Brent Butt, David Storey, and Virginia Thompson talked about the idea of an animated version of the series when they were making the original sitcom because of Brent's love of comics and his talent as an illustrator. They didn't take the idea seriously until after Corner Gas: The Movie, when fans asked for even more Corner Gas.
Brent thinks in pictures and doodles. When he created Corner Gas the sitcom, he and the team were always coming up with ideas that were funny, but would kneecap the show's live action reality...and laws of physics. With Corner Gas Animated, Brent and the team have more leeway in the stories they can tell. If one of our characters needs to be on the moon fighting a dragon with a wiffle bat to make the joke work, Corner Gas Animated can do it. The animated series can flaunt the laws of physics, nature and man, without ever damaging our reality. It's so perfect - maintaining our authenticity, while doing whatever we want.
Broadcasters and Streamers
Canada - CTV, APTN and Crave
United States - Amazon FreeVee, Kanopy
United Kingdom - Amazon FreeVee
Awards and Nominations
2021 Canadian Screen Awards
Best Animated Program or Series
'Pact Rat', 'Float Your Vote'
Best Performance, Animation
Lorne Cardinal – 'Pact Rat'
2021 Leo Awards Nominations
Best Animation Program or Series
Best Screenwriting, Animation Program or Series
Andrew Carr – 'Pact Rat'
Best Screenwriting, Animation Program or Series
Brent Butt, Jennifer Siddle – 'Remembers Only'
Best Voice Performance, Animation Program or Series
Nancy Robertson – 'Float Your Vote'
Best Voice Performance, Animation Program or Series
Brent Butt – 'Sound and Fury'
2021 Canadian Screen Awards Nominations
Best Animated Program or Series
'Pact Rat', 'Float Your Vote'
Best Writing, Animation
Andrew Carr – 'Pact Rat'
Best Writing, Animation
Brent Butt, Jennifer Goodhue – 'Pink Flood'
Best Writing, Animation
Brent Butt, Jennifer Siddle – 'Remembers Only'
Best Performance, Animation
Lorne Cardinal – 'Pact Rat'
2020 Leo Awards
Best Screenwriting, Animation Program or Series
Brent Butt – 'Drone or Dumber'
2020 Canadian Screen Awards
Best Animation Program or Series
Best Writing, Animation
Diana Frances – 'Hedge Your Debts'
Best Performance, Animation
Brent Butt
2020 Leo Awards Nominations
Best Screenwriting, Animation Program or Series
Brent Butt – 'Drone or Dumber'
Best Screenwriting, Animation Program or Series
Andrew Carr – 'One Flu Over My Dead Body'
Best Voice Performance, Animation Program or Series
Lorne Cardinal – 'Anger Games'
Best Musical Score, Animation Program or Series
Craig Northey – 'Dream Waiver'
Best Animation Program or Series
Corner Gas Animated – David Storey, Brent Butt
2020 Canadian Screen Awards Nominations
Best Animated Program or Series
Best Writing, Animation
Diana Frances – 'Hedge Your Debts'
Best Writing, Animation
Kate Hewlett – 'Doctors Without Boarders'
Best Direction, Animation
Stephen Evans and Mateusz Garbulinski – 'Bush League'
Best Performance, Animation
Brent Butt
Best Performance, Animation
Eric Peterson
2019 Leo Awards
Best Animation Program or Series
Corner Gas Animated – David Storey, Brent Butt
2019 Leo Awards Nominations
Best Screenwriting, Animation Program or Series
Brent Butt – 'Squatch Your Language'
Best Screenwriting, Animation Program or Series
Andrew Carr – 'Retro Grade'
Best Voice Performance, Animation Program or Series
Lorne Cardinal – 'Squatch Your Language'
Best Animation Program or Series
Corner Gas Animated – David Storey, Brent Butt
2019 Rockie Awards International Program Competition Nominations
Animation
Corner Gas Animated – Prairie Pantoons II Productions, Sparrow Media, Aslan Entertainment, Vérité Films, Smiley Guy Studios
2019 Canadian Screen Awards
Best Animation Program or Series
Brent Butt – 'Squatch Your Language'
2019 Canadian Screen Awards Nominations
Best Animated Program or Series
Corner Gas Animated – Brent Butt, David Storey, Virginia Thompson, Leslie Thomas, Robert de Lint, Andrew Carr, Jonas Diamond