{"product_id":"the-green-red-green-isbn-9780385678582","title":"The Green Red Green","description":"\u003cp\u003eRed Green was recycling material long before the green revolution got underway. Look at the autmobiles he's driven over the years. Many of those were assembled using the same basic method employed for \u003ci\u003eThe Green Red Green\u003c\/i\u003e: by welding together the surviving bits of some old wrecks. In this case, we're talking about the three Red Geen books published long ago by other, inferior publishers: \u003ci\u003eDuct Tape Is Not Enough\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of newspaper columns by Red Green's alter-ego Steve Smith on surviving middle age; \u003ci\u003eRed Green Talks Cars\u003c\/i\u003e; and Red's literary debut \u003ci\u003eThe Red Green Book\u003c\/i\u003e, a souvenir of the TV show.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe selection for his best-of pretty much made itself. Out went the Steve Smith columns with once-topical references; out went the material from \u003ci\u003eThe Red Green Book\u003c\/i\u003e that was in the voices of the other characters (he's been carrying those bums for too long) and out went very little from the perenially hilarious \u003ci\u003eCars.\u003c\/i\u003e The resulting mass of pieces have been well-shaken into a new mix; re-edited to new levels of sharpness and hilarity, and updated so that, for example, jokes about hairstyles now feature Russell Brand and not Rod Stewart. And the perfectly competent illustrations from the previous books have been replaced by much better, incompetent ones by the author, so that the look of this book very much resembles \u003ci\u003eHow to Do Everything\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e“When looking for wisdom on big questions, I turn to either the Bible or Red Green. \u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eKen Gallinger, Ethically Speaking columnist, \u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/i\u003eRED GREEN is the leader of Possum Lodge, Chapter 11, a northern Ontario eyesore. He is friendly, inventive, cheap and as honest as the day is long, which means he's the least honest on December 21. When he works on his handyman projects, Red is not stupid, he's impatient. So he uses duct tape to \"buy time.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRed Green is the star of \u003ci\u003eThe Red Green Show\u003c\/i\u003e, which had first runs in Canada and the US from 1991 until 2006, making it the longest running live-action scripted comedy in the world. It continues to be enormously popular in reruns here and in the States.  Red Green is the creation of Canadian comedian and writer Steve Smith. The author lives in Possum Lodge, Ontario.","brand":"Doubleday Canada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304466698469,"sku":"NP9780385678582","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780385678582.jpg?v=1767739669","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-green-red-green-isbn-9780385678582","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}