News Release

07/06/2007
Smells Like Yukon takes B.C. by storm

WHITEHORSE (SLYwire) Smells Like Yukon is about to smell like British Columbia—if only for one weekend.

No, the regional programmers at CBC in Vancouver haven’t lost their minds and decided to run a 48-minute marathon of repeat segments from the venerable five-month old series. Rather, Smells Like Yukon will be on location at this weekend’s Atlin Arts & Music Festival, taking advantage of the large, liquored-up crowd of Yukoners to get some juicy sound bites for the upcoming second season.

Smells Like Yukon’s programming director J.D. Sparkles warns festival-goers to be on the lookout.

“If you’re approached by some knob asking a lot of stupid questions, it’s probably a tourist,” he says. “If you’re approached by more than one knob asking a lot of stupid questions about stupid tourists, there’s a good chance you’re talking to Smells Like Yukon. The microphone should also be a bit of a giveaway.”

While Smells Like Yukon stars Jesse Devost and Mark Koepke continue to enjoy their summer habitat near the Fish Lake Road, their robotic doubles will handle the field interviews in the small northern B.C. community. However, Mark and Jesse will direct every aspect of the production from their remote location, thanks to Navigo technology and a pair of carrier pigeons.

“We’ll actually be attempting to gather material for up to eight future segments of the series,” Sparkles explains, “so we’re really counting on the patience of the victims—make that ‘interview subjects’—as we go through a very long list of seemingly irrelevant and largely unrelated questions. If you’ve ever completed a telephone survey for Statistics Canada, you’ll have a pretty good idea what you’re in for.”

Sparkles reminds Yukoners that they can run, but they can’t hide.

“Small towns are great for that,” he says. "And we're not afraid of Porta-Potties."

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For more information, contact:

Media & Public Relations Officer
Smells Like Yukon
Whitehorse, Yukon