Handy or Handsome?

redgreenDoes anyone remember the old “Red Green Show?”

A product of the Canadian Broadcasting System, it aired in America on PBS stations supported by viewers like you. It was one of a spate of comedies/satires meant to answer the Canadian government’s concern that television was becoming too Americanized. The brilliant Canadian powers that were decreed that all networks must air a certain percentage of “Canadian content.”

Besides garnering an enormous number of snickers, both in and out of Canada, this edict was responsible for the “Red Green Show,” one of my personal favorites (also the MacKenzie Brothers from “Second City TV”–remember them?).

Red Green was a handyman, a member of the Possum Lodge, and an all around lazy kind of guy. The show was a spoof on the macho forester/fisherman of the great North.  Our hero, the handyman, had weekly segments in which he taught his audience how to fix something, usually using copious supplies of duct tape. In the photo above, he teaches us how to make a girl’s bedroom suite out of used tires.  He once made a speedboat completely out of duct tape. It was amazing.

The tagline was always, “Remember, if the women don’t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.”

So, here’s the question: Which would you prefer?

In the last week, my dear hubby has: replaced the heating element of my oven; replaced the plumbing in the bathroom sink, replastered the bathroom walls, and taken out the potty so we could replaster the bathroom walls.

Handy, certainly.

Luckily, I didn’t have to choose.

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If my husband was into having idols, I think Red Green would be at the top of the list. But you probably could surmise that. ;-)

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Awww, very sweet. I've got both as well. I remember Red Green too, pretty funny.

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I also lucked out, not having to choose.

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be proud of that handy man! Not all of us get the johnny on the spot treatment

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That show sounds like a RIOT. Need it NOW! Can I get it on Netflix?

Remember, if the men don't find you sexy, they should at least find you sinister.

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TheMother Replies:

I love that line! Mind if I steal it?

Red Green is available on DVD. I don't know if Netflix has it or not.

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Hmmmmmmmm…..is it sad that I have to actually think about this before answering?

Okay, well, luckily I don't have to choose….and not only is my husband handsome and handy, he's also a huge computer nerd who spends his free time fixing all my friend's computers.

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Fortunately, my hubby is both!

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Definitely handy. At some point, looks go. There's nothing sexier than a man who can rewire a ceiling fan or build a flower box.

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I actually chose handsome, but over the fifteen years we've been together, he's evolved in to quite the handyman. If I had to choose over again today, I definitely think the ability to unclog a toilet or replace my brake pads would trump a pretty face any day.

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I suppose mine is handsome, since I believe myself to be handier than him. Thanks a lot, Dad!

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My mom always watched him, so I would too! It was so funny and stupid at the same time, you about die laughing!

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I remember Red Green! See, now look what you’ve done…I’ve got to go to YouTube and see if anything of his is on there…

Knowing that I’m safe and my husband won’t read this…my husband is drop-dead gorgeous, and handy in that he knows that when something needs fixin’ around these parts, he picks up the cell phone and calls someone else to fix it. This is wonderful to me, as so many of his “Oh, I can fix that!” projects have turned into a “Home Improvement” plot, but much worse. Of course, I THOUGHT he was handy when he said he was and it would be no trouble fixing up our 140-year-old fixer-upper house…

He’s good with computers though. Definitely a computer geek, but a good-looking one. So I keep him around. :-)

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This is clearly a trick question. Whatever it is I have now, I'll keep him. As a former engineer he is frustratingly only interested in being handy when it comes to things that could burn down the house or cause explosions or involve climbing on the roof. Other than that, he'll change light bulbs. Other than that, I'll take handsome.

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My husband is really, really handy.

Except that he spends all his time at work and doesn't want to spend his precious few hours with us doing chores. So I do them if at all possible. I finagle the budget to be able to hire things done that he could do, so that he can spend an extra four hours with us on Saturday instead. (Unless it's a chore the kids can help him with.)

It's a good thing he's handsome, too. And smart. ~Dreamy sigh.

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My husband is a definite Red Green. Actually, at least Red attempts to fix things, we just pay someone to do most of the work.

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I'm the handyman here. What does that say about me?
"Luckily, I didn't have to choose" ….(brown-noser). Very sweet.

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I can't think of anything more sexy than a man who can turn my dark, dingy basement into a living space.

My husband is not that person.

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