Me & Max

{{short description|1985 Canadian sitcom}} {{distinguish|text=the 1980 American sitcom, ''Me and Maxx''}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | runtime = 30 minutes | creator = | starring = Steve Smith<br />Morag Smith | country = Canada | network = CHCH-TV | first_aired = {{start date|1985}} | last_aired = {{end date|1986}} | num_episodes = 26 }}

'''''Me & Max''''' is a situation comedy produced for Canadian television station CHCH-TV in 1985.<ref name=meet>"Meet Red, er, Steve Smith". ''Toronto Star'', July 27, 1996.</ref>

Evolving out of the sketch comedy series ''Smith & Smith'', ''Me & Max'' starred husband-and-wife comedy team Steve Smith and Morag Smith, and their kids Max and David.<ref name=meet /> All four members of the Smith family played fictionalized versions of themselves, and Steve and Morag also played other characters, such as the neighbours and the boys' uncle Red Green, through split-screen photography.

The series lasted for 26 episodes,<ref name=breath>"A breath of life for the Canadian sitcom?". ''The Globe and Mail'', November 24, 1990.</ref> at which time Steve and Morag Smith went on to produce another sketch comedy series, ''The Comedy Mill''.<ref name=breath /> Following the end of that show's run, Steve Smith developed another series, ''The Red Green Show''. The character of Red Green had appeared in all of the Smiths' previous shows, including ''Me & Max''.

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== External links == {{Portal|Television|Canada}} * {{IMDb title|0303495|Me & Max}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Me and Max}} Category:First-run syndicated television shows in Canada Category:1985 Canadian television series debuts Category:Television series by S&S Productions Category:Television shows filmed in Hamilton, Ontario Category:1980s Canadian sitcoms Category:English-language Canadian television shows