Happy 20th Birthday, Trailer Park Boys
This year, the Canadian TV show Trailer Park Boys turns twenty. The program’s refusal to patronize its marginal, working-class characters was key to its comedic and popular success, and won it a special place in our hearts.

Trailer Park Boys is celebrating its twentieth year anniversary. (Rick Eglinton / Toronto Star via Getty Images)
Trailer Park Boys, the Canadian mockumentary series about residents of the Sunnyvale Trailer Park, debuted in 2001. It would go on to become a cult classic in Canada and beyond.
In a scene from the first season, Julian, one of the lead characters, sits on his couch drinking rum and coke wearing the black T-shirt that would become his uniform throughout the show. He presses play on his answering machine and listens to a message from his friend:
Hey Julian, it’s Ricky. Just wanted to let you know that I’m single now. I could really use a friend, so if you want to stop by and get drunk, I’ll be sleeping in my car in my dad’s driveway.