# You lucky bastards - "Corner Gas" coming to the U.S. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 18, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lucky-bastards-corner-gas-coming-to-the-u-s/416070 "2007-08-18T18:17:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lucky-bastards-corner-gas-coming-to-the-u-s/416070/21 "2007-08-20T12:31:14Z")
I found the show amusing. In the first season everybody was lovably quirky. It quickly developed that everyone was actually an asshole. They pair off two assholes for the A story and another two assholes for the B story. I also enjoy watching RedGreen, though I could hardly blame anybody for complaining that they tell the same jokes every week in the same order. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lucky-bastards-corner-gas-coming-to-the-u-s/416070/22 "2007-08-20T15:51:11Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny Angel] I found the show amusing. In the first season everybody was lovably quirky. It quickly developed that everyone was actually an asshole. They pair off two assholes for the A story and another two assholes for the B story. \ [/QUOTE] I’ll submit to you my theory that everyone on sit-coms are assholes. Nice people doing nice things for nice reasons just wouldn’t be funny. (And then there’s the whole badly-kept secret that small town people actually are assholes. They’re a different kind of asshole from big city people, but assholes nonetheless.) ---
**Author:** ![McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lucky-bastards-corner-gas-coming-to-the-u-s/416070/23 "2007-08-20T16:16:36Z")
[QUOTE=Elret] I love _Corner Gas_ to pieces, but one piece of advice I have for anyone thinking of trying it out is to make sure you watch from the beginning of an episode. Coming in in the middle of one usually sucks. [/QUOTE] [Sarcasm]Yeah because you’ll have no idea what’s going on…[/Sarcasm] Seriously I don’t understand how anybody could watch this show (same with “Little Mosque”). The I watched 8 minutes of an episode of “Little Mosque” and I just had to shake my head. The jokes were not funny, and the show was so predictable (that was the really funny part). I rank “Corner Gas” up there as well… “Corner Gas” = “Corner Pass” MtM ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lucky-bastards-corner-gas-coming-to-the-u-s/416070/24 "2007-08-20T16:23:08Z")
Not me - this is a great show. I also loved Brent Butts’ stand-up before hand. We are keeping our fingers crossed for a possible cameo. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lucky-bastards-corner-gas-coming-to-the-u-s/416070/25 "2007-08-20T16:29:32Z")
There seems to be a lot of hyperbole in this thread (well, on the internet in general, really). Depending on who you believe, Corner Gas is either the best show ever or the worst show ever. Allow me to try to clear things up: The show is good. It’s in the same league as the best current U.S. sitcoms, IMO (and there are some really good U.S. sitcoms out there now). If you get a chance to watch it, watch it. ---
**Author:** ![McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lucky-bastards-corner-gas-coming-to-the-u-s/416070/26 "2007-08-20T16:48:37Z")
[QUOTE=Max the Immortal] There seems to be a lot of hyperbole in this thread (well, on the internet in general, really). Depending on who you believe, Corner Gas is either the best show ever or the worst show ever. Allow me to try to clear things up: The show is good. It’s in the same league as the best current U.S. sitcoms, IMO (and there are some really good U.S. sitcoms out there now). If you get a chance to watch it, watch it. [/QUOTE] If you’re talking about “2 and a Half Men” or “Everybody Loves Raymond” yes you’re right! If you’re talking about “The Office” no it is not good… MtM ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lucky-bastards-corner-gas-coming-to-the-u-s/416070/27 "2007-08-20T16:52:48Z")
[QUOTE=Stainz] It is typical Canadian humour - broad, predictable and unsophisticated. Consider yourselves warned! [/QUOTE] Jeez, it’ll probably be the break-out hit of the fall if that’s the case. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lucky-bastards-corner-gas-coming-to-the-u-s/416070/28 "2007-08-20T17:03:36Z")
[QUOTE=McDeath\_the\_Mad] If you’re talking about “2 and a Half Men” or “Everybody Loves Raymond” yes you’re right! If you’re talking about “The Office” no it is not good… MtM [/QUOTE] I’m talking Scrubs, My Name is Earl, and yes, maybe even The Office. We get it, **McDeath** , you don’t care for Corner Gas. Lots of canadians like it, though, and I’ll bet that a lot of americans will like it too. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lucky-bastards-corner-gas-coming-to-the-u-s/416070/29 "2007-08-20T17:12:22Z")
I don’t even think the humour is always “predictable and unsophisticated.” I think it’s actually surprisingly subtle at times. And the moments when you think they’re talking about something and they cut away to show it are almost always unpredictable. I won’t argue too much about “broad,” though. The best thing about it is that it isn’t on CBC, so the black-wearing über-pretentious set haven’t had a chance to suck all the funny out of it (like “Little Mosque on the Prairies”). ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lucky-bastards-corner-gas-coming-to-the-u-s/416070/30 "2007-08-20T17:37:18Z")
My friends who live in Ottawa that I went to see last month showed me one episode and I was hooked. Yet another reason why I love Canada! ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lucky-bastards-corner-gas-coming-to-the-u-s/416070/31 "2007-08-20T17:45:34Z")
It’s a pretty funny show, “Pow!” It’s no _Alienated_ but still is a funny 1/2 hour show. Kinda like Robson Arms without the pot, sex or big-city attitude. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lucky-bastards-corner-gas-coming-to-the-u-s/416070/32 "2007-08-20T18:30:01Z")
_Robson Arms_ is a different kind of funny. That is, the unfunny kind of funny. It’s mostly about the tragic comedy of tortured souls screaming in a medicore wilderness on their unyielding march to the grave. It’s the kind of sitcom Sartre would watch. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lucky-bastards-corner-gas-coming-to-the-u-s/416070/33 "2007-08-20T18:47:25Z")
Scrubs meets Seinfeld is my typical comparison for this one. My father is uncomfortably similar to Oscar. Little Mosque, OTOH, is awful. It’s exactly what you’d expect from a CBC show jumping on the bandwagon of the idea of a prairie sitcom. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lucky-bastards-corner-gas-coming-to-the-u-s/416070/34 "2007-08-21T16:44:15Z")
[QUOTE=Raygun99] Scrubs meets Seinfeld is my typical comparison for this one. My father is uncomfortably similar to Oscar.\ [/quote] I think everyone from or who has relatives in SK knows someone like Oscar. Except they’re usually not as warm and fuzzy as Oscar is. > [@](#): > > Little Mosque, OTOH, is awful. It’s exactly what you’d expect from a CBC show jumping on the bandwagon of the idea of a prairie sitcom. Nail on the head. I would love to get a job at CBC headquarters and see exactly how they are doing what they do there. From the outside it seems like a massive circle jerk that is completely disconnected from what actual Canadians are interested in. With really good sports coverage. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lucky-bastards-corner-gas-coming-to-the-u-s/416070/35 "2007-08-21T17:01:16Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] I’m a relatively young urbanite and I like it. It’s a perfect combination of _Northern Exposure_ and _Scrubs_ but without the pretentiousness and devil-worship. [/QUOTE] Devil worship? ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lucky-bastards-corner-gas-coming-to-the-u-s/416070/36 "2007-08-21T17:20:16Z")
A Canadian show funnier than _Trailer Park Boys_? No…no, I don’t think so. I’ll watch it, though. ---
**Author:** ![rivulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rivulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rivulus)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lucky-bastards-corner-gas-coming-to-the-u-s/416070/37 "2007-08-21T21:38:56Z")
Yay! I’m going to dig out my “World’s Biggest Hoe” t-shirt just for the occasion. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lucky-bastards-corner-gas-coming-to-the-u-s/416070/38 "2007-08-21T23:04:41Z")
[QUOTE=acsenray] Devil worship? [/QUOTE] It’s subtle, I admit. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2007, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lucky-bastards-corner-gas-coming-to-the-u-s/416070/39 "2007-10-14T00:11:34Z")
I wrote this thread off as Canadian chauvanism, until I actually sat down and watched a couple of episodes. Now it’s #4 on my Tivo list. It’s a great “Watch while eating dinner” show. Subtle, yet strange. Just like Saskatchewan. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lucky-bastards-corner-gas-coming-to-the-u-s/416070/40 "2007-10-14T00:17:32Z")
psst - **silenus** - for more news of Saskatchewan, check out this [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=440127). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lucky-bastards-corner-gas-coming-to-the-u-s/416070.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lucky-bastards-corner-gas-coming-to-the-u-s/416070.md?page=3)