# Anyone watch "Corner Gas"? (Canadian sitcom) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 30, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-corner-gas-canadian-sitcom/826936 "2018-12-30T19:27:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-corner-gas-canadian-sitcom/826936/1 "2018-12-30T19:27:53Z")
I stumbled onto it a couple of days ago and I’ve been binging ever since. It’s available to stream on [Amazon Prime](https://smile.amazon.com/Ruby-Reborn/dp/B07KWHNXS8/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1546197304&sr=1-1&keywords=corner+gas+tv+show). It’s quirky ensemble comedy set in a nowhere town in Saskatchewan called Dog River. Guy owns a gas station that rents videos. His coworker is a slightly cynical grammar maven. Cute girl inherits cafe next door. Goofy best friend, cranky dad, long-suffering mom. Two cops, male and female. The flavor of it is kind of a combination of Seinfeld and Taxi, with hints of Northern Exposure. I’ve been watching tons of cop/crime/murder shows recently when I’m not reading the news, and this show is a welcome break from both. Even though it’s as far from Jewish-urban as you can get, it’s like Seinfeld, because it’s about nothing. It’s light, witty, a little wacky, and not the least bit topical or timely. It’s balm for the battered mind. This is season 1/episode 1: > [@](#): > > Dog River, Saskatchewan is a town where not much happens and the locals like it that way. So when Brent Leroy starts renting videos at his corner gas station and a big city girl from Toronto moves in to run the coffee shop next door, it’s either a sign of the apocalypse or a chance for Dog River to finally have a decent cup of coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-corner-gas-canadian-sitcom/826936/2 "2018-12-30T19:58:38Z")
I quite enjoy the show. It’s pretty mindless but I like the characters and the writing is very relatable. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-corner-gas-canadian-sitcom/826936/3 "2018-12-30T20:05:42Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > It’s light, witty, a little wacky, and not the least bit topical or timely. Should hope not. The live action version ended almost a decade ago. \>\_\> The animated version is pretty good, too. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-corner-gas-canadian-sitcom/826936/4 "2018-12-30T20:15:02Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Should hope not. The live action version ended almost a decade ago. \>\_\> > > … Let me rephrase: it is not topical _even relative to topics of the day_. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-corner-gas-canadian-sitcom/826936/5 "2018-12-30T20:41:03Z")
As a lifelong Saskatchewan resident, I can assure you that this is not a comedy, it’s a documentary. I have met many of the actors. I have met ALL of the characters. Possibly amusing fact: we were out after work one night, having drinks, and ran into some of the cast at the bar. When one of us mentioned Woolerton, they all, as one, stopped talking and spit, then resumed their conversation as if nothing had happened. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-corner-gas-canadian-sitcom/826936/6 "2018-12-30T21:16:54Z")
My favorite episode so far (I’m sure I haven’t seen them all) is the one where Karen pictures Hank as a hunk from a bodice-ripper. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-corner-gas-canadian-sitcom/826936/7 "2018-12-30T21:53:06Z")
The cast made a reunion movie a few years ago. > **[Corner Gas: The Movie](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corner_Gas:_The_Movie)** > > Corner Gas: The Movie is a 2014 Canadian comedy film directed by David Storey and is based on the television series Corner Gas (2004-2009). The film stars Brent Butt, Gabrielle Miller, Fred Ewanuick, Eric Peterson, Janet Wright, Lorne Cardinal, Tara Spencer-Nairn, Nancy Robertson, Cavan Cunningham, Gwen Seed and Jean Freeman all reprising their roles from the television series. The film also features new characters played by Don Lake, Reagan Pasternak, Graham Greene, Will Sasso and Karen Holne... It’s pretty good. I enjoyed the first two seasons of Corner Gas. It changed season three with broader more silly comedy. Same thing happened to the Andy Griffith show. The humor was subtle and character based in the early seasons. It got broad and silly later. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-corner-gas-canadian-sitcom/826936/8 "2018-12-30T22:01:02Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I enjoyed the first two seasons of Corner Gas. It changed season three with broader more silly comedy. Some of the later episodes are fun from a Canadian nostalgia point of view. ParticipACTION! The Littlest Hobo! The Summit Series! Etc. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-corner-gas-canadian-sitcom/826936/9 "2018-12-30T22:50:52Z")
I have Bad Brent’s shirt. Jackass. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-corner-gas-canadian-sitcom/826936/10 "2018-12-30T23:21:54Z")
It’s a very well-written show. I’m in Ontario, and have never been to Saskatchewan, but it’s very relateable. It does venture into topical subjects occasionally when certain Canadians appear briefly in cameos. I’m pretty sure very few Americans would have a clue who they are though. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-corner-gas-canadian-sitcom/826936/11 "2018-12-31T00:04:33Z")
I watched this when it was first out, over a decade ago now wow! I liked it, and I turned my parents on to it too. Solidly funny and charming and not risqué. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-corner-gas-canadian-sitcom/826936/12 "2018-12-31T00:43:14Z")
I love this show! I think it’s the best-written sitcom ever, and I’ve seen a few. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-corner-gas-canadian-sitcom/826936/13 "2018-12-31T03:06:52Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > My favorite episode so far (I’m sure I haven’t seen them all) is the one where Karen pictures Hank as a hunk from a bodice-ripper. I just watched that one today. _“Kiss me, Fish Man!”_ 😃 > [@aceplace57](#): > > The cast made a reunion movie a few years ago. > [Corner Gas: The Movie - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corner_Gas:_The_Movie) > > It’s pretty good. > > I enjoyed the first two seasons of Corner Gas. It changed season three with broader more silly comedy. > > Same thing happened to the Andy Griffith show. The humor was subtle and character based in the early seasons. It got broad and silly later. I hate it when that happens to shows. It happened to Monk. I know, not a comedy, but in the beginning, Monk’s quirks were interesting and well, _quirky_, but in later episodes, they became too much and the character was humiliated by them. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-corner-gas-canadian-sitcom/826936/14 "2018-12-31T04:37:23Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I have Bad Brent’s shirt. > > Jackass. I have Brent’s shirt from the “Shirt Powers” episode. I also have one of his bar bills. And have visited Dog River before they tore it down last year. It was only about 40 k from where Piper Clan lives. Fitzie’s grandmother is a friend of ours. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-corner-gas-canadian-sitcom/826936/15 "2018-12-31T04:46:30Z")
I’m also aware of a courthouse where the one-way glass was installed the wrong way … ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-corner-gas-canadian-sitcom/826936/16 "2018-12-31T04:54:29Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I just watched that one today. _“Kiss me, Fish Man!”_ 😃 The one where she has to read a bodice-ripper to an old woman in a nursing home is pretty good too. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-corner-gas-canadian-sitcom/826936/17 "2018-12-31T05:01:37Z")
I was on the floor laughing at most episodes. Funniest thing to come along in years. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-corner-gas-canadian-sitcom/826936/18 "2018-12-31T05:44:02Z")
I consider Patton Oswalt to be America’s answer to Brett Butt. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-corner-gas-canadian-sitcom/826936/19 "2019-01-01T06:24:10Z")
I’m watching it on amazon prime as I type this. I caught a few episodes on late night television years ago and was thrilled to discover the whole thing on amazon prime recently. A sweet little show. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-corner-gas-canadian-sitcom/826936/20 "2019-01-01T14:49:41Z")
It’s balm for the spirit in these troubled times. I’m still bingeing. Only 1/3 through season 2. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-corner-gas-canadian-sitcom/826936.md?page=2)