The Locker Room
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| The Tom Harris Chevrolet Locker Room | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sports |
| Starring | "Extreme" Joe Cooper Holly Robinson |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 10 minutes (approx.) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Shaw TV |
| Links | |
| Official website | |
The Locker Room (formally The Tom Harris Chevrolet Locker Room) is a Canadian television show broadcasting from Nanaimo, British Columbia. It airs in Nanaimo on Shaw TV and is hosted by "Extreme" Joe Cooper and Holly Robinson.
[edit] Format
A typical Locker Room episode is roughly ten minutes in length. It begins with a cold intro, usually featuring Joe and Holly in some humorous situation. Past cold intros have included Joe "killing time" by destroying a wristwatch, Holly racing down a ski hill to stop Joe from eating yellow snow, and a "Sin City" parody entitled "Sports City".
After the cold intro, the opening theme music plays. The music is accompanied by one of five music videos featuring the theme music's creators, Nanaimo ska band The Kiltlifters. Four of these videos revolve around a sport -- bowling, hockey, swimming and curling -- while the fifth is a compilation of the other four videos.
The body of the show features Joe and Holly learning about a sport. Usually, each sport is presented by a local sporting group or club and includes a brief history with background information. After learning the basics of the sport, Joe and Holly then compete against each other for bragging rights. Past sports and competitions have included archery, bungee jumping, figure skating and logger sports.
The end of the show is composed of outtakes, over which the end credits and ending theme music play.
[edit] Common themes
While each episode focuses on a different sport, certain themes carry over from show to show. For example:
- A disgruntled goalie, referred to simply as The Goalie, often shows up in the cold intros to try and stop the show in retribution for all the goalie jokes in earlier seasons.
- Holly is a fierce competitor and takes the competition between herself and Joe very seriously. Joe takes a less hardline approach, often saying, "It's not about the competition," regardless of who wins.
- In most cold intros, Holly either wins or somehow has the upper hand over Joe.
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