The BEST episodes directed by William G. Elliott
#1 - Swiss It Up
The Red Green Show - Season 7 - Episode 2
Red and Harold sell the show to Switzerland and are forced to change the content to suit the Swiss audience. Red builds a house trailer our of appliance doors. Bill plays with his yoyo.
Watch Now:Amazon#2 - Cyber Girl
The Red Green Show - Season 13 - Episode 18
Harold meets a girl on the Internet and they arrange to get together at the Lodge. Red shows us how he comes up with all of his wacky project ideas. Walter takes a novelty photo of the guys in costume. Ed Frid brings a few scorpions in to show. Ranger Gord presents a Safety Film on being chased by wolves. Red washes the dishes and his car at the same time. Cast: Steve Smith, Patrick McKenna, Bob Bainborough, Wayne Robson, Jeff Lumby, Joel Harris, Jerry Schaefer, Peter Keleghan, Jody Pate, Lori Elliott.
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - A Lot Like Christmas
The Red Green Show - Season 12 - Episode 9
Red makes tinsel from potato chip bags and a paper shredder. Moose Thompson is the local Santa. Dalton Humphrey's reindeer are enlisted to haul the hefty Santa on a sleigh. But Dalton's price for the job is 7 boxes of prunes. The Word Game word is Yule. Red turns a pipe organ into a gift deliverer by rocketing gifts out of the pipes. Walter, Winston, and Red make a snowman on a ice rink. Red makes a wreath out of an old tire, glue, and old bows. In "I Don't Know," Hap Shaughnessy and Red debate whether Santa exists.
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#4 - Adopt-A-Highway
The Red Green Show - Season 7 - Episode 4
Possum Lodge adopts a three mile curved stretch of highway dubbed "Orphan's Bend". Red builds a party-sized barbeque out of bathtubs. Bill tries to uproot a monster-sized tree stump.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - Red Green Insurance
The Red Green Show - Season 14 - Episode 12
Bothered by the high cost and poor coverage offered by the insurance company, Red decides to personally insure the Lodge. Red turns a treadmill into a heavy duty belt sander. Harold and Walter make an adventure out of a flat tire. Red demonstrates the easy way to assemble kit furniture. When Red's car crashes through the garage door, Red sees that as an opportunity to turn it into a sauna.
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - Curse Of The Mummy
The Red Green Show - Season 9 - Episode 9
Red and Mike have some fun with artifacts from the local museum. Red shows how to prevent your car from being stolen. Hap brings his lie detector in for repairs. The men try to move a fridge down a long staircase. Red makes a kinetic lawn ornament out of a set of drums and a bicycle.
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#7 - Harold's Leaving
The Red Green Show - Season 8 - Episode 1
Harold ruins everything by going off to college. Red builds a fishing boat out of furnace ducts. Bill gets a trout in his pants and Ranger Gord describes his numerous lightening encounters.
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - Harold's Job
The Red Green Show - Season 9 - Episode 1
A major change in the show as Harold leaves the Lodge and moves to the city to take a job as Assistant Account Executive at Multi-Corp International Inc. This makes room for several new features that will be introduced throughout the season, the first of which is Ranger Gord¹s Animated Educational Films this week's topic : Tree Holes. On Handyman Corner, Red demonstrates how to clean out your car with a garbage truck.
Watch Now:Amazon#9 - The Fishing Derby
The Red Green Show - Season 9 - Episode 2
When nobody catches any fish in the Fishing Derby, the men have Possum Lake tested for contaminants and the report shows that the lake is no longer classified as water. Also Red visits Harold at his new job in the city. On Handyman Corner Red customizes a car so that it can get in and out of tight parking spots. Four of the Lodge members have a big adventure trying to build a backyard play set for the kids.
Watch Now:Amazon#10 - Spokesman Red
The Red Green Show - Season 13 - Episode 13
Red makes an incorrect assumption when he gets hired as a spokesman for a major corporation. Hap discusses his experience with cryogenics. The men have an adventure with a hi-lo tent trailer. Red invents an ingenious automatic breakfast maker. Also featured are an airplane access ramp for home use, and a quick easy way to level a pool table. Cast: Steve Smith, Patrick McKenna, Bob Bainborough, Wayne Robson, Jeff Lumby, Gordon Pinsent, Joel Harris.
Watch Now:Amazon#11 - Ranger Harold
The Red Green Show - Season 13 - Episode 16
Harold fills in for Ranger Gord while he's on sick leave, leaving Uncle Red alone and lonely at the Lodge. Red converts an old portable record player into a pizza maker. Bill and Walter have a life-size electric football game using cement tampers. Hap claims tp be a world class tap dancer. Red invents one device for keeping tailgaters away and another for clapping along with an audience. Cast: Steve Smith, Patrick McKenna, Bob Bainborough, Wayne Robson, Jeff Lumby, Joel Harris, Jerry Schaefer, Gordon Pinsent
Watch Now:Amazon#12 - Harold‘s One And Only
The Red Green Show - Season 14 - Episode 6
Red thinks Harold is spending way too much time with his girlfriend Bonnie and gets them to take a week off. Red invents a way to put a week's worth of dog food out at a time. Walter, Harold and Bill go to a nude beach. Red converts a small car into a washer/dryer. Red uses a badly tuned car engine to convert an old tent into an inflatable garage.
Watch Now:Amazon#13 - Lady In Red
The Red Green Show - Season 9 - Episode 3
A beautiful young chiropractor goes into business in Possum Lake and creates more kinks than she removes. Red builds a forklift using a pair of skis and an extension ladder. The men turn the challenge of putting up a flagpole into a major adventure. Red visits Harold at work and crashes his computer. In a new feature, Red and Ed help Dalton convince his wife to watch action movies.
Watch Now:Amazon#14 - The Bachelor Auction
The Red Green Show - Season 9 - Episode 4
The men decide to have a Bachelor Auction as a way of raising money and getting dates. A new feature, Possum Lodge Life & Times, focuses on the life of local con artist Honest John Jonassen. Red builds a dragster out of junk he finds in the shed. Young Walter is stuck way up in a cherry picker and getting him down turns into an adventure. Meet Dale, a new character played by Gavin Crawford, who is pumping gas for the summer.
Watch Now:Amazon#15 - Angel
The Red Green Show - Season 9 - Episode 5
Red and the boys argue about the existence of angels. Mike volunteers to produce one. Red makes a bread maker out of an automatic washing machine. He also shows you a way to stop dogs from chasing your car. Ranger Gord has a picture of the abominable snowman. They also have fun with the local magnetic hill. Red takes some mementos from the Lodge for Harold to display on his desk at Multi Corp. International Inc.
Watch Now:Amazon#16 - Roll Out The Barrels
The Red Green Show - Season 9 - Episode 10
The local brewery gives all their old beer barrels to the Lodge. Red decides to take his over the falls. Animal Control Officer Ed Frid buries a twelve foot python. Ranger Gord makes environmental tapes. Red shows you how to do wood working with kitchen appliances.
Watch Now:Amazon#17 - Sausage Envy
The Red Green Show - Season 10 - Episode 1
The boys do their wurst for the Possum Lake Sausage Carnival. Red meets with the network programmer - an 18 year-old woman played by Stephanie Beard of Toronto's KISS FM. Red makes popcorn in a clothes dryer, converts a hot water tank into a snowmobile, and uses his dog to wash his car. George Buza plays the lazy owner of the Port Asbestos Marina. Dalton locks the keys in his car and has to blow the doors off to get them.
Watch Now:Amazon#18 - Foster Child
The Red Green Show - Season 10 - Episode 2
Red learns that the Lodge has a foster child who's coming to spend the weekend with him. Red demonstrates a fun way to take out the garbage and builds a revolving restaurant out of a dining tent. Ranger Gord presents an educational cartoon on cloud factories. Also featured is a biography of the first man in the Possum Lake area to put zippers into men's pants.
Watch Now:Amazon#19 - Man Of The Year
The Red Green Show - Season 10 - Episode 5
The guys at the Lodge nominate a man who doesn't exist, as Possum Lake's Man Of The Year, hoping to win a new fishing boat. Dalton gets home late and tries to fool his wife. Ranger Gord's animated film is all about rainbows. Red has a solution for irritating phone calls. He also make house awnings out of car hoods and turns a mini-van into a riverboat paddlewheeler.
Watch Now:Amazon#20 - Barter Starter
The Red Green Show - Season 10 - Episode 10
Red, Dalton and Winston trade somewhat valuable items to each other for the weekend but it doesn't work out so well for Dalton. Red and Walter use a giant electo-magnet to find lost car keys. Red makes an outside elevator out of a phone booth and a hot water heater. Red also demonstrates how to convert the junk on your lawn into a miniature village. Local marina operator finds a lazy way to change the name of Red's boat.
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#21 - House Moving
The Red Green Show - Season 8 - Episode 2
Red and the guys try to move an old building by balancing it on pick up trucks. Bill discovers a correlation between ladders and gravity. Red turns a Cadillac into a backhoe. Special Guest - Graham Greene.
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#22 - Neither Rain Nor Sleet
The Red Green Show - Season 8 - Episode 3
Red starts his own postal system. Bill demos the rifle range. Red makes a heart pacemaker out of a digital clock. Mike Hammer shares a trick for high school reunions.
Watch Now:Amazon#23 - A Shot In The Dark
The Red Green Show - Season 14 - Episode 15
Red and Harold contract an extremely contagious virus and have to give each other flu shots. Red devises a way to throw garbage out the van window without littering. Harold injures Walter's ankle, forcing him to walk on his hands. Red creates a foolproof alarm clock and turns an old car into a snow cannon.
#24 - Rent A Wreck
The Red Green Show - Season 9 - Episode 8
Mike borrows Red¹s van to use in a demolition derby. Red paves the Lodge driveway with crushed apples. Dalton¹s wife dropped the tv remote into her clam chowder. Red and Walter have an adventure with a rope and pulley. Learn how to make a tool belt out of old socks. A brief biography of the Manning triplets. Red tries to teach Dale what a car horn is for.
#25 - No Retreat
The Red Green Show - Season 9 - Episode 11
Harold¹s company tries to buy the Lodge. Red invents a Garbage Canadarm. Ranger Gord presents an animated feature on Tree Species. Edgar Montrose gets help fixing his explosives locator. Red has advice on what you can expect after the age of 45.
#26 - The Battle Call
The Red Green Show - Season 9 - Episode 12
The men stage a mock battle against their rival club, the Caribou Lodge. Red devises a way to carry his boat under the car. Ed Frid has an unfortunate incident with bees. Red and Walter install a new dock. Also featured, the life and times of local thespian, Roderick Featherstone.
#27 - Historic Site
The Red Green Show - Season 10 - Episode 7
Red and Mike try to save the Lodge by having it declared a historical site. Red demonstrates how to get two cars into a one-car garage. Red makes a hedge trimmer our of a weed whacker on roller blades. Winston and Walter have a homerun contest. Red brings personal ads to show Ranger Gord. Red installs a coffee maker into the Possum van.
#28 - The Lodge Election
The Red Green Show - Season 14 - Episode 8
The men find out that Red has been breaking the rules of the Lodge Charter and an election is called to pick a new leader. A new guy, Blair Cobden, comes on the show to promote his snowmobiling show on a local station. Red strips an old car to make a luxury bass boat. Walter accidentally goes for a ride on a mechanic's creeper. Winston runs a new commercial for "septile disfunction."
#29 - Rules Of Engagement
The Red Green Show - Season 15 - Episode 1
Harold has broken up with Bonnie so Red tries to make him feel better by pairing up with him for a white water race in a two-man kayak Red made from washing machines. Bill and Winston get injured trying out a batting cage. Red makes his car pothole-proof. Mike tries to guess the word 'mistakes' in the Word Game. Red demonstrates a way to drive with no hands, and a trick to help you find your car keys.
#30 - The Cult Visit
The Red Green Show - Season 8 - Episode 4
The lodge is visited by a strange cult from the planet Gorgon. Red builds a riding mower out of a Pontiac and a ceiling fan. Bill tries roller blade street hockey. Special Guest - Gordon Pinsent.
#31 - Hurricane Doug
The Red Green Show - Season 9 - Episode 13
The Lodge is threatened with a Force 5 hurricane. Red shows a cost effective way to make a refrigerated van. Hap Shaugnessey is auctioning off the jacket he wore when he was 50¹s rock star. Red and Walter use wind-power to make paint dry faster. Red gives married guys tips on when to say nothing.
#32 - Guinness World Records
The Red Green Show - Season 9 - Episode 14
The men try to devise ways of getting themselves into the record book. Red makes a dog-powered swing out of a car seat. Ed Frid has trouble with a weasel. Mike makes a huge slingshot out of tire inner tubes. Also featured, a biography of three-legged clown Brainy Clogfield.
#33 - The Auto Club
The Red Green Show - Season 9 - Episode 15
The men form an auto club to make money servicing other people¹s vehicles. Red turns a car into a dump truck. Ed Frid brings a spitting cobra to the show. Dalton has his thumb caught in a gumball machine. Ranger Gord presents an animated feature proving that rocks are actually eggs.
#34 - Too Much Information
The Red Green Show - Season 9 - Episode 16
Harold gives the guys a bunch of old computers which changes their lives. Red makes a snowball gun out of a pitching machine. Mike needs help to break into a suitcase. Ranger Gord wants to fire-proof the forest. Red, Mike and Dalton try to barbecue a live pig.
#35 - What A Dump
The Red Green Show - Season 10 - Episode 3
The Lodge proposes itself to the city of Toronto as an ideal place to dump garbage. Red makes an extremely elaborate automated firewood chopper. He also demonstrates how to use a manhole cover as a spare tire and how to deter unwanted visitors. The Adventure film is an attempt at roof repair. Ranger Gord has a gang of tree huggers chained to trees and he doesn't want them to ever leave.
#36 - Winston's Wedding
The Red Green Show - Season 10 - Episode 4
Winston needs Red's help in planning his wedding - he has everything except the bride. Dalton tries to sneak a new boat home without telling his wife. Red and Walter have a melon tossing contest. Red demonstrates easy ways to exercise and keep your windshield clean. He also makes a stretch limo out of two mini-vans and a pick-up truck.
#37 - Twinning
The Red Green Show - Season 10 - Episode 8
Possum Lodge twins with the state of Iowa. Red stays back to host the 500 visiting Americans. Ranger Gord presents an animated film about aliens. Red converts his old hockey equipment into fishing gear. He also demonstrates how to use small airplanes to remove tree stumps. The Possum Lake Funeral Director has tips on giving a eulogy when you don't know the deceased.
#38 - Out Of The Woods
The Red Green Show - Season 10 - Episode 11
Red and Ed trap a large animal roaming the woods at night. Red demonstrates a carefree way to travel by using wear-on luggage. Ranger Gord presents an animated feature about signs on the forest. Red uses a car exhaust system to make a caliope. Winston does a couple of promotional messages for his septic suckiing business. Red makes automatic space ship doors using windshield wipers and shower curtains.
#39 - Cheap Jeep
The Red Green Show - Season 10 - Episode 12
In one of his favorite magazines (Archie Comics), Red finds an advertisement for an army jeep on sale for seventy-five dollars. He orders it and it arrives in 15 cases of parts. The instructions are billingual: Spanish and German. Red decides to build it using his own instincts, much to Winston's anxiety. During construction, Red finds trouble with the steering and the brakes, and after "beatin' the living daylights outta all the linkage pieces", he discovers why: It's a JDF (Jamaican Defense Force), and in Jamaica they drive on the left side of the road.
#40 - DNA All The Way
The Red Green Show - Season 10 - Episode 13
A land-owner's death prompts the residents of Possum Lodge to take DNA tests to see who was his offspring.
#41 - The Beaver Dam
The Red Green Show - Season 10 - Episode 15
Possum Lake is rising because the beavers have built a dam across the river running out of it. Red uses the van exhaust to inflate children's toys. Dalton tries to sneak out of the house to go fishing. Red visits Ranger Gord just as he comes out of hibernation. Walter and Ed help Red install a satellite dish at the Lodge. Red uses empty duct tape rolls to make a beer cellar instead of a wine cellar.
#42 - The Women's Circle
The Red Green Show - Season 13 - Episode 15
When the men notice all the women are missing, they discover that the ladies have formed a Women's Circle where they meet and discuss their lives. Red customizes an old van to make it more pleasant to travel with kids. Walter has an adventure trying to get a clear cellular signal. Ranger Gord presents an animated tip on Boat Safety. Red makes a gigantic oven out of a van and uses a scuba suit and water balloons to help clean the upstairs windows.
#43 - The Sink Hole
The Red Green Show - Season 13 - Episode 17
The Lodge leans way over as it begins to sink into the ground. Red customizes his car with old kitchen fixtures. The men have an adventure playing broom ball with leaf blowers and a bee hive. Red demonstrates new ways to dry your clothes and several methods for painting your house. Special appearance by Chariie Farqiharson in The Experts segment.
#44 - Red's Hot Sauce
The Red Green Show - Season 14 - Episode 1
Special Guest – Colin Mochrie Red used a carpet roll on a forklift to paint a barn. Red creates his own spicy barbecue sauce that turns out to be made partly of jet fuel so he turns it into a gasoline additive. Red puts a refrigerator door on a house as a way to get teenagers to come home on time Harold presents a new segment called Hobby House featuring a local hobbyist who makes things out of hot dogs. Bill and Walter play with crossbows.
#45 - Life Is A Circus
The Red Green Show - Season 14 - Episode 2
The men put on a circus to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Lodge. Harold is the human cannonball. Red does a giant stir fry in a satellite dish. The men attempt to rap rats in the adventure film. Red makes a lazy susan for long rectangular dining tables. Red has a special word for middle aged men who are still playing organized sports.
#46 - Once More To The Well
The Red Green Show - Season 14 - Episode 3
The well runs dry in Possum Lodge and Harold suggests that they should hook up to the town's water main; Walter and Harold milk cows; Winston goes on a blind date.; Red talks about younger people being smarter than him; Red makes a lure that make it look that that you have big fish and he builds his version of a fancy European mid-engine sports car.
#47 - The Statue
The Red Green Show - Season 14 - Episode 4
Red knocks over a historic statue downtown and must replace it. Harold, Bill and Walter have an adventure with hammocks. Red combines a boat trailer and a K-car to make a boat launcher that's easy to back up. The fishermen exchange ideas on the importance of education. Red introduces method where instead of counting calories, you count meals. Red creates reversible pants and a canoe made entirely out of coolers, called a Canooler.
#48 - False Idol
The Red Green Show - Season 14 - Episode 5
Red converts a furnace into a dry cleaning machine. Harold tries out for a Canadian Idol type reality show. The boys turn boat launching into an adventure. Red uses the old town clock as a car engine. Glen Brackston brings his coffee cup collection to Harold's Hobby House. Red warns of the dangers of fast dancing for middle aged men.
#49 - The Implosion
The Red Green Show - Season 7 - Episode 3
A fundraiser for the Historical Society results in the destruction of their Heritage Building. On Handyman Corner, Red builds a motorcycle and sidecar out of an old bike and a riding mower. Red destroys Arnie's guitar when he tries to fix it with a belt sander.
#50 - The Strange Ranger
The Red Green Show - Season 7 - Episode 5
Ranger Gord is missing from his tower. Red does the ultimate van conversion. Bill shows off his rock collection.