Episode 1031 - Brent Butt

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

• Episode: Episode 1031 - Brent Butt
• Website: WTF with Marc Maron Podcast
• Feed URL: http://wtfpod.libsyn.com/rss
• Duration: 01:25:19
• Published: 2019-06-27 09:00

Even though Brent Butt grew up in rural Saskatchewan, his path to comedy is similar to American comics, except it was exclusively Canadian. He was a directionless youth who was taken in by comedy on Canadian TV, he booked gigs throughout the Canadian countryside to hone his act, he dealt with monopolistic club owners and did sets in lousy environments like curling rinks. It all led to him being the first native Canadian with a #1 comedy series in Canada, Corner Gas, which was turned into a hit movie and now a cartoon. Brent tells Marc about his journey, and why he has no regrets that he remains fairly anonymous in America. This episode is sponsored by Turo.