Last Friday, the first two seasons of cult Canadian comedy Letterkenny arrived on Hulu. Based on the web series Letterkenny Problems, the deceptively clever sitcom centers on the day-to-day quarrels between residents of the small Ontario town of Letterkenny. Created by and starring Jared Keeso, the series has produced 33 episodes over five seasons, but only Seasons 1 and 2 are available to binge on Hulu.

The Gist: Letterkenny isn’t your traditional small-town comedy. While shows like Parks and Recreation and Trial and Error highlight the quirkiness of small-town life, Letterkenny heightens the more realistic aspects of rural living. What immediately differentiates this Canadian sitcom from similar shows is its distinct, idiosyncratic tone. Despite rapid-fire dialogue that rivals Happy Endings in terms of jokes per minute, scenes amble about at a relaxed pace, perfectly content to extract humor from crisp conversational comedy instead of relying heavily on an overstuffed plot.

The cold open of the pilot episode sets an immediate tone. The town’s separated into combustable factions: hicks, hockey players, Christians, and skids. Our protagonists — Wayne, Daryl, Katy, and Squirrely Dan (the hicks) — run a small farm and produce stand. The pilot centers on two concepts recognizable to anyone familiar with the tranquil charms of small town livin’: Everyone knows each other’s business and fighting.

Memorable Dialogue: The most impressive aspect of Letterkenny is the dialogue. Not only is the first episode exceptionally written, but the series lacks any traditional growing pains. Right out the gate the sitcom exhibits a fully-formed poise not traditionally found in pilots. Jared Keeso has a strong, clear vision and executes it with a steely confidence typically reserved for veteran showrunners. The dialogue is fresh and the ambling, hilarious conversations are redolent of rural life.

Much of the dialogue consists of the characters reminiscing about old times, shooting the shit on the local scuttlebutt about townsfolk, and cycling through a host of familiar phrases they parrot back to one another. As someone who grew up in a town about half the size of the fictional Letterkenny, I can attest that the show deftly captures this particular quirk of rural life.

There are so many fun phrases to choose from, but the one I’ve added to my vocab since I’ve started streaming Letterkenny is “pitter-patter.”

Memorable Moment: Once again, I gotta go back to the dialogue. It’s just so distinct. In a landscape in which originality is in short supply, Letterkenny succeeds by doubling down on its own uniqueness.

Katy: I think you should just eat your yogurt. There’s millions of starving kids in the world.

Daryl: Yeah? Name ten.

Our Call: Stream it. Actually, let’s change that to an enthusiastic STREAM IT! Many writers might take a show like Letterkenny and make the denizens of the small Canadian town a joke, but not Keeso. The characters are refreshingly intelligent, the comedy plentiful and crisp, and the show itself is just a treat. Stream it today on Hulu.

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