![]() She’s always known exactly who she is, and that’s only getting stronger in her. Pretty much every character on Letterkenny has really grown over the seasons, so how have your characters’ evolutions changed how you see them? Without dedicated fans supporting Letterkenny, we wouldn’t be able to make the show. I think everyone was looking for some escapism during the last few years, and I think we have the best fans in the world. We’ve been consistently blown away by the support for the show our fans have shown. That’s not to say we have not been deeply humbled by the reception. Mix in the time we have all spent in big cities and Jared and Jacob’s incredible abilities as writers, and we all knew it was a matter of time before the rest of the world got in on the joke. Canadians and Americans have more in common than people think, especially when it comes to small town existence. Now we’ve got like 70 episodes, so there’s a lot to watch.ĭylan Playfair: We’ve all spent time living in the US and Canada, and we also come from relatively small towns, so we knew the humor would translate. I think the pandemic certainly allowed people to just really lean into it and binge watch our show. People are still tweeting and Instagram posting about the show telling us how they rewatch it with their uncle every time there’s a new season coming out. You wake up every morning and you’re getting more followers even if you’re not posting. Tyler Johnston: Like Michelle mentioned, the internet presence grows without us doing anything. When you’re making a rural show, you know it’ll hit small town people, but the fact that it’s extended much further past that is really cool. I’ll be in New York or something and like a suit person will start talking about it and I’m like “Why are you watching Letterkenny?” It’s surprising, but it’s cool because it’s reached a lot of different people. I know it’s still kind of a cult-y show, but at the same time, I’m surprised by a lot of the people who know it. I think that really pushed us more into the mainstream. It changed our internet presence and social media interactions. Michelle Mylett: I think being on Hulu, we got the American audience, and there are way more Americans than there are Canadians, so it changed the audience. SPIN: With so many people discovering Letterkenny during the pandemic, have you noticed a boost in popularity in the last couple of years? “I can’t,” Michelle Mylett, whom fans know as Letterkenny’s queen bee, Katy, confirmed. “Oh, I don’t check those…” Tyler Johnston (who portrays Stewart, leader of the drug-fueled “skids”) added. “I checked the Letterkenny Reddit recently and it’s fucking wild,” Andrew Herr, who plays hockey player Jonesy, told SPIN. And that’s not even including the 220,000 degens from upcountry who fill the show’s subreddit. Spend an hour on pretty much any social media platform and someone will make a Letterkenny reference, whether you understand it or not. ![]() ![]() YouTube is full of fan theories, compilations (both official and unofficial) and memorable scenes. Since the COVID-19 pandemic glued everyone to their favorite streaming services, it’s been almost impossible to miss Letterkenny in several pockets of the internet. While the then-brand-new network boosted the show’s audience throughout Canada and earned it a few awards at the Canadian Screen Awards, it wasn’t until Hulu picked it up in 2018 that the series helmed by (and starring) Jared Keeso and Jacob Tierney really started getting attention on a global scale. In other words, it’s a perfect storm to be an extremely niche thing that would get some attention on YouTube, garner comparisons to Trailer Park Boys, and then promptly be forgotten.Īfter debuting as “Letterkenny Problems” on YouTube in 2013, Letterkenny became the first original series commissioned by Canadian streaming service Crave in 2016. These are their problems.” It’s full of ridiculous characters, bodily humor, a dictionary’s worth of slang (some real, some made-up), and running jokes that’ll appear several times in an episode or two, and then disappear for seasons at a time before a random callback. It’s a very Canadian ensemble-based sitcom about the happenings of a rural town and its population - or as the show’s opening slide explains, “There are 5000 people in Letterkenny. On paper, Letterkenny seems like exactly the kind of show that pretty much no one would care about.
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