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In the news: Corner Gas in the US

From Andrew Ryan of the Globe and Mail:

  • Prairie life heads to Middle America
    “The denizens of Dog River are coming to American television. Starting mid-September, Corner Gas begins airing on the mainstream cable outlet Superstation WGN, which puts the low-key series starring comedian Brent Butt into more than 70-million U.S. homes overnight.”

From Rob McKenzie of the National Post:

  • How to win fans and influence TV critics
    “Poolside drinks with television critics on the couches outside Trader Vic’s, one-on-one chats with Brent Butt, free bottles of berry syrup from Saskatoon: Corner Gas did its utmost to make friends in Beverly Hills this weekend.”
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In the news: Corner Gas at the TV critics tour

From Rob Salem of the Toronto Star:

  • It’s a gas selling Gas
    “It’s a long way from Dog River to Beverly Hills – approximately 3,000 km, as the crow flies, assuming the crow is flying south, southwest. Brent Butt has just gotten off the plane from Vancouver, where he lives the half of the year he is not in rural Saskatchewan, taping his hit Canadian comedy, Corner Gas. The show is his gift to the world, seen in 27 countries – an already impressive figure now about to increase by one: The Big One, the gosh-almighty United States.”
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In the news: Odd Job Jack returns Sunday

Andrew Ryan of the Globe and Mail mentions the return of Odd Job Jack:

  • Another easy way to easy street
    “And nice to report there’s still no evidence of dreams or ambition on the unassuming Canadian cartoon Odd Job Jack (Sunday, Comedy Network at 9:30 p.m.), which returns for a fifth season. Don McKellar still provides the voice for Jack, a twentysomething slacker with a degree in sociology who bounces from job to job each week. In the first new show, he becomes a croupier in a “snuff poker” establishment. Odd Job Jack is still sharply written and crudely animated, which is part of its appeal. Be grateful some things remain resistant to change.”
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