| Chilly Beach | |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Daniel Hawes Doug Sinclair |
| Starring | Steve Ashton Todd Peterson Robert Smith Samantha Espie Mary Lawliss Emily Tait Damon D'Oliveira Jacqueline Pillon |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 65 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Daniel Hawes Catherine Tait Liliana Vogt |
| Production company | March Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC |
| Release | September 3, 2003 – May 3, 2008 |
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 in the series 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 United States 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]
