{"id":11244,"date":"2020-09-25T16:35:53","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T20:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/?p=11244"},"modified":"2020-09-25T16:40:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T20:40:36","slug":"have-you-fallen-in-love-with-this-show-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/blogs\/afternoons\/2020\/09\/have-you-fallen-in-love-with-this-show-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Have You Fallen In Love With This Show Yet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When they cleaned up at the Emmy&#8217;s last weekend I seriously jumped for joy.\u00a0 I was so happy. So excited. Even a little bit proud.\u00a0 Which is odd, considering I have nothing to do with it.\u00a0But I&#8217;m Canadian so I guess I feel like I can claim it as my own.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m talking about Schitt&#8217;$ Creek.\u00a0 This little hidden gem of a show that in the last few years has taken the world by storm.\u00a0 For almost six years it was a little Canadian show that nobody really paid much attention to.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s face it &#8211; in Canada we haven&#8217;t <em>always<\/em> been excited about our own shows.\u00a0 And <a href=\"https:\/\/torontolife.com\/culture\/movies-and-tv\/how-schitts-creek-became-the-bingiest-thing-on-tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nobody can really pinpoint when or why<\/a> &#8211; but suddenly it&#8217;s the only show people seem to be talking about.\u00a0 For good reason.<\/p>\n<p>TV Guide named it the best show on television.\u00a0 Some 23,000 self-described Schittheads now belong to a Facebook fan club where they rank Moira&#8217;s outfits, swap memes and more.\u00a0 Multiple posts from fans comment on how the show has helped them through cancer, bereavement, suicidal thoughts and more.<\/p>\n<p>They cleaned up at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emmys.com\/shows\/schitts-creek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emmy&#8217;s<\/a> &#8211; setting a few records in the process.\u00a0\u00a0Schitt&#8217;s Creek won nine awards &#8211; breaking the Emmys record for most wins in a single season for a comedy.\u00a0 That&#8217;s how you go out with a bang I guess.<\/p>\n<p>All four major cast members won an award.\u00a0 The show took top comedy.<\/p>\n<p>Nice way to say goodbye.\u00a0 It just finished it&#8217;s final sixth season.<\/p>\n<p>A friend of mine who happens to live in the United States was the one who encouraged me to start watching it.\u00a0 I&#8217;m so glad she did.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m currently working my way through it for the second time. Though I haven&#8217;t seen the FULL series &#8211; waiting for season six to come out in October on Netflix &#8211; I absolutely LOVE this show.\u00a0 I love Dan Levy.\u00a0 I think his character is brilliant.\u00a0 He&#8217;s funny, he&#8217;s charming and you can&#8217;t help but love him.\u00a0 To me he is the star of the show.\u00a0 I want to hug him.\u00a0 Spend the day with him.\u00a0 \u00a0Do life with him.<\/p>\n<p>The casting is brilliant.\u00a0 The storyline, although it seems &#8220;silly&#8221; for lack of a better word &#8211; you really learn to love each character and their individual quirkiness.<\/p>\n<p>Eugene Levy, his son Daniel Levy.\u00a0 Catharine O&#8217;Hara.\u00a0 Annie Murphy.\u00a0 Outstanding.<\/p>\n<p>I can have the worst day and one episode of Schitt&#8217;s Creek and I am laughing and appreciating so much about life.<\/p>\n<p>A rich family loses everything and ends up in a small town in the middle of nowhere, living in a cheap motel, adjusting to life without money and other luxuries.\u00a0 Learning what&#8217;s really important &#8211; which is family.\u00a0 Each other.\u00a0 Sharing lessons on love and so much more.<\/p>\n<p>The small town in Ontario where the show was filmed still draws tourists and fans of the show.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s such a brilliant show in such a simple way.<\/p>\n<p>So worth watching.\u00a0 You&#8217;ll fall in love with it too.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AGtmhn48fHs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When they cleaned up at the Emmy&#8217;s last weekend I seriously jumped for joy.\u00a0 I was so happy. So excited. Even a little bit proud.\u00a0 Which is odd, considering I have nothing to do with it.\u00a0But I&#8217;m Canadian so I guess I feel like I can claim it as my own. 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