Chilly Beach

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Chilly Beach
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Genre Sitcom
Created byDaniel Hawes
Doug Sinclair
StarringSteve Ashton
Todd Peterson
Robert Smith
Samantha Espie
Mary Lawliss
Emily Tait
Damon D'Oliveira
Jacqueline Pillon
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes65 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersDaniel Hawes
Catherine Tait
Liliana Vogt
Production company March Entertainment
Original release
Network CBC
ReleaseSeptember 3, 2003 (2003-09-03) 
May 3, 2008 (2008-05-03)

Chilly Beach is a Canadian animated sitcom that aired on CBC from 2003 to 2006. [1] The series is a comedic depiction of life in the fictional Canadian town of Chilly Beach, described by the producers as "a bunch of Canadians doing the stuff that Canadians do, like playing hockey, drinking beer, and being eaten by polar bears." [2] Chilly Beach plays on nearly every conceivable stereotype that people have about Canadians in a satirical manner. [3] 65 episodes were produced [4] over three seasons. [5]

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The first iterations of the concept began in 1998 as a cartoon demonstration for Daniel Hawe's firm Infopreneur. [6] The show launched in 2000 as an animated Flash site on the Web with short episodes made available for free on its website. [7] [8] It was later developed into a CBC TV series which first aired in 2003. [9] An early version of the Chilly Beach feature film, The World Is Hot Enough , made its theatrical debut at Cinéfest in September 2005, and was released to DVD on February 4, 2008. [10] A second film, Chilly Beach: The Canadian President was also produced. [11]

Guest stars on the show have included William Shatner, Joe Flaherty, Leslie Nielsen, Elvis Stojko, Lawrence Gowan and David Suzuki. The show was produced in Sudbury, Ontario by March Entertainment. [12] In 2011, the series launched in the U.S. on the streaming video website Hulu; [13] the series had also been available on iTunes. [14] A tie-in browser game was also produced called Beach Hunt. [15]

Characters

Main characters

The characters Abby and Michel were deemed unpopular after season one, and largely disappeared from the show in subsequent seasons.

Minor characters

Setting

Chilly Beach is a small town located on a large iceberg, presumably in the Canadian Arctic. The iceberg is seemingly a floating island that can move around in the water. There are some trees and wildlife as well as a mountain with caves. According to at least one episode,[ which? ] the island is located in northwestern Hudson Bay, placing it in Nunavut. However where it is has been kept vague as it has been mentioned that they live in a province and in season 1, episode 15 are not actually a part of Canada.

Home media

References

  1. "CBC calls in the shrink to boost kids block". Playback . 2003-03-31. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  2. "Infopreneur showcases weird Canadians". Playback . 2000-05-15. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  3. Lacey, Keith (2006-03-20). "Made in Sudbury: Chilly Beach". Sudbury.com. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  4. Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 46. ISBN   9781476672939.
  5. Lacey, Keith (2006-03-20). "Funding secured for third season of Chilly Beach". Sudbury.com. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
  6. Ross, Ian (2004-07-19). "Animated success". Northern Ontario Business. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
  7. Dillon, Mark (May 29, 2000). "Chilly Beach faces off on the Net". Playback . Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  8. Baisley, Sarah (2003-08-05). "Chilly Beach Series Warms Up from Net to TV". Animation World Network . Archived from the original on 2024-06-12. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  9. Caldwell, Rebecca (2003-09-03). "Great White North Park". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved 2024-06-06.
  10. "Chilly Beach movie, The World is Hot Enough, makes national debut". Sudbury.com. 2007-12-31. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  11. Valiquette, Mike (2011-05-09). "Press release: Chilly Beach on Hulu – CARTOON NORTH". Canadian Animation Resources. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  12. "CBC, City of Sudbury hot on Chilly Beach". Playback . 2003-07-07. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
  13. Claire Afan, Emily (2011-05-06). "Chilly Beach heads to Hulu". Playback . Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  14. Wild, Diane (2009-08-22). "Updated: Canadian TV on iTunes". TV, eh?. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  15. zxo (2007-02-11). "Chilly Beach Beach Hunt". Jay Is Games. Retrieved 2024-06-12.