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Comedy Now!: Brent Butt — Funny Pants

Brent Butt

CTV · 1997 · 30 min

Small-town conversational comedy at an unhurried pace.

Before Corner Gas turned him into a Canadian television fixture, Brent Butt was taking his time on stage. His 1997 set for the inaugural season of Comedy Now! is an exercise in conversational comedy, treating a taped broadcast like a Tuesday afternoon at a local diner. He doesn’t rush, letting his small-town Saskatchewan sensibilities dictate the pacing of stories that build quietly and work reliably.

Broadcast under the title Funny Pants, the performance earned a Gemini Award nomination for Best Comedy Performance. It operates as a straightforward document of a comedian figuring out exactly how little he needs to force a punchline, leaning on a background of swapping stories over coffee to get and hold a crowd’s attention.

How it plays

Tone
Warm, observational, and clean.
On stage
Warm, smart, and folksy observational stand-up who relies on self-deprecating humor and playful audience interaction rather than blue or edgy material.

Backstory

Season 1 episode of CTV's Canadian stand-up showcase series Comedy Now!, created by Sandra Faire to highlight Canadian comedic talent.

Details

Released
Runtime
30 min
Where
CTV
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