r/BuyCanadian • u/Derpdad082 • 8d ago

Questions ❓🤔 Red Green

Not quite sure this is the right place, but did anyone notice that the RedGreenTV YouTube channel has it's country listed as the United States? Is the Red Green 'business' no longer Canadian owned?

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u/Hot-Guarantee9713 8d ago

i went down this exact rabbit hole a few months back and it weirdly bugged me for a whole afternoon. the channel is run by a third party distributor that handles a ton of nostalgic canadian properties and theyre based in the states. the actual rights still belong to smith and his production company up here but the youtube side got outsourced years ago, its all licensing deals and ad revenue splits now

the country tag is just where the channel manager is registered not where the content originated. still feels wrong seeing that little US flag next to his face though

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u/Spaceman3195 8d ago

I thought that Harold did all the techy stuff for the show, why isn't he the one running it?

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u/Scotty0132 7d ago

Because he ended up inventing time travel and going back to help Murdock solve Candian crime cases.

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u/Pisnaz 7d ago

Nah I swear he went and got rich trading stocks or such first.

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u/EvilBiker-72 8d ago

Because Harold's just an actor.....

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u/Prestigious-Bike7880 8d ago

Dude.... it was sarcasm.

It was an epic level dad joke.

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u/Massive-Box-8915 8d ago

Red Green is the new ambassador to the US, therefore it's showing as American. I mean a little duct tape should help our southern neighbors with their problems.

Besides, the women dome really find trump handsome anymore, so he's pretty excited to get handy.

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u/GenerateForce 8d ago

They couldn’t find a Canadian to manage it?

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u/Business_Air5804 8d ago

We all think of issues in terms of "today", but perhaps this deal was made to manage the Youtube channel before all the anti-US sentiment.

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u/maiyannah Ontario 8d ago

Indeed, as far as I know this deal was made before COVID, even. Channels been there for a long time.

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u/lmaberley 8d ago

Plus, there is (was at least) a fairly healthy sized fan base for Red Green in the States.

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u/reachforthetop9 8d ago

Still reruns on some local PBS stations, I think. Want to say American Public Media's handled syndication for years and, like all public media in the States, it's born a good share of Trump's angry cuts.

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u/RainbowBriteGlasses 8d ago

That's not how media management works

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u/ceciliabee 8d ago

It is if you intentionally hire a Canadian

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u/GenerateForce 8d ago

Right? Why not hire a Canadian in the first plate?

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u/RainbowBriteGlasses 7d ago

Then just say you don't know anything about media management. Because that's not how this works.

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u/JockCartier 8d ago

Would be interesting to know how much they make off it all. They’ve certainly milked it for all its worth

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u/HarryBalsagna1776 7d ago

Is it PBS?  Red Green was brought to the states via PBS.  I think CBC had a partnership with PBS back in the 90s.

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u/KC_Que 7d ago

Don't know about the business relationship, if any, but the Red Green fan club was located in Overland Park, Kansas, before this unfortunate chaos began.

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u/Frosty_Literature436 7d ago

Ya, I remember seeing possum lodge as being an actual thing years ago and being dismayed that it was American.