Steve Smith (comedian)
In 1991 Smith starred in "The Red Green Show". In all, 300 episodes of the series were produced. In 1997, Smith was credited as his alter-ego, Red Green, in "Pavement", an episode of the Cartoon Network/Adult Swim show "Space Ghost Coast to Coast". In 2002 the full-length movie "Duct Tape Forever" was produced. Smith writes a syndicated newspaper column as Red Green, distributed by Newspaper Enterprise Association. In 2009, as a public service announcement by the Ontario Provincial Police and the Ontario Power Generation, Smith supplied his voice as a talking fish warning the dangers of illegal fishing near government hydro dams. In 2004 Smith hosted a show on Space called "Steve Smith Playhouse".
The Red Green Show
In previous years, the show would stage live mini-telethons (sometimes called ""Red Green"-a-thons") for public television stations in the United States. These usually coincided with national PBS fundraising drives, and featured contests between various PBS stations carrying the show. This was done to encourage new stations to carry Red Green, for those who already have it to continue it, and in one year Red playfully dumped stations that chose to discontinue the show in a wheelbarrow.