[ExtraSlow]

My wife was watching Jericho, but I never could get into it. Thought the plot was unbelievable, and the characters unrelatable.

It's all about the nature documentaries for me.

[A|pine]

This is a little juvenile, but I heard the cartoon from some of my coworkers was really good.

Avatar: the last air bender (was previously played on ytv for a bit).

[funkedelic2]

Avatar is the shit. It's a kids show but I loved it and anyone I've recommended that show to has loved it as well.

[C_Dave45]

Originally posted by D'z Nutz


You don't say? LMAO!!!! Gold, right there!!



Originally posted by ExtraSlow

It's all about the nature documentaries for me.

X3!!
OasisHD, Discovery, NatGeoHD...FTW!!!!

[dj_patm]

WWII in color is fantastic.
Really makes it seem more "real".

Obviously there are the regular shows:

- Community
- Breaking Bad
- Walking Dead
- Californication

and a ton of other well known, quality tv shows.

[flipstah]

Originally posted by dj_patm
WWII in color is fantastic.
Really makes it seem more "real".


:werd:

Spend the whole Thanksgiving weekend watching it. So mesmerzing and shocking at the same time.

I'm definitely checking out '30 Days'.

As for a movie, check out 'The Walk' with Martin Sheen.

[buh_buh]

Not sure if these are all on CDN Netflix, but shows everyone should check out:

Workaholics
The League
Archer

[95EG6P]

Weeds, prison break ,

[Eride]

The BBC version of Sherlock is amazing. Season 2 out now, might be USA netflix though.

[cancer man]

Lilyhammer.

[wintonyk]

Originally posted by dj_patm
WWII in color is fantastic.
Really makes it seem more "real".

Obviously there is the regular shows:

- Community
- Breaking Bad
- Walking Dead
- Californication

and a ton of other well known, quality tv shows.

I am hooked on WW2 in colour. The detail is mind blowing. I like the footage from both allied and axis.

I think they took it down, but I watched Everest Beyond the Limit on there and that was pretty awesome.

Just started Lost again from the beginning.

[dansmith11]

The Good Guys

cheese-ball action-comedy about some cops. good for some laughs if you dont take your TV too seriously.

[bourge73]

+1 one the WWII shows, I'm hooked. AND, lol at the Avatar:Last Airbender I watch that with my kid and love it haaaaaaaaha

[cycosis]

Better off Ted lasted only 2 seasons but I find it quite good. Corporate life humour.

[FixedGear]

Are you guys talking about WWII from the history channel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWII_in_HD) or the one from the military channel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_In_HD_Colour)? I'm watching the history channel one and its pretty good, but based on Wikipedia it seems less comprehensive than the military channel one.

[JDMMAN]

Archer is too funny. :thumbsup:

S3, Episode 13 - Space Race part 2
"Gone to outer space to shoot that d*ckbag in the face" to the tune of Frank Sinatra's "Fly me to the moon" :rofl:

[finboy]

Increasingly poor decisions of bob Margaret is great

Workaholics just seems like a shitty rip off of always sunny

[Unknown303]

"Skins" the UK version. A little bit of nudity and a pretty crazy storyline.

[xnvy]

Sherlock, Arrested Development, Community, Trailer Park Boys, and Dexter are what I mainly watch on Netflix. Hopefully they add some more episodes of Top Gear soon.

[kaput]

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[FraserB]

I'm re-watching The West Wing. Nice to have it all in a row this time around.

[n1zm0]

This is on american Netflix but I watched a NatGeo documentary called 'Pictures from the other side' featuring the north Vietnamese photographers/journalists during the American-Vietnamese war, really good perspective on what happened on their side for a change, also another documentary called 'the disappearance of Nolan Mckinley' where an American soldier who defected to the Vietcong/NVA during the war, the crew traces his steps with the soldiers brother to Cambodia where he was possibly killed by the Khmer Rouge, amazing story I thought which the guy must have went through.

Oh and lastly another documentary on homeless people living in the NYCs underground tunnels, just living day to day in the darkness. Dark Days I think it was called.

Oh also just started watching it's always sunny in Philadelphia, a+ that show.:rofl:

[D'z Nutz]

Originally posted by n1zm0
This is on american Netflix but I watched a NatGeo documentary called 'Pictures from the other side' featuring the north Vietnamese photographers/journalists during the American-Vietnamese war, really good perspective on what happened on their side for a change, also another documentary called 'the disappearance of Nolan Mckinley' where an American soldier who defected to the Vietcong/NVA during the war, the crew traces his steps with the soldiers brother to Cambodia where he was possibly killed by the Khmer Rouge, amazing story I thought which the guy must have went through.

Oh thanks for that, these sound pretty interesting so I'll have to give it a watch.

I had started watching The Wonder Years again and those fuckers took it off. Fuck I was pissed.

[codetrap]

The IT Crowd. Been watching that with the wife and she's not a geek, but she's completely loving it.

[schocker]

Just finished watching Archer last week, too funny. IT crowd also has the 4th season now on cdn netflix. Looks like I will have to buy unblock us so I can keep american netflix on my ps3.

[89s1]

Originally posted by FixedGear
Are you guys talking about WWII from the history channel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWII_in_HD) or the one from the military channel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_In_HD_Colour)? I'm watching the history channel one and its pretty good, but based on Wikipedia it seems less comprehensive than the military channel one.

The one on Netflix is the second one (the millitary one)

[JordanEG6]

For the US NetFlix goers, I've watched these recently:

Shark Week
A huge string of different shark related programs from attack survivors, anatomy, prehistoric sharks/evolution, and shark preservation etc.

Something from Nothing: Art of Rap
Directed by Ice-T, takes a look at the history of rap from the views of various artists - their secrets in writing, rapping, producing etc. There is a thread in Entertainment about it.

After Porn Ends
A look at the lives of former adult film actors after retirement from the industry.

Art of Flight
A snowboarding documentary about professionals travelling together to various mountains in choppers for back country riding. Awesome doc IMO, the moutains were beautiful and the air they catch is amazing.

Patton Oswalt: No Reason to Complain
Hilarious stand-up. Especially for nerds like me. His Star Wars bit was hilarious.

Patrice O'Neal: Elephant in the Room
Another good stand-up special. It's shame he died, 'cause he could have made it bigger than Kevin Hart IMO. He is hilarious.

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by JordanEG6
After Porn Ends
A look at the lives of former adult film actors after retirement from the industry.

Art of Flight
A snowboarding documentary about professionals travelling together to various mountains in choppers for back country riding. Awesome doc IMO, the moutains were beautiful and the air they catch is amazing.

I've seen these on CDN Netflix as well.

[FixedGear]

On US Netflix:

1. The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia. Awesome, IMO, especially for anyone into Hank Williams III.

2. I Need That Record! about collapse of music industry and indie record shops.

3. Revolution OS. Old but good documentary about Linux.

4. Steve Jobs: The lost Interview. Interview from right before he went back to apple.

5. Style Wars. Early 1980s documentary on NYC graf scene.

6. I Like Killing Flies. documentary about this jewish nut that owns a killer greasy spoon cafe in NYC.

7. My Perestroika. russian documentary about russian cultural revolution.

8. The Bicycle Thief. One of the best films ever made, what else can i say?

9. Let The Right One In. dark swedish flick about childhood friendship.

10. Skid Row. Pras from fugees goes undercover for a week to Skid Row in LA

11. Gonzo. great documentary about Hunter S. Thompson.

[THE GOVERNATOR]

here's mine that i have seen this week

U.S Netflix

Get The Gringo (2013 Mel Gibson movie)

Until The Light Takes Us ( Norwegian Death Metal Documentary)

Bones Brigade (Bones Brigade Documentary)

Sons Of Anarchy( seasons 1-4)

Breaking Bad (seasons 1-4)

[Sentry]

Canadian netflix.

Some stuff I watched this weekend. It recommended them for me and they were frigging GREAT

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1614989/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1095217/ Didn't know there was a sequel...ish? to Bad Lieutenant

[shakalaka]

I have been watching How I Met Your Mother and got really into it. Have almost gone through all 7 seasons in a couple weeks.

Now I am worried about what I will watch next :(.

[funkedelic2]

I started to watch 4400 and V. Not bad sci fi shows. 4400 is older i think 2004 but even though its cheesy at times it holds my interest

[Mitsu3000gt]

For you Nature Documentary fans, there is a brand new 2013 series called "Africa" narrated by David Attenborough. Very Planet-Earth-style.

It's on it's 4th episode now and I think the 5th airs tonight or tomorrow. Not sure if they are on Netflix or not but it's worth checking out for sure if you like that sort of thing.

Also, the final season of Sptartacus has started, which is awesome.

[stardotstar]

Just starting watching House of Cards and the first episode seemed pretty sweet by the end of it.

[shakalaka]

Started Dexter now...pretty good!

[rony_espana]

Watched the movie Stake Land expecting the worst and was surprised it was actually pretty good.

As for show, only watched Firefly a while back, was great but short.

[FixedGear]

Originally posted by stardotstar
Just starting watching House of Cards and the first episode seemed pretty sweet by the end of it.

hey, i would appreciate it if you can let us know what you think after a few more episodes. i'm kinda interested in this show, but i have investing several hours in shows only to discover it sucks haha.

[xnvy]

Originally posted by rony_espana
Watched the movie Stake Land expecting the worst and was surprised it was actually pretty good.

As for show, only watched Firefly a while back, was great but short. Check out the movie Serenity. Basically it could also be called Firefly: The Movie. The movie was pretty good, I haven't seen the show.

[EK69]

Archer is hilarious
American horror story seems ok the first couple episodes?

[jjmac]

Originally posted by FixedGear


hey, i would appreciate it if you can let us know what you think after a few more episodes. i'm kinda interested in this show, but i have investing several hours in shows only to discover it sucks haha.

House of Cards
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Smartiepants]

Originally posted by jjmac


House of Cards
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Agree with this, I started last night after hearing the hype - it lives up to it.

[EK69]

This pope thread reminded me of a show called "the borgias"
Apparently the original crime family
Note it does have some nudity in it

http://forums.beyond.ca/st/366217/the-pope-is-retiring/

http://lynnebubbles.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/borgias_wallpaper_1280x1024.jpg

[vtec4life]

just watched the first four episodes of House of Cards last night.

Kevin Spacey is awesome as usual....and that reporter girl... god damn that body.

[Gman.45]

and that reporter girl... god damn that body.

Kate Mara, Rooney Mara's older sister. She was in a film a co worker of mine did some of the weapons training and work on, Shooter, much of which was filmed in Vancouver. Another friend provided the dog seen in that film, the one Marky Mark had up in his mountain cabin. I got to go out with both Mark and Kate on a couple of occasions, she's an incredibly smart girl, and her parents come from families that own the NY Giants AND the Pittsburgh Steelers, so we're talking about some serious old money and power in her family.

Regarding House Of Cards, I had my doubts, it being produced by Netflix primarily, but they completely won me over with it. I was frankly shocked and surprised they had the chops to pull off something of HBO like quality. It surpassed my expectations, and I'll be eagerly awaiting season 2.

[FraserB]

Decided to watch the first episode based on this thread, on the 6th episode now.

Very impressed.

[Gman.45]

Is anyone else loving the new "super HD" stream Netflix is providing, so long as you have the bandwidth? We have Shaw 20mbit, and I was finding with one Samsung Smart TV with wifi running 5800 bps in this new HD format was the max I could do, I couldn't run it in another room, my primary home theater setup with a home theater PC.

You have to have windows 8, using the netflix "app" from the microsoft store in order to get the super HD tabs in the shows supported, which is most I've found. That, or a PS3, a Smart tv that is supported (Samsung and Sony, some others), or an Apple TV. There is a list of supported devices on the netflix super hd website, but it's thin right now. I actually used my mem express win 8 coupon for the 250$ Win8 pro upgrade that only cost me 15$ for my HTPC.

Anyhow, by pressing cntr+alt+shft+S you can see your streaming bitrate in netflix, and I'm not getting the full 5800 on up to 3 tv's after upgrading to broadband 50 from Shaw. It's not quite blu ray, but it looks better than 720p broadcast HD from TV. Watching Star Trek Enterprise re runs from almost ten years ago in this new format is good times.

[FraserB]

Alaska State Troopers in now on Netflix USA

[flipstah]

Just reaffirming how awesome House of Cards is! WOW! :D

[THE GOVERNATOR]

Originally posted by flipstah
Just reaffirming how awesome House of Cards is! WOW! :D

X2, I guess Netflix has plans to do many more Netflix exclusive shows.
But a amazing show non the less..
I really hope there is a second season. Don't want to say much more.

[rage2]

Originally posted by Gman.45
Is anyone else loving the new "super HD" stream Netflix is providing, so long as you have the bandwidth?
Yup. SuperHD pretty much gives you quality somewhere inbetween satellite/cable HD broadcasts and blu-ray, and same as iTunes HD. And there's no hit to the "internet" and it's free for providers, as all the content is stored locally at Shaw and Telus. Free, as long as the downstream to the last mile has enough bandwidth.

Back on topic, I watched Love the Beast (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1284028/) last month, great documentary for car guys.

[flipstah]

Originally posted by rage2

Yup. SuperHD pretty much gives you quality somewhere inbetween satellite/cable HD broadcasts and blu-ray, and same as iTunes HD. And there's no hit to the "internet" and it's free for providers, as all the content is stored locally at Shaw and Telus. Free, as long as the downstream to the last mile has enough bandwidth.

Back on topic, I watched Love the Beast (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1284028/) last month, great documentary for car guys.

Ah yes, when Eric Bana raced in Tasmania. Mostly jelly of that Ford Falcon even though it's a boat. :rofl:

[schocker]

How do you enable the superhd, it says my internet provider (shaw) is not configured :confused:

[Hakkola]

NSFW
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Tried to find a clip that wouldn't have many spoilers.
More people need to watch Archer.

[kvg]

Originally posted by flipstah
Just reaffirming how awesome House of Cards is! WOW! :D

YESSSS!!!

[xnvy]

Originally posted by Hakkola
NSFW
EjR8VphNdGo
Tried to find a clip that wouldn't have many spoilers.
More people need to watch Archer. Just finished Season 3. Love the end. :rofl:

[Jsen-DC2]

is anyone else hooked on the Initial D series on Netflix right now?, ive watched the first 2 seasons this week already :love:

[Cos]

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[flipstah]

Originally posted by Cos
Isnt house of cards S2 supposed to be out already?

February.

[ArjayAquino]

I'm late to the game because I just got netflix but, I finished House Of Cards in a couple of days. So good. I think Firefly is up next for me.

[Cos]

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[flipstah]

Originally posted by Cos
God dammit, I thought it was February. :(

IT IS FEBRUARY! :banghead: :rofl:

[Cos]

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[CanmoreOrLess]

Originally posted by codetrap
The IT Crowd. Been watching that with the wife and she's not a geek, but she's completely loving it.

The IT Crowd released a series finale last year, tied up all the loose ends. Rare a series ender "Last Byte" is done in the spirit of the series, but this one was solid. Fine it on http://eztv.it search THE IT CROWD, you'll find four seasons.

Also see: Ch4 The IT Crowd Manual

[Dumbass17]

Does walking dead pickup at all in season 4?
I am struggling to get through it, it's so boring

[JordanEG6]

I finished "Orange Is The New Black", "House of Cards" is next for me, I think.


Originally posted by ArjayAquino
I'm late to the game because I just got netflix but, I finished House Of Cards in a couple of days. So good. I think Firefly is up next for me.

I'd do Firefly if it wasn't cancelled.

[SkiBum5.0]

Anyone know when "Suits" restarts? I'm working through House of Cards but was hoping to see some more of Rachel in the near future

[n1zm0]

Orange is the New Black starts in April again iirc

I've been on a South Korean revenge movie binge lately, I don't think there's any other film industry that takes this genre so seriously.

The Chaser (I thought I knew was stabbing someone was supposed to be like according to Hollywood...) I saw the Devil, Man from nowhere, Bedevilled, the Yellow Sea, oldboy i'm sure most of you have seen (there's a Spike Lee remake coming but you can't beat the asian original ever imo, i.e: Ringu)

[hurrdurr]

Originally posted by SkiBum5.0
Anyone know when "Suits" restarts? I'm working through House of Cards but was hoping to see some more of Rachel in the near future

If you only watched Suits from Netflix you should know that it was only 10 episodes of season 2 when there was 16.

Season 3 is finished and season 4 starts in March I believe

[sputnik]

Originally posted by n1zm0
oldboy i'm sure most of you have seen (there's a Spike Lee remake coming but you can't beat the asian original ever imo, i.e: Ringu)

I really wonder how Spike Lee is going to handle the ending of his version of Oldboy.

EDIT: Reading the reviews on IMDB appear to indicate that Spike Lee did a terrible job of the film.

[Dumbass17]

Originally posted by SkiBum5.0
Anyone know when "Suits" restarts? I'm working through House of Cards but was hoping to see some more of Rachel in the near future

racheal = perfection.
Donna = schmexy

good lord

is she in House of Cards? never heard of it

[JordanEG6]

Originally posted by hurrdurr


If you only watched Suits from Netflix you should know that it was only 10 episodes of season 2 when there was 16.

Season 3 is finished and season 4 starts in March I believe

Despite what IMDB says, it was actually the mid-season finale for season 3, it continues in March for another 6 episodes, if I recall correctly.

[hurrdurr]

You're right Jordan.

March 6th it's back for an additional run of episodes for season 3.

It has however been picked up for season 4 if anyone cares !

[Dumbass17]

Originally posted by THE GOVERNATOR
Get The Gringo (2013 Mel Gibson movie)


i really liked this movie. have watched it a few times now

[K3RMiTdot]

anyone watch white collar?

[zooter]

Luther, brilliant British crime series starring idris alba.. Highly recommend it

[mobius]

Originally posted by JordanEG6
I finished "Orange Is The New Black", "House of Cards" is next for me, I think.



I'd do Firefly if it wasn't cancelled.

Cancelled or not, Firefly followed up with Serenity is a must see. My wife HATES anything sci-fi, and she even loved it.

[JDMMAN]

K3RMiTdot - White Collar is great. If you like that, check out Leverage too :thumbsup:

[D'z Nutz]

Leverage is good, except I have trouble getting around Timothy Hutton's acting. For anyone who hasn't watched it, each episode is kind of like Ocean's Eleven in ~40 minutes.

[Kijho]

Loving Suits right now. Half way thru Season 2 but I'm seeing the full 16 episodes on Netflix which I'm hoping is true and I can watch the entire season.

Can't find the DVD's anywhere locally, Bestbuy, Futureshop, or even HMV. :(


Also can't wait for OITNB Season 2 :clap:

[ArjayAquino]

watched the first episode of Sherlock last week. So good, Cumberbatch and Freeman are awesome.

[funkedelic2]

Suits in incredible. Rachel is one of the sexiest girls I've ever seen.

[K3RMiTdot]

Originally posted by JDMMAN
K3RMiTdot - White Collar is great. If you like that, check out Leverage too :thumbsup:

will check it out, just wrapped up season 5 (not on netflix yet) man... i love this show, surprised i just found out about it

[firebane]

Lots of good shows mentioned in here..

Orange is the New Black was good
Suits is aweome
White Collar is good
American Horror Story Season 1 is good (don't bother with Season 2)

"Love the Beast" is such a wonderful heartfelt movie any car guy should watch.

I'll be checking out House of Cards and Sherlock now.

[bjstare]

Sherlock is an awesome show.

I dunno what the deal with Orange is the New Black was... I thought that show was awful. I stuck through the whole first season to see if it would get exciting at all, and just feel like it's time I'll never get back. Maybe I'm just not that much of a drama person.

Watched the first episode of Leverage last night. Seems reasonably entertaining. Not NEARLY as good as Sherlock IMO, but still not too bad.

[pheoxs]

House of cards is pretty good and new season is today

[D'z Nutz]

I've been watching Catching Killers and I think it's really good. It goes into the science behind crime solving as well as the history of it and where it's at now.

http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/sc/web/series/1003122/catching-killers#episodes



Orange is the New Black really didn't do anything for me.

[Dumbass17]

Originally posted by funkedelic2
Suits in incredible. Rachel is one of the sexiest girls I've ever seen.
i couldn't agree more.
my roommate says her and her friends met her in calgary awhile ago. i call bs.
i wouldn't be able to compose myself around her.
perfection.

[hurrdurr]

Is Suits on Shaw programming in Calgary or do we have to download after air?

[r3ccOs]

Sherlock, bar none

[BigDannyCool]

Originally posted by hurrdurr
Is Suits on Shaw programming in Calgary or do we have to download after air?

I think I've seen it on bravo

[Seth1968]

I watched this on Netflix.

If you're into this sort of thing, then the documentary explores the reason why the 2 look outs didn't see the iceberg long before they should have.

[Shlade]

American Netflix? Can't find on my reg one

[Mar]

Holy smokes, I just finished watching a season of Orange Is The New Black and it did not disappoint, that show is incredible. Plus you get to see Laura Prepon nude, how awesome is that? Donna Pinciotti from That '70s Show in a lesbian shower scene, a total bonus to an already awesome show.

Other shows I finished recently:
- American Chopper
- Air Disasters
- Hoarders
- Flashpoint <----- another amazing show, filmed in Toronto

I also just started watching House, that one's great as well. My girlfriend's a doctor so she has a hard time with the misinformation but I really enjoy it. Also Californication is back on television, it started its final season last Sunday so watch out for that to show up soon.

[Seth1968]

Yes. Canadian Netflix content pales in comparison to US Netflix.

There are two or three threads on Beyond in regards to accessing US Netflix.

[mr2mike]

Originally posted by Mar

- Flashpoint <----- another amazing show, filmed in Toronto

This character on the show is played by the lead singer of 90's band, The Headstones
http://d1mxyp5ceukbya.cloudfront.net/images/hugh-dillon-flashpoint-cbs.jpg

http://updates.canadianmusichalloffame.ca/media/2013/04/Headstone-TeethAndTissue.png

http://www.picgifs.com/reaction-gifs/reaction-gifs/mind-blown/picgifs-mind-blown-1995183.gif

[Mar]

Originally posted by mr2mike

This character on the show is played by the lead singer of 90's band, The Headstones


Ed Lane. He's also doing the automotive commercials now......Ford I think. He's doing one of them.

I'll do you one better, you know Tara Slone from Breakfast Television in Calgary? She was the lead singer of a punk band named Joydrop, I used to listen to them all the time in university.

EDIT - they were also nominated for a Juno award. Great band.

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