Jackass! They won’t be pumping gas in Dog River, Sask., any more.
Saying he wants to retire at the top of his game, Canadian comedian Brent Butt has announced the sixth season of Corner Gas will be the last. The popular sitcom set in a Saskatchewan gas station will air its final episode some time in spring, 2009.
“It was a very tough decision to make, but it was time,” Mr. Butt, the show’s star and creator, said in an interview yesterday. “The only way for you to end the show in a way that people are not going to think it’s too soon is to do it when it’s too late. And Corner Gas, it’s too special. I couldn’t stand to watch it get to where people were ready for it to leave.”
Mr. Butt said broadcaster CTV “was very upfront” about wanting the series to continue, but he told them he wanted viewers to remember the show at its peak.
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