TelevisionMark Farrell sets the record straight on the making of Corner GasOne of the show’s original writers explains how the show really got made
OttawaThe worst month in the history of Canadian politicsRob Ford, Nigel Wright, Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin, electoral fraud, patronage, robocalls...
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UncategorizedSo What Happened With The Geminis and GAS?Why didn’t Corner Gas get nominated for any Gemini Awards at all (which you’ve got to admit is pretty weird, even in the unlikely...
UncategorizedThe Corner Gas Reality Tour?Via TV, Eh? , an update on the situation of the Corner Gas set in Rouleau, Saskatchewan . Since the actors packed up and went...
Uncategorized"They were giving me what they thought was helpful advice, which obviously I ignored."Stephanie Law has an excellent interview with writer-producer (and sometime TV Guidance commenter) Mark Farrell, showrunner of...
UncategorizedCorner Gas Self-Linking, and Rural ComedyToday is Corner Gas finale day, and here’s my piece for the print edition on the success of the series . There wasn’t room in the...
CultureIt was a gas‘Corner Gas’ is ending after six seasons. Jaime J. Weinman explains why it was such a huge success.