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Usually June is associated with the first real month of summer -- a time to go out and frolic through the wilderness like a snowman that doesn't know any better. But it also gets really, really hot, which has people retreating to their local multiplex or, even better, their luxuriously air-conditioned living rooms. With that in mind, take a look at the television shows and movies that will be available on Netflix's steaming service come June (via Vulture).

Thought the snail-who-dreamed-of-being-a-racecar saga ended with last summer's DreamWorks Animated joint "Turbo?" Think again. Apparently there's a television spin-off. And you can watch it on Netflix. We also have to give it up for a pair of wonderful sequels that are going to be on in June: the obviously-shot-in-Canada-even-though-it's-set-in-New York robo-epic "Short Circuit 2" (a favorite since childhood) and the far darker and more sinister "Wolf Creek 2," a sequel to the...

"Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day" is currently available on DVD and Blu-ray Hi-Def.

The continuation of the low-budget, high-laugh Canadian comedy franchise was released today on home format by Alliance Films and Screen Media Films. The movie, highlighting the ongoing adventures of the title residents of Sunnyvale Trailer Park, comes complete with special features for further hilarity.

Picking up where the 2008 "Trailer Park Boys" TV special "Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys" left off, hapless criminals Ricky (Robb Wells), Julian (John Paul Tremblay) and Bubbles (Mike Smith) are released from jail after their latest series of shenanigans. But coming home isn't exactly an easy ride, as cat lover Bubbles fins his beloved kitties missing and taken in by an animal shelter with a steep fee required to get them back. Likewise, Ricky intends to finally pass his high school exams, and Julian makes plans for a new business...

As Sneak Peek first reported August 2008, Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day is the second Canadian produced, Halifax, Nova Scotia-lensed homegrown feature, based on the pseudo-doc comedy TV series Trailer Park Boys. Liquor Day was directed/co-written by series creator Mike Clattenburg, as a continuation of Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys, the final Tpb television special that ended the series, following 'Ricky', 'Julian' and 'Bubbles', newly-released from prison and their return to 'Sunnyvale Trailer Park'. Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day will be released in Canada September 25, 2009. Sneak Peek the new trailer from the upcoming film and the entire Tpb special, Say Goodnight To The Bad Guys...

[Updated with a clip from the farewell episode included below the break.]

It’s the end of what has become an unlikely Canadian icon: responding to multiple rumours and repeated questioning about the future of Canuck cult hit The Trailer Park Boys creator Mike Clattenburg says this on the blog of Canadian broadcaster - and producers - Showcase:

“We have a final one hour television special, “Say Goodnight To The Bad Guys”, which goes to air on Showcase on Sunday, December 7, 2008. Then after that, our sequel movie, “Countdown To Liqour Day” (working title), is due to be released in Canadian theatres in October, 2009. But, after that, there will be no more.”

It’s the end of the Trailer Park. We’ll miss it.