Saskatchewan-born comedian Brent Butt is famous for many reasons but one of them is putting Rouleau on the map with his hit show Corner Gas, which gained popularity all the over the country when it was on the air from 2003 to 2009.
Butt will be in Estevan on Feb. 24 to perform stand-up comedy. The show will be at the Estevan Comprehensive School, starting at 8 p.m. His last appearance in Estevan was in 2012.
Butt has been living in British Columbia now for longer than he lived in Saskatchewan,and one the things he doesn’t miss is the very cold Prairie winters.
But he said that Saskatchewanwill always be his home and he has fond memories of travelling the province when he embarked on his career as a stand-up comedian.
His new venture is Corner Gas Animated, which premiers on April, 2 this year on the Comedy Network. Thirteen episodes have already been ordered.
“The animated series really feels like Corner Gas and we had a screening for the cast, who haven’t seen the animated version yet, and we had a screening in Toronto. They really liked it and thought was amazing to watch themselves on the big screen as animated characters,” Butt said in an interview with the Mercury.
“Once they got past the animated part the show felt like just another episode of Corner Gas, and if you are a fan of the series we have been able to capture what people liked about the show, but in a cartoon form, and people seem to really like it,” he added.
Butt and his team have put a lot of work into the animated series and he believes it is going to be very successful.
“I hope it is going to be a hit. I know I am very happy with how it came together, and if I didn’t think it was working, I wouldn’t have turned the show into an animated series,” said Butt.
Butt has done a great many things since the original Corner Gas series came to an end, and he has more things planned for the future.
“Since the show has ended, I have been really busy. There was Corner Gas: The Movie and then I starred in No Clue. We had a show called Hiccups as well. The entire time all this was going on, I was still doing stand-up and now I am celebrating finally completing Corner Gas the animated series,” said Butt.
The animated show that is coming out in April has been in the works for about two years, he said, and he thinks fans will fall in love with Corner Gas once more. He said he still truly loves what he does.
“Moving forward, I am writing scripts right now and I own a production company that I have been running for about 10 years, and I always seem to keep busy. My plan is to always do stand-up and take on movie and TV projects on the side if I can. You got to make your own projects in show business if you want to get by,” said Butt.
“I am looking forward to returning to Estevan, last time I was there it was a lot of fun and the people were really nice,” he added.
