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{{Infobox Television| show_name = Corner Gas| image = | caption = The Intro Screen to the Season 1 DVD.| format = Comedy ([SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)]| developer =| executive_producer = Brent Butt
David Storey
Virginia Thompson]
Gabrielle Miller
Fred Ewanuick
Eric Peterson
Janet Wright
Lorne Cardinal
Tara Spencer-Nairn
Nancy Robertson and [Jesse Valenzuela| country = [Canada| first_aired = [January 22, 2004 (as of [October 15, 2007)] situation comedy which has aired on CTV Television Network and The Comedy Network since 2004. Deriving its name from the roadside gas station located in the fictional town of #Dog River, the series revolves around life in small-town Saskatchewan. Overview Corner Gas is the only gas station for 60 kilometres in any direction (according to the first season episode “Ruby Reborn”). Brent Leroy (Brent Butt) is the proprietor of the station and Wanda works at the station’s convenience store as a retail assistant. An adjoining coffee shop (The Ruby) is owned by Lacey Burrows (Gabrielle Miller), who inherited it from her aunt.

The series was created by Canadian comedian Brent Butt, who came up with the idea for the series after wondering what his life would be like if he hadn’t pursued stand-up comedy (he would still be in a small town in Saskatchewan pumping gasoline). With the exception of the first season finale and second season premiere episodes, which are linked, most other Corner Gas episodes are standalone storylines that can be viewed in virtually any order, though occasional incidental references to previous episodes can be found, particularly in the second and subsequent seasons.

The first episode of Corner Gas aired on January 22, 2004 and attracted 1.1 million viewers. It became an instant hit and has never gone below the million-viewer mark. The first season consisted of 13 episodes. Less than two months after the first episode aired, CTV renewed it for a second season of 18 episodes. The first season was released on DVD in Canada on October 19, 2004. In keeping with the theme of the series, each DVD set included a coupon good for a free coffee at Petro-Canada service stations. The second season was released on DVD on September 27, 2005, and features the distinction of being one of the few regular TV series whose DVD box set includes described video for the visually impaired. The season three DVD was released on October 3, 2006. Unlike the previous sets, the third season DVD set is presented in anamorphic widescreen.

The series is filmed at Canada-Saskatchewan Soundstage in Regina, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, and on location in Regina and Rouleau, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, whose grain elevator has been repainted to read “Dog River” instead of “Rouleau.” It is produced by Prairie Pants Productions in association with CTV.

In late September 2004, to promote the start of the second season, the cast members of Corner Gas travelled to cities across Canada where they pumped gas at local service stations for the day (the fuel being provided to motorists free of charge). By the halfway point of the promotion, more than 40,000 liter of free gasoline had been pumped.

Brent’s main co-writers are This Hour has 22 Minutes writer Mark Farrell, Paul Mather, Kevin White, and Andrew Carr.

The series includes cameo appearances by a large number of Canadian celebrities, including two sitting prime ministers, Paul Martin and Stephen Harper, the only fictional sitcom (as opposed to sketch comedy series) in which sitting prime ministers have appeared. The sitting premier of Saskatchewan, Lorne Calvert, has also appeared in an episode, as has former Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson. Canadian television personality Ben Mulroney, son of former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has also appeared on Corner Gas.

The American distribution rights have been acquired by Arthur Hasson’s Multi-Platform Distribution Co. (MPDC) for syndication to US broadcast stations, and to US cable. The show is being sold on a cash-plus-barter basis to broadcast stations, while it will be offered to cable on an all-cash basis.

The fourth season began airing on CTV on September 18, 2006. On November 24, 2006 it was announced that Corner Gas will air on the American Superstation WGN beginning September 17, 2007. In an interview with the Canadian Press published on November 24, 2006, Brent Butt revealed that there has also been talk of a motion picture being produced based upon the series, though nothing has been decided as yet.

As broadcast of the fourth season finale approached, there was a flurry of news reports suggesting that the series was coming to an unexpected end, based upon televised promotions for the episode, leaked plot details, and wording of a CTV press release issued on March 6, 2007 that implied that the series finale would air on March 12, 2007. Two segments of production footage with timecode circulated on YouTube also seemed to indicate a series finale as imminent despite the show’s continued success in Canada and recent US sale. On March 7, 2007, CTV clarified its press release, stating it was a season finale, and on March 13, 2007, CTV confirmed an order for a 19-episode fifth season, that premiered on September 24, 2007. The fourth season was released on DVD on September 18, 2007. This was the first time the DVD set of the previous season was released before the current season started airing; the set includes a series of “Mobisodes” which were short (approximately two minutes each) skits focusing on the main characters.

Characters Main cast

• Brent LeroyThe surnames of all Dog River residents (with the exception of Fitzy) are names of small towns in Saskatchewan. (Brent Butt) is the comic book-reading proprietor of Corner Gas. He is almost always good-natured, but has a tendency to fixate on minor details. He’s a fan of adventure fiction such as Simon Templar and The Executioner (book series).
• Lacey Burrows (Gabrielle Miller) is originally from Toronto, Ontario. She took over The Ruby coffee shop in Dog River after the death of her aunt, and is perpetually trying to fit into small-town life, with mixed results. She’s a terrible liar, and is not the best at math. Lacey also has an aptitude for executing clever schemes. This is shown in the second-season episode “Hero Sandwich.” The episode “Blog River” reveals that Lacey is extremely insecure and regretful about the path her life has taken.
• Hank Yarbo (Fred Ewanuick) is Brent’s perpetually unemployed best friend and most likely candidate for Dog River’s village idiot. He often hangs out at Corner Gas talking to Brent about whatever is on his mind. He constantly borrows money from other characters and rarely pays them back, nor does he pay his tab at The Ruby, and is always wearing a hat because of perpetual bad hair days. He has worked a range of jobs, from Rodeo Clown to Crossing Guard to City Accountant. His mother lives in Saskatoon, and his favourite foods are Pop Rocks and pickles, the only food he keeps regularly stocked in his house.
• Wanda Dollard (Nancy Robertson) is a quirky retail assistant at Corner Gas, and the self-confessed smartest person in town. A single mom, she has a son named Tanner (who is six years old in the first season but has yet to be seen on screen as of the fourth) who regularly terrorizes babysitters. She is the only native Dog River resident to go to university and holds a degree in linguistics with a minor in comparative religion.
• Oscar Leroy (Eric Peterson) is Brent’s stubborn and occasionally senile father and former owner of Corner Gas, now retired. His all-purpose word is “jackass,” and he often demands that the Dog River police arrest everyone who annoys him. He frequently and belligerently points out that "My taxes pay your salary!” to government workers.
• Emma Leroy (Janet Wright) is Brent’s mother, and the brains/muscle of the family. She usually ends up having to deal with the fallout from Oscar’s actions, although she does truly love him. She has also found it hard to “let go” of Brent, and reacts badly when someone else appears to replace her in some aspect of his life (for example, in the fourth season opener, she declares war on Karen when she sees Karen cutting Brent’s hair, something Emma had been doing since Brent was a child). She is frequently shown knitting or crocheting on the show.
• Sergeant Davis Quinton (Lorne Cardinal) is the overly-sensitive senior police officer in Dog River, who has a habit of mis-spending the police budget. He is obsessed with Cosmopolitan Magazine, retro-TV and classic cartoon shows; and is a Science Fiction aficionado. He believes that the Battlestar Galactica (original series) may have really happened. The episode “Block Party” suggests he might have once competed in rhythmic gymnastics. He has a collection of the Hardy Boys books. In season one, it is unveiled that he was married once but is divorced.
• Constable Karen Pelly (Tara Spencer-Nairn) is the ambitious and sometimes neurotic junior police officer in Dog River. Before becoming a police officer, she ranked fifth in Canada in the sport of free-diving, with a personal best of more than six minutes. She’s a very good cook, but doesn’t like to bring it up for fear it will stereotype her. She is also at least ten years younger than most other characters on the show.

Recurring characters

• Fitzy Fitzgerald (Cavan Cunningham) is the mayor of Dog River. He tends to take his position very seriously. He is a bit paranoid about losing his job and thinks that anyone will do anything for the position of mayor.
• Wes Humboldt (Mike O’Brien) owns and operates the Liquor and Insurance store in town. His father died saving his entire platoon in the Korean War, although everyone told him that he ran off to join the circus.
• Paul Kinistino (Mark Dieter) is the bartender at the Dog River Hotel. In the episode “Cell Phone,” he replaced the shuffleboard game in the bar with a claw game, to which Oscar became addicted. He speaks a little bit of Cree language (not unusual for a Native Canadian) and went to high school with Brent, Wanda and Hank. In “Friend of a Friend,” he claimed to have a Master’s degree in history. In season four, it appears Paul has been replaced by a new bartender, Phil.

Notable guest stars Corner Gas is known for attracting notable Canadian actors and politicians, including two Canadian Prime Ministers, to appear either as guest stars or in gag cameos. Sometimes the celebrities have made the trip to the Rouleau or Regina sets to film their appearances, while at other times the scenes were filmed in the applicable locations. (For example, scenes involving cast members of Canadian Idol and Canada AM were filmed at the respective programs’ studios.)

First season

• 1-02 The Taxman

* Kevin McDonald of Kids in the Hall plays Marvin Drey, a Canada Customs and Revenue Agency agent. * Dan Matheson, a news anchor for CTV, appears as himself

• 1-05 Grad ’68

* Julie Stewart plays a paint store clerk (parodying her role in Cold Squad).

• 1-08 Cousin Carl

* Comedian Mike Wilmot plays Carl Vawn, Brent’s snobby cousin. * Actor Dale Wilson appears dressed as in his well known “Glad Man” attire.

• 1-10 Comedy Night

* Colin Mochrie, a prolific Canadian comedy actor best known for his work in Whose Line Is It Anyway?, makes a cameo appearance as part of a joke about how he seems to turn up on every Canadian TV show.

• 1-11 Hook, Line and Sinker

* Pamela Wallin, former CBC newscaster and later Canadian Consul General, a native of Wadena, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, plays herself. * Canadian Idol judges Sass Jordan, Zack Werner, Jake Gold, and Farley Flex appear as themselves rating Brent’s rendition of “(There’d Be No Rain in Dog River) If I Could Squeegee the Sky.”

• 1-12 Face Off

* The Sports Network sportscaster (and U8TV: The Lofters alumnus) Jennifer Hedger and her SportsCentre colleague Darren Dutchyshen appear as themselves.

Second season

• 2-02 Wedding Card

* Ice hockey star Darryl Sittler plays himself.

• 2-06 Poor Brent

* Lloyd Robertson, long-time CTV National News anchor, plays himself.

• 2-11 Hurry Hard

* Canadian and world champion Curling Randy Ferbey and Dave Nedohin (both of whom curl for Alberta) appear as themselves, which is about the hotly-contested Dog River curling championship, the Clavet Cup.

• 2-12 An American in Saskatchewan

* Mark McKinney, a veteran of both Kids in the Hall and Saturday Night Live, plays Bill, an American who came to Dog River by accident.

• 2-15 Rock On!

* Saskatchewan-born musician Colin James appears as a local musician (although it is implied that Colin James’ character really is Colin James) who performs an audition in Brent’s garage. The rock group The Tragically Hip appear as “local kids” who practise in Brent’s garage.

Third season

• 3-03 Dog River Vice

* Ben Mulroney, host of TV shows Canadian Idol and eTalk Daily and the son of former Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney, parodies himself.

• 3-07 Fun Run

* Then-Prime Minister Paul Martin plays himself, the first time a sitting Prime Minister has appeared on a sitcom (although sitting Prime Ministers have appeared on sketch comedy shows like Royal Canadian Air Farce, and other political satire programs like This Hour Has 22 Minutes). * Singer Jann Arden appears as herself.

• 3-08 Trees a Crowd

* Noted actress Shirley Douglas (mother of Kiefer Sutherland, and daughter of Tommy Douglas former Premier of Saskatchewan) plays a woman with the hots for Oscar.

• 3-09 Picture Perfect

* Then-federal finance minister Ralph Goodale appears as a Ruby Café customer. (The episode aired the same day Goodale filed a “mini-budget” in the Canadian House of Commons.)

• 3-12 Ruby Newsday

* Lorne Calvert, premier of Saskatchewan, appears as himself. He appears three times—twice to poke fun at Sweden and once to almost get hit by a thrown newspaper. * Vicki Gabereau appears as herself during a fantasy sequence. Prior to the debut of Corner Gas, the cast had appeared on Gabereau’s CTV talk show, during which Brent Butt promised to get the talk show host a guest appearance.

• 3-13 Merry Gasmas

* This Hour has 22 Minutes anchor Gavin Crawford appears as a worker in the Calgary International Airport. He would always call cities their airport names (YYC, YEG) which confused Lacey horribly. * Dan Redican from Frantics (comedy), and more recently Puppets Who Kill, makes an appearance as a worker in the Regina International Airport. He repeatedly says “made that call.” * Comedy Inc. (TV series) star Roman Danylo makes a cameo as a passenger sitting next to Lacey on a plane from Alberta to Vancouver. He claims to be a “cat doctor,” and not a veterinarian. He manages to out-chat Lacey while talking about cats.

• 3-16 Physical Credit

* Ken Read, also known as “Crazy Canucks,” a champion alpine skiing and member of the Canadian Olympic Association, receives a browbeating from Oscar (which first aired the day after closing ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympics).

Fourth season

• 4-02 Dog River Dave

* Olympic medal winner Cindy Klassen makes a cameo appearance.

• 4-05 Demolition

* Former Governor-General of Canada Adrienne Clarkson appears, taking a sledgehammer to an old barn.

• 4-06 Jail House

* Mike Holmes, the star of Holmes on Homes, helps to fix Oscar’s bathroom. It is also hinted that Holmes, or at least his character, dated Wanda sometime ago.

• 4-08 Blog River

* CTV Television Network CEO Ivan Fecan makes a cameo appearance.

• 4-19 Gopher It

* Current Prime Minister Stephen Harper appears as himself. * Co-anchors of Canada AM Seamus O'Regan and Beverly Thomson appear, playing themselves. Unlike most cameos, O’Regan and Thomson appear extensively in this episode to parody their on-screen image.

Dog River Dog River has a population of “around 500” according to “Census Sensibility.” According to the Corner Gas tagline, it is 40 kilometres from nowhere, but still within a relatively short drive to “The City,” where characters are often shown going to shop or attend “support meetings,” in the case of Davis and Lacey. The rival town of Wullerton is apparently “just down the road.” It is stated in the episode “The Taxman” that Corner Gas is the only gas station for 60 kilometres in any direction. Series creator Brent Butt has said the town lies somewhere between Regina and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; these two cities are 257 kilometres apart, so this fact does not contradict anything said on the series. In fact, the term “The City” has been used at various times in the series to refer to Regina. The third season episode, “Fun Run,” has one character drive to Weyburn, Saskatchewan for a lark, suggesting Dog River is probably closer to Regina than it is to Saskatoon. In the episode “Outside Joke,” when the Corner Gas station is believed to actually be outside the town limits, it is said to be in the fictional municipality of “Pitt Creek.” In “Kids’ Stuff,” Wanda says it is south of the also fictional Crowley Lake.

The town’s name is an homage to series creator Brent Butt’s hometown of Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, through which the Doghide River flows. However, in the show itself, the second season episode “Rock On!” revealed that the town was named after a great uncle of Lacey’s who drowned a dozen dogs in the river. She discovered this trivia while researching information for a history plaque. In order to play down this unsavoury branch of her family tree, Lacey instead used a story that Karen made up—that pioneers somehow got hold of a hot air balloon, got an aerial view of the town site, and noticed that the creek formed a shape similar to that of a dog’s leg. “Block Party” revealed that the town was founded in 1905, and one of its founders was a Mr. Main after whom Main Street was named (it was renamed “Centennial Street” in 2005, the origin of the name being forgotten); Main also constructed Dog River’s first building, a wooden shack that would later be burned down by Hank Yarbo a century later in order to maintain the accuracy of his Lego scale model of the town (he ran out of blocks and could not make a replica of the shack).

A real-life Regina tour operator regularly takes busloads of tourists to Rouleau to visit “Dog River.” Visitors can tour the on-location sets of Corner Gas, including the service station. Many components of Dog River are, in fact, real attributes of Rouleau, notably the combined liquor and insurance store.

The Howler The town has its own newspaper, The Dog River Howler (usually just called “The Howler”), to which almost everybody has contributed at one point or another. Its headlines are usually rife with inaccurate, sensationalist reporting. An example of exaggeration can be seen in “Hero Sandwich,” in which a proposal to install traffic lights at a four-way intersection prompts the headline “Crosswalk HELL—Mayor Insane.” An example of simply untrue reporting can be seen in the first episode, in which a headline reads “Moose Jaw Gets NBA Franchise.” The paper is also rife with misspellings, for example in the third season that “Hank is phycic.”

Emergency services The Police Department, consisting of two officers, keeps the peace in Dog River, though most of the time their duties consist of chasing vermin away from farms and using their radar guns to clock the flying speed of sparrows (which can apparently do 40 km/h).

In “The Littlest Yarbo,” a short-lived Fire Department consisting of two firefighters, David and Carol, was established by the mayor when the volunteer fire chief decided to sleep in as opposed to respond to a fire. The volunteer system was reestablished after Hank, Davis, and Oscar lit an uncontrollable leaf fire and the fire department did not respond as they were chasing a stray dog (the same one Hank thought to be “The Littlest Hobo”). Fitzy saw Davis in the aftermath as the only first responder there and gave him the new title of Chief, Volunteer Fire Department.

Wullerton rivalry The residents of Dog River have a pathological dislike of the residents of Wullerton, a neighbouring town, to the point that they spit on the ground whenever the rival town is mentioned (they are so used to it they sometimes do not realize it when they spit). Ironically, the people of Wullerton may not hate Dog River, as seen in the fourth season’s finale (however, this was only part of Hank’s fantasy sequence, and may not accurately reflect Wullerton’s actual sentiment towards Dog River). The reason for this has yet to be explained. Publicity for the second season indicated that the season finale would reveal the reason for the spitting; however, the episode as broadcast did not actually do so. It should be noted that this practice of looking down on neighbouring towns is common in many prairie communities, including those in Saskatchewan. There is a real existing rivalry between Tisdale, Saskatchewan (where series creator Brent Butt is from) and Melfort, Saskatchewan. Another example is the rivalry between Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan and Melville, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan.

Thunderface Thunderface is a band that was formed in the mid-’80s by lead singer Hank Yarbo, lead guitar player Brent Leroy, and bass guitar player Wanda Dollard. In 2005, the band was expanded to include drummer Karen Pelly, inarguably the most competent musician in the group.

Thunderface has suffered from relative anonymity due to confusion with their name (as well as the fact that they’ve only had one gig since 1986). They have been referred to as “Rumblepuss,” “Thunderbread,” “Thunderchunks,” and “Wonderface,” among other names. Their sound is described as similar to “a small animal caught in some kind of machinery,” and their sole gig since 1986 was booked due to the humorous nature of their poor performance. The only song they’ve been heard to play is “Capital Cash” by Fast Exit, a band that Brent Butt played guitar in before he got into comedy.

Episodes Notes First season

• The series premiere, “Ruby Reborn,” was the fourth episode to be shot.
• “The Tax Man,” the second episode to air, was the first to be shot. The first scene of the series filmed was of Oscar rooting in the closet for his tax forms.

Second season

• The second-season episode “Hero Sandwich” establishes that the events of the first season and the first half of the second season take place over the course of 10 months.
• Midway through the second season, CTV moved the series from Tuesday to Monday when American Idol returned on Fox Broadcasting Company (which CTV rebroadcasts), ending up competing with The Rick Mercer Report, on CBC Television. The third season episode “Dog River Vice” includes a joke that pokes fun at CTV’s rescheduling of the show.
• In the “Rock On!” episode, from season two, “Capital Cash,” the song performed by Thunderface, was written by Brent Butt. Butt was in a band called Fast Exit as a guitarist before he got into comedy, and they are mentioned in the episode as the band that originally did the song.
• In the episode “Mosquito Time” there is one split screen shot of several characters trying a homemade mosquito repellent recipe (lemon dish soap). The split screen shot is similar to those from the Fox series 24 (TV series) which played on CTV’s rival station Global during the same Monday evening timeslot as Corner Gas.

Third season

• The series occasionally breaks the fourth wall. For example, in “Physical Credit” Wanda and Brent are talking about films with poor production values when a microphone (apparently the one recording the scene) intentionally drops into the shot and hits Wanda on the head.
• To promote the “Merry Gasmas” episode in 2005, Brent Butt recorded “ Christmas in Dog River” with Craig Northey.
• In the third season episode “Mail Fraud” Brent created the term “staycation” to explain the act of taking a vacation without actually leaving home. This term is now in use on many pages on the internet.
• In the episode “Trees a Crowd,” Hank can be seen reading issue #18 of The Walking Dead inside the tree house while Brent is trying to convince him to leave.

Fourth season

• In the “Dog River Dave” episode, a fictional radio station from Regina, CJKL “The Jackal,” was featured. An actual CJKL-FM exists in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Ontario. The name “Jackal” is most likely a reference to the real Regina station CFWF-FM.
• In the “The Good Old Table Hockey Game” episode, homage is paid to the 1972 Summit Series between Canada and the then USSR. The title of the episode is a homage to lyrics in “The Hockey Song” by Stompin' Tom Connors.

Miscellaneous

• The first season finale “I Love Lacey” takes place during the Grey Cup in November, while the third season episode “Merry Gasmas” takes place at Christmas time. These are the only two episodes (to date) to clearly indicate a timeframe for when they take place, although the season two finale “Harvest Dance” presumably takes place in the fall, and “The Brent Effect” takes place soon after “I Love Lacey.” Neither “I Love Lacey” nor “Brent Effect” show any signs of it being early winter, despite taking place in November. “Block Party” explicitly takes place sometime in 2005 as it makes references to Saskatchewan’s centennial celebrations that year, although the episode itself wasn’t broadcast until February 2006.
• Corner Gas is promoted by CTV as the network’s “first original narrative comedy series.” While it is not, in fact, the first Canadian-produced sitcom ever aired on CTV, having been preceded by The Trouble with Tracy, Snow Job, Excuse My French (1974 TV series) and Check it Out!, it is the first CTV sitcom in which the network itself has held a primary production role, rather than acting solely as a holder of broadcast rights. Corner Gas can also be verifiably called the most successful of these shows.
• The Dog River Police have two police cars, both 1994 Ford Crown Victorias. With the exception of the first episode, the police only use one of them. (In actual production, only one police car is on the Corner Gas set, and represents both cars.)
• Co-stars Brent Butt and Nancy Robertson married on November 19, 2005 following production of the third season.
• The only current top-20 Canadian show in all of Canada (other than hockey)—the rest being Television in the United States—Corner Gas debuted in January 2004, outperforming all U.S. sitcoms in the territory among adults 25-54.
• Corner Gas has spawned a merchandising business, with hundreds of retail items, sold-out live touring productions, and best-selling DVDs.
• A companion book to the show, called Tales from Dog River: The Complete Corner Gas Guide, was published on November 4, 2006. It was written by Toronto journalist Michele Sponagle and was produced in conjunction with CTV, Penguin Canada, and Prairie Pants Productions.

The book debuted in the number two spot among new releases, behind only Vincent Lam’s Giller Prize-winning book Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures. On December 12, 2006, it was the top-selling non-fiction paperback in Canada, according to BookMarket data. It includes cast interviews, an episode guide, insider jokes, bloopers, best lines, a look at the real Dog River (Rouleau, Saskatchewan), and a chronology on how the show was created from inception to debut episode.

• In 2004, production of this series coincided with that of another CTV program, Robson Arms in which Gabrielle Miller and Fred Ewanuick also co-starred. Miller also had a recurring role in the series Alienated (TV series) in 2004, giving her the rare distinction of playing major roles in three unrelated television series during the same calendar year (although Robson Arms wasn’t broadcast until 2005).
• In the summer of 2006, the cast of Corner Gas performed a fundraising benefit event for Regina’s Globe Theatre, Regina called Corner Gas...Live, in which the cast performed a live episode of the TV series. The popularity of the hit sitcom caused such a rush for tickets that the Globe Theatre’s online ticket sales system briefly went down as a result. Another benefit was held during the summer of 2007.
• Fred Ewanuick appeared as Hank on the Royal Canadian Air Farce’s 300th episode in a spoof of Corner Gas, in which Yasir (Carlo Rota) and Sarah (Sheila McCarthy) from CBC Television’s Little Mosque on the Prairie bought the gas station and fired Brent. Hank then debated with them the location of Mercy, Saskatchewan (the Saskatchewan town where Little Mosque takes place) in relation to Dog River.
• The surnames of all Dog River residents (with the exception of Fitzy) are names of small towns in Saskatchewan.

Awards

• Seven Canadian Comedy Awards wins:
• Best Direction (TV Series)—2004-2006
• Best Male Performance (TV)—2004 & 2005 (Brent Butt)
• Best Female Performance (TV)—2006 (Janet Wright)
• Best Writing (TV Series)—2004

• Three Gemini Award wins:
• Best Comedy Program or Series—2005 & 2006
• Best Interactive—2005

The show also has seven other Gemini Award nominations.

• Nominated for an International Emmy Award in 2004.

• 2004 DGC Award win for Outstanding Team Achievement in a TV Series—Comedy. Also nominated in 2005.

• 2005 WGC Award win for Best Comedy & Variety Program.

• Seven Leo Award wins.

References

External links

• Corner Gas official website
• "The Ruby" Forum for Corner Gas Fans
• Full episodes of Corner Gas online
• JAM! Showbiz: Corner Gas
• Corner Gas on tv.com

{{Infobox Television| show_name = Corner Gas| image = | caption = The Intro Screen to the Season 1 DVD.| format = Comedy ([SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)]| developer =| executive_producer = Brent Butt
David Storey
Virginia Thompson]
Gabrielle Miller
Fred Ewanuick
Eric Peterson
Janet Wright
Lorne Cardinal
Tara Spencer-Nairn
Nancy Robertson and [Jesse Valenzuela| country = [Canada| first_aired = [January 22, 2004 (as of [October 15, 2007)] situation comedy which has aired on CTV Television Network and The Comedy Network since 2004. Deriving its name from the roadside gas station located in the fictional town of #Dog River, the series revolves around life in small-town Saskatchewan. Overview Corner Gas is the only gas station for 60 kilometres in any direction (according to the first season episode “Ruby Reborn”). Brent Leroy (Brent Butt) is the proprietor of the station and Wanda works at the station’s convenience store as a retail assistant. An adjoining coffee shop (The Ruby) is owned by Lacey Burrows (Gabrielle Miller), who inherited it from her aunt.

The series was created by Canadian comedian Brent Butt, who came up with the idea for the series after wondering what his life would be like if he hadn’t pursued stand-up comedy (he would still be in a small town in Saskatchewan pumping gasoline). With the exception of the first season finale and second season premiere episodes, which are linked, most other Corner Gas episodes are standalone storylines that can be viewed in virtually any order, though occasional incidental references to previous episodes can be found, particularly in the second and subsequent seasons.

The first episode of Corner Gas aired on January 22, 2004 and attracted 1.1 million viewers. It became an instant hit and has never gone below the million-viewer mark. The first season consisted of 13 episodes. Less than two months after the first episode aired, CTV renewed it for a second season of 18 episodes. The first season was released on DVD in Canada on October 19, 2004. In keeping with the theme of the series, each DVD set included a coupon good for a free coffee at Petro-Canada service stations. The second season was released on DVD on September 27, 2005, and features the distinction of being one of the few regular TV series whose DVD box set includes described video for the visually impaired. The season three DVD was released on October 3, 2006. Unlike the previous sets, the third season DVD set is presented in anamorphic widescreen.

The series is filmed at Canada-Saskatchewan Soundstage in Regina, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, and on location in Regina and Rouleau, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, whose grain elevator has been repainted to read “Dog River” instead of “Rouleau.” It is produced by Prairie Pants Productions in association with CTV.

In late September 2004, to promote the start of the second season, the cast members of Corner Gas travelled to cities across Canada where they pumped gas at local service stations for the day (the fuel being provided to motorists free of charge). By the halfway point of the promotion, more than 40,000 liter of free gasoline had been pumped.

Brent’s main co-writers are This Hour has 22 Minutes writer Mark Farrell, Paul Mather, Kevin White, and Andrew Carr.

The series includes cameo appearances by a large number of Canadian celebrities, including two sitting prime ministers, Paul Martin and Stephen Harper, the only fictional sitcom (as opposed to sketch comedy series) in which sitting prime ministers have appeared. The sitting premier of Saskatchewan, Lorne Calvert, has also appeared in an episode, as has former Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson. Canadian television personality Ben Mulroney, son of former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has also appeared on Corner Gas.

The American distribution rights have been acquired by Arthur Hasson’s Multi-Platform Distribution Co. (MPDC) for syndication to US broadcast stations, and to US cable. The show is being sold on a cash-plus-barter basis to broadcast stations, while it will be offered to cable on an all-cash basis.

The fourth season began airing on CTV on September 18, 2006. On November 24, 2006 it was announced that Corner Gas will air on the American Superstation WGN beginning September 17, 2007. In an interview with the Canadian Press published on November 24, 2006, Brent Butt revealed that there has also been talk of a motion picture being produced based upon the series, though nothing has been decided as yet.

As broadcast of the fourth season finale approached, there was a flurry of news reports suggesting that the series was coming to an unexpected end, based upon televised promotions for the episode, leaked plot details, and wording of a CTV press release issued on March 6, 2007 that implied that the series finale would air on March 12, 2007. Two segments of production footage with timecode circulated on YouTube also seemed to indicate a series finale as imminent despite the show’s continued success in Canada and recent US sale. On March 7, 2007, CTV clarified its press release, stating it was a season finale, and on March 13, 2007, CTV confirmed an order for a 19-episode fifth season, that premiered on September 24, 2007. The fourth season was released on DVD on September 18, 2007. This was the first time the DVD set of the previous season was released before the current season started airing; the set includes a series of “Mobisodes” which were short (approximately two minutes each) skits focusing on the main characters.

Characters Main cast

• Brent LeroyThe surnames of all Dog River residents (with the exception of Fitzy) are names of small towns in Saskatchewan. (Brent Butt) is the comic book-reading proprietor of Corner Gas. He is almost always good-natured, but has a tendency to fixate on minor details. He’s a fan of adventure fiction such as Simon Templar and The Executioner (book series).
• Lacey Burrows (Gabrielle Miller) is originally from Toronto, Ontario. She took over The Ruby coffee shop in Dog River after the death of her aunt, and is perpetually trying to fit into small-town life, with mixed results. She’s a terrible liar, and is not the best at math. Lacey also has an aptitude for executing clever schemes. This is shown in the second-season episode “Hero Sandwich.” The episode “Blog River” reveals that Lacey is extremely insecure and regretful about the path her life has taken.
• Hank Yarbo (Fred Ewanuick) is Brent’s perpetually unemployed best friend and most likely candidate for Dog River’s village idiot. He often hangs out at Corner Gas talking to Brent about whatever is on his mind. He constantly borrows money from other characters and rarely pays them back, nor does he pay his tab at The Ruby, and is always wearing a hat because of perpetual bad hair days. He has worked a range of jobs, from Rodeo Clown to Crossing Guard to City Accountant. His mother lives in Saskatoon, and his favourite foods are Pop Rocks and pickles, the only food he keeps regularly stocked in his house.
• Wanda Dollard (Nancy Robertson) is a quirky retail assistant at Corner Gas, and the self-confessed smartest person in town. A single mom, she has a son named Tanner (who is six years old in the first season but has yet to be seen on screen as of the fourth) who regularly terrorizes babysitters. She is the only native Dog River resident to go to university and holds a degree in linguistics with a minor in comparative religion.
• Oscar Leroy (Eric Peterson) is Brent’s stubborn and occasionally senile father and former owner of Corner Gas, now retired. His all-purpose word is “jackass,” and he often demands that the Dog River police arrest everyone who annoys him. He frequently and belligerently points out that "My taxes pay your salary!” to government workers.
• Emma Leroy (Janet Wright) is Brent’s mother, and the brains/muscle of the family. She usually ends up having to deal with the fallout from Oscar’s actions, although she does truly love him. She has also found it hard to “let go” of Brent, and reacts badly when someone else appears to replace her in some aspect of his life (for example, in the fourth season opener, she declares war on Karen when she sees Karen cutting Brent’s hair, something Emma had been doing since Brent was a child). She is frequently shown knitting or crocheting on the show.
• Sergeant Davis Quinton (Lorne Cardinal) is the overly-sensitive senior police officer in Dog River, who has a habit of mis-spending the police budget. He is obsessed with Cosmopolitan Magazine, retro-TV and classic cartoon shows; and is a Science Fiction aficionado. He believes that the Battlestar Galactica (original series) may have really happened. The episode “Block Party” suggests he might have once competed in rhythmic gymnastics. He has a collection of the Hardy Boys books. In season one, it is unveiled that he was married once but is divorced.
• Constable Karen Pelly (Tara Spencer-Nairn) is the ambitious and sometimes neurotic junior police officer in Dog River. Before becoming a police officer, she ranked fifth in Canada in the sport of free-diving, with a personal best of more than six minutes. She’s a very good cook, but doesn’t like to bring it up for fear it will stereotype her. She is also at least ten years younger than most other characters on the show.

Recurring characters

• Fitzy Fitzgerald (Cavan Cunningham) is the mayor of Dog River. He tends to take his position very seriously. He is a bit paranoid about losing his job and thinks that anyone will do anything for the position of mayor.
• Wes Humboldt (Mike O’Brien) owns and operates the Liquor and Insurance store in town. His father died saving his entire platoon in the Korean War, although everyone told him that he ran off to join the circus.
• Paul Kinistino (Mark Dieter) is the bartender at the Dog River Hotel. In the episode “Cell Phone,” he replaced the shuffleboard game in the bar with a claw game, to which Oscar became addicted. He speaks a little bit of Cree language (not unusual for a Native Canadian) and went to high school with Brent, Wanda and Hank. In “Friend of a Friend,” he claimed to have a Master’s degree in history. In season four, it appears Paul has been replaced by a new bartender, Phil.

Notable guest stars Corner Gas is known for attracting notable Canadian actors and politicians, including two Canadian Prime Ministers, to appear either as guest stars or in gag cameos. Sometimes the celebrities have made the trip to the Rouleau or Regina sets to film their appearances, while at other times the scenes were filmed in the applicable locations. (For example, scenes involving cast members of Canadian Idol and Canada AM were filmed at the respective programs’ studios.)

First season

• 1-02 The Taxman

* Kevin McDonald of Kids in the Hall plays Marvin Drey, a Canada Customs and Revenue Agency agent. * Dan Matheson, a news anchor for CTV, appears as himself

• 1-05 Grad ’68

* Julie Stewart plays a paint store clerk (parodying her role in Cold Squad).

• 1-08 Cousin Carl

* Comedian Mike Wilmot plays Carl Vawn, Brent’s snobby cousin. * Actor Dale Wilson appears dressed as in his well known “Glad Man” attire.

• 1-10 Comedy Night

* Colin Mochrie, a prolific Canadian comedy actor best known for his work in Whose Line Is It Anyway?, makes a cameo appearance as part of a joke about how he seems to turn up on every Canadian TV show.

• 1-11 Hook, Line and Sinker

* Pamela Wallin, former CBC newscaster and later Canadian Consul General, a native of Wadena, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, plays herself. * Canadian Idol judges Sass Jordan, Zack Werner, Jake Gold, and Farley Flex appear as themselves rating Brent’s rendition of “(There’d Be No Rain in Dog River) If I Could Squeegee the Sky.”

• 1-12 Face Off

* The Sports Network sportscaster (and U8TV: The Lofters alumnus) Jennifer Hedger and her SportsCentre colleague Darren Dutchyshen appear as themselves.

Second season

• 2-02 Wedding Card

* Ice hockey star Darryl Sittler plays himself.

• 2-06 Poor Brent

* Lloyd Robertson, long-time CTV National News anchor, plays himself.

• 2-11 Hurry Hard

* Canadian and world champion Curling Randy Ferbey and Dave Nedohin (both of whom curl for Alberta) appear as themselves, which is about the hotly-contested Dog River curling championship, the Clavet Cup.

• 2-12 An American in Saskatchewan

* Mark McKinney, a veteran of both Kids in the Hall and Saturday Night Live, plays Bill, an American who came to Dog River by accident.

• 2-15 Rock On!

* Saskatchewan-born musician Colin James appears as a local musician (although it is implied that Colin James’ character really is Colin James) who performs an audition in Brent’s garage. The rock group The Tragically Hip appear as “local kids” who practise in Brent’s garage.

Third season

• 3-03 Dog River Vice

* Ben Mulroney, host of TV shows Canadian Idol and eTalk Daily and the son of former Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney, parodies himself.

• 3-07 Fun Run

* Then-Prime Minister Paul Martin plays himself, the first time a sitting Prime Minister has appeared on a sitcom (although sitting Prime Ministers have appeared on sketch comedy shows like Royal Canadian Air Farce, and other political satire programs like This Hour Has 22 Minutes). * Singer Jann Arden appears as herself.

• 3-08 Trees a Crowd

* Noted actress Shirley Douglas (mother of Kiefer Sutherland, and daughter of Tommy Douglas former Premier of Saskatchewan) plays a woman with the hots for Oscar.

• 3-09 Picture Perfect

* Then-federal finance minister Ralph Goodale appears as a Ruby Café customer. (The episode aired the same day Goodale filed a “mini-budget” in the Canadian House of Commons.)

• 3-12 Ruby Newsday

* Lorne Calvert, premier of Saskatchewan, appears as himself. He appears three times—twice to poke fun at Sweden and once to almost get hit by a thrown newspaper. * Vicki Gabereau appears as herself during a fantasy sequence. Prior to the debut of Corner Gas, the cast had appeared on Gabereau’s CTV talk show, during which Brent Butt promised to get the talk show host a guest appearance.

• 3-13 Merry Gasmas

* This Hour has 22 Minutes anchor Gavin Crawford appears as a worker in the Calgary International Airport. He would always call cities their airport names (YYC, YEG) which confused Lacey horribly. * Dan Redican from Frantics (comedy), and more recently Puppets Who Kill, makes an appearance as a worker in the Regina International Airport. He repeatedly says “made that call.” * Comedy Inc. (TV series) star Roman Danylo makes a cameo as a passenger sitting next to Lacey on a plane from Alberta to Vancouver. He claims to be a “cat doctor,” and not a veterinarian. He manages to out-chat Lacey while talking about cats.

• 3-16 Physical Credit

* Ken Read, also known as “Crazy Canucks,” a champion alpine skiing and member of the Canadian Olympic Association, receives a browbeating from Oscar (which first aired the day after closing ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympics).

Fourth season

• 4-02 Dog River Dave

* Olympic medal winner Cindy Klassen makes a cameo appearance.

• 4-05 Demolition

* Former Governor-General of Canada Adrienne Clarkson appears, taking a sledgehammer to an old barn.

• 4-06 Jail House

* Mike Holmes, the star of Holmes on Homes, helps to fix Oscar’s bathroom. It is also hinted that Holmes, or at least his character, dated Wanda sometime ago.

• 4-08 Blog River

* CTV Television Network CEO Ivan Fecan makes a cameo appearance.

• 4-19 Gopher It

* Current Prime Minister Stephen Harper appears as himself. * Co-anchors of Canada AM Seamus O'Regan and Beverly Thomson appear, playing themselves. Unlike most cameos, O’Regan and Thomson appear extensively in this episode to parody their on-screen image.

Dog River Dog River has a population of “around 500” according to “Census Sensibility.” According to the Corner Gas tagline, it is 40 kilometres from nowhere, but still within a relatively short drive to “The City,” where characters are often shown going to shop or attend “support meetings,” in the case of Davis and Lacey. The rival town of Wullerton is apparently “just down the road.” It is stated in the episode “The Taxman” that Corner Gas is the only gas station for 60 kilometres in any direction. Series creator Brent Butt has said the town lies somewhere between Regina and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; these two cities are 257 kilometres apart, so this fact does not contradict anything said on the series. In fact, the term “The City” has been used at various times in the series to refer to Regina. The third season episode, “Fun Run,” has one character drive to Weyburn, Saskatchewan for a lark, suggesting Dog River is probably closer to Regina than it is to Saskatoon. In the episode “Outside Joke,” when the Corner Gas station is believed to actually be outside the town limits, it is said to be in the fictional municipality of “Pitt Creek.” In “Kids’ Stuff,” Wanda says it is south of the also fictional Crowley Lake.

The town’s name is an homage to series creator Brent Butt’s hometown of Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, through which the Doghide River flows. However, in the show itself, the second season episode “Rock On!” revealed that the town was named after a great uncle of Lacey’s who drowned a dozen dogs in the river. She discovered this trivia while researching information for a history plaque. In order to play down this unsavoury branch of her family tree, Lacey instead used a story that Karen made up—that pioneers somehow got hold of a hot air balloon, got an aerial view of the town site, and noticed that the creek formed a shape similar to that of a dog’s leg. “Block Party” revealed that the town was founded in 1905, and one of its founders was a Mr. Main after whom Main Street was named (it was renamed “Centennial Street” in 2005, the origin of the name being forgotten); Main also constructed Dog River’s first building, a wooden shack that would later be burned down by Hank Yarbo a century later in order to maintain the accuracy of his Lego scale model of the town (he ran out of blocks and could not make a replica of the shack).

A real-life Regina tour operator regularly takes busloads of tourists to Rouleau to visit “Dog River.” Visitors can tour the on-location sets of Corner Gas, including the service station. Many components of Dog River are, in fact, real attributes of Rouleau, notably the combined liquor and insurance store.

The Howler The town has its own newspaper, The Dog River Howler (usually just called “The Howler”), to which almost everybody has contributed at one point or another. Its headlines are usually rife with inaccurate, sensationalist reporting. An example of exaggeration can be seen in “Hero Sandwich,” in which a proposal to install traffic lights at a four-way intersection prompts the headline “Crosswalk HELL—Mayor Insane.” An example of simply untrue reporting can be seen in the first episode, in which a headline reads “Moose Jaw Gets NBA Franchise.” The paper is also rife with misspellings, for example in the third season that “Hank is phycic.”

Emergency services The Police Department, consisting of two officers, keeps the peace in Dog River, though most of the time their duties consist of chasing vermin away from farms and using their radar guns to clock the flying speed of sparrows (which can apparently do 40 km/h).

In “The Littlest Yarbo,” a short-lived Fire Department consisting of two firefighters, David and Carol, was established by the mayor when the volunteer fire chief decided to sleep in as opposed to respond to a fire. The volunteer system was reestablished after Hank, Davis, and Oscar lit an uncontrollable leaf fire and the fire department did not respond as they were chasing a stray dog (the same one Hank thought to be “The Littlest Hobo”). Fitzy saw Davis in the aftermath as the only first responder there and gave him the new title of Chief, Volunteer Fire Department.

Wullerton rivalry The residents of Dog River have a pathological dislike of the residents of Wullerton, a neighbouring town, to the point that they spit on the ground whenever the rival town is mentioned (they are so used to it they sometimes do not realize it when they spit). Ironically, the people of Wullerton may not hate Dog River, as seen in the fourth season’s finale (however, this was only part of Hank’s fantasy sequence, and may not accurately reflect Wullerton’s actual sentiment towards Dog River). The reason for this has yet to be explained. Publicity for the second season indicated that the season finale would reveal the reason for the spitting; however, the episode as broadcast did not actually do so. It should be noted that this practice of looking down on neighbouring towns is common in many prairie communities, including those in Saskatchewan. There is a real existing rivalry between Tisdale, Saskatchewan (where series creator Brent Butt is from) and Melfort, Saskatchewan. Another example is the rivalry between Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan and Melville, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan.

Thunderface Thunderface is a band that was formed in the mid-’80s by lead singer Hank Yarbo, lead guitar player Brent Leroy, and bass guitar player Wanda Dollard. In 2005, the band was expanded to include drummer Karen Pelly, inarguably the most competent musician in the group.

Thunderface has suffered from relative anonymity due to confusion with their name (as well as the fact that they’ve only had one gig since 1986). They have been referred to as “Rumblepuss,” “Thunderbread,” “Thunderchunks,” and “Wonderface,” among other names. Their sound is described as similar to “a small animal caught in some kind of machinery,” and their sole gig since 1986 was booked due to the humorous nature of their poor performance. The only song they’ve been heard to play is “Capital Cash” by Fast Exit, a band that Brent Butt played guitar in before he got into comedy.

Episodes Notes First season

• The series premiere, “Ruby Reborn,” was the fourth episode to be shot.
• “The Tax Man,” the second episode to air, was the first to be shot. The first scene of the series filmed was of Oscar rooting in the closet for his tax forms.

Second season

• The second-season episode “Hero Sandwich” establishes that the events of the first season and the first half of the second season take place over the course of 10 months.
• Midway through the second season, CTV moved the series from Tuesday to Monday when American Idol returned on Fox Broadcasting Company (which CTV rebroadcasts), ending up competing with The Rick Mercer Report, on CBC Television. The third season episode “Dog River Vice” includes a joke that pokes fun at CTV’s rescheduling of the show.
• In the “Rock On!” episode, from season two, “Capital Cash,” the song performed by Thunderface, was written by Brent Butt. Butt was in a band called Fast Exit as a guitarist before he got into comedy, and they are mentioned in the episode as the band that originally did the song.
• In the episode “Mosquito Time” there is one split screen shot of several characters trying a homemade mosquito repellent recipe (lemon dish soap). The split screen shot is similar to those from the Fox series 24 (TV series) which played on CTV’s rival station Global during the same Monday evening timeslot as Corner Gas.

Third season

• The series occasionally breaks the fourth wall. For example, in “Physical Credit” Wanda and Brent are talking about films with poor production values when a microphone (apparently the one recording the scene) intentionally drops into the shot and hits Wanda on the head.
• To promote the “Merry Gasmas” episode in 2005, Brent Butt recorded “ Christmas in Dog River” with Craig Northey.
• In the third season episode “Mail Fraud” Brent created the term “staycation” to explain the act of taking a vacation without actually leaving home. This term is now in use on many pages on the internet.
• In the episode “Trees a Crowd,” Hank can be seen reading issue #18 of The Walking Dead inside the tree house while Brent is trying to convince him to leave.

Fourth season

• In the “Dog River Dave” episode, a fictional radio station from Regina, CJKL “The Jackal,” was featured. An actual CJKL-FM exists in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Ontario. The name “Jackal” is most likely a reference to the real Regina station CFWF-FM.
• In the “The Good Old Table Hockey Game” episode, homage is paid to the 1972 Summit Series between Canada and the then USSR. The title of the episode is a homage to lyrics in “The Hockey Song” by Stompin' Tom Connors.

Miscellaneous

• The first season finale “I Love Lacey” takes place during the Grey Cup in November, while the third season episode “Merry Gasmas” takes place at Christmas time. These are the only two episodes (to date) to clearly indicate a timeframe for when they take place, although the season two finale “Harvest Dance” presumably takes place in the fall, and “The Brent Effect” takes place soon after “I Love Lacey.” Neither “I Love Lacey” nor “Brent Effect” show any signs of it being early winter, despite taking place in November. “Block Party” explicitly takes place sometime in 2005 as it makes references to Saskatchewan’s centennial celebrations that year, although the episode itself wasn’t broadcast until February 2006.
• Corner Gas is promoted by CTV as the network’s “first original narrative comedy series.” While it is not, in fact, the first Canadian-produced sitcom ever aired on CTV, having been preceded by The Trouble with Tracy, Snow Job, Excuse My French (1974 TV series) and Check it Out!, it is the first CTV sitcom in which the network itself has held a primary production role, rather than acting solely as a holder of broadcast rights. Corner Gas can also be verifiably called the most successful of these shows.
• The Dog River Police have two police cars, both 1994 Ford Crown Victorias. With the exception of the first episode, the police only use one of them. (In actual production, only one police car is on the Corner Gas set, and represents both cars.)
• Co-stars Brent Butt and Nancy Robertson married on November 19, 2005 following production of the third season.
• The only current top-20 Canadian show in all of Canada (other than hockey)—the rest being Television in the United States—Corner Gas debuted in January 2004, outperforming all U.S. sitcoms in the territory among adults 25-54.
• Corner Gas has spawned a merchandising business, with hundreds of retail items, sold-out live touring productions, and best-selling DVDs.
• A companion book to the show, called Tales from Dog River: The Complete Corner Gas Guide, was published on November 4, 2006. It was written by Toronto journalist Michele Sponagle and was produced in conjunction with CTV, Penguin Canada, and Prairie Pants Productions.

The book debuted in the number two spot among new releases, behind only Vincent Lam’s Giller Prize-winning book Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures. On December 12, 2006, it was the top-selling non-fiction paperback in Canada, according to BookMarket data. It includes cast interviews, an episode guide, insider jokes, bloopers, best lines, a look at the real Dog River (Rouleau, Saskatchewan), and a chronology on how the show was created from inception to debut episode.

• In 2004, production of this series coincided with that of another CTV program, Robson Arms in which Gabrielle Miller and Fred Ewanuick also co-starred. Miller also had a recurring role in the series Alienated (TV series) in 2004, giving her the rare distinction of playing major roles in three unrelated television series during the same calendar year (although Robson Arms wasn’t broadcast until 2005).
• In the summer of 2006, the cast of Corner Gas performed a fundraising benefit event for Regina’s Globe Theatre, Regina called Corner Gas...Live, in which the cast performed a live episode of the TV series. The popularity of the hit sitcom caused such a rush for tickets that the Globe Theatre’s online ticket sales system briefly went down as a result. Another benefit was held during the summer of 2007.
• Fred Ewanuick appeared as Hank on the Royal Canadian Air Farce’s 300th episode in a spoof of Corner Gas, in which Yasir (Carlo Rota) and Sarah (Sheila McCarthy) from CBC Television’s Little Mosque on the Prairie bought the gas station and fired Brent. Hank then debated with them the location of Mercy, Saskatchewan (the Saskatchewan town where Little Mosque takes place) in relation to Dog River.
• The surnames of all Dog River residents (with the exception of Fitzy) are names of small towns in Saskatchewan.

Awards

• Seven Canadian Comedy Awards wins:
• Best Direction (TV Series)—2004-2006
• Best Male Performance (TV)—2004 & 2005 (Brent Butt)
• Best Female Performance (TV)—2006 (Janet Wright)
• Best Writing (TV Series)—2004

• Three Gemini Award wins:
• Best Comedy Program or Series—2005 & 2006
• Best Interactive—2005

The show also has seven other Gemini Award nominations.

• Nominated for an International Emmy Award in 2004.

• 2004 DGC Award win for Outstanding Team Achievement in a TV Series—Comedy. Also nominated in 2005.

• 2005 WGC Award win for Best Comedy & Variety Program.

• Seven Leo Award wins.

References

External links

• Corner Gas official website
• "The Ruby" Forum for Corner Gas Fans
• Full episodes of Corner Gas online
• JAM! Showbiz: Corner Gas
• Corner Gas on tv.com

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