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WNMENT: Sunnyvale supervisors bring stand-up show to 19 on Park BY nu MASON jmasonC’yrmgxom The Trailer Park Boys may not have been everyone’s cup of tea. MakethattumblerofrumandCoke. Or maybe they were? And still are. Whitchurch-Stoufiville finds out two weeks from tonight when the trailer park supervisor from the TV show/movies, Jim Lahey (John Dun- sworth), and his assistant, Randy Bobandy (Patrick Roach), roll into the Lebovic Centre for Arts and Enter- tainment - Nineteen on the Park It's a fundraiser for WhiStle Radio. If you're not a fan, Mr. Lahey is bisexual, an ex-cop and often appears drunk in fictional Sunnyvale Trailer Park on the show. Randy, the lover of all things cheeseburger, is his boss' male lover. He’s far from svelte but always shirtless. The show, which ran from 2001- 08 on Showcase, was packed with profanity, marijuana-growing. shop- lifting and other criminal activity Yet, it was a hit with everyone from law- yers to small children. Still is. “We pander to the lowest com- mon denominator - which is every- body," Mr. Dunsworth said before a show in northern British Columbia earlier this month. It was another in a line of sell-outs at taverns and community centres across the land. And the critics? “There are so many more vile things out there," he said. “And there really are people out theme like (Randy and Mr. Lahey). A little bit of us isn't that bad." Thanks to international syndi- cation, the phenomenon grows. A show at Massey Hall featuring other stars of the series this year drew a large number of Americans, who are seeing the show for first time on cable. “And up here, it's playing end- lessly on Showcase," he said. “We get people bragging about how many times they've seen an episode. It's reallyincredible." It‘s not uncommon for 30 young- sters to line up outside a show’s venue for autographs. “Of course they can't get into the show, but we come and talk to them,” Mr. Dunsworth said. “They arethe future.” Mr. Dunsworth “always wanted to see all of Canada”. “Now, I've seen every comer of it in the last five years touring," he Out of the trailer park and headed for Stoufiuille Mr. Lahey and sidekick Randy of Trailer Park Boys fame appear at Nineteen on the on April 29. said. “On tour, 1 watch and Randy drives." It's hard to separate character from actor, save for the expletives that fly when Mr. Lahey enters the conversation. For the record, Mr. Dunsworth rarely drinks. But if someone offers him a shooter during a perfor- mance, he'll down it. “Can’t disappoint the troops, but I think I'm naturally high all the time." “And I don’t want to be the poster boy for alcoholics." That leads Mr. Dunsworth into a rant against the binge drinking by young people he sees too often on the road. During the interview, he railed " against casinos (“Little old spending their RSP money"), Ana-jg. tar (“biggest hoax ever"), the war 3, on drugs, gasoline prices, 3D TV, the a growing rift between the haves and 'N have-hots in Canada and the lack of E credit the show got for Canada win- ning the gold medal in men's hockey at the Vancouver Olympics. “Sidney Crosby is from Cole Har- bour, which is where Sunnyvale was located," he said. “Ricky (another star of the show) taught him every dirty trick he knows." Married for 40 years, Mr. Dun- sworth has four children and lives in Nova Scotia across the bay from Peggy's Cove. K'one-time NDP candidate. he works with granite and sails when not playing the role of Lahey. mmmwmmmzsats p.m.atNinetaeaneParkTicletsare$35and $28(standingmom)andareavalwleatmebm oflioeorbycalling4167354496forminfor- mation.gqmmm.com/Nineteen.asp He’s worked regional theatre and is anxious to get a look at year-old Nineteen on the Park Fans could end up on stage them- selves at the Stoufi'ville show. Audi- ence participation is encouiagegi. So'are pfops. Mr. Lahey has been sporting “a popehat” at rpceqt In Wmnipeg last weekend, Randy and Mr. Lahey locked and hand- cuffedanescapeartistinavatmllof beer at a fundraiser for the local food bank He escaped. mm..smmm If you’re not a fan, Mr. Lahey is bisexual, an ex-cop and often appears drunk in fictional Sunnyvale Trailer Park on the show. Randy, the lover of all things cheeseburger, is his boss’ male lover. He’s far from svelte but always shirtless.