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'''''Fries With That?''''' was a Canadian sitcom that aired on YTV in 2004. The show follows a group of friends in high school as they work at a fast-food restaurant called "Bulky's". ''Fries With That?'' was inspired by a Quebec French comedy show titled ''Une grenade avec ça?'' ("A Grenade With That?"). The show received low ratings despite a two-season run and was canceled after season two. Re-runs did occur on YTV until 2006 and would later return for another batch of re-runs in 2010. While not confirmed, it was rumored that ''Fries With That?'' aired on YTV throughout 2008 in the early morning timeslots. ''Fries With That?'' would remain missing until June of 2015, when all of the episodes were uploaded to YouTube.  
'''''Fries With That?''''' was a Canadian sitcom that aired on YTV in 2004. The show follows a group of friends in high school as they work at a fast-food restaurant called "Bulky's". ''Fries With That?'' was inspired by a Quebec French comedy show titled ''Une grenade avec ça?'' ("A Grenade With That?"). The show received low ratings despite a two-season run and was canceled after season two. Re-runs did occur on YTV until 2006 and would later return for another batch of re-runs in 2010. While not confirmed, it was rumored that ''Fries With That?'' aired on YTV throughout 2008 in the early morning timeslots. ''Fries With That?'' would remain lost until June of 2015, when all of the episodes were uploaded to YouTube.  


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Promotional poster for the show.

Status: Found

Date found: 06 Feb 2013

Found by: nhsadm


Fries With That? was a Canadian sitcom that aired on YTV in 2004. The show follows a group of friends in high school as they work at a fast-food restaurant called "Bulky's". Fries With That? was inspired by a Quebec French comedy show titled Une grenade avec ça? ("A Grenade With That?"). The show received low ratings despite a two-season run and was canceled after season two. Re-runs did occur on YTV until 2006 and would later return for another batch of re-runs in 2010. While not confirmed, it was rumored that Fries With That? aired on YTV throughout 2008 in the early morning timeslots. Fries With That? would remain lost until June of 2015, when all of the episodes were uploaded to YouTube.

History

Fries With That? aired on YTV from April 15, 2004, until December 18, 2004. The show ran for two seasons on YTV but was canceled shortly after the completion of season 2. The show went off the air in 2006 and returned for re-runs in 2010. Eventually, it was later replaced by a teen prank show titled Prank Patrol making it the last time that Fries With That? aired on television. While not confirmed, re-runs of Fries With That? was also rumored to have aired throughout 2008 during early morning hours on YTV. Due to the failure of the show, no home media of Fries With That? was released.

Plot

Fries With That? revolves around a group of friends high school friends who work at a fast-food restaurant called "Bulky's" in Montreal, Quebec. Throughout most of the show, Pattie, Robyn, Tess, and Alex are way too concerned with friends, dating, body image, and being the in-crowd to bother much with actually working. Meanwhile, manager Ben is always going haywire over the rest of the crew not working and trying to get them to work.[1]

Cast

  • Alex played by Morgan Kelly
  • Pattie played by Jeanne Bowser
  • Robyn played by Stéfanie Buxton
  • Ben played by Giancarlo Caltabiano
  • Tess played by Anne-Marie Baron

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Awards

Despite the fact that Fries With That? tanked in the ratings, the show won three awards. The first award was the Certificate of Recognition/Media of Print, at the 52nd Columbus International Film and Video Festival. The second award won was the Silver Remi Award in the TV Series/Family/Children category at the 37th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Independent Film Festival in 2004. The third and final award Fries With That? won was the Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series at the 20th Gemini awards in 2005.[3]

Missing Episodes

There were a total of 11 seasons 1 episode missing (season 1 had a total of 27 episodes) and Season 2 was missing a total of 24 episodes (Season 2 had a total of 25 episodes).

Availability

Due to the overall failure of Fries With That?, no home media was made available. The show had reruns air speratically from 2004 until 2006 and again in 2010. In June of 2015, YouTube user "nhsadm" uploaded the entire series plus the missing episodes. [4]

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