Chilly Beach (2003)
Chilly Beach was a Canadian animated series, which aired on CBC Television in Canada and The Comedy Channel in Australia. The series is a comedic depiction of life in the fictional Canadian town of Chilly Beach, described by the producers as "a bunch of Canadians doing the stuff that Canadians do, like playing hockey, drinking beer, and being eaten by polar bears." Chilly Beach plays on nearly every conceivable stereotype that people have about Canadians in a satirical manner. The show began as an animated Flash site on the Web, and was developed into a CBC TV series which first aired in 2003. The show was cancelled during the production of the third season, which was never finished or aired on television - with the show totalling 65 episodes. An early version of the Chilly Beach feature film, The World Is Hot Enough, made its theatrical debut at Cinéfest in September 2005, and as released to DVD on February 4, 2008. A second film, The Canadian President was also produced. Guest stars on the show have included William Shatner, Joe Flaherty, Leslie Nielsen, Elvis Stojko, Lawrence Gowan and David Suzuki. The show was produced in Sudbury, Ontario by March Entertainment. In 2011, the series launched in the U.S. on the streaming video website Hulu.
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Episode 1 - Separation Anxiety
Release Date: 2003-09-03Episode 1 - Separation Anxiety A decades-old debate polarizes the town, and soon Chilly Beach is divided into two ""distinct societies"" based on hockey allegiances: With the demise of Chilly Beach imminent Dale and Frank find a way to work together so they can live to fight another day.
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Episode 2 - Pucked in the Head
Release Date: 2003-09-10After being hit by a nasty slap shot Frank develops a bad case of amnesia and disappears to parts unknown. Frank is the only one who knows the combination to unlock the town's vaulted beer supply, and unless Dale can get Frank back with his memories intact there could be rioting in the streets of Chilly Beach.
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Episode 3 - Love Potion Undermined
Release Date: 2003-09-17In an effort to gain insight into the mating rituals of Canadians Abby decides to try a pheromone experiment. Her experiment however goes awry and Abby is left with a bizarre love triangle to clean up before her meddling causes irreparable damage.
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Episode 4 - Shut your Space Hole
Release Date: 2003-10-01A giant black hole is threatening the planet Earth, and American space scientists need fresh ideas on how to combat it. Unfortunately, they reject budding Canadian genius Frank who knows that their brilliant plan is only going to make it worse. Frank has to work fast to stop them before the whole planet suffers the consequences.
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Episode 5 - Invasion of the Beer Snatchers
Release Date: 2003-10-08Aliens abduct Frank, and after the usual alien probing and prodding, has his brain put under their control. Dale is single-handedly forced to come up with a solution that will save the Island from both the Aliens and Jacques' exotic poutine recipes.
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Episode 6 - Power Pray
Release Date: 2003-10-15When coach Jacques goes down with an injury, and can no longer coach the kids pee wee hockey team Dale fills in for a price. Dale soon finds the deal he made isn't as sweet as he thought and tries everything to sabotage the efforts of the team before realizing what hockey's about.
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Episode 7 - Fever Tale
Release Date: 2003-10-22Katherine is offered a promotion that will take her and Abby back to the United States, but Abby doesn't want to leave. So Abby feigns illness that will put all of America at risk should she be forced to travel back. Her plan backfires and she creates a major epidemic scare.
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Episode 8 - Pity Slickers
Release Date: 2003-10-29In an effort to shore up her fledgling attempts at saving the seals, April seeks the help of a famous celebrity to make her plea heard. However, when April becomes a less than reluctant media darling in her own right, the real cause becomes lost and Dale and Frank must bring April back from the brink to help her rescue the helpless animals.
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Episode 9 - Polar Opposites
Release Date: 2004-06-09Chilly Beach becomes the dump site for Toronto's garbage, but with the new dump comes an evil polar bear.
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Episode 10 - Angus Rex
Release Date: 2003-11-05A fully intact dinosaur found frozen in the ice under Dale's house thaws out and goes on a rampage through Chilly Beach. Angus is the only one with the skills and equipment to track down and kill the dinosaur and save the town from certain destruction.
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Episode 11 - The Chilly Beachcombers
Release Date: 2003-11-12When Dale misses a never-before-seen episode of his favorite show, ""The Beachcombers"", he hears it will air on Icelandic TV later in the week and devises a zany plan to see it while placing the entire island at risk.
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Episode 12 - Lord of the Ringettes
Release Date: 2003-11-19Dale and Frank's hockey team plays April's team in a game of ringette.
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Episode 13 - The Beer Hunters
Release Date: 2003-11-26Dale attempts to help Frank at the Beer Mart but somehow ends up sending the beer truck, with all of the supplies out into the wilderness. The townsfolk decide to pursue the truck on a "finders keepers" policy, and during the great chase Frank becomes lost. Now Dale faces the challenge of winning back Frank's trust by venturing out into an oncoming snow storm to rescue him.
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Episode 14 - Natural Born Curlers
Release Date: 2003-12-03In an effort to find gainful employment, Angus helps Dale with the ice cleaning duties at the rink. With an almost religious obsession, Angus creates the finest curling ice in the world. When Angus' family from Scotland arrives in Chilly Beach Angus' dad challenges the locals to demonstrate his curling superiority causing Angus to have to choose between his family and his friends.
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Episode 15 - Hollywood Far North
Release Date: 2003-12-10Filming on location in Chilly Beach, the director of a mega-budget Hollywood spectacle decides to blow up the entire island, for dramatic effect. Dale and Frank have to find a way to re-write this Hollywood ending to save their town from becoming one giant special effect.
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Episode 16 - Secret Santa
Release Date: 2003-12-17While trying to buy a gift for the begrudged annual Secret Santa ritual, Dale stumbles upon none other than Santa (played by Leslie Nielsen) himself. Santa decides he needs a break and decides to hang with Dale only to become lazy and unmotivated. With the prospects of Christmas actually happening rapidly diminishing, Santa realizes the error of his ways and with Frank and Dale's help tries to salvage Christmas.
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Episode 17 - Go Figure
Release Date: 2004-06-04Episode 5 - Go Figure A traveling ice show makes its way to Chilly Beach. Leading it is Elvis Stojko. When they stop into Chilly Beach, no one likes it at all except for Michel, who decides to leave and join the show.
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Episode 18 - Country Cooking
Release Date: 2004-05-02Dale and Frank travel to Ottawa to get support for a petition to allow street hockey on all streets in Canada, but they find out that Chilly Beach is not actually part of Canada. So, they decide to make Chilly Beach its own country.
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Episode 19 - Dale to the chief
Release Date: 2004-06-08Episode 21 - Dale To The Chief (William Shatner plays the U.S. President) The Air Force One makes a pit stop to refuel the plane on Chilly Beach. The President accidentally gets left behind and trys to figure out where in the world he is. Dale becomes friends with the President and soon becomes his adviser, creating international problems
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Episode 20 - Cold War
Release Date: 2004-06-14When two Russian soldiers arrive in Chilly Beach from a drifting iceberg, it takes Dale and Frank shrewd negotiation skills to relieve tensions.
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Episode 21 - The Song Remains So Lame
Release Date: 2004-06-17When Dale and Frank restart their old high school garage band a music producer becomes interested in representing them. Unfortunately she is only interested in Frank.
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Episode 22 - My Big Fat Creep Wedding
Release Date: 2004-06-21Dale steps in as Abby's father at the three legged race at the Father/Daughter picnic. What he did not figure on is that the win might lead to bigger things.
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Episode 23 - Brother's Day
Release Date: 2004-06-24It's Dale's birthday and he thinks no one remembered. However he gets a surprise when his older more successful brother Dave comes to town.
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Episode 24 - Slush Fund
Release Date: 2004-06-23Chilly Beach's tourist trade is dwindling, but Dale and Frank discover a new natural resource that can be exploited for cash.
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Episode 25 - Super Zeroes
Release Date: 2004-07-01Dale and Frank discover that there perks in being "superheroes" but they soon find out that with great power comes great responsibility.
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Episode 26 - Slushbucklers
Release Date: 2004-07-02After the antiques show comes to Chilly Beach Jacques discovers that he is a cursed ancestor of the pirate "Blackboard".