Son of a Critch

SON OF A CRITCH seems to be a very promising new sitcom for CBC. The plot follows along the lines of YOUNG SHELDON and the new WONDER YEARS except it's a Canuck childhood recollection. Hopefully, they treat it with respect and keep it on the air, at least until the young actor playing Mark graduates. I could easily relate to the setting, having grown up and gone to school in Canada (albeit Saskatchewan, not Newfoundland), and a decade earlier. The show is full of quirky Canadiana: the Wayne and Shuster lunch pail, the Rich Little poster, the moose headline. The creator of the show, Mark Critch, plays his father on the series. A nice surprise for me was Malcolm McDowell playing Mark's 80 year old grandfather with whom he shares a bedroom. I am looking forward to enjoying many years of this show, tickling my funny bone and reliving memories of being a nerdy kid in Canada.

I was already a high schooler but kudos to the set dressers because the sight of a push button cable box on a tube TV with an Atari connected to it took me back. The characters are so real and played to perfection by the actors it pulls you into their world seemlessly. I'm team Fox already because she's portrayed as such a vulnerable "bully" and I find myself hoping her character develops throughout the series. Having survived 12 years of Catholic School this show is like looking at a documentary of my childhood.... I was in elementary school in the 70's and high school in the early 80's so that time frame remains something special...

I'm only 2 episodes in but as someone who relates to this pre-internet era and has spent a great deal of time in rural NFLD, I love it so far. I'm looking forward to the next episode each week. The set designers have really nailed this, and the cast is superb (Sophia Powers as Fox especially!)

It's amazing how fast children grow up. Just one year, and mark is all grown up.

Loved the show. It's a show centering around Mark and his family, the tiny ups and downs he goes though growing up. Have been watching it since season one, keen to see where it goes, looking forward to the next episode. You don't get shows like this anymore.

Benjamin Evan Ainsworth certainly has a bright future ahead of him -- tall, good looking, and not that bad of an actor. He still need more experiences though, because this is after all an easy role to undertake.

I often wonder, does claire rankin, the mother, talk like that in person?

I really like this show. I'm new to Canada, so it's nice to see a take on 1980s Canada, and New/Lab in general. Not being Canadian, I sometimes miss the inside jokes but my Canadian husband will explain.

He really likes it b/c it reminds him of growing up in the same time frame (he's the same age as Mark). The show is well written, well acted, and funny. The actor that plays Mark, Benjamin, is just delightful. Love the friendship between him and Ritchie.

We can't wait to see season 2.