Corner Gas

My stomach ached from laughing so hard at this edisode. I absolutely loved the charactors, the storyline, and the theme. I was hooked from the first few minutes of viewing. This show was created, developed and aired in Canada so the public, except for those that have satellite dishes, have not really had the opportunity to watch this show but WGN, in my opinion, made a very wise decision to buy the rights and begin broadcasting the show on September 10th, 2007.



Brent Butt, a stand-up comic and creator of the show, has said that he wasn't sure whether U.S. viewers would get the Canadian humor but when I started watching, I believed that the humor was not native to Canada. In fact, if the characters didn't talk about Saskatchewan, I could believe that the corner gas station was located in French Lick, Indiana, Moose River, Maine, or any other rural town in America. If you get the type of humor in Seinfeld, you will bust your gut laughing at this show. Actually, there are some similarities to "Corner Gas" and "Seinfeld". The locales in the show are very few (WGN has only aired four episodes and maybe in the later seasons, there are more locations).

The cast is limited with only 5 main charactors and 3 secondary charactors, much like Seinfeld. Another similarity is that this is also basically "a show about nothing". One other thing that I have to mention. The much-unemployed "village idiot" who is always coming up with crazy schemes and makes the most laughable comments, reminds me alot of George Constanza.



If you love comedies and you are looking for something different, set your TiVo or DVR to record the upcoming shows or go to WGN.com to find out when they are broadcasted. You won't be sorry and there's a good chance you'll get hooked very quickly.

This is a great start to a fantastic series. The major characters are all given time and allowed some comic lines, letting you know that this is not the Brent Butt show, but real comedy ensemble. The teaser alone is worth the price of admission.



Often early episodes show characters that had to be removed or taken in a different direction, but after three seasons this episode is still strong on the comedy, and clearly shows the characters and casting were an ideal fit from the very beginning. We are also shown from the very start that the comedy would be coming from the entire cast, not from one or two people with the rest of the cast playing set up for the jokes.

corner is the best ever and the debut episode for the show was actually one of my favorite episodes. the first season of corner gas was so well put together!

for a a show to be so funny for a pilot episode was weird to me. i have alot of favorite shows but i hated all the pilots. Coach, will and grace, the simpsons, ext. they all had bad pilot episodes but they got better and became big hits.

anyway, This episode had so many great parts,

were oscar was renting the vcr and jaws, were hank was trying to boycot "the ruby" and much more. it was a great episode.

This is a prime example of what all pilot episodes should be like. fun, entertaining and total goofy.

Not all shows start strong. Some start strong then quickly start to bomb. Or some just bomb off the start. As history has shown, this show started good and got better. This episode is a classic Corner Gas and because it was first, but because the jokes are timeless. Even in a DVD world, people can get the VCR jokes. Now that's classic.



This show has several great scenes, but two step out of the crowd. The first was when Emma, Oscar and Brent were discussing the video rentals at the gas station. There's a nice piece of dialog where Brent and Oscar get told off by Emma, followed by Emma telling them to have Oscar rent a video. The two guys think it's a stupid idea, but Emma disagrees. Not with words, but with an "OK Corral" showdown that she wins.



Very humourous to watch, hard to relay by text. You have to see it to find it funny.



The second was when Brent decides to have fun at Oscar's expense. This was specifically when they discuss the movie Jaws. There are some great lines in this scene, and Lacey even got into the act. It was followed up at the end with a great Oscar line. "There's supposed to be a sword fight. You hooked it up wrong Emma." Even once he watched the movie, he didn't get the joke. Classic!



Overall an A of an episode. This is the second best "starter" episode for those new to Corner Gas.