I figure a few of of us are trying CBC Gem, might help if we shared knowledge and recommendations!
Lana Longbeard is great if you are looking for an Adventure Time-esque cartoon
Tall Boyz: absurdist sketch comedy somewhat evocative of Kids in the Halls (which makes sense Bruce McCulloch was executive producer). Or hell just watch old Kids in the Hall.
Haven’t gotten around to seeing it myself but I’ve heard North of North is pretty good. It’s a sitcom set in Nunavut
Das Boot is also really good. A very raw and suspenseful Second World War drama set both in occupied France and inside a German submarine. There’s also no “pretend this guy isn’t speaking english” thing which is pretty cool. The actors actually speak German when their characters speak German, French when they speak French, etc. So most of the show is subtitled.
Thanks for the Tall Boyz recommendation, I’ll be checking that out.
…sigh…I miss Picnicface… need more Canadian sketch comedy in my life in general.
I’m enjoying Kim’s Convenience and North of North. Also looking forward to the next season of Short Film Face-off and The Great Canadian Potery Throw-down
Kim’s convenience and schitts creek
I like documentaries, so I’d like to recommend Canada: A People’s History and Stuff the British Stole.
I have a soft spot for corner gas
A good tool to find what’s well rated or popular is just watch
Great suggestion, thanks!
We love Schitt’s creek
22 Minutes
100 times this!
I wish there was a Canadian option for watching old school Trailer Park Boys, but I think Netflix has the monopoly on that right now.
Just pirate it for the time being.
Oh wow I could’ve sworn it was on crave but I don’t see it anymore.
“Please like me”
If you like absurdist comedy (and you don’t cringe at millennial comedy) you should check out Baroness von Sketch Show. It’s not for everyone though; my wife’s mom said she “didn’t get it,” which is totally understandable.
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I loved Sort Of, wholesome and funny queer comedy if you’re into that sort of thing.
I’ll start the ball rolling:
The instant classics, Schitt’s Creek and Kim’s Convenience are there. Both are heartwarming, joyful family comedies. Blackberry is a great little movie about the Blackberry phone with Glenn Howerton (Dennis from it’s always sunny in Philadelphia) and Jay Baruchel (Man Seeking Woman, basically that nerdy looking dude you’ll recognize instantly.)
Ones I haven’t seen but have heard really good things about (and are thus on my list):
The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, Reservation Dogs, Penny Dreadful, Britannia, Masters of Sex, Pen15
Haven’t heard much but Natasha Lyonne is usually awesome, so Poker Face is on my list.
Reservation Dogs is on there? That’s one of my favourite shows in recent years, highly recommend.
Kim’s Convenience is such a good show! It toes the line perfectly between being an authentic representation of the struggles immigrant families can face while still being mostly lighthearted and fun.
Upvote for BlackBerry. I really enjoyed that film!
Reservation Dogs was easily the best thing I watched last year
I’ve heard such good things, it’s top of my list. I might try and start a watching group on here or something. Think like a book club with an episode a week or something.
Zarqa, the funniest thing I’ve ever watched. A spiteful, middle-aged, Pakistani Muslim divorcee in Regina tries to manage/rehab her reputation and ego… With disastrously hilarious results. It’s a short mini-series that can be watched in about two hours.
I just stumbled upon Gangnam Project. It’s about two biracial Korean-Canadian teens who go to S. Korea to connect with their roots and get all caught up in the K-Pop making machine. It’s meant for the tween market, but it’s just so different than anything I’ve seen (maybe I haven’t seen much) that I find it interesting. Plus who doesn’t live an eternally optimistic lead when the real world is crazy times? Obviously it’s dramatized, but I am kind of peripherally aware that idol-culture is a very serious deal in Asia, esp Korea. (Last year some K-Pop star publicly apologized for having a boyfriend?!) I wonder how much of it is based in reality and how much is just made up.
I’d never heard of either of those and they sound great, thanks for sharing!
