Trailer Park Boys: What really happened to Corey and Trevor…
Like many people, I was sad to see Corey and Trevor missing from the seventh season of the Trailer Park Boys. They were my favorite characters on the show! Finally, thanks to Andrew for sending me the link, I have found out why they are missing and what caused them to leave! Trevor, played by Michael Jackson, has written to explain the changes to the show since the first season and what lead to their departure. See the original message here!
edit: it has been brought to my attention that some of what i originally wrote was insulting to my fellow cast mates and that was never my intention when i wrote this bog. i agree with this and i have decided to edit my blog and take out the offensive material. i’m sorry to those people that i offended. i love you guys. i’m leaving in the part about the sandwiches because i think it’s funny.
most people know that i don’t really like to talk about TPB and i really don’t. in my mind it’s in the past and it isn’t worth talking about. recently, i’ve had a lot of TPB fans message me and ask what happened and why i’m not on the show anymore and that it isn’t the same without cory and trevor. this is flattering but it wasn’t my intention when i decided to leave the show. i can’t answer all the questions that i get and TPB isn’t something i like to talk about but i will give a summary of what happened and why i left the show. this is going to be the truth and probably not what a lot of people want to hear and i don’t mean to sling shit at certain people but sometimes it has to be done. if you enjoy the show i hope you continue to enjoy it.
Season 1
the first season of TPB was really fun and i felt we were doing something really creative and it felt like a group effort. a lot of the scenes were improv’d and i don’t remember even seeing a script during the first season. during this time we were getting paid scale which is the lowest the producer’s were allowed to pay us and still have it be a union show (ACTRA). this was fair as we really didn’t have any acting experience and i don’t think anybody thought the show would be successful. season 1 bombed and the ratings were low and i don’t think anybody really understood what we were trying to do with the show. i remember a superfan from ottawa organized a party at a bar here in halifax and the only people that showed up to it was the entire cast of the show and this one superfan and his girlfriend. it was humiliating but really funny at the same time. luckily for us Showcase didn’t have a lot of shows and they played the episodes over and over and over. eventually people took notice and the fans spread the show by word of mouth. this didn’t have anything to do with marketing or business plans or focus groups. we all owe everything we have from this first group of TPB fans. i think we were all amazed when we were informed that we would be shooting a second season. it was weird because a lot of the production staff and an awesome lady named judy seemed to get let go before season 2. i’m not really sure why this happened but it seemed kind of shitty. i bet mike volpe and barrie dunn would know something about this.
Season 2
clattenburg wanted me to have a mullet for season 2 and i’m not sure why i let him talk me into this but i did. i also somehow signed on to be a grip for this season. the show had a new woman named karen wentzell who might have worked with barrie dunn at CBC. i had to go in and meet her and do my deal memo for the grip gig and she made me an insanely low offer and pretended not to know what kit rental was. for those that don’t know kit rental is what you get paid to rent your own equipment to a production. normally a show would have a gaffer and a key grip and anywhere from 3 to 5 grips and 3 to 5 electricians. i understood that TPB was low budget and didn’t need a huge crew but they didn’t have any electrics and i was the only grip. i don’t know a lot about electricity and they had me running extension cords all over the trailer park and eventually the breaker would blow and it would somehow be my job to figure it out. the camera dept. had 1 guy who held the camera when it wasn’t being used, a guy who operated the camera and a guy who held the slate. the lighting department had me running around like a nut. eventually they let me bring in raddie dave to help me but this was no way to work. eventually i told barrie dunn that it isn’t my fault they don’t know the difference between a grip and an electric and that what they were doing was dangerous and i took my tools and went home. i had worked on a lot of movies and this thing was a fucking joke. working as an actor on season 2 was ok and we were still getting paid scale and i think that is fair as the show still wasn’t very popular. bubbles played a much larger role in season 2 but he was still a great character. i’m so proud of the first 2 seasons of the show. i really think we were doing something special and for the most part it was a lot of fun. i wish the show would have ended here. what a legacy we would have had. oh well.
Season 3
i’ll be honest, i didn’t want to do season 3. the show had grown a lot in popularity from season 2 to season 3 and mike volpe and barrie dunn refused to pay more than scale. barrie dunn told me that i have to think long term and to think about when they sell the show to the US or make a movie. karen wentzell was back and she made a lot of really bad decisions. she had rev bob basically working 24 hours a day trying to dress/build the sets and refused to let him have enough people to help him do it properly. he worked his ass off and did an incredible job. he had to deal with a schedule that constantly changed and really bad communication. he didn’t come back for season 4 and in my mind the man should be sainted. season 3 was actually pretty fun to shoot.
Season 4
when i read the season 4 scripts i couldn’t even believe what had happened to the show…talking puppets, mountain lions and bubbles dressed as a wrestler. i was disappointed with this direction change as well as the fact that the show seemed to focus more on bubbles and less on julian or ricky/julian as it had in the past. i didn’t want to do season 4 and during negotiations this time around we got what i think was a 25% raise but we were still getting paid per day and not per episode. finally we were making a bit more than scale but this raise came with a price and that was a 3 year contract or what i think might be called an option in the entertainment industry. with this option the producers only had to pay 15% more each year. i tried to negotiate a better contract and barrie dunn told me that everyone was getting paid the same and if he paid me more he would have to pay everyone else more. for some reason i believed him and the idea of us all making the same somehow seemed fair. later on i found out that almost every actor on the show was making a different amount of money…some a lot more than me and some even less than me. andy miller came on as the art director and he did an amazing job but faced all the same problems that rev bob faced. i think at this time the show finally gave in and signed one page agreements with both the technical union IATSE and the DGC. this is important because with a union contract the producers contribute to the retirement and medical coverage for the crew. i could be wrong and maybe this happened later on. it’s funny because karen wentzell wasn’t in the DGC so her job of production manager was changed to production supervisor. it’s pretty sad when the person in charge of organizing the show isn’t actually in the union. shooting season 4 was painful.
Season 5
we got our 15% raise and were still getting paid by the day. at this point we were making about scale and half. i have friends who work on commercials and they would get twice scale for a tim horton’s commercial. here we were on what was probably the most successful canadian tv show making just a bit more than scale. we put 4 years into the show, we created our own characters and this was our reward. karen wentzell was still doing her organizing and the crew was working harder than ever. i couldn’t believe how poorly the crew was treated and the crew turnover was ridiculous. it’s normal to not always use the same crew but TPB was lying and pretending this thing was a huge family and everyone was friends. the people who worked for low rates and didn’t complain stayed on and anyone who complained about the sickening bathrooms, the lack of organization or mouldy trailers were blacklisted. obviously i didn’t want to do season 5 but i always really liked clattenburg and he always was able to talk me into it. clattenburg is a great guy and i’ll always think that, i think. i think we won a gemini award the fall after we shot the xmas thing and nobody even told me that we won or offered to pay for the award. my mom paid for my award because she is proud of me. each award is about $400 so i guess it would have cost the show about $5000 to pay for the awards. i worked as a production assistant on this hour has 22 minutes in 1998 and they always paid for any awards the show won. shame on you volpe and dunn. i can’t even begin to guess at how much mike volpe and barrie dunn were making at this point from dvd sales, merchandise and from the show. millions of dollars easily. anyway, let’s continue on.
the xmas thing
the xmas thing was more of the same from a writing standpoint and was disorganized and rushed. i remember we were shooting in downtown dartmouth in a parking garage and i was hungry and the craft service girl came around with some sandwiches and i tried to take 2 and she told me i couldn’t. then i watched the boys all grab 3 or 4 each. it was as though a memo had been sent around and to treat the rest of us like shit or something. i don’t think there was such a memo but fuck it was gross.
the big dirty
in the late spring mike volpe phoned me and he was really excited that they were going to be making a movie. i was like cool…whatever…i don’t really care and then he was like…we didn’t get as much money as we wanted so everyone is going to have to work for scale. this was the payoff…this was the movie…this was the US and because it was no longer the TV contract they dropped us back down to the minimum they had to pay us. i was so upset that i sold my season 4 scripts on ebay as one of my performance art pieces. this was really low. the other thing they tried to do was to get us all to sign 3 movie contracts with the rate of pay already being determined in advance. so say the big dirty made a billion dollars well we’d be acting in the big dirty 2 for twice scale. that was craziness and i refused to sign my contract. volpe said i was the only one with a problem but i learned later on that almost everyone had a problem with this. i was given the big dirty script and because of my ebay stunt our names were now on the scripts and we had to sign some sort of non-disclosure agreement. again, i was disappointed with the script and i didn’t finish reading it. conditions on the movie were bad. karen wentzell was in way over her head and instead of hiring a security guard to watch the unit over night on the street where it was parked, she hired extra drivers to bring everything back to the park and lock it up over night. this was so expensive and was really hard on the transport guys who were working an extra 3 or 4 hours a day now. there was a lot of other communication and organizational problems and i hate to blame one person but if you are the production supervisor on a film then this is your job. several times the schedule was fucked up and they would send a transport guy to my house to wake me up and say they needed me on set in 30 mins. in my mind this isn’t very respectful and i always went in but i knew it wasn’t right. i didn’t want to make the movie but because i love clattenburg so much i did it. i knew the deal they offered my was unfair and i still did it. i really tried to do a good job in the movie…for clattenburg. i knew that whoever was involved in this movie from Hollywood was ruining it but i tried to do my best. halfway through the movie i decided that i had had enough….all the bullshit, all the inequality had taken it’s toll and mostly i wasn’t having fun. it wasn’t the same show anymore, the people weren’t the same. when i looked around i just saw a bunch of people that were fat and tired. i told volpe in an email that season 6 would be the end for me. i told him that i would finish the movie and do as little or as much as they wanted from me for season 6 because i didn’t want to fuck clattenburg. volpe just kind of ignored me and didn’t seem to take it seriously. i’ve never watched the big dirty. actually, i haven’t watch any episodes since season 3. i remember telling clattenburg that the only thing that could make me feel worse about my life would be to play bass for nickelback. TPB had become a sitcom and was the same jokes over and over.
Season 6
around the same time i decided to leave the show i took on a job recording a band and i emailed karen wentzell and told her that i wouldn’t be available for 2 days during the shooting of season 6. i also asked for the list of dates that i would be working and for my contract and she replied saying she would give me the dates and my contract the next week. well of course i didn’t get them and of course the day before the day i was to record the band the 2nd AD called to tell me i was working the next day and i was like…i can’t…i’m booked and i told karen this about 2 months ago. volpe called and we talked and i told him about karen and the email and he took her side and told me that i had given up on the show and was trying to do a bad job on purpose. this was easily the most hurtful thing the show ever did to me. i’m not a good actor but i always tried to do the best job i could. even when the writing wasn’t great i tried to create something special and to have a greedy lawyer without a creative bone in his fucking body tell me this really hurt. i will never forget this. hey volpe…eat a dick. the scripts and production was rushed for season 6 and everyone was exhausted from the movie. it was weird because i told them i wasn’t coming back and i kind of thought they would shoot a scene of us leaving or give us a good ending and they never dealt with it. when season 6 wrapped up i knew it was over and i knew that they would just say cory and trevor moved or died or whatever and i knew that it would suck and that the fans of the show deserved more. i met with barrie dunn before season 7 and we had a nice talk and i really like barrie dunn the guy, barrie dunn the actor but barrie dunn the lawyer/tv producer isn’t someone i can trust. after this meeting i knew it was over and nobody ever thanked me or said i did a good job. it just ended. they said they wouldn’t do it without me but i knew they would and they should and i’m glad they did. i had one year left on my contract and i’m thankful that mike volpe and barrie dunn didn’t threaten me or sue me. as much as they fucked me they let me off easy on that one…thanks guys.
i spent 6 years working on TPB and the only person who was ever promoted during all of this was karen wentzell. i can’t remember at what point but sometime around season 6 she became an associate producer. all of the crew who worked their asses off because of her incompetence never got a producer credit and what i’d imagine would be a significant raise and maybe even a share of the back end. what an insult, what an outrage. i also remember ann marie was hired to make a behind the scenes documentary and it somehow was changed to be about the crew and this family bullshit that really was never there. never once did this special mention rev bob and how poorly he was treated or andy miller and how poorly he was treated or todd murchie and how much he gave to the show to later not be brought back. what about richard colpe? it seems as though this family they talk about doesn’t include a lot of people that worked their asses off.
i was disrespected as an actor and as a person and i know that me standing up and saying fuck you i’ve had enough hasn’t changed anything. i was ripped off financially and that kind of sucks but mostly i just wasn’t having fun anymore. the show isn’t the same show that it was in the beginning and life is too short to not have fun. i’m not a greedy person and i never tried to hold out for more money but we all should have been paid a lot more than what they were paying us. this includes the crew and the cast.
thanks for everyone who watched me for 6 years and to everyone who has shown support in my decision. sorry about the long rant, you haven’t seen the last of me.
ps dudes
=mj=
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June 21st, 2007 at 2:13 am
yo man you were the best thing about trailer park boys, you guys were the glue that held the show together the 7th seasons was pretty shitty without u guys
July 3rd, 2007 at 10:17 pm
I agree with that guy you guys were so awsome
And they tried to kinda replace you with some kid named jacob and his “Boys” Peace you were teh bomb
July 12th, 2007 at 12:49 am
the show is done now, you arre right the show has gone a completley different turn and I didnt really laugh as much a i did in the other seasons, the two other fuckers who have took your place are faggots that just ruined the show right there,..I just wish trailer park boys had the same feel and laughter like they did in season 1,2, and 3 its a shame you guyz are gone but i understand why you had every right to leave that show
July 15th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
I also, am a grip working out of 873 in T.O. I read with interest the comments that Mike made and can not believe that he lasted as long as he did. I can so relate to what he is talking about. Nevertheless, I think he did an amazing job and was perfect for the role. The producers know that they were holding gold and were happier to just steal it. Way to go Mike and I wish you all the best brother
July 21st, 2007 at 8:53 pm
All good things must come to an end. So sad that Corey & Trevor are not on the show. They made the show! And of course it is not the same. Good luck to you & Corey. No one deserves to be treated that way. In fact, way to go! I’ll survive! The TPB has gone downhill ever since Season 5 though that was better than Season 6 and Season 6 was better than Season 7. You brought joy and laughter to many and though there were proverbial tears behind the scenes, thanks for the memories!
July 22nd, 2007 at 6:32 am
No doubt that you had every right to leave the show, no doubt that the producers are ass holes. No doubt that karen bitch deserves whatever she gets. Your complaining about sandwiches? Your complaining about how the actors that were more important on the show than cory and trevor got treated better? Alright lets see, you were talking about how Tim Horton’s commercial people made more money than you did. I hate to say this, but suck it up. Do you realize that Tim Horton’s is probably worth billions while trailer park boys isn’t even close to that amount. You know i am sad that you guys quit the show, do you blame them for not giving you a send off, you basically just told them to Fuck Off and i don’t wanna be in the show cause of you guys ha ha, how you like me now? Come on man, that is ridiculous, do you even realize how good this show has become? Seasons 1-3 were not to bad, but compared to 4 and 5 they are nothing. Someone said how he didn’t laugh during the later ones, well you must have no sense of humor cause Season 4 got an award for Best Canadian Comedy series if i am not mistaken. You say how season 6 was your end and how you didn’t wanna fuck Clattenburg, well you just did and the rest of the show. Once again the producers are ass holes, but thats no reason for you to tell everyone because I don’t like the way I’m treated I’m going home. O k so you had to pay for your award, think of this TPB IS POOR! They made a lot off the movie, I doubt it, lots of people did go to see it, but no where near some big movie like Spiderman 3 or X-men 3, even the Matrix etc. No doubt that you probably know a lot more than i would considering you actually worked with these people, but to leave the show high and dry when it’s at it’s peak, you pretty much just fucked the whole show over because of your whining about how you were mistreated and how you only did it for Clattenburg, jesus christ man think about the fans of the show and how pissed everyone must have been to find this out. You want people to feel sorry for you or maybe that wasn’t your intent? Seem to have that going around a lot. People say oh season 7 is not as good as the others, its cause it changed, if they made the fucking show in the old way it would be another fucking trailer park boys amazing season. Its kinda sad to see you go but to go out because you didn’t like the people you worked with or the money you were making, you know what that sounds like? Someone from Hollywood, the people you seemed to bad mouth. Hope you have fun in your band and hope you enjoyed getting back at the guys that wronged you and made everyone else pissed in the process. I will remember Cory and Trevor but not as much as i had hoped now it would seem.
September 28th, 2007 at 4:12 am
Sounds like you were given a raw deal. Sounds like the middle man was profiting big time off of the backs of the hard workers. It is too bad you had to leave becasue someone wanted to line their pockets. They should have thought about the fans. Although, it is hard to think about the fans when all they see is a huge dollar sign.
After hearing this, I will never again watch a trailer park boys show.
I was about to find and buy the TPB’s DVD but then I had to find out why Corey and Trevor are gone. Now I know, and now I will never buy a TPB DVD. fuck them. I won’t give them a cent of my money. as far as I am concerned, the TPB is just a distant memory.
September 28th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
Sounds like they treated you like real cory and trevors. Now I feel bad about buying the DVDs as opposed to downloading them.
October 6th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
You can always sue Volpe and Dunn. A salary readjusment is possible considering the show’s popularity. I suggest you and you lawyer to get in touch the provincial tax comission and the ACTRA. I understand you had signed contract but the terms were unreasonnable.
I never liked “Ray” anyways. He’s a real trailer trash scumbag.
October 31st, 2007 at 12:06 am
Wow, what an eye-opener! Add me to the long list that needs Cory & Trevor in the TPB to make it all happen. The new season with Jacob and those 2 new dicks, along with Philadelphia Collins and his other asshole son, is truly lame and almost pathetic. I liked the older episodes, like when Cory & Trevor picked up those 2 guys dressed in drag….after all, they didn’t do anything…
November 30th, 2007 at 8:00 pm
We truly all miss you guys on the show but its Clattenberg’s loss; not yours. Go on with your life and even pick up your OWN show. Too much talent there not to continue on. Loved your characters, though didn’t like your getting Sh_t on, all the time. Lahey would have you in the sh_t abyss if he could. You deserve better! Go for it.
December 12th, 2007 at 12:39 am
I was very dissappointed to see that you guys had left the show in season 7. But I expected it because season six kind of went a weird way for Cory and Trevor. And the people that “replaced” you guys weren’t good enough. Jacob, okay maybe, but those other two guys were just stupid. I absolutely loved seasons 1 to 5. 6 was okay, 7 I’m not too sure about as it seemed a little drawn out with the whole train thing. I do hope season 8 comes out, and I hope the 1 hour special is decent. But more than that, I hope that they return to the classic style of TPB. Mimic seasons 1 to 3 and the fan base will once again be significant.
I appreciate your choice to leave Mike, you were mistreated. But it destroyed the show, or at least added to the death that was season 7.
I really hope Clattenburg sees that the older seasons are much better and he’ll go to them when working on the special.
Always a fan of all season 1 to 3 cast members.
~Dan
December 31st, 2007 at 3:50 am
eh man!
trailer park boys is my favourite show!
ive been watching it since season 1. and i think that season 7 blowed without you man.
January 5th, 2008 at 2:46 am
Season 7 wasn’t the same without you guys. It was painfully obvious that something was missing.
It’s a shame that things got so fucked up it couldn’t have been resolved. It’s to bad that you have decided to distance yourself from the show b/c TPB will be looked upon as being a big part of Canadian culture for years to come.
You say that the show got worse after season 3 but from what i read you stopped watching the show. Dude you couldn’t have been more wrong and i bet there are a ton of fans that are thinking “What the fuck is he talking about??”. I don’t blame how you feel about the evolution of the show b/c you were so pissed off.
The Chemistry between characters on TPB was irreplaceable, you were part of something really big.
Hopefully one day you will be able to look back with good memories and be proud instead of all this anger.
I wish that Clattenburg and Barrie might be able to work something out with you and Corey Bowles and bring you back for one more season.
all the Best
Scott
January 9th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
I do agree with everyone in saying that Season 7 just wasnt the same. You guys were indeed the glue that kept the show always being interesting. I was very sad to see the show come to a close as TPB is the only show i can still watch on a daily basis and never get tired of.
Massive respect to you guys and hope everything works out for you guys in the future.
Sincerely,
ALL OF YOUR AMERICAN FANS!!!
January 13th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
I am so glad that I read this. I could probably write a books worth in my reply but I’ll try not to :). I just finished watching season 7 tonight, me and my little brother were avid fans of seasons 1-4 but for a good 2-3 years didn’t bother watching the last 3 seasons. I think this is because after seeing the very strange storylines/direction that season 4 went to we wanted to keep the good old seasons 1-3 TPB memories in our heads.
I can honestly say season 7 is FUCKED. Really weird shit in my opinion, pretty much none of the characters act the way they usually did. Phil Collins and his family were so fuckin annoying it was ridiculous and as everyone has said the 2 guys that “replaced” you were completely moronic and never said a word. I really loved TPB and watching season 7 was just fucked. Even 4-6 was pretty weird, one reason being the way J-Roc started acting, but I think the reason I still enjoyed it was because you and Cory were in it, and FINALLY I got to see you 2 get treated nicely by the boys on camera. It definitely sickens me that you and others were treated so horribly off camera and I actually made a comment to my brother that perhaps you guys left because the way you were treated on camera was similar to the way you were treated off camera. Looks like I was right after reading this!
And I can’t stress how glad I am to have read this because your comments about the plot lines that started in season 4 really hit home with me. The show just became way too off the wall and just too fucked. I can’t even think of another word for it. I really loved you and Cory in 4-6 but I can tell the dialog with you guys and many others was just so out of character. Props to both of you for making the best out of it though, and to be totally honest you 2 were some of the few characters that still maintained most of your original traits from the early episodes.
Before I ramble on too long I just have to say I absolutely loved Cory and Trevor more than any other characters and as so many others have stated you truly were the glue that held the show together. Without you in season 7 it all just came apart in my opinion. I wish you all the best luck in the present and future and I can honestly say that when you are thrown that much shit for so long you are bound to have some good stuff come your way. After checking out the music stuff you are doing I can see that has already happened/is happening. Peace out buddy and I hope you can stomach watching the rest of the show at some point in the future to see how truly fucked it was.
Best regards,
Anthony
p.s. karen wentzell can suck my dick and yeah at least you weren’t the bassist for nickelback hahaha way to look at the bright side
February 20th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
I became a fan in season one and watched the show every week (even when it went into repeats over and over, and over, and over) until around season five.
The movie sucked ass so much that for me it wasn’t worthy of a 65 cent DVD disc to burn it to.
As for the series I haven’t watched it in about a year and a half. I just isn’t funny anymore and I do think it won’t last much longer.
The heart and the spirit of the show has slipped down shitty ridge and fell into bullshit river and it drowned in all the steamy bullshit we call Canadian Television.
March 28th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Hey sorry to see you leave, yet I am sure you have better opportunities for work with you being much more recognizable.
The show was great with you yet is still very funny without you.
We loved the wrestling costume, and Steve French the cougar!!
Good luck in future ventures.
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:53 am
Hey Mike, thanks for the low down… there’s nothing to blame on you, cuz I know what it’s like to work in Nova Scotia (The HRM in paticular) employers are dicks and they’ll screw you any chance they get. They’ll take your kindness and generosity and shred it to crap and throw you petty little bones here and there just to keep you going for as long as they can.
You did the right thing, and probably should have done it a lot sooner. People like that need their kneecaps broke.
I figured the way they treated your characters was just for show…. but it sounds like they pretty well treated you guys like that in real life too. Unfortunatly, like myself, you sometimes end up going through BS like this, but you never see it coming because you never gone through it before to know what to check for. It sounds like you learned the hard way like I did.
Sounds like a bunch of suck bag landlords in the south end of Halifax (Charge high rent for cockroach/rat infested hell holes and tell you it’s gold)
Keep your chin up high and at least this is something for the resume to get you somewhere better in the future.
Assholes.
April 16th, 2008 at 2:16 am
MJ and CB both deserved better considering they were just as big a part of the show as anyone else..I am shocked as I am a huge TPB fan. I believed it when Clattenburg said it was like a big family in the DVD special features (I forget which season).
Best of luck with the future and try and get some more TV appearances going! I would gladly watch.
April 19th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
you know what trevor your a fucking bitch its just like u to complain all the time put on your ronnie shirt and t-bag sweater and fuck off. 2 smokes, lets go.
April 26th, 2008 at 1:03 am
you really broke that shit down well man , focusing on bubbles was a bad direction to go now they had half a season dedicated to him and a puppet
same thing with cory?
April 26th, 2008 at 1:05 am
and that movie was terrible even trinity was some like 6 year old who read- lines- like- this
May 6th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Dude, you were funny as FUCK in TPB! your pretty much unknown in the UK, so i downloaded all the seasons and movie and i was glued! Sounds like you were shit on quite a lot, and your absence was definately felt in season 7, the jakob character as everyone else has mentioned, was fucking lame! Best of luck for the future dude. TPB really isn’t the same without you and Cory. Greg - England
May 21st, 2008 at 5:08 am
cory and trevor….i had no idea they treated u guys so shitty! that really sucks cuz us the viewers are also gettin screwed over this!! u guys made me laugh so much and were defineatly equal in character status….i thought the show needed everyone from the fat cheeseburger eatin randy to rickey and julien….everyone had a wicked role. even the guy who just yelled ” WHAT THE F@CK” every so often. i will sorowly miss the show and will defineately support you in your endevours!!! Darwin—-Winnipeg Canada
June 18th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Oh well they have new alien armed freaks pishposh they went mentel fuck corey and trever
June 24th, 2008 at 4:02 am
guest appearances and cameos…
keep the C&T chemistry magic alive!
those 2 can be hilarious and great for any show with strong comedic characters.
How about a cross trip thing whereby C&T show up in the law offices of Billable Hours as temp mail boys or some shit make cash for gas to get across to Vancouver where they are supposed to go and learn the tech of “BC Hydro” super-dope. By the time they get there they will think they are going to be taught by a prof at UBC but think it’s odd that they have to go down a long trail to the profs office - bottom of the trail is paradise - Wreck Beach!!
Back to cross=country,,,,more guest spots on Little Mosque, Corner Gas…you get the picture…language and nature of visits in sync with what the shows do, but still C&T true to their characters and relationship East to West!
C&T MUST peddle dope, beer and Jamaican Parties under the direction of Raster Jason (get down there and ask for him - you won’t be disappointed!!)
Just a thought…
buy THINK ABOUT IT!!
davey ;o)
June 30th, 2008 at 2:41 am
Wow, man, that shit is pretty rough, eh? I had no idea the shit was that thick around the set. No idea at all. I almost feel guilty for watching TPB S7 now, knowing how all those actors and crew are treated like shit, that’s fuckin’ whack. You’re a talented man, MJ, and I’m sure we haven’t seen the last of you.
June 30th, 2008 at 10:48 am
I always loved Trevor! Why didn’t you talk about the black and white original movie? I hope everyone learns the lesson of this: stand up for yourself always, and you will have a clean concious, and not feel like you are doing a favor for someone else. To be pissed about a sandwich four years later is silly, just take the other sandwich! Fuck them! Gnome sain?
Good luck with everything MJ!
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Mick Jackson,
You lads held that programme together.Just wasnt e same without ye.
Cheers for all the laughs from all Irish T.P.B. fans
July 4th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
I truly miss TPB and I’m sympathetic to how Corey and Trevor were treated but I’m really tired about how viewers say seasons 1-3 are the best and seasons 4 and 5 were blah blah blah blah. BULLSHIT!! TPB was, in my opinion, the best program I’ve had the pleasure to watch. We have nothing, NOTHING, like this in the States except shit like the Bill Engvall show which is total absolute family comedy(?) bullshit. This might piss of some of my Canadian friends but I’m for insituting the death sentence on any asshole who produces another fucking “family comedy”. Canadian viewers who blogged that the show lost its direction in seasons 4 and 5 amaze me. THE SHOW WAS ABOUT LOSERS LIVING IN A FUCKING TRAILER PARK, TRYING TO GROW DOPE AND STAY OUT OF JAIL. Having written that, and if you understand the premise and the characters, how can anyone say the show lost its direction and became increasingly unwatchable? The show was about the absurdity of living that kind of life and the shit you have to put up with!! And some of you wanted scripts similar to seasons 1-3? Thanks for being narrow minded and unimaginative assholes! On the whole the show was a jewel and we’ll probably never see its likes again. I hope I didn’t piss off anyone in the Great White North with my comments but you guys were so lucky to have something like TPB. By the way, some of you should use spellcheck before you submit your comments to a blog. Seriously. Thanks for putting up with me!
Steve French the cougar
July 21st, 2008 at 8:19 am
yea mike you pretty much made trailer park boys, despite being unhappy with the last 4 seasons of the show u still madee me piss myself. past aside good luck in the future.
July 23rd, 2008 at 3:03 am
Honestly I loved the 7th season and I thought it really did a 180 the show started to really blow after about season 4 and I think getting rid of some dead weight was what the show needed, I love “Philidelphia Collins” and the “Swayze Express” shit.. And the line of Bubbles getting bread stuck all over his body, “That bread feels wonderful” Classic. I think Corey and Trevor were retarded to jump ship cuz I have a feeling the syndication Swayze Train is coming and I think that Corey and Trevor are as Ricky puts it “Fucked in the head” to jump ship at this stage in the game.
Not since Andy Rector leaving Conan have I seen a worse career move.
–Tony
August 16th, 2008 at 2:10 am
Wikipedia says the budget for the movie was $5 million.
Wikipedia also says the movie only made $3.8 million (to be fair I don’t think this counts dvd sales).
So that means a bottom loss of $1.2 million from screenings, likely not counting advertisement, etc.
So, not to be a dick, but remember this IS Canadian television.
Remember, Beachcombers had 387 episodes spanning 18 years, with Bruno Gerussi (Nik, the main character) actually directing a fair amount of those. Last I checked he wasn’t exactly a baller when he died, despite international syndication, and huge popularity within Canada as a whole. Still I hated that show, Danger Bay was way better.
Anyways, from what I can see, this is the sad reality of Canadian television and most of Canadian media. Trailer Park Boys hasn’t exactly made it in the USA aside from torrenting and such. I live in Pittsburgh PA now and while its got some fans in the University crowd, you can’t buy the DVDs anywhere unless its Amazon’d. At least, so I have found thus far.
I just miss you and cory buddy. Please try to fix things for one last season.
PS: Season 4? Try smoking more dope, its hilarious.
August 27th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
the fiancee and i were just starting season seven and got talking about how you and cory weren’t involved and i had to jump on here to find out. didn’t think volpe and dunn could be such douches! sorry to hear it turned out so shitty mike! i thought for sure by season 4 you guys would be making real decent cash! it’s not right, especially considering how big TPB got! take care and hope to see you in something soon!
T
August 30th, 2008 at 1:59 am
well it’s sad to hear that cory and trevor got screwed over, but it seems like a case of life immitating art… same goes for barrie to actually be a pretty greasy guy.
that said, i agree with steve french- seasons 4 and 5 were fantastic. and i don’t understand how mj could say they were unoriginal- conky and the green bastard are some of the most creative and hilarious eps i’ve ever seen on television. and the scene in season 5 where they play space is my favorite scene in any show of all time. genius
as much as i loved them, if you really think about it, cory and trevor were coming to an age where it wasn’t realistic for them to keep being ricky and julian’s bitches anymore. don’t get me wrong, i’d still prefer to them being on. however, i think the show did a good job of transitioning.
TPB has changed alot, but it’s still the best show ever and i want to see as much more as possible, even if it sadly means no cory and trevor.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Amen, hopefully we will see “Cory and Trevor” again. TPB is probably the best cult show Canada has produced…!
September 5th, 2008 at 3:41 am
if it helps you did a fantastic job and you were an incredible actor. you and cory bowles really were the best part of the show (besides the fucking, drinking and the pot that pissed off my mom wich is hilarious)i never really watched much after season 2 and season 7 kinda fucking sucks like really bad. anyways i know that trailler park boys will never be the same without u but i will keep cheking in to see if its an old episode from the good o’l days peace
September 7th, 2008 at 9:56 am
Just finsihed watching TPB 7 and I was fucking pissed to see that Corey and Trevor are no longer in the show. You guys made the show and it was great to watch the two of you get shit on every week and ssad to see that in the end you got shit on literally. Sorry to hear it…let’s go guys… smokes!
September 11th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
man, oh, man. what bullshit. i’m totally shocked and offended that these “professionals” would treat you (and I assume Cory Bowles too) like a piece of shit. i’m so very sorry to hear about this, and the show isn’t the same without you guys. I still love it, but there is definitely a big gaping hole there. and those dumbasses they replaced you with were garbage. Sorry about your luck man, all the best.
September 17th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Thanks for all the laughs man, like Ricky said, I fuckin miss Cory and Trevor man, alright I said it…