Republic of Doyle

Born in 1991, the fifth of seven monks.

Other than monk, he's known for Connor Undercover, Naughty, Twice in a Lifetime, Timothy Goes to School, Republic of Doyle and Warehouse 13.

I think he may have retired or partially retired.

Didn't become an adult actor.

I mean, we all get excited whenever we see something set or based or connected to Newfoundland and, and Labrador.

Like, I can still vividly remember watching the introd- uh, introductory credits to Republic of Doyle, and you know, the vivid colors and how excited I was.

And then this one, like, I mean, this is, you know, coming from Netflix, one of the largest companies in the world when it comes to entertainment right now, uh, set here in Newfoundland and Labrador.

And it- I think, I don't know if there's many people that haven't had some kind of connection to this production in some way, either hearing about or, or knowing somebody that worked on it or may have been a part of it.

Is it, is it just the N- the Newfoundland mafia connection gets the ball rolling? Or were you able to sort of put your hand up proverbially and say, "I know how that world works, North American entertainment industry, and I know how it works in Newfoundland, and I can connect the two"?

A little bit of both.

You know, J- Jesse worked in Newfoundland, um, yeah, I think it was about 18 years ago on Republic of Doyle.

He came in as a writer.

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since Republic of Doyle aired for the first time, and that was appointment viewing for Newfoundland and Labrador.

And I think what's gonna be interesting is that Newfoundlanders' reactions will always be on the little things-

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He's a partner in Top Shot Productions.

Republic of Doyle, Frontier, a previous Netflix story.

Now, Perry, is Joel going to be okay? Because his character had a rough go in that first episode.

Hey, Tim, thanks for having me on.

And I think Jesse, who created the show, I mean, that was always his goal.

to set it.

And, you know, when he came to Newfoundland, we worked together on Republic of Doyle some 15 years ago, and I just loved his work.

That's how we first met.

I mean, I brought my toiletries, and I'm going to sleep on that thing.

Good, we're going to do like a slumber party and just watch all the Republic of Doyle episodes twice.

That was my plan for this.

Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay.

I don't know if Alan, is it Alan Hocko? Who's the guy who does the show? Hocko, right? Yeah, I don't know if Alan Hawke was there.

Republic of Doyle.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Referencing a different show.

I don't know if the Republic of Doyle was at the St. Pierre meetup, but anyways.

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