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JR Digs is a Canadian television series which airs Saturday nights on Global and CH without having an actual network deal. It has aired since June 2001. The show follows JR Digs as he talks to people on the street, plays jokes on unsuspecting people, and pursues a network deal. Although it airs nationally and is branded as a television show, it is really a paid program that is supported by sponsors like Labatt and Pizza Pizza.
Since its fourth week on the air, JR Digs has had excellent ratings. It is currently the highest-rated show in its timeslot in Canada and it consistently beats other comedy shows in the ratings which air before or after it, such as Saturday Night Live and MADtv.
Originally, the show only aired on CHCH in Hamilton, Ontario, although in Spring 2003, Global decided to air the show nationally before Saturday Night Live. In British Columbia and Ontario, the show airs on CH instead, after MADtv.
A documentary, filmed by cast member and cameraman Shane Cunningham , is in the works, as well as a movie based on Digs's pursuit of a network deal.
1 Recurring segments
- Flapjack Calls - Similar to prank calls, except in this case, telemarketers phone JR hoping to sell him a product or service. Instead, JR turns the tables on them by assuming a different personality and attempting to keep them on the line as long as possible, asking irrelavent questions and pretending to misinterpret the responses given to him. Eventually, the telemarketers realize they've been duped and hang up.
- Me and My Wiener - JR goes out onto the street and catches people off guard by asking if they want to see his wiener. The people to whom he asks this question usually appear confused or disgusted until JR shows them the actual frankfurter to which he was referring.
- On The Bench - JR interviews different people who happen to be sitting on a bench.
2 Episode guide
2.1 Season one
- Ed's Up (guest: Ed the SockEd the Sock is a fictional character who became a Canadian television personality in the 1990s, best known for his appearances hosting programming on MuchMusic and for hosting his own talk show, Ed's Night Party''. Ed is a sock puppet with a perpetual sco)
- Victor the Eggman - Featured JR's interview with Victor, a man he met at a supermarketA supermarket is a store or market that sells a wide variety of goods including food and drinks, drugs, clothes, and other household products that are consumed regularly. It is often part of a chain that owns or controls (sometimes by franchise) other sup who was shopping for eggBird and fish eggs are common food sources. Fish eggs are known as roe or caviar. The most commonly-used bird eggs are those from the chicken, duck and goose, but smaller eggs such as quail eggs are occasionally used as a gourmet ingredient, as are the las. (guest: Victor the Eggman)
- JYD on JR Digs (guest: Jerome "JYD" Williams )
- The Joe Show - A clip show of the first three episodes. JR Digs became the highest-rated show in its timeslot the week this episode aired.
- Drunk in the Truck (guests: Staggered Crossing )
- Show Six or Show Sex? (guest: Dr. Date )
- Seven By Eleven (guest: Pat Mastroianni )
- Bikes, Boards & Beaches
- Reptile Man Rocks (guest: Reptile Man)
- Forgotten Footage
- Bubba's Basement Party
- Where's Whoochie? - JR attempts to sneak a fan backstage at an *NSYNC concert.
2.2 Season two
2.3 Season three
- The Long Haul - Aired in response to a negative e-mail that JR received from a viewer who disliked the show and suggested that it would probably be funnier if JR videotaped himself on the toilet and aired that as an entire episode.
2.4 Season four
- Where's Venice Beach? (original airdate: April 24, 2004) - JR booked a flight to Venice Beach, Florida , where his parents live during the winterThis article is about the winter season. For other uses of the term, see winter (disambiguation). Winter is one of the four seasons of temperate zones. Astronomically, it begins with the winter solstice (around December 21 in the Northern hemisphere and J, for spring breakSpring break is a week-long recess from studying in early spring at schools and universities in the United States. It is traditionally a time of excessive behavior by the students involved, which may include, depending on the country and culture, travelin. Shane and the rest of the crew that work on the show, however, mixed up the states and booked a flight to Venice Beach,Venice, California Venice Beach pertains to the entire two-mile stretch of beach where Venice, California meets the Pacific Ocean. The term is understood to include the beach, the promenade that runs parallel to the beach ("Ocean Front Walk" or just "the CaliforniaCalifornia is a state located in the western United States, bordering the Pacific Ocean. The most populous and third largest state in the U. California is both physically and demographically diverse. The state's official nickname is "The Golden State", wh instead. The show alternates between JR's footage, which he shoots with only one video camera at the beach and at a bingo game, and the comparatively more exciting footage filmed by Shane and the others, who manage to get interviews, songs, and humourous script readings on tape.
- JR DIGS: The Movie (original airdate: May 1, 2004) - Among the highlights of the show included more footage of Shane and the others getting actors in Hollywood to read scripts for the JR Digs movie, and JR's crashing of the Gemini Awards where he met up with actors Dave Foley, John Dunsworth , Jonathan Torrens, Cathy Jones, Paul Braunstein , and Krista Sutton; as well as other cast members of Trailer Park Boys. Later in the show, JR searched for Kevin Smith, hoping to see if Smith will direct his movie.
- Venice, Anyone? (original airdate: May 8, 2004) - Featured a 52-minute long flapjack call from a telemarketer who was attempting to sell JR a newspaper subscription. Despite the many times she told JR that the subscription would cost $23.10 a month, a "confused" JR would multiply the wrong numbers prompting her to explain the pricing of the newspaper yet again.
- Cock-a-Doodle Moo (original airdate: May 22, 2004) - Footage from the Agricultural Fair, a taping at Reptile Man's store in Hamilton, and a streeters competition between two teams of two regulars on the show's message board JJSHORTY83, Wworrall JRdigswrestlingfan, kenny (.
