Reptileenbu
Did you people see the same film I saw?
Konterr
Brilliant and touching
Roman Sampson
One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.
bigkdr
This is an hilarious show. Fred Ewanuick is a very funny, likable person and that comes through in his character Dan, who basically starts running for Mayor in his community of Wessex as a joke with nobody expecting him to win, including himself. All of the character's are very likable, even the one's who aren't supposed to be likable are likable. Juggling his job as a bartender,his best friend (also a bartender) as his campaign manager, a shoe string campaign budget, his ex-girlfriend, his new girlfriend, his ex-girlfriends' new boyfriend, his new girlfriend's Aunt who does not like him and becomes his competitor for the job as Mayor and his own run for Mayor every episode has very funny moments and some twists and turns that you just do not see coming. Like a bus out of nowhere.Dan For Mayor kept me laughing and looking forward to each episode. Dan Ewanuick played Hank Yarbo on the CTV show Corner Gas before this and was very enjoyable as the second banana to Brett Butt's main character. In Dan For Mayor Fred holds his own as the top banana. He is very funny, witty and just great to watch. This is a very good show.By the way I have seen a few reviews that state this is just "Corner Gas" redux. I don't see it that way. You have a completelty different setting, the characters are not even remotely alike and the onlt thing that comes close are some of the 'flash" scenes but lots of shows do that. Some people are saying that Dan and Hank are the same but look at the differences; Hank had no job and did not seem to care to get one, Dan had a job as a bartender and then runs for Mayor. Hank had no girlfriend, Dan has an ex and a current in the first season then his ex comes back to him and they live together. Yes they are both laid back but Hank was more so than Dan. Also, on DFM, there is no Oscar, Emma, Lacey, Wanda, Karen, Davis, etc. The characters on DFM are completely different people. in conclusion this is not your "Corner Gas!"
erinedwards6700
This show is stupid. It is way worse than Corner Gas even in the end when Corner Gas was not very good any more.The character is the same Hank character as the above poster seemed to have noticed already too.I don't like the show mostly for the characters who are not very believable and are just real shallow. I don't even really get the premise how he is supposed to have been cornered into having to run for mayor just to impress his ex girlfriend.I don't like the acting and the jokes are not very good. This was a real disappointment to me.It is much better than Hiccups but that show is just terrible, the Brent Butt comedy special was also really awful. Why are they making such bad shows after Corner Gas?
joan6350
This show is terrible. The acting is awful and the jokes are very bad.It is better than Hiccups because at least the story of Dan For Mayor seems on the surface like it would be interesting but there is nothing worth while about this show.First of all, Corner Gas was good for a couple seasons then went downhill real fast and just because a rehash of the same jokes and stories again and again. So it's kind of annoying that they immediately spun it off and gave the guy who played Hank his own show....where he STILL plays Hank! Seriously there is absolutely no difference between the characters in Corner Gas and Dan For Mayor. What is even the point of changing shows?The jokes are predictable and unfunny, I will not watch again and I'm not happy that based on the success of Corner Gas this show and Hiccups are both coming back.....why?!?!
st00r
I really do like this show. It has a lot of promise and I think that it will only get better over time. It is only two episodes in, but already I like the whole feel of the show. Dan, played by Fred Ewanuick, is just a likable average guy, but that what makes the show watchable. His ex- girlfriend, Claire, is also a good character. Like Corner Gas, this show features very average characters with reality written into it. Like Corner Gas, it's easy to just ease into what's going on. There have already been some excellent moments (the other mayor's experience with the bus) and I think that it will continue to do well. Please give the show a chance and watch it. I think that Corner Gas fans may not find this show to be as phenomenal as Corner Gas was, but it is still a show worth watching.
