Chilly Beach
Chilly Beach is a Canadian animated television series, which airs on CBC Television in Canada and The Comedy Channel in Australia.
The series is a comedic depiction of life in the fictional Canadian town of Chilly Beach, described by the producers as "a bunch of Canadians doing the stuff that Canadians do, like playing hockey, drinking beer, and being eaten by polar bears." Chilly Beach plays on nearly every conceivable stereotype that people have about Canadians in a satirical manner.
The show began as an animated Flash site on the Web, and was developed into a CBC television series which first aired in 2003.
A Chilly Beach feature film, The World is Hot Enough, made its theatrical debut at Cinéfest in September 2005. Guest stars on the show have included William Shatner, Joe Flaherty, Leslie Nielsen, Elvis Stojko, Lawrence Gowan and David Suzuki.
The show is produced in Greater Sudbury, Ontario by March Entertainment.
As of August 1, 2006, three seasons of the show have been produced for a total of 65 episodes, although the 13 episodes of season three have not yet aired.
Characters
The main characters include:
- Dale MacDonald - A boorish and idiotic professional zamboni (ice resurfacer) driver (second from left; wearing red jersey)
- Frank Shackleford - A beer store owner and Dale's best friend. Also a modest scientific genius; he once created a portal to another galaxy (next to Dale; wearing blue jersey)
- Jacques LaRock - An unhygenic greasy spoon owner and former hockey player from Quebec (middle-right; brown mustache)
- April June - A waitress and ferocious animal rights activist (middle; next to polar bear)
- Angus MacAuger - An eccentric and hermetic Scottish trapper (far left; orange facial hair)
- Katherine Hilderbrand - The disgruntled (and highly patriotic) Assistant Deputy American Ambassador to Canada (far right)
- Abby - Katherine's inquisitive and intelligent daughter (next to Katherine)
- Constable Al - An Indo-Canadian mountie, the only form of law enforcement in Chilly Beach (upper right)
- Michel - Nebbishy nephew of Jacques LaRock, a friend of Abby who enjoys figure skating (in front of Jacques)
- Polar Bear - Large animal who frequently eats citizens of Chilly Beach, somehow has with a pleasant British accent, and lives with a taciturn penguin (the bear in the middle)
The characters Abby and Michel were deemed unpopular after season one, and largely disappeared from the show in subsequent seasons.
Minor characters include:
- Antoine DelVecchio - Chilly Beach's corrupt and incompetent Member of Parliament, voiced by Joe Flaherty. (Not pictured.)
- Lucretia Marinara - the local butcher and girlfriend of Jacques LaRock, voiced by Andrea Martin. (Not pictured.)
- Panic Man - a completely unnamed character who shows up regularly only to panic at whatever is happening and run off. (Not pictured.)
- The President - unnamed President of the United States, voiced in one epiosde by William Shatner. (Not pictured.)
- Dave Macdonald - Apears in only one episode and not in the inset picture. He is the total opposite of Dale. He came to Chilly Beach hoping Dale would give him a kidney in order to live.
Merchandises:
- Chilly Beach DVD season 1
- Chilly Beach DVD season 2 (coming soon)
- Chilly Beach Shirts
- Chilly Beach The World Is Hot Enough DVD (coming soon)