[El Bastardo]

I've been living in the U.S. a while now and am surrounded by U.S. pop culture. Television, radio, news, all of it. We're all exposed to it.... but only the good stuff. There is a lot of down here crap that doesn't make it up there, so be grateful for that.

While I try to keep up with whats going on at home in the news, I feel I'm missing out on what will probably become cultural touchstones in Canadian pop culture. CFOX and 94.5 seem to be region-restricted, so does Global, CityTV, and CBC. I'm suspecting CTV is as well, although everyone's lineup looks very American to me. That could be just localization though.


Whats new? Whats good? TV, music, movies, whatever. Please help me keep from losing touch with my nation of origin. Any recommendations are welcome.

[Manic!]

Just move back to Canada before you get shot.

[dachinesedude]

is Drake, Bieber, and the Weeknd considered "Canadian pop culture"?

or you thinking Nickleback, Barenaked Ladies, Sum 41?

TV - Kim’s Convenience

[Hondaracer]

Timbiebs

[keifun]

CBC Hockey Night in Canada

[StylinRed]

vpn and the cbc app booom

I haven't watched TV in years so I'm out of the loop

But, u should really come back up north bastard :P

[Vansterdam]

circuit stream IPTV has a shitload of Canadian channels (900+) sports/movies/tv/news/music

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtSeH1UbFPLjcy8kWL4mBeqZJiqUFGqBu

Canadian east coast undergroundish rap

[El Bastardo]

I can't afford to come home at this point! Too expensive!

So we had a great TV catalog like Corner Gas, Call Me Fitz, Rent a Goalie and bands like the Matt Good Band, Sloan, and Hawksley Workman. Stuff you'd see and hear up there but nobody knows who the fuck they are down here. Not stuff like Beiber or Nickelback or Drake.

I'm looking for the stuff that looks and feels Canadian like when you compare an old episode of CSI with Da Vinci's Inquest and they look and feel different.

I'm looking for the new hotness. Like, Cleopatrick. Who the fuck are they? What the hell is Dear Rouge? What are The Sheepdogs? I don't get any of that. Just people who sound like they've come off The Voice: Season 58 and a thousand "Chopped and Screwed" hip hop tracks.

[Vansterdam]

cant go wrong with trailer park boys lol

[CivicBlues]

Netflix Canadian shows:

Schitt's Creek was pretty funny and heartwarming, binged it after they won all those Emmys. However they go out of their way in the show to hide the fact it's from Canada. But if you're from Canada you can tell by watching they're all in Canada.

Kim's Convenience, Not as funny but had to rep Asian-Canada! Was crap the way they ended it though. I even visited the store when I was in TO this summer.

Heartland - the Missus is really into horses so she started binging this show...It's sappy sprawling soap-operish family drama and is LoooOOng - 15 seasons. But don't tell her...I sorta got into it too when she put it on and I half watched it in the background.

Motive - not really not Netflix but it was on CTV a few years ago. It's filmed and set in Vancouver so it's sorta like a cross between CSI and Da Vinci's Inquest (A show I never really watched but saw bits and parts of it).

I think I've watched more Canadian TV in the past year than the rest of my life combined thanks to Netflix and COVID isolation. I think the only other scripted Canadian show I got into previously was Due South but that was decades ago.

[Hondaracer]

I don’t think anyone in Canada even knows of those things in your last paragraph there Bastardo lol..

[SkinnyPupp]

Degrassi High and Street Cents were the most Canadian shows I watched. Aside from hockey, I probably haven't watched a truly Canadian show since then.

I always have fun when I'm watching an American show or movie, and can point out the Canadian actors by the way they talk LUL After moving away, you really notice how strong the Canadian accent is. Although it's not really strong on the west coast, there are a few things.

[nabs]

Speakers Corner!

[twitchyzero]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DdABvSTA0I

[bcrdukes]

I was in TO this summer.

:seriously:

[Manic!]

No one mentioned Letterkenny?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro2mZ0oQI3M

[underscore]

^ thank you, I was starting to worry nobody would mention Letterkenny.

Murdoch Mysteries is on season 15 now. Still Standing is great for seeing small Canadian towns.

[Vansterdam]

https://youtu.be/w9ADYSAko78

[El Bastardo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DdABvSTA0I



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Whatever this is, its region restricted. YouTube won't let people who have Freedom™ see it.

Thanks for the recommendations in this thread. Keep 'em coming. They have Letterkenny down here on Hulu which is great for the show I'd think so I hope they keep it going. TPB is on Netflix too.
Believe it or not, Heartland is actually really big here. I don't know if its the horse thing, the fact that its a very family friendly show, or that it can be safely broadcast on more Christian-oriented channels but its got a lot of 'murican fans. Haven't seen Motive so I'll check that out.

Still Standing is the kind of stuff I'd been hoping to hear about. Thanks for that!

[white rocket]

You must be living your best life in Texas. Every single person I know, American or Canadian, that has moved to Texas in the last 15 years has went on to live their best life. I hope the same for you.

Letterkenny is No. 1 for sure. Epic show.

A surprise hit for our household is Family Law. Based in Vancouver, family law firm, female star is a recovering alcoholic. Decent current topics delivered in somewhat relatable ways. For a mainstream show it's really good. You can say "shit" on Global now? Crazy!

[punkwax]

Going to see Letterkenny live in March :buttrock:

I’ll never forget how mad my buddy got at me when I called him out for having the b4-4 hairdo the day he showed up to a party with a new hairstyle :lol

[CivicBlues]

:seriously:

Haha sorry dude, I didn't meet up with anyone except elderly family. Was trying to keep my social bubble small. Next time!

[320icar]

Cad-con sucks tho like 80% of the time

[CivicBlues]

Believe it or not, Heartland is actually really big here. I don't know if its the horse thing, the fact that its a very family friendly show, or that it can be safely broadcast on more Christian-oriented channels but its got a lot of 'murican fans. Haven't seen Motive so I'll check that out.



Hah, I believe it. Thing is on the surface it seems like a wholesome show. There's no swearing or sex at all, but it's implied people are constantly hooking up/cheating and getting pregnant out of wedlock. And there's a lot of subversive shit about traditional relationships in general. Tons of female empowerment but no LGBT characters - I guess it would be too obvious to the Christian right crowd. But if I was a good Christian parent who wanted my kids to watch a good Christian show it might fool someone who just watches the first few episodes.

Strangely enough Religion is never mentioned in the show (they don't even say "oh my god" either) either except for church weddings.

[mikemhg]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DdABvSTA0I

LOL this was the shit back in the day :lol

Man those pop songs from the 90's/00's were hilarious, kids were singing to shit not even knowing how raunchy the lyrics were.

[El Bastardo]

You must be living your best life in Texas. Every single person I know, American or Canadian, that has moved to Texas in the last 15 years has went on to live their best life. I hope the same for you.




I read this earlier and thought about it. I have complaints about the little things but yeah, over-all I'm pretty damn happy about it.

As a straight white guy the political aspects don't impact me negatively at all. (I unironically acknowledge my white privilege) Living is cheap, and the climate is pretty reasonable in the winter. People are friendly and even panhandlers are less aggressive because reasons (https://guides.sll.texas.gov/gun-laws/carry-of-firearms). There are some pretty serious environmental issues (https://projects.propublica.org/toxmap/) here and this city looks like one big strip mall (imagine everything looked like Kingsway did 10 years ago) but I'm pretty good with being here.

It was just after Canadian Thanksgiving (I have one every year here) that I realized that my Canadian knowledge had calcified to what was current when I left in 2014/15 and I didn't want to lose touch with things.

Without me noticing, people were calling each other "partners" instead of using gendered terms like "girlfriend/boyfriend or wife/husband". The government was prefacing reports on impactful issues by mentioning the historical tribal lands they were on. People are even talking about moving away from being a Constitutional Monarchy and toward becoming a Republic?
The changes in Canada may feel slight to folks who are still back at home, but thats only because they have greater social context. This is part of what I want to also plug back into.

[CivicBlues]

Without me noticing, people were calling each other "partners" instead of using gendered terms like "girlfriend/boyfriend or wife/husband". The government was prefacing reports on impactful issues by mentioning the historical tribal lands they were on. People are even talking about moving away from being a Constitutional Monarchy and toward becoming a Republic?
The changes in Canada may feel slight to folks who are still back at home, but thats only because they have greater social context. This is part of what I want to also plug back into.

People are saying "Partner" more often now because many people are just cohabitating and not getting married, and it sounds better than the more transient term "Girlfriend or Boyfriend". I assume this is a phenomenon in Blue states as well.

The Land Acknowledgement thing is pretty unique to Canada although I think they do it in New Zealand too. Still feels forced and insincere in my ears though and reeks of lipservice without doing anything substantive.

Canadian Republic? Well Liz is getting on in her years, I think people are just dreading having King Chuck but I don't think it's a serious topic of discussion in Parliament.

[bcrdukes]

Since you have Buc'ee's, you have everything for a happy life.

[El Bastardo]

Since you have Buc'ee's, you have everything for a happy life.



Dukes has been to Texas but I'll fill all y'all others in.

Have you ever wanted to buy cookware, a burrito, pajamas, and a whole bbq at a 70,000 gas station? Have you ever been in a bathroom that is 2000 square feet on its own? Ever felt like taking your car through the world's longest car wash?

Buc'ee's is a Texas-based gas station chain where many locations are the size of supermarkets. It is a testament to consumerism and in the early days of the pandemic it was the only place where you could find sanitizer when people started hoarding it. I would take my empty bottles and refill them in the bathrooms because they had that brand name Purell.

People unironically wear their merch in public.

[BIC_BAWS]

On the note of gendered terms, people started using pronouns on their professional work signatures. Turd made our Canadian anthem more gender neutral. Instead of "true patriot love in all thy sons command" it's now "true patriot love in all of us command"

[SkinnyPupp]

On the note of gendered terms, people started using pronouns on their professional work signatures. Turd made our Canadian anthem more gender neutral. Instead of "true patriot love in all thy sons command" it's now "true patriot love in all of us command"
And that's a bad thing? Not everyone in Canada thinks they are a son of God. In fact very few do...

[BIC_BAWS]

And that's a bad thing? Not everyone in Canada thinks they are a son of God. In fact very few do...Not at all. But definitely shows the drastic differences between attitudes of the US and the ever changing PC attitudes of Canada.

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[SkinnyPupp]

Not at all. But definitely shows the drastic differences between attitudes of the US and the ever changing PC attitudes of Canada.

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I thought you were going somewhere else the way you wrote that out, mb