Corner Gas is a Canadian television sitcom created by Brent Butt. It airs on CTV in Canada, WGN America in the United States, and SBS in Australia.
Deriving its name from the roadside gas station located in the town of Dog River, the series revolves around life in a small-town in Saskatchewan. Corner Gas is the only gas station for 60 kilometres (37 mi), in any direction. Brent Leroy (Brent Butt) is the proprietor of the station and Wanda Dollard (Nancy Robertson) 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 Ruby. The series is scheduled to complete its run following broadcast of its sixth season in the spring of 2009 with a total of 107 episodes. The show became an instant hit and has never gone below the million-viewer mark. Corner Gas has been the recipient of six Gemini awards, and has been nominated almost 70 times for various awards. On April 6, 2009, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall signed a proclamation that declared April 13, 2009 (and the same day every year after) “Corner Gas Day” in Saskatchewan.
Episode format
Each episode of Corner Gas is written following a specific formula: Two or three storylines (Plot A, Plot B and Plot C) are presented in each show. The main storyline, A, opens and closes the episode and is usually driven by a single character. Plot B is usually more comedic in tone and sometimes slightly intertwined with the other stories, often moving story arcs forward. Plot C, when used, is usually a thread in a season-long arc.
Plot: Popular comedian Brent Butt returns to small town Saskatchewan to portray the life he would have led had he gotten a real job pumping gas at Corner Gas. Each episode of Corner Gas delivers a half-hour of comedic voyeurism in a place where everyone knows everyone else’s business. The series is set in the fictional town of Dog River Saskatchewan, and focuses on the life (or lack thereof) of gas station owner Brent LeRoy, coffee shop proprietor Lacey Burrows and the folks who populate the area. Dog River is a nice town, but far from the quaint and idyllic little burgs we’re used to seeing on TV.
Awards
Corner Gas has won a variety of awards since it debuted as a series January 2004 including nine Canadian Comedy Awards and six Gemini Awards. The Canadian Comedy Awards include Best Direction (TV Series) 2004–2006, Best Male Performance (TV) 2004 & 2005 (Brent Butt), 2007 (Eric Peterson), Best Female Performance (TV) 2006 (Janet Wright) and Best Writing (TV Series) 2004 and 2007. The six Gemini Awards include Best Comedy Program or Series—2005, 2006, and 2007; Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series for the episode “Gopher It”, 2007; Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series Mark Ferrell for the episode “Gopher It”, 2007; and Best Interactive 2005. 2007 was the third consecutive year that Corner Gas won the best comedy award.
Main cast
* Brent Herbert Leroy (Brent Butt)
* Co-stars Brent Butt and Nancy Robertson married on November 19, 2005 following production of the third season.
* Lacey Burrows (Gabrielle Miller)
* Richard Henry “Hank” Yarbo (Fred Ewanuick)
* Wanda Dollard (Nancy Robertson)
* Oscar Leroy (Eric Peterson)
* Emma Leroy (Janet Wright)
* Sergeant Davis Quinton (Lorne Cardinal)
* Constable Karen Pelly (Tara Spencer-Nairn)
Recurring characters
* Fitzy Fitzgerald (Cavan Cunningham)
* Wes Humboldt (Mike O’Brien)
* Paul Kinistino (Mark Dieter)
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