This episode has Brent, Wanda, and Hank putting their high school band back together. They haven't played at all since high school, and their lack of a drummer gives us one of the best montage scenes to date, with people auditioning for the position, only no one who auditions actually plays the drums. We see accordian players, Ukranian dancers, and lastly, Colin James on guitar. The gang ends up with Karen on drums, and plays at the local bar, where no one listens.
We also see Lacey still trying to fit in, this time by researching the origins of the name "Dog River", and having difficulty getting anywhere. She thinks that Emma is trying to block her efforts, but it turns out that Emma was just trying to save Lacey from finding out the horrible truth about her own relatives. And Oscar tries to have a famous singer arrested for stealing a song that no one believes that Oscar wrote, but Davis investigates anyway....for personal reasons.
Overall, I would have to say that this isn't really one of the stand-out episodes. It's funny, and has great cameos, and a funny "what if" fantasy scene. The Lacey plot-line is probably the best of the three, and gives us a little more background on her character, as well as allows her to finally participate in a town activity.moreless
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Brent, Hank and Wanda resurrect their old high school rock band Thunderface. The local bar owner is thrilled but not for the reasons the band thinks. Meanwhile Davis takes an unusual interest in Oscar's claim that a famous country and western singer stole his song. And civic-minded Lacey uncovers the dark secret behind Dog River's name.moreless
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Tragically HipGarage Band
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Jack DuffyMr. Baker
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GUEST STAR
Dacey HarrowerTeenage Girl
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Lorne Cardinal
Davis Quinton
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Gabrielle Miller
Lacey Burrows
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Janet Wright
Emma LeRoy
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Brent Butt
Brent LeRoy
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Eric Peterson
Oscar LeRoy
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Tara Spencer-Nairn
Karen Pelly
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Oscar: Listen. I pay your taxes. I want you to go to that concert and arrest Dewey Macleod! Karen: Sorry, Oscar. You waited too long to report any malfeasance. Davis: Yeah, plus it never happened. Karen: Plus, copyright infringement is a civil matter. Davis: Plus, Saskatoon's out of our jurisdiction. Oscar: Stupid plusses!
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Brent: Let me guess, you're broke. Hank: What makes you say that? Wanda: Because you're staring at the cash the way Hank stares at cash. Oh, my God. You've become your own metaphor.
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Brent: What's really depressing is when you're listening to the radio and you're digging the tunes and then the DJ says, "You're listening to an all-oldies weekend." Wanda: That is a boot in the berries. Brent: Berries? Wanda: Metaphorical berries.
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(Thunderface plays at the Town Bar) Lacey: They sound like a weasel caught in a chainsaw! Paul: No, they don't! Lacey: Well, they sound like some small animal caught in some kind of machinery!
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Hank: Can you spot me a ten-ski? Brent: Ten-ski. You always give it some cute name so it won't seem like real money. Like that five-oh I lent you last week. Sorry Hank, you're a bad risk-a-roony.
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Lacey: Emma, you've lived here your whole life, right? Emma: Thanks for cheering me up.
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Oscar (about Thunderface): What's all the racket? I can hear you clear across town! Brent: You can hear us two blocks away?
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Emma(as Oscar rummages through boxes): God, it's like living with a raccoon!
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Oscar: Play some BTO!
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The closing theme song (My Happy Place) is replaced by Capital Cash as sung by Thunderface.
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This episode is Brent Butt's favourite one.
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Canadian musician Colin James guest-starred in the episode, as well as Canadian rock group the Tragically Hip.
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Brent: It's hard to pull off the rock star thing when you've gotta be home before BJ And The Bear comes on. Hank: You know, they called it a bear, but it was a monkey. BJ And The Bear was an American TV comedy that aired on NBC from 1979 to 1981, starring Greg Evigan and Claude Atkins. Evigan played BJ McKay, a freelance trucker who travelled with his pet chimpanzee named Bear after Alabama football coach Bear Bryant. The series spawned a spinoff, The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, staring Claude Atkins, who had played Sheriff Elroy P Lobo, who harassed BJ whenever possible.
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Brent: Don't tell me what the poets are doing, just am-scray. Brent was talking to guest stars The Tragically Hip. "Don't tell me what the poets are doing" is a line from their song "Poets."
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Who is your favourite character?
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When will season 6 start airing in America on WGN?
05/18/091
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Season 6 begins October 13th
04/18/093
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R2 Bee Too
04/13/096
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Finale
04/11/095
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