Rent-a-Goalie

2006

Rent-a-Goalie

6.1 | en | Comedy

Rent-a-Goalie is a half-hour comedy television series from Canada that aired on Showcase from 2006 - 2008. Its third season premiered 20 October 2008. The first season was nominated for three Gemini Awards, including Best Comedy Series. It was also nominated for a Directors Guild of Canada Award, the CFTPA Indie Award for Best Comedy Series, an ACTRA Award for Best Male Performance for Christopher Bolton, and four Canadian Comedy Awards, winning two. The second season was nominated for six Gemini Awards, including Best Comedy Series, Best Ensemble Performance, Best Directing, Best Writing, Best Cinematography and Best Casting. It has also been nominated for three Canadian Comedy Awards.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP7 Ham in a Pram

Dec. 01,2008

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EP6 He Man

Nov. 24,2008

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EP4 Eva Has a Dot Dot Dot

Nov. 10,2008

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Released: 2006-10-01 | Released Producted By: Fifth Ground Entertainment , Country: Canada Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.fifthground.com/rent-a-goalie

Synopsis

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Cast

Stephen Amell , Carlos Diaz , Joe Pingue

Director

Chris Szarka

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Carlos Diaz

as Looch

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Joe Pingue

as Joey Almost

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Reviews

D N Rent-A-Goalie is another in a long line of Canadian comedies that is under-noticed and under-rated. I am thrilled to have caught wind of this one before it went off the air, I cant say enough good things about it. Character driven, crude, loyal, Canadian, funny, impossible and true. The show brings a real sense of ethic and redemption without preaching. That having been said, there is a character who farts endlessly, and another one called 'Puker', another who ends just about every phrase with 'almost'. All the Characters are tragically, tragically flawed, which only serves to endear them to the audience. It is fascinating, and will appeal whether you are sitting around with your hockey boys or your girl friends. Top notch, have a look, have several looks, give it a real chance and maybe this is a Canadian comedy we can help keep around for a while.To give you a sense of my taste in programming other shows I liked that were similar in some ways include: Arrested Development, Slings and Arrows, Due South, Corner Gas, Nortern Exposure, Sex and the City, Friends, The West Wing

afterlife-2 Takes place on what is believed to be little Italy in Toronto and has the setting of a café called "Cafe Primo" supposed to look like an Italian sports bar with wacky Italian Canadian characters carrying thick Italian like accents including one dubbed Joey "Almost" because he places almost at th end of every sentence. The owner of the Baris Johnny played by Louis Di Bianco. The main character is the employee Cake played by Christopher Bolton. Cake being short for mangae cake Italian for cake eater. Cake also happens to run a goalie rental service where for $50 he sends a goalie out to different hockey games to play for teams in need. All in all great program so far, Lots of appearances form hockey legends including Phil Esposito

norm_j This is a great show! I hope it lives longer than one season. The concept is quite interesting, not to its mention originality. And Toronto as the setting? Make's complete sense to me. Why not? Stop hating please. Where else would this story take place? I really like the characters involved. Ah, well, the two Italian dudes who are always cutting Cake up are a bit annoying, but I guess that's why the show is appealing. It has an original and realistic feel to it. Well, original and realistic minus the fictional hockey teams used in the "cup" episode.BTW: My girlfriend thinks Cake is cute. She gives the show a 9!

clovenhoof Okay, those of you south of the 49th, don't bother. Unless you're in North Dakota, Minnesota, or Buffalo. You're all honorary Canadians, so you might get it....It's rude, it's crude, and based on the first episode, it's incredibly funny.Cake is kinda like Ed, from that t.v. show -- but instead of a lawyer running a bowling alley, Cake runs a goalie-rental service out of a cappuccino bar, when he's not fighting with the boss's daughter.It loses points for being based in Toronto. At least, I assume it's based in Toronto. It certainly could be. And THAT is enough to lose it points.Sitcoms aren't really the kinds of shows one can describe -- it's like Cheers, except it's R-rated, and since most of the characters are goalies, they are NUTS!!!!