Brent Butt News

 
Canadian content shines for Grand 2012/13 season
Kingston This Week
Corner Gas creator Brent Butt comes to Kingston on Jan. 18, 2013, with the Just For Laughs gang performing on April 20. County music fans will be thrilled with the three shows coming to town as part of the 2012/13 series. On Nov.


 
Museum honours iconic show Corner Gas
Yahoo! News Canada (blog)
Created by comedian Brent Butt and set in the fictional town of Dog River, Saskatchewan, the action revolved around the town's only gas station for 60 kilometres and the nearby coffee shop where the show's colourful cast of characters would gather.

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Evening Standard
Campaigners force delay in removing Kensal Rise Library books
Telegraph.co.uk
Photo: Jonathan Goldberg By Martin Chilton, Digital Culture Editor New Brent Council leader Mohamed Butt promised today that council staff will delay returning today to strip Kensal Rise Library of its books following protests yesterday.
New Brent leader is urged to reverse library closuresEvening Standard
Kensal Rise library campaigners gain another dayThe Guardian

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Pulling Mussels From the Shell: Creative workforce management
Troy Media (blog)
My favourite one, as it was Brent Butt's, (yes that Brent Butt) was from a great band of the day called Squeeze. The lyric was “Pulling Mussels From a Shell”. Its meaning had everyone stumped for days, and I still remember Brent howling with laughter ...


 
Globe and Mail
Birdsong is beautiful, but a bit of a slog
Globe and Mail
On the first new episode (it airs after Saturday Night Live in the East, and before SNL in the West) he has Brent Butt in the van. There's a complex story about how he was hoping to have George Clooney, and it almost happened, and then Butt stepped in.


 
TV vet keeps on rolling
StarPhoenix
He whipped up the opening credits for Hiccups, Brent Butt's followup to Corner Gas, after the producers twice rejected work by Vancouver post-production companies. Butt and Tunnicliffe created the concept over the phone. The producers loved it.

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Evening Standard
New leader elected for Brent council
Harrow Observer
Cllr Muhammed Butt was elected as leader of the authority at a private Labour AGM at the weekend, and is expected to take over the role from Cllr Ann John. Cllr Butt, the council's deputy leader and lead member for resources, will be put forward as the ...
Brent Council's new leader has 'big ideas' for borough's futureHarrow Times

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