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LMGI COMPASS
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Spring 2020
by Nancy Mills
UP
SCHITT'S
CREEK
Seven years ago, LM Geoff rey Smither/
LMGI got a phone call from producer Colin
Brunton asking if he would be available to
work on a new series with Eugene Levy and
Catherine O'Hara?
"I said, 'Yep,'" Smither remembers.
"What's it called?"
That's when he fi rst heard the name,
a name that would go on to get a string
of Emmy Award nominations in Season 5
and increase tourism in southern Ontario.
It was a name that people still enjoy saying
for the shock value—
Schitt's Creek.
Smither responded the way most peo-
ple naturally would, with a bit of giggling.
But he was ready to jump onboard. "Good
title," he said to the producer. "I love it.
What am I looking for?"
