Episode 176: Brent Butt, Lorne Cardinal, Nancy Robertson & Tara Spencer-Nairn

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast · Jul 9, 2021 · 43m

Seventeen years ago, Brent Butt was a 30-something stand-up comedian with an idea for a TV show about the zany residents of a prairie town named Dog River located 40 km from nowhere. Brent was admittedly surprised when his show idea – ultimately titled Corner Gas – was picked up by CTV, and downright shocked when it became a hit. Corner Gas is one of Canada’s highest-rated comedy brands of all-time, spawning a live action series, a movie, an animated series, two chart-topping books, sold-out comedy tours, a successful line of merchandise, a top-selling series of DVDs, a theme song, a holiday…