Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Doyle: Cultural Learnings of Canada for Make Benefit Glorious Republic of Newfoundland

Taking a vacation from the P.I. business, Doyle decides on a cross-Canada trip. To save money, he applies for federal arts funding under the pretext of filming a documentary about what the rest of Canada can teach Newfoundland, and adopts a "goofy Newfie" persona and travels across the country. Appearing boorish and uneducated, Doyle makes stops at events like a rodeo in Alberta and an antique shop in Ontario and alternately endears and enrages the people he meets while exposing casual discrimination against Newfoundlanders and skewering Canadians' self-perceptions. Meanwhile, Tinny gets busted for pot or whatever she's got going on right now.

Contributed by Daniel MacEachern

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