50 Fun Facts About Corner Gas
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Take the 50-question quizWhich stand-up comedian created Corner Gas and plays the station's owner?
He imagined what his life would be like had he stayed in small-town Saskatchewan instead of doing stand-up.
In which fictional Saskatchewan town is Corner Gas set?
Its name nods to the Doghide River in Butt's hometown of Tisdale.
How many seasons of the live-action Corner Gas aired between 2004 and 2009?
The run totalled 107 episodes and averaged a million viewers each.
How many episodes did the original Corner Gas series produce?
The finale aired on April 13, 2009, which the premier proclaimed Corner Gas Day.
Corner Gas is the only gas station for how far in any direction?
The figure comes from the first two episodes, 'Ruby Reborn' and 'Tax Man'.
What is the name of the coffee shop next to the gas station?
Lacey inherited it from her Aunt Ruby and renamed it in her honour.
Which Canadian city did Lacey Burrows move from to take over the diner?
Her attempts to fit into small-town life usually end in disaster.
Who plays Lacey Burrows?
She also starred in Robson Arms at the same time, and shared a 2007 Gemini for the ensemble.
What is the name of Brent's perpetually unemployed best friend?
Richard Henry is his real name; he drinks coffee at The Ruby and rarely pays.
Who plays Brent's unemployed best friend?
He went on to play the title role in the CTV sitcom Dan for Mayor.
Wanda Dollard, the caustic cashier, is played by which actress?
She is married in real life to Brent Butt and later starred in his series Hiccups.
Wanda describes herself as what?
She is a single mother to a six-year-old son named Tanner.
What is the name of Wanda's young son?
He is six years old during the series.
Who plays Brent's grouchy father, Oscar Leroy?
He was previously best known as lawyer Leon Robinovitch on Street Legal.
What is Oscar Leroy's all-purpose insult?
He says it ninety times across the live-action series, and it is the show's final spoken word.
Who played Emma Leroy, Brent's mother?
She died in 2016, and Corrine Koslo voices Emma in the animated revival.
The actress who played Emma co-founded which Saskatoon company with her sister in 1974?
She was born in Farnborough, England; all four Wright siblings worked in Canadian theatre.
What rank does Davis Quinton hold in the Dog River police?
He has never read the police manual and makes up laws as he goes.
Who plays Davis Quinton?
He was born on a Sucker Creek First Nation reserve near High Prairie, Alberta.
Which actress plays the ambitious junior officer Karen Pelly?
She is the youngest main cast member by about ten years.
The main characters' surnames are all taken from what?
Burrows, Dollard, Leroy, Pelly, Quinton and Yarbo are all real places; only Mayor Fitzgerald is the exception.
Which real town stood in for Dog River for all outdoor scenes?
It sits on Highway 39 between Moose Jaw and Weyburn, about 35 km southwest of Regina.
In which city were the show's interior scenes filmed?
Regina is simply called 'the city' on the show.
What landmark in the filming town was repainted to read 'Dog River'?
The water tower still said Rouleau, fixed once in post-production for the episode 'Grad 68'.
What happened to the filming town's painted landmark on November 5, 2021?
The gas station and Ruby sets had already been demolished in 2016 after sinking into boggy ground.
Which Saskatchewan town is the show's creator really from?
His company 335 Productions is named for the junction of Highways 3 and 35 there.
What is the title of the Corner Gas opening theme song?
It was co-written by Craig Northey of Odds and Jesse Valenzuela of the Gin Blossoms.
Members of which band wrote and performed the closing theme 'My Happy Place'?
Craig Northey of Odds also co-wrote the opening theme.
What is the name of Dog River's sensationalist newspaper?
Sample headline: 'Crosswalk HELL—Mayor Insane', prompted by a proposal for traffic lights.
What do Dog River residents do whenever the rival town of Wullerton is mentioned?
The Howler even prints '(SPIT)' after the word Wullerton.
What is the name of the 1980s band formed by Hank, Brent and Wanda?
They have had one gig since 1986 and are routinely misnamed 'Thunderbread' and 'Thunderchunks'.
Which character joins the band on drums and is its most competent musician?
Their sound is described as 'a small animal caught in some kind of machinery'.
Which two sitting prime ministers made cameos on Corner Gas?
It is the only fictional sitcom in which sitting Canadian prime ministers have appeared.
Which Kids in the Hall member played disliked tax agent Marvin Drey in 'Tax Man'?
Fellow Kid Mark McKinney appeared later in 'An American in Saskatchewan'.
Which crooner called in to Davis's jazz radio show, only to be told he 'isn't jazz'?
The camera cuts to the real singer calling himself 'a gifted vocalist who defies genres'.
Which home-renovation TV star fixed Oscar's bathroom in 'Jail House'?
Wanda claimed to have dated him.
Which 24 star made a cameo in the fifth-season episode 'Final Countdown'?
His mother Shirley Douglas had played a woman with a crush on Oscar in 'Trees a Crowd'.
What did Saskatchewan's premier proclaim April 13, 2009 to be?
Premier Brad Wall signed the proclamation a week before the series finale.
Roughly how many viewers watched the 2009 series finale on terrestrial TV?
Another 235,000 watched on The Comedy Network, for about 3.1 million in total.
Which US cable channel began airing Corner Gas in September 2007?
Unusually, it picked up season five while the episodes were still airing on CTV.
First-season DVD sets included a coupon for free coffee at which gas station chain?
The season one DVD was named Best Canadian DVD at the Canadian Entertainment Network Awards.
What was the name of the creator's production company behind Corner Gas?
It was assembled with Virginia Thompson and 335 Productions.
Corner Gas: The Movie had its limited theatrical release in which year?
The five-day run began December 3, with a CTV broadcast premiere two weeks later.
How was Corner Gas: The Movie partly financed in 2014?
About three-quarters of the $8.5 million budget came from government funding and credits.
In the movie, Brent enters Dog River into a contest to be Canada's what?
The $75,000 prize would rescue a town Mayor Fitzy bankrupted with a Detroit real-estate deal.
Who directed Corner Gas: The Movie?
He was Butt's partner in 335 Productions and directed episodes of the series.
In the movie, what does Wanda turn Davis's generator-powered garage into?
His house had the only reliable electricity after the town went broke.
Corner Gas Animated premiered in 2018 on which channel?
It ran four seasons, ending in 2021, with the whole original cast except Janet Wright.
Who voices Emma Leroy in Corner Gas Animated?
She replaced Janet Wright, who died in November 2016, the month before the revival was announced.
The creator later made which CTV sitcom starring Wanda's actress as a children's author?
It ran from 2010 to 2011; her character sees a life coach for anger management.
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