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Michael "Mike" Smith (born August 27, 1972) is a Canadian actor, screenwriter, comedian and musician. He is best known for his portrayal of Bubbles and co-writer of the cult classic television program, films and stage production Trailer Park Boys. He was also the guitarist for the Canadian rock band Sandbox. Smith earned a degree in English from St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Musical interest Smith showed early signs of musical talent, after learning to play the guitar at age six. Before becoming involved in Trailer Park Boys, he was a guitarist in the rock band Sandbox, and signed a record deal with EMI in Canada, and Nettwerk in the United States. Sandbox released two albums with EMI and Nettwerk, entitled Bionic and A Murder in the Glee Club. Sandbox was nominated for a Juno Award, East Coast Music Awards, and a CASBY Award. Smith has worked on such films as The Weight of Water as a sound mixer and Serendipity as a cableman. Later, Smith performed as part of Bubbles & the Shit Rockers, a band that also featured founding Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson and Tom Wilson for the original song "Liquor & Whores" featured on Trailer Park Boys: The Movie Soundtrack. A Trailer Park Boys episode also features Smith's character Bubbles playing the 1977 Rush track "Closer to the Heart" with Alex Lifeson. Smith has performed "Liquor & Whores" with Guns N' Roses on multiple occasions on their Chinese Democracy Tour, in 2006, 2010 and 2011. Smith has also recorded with Emm Gryner in "Get Brave" released in 2010. Acting career Smith had been a long-time friend of Trailer Park Boys director Mike Clattenburg, and starred in "Cart Boy" with Robb Wells (who plays Ricky) and John Paul Tremblay (who plays Julian) in 1995. Smith was "messing" around on the set one day and slipped into his Cart Boy character from the short "The Cart Boy". Clattenburg apparently realized the depth this character held, and the Cart Boy, now known as Bubbles, was written into the show. Bubbles was never intended to be a main character, but the more outrageously he behaved, the more audiences loved him, developing him to become a breakout character. Bubbles then became one of the three main protagonists, having established that he knew Julian and Ricky from school back in the late 1970s to high school in the late '80s. Smith made an appearance as Bubbles in Snow's 2002 music video Legal, but his swearing remained censored. He was also featured in Country Star George Canyon's video for "Drinkin Thinkin", which showed Bubbles going after his girlfriend. Mike and the rest of the Trailer park boys appeared in The Tragically Hip video, "The Darkest One". He has appeared in character as Bubbles at several Guns N' Roses 2006 Canadian tour dates and dates in Australia and Japan in 2007. Bubbles, along with Ricky and Julian, hosted the 2006 and the 2007 East Coast Music Awards, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and Halifax, Nova Scotia respectively. In March 2008, Smith, along with three others, opened a sports bar in Halifax called "Bubba Ray's". Smith also was involved in another bar, "Bubbles' Mansion", located in Downtown Halifax. The bar, partly owned by Smith, closed in March 2010 after four years of operation, a decision the management attributed to government hikes in the minimum wage and minimum drink prices. In 2010, Smith reunited with many of his former Trailer Park Boys castmates in the new series The Drunk and On Drugs Happy Fun Time Hour. The 6-episode series centers on the idea that a powerful narcotic derived from local berries transforms the cast, leading them to believe they are the characters they're playing, including pirates, superheroes, a mafia family and drug dealers. Tremblay, Wells and Smith, who created and scripted the show, performed in many scenes opposite themselves. It was directed by sitcom veteran Ron Murphy. He also performed a live version of "Closer to the Heart" with progressive rock band Rush. On October 22, 2012, it was confirmed that Smith was to return to his role as Bubbles for a third feature length Trailer Park Boys film entitled "Don't Legalize It" which concluded filming in late April 2013. The film was released on April 18, 2014. In the spring of 2013, Smith along with his Trailer Park Boys cohorts Wells and Tremblay started Swearnet, an internet-based television network that is entirely uncensored. The trio have also produced a film that is a fictional take on their website. Personal life In 2016, Smith was arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of misdemeanor domestic battery. The alleged victim (who was not the person who called the police) released a statement in support of Smith, and the charges were dropped. Filmography Film Television References External links Mike Smith at IMDb Mike Smith discography at Discogs . Discover the Mike Smith popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Mike Smith books.
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A Billion Years
Mike RinderOne of the highestranking defectors from Scientology exposes the secret inner workings of the powerful organization in this remarkable memoir that is “not only a cautionary tale bu...
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The Coldest Day in the Zoo
Alan RusbridgerSlap bang in the middle of the coldest Friday of the coldest week of the year, the central heating breaks down at Melton Mowbray Zoo. The system needs a new flange but flanges can'...
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How Life Imitates Sports
Ira BerkowMemorable Stories From a Half Century of Sports Journalism For the last half century, Pulitzer Prize–winning sportswriter Ira Berkow has been at the center of some of the most memo...
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Darragh
Darragh Ó SéFor 16 years, Darragh Ó Sé wore the number 8 jersey for Gaelic football's most celebrated county, stoking the fires in Kerry's engine room. With six All Ireland medals, he is the m...
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The Sunfire
Mike SmithCommander Jonathan Radec is dead. However, the Commander has already died once before, and for some death is but a doorway..."For whoever has lived unjustly and impiously goes to t...
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The Legends Club
John FeinsteinThe riveting inside story of college basketball's fiercest rivalry among three coaching legendsUniversity of North Carolina's Dean Smith, Duke's Mike Krzyzewski, and North Carolina...
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Yalla yalla
Mike SmithYalla Yalla remembers the 2013 Bob Jones University tour of Israel.
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The Wait Is Over
John Kreiser & Neil SmithAfter an over 50year drought, the New York Rangers defeated the Vancouver Canucks in a dramatic sevengame series to capture the Stanley Cup in 1994. For this reason and countless m...
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Game of My Life St. Louis Cardinals
Matthew Leach & Stuart SheaDating back to the Gas House Gang of the 1930s and up to the club’s most recent World Championship in 2006, being a Cardinal has meant a style of play, a level of dedication, and a...
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Pax Imperia
Mike SmithCommander Jonathan Radec has finally obtained everything he ever wanted in life. However, in a cruel twist of fate, just as he reaches out for his most heartfelt desire, it is torn...
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Up and Down in the Dales
Gervase PhinnEscape to the country with Gervase Phinn's heartwarming tales of life as a school inspector in Yorkshire'Gervase Phinn's memoirs have made him a hero in school staffrooms' Daily Te...
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Steve Hansen
Gregor PaulThe making of a New Zealand coaching greatBetween the years 2012 and 2019, Sir Steve Hansen oversaw an era of such remarkable success that it would be almost impossible to repeat. ...
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Designed for More
Lucas Ramirez & Mike DeVitoDesigned for More calls every Christian to consider how, through collective movement, they can bring about Christ's daring vision for unity in the Church to impact the world like n...
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The History of Pendennis
J. I. M. Stewart & William ThackerayWritten immediately after Vanity Fair, Pendennis has a similar atmosphere of brooding disillusion, tempered by the most jovial of wits. But here Thackeray plunders his own past to ...
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The Dark
Sharon BoltonONCE, SHE SAVED HIS LIFE...NOW, HE'LL TAKE HERS.When a baby is snatched from its pram and cast into the river Thames, offduty police officer Lacey Flint is there to prevent disaste...
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My World in Motion
Jo WhileyJo Whiley is someone millions of us recognise but very few of us know. Jo's a mother, sister, DJ, wife and musicindustry insider who throughout her career and in an age of fleetin...
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In Triumphal Procession
Mike SmithReflections on the Journeys of Paul in Greece and Italy Tour by Bob Jones University in 2017
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Birth of a Dynasty
Alan Hahn & Bob NystromThe National Hockey League saw the birth of a new dynasty in 1980. The New York Islanders had been an expansion franchise in 1972 in the New York City suburbs of Long Island. For y...
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The Buried
Sharon BoltonAN OLD ENEMY IS LAID TO REST . . . AND A NEW CRIME IS DISCOVEREDFlorence Lovelady, the most senior serving policewoman in Britain, visits convicted serial killer Larry Glassbrook i...
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No Ordinary Mike
Eric Damer & Caroline AstellThe extraordinary story of Michael Smith, a man who rose from humble beginnings in Blackpool, England, to become a revolutionary gene researcher, philanthropist and Nobel Prize win...
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The Gutter Gospel
Mike SmithINTRODUCTION(I Will Praise You in This Storm)I have heard it said that any life worth living is one worth recording. My life has been filled with treatments for severe alcohol addi...
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The Last Praetorian
Mike SmithCommander Jonathan Radec is a man trying desperately to escape from the mistakes of his past. Now the owner of Vanguard Shipping his primary concerns are trying to keep his ships ...
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Just Joe
Joe DuffyJoe Duffy takes the pulse of the Irish nation every day on Liveline. Whenever somebody wants to get something off their chest, the advice is often: “Talk to Joe”.Just Joe reveals t...
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Worst Ideas Ever
Daniel B. Kline & Jason TomaszewskiFrom memorable disasters such as New Coke, the XFL, and Tiger Woods’ marriage to lessremembered failures such as Yugo, Cop Rock, and Microsoft’s BOB, Worst Ideas Ever revisits hist...
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The Mandate of Heaven
Mike SmithGods walk among us. Indomitable, all knowing and longlived, they guide us, nurture us and protect us. They are answerable to nobody, beholden to nothing. They are the HighLor...
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Targeted
Mike SmithPart history, part guidebook, part prediction for the future,?this book?tells the story of the companies, individuals, and innovations driving the revolution of online ads.Far from...
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Mind Over Batter
Graeme Fowler'[An] honest and courageous book' Mike Brearley 'Engrossing...it looks back and thinks ahead, jumps between wit and woe' Lawrence Booth, Mail on Sunday Following the critical ...
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Bushmaster
Dan EatherleyThe amazing story of one man’s obsession with an enigmatic and deadly reptile.Raymond Ditmars (1876–1942), the first curator of reptiles at New York’s famous Bronx Zoo, brought col...
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J. Mike Smith v. Hon. Neil Caldwell
First District, Houston No. 01-87-00433-CV Court of Appeals of TexasON MOTION FOR REHEARING Lee Duggan, Jr., Justice I respectfully dissent from the order denying the motion for rehearing. I would grant the petition for writ of mandamus ...
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Sell with a Story
Paul SmithDespite the hightech tools available to salespeople today, the most personal method still works best. Through storytelling, a salesperson can explain products or services in ways t...
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The Wrecking Crew
Kent HartmanWinner of the Oregon Book Award for General Nonfiction and Los Angeles Times bestseller"It makes good music sound better."Janet Maslin in The New York Times"A fascinating look into...
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Playing the Field
Jim KaplanCasual fans may concentrate on the duel between batter and pitcher, but for those who know the game of baseball, nothing is more fascinating, or more important, than the art of def...
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Across the Line of Departure
Mike SmithAcross the Line of Departure is a gripping thriller about a jaded army officer whose unconventional code of honor sets him on a dangerous path to vengeance, from which there can be...
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Barefoot Over Stones
Liz LyonsWhat would it take to destroy your closest friendship?Alison and Ciara meet at college in Dublin and soon become firm allies, sharing a flat and facing the world together. Ciara is...
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My Day with the Cup
Jim LangNeverbeforetold stories of wild celebrations and heartfelt moments with the Stanley Cup, in the words of the champions themselves, including Sidney Crosby, Brendan Shanahan, Larry ...
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Birth of a Dynasty
Alan Hahn & Bob NystromThe National Hockey League saw the birth of a new dynasty in 1980. The New York Islanders had been an expansion franchise in 1972 in the New York City suburbs of Long Island. For y...
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The Eradicator
Mike SmithJake McAlister uproots the world's foremost problem.Who is he? What is his motive?And what is the motive of his friend Chad Bingham, handicapped and hardened young veteran of the I...
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Merry Christmas, Nighty Night
Michael W. Smith & Mike NawrockiIt’s so hard to fall asleep on Christmas Eve! In this addition to the Nighty Night series from Grammy Awardwinner Michael W. Smith and VeggieTales’ Mike Nawrocki, the familiar rhyt...