Balkirshan Paudel was born in Tanhu Rupakot Nepal, and transfer to Chitwan in child hood , get school education from Chitwan and cllage from Kathmandu. Start his job carior as a special officer of Nepal chamber of commerce in 1981. he get married with Garui Maya paudel and has two son Deepak Paudel and Subodh Paudel, and three Dughter Sirjana Ghimere (wife of Birat Ghimire) Samjhana Baral (wife of Rabindra Baral) and Kalpana Neupane (wife of Bhanu Bhakta Neupane)
Mr. Paudel is a professor of economics in Tribhuvan Univercity Nepal, he serve as a campus chif of Sapta Gandaki campus Bharatpur, Nepal 18 years, he is still teaching in Sapta Gandaki Campus and involving with various social organizations, specially active in human right watch dog in the insurgency period of Nepal.
Mr. Paudel is a professor of economics in Tribhuvan Univercity Nepal, he serve as a campus chif of Sapta Gandaki campus Bharatpur, Nepal 18 years, he is still teaching in Sapta Gandaki Campus and involving with various social organizations, specially active in human right watch dog in the insurgency period of Nepal.
Several episodes of Boston Legal allude to Star Trek and its various spin-offs. William Shatner (Denny Crane) gained fame for playing the role of Captain James T. Kirk in the original series and seven of the ten feature films that followed. Rene Auberjonois (Paul Lewiston) previously appeared as Security Chief Odo in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Auberjonois also appeared in the film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country in the uncredited role of 'Colonel West' and in an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise entitled "Oasis" in the role of 'Ezral.' John Larroquette (Carl Sack) appeared in the film Star Trek III: The Search for Spock as 'Maltz'.
* Jeri Ryan, the actress who played Seven of Nine on Star Trek: Voyager, appeared on two episodes of the second season of Boston Legal: (Spring Fever) and BL: Los Angeles.
* In the second episode of the third season, "New Kids on the Block", the husband of a murder victim, a judge, is played by Armin Shimerman, who appeared along with Rene Auberjonois on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Quark. The pair have a scene together and reference the idea that they are old friends.
* In the tenth episode of the third season, "The Nutcrackers", Michelle Forbes guest stars as an attorney. Forbes had played a recurring role as Ensign Ro Laren on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Clyde Kusatsu, who played Admiral Nakamura in Star Trek: The Next Generation, also appeared in "The Nutcrackers" as a judge.
* In several of the third season episodes, four Star Trek regular cast members appear together: William Shatner, Rene Auberjonois (Odo in Deep Space Nine), Armin Shimerman (the Ferengi barkeep Quark in Deep Space Nine), and Ethan Phillips (Neelix on Star Trek: Voyager).
* In the Season Two episode "Finding Nimmo", while Denny and Alan are on a fishing trip to British Columbia, Alan refers to a sea-lice ailment suffered by some local fish as ‘cling-ons’; Denny, as though recalling something from vague, distant memory comments “Did you say Klingons?”
* In the Season Two episode "The Cancer Man Can", Denny tries out a new cell phone. The clamshell-style phone flips open and makes the exact sound made by the old Star Trek communicators.
* In the Season Two episode "There's Fire", Denny’s new wife Beverly suggests that they move to Hawaii. Denny asks her, “What am I supposed to do? Beam myself to Boston every morning?” (a reference to using the transporter system on Star Trek, commonly referred to as "beaming").
* In the ninth episode of the second season, Denny shoots a homeless man named Kirk, another reference to Shatner's Star Trek character. Later in the episode Alan Shore calls to Mr. Kirk while seemingly speaking to Denny.
* In episode 14 of the first season, "'Til We Meat Again", Alan makes reference to Paul establishing dominion. In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Rene Auberjonois' character Odo belonged to a race of people who led a political and military regime known as the Dominion. It is unclear whether this reference is intentional.
* In the Season Two episode "There's Fire", Patti Yasutake plays Dr. Claire Simon. Patti Yasutake is best known for her portrayal of Alyssa Ogawa in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek Generations, and Star Trek: First Contact. She had also originally auditioned for the role of Keiko O'Brien on Star Trek: Deep Space 9.
*In an argument between Denny and Paul over who controls the company most, Denny calls himself 'Captain of the ship'.
* In the Season 3 finale, while walking through a crowd of reporters clamoring for a quote, Denny Crane says he once captained his own spaceship, a reference to Captain Kirk's USS Enterprise NCC-1701 of Star Trek fame.
The following actors have appeared at least once in both Boston Legal and somewhere in the Star Trek Universe: William Shatner, Rene Auberjonois, Jeri Ryan, Christopher Carroll, Scott MacDonald, Armin Shimerman, Patti Yasutake, Jack Shearer, Michelle Forbes, Steven Anderson, Thomas Kopache, Robert Foxworth, Leon Russom, Daniel Roebuck, Leslie Jordan, Richard Riehle, Gregory Itzin, Art Chudabala, Lou Antonio, Megan Gallagher, Corbin Bernsen, Andy Milder, Jennifer S. Parsons, Todd Waring, Henry Hayashi, Joanna Cassidy, Scott Alan Smith, Henry Gibson, Sharon Lawrence, Matthew Kaminsky, Crystal Allen, Holmes R. Osborne, Charles Chun, Zach Grenier, Richard Fancy, Aaron Lustig, Fran Bennett, Bob Morrisey, John Short, Christine Rose, Michael Shamus Wiles, Thomas Knickerbocker, Ron Ostrow, John Cragen, Charles Emmett, Kelly Connell, Lisa Kaminir, David A. Kimball, Todd Stashwick, Joel Polis, Christopher Neiman, Tom Ormeny, Marcy Goldman, Shannon O'Hurley, John Thaddeus, Shawn Crowder, Philip Weyland, Billy Mayo, and John Larroquette.
* Jeri Ryan, the actress who played Seven of Nine on Star Trek: Voyager, appeared on two episodes of the second season of Boston Legal: (Spring Fever) and BL: Los Angeles.
* In the second episode of the third season, "New Kids on the Block", the husband of a murder victim, a judge, is played by Armin Shimerman, who appeared along with Rene Auberjonois on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Quark. The pair have a scene together and reference the idea that they are old friends.
* In the tenth episode of the third season, "The Nutcrackers", Michelle Forbes guest stars as an attorney. Forbes had played a recurring role as Ensign Ro Laren on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Clyde Kusatsu, who played Admiral Nakamura in Star Trek: The Next Generation, also appeared in "The Nutcrackers" as a judge.
* In several of the third season episodes, four Star Trek regular cast members appear together: William Shatner, Rene Auberjonois (Odo in Deep Space Nine), Armin Shimerman (the Ferengi barkeep Quark in Deep Space Nine), and Ethan Phillips (Neelix on Star Trek: Voyager).
* In the Season Two episode "Finding Nimmo", while Denny and Alan are on a fishing trip to British Columbia, Alan refers to a sea-lice ailment suffered by some local fish as ‘cling-ons’; Denny, as though recalling something from vague, distant memory comments “Did you say Klingons?”
* In the Season Two episode "The Cancer Man Can", Denny tries out a new cell phone. The clamshell-style phone flips open and makes the exact sound made by the old Star Trek communicators.
* In the Season Two episode "There's Fire", Denny’s new wife Beverly suggests that they move to Hawaii. Denny asks her, “What am I supposed to do? Beam myself to Boston every morning?” (a reference to using the transporter system on Star Trek, commonly referred to as "beaming").
* In the ninth episode of the second season, Denny shoots a homeless man named Kirk, another reference to Shatner's Star Trek character. Later in the episode Alan Shore calls to Mr. Kirk while seemingly speaking to Denny.
* In episode 14 of the first season, "'Til We Meat Again", Alan makes reference to Paul establishing dominion. In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Rene Auberjonois' character Odo belonged to a race of people who led a political and military regime known as the Dominion. It is unclear whether this reference is intentional.
* In the Season Two episode "There's Fire", Patti Yasutake plays Dr. Claire Simon. Patti Yasutake is best known for her portrayal of Alyssa Ogawa in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek Generations, and Star Trek: First Contact. She had also originally auditioned for the role of Keiko O'Brien on Star Trek: Deep Space 9.
*In an argument between Denny and Paul over who controls the company most, Denny calls himself 'Captain of the ship'.
* In the Season 3 finale, while walking through a crowd of reporters clamoring for a quote, Denny Crane says he once captained his own spaceship, a reference to Captain Kirk's USS Enterprise NCC-1701 of Star Trek fame.
The following actors have appeared at least once in both Boston Legal and somewhere in the Star Trek Universe: William Shatner, Rene Auberjonois, Jeri Ryan, Christopher Carroll, Scott MacDonald, Armin Shimerman, Patti Yasutake, Jack Shearer, Michelle Forbes, Steven Anderson, Thomas Kopache, Robert Foxworth, Leon Russom, Daniel Roebuck, Leslie Jordan, Richard Riehle, Gregory Itzin, Art Chudabala, Lou Antonio, Megan Gallagher, Corbin Bernsen, Andy Milder, Jennifer S. Parsons, Todd Waring, Henry Hayashi, Joanna Cassidy, Scott Alan Smith, Henry Gibson, Sharon Lawrence, Matthew Kaminsky, Crystal Allen, Holmes R. Osborne, Charles Chun, Zach Grenier, Richard Fancy, Aaron Lustig, Fran Bennett, Bob Morrisey, John Short, Christine Rose, Michael Shamus Wiles, Thomas Knickerbocker, Ron Ostrow, John Cragen, Charles Emmett, Kelly Connell, Lisa Kaminir, David A. Kimball, Todd Stashwick, Joel Polis, Christopher Neiman, Tom Ormeny, Marcy Goldman, Shannon O'Hurley, John Thaddeus, Shawn Crowder, Philip Weyland, Billy Mayo, and John Larroquette.
The show has increasingly adopted the devices of breaking the fourth wall and meta-reference, but usually in a sly manner that can also be interpreted as the characters only jokingly pretending they're on a television show. Some examples are:
* In the episode "An Eye for an Eye", Alan is asked if there is "someplace he'd rather be" to which he quips that he'd like to be on cable as that is where all of the best work is being done.
*In "Gone", Denny, after shooting a homeless man in the face with a paintball gun, tells Alan, "They can't get rid of me, I'm the star of the show!"
** In the same episode, Denny tells Alan while on the balcony "I can act, I won an Emmy." William Shatner who plays Denny Crane has won two Emmys for the role. Alan Shore responded, "Just the same", as James Spader has also won two.
** Denny complained that he was "tired of Alzheimer's being a story point."
** Alan says to Denny, "Ah, there you are. I've hardly seen you this episode."
* Denny also says, in a late episode in Season Two, that everything he wants to express in life is bottled up inside of him like a "kidney stone", which is a possible reference to the kidney stone that William Shatner passed and later auctioned.
* In "Race Ipsa" (an episode originally written and shot during the first season, and then-after the first season was abruptly curtailed to make way for Grey's Anatomy-moved to late in the second season with new footage added), Alan sees his colleague Chelina, who had not been seen since she was introduced in the first season. Chelina says "God, the last time I saw you...", to which Alan continues, "I believe it was a Sunday, then I was taken off the air, you went off to do movies, I got switched to Tuesdays and..." and Chelina adds "Here we are... with old footage."
* Later in "Race Ipsa", Alan's secretary Melissa cautions Alan not to get involved with Chelina, noting "She's only a guest star."
* In the episode "Squid Pro Quo", Denny references a new character on the show, expressing that he can't wait to "see her next week."
* During BL: Los Angeles (the finale of the second season), Denny attempts to persuade Shirley to kiss him by stating: "Shirley, this is the sweeps episode." At the end of the episode, on the balcony, Alan makes toast to "To next season, my friend." Denny asks "Same night?" and Alan replies, "God, I hope."
* In a "A Whiff and a Prayer", shortly after the series moved from its original Sunday night schedule to its new Tuesday home, Denny and Alan are fishing in a rain sewer grate, during which Denny muses on various changes in his life he has had to endure. Among them, he states, "I always wanted to go out with my pride. Failing that, at least my old time slot."
* In the second season episode "Schadenfreude," Alan meets Denny on the balcony for the evening cigar session, a scene which usually ends each episode. This time the scene occurs halfway through the episode, prompting Denny to ask Alan, "Show over already?"
* In the season premiere of the third season, Alan is speaking of how his recent casual sexual relationship with Marlene Stanger (Parker Posey) allowed him to act more like his true self and says, "These past few years I've felt this inexplicable compulsion to be somewhat redeeming as if I were some series regular on a television show."
* In the second episode of the third season, "New Kids on the Block", a new male law partner and a law associate arrive at the firm and tell Denny they are the new guys, to which Denny responds, "If there were new guys they would have shown up in the season premiere." Then, Denny grabs the new girl's buttocks and says "Welcome to Boston Legal." After she complains, Denny looks at the camera and says, "Cue the music", at which point the opening credits begin. As the opening logo to the show slides on from off camera, Craig Bierko's character Jeffrey is seen to be looking back and forth as if 'seeing' the credits transition on screen.
* In the episode "Fine Young Cannibal", after winning a case involving a homeless man who ate his best friend while cremating him, Alan Shore asks Shirley Schmidt, as if asking the audience, "Do you think we win so much that we lose all suspense?"
** At the end of the same episode, the closing shot focuses on the smoke rising from Alan’s and Denny’s cigars. At a certain point, the vocalist singing the end theme begins coughing as if enveloped in this cloud of smoke.
* After a tirade against the modern implementation of the constitutional right granting freedom of religion, and openly insulting the plaintiff's manipulation of it to sue his client, Alan says, "Yes I know, I'll get letters."
* Denny's advice to Bethany in "Lincoln" is read off large cue cards held by Alan, which Bethany apparently does not notice. Alan does this again in "Dumping Bella", when Denny expresses his true feelings to Bethany; she again does not notice.
* Also in "Lincoln", when Lincoln kidnaps Shirley, he comments that if this were a movie, we'd hear a real ominous chord right about now. Immediately thereafter, the audience does hear such an ominous musical chord.
* When Denny and Alan are smoking cigars together at the end of the episode "Lincoln", Denny asks when Alan's trial is. Alan says it is Tuesday at 10. Although "Lincoln" was aired on a Sunday, Boston Legals regular timeslot on ABC is Tuesday nights at 10:00 p.m. Eastern time, and it was then that the episode featuring Alan's trial was aired.
* In "The Nutcrackers", when Shirley assigns Alan a new case, he asks her what his 'motivation' is so that he can get into 'character' for the case; this is a question typically asked by Method actors (re how to act in a given scene or role). Also, the case file that Shirley puts on Alan’s desk looks less like a folder or envelope and more like a script.
* In "Angel of Death", Denny plays the first few notes of the show's theme song on his 'trombone-kazoo', coinciding with the real song playing over the opening credits.
* In "Nuts", Claire asks Clarence-dressed as Oprah Winfrey-to bumper out to a commercial break, as is done on The Oprah Winfrey Show, immediately before an actual commercial break on Boston Legal.
* In "Dumping Bella", Shirley mentions during a trial that she had not received her March of the Penguins movie screener from the Academy yet. As a lawyer, she would not be eligible to receive such a screener. However, as the real-life Candice Bergen, who is a member of the Academy, she is eligible.
* At the end of "Dumping Bella", Denny (dressed as Dick Cheney) is dancing with Alan (dressed as Shirley Schmidt). Denny comments that the neighbors would be puzzled if they saw Dick Cheney dancing with Shirley Schmidt on their balcony. Alan replies, "Well, if they're regular viewers, they know by now anything goes."
* In "Fat Burner", after opposing counsel gives its closing statement, Denny responds by asking, "How come the other side always has short closings?"
* In "The Good Lawyer", Denny recoils at the idea that he "seem like a Jew": Shatner has made a living playing characters (such as Crane) who are "true-blue" Americans (although Shatner, in real life, is Canadian), Christian (although he’s Jewish), and conservative (Shatner’s actual views, however, are anybody’s guess).
* In "Witches of Mass Destruction", Denny shows up to the office costume party wearing the same pink flamingo costume that Alan is; Alan then tells him, "Denny, you look pretty in pink." This is an allusion to his role as Stef in Pretty in Pink and a nod to the scene where Molly Ringwald is joined at the prom by her friend Ducky at the last minute.
* In "Tea and Sympathy", Alan Shore asks a judge who else she has slept with (other than Shore) and asks, "Didn't Mitt ever ask you to become one of his wives?", speaking of the Mormon 2008 Republican presidential candidate. She responds, "Okay... that, you'll get letters for."
* In "Guantanamo by the Bay", Jerry Espenson tells Shirley Schmidt he hears a "happy song" in his head. When she asks him to sing it, he begins to sing the Boston Legal theme song as the credits begin. He can be heard and seen throughout the credits singing along. During Candice Bergen's intro shot on the opening credits, a startled Shirley Schmidt can be seen listening to Jerry Espenson rather than the stock footage of Schmidt.
* In "Trial of the Century", Denny Crane refers to what happened in the previous episode as happening "last week." This is a meta-reference to how new episodes of the show are aired once a week. It is also interesting to note that the previous episode was aired two weeks, instead of one week earlier.
* In the Season 3 finale, "Trial of the Century", Denny Crane toasts Alan, commenting "'Til next season." To which Alan replies, "I can't wait to see what we do next."
* In the Season 2 episode, "Word Salad," Denny Crane lists a litany of possible psychological issues that Alan may be facing. In response, Alan asks, "What does this have to do with this episode of word salad?"
* In the Season 3 episode "Attack of the Xenophobes", Carl Sack tells Clarence Bell that while out in the public, one should be aware because 'the cameras are watching', alluding to the fact that they are being watched by video cameras while filming for the shoot.
* In the episode "An Eye for an Eye", Alan is asked if there is "someplace he'd rather be" to which he quips that he'd like to be on cable as that is where all of the best work is being done.
*In "Gone", Denny, after shooting a homeless man in the face with a paintball gun, tells Alan, "They can't get rid of me, I'm the star of the show!"
** In the same episode, Denny tells Alan while on the balcony "I can act, I won an Emmy." William Shatner who plays Denny Crane has won two Emmys for the role. Alan Shore responded, "Just the same", as James Spader has also won two.
** Denny complained that he was "tired of Alzheimer's being a story point."
** Alan says to Denny, "Ah, there you are. I've hardly seen you this episode."
* Denny also says, in a late episode in Season Two, that everything he wants to express in life is bottled up inside of him like a "kidney stone", which is a possible reference to the kidney stone that William Shatner passed and later auctioned.
* In "Race Ipsa" (an episode originally written and shot during the first season, and then-after the first season was abruptly curtailed to make way for Grey's Anatomy-moved to late in the second season with new footage added), Alan sees his colleague Chelina, who had not been seen since she was introduced in the first season. Chelina says "God, the last time I saw you...", to which Alan continues, "I believe it was a Sunday, then I was taken off the air, you went off to do movies, I got switched to Tuesdays and..." and Chelina adds "Here we are... with old footage."
* Later in "Race Ipsa", Alan's secretary Melissa cautions Alan not to get involved with Chelina, noting "She's only a guest star."
* In the episode "Squid Pro Quo", Denny references a new character on the show, expressing that he can't wait to "see her next week."
* During BL: Los Angeles (the finale of the second season), Denny attempts to persuade Shirley to kiss him by stating: "Shirley, this is the sweeps episode." At the end of the episode, on the balcony, Alan makes toast to "To next season, my friend." Denny asks "Same night?" and Alan replies, "God, I hope."
* In a "A Whiff and a Prayer", shortly after the series moved from its original Sunday night schedule to its new Tuesday home, Denny and Alan are fishing in a rain sewer grate, during which Denny muses on various changes in his life he has had to endure. Among them, he states, "I always wanted to go out with my pride. Failing that, at least my old time slot."
* In the second season episode "Schadenfreude," Alan meets Denny on the balcony for the evening cigar session, a scene which usually ends each episode. This time the scene occurs halfway through the episode, prompting Denny to ask Alan, "Show over already?"
* In the season premiere of the third season, Alan is speaking of how his recent casual sexual relationship with Marlene Stanger (Parker Posey) allowed him to act more like his true self and says, "These past few years I've felt this inexplicable compulsion to be somewhat redeeming as if I were some series regular on a television show."
* In the second episode of the third season, "New Kids on the Block", a new male law partner and a law associate arrive at the firm and tell Denny they are the new guys, to which Denny responds, "If there were new guys they would have shown up in the season premiere." Then, Denny grabs the new girl's buttocks and says "Welcome to Boston Legal." After she complains, Denny looks at the camera and says, "Cue the music", at which point the opening credits begin. As the opening logo to the show slides on from off camera, Craig Bierko's character Jeffrey is seen to be looking back and forth as if 'seeing' the credits transition on screen.
* In the episode "Fine Young Cannibal", after winning a case involving a homeless man who ate his best friend while cremating him, Alan Shore asks Shirley Schmidt, as if asking the audience, "Do you think we win so much that we lose all suspense?"
** At the end of the same episode, the closing shot focuses on the smoke rising from Alan’s and Denny’s cigars. At a certain point, the vocalist singing the end theme begins coughing as if enveloped in this cloud of smoke.
* After a tirade against the modern implementation of the constitutional right granting freedom of religion, and openly insulting the plaintiff's manipulation of it to sue his client, Alan says, "Yes I know, I'll get letters."
* Denny's advice to Bethany in "Lincoln" is read off large cue cards held by Alan, which Bethany apparently does not notice. Alan does this again in "Dumping Bella", when Denny expresses his true feelings to Bethany; she again does not notice.
* Also in "Lincoln", when Lincoln kidnaps Shirley, he comments that if this were a movie, we'd hear a real ominous chord right about now. Immediately thereafter, the audience does hear such an ominous musical chord.
* When Denny and Alan are smoking cigars together at the end of the episode "Lincoln", Denny asks when Alan's trial is. Alan says it is Tuesday at 10. Although "Lincoln" was aired on a Sunday, Boston Legals regular timeslot on ABC is Tuesday nights at 10:00 p.m. Eastern time, and it was then that the episode featuring Alan's trial was aired.
* In "The Nutcrackers", when Shirley assigns Alan a new case, he asks her what his 'motivation' is so that he can get into 'character' for the case; this is a question typically asked by Method actors (re how to act in a given scene or role). Also, the case file that Shirley puts on Alan’s desk looks less like a folder or envelope and more like a script.
* In "Angel of Death", Denny plays the first few notes of the show's theme song on his 'trombone-kazoo', coinciding with the real song playing over the opening credits.
* In "Nuts", Claire asks Clarence-dressed as Oprah Winfrey-to bumper out to a commercial break, as is done on The Oprah Winfrey Show, immediately before an actual commercial break on Boston Legal.
* In "Dumping Bella", Shirley mentions during a trial that she had not received her March of the Penguins movie screener from the Academy yet. As a lawyer, she would not be eligible to receive such a screener. However, as the real-life Candice Bergen, who is a member of the Academy, she is eligible.
* At the end of "Dumping Bella", Denny (dressed as Dick Cheney) is dancing with Alan (dressed as Shirley Schmidt). Denny comments that the neighbors would be puzzled if they saw Dick Cheney dancing with Shirley Schmidt on their balcony. Alan replies, "Well, if they're regular viewers, they know by now anything goes."
* In "Fat Burner", after opposing counsel gives its closing statement, Denny responds by asking, "How come the other side always has short closings?"
* In "The Good Lawyer", Denny recoils at the idea that he "seem like a Jew": Shatner has made a living playing characters (such as Crane) who are "true-blue" Americans (although Shatner, in real life, is Canadian), Christian (although he’s Jewish), and conservative (Shatner’s actual views, however, are anybody’s guess).
* In "Witches of Mass Destruction", Denny shows up to the office costume party wearing the same pink flamingo costume that Alan is; Alan then tells him, "Denny, you look pretty in pink." This is an allusion to his role as Stef in Pretty in Pink and a nod to the scene where Molly Ringwald is joined at the prom by her friend Ducky at the last minute.
* In "Tea and Sympathy", Alan Shore asks a judge who else she has slept with (other than Shore) and asks, "Didn't Mitt ever ask you to become one of his wives?", speaking of the Mormon 2008 Republican presidential candidate. She responds, "Okay... that, you'll get letters for."
* In "Guantanamo by the Bay", Jerry Espenson tells Shirley Schmidt he hears a "happy song" in his head. When she asks him to sing it, he begins to sing the Boston Legal theme song as the credits begin. He can be heard and seen throughout the credits singing along. During Candice Bergen's intro shot on the opening credits, a startled Shirley Schmidt can be seen listening to Jerry Espenson rather than the stock footage of Schmidt.
* In "Trial of the Century", Denny Crane refers to what happened in the previous episode as happening "last week." This is a meta-reference to how new episodes of the show are aired once a week. It is also interesting to note that the previous episode was aired two weeks, instead of one week earlier.
* In the Season 3 finale, "Trial of the Century", Denny Crane toasts Alan, commenting "'Til next season." To which Alan replies, "I can't wait to see what we do next."
* In the Season 2 episode, "Word Salad," Denny Crane lists a litany of possible psychological issues that Alan may be facing. In response, Alan asks, "What does this have to do with this episode of word salad?"
* In the Season 3 episode "Attack of the Xenophobes", Carl Sack tells Clarence Bell that while out in the public, one should be aware because 'the cameras are watching', alluding to the fact that they are being watched by video cameras while filming for the shoot.
The Red Green Show includes a large number of minor and guest characters.
Minor characters
The following characters appear less frequently on the show and usually have less involvement in a given episode's plot.
Buzz Sherwood
*Actor: Peter Wildman
Buzz Sherwood, real name Kenneth Staples Sherwood, is a bush pilot in the Possum Lake area who runs Buzz Off Airlines. He is very affectionate towards his plane, 'Beauty' although his ability to properly take care of it and actually pilot it were shown to be very poor. Buzz is a burned-out 1960s hippie who is very laid back. He is usually shown greeting Red by affectionately punching him in the arm, which would usually cause him to flinch in pain. He stopped appearing on the show in the last few seasons and was seen in the retrospective special Hindsight is 20/20 wearing a sport jacket and a short haircut, but still very burned out. He claimed to be 19 at the first Woodstock Festival.
Bob Stuyvesant
*Actor: Bruce Hunter
Ostensibly working for the Ministry of Natural Resources, Bob spends all of his time playing golf, although he is not very good at it. He is most prominent in season 3, when Red would often catch him playing golf while pretending to do his job. "I'm not golfing Red, I'm uh, checking the gradient of this land by watching how these balls roll.... Boy, this is some gradient..." By the end of the segment, he would usually get so frustrated at his game that he would destroy his clubs. In The Red Green Book, his house is shown to be right next to the ski and golf resort.
Glen Brackston
*Actor: Mark Wilson
The local marina owner. Brackston is extremely lazy, preferring to avoid actual work whenever possible. His true passion is his recreational vehicle, which he is usually working on whenever Red visits him. He is also a big fan of slot cars. Brackston and his wife have seven daughters. He has also survived two heart attacks.
Dougie Franklin
*Actor: Ian Thomas
Dougie Franklin is an American who now lives in Canada and owns the local wrecking yard. Franklin is very proud of his monster truck with dual quads. He was born in 1953, and apparently remembers it by knowing it is the same year the first Chevrolet Corvettes came out. He is very prejudiced towards Canadians, and once thought the abbreviation for kilometers, km, meant "Kanadian Miles". He thus drove at 100 mph on the highway.
Ben Franklin
*Actor: Dave Thomas
Dougie's brother. Dougie is very jealous of Ben whom he thinks was their mother's favorite of the two.
Kevin Black
*Actor: Paul Gross
A stereotypical yuppie land developer who is always trying to buy the Lodge property. He bought Bluff Point, a local land area nicknamed 'Blood Point' due to its mosquito infestation, and built a 400,000 square foot cottage on it.
Arnie Dogan
*Actor: Albert Schultz
Arnie Dogan is a roofer/country singer-songwriter who always has some sort of injury from roofing. He claims to have written thousands of songs, usually about his injuries.
Dwight Cardiff
*Actor: George Buza
Succeeded Glen as the local marina owner. Dwight is even lazier than Glen. He doesn't like to bend or exert himself in any way (he is always sitting down whenever we see him). Dwight has even sat out in the rain, because he had rather not move. He also once had a pet snail that ran away from him. He eventually disappeared, and Glen came back as the marina owner.
Adventurer Walter
*Actor: Joel Harris
Bill's replacement in the later seasons, new lodge member Walter is just as accident-prone as Bill was. Bill eventually came back near the show's concluding seasons, but Walter continued to stick around as his co-star.
"Young" Walter, unlike everyone else in the lodge, is very strong and athletic. Unlike Bill, he doesn't usually go looking for trouble, it finds him.
Bonnie
*Actress: Laurie Elliott
Harold's girlfriend (starting with the 14th season), Bonnie is a licensed commercial truck driver from Port Asbestos. She is virtually the female version of Harold - she shares his voice, mannerisms and geekiness. The final season of the show features the courtship of Harold and Bonnie, who get married in the final episode. A flash-forward reveals that Harold and Bonnie will have two children (a son and a daughter).
Brian Jacobs
*Actor: Derek Edwards
The local funeral director. Appropriately for his line of work, Brian is usually rather sad and morose (in the introduction to one of the 'Stuffed and Mounted' DVDs, Steve Smith says this is exactly why he picked Derek Edwards - ironically, a stand up comic in his native Canada - to play the role).
Unseen characters
A number of characters exist in the show's plot and storyline but are never actually seen or heard from directly.
Bernice Green
Bernice is Red's wife. Red concludes every episode with a message to Bernice, usually in the form of a double entendre or an excuse for his actions in the episode. With the exception of a "network-approved" stand-in (played by Laura Catalano in "The Network Deal"), Bernice has only appeared onscreen once (after Red attempts to retrofit his front door with mood rings, Bernice's arm appears from the other side of the door) and her voice is almost never heard (though in "The Auto Club", Red yells at her over the phone without realizing she's on the line). It is strongly suggested that Red and Bernice lead an active, healthy sex life after years of marriage.
Buster Hatfield
He believes the seventh commandment should read "Thou Shalt Commit Adultery". His wife divorced him after he won Man of the Year for spending 364 days at the lodge.
Flinty McClintock
owner of the local scrap metal yard, and a 'giant chihuahua" (actually a bouvier that had its hair blown off after a gas station storage tank was being scrapped.)
Junior Singleton
is very unlucky with women. He was married in Episode #141 "The Stag Party".
Wally "Kickback" Kibbler
Red's rival in high school and the mayor of Possum Lake. as his name suggests, he is quite corrupt.
Moose Thompson
Moose is as big, strong and smart as an ox. Had a fridge in every room, before he up-graded to a walk-in meat locker. Trying to set a world record for going the longest without eating a salad. His full name is Mooseworth Hugo Largess Thompson.
Old Man Sedgewick
Old Man Sedgwick is very old - his son is in his 90's. His parents are still alive. He's cranky, sour, senile, mean, and in bad health. After badgers were in his pants while he was wearing them, he went from skin-and-bone to just bone. He ended up in Shady Acres.
Stinky Peterson
True to his nickname, Stinky is very unhygienic. His real name has been said on two different occasions to be George Peterson and Stephen Riechen Puanteur Peterson.
Guest stars
In addition to the regular cast, there have been a number of guest stars who have appeared on the show, the most notable of which include Don Harron, reprising his Hee Haw character Charlie Farquharson (who became Possum Lodge's first Honorary Life Member), and Canadian Colin Mochrie from the television comedy improv Whose Line Is It Anyway? (playing Frank Kepke, a hobbyist/store owner who makes things entirely out of hotdogs). Various people have also been taken directly from the live studio audience to appear as lodge members at the end of the show.
Minor characters
The following characters appear less frequently on the show and usually have less involvement in a given episode's plot.
Buzz Sherwood
*Actor: Peter Wildman
Buzz Sherwood, real name Kenneth Staples Sherwood, is a bush pilot in the Possum Lake area who runs Buzz Off Airlines. He is very affectionate towards his plane, 'Beauty' although his ability to properly take care of it and actually pilot it were shown to be very poor. Buzz is a burned-out 1960s hippie who is very laid back. He is usually shown greeting Red by affectionately punching him in the arm, which would usually cause him to flinch in pain. He stopped appearing on the show in the last few seasons and was seen in the retrospective special Hindsight is 20/20 wearing a sport jacket and a short haircut, but still very burned out. He claimed to be 19 at the first Woodstock Festival.
Bob Stuyvesant
*Actor: Bruce Hunter
Ostensibly working for the Ministry of Natural Resources, Bob spends all of his time playing golf, although he is not very good at it. He is most prominent in season 3, when Red would often catch him playing golf while pretending to do his job. "I'm not golfing Red, I'm uh, checking the gradient of this land by watching how these balls roll.... Boy, this is some gradient..." By the end of the segment, he would usually get so frustrated at his game that he would destroy his clubs. In The Red Green Book, his house is shown to be right next to the ski and golf resort.
Glen Brackston
*Actor: Mark Wilson
The local marina owner. Brackston is extremely lazy, preferring to avoid actual work whenever possible. His true passion is his recreational vehicle, which he is usually working on whenever Red visits him. He is also a big fan of slot cars. Brackston and his wife have seven daughters. He has also survived two heart attacks.
Dougie Franklin
*Actor: Ian Thomas
Dougie Franklin is an American who now lives in Canada and owns the local wrecking yard. Franklin is very proud of his monster truck with dual quads. He was born in 1953, and apparently remembers it by knowing it is the same year the first Chevrolet Corvettes came out. He is very prejudiced towards Canadians, and once thought the abbreviation for kilometers, km, meant "Kanadian Miles". He thus drove at 100 mph on the highway.
Ben Franklin
*Actor: Dave Thomas
Dougie's brother. Dougie is very jealous of Ben whom he thinks was their mother's favorite of the two.
Kevin Black
*Actor: Paul Gross
A stereotypical yuppie land developer who is always trying to buy the Lodge property. He bought Bluff Point, a local land area nicknamed 'Blood Point' due to its mosquito infestation, and built a 400,000 square foot cottage on it.
Arnie Dogan
*Actor: Albert Schultz
Arnie Dogan is a roofer/country singer-songwriter who always has some sort of injury from roofing. He claims to have written thousands of songs, usually about his injuries.
Dwight Cardiff
*Actor: George Buza
Succeeded Glen as the local marina owner. Dwight is even lazier than Glen. He doesn't like to bend or exert himself in any way (he is always sitting down whenever we see him). Dwight has even sat out in the rain, because he had rather not move. He also once had a pet snail that ran away from him. He eventually disappeared, and Glen came back as the marina owner.
Adventurer Walter
*Actor: Joel Harris
Bill's replacement in the later seasons, new lodge member Walter is just as accident-prone as Bill was. Bill eventually came back near the show's concluding seasons, but Walter continued to stick around as his co-star.
"Young" Walter, unlike everyone else in the lodge, is very strong and athletic. Unlike Bill, he doesn't usually go looking for trouble, it finds him.
Bonnie
*Actress: Laurie Elliott
Harold's girlfriend (starting with the 14th season), Bonnie is a licensed commercial truck driver from Port Asbestos. She is virtually the female version of Harold - she shares his voice, mannerisms and geekiness. The final season of the show features the courtship of Harold and Bonnie, who get married in the final episode. A flash-forward reveals that Harold and Bonnie will have two children (a son and a daughter).
Brian Jacobs
*Actor: Derek Edwards
The local funeral director. Appropriately for his line of work, Brian is usually rather sad and morose (in the introduction to one of the 'Stuffed and Mounted' DVDs, Steve Smith says this is exactly why he picked Derek Edwards - ironically, a stand up comic in his native Canada - to play the role).
Unseen characters
A number of characters exist in the show's plot and storyline but are never actually seen or heard from directly.
Bernice Green
Bernice is Red's wife. Red concludes every episode with a message to Bernice, usually in the form of a double entendre or an excuse for his actions in the episode. With the exception of a "network-approved" stand-in (played by Laura Catalano in "The Network Deal"), Bernice has only appeared onscreen once (after Red attempts to retrofit his front door with mood rings, Bernice's arm appears from the other side of the door) and her voice is almost never heard (though in "The Auto Club", Red yells at her over the phone without realizing she's on the line). It is strongly suggested that Red and Bernice lead an active, healthy sex life after years of marriage.
Buster Hatfield
He believes the seventh commandment should read "Thou Shalt Commit Adultery". His wife divorced him after he won Man of the Year for spending 364 days at the lodge.
Flinty McClintock
owner of the local scrap metal yard, and a 'giant chihuahua" (actually a bouvier that had its hair blown off after a gas station storage tank was being scrapped.)
Junior Singleton
is very unlucky with women. He was married in Episode #141 "The Stag Party".
Wally "Kickback" Kibbler
Red's rival in high school and the mayor of Possum Lake. as his name suggests, he is quite corrupt.
Moose Thompson
Moose is as big, strong and smart as an ox. Had a fridge in every room, before he up-graded to a walk-in meat locker. Trying to set a world record for going the longest without eating a salad. His full name is Mooseworth Hugo Largess Thompson.
Old Man Sedgewick
Old Man Sedgwick is very old - his son is in his 90's. His parents are still alive. He's cranky, sour, senile, mean, and in bad health. After badgers were in his pants while he was wearing them, he went from skin-and-bone to just bone. He ended up in Shady Acres.
Stinky Peterson
True to his nickname, Stinky is very unhygienic. His real name has been said on two different occasions to be George Peterson and Stephen Riechen Puanteur Peterson.
Guest stars
In addition to the regular cast, there have been a number of guest stars who have appeared on the show, the most notable of which include Don Harron, reprising his Hee Haw character Charlie Farquharson (who became Possum Lodge's first Honorary Life Member), and Canadian Colin Mochrie from the television comedy improv Whose Line Is It Anyway? (playing Frank Kepke, a hobbyist/store owner who makes things entirely out of hotdogs). Various people have also been taken directly from the live studio audience to appear as lodge members at the end of the show.