Reprinted from the Globe and Mail

Watch Bette in her recurring role as "Trudy" in the new CBC TV comedy Mr D starting January 9th.

Mr. D (CBC, starts Jan. 9) is dopey, deadpan and quietly hilarious. Comedian – and former high-school teacher – Gerry Dee stars as a seriously underqualified but ambitious teacher stumbling through classes and school politics. It's rare for a Canadian standup comedian to get a sitcom vehicle, and in this instance it works.

There's no laugh track, the tone is stoner-impassive and the humour comes from the perfectly plausible but utterly cringe-worthy attempts by the teacher to get through a class and please the principal.

The connection with Trailer Park Boys should explain the style of humour – Dee was in the second TPB movie, this show comes from one of the TPB producers and it's made in Halifax.

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