Holiday Lodge

Holiday Lodge

Reception

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==Reception==
==Reception==
Jack Gould of The New York Times wrote: "The program is a study in the theatrical bankruptcy ... situations were rooted in wild and disastrous improbabilities that lacked even the most elementary type of humor." https://www.nytimes.com/1961/06/26/archives/tv-a-situation-series-wayne-and-shuster-are-seen-in-holiday-lodge.html
Jack Gould of The New York Times wrote: "The program is a study in the theatrical bankruptcy that plagues much of West Coast television ... situations were rooted in wild and disastrous improbabilities that lacked even the most elementary type of humor." https://www.nytimes.com/1961/06/26/archives/tv-a-situation-series-wayne-and-shuster-are-seen-in-holiday-lodge.html


In a retrospective look at the Wayne and Shuster comedy team, pop culture magazine Vulture described ''Holiday Lodge'' as both "generic" and "a total bomb", attributing the show's failure to Wayne and Shuster's lack of creative involvement. (The duo were hired strictly as performers, and did not write for the show.) https://www.vulture.com/2011/12/wayne-shuster-canadian-comedy-cornball-supergods.html
In a retrospective look at the Wayne and Shuster comedy team, pop culture magazine Vulture described ''Holiday Lodge'' as both "generic" and "a total bomb", attributing the show's failure to Wayne and Shuster's lack of creative involvement. (The duo were hired strictly as performers, and did not write for the show.) https://www.vulture.com/2011/12/wayne-shuster-canadian-comedy-cornball-supergods.html


==Episodes==
==Episodes==