ComingSoon Senior Editor Spencer Legacy spoke with Letterkenny stars Tyler Johnston and Andrew Herr about the final season of the beloved Canadian comedy series. The duo discussed their all-time favorite scenes and filming the final scene. The final season is now streaming on Hulu.
“The residents of Letterkenny belong to one of three groups: the Hicks, the Skids, and the Hockey Players, who are constantly feuding over seemingly trivial matters that often end with someone getting their ass kicked,” reads the new season’s synopsis. “In Season 12, the small town contends with a comedy night at Modean’s, a country music hit, the Degens’ bad influence, a new nightclub, and an encore at the Ag Hall. And that’s just for starters.”
Spencer Legacy: Tyler, The Skids have had so many different roles and stories throughout the series. How do you look back at that varied and diverse journey?
Tyler Johnston: Wow. I can tell you, it has been a heck of a ride, Spencer. Between the initial seasons where I’m selling drugs to children outside of the corner store to the season where I had to put on 10-15 pounds of muscle, it was like … every season, picking up the scripts, I had no idea what we were getting into. I found it amazing.
The Skids turned into these chameleon-like figures. We were DJs, we were dancers, we were weightlifters. It was incredible, man. I never knew what I was going to get when reading the scripts, and I think the fans came to expect the same unexpectedness of The Skids.
Andrew, you and Dylan [Playfair] have been such a highlight of the show as a duo. What’s been your favorite part of working with him so closely all these seasons?
Andrew Herr: Nothing. Absolutely nothing. [Laughs]. No, I think some of the funnest times have actually been Dylan and I rehearsing the night before and having fun with the scenes and getting a rhythm for things. That’s a hard question, man. I think a lot of this stuff — certainly, even with the Ron [James Daly] and Dax [Gregory Waters], any of the stuff where we’re back and forth has been a lot of fun.
There was one time … admittedly, we were out late because we [had] just won the Canadian Screen Awards, and Dylan and I didn’t really have a whole lot of time to prepare this scene where we were talking about, “We should be ripping this, we should be ripping that.” And we’re talking about all these different exercises, and we were on deck, when Stewart and Roald [Evan Stern ] sold us Ritalin, not steroids. [Laugh].
But that day, it was painful but funny at the same time. We just had an absolute meltdown where we couldn’t really get these lines, and we were just like, “We should be ripping, we should be ripping.” We just glitch out — very authentic. Felt like we were really on Ritalin during that time. So I look back fondly on moments like that. There are a couple times where we self imploded on set. [Laughs]. But Dylan and I always had a good time. I think that’s a hard question, man. There’s too many to count, in all honesty.
Tyler, the skids are a big part of the last season, and especially that last scene at the rave. What was filming that like?
Tyler Johnston: It was extremely emotional, both for me and for the character of Stewart. This has been an amazing journey and Jared [Keeso] and I — as Andrew did as well — we knew each other before the show even started, right? So to see this show go from a YouTube series to 82 episodes to an American tour, and then to wrap it all up with this community coming together to go to this party, it was extremely emotional and … pressure’s not the right word. I guess, honored.
I was kind of honored to be able to have those last moments and for Stewart to get a second chance to have this party that he’s always wanted to throw and do so successfully was pretty incredible, especially after that brief moment where he didn’t think it was going to happen again. Then, of course, everyone pours into the Ag Hall. It was emotional for me and for Stewart.
Andrew, looking back on this whole journey, do you have a favorite scene in the show from over the 12 seasons that, to this day, you remember fondly?
Andrew Herr: Yeah, I saw it actually recently. When we think we’re coaching a new team, but Coach hasn’t told us that it’s for the Shamrockettes and we burst into the burst into the locker room and realize there’s all these girls changing. We close our eyes and we’re like, “Sorry, boys. I mean, not lady … boys are …”
And we’re freaking out. Then all of a sudden they start talking about each other’s vaginas. That day was just absolutely outrageous. It was very hard not to laugh. Those girls just absolutely knocked it out of the park that day. A lot of the locker room scenes where it’s just constant back-and-forth chirping. That, in particular — that scene where we first meet the Shamrockettes was funny.
Tyler Johnston: My favorite scene of Andrew and Dylan was them rollerblading with their buttcheeks out
Andrew Herr: Oh another is when we get into a fight with the vets in Season 3 — we get into a fight in the shower. That day was outrageous. I could feel — oh my gosh, I apologize to him, I forget his name — but we were fighting and we can feel each other’s wangs on each other. It was just absolutely ridiculous. [Laughs]. Like, the show’s ridiculous. One of my favorite scenes of Tyler is when they get into an EpiPen fight and he’s like, “Pain is good!” [Laughs].
Tyler Johnston: “Peanuts in here!”
Andrew Herr: There are just so many golden moments, just a ton of fun.
