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This isn’t the first time Paul Bates has played the role of campaign manager.
On the new CTV series, “Dan for Mayor,” a bartender named Dan (Fred Ewanuick) decides to run for public office to win back his old girlfriend. And like any proper mayoral candidate, he’s got a campaign manager — in this case, his best friend Jeff (Bates).
Jeff doesn’t necessarily have any political savvy of his own, but does possess one valuable asset: He’s the manager of a photo copy store and knows the difference between a pamphlet and a flier (He even manages to churn out a t-shirt or two, albeit with the worst slogans imaginable).
But before taking on the role as Jeff on “Dan for Mayor,” Bates tells CTV.ca that he was first the campaign manager for his friend (and “22 Minutes” writer) Albert Howell, who launched a bid to become the mayor of Toronto in 2003.
He lost.
As for the similarities between the failed campaign he led in 2003 and his on-screen operation?
“Only the feeling of not knowing what I was doing,” says Bates.
“We didn’t do a heck of a lot.”
CAPTIVATING actress Agam Darshi will be appearing in the upcoming CTV comedy series Dan For Mayor, starring Gemini-awarding winning actor Fred Ewanuick (Robson Arms), and brought to us by the comedic writers of the wildly popular seriesCorner Gas, which Ewanuick also appeared in. Dan For Mayorfollows the title character, a 30-something bartender who lives and works in the fictional city of Wessex, Ontario. Dan has had the same friends since grade school, his most prized possession is a vintage Ms. Pac-Man game, and his last serious relationship was with a girl who is now engaged to someone else. His life seems to be firmly on the path to more of the same…until a chance comment suddenly puts him in the running for mayor of Wessex. With an incredible cast, and appearances by three real-life majors, this creative new comedy is sure to entertain! Dan The Mayor is set to join the Monday night comedy block when it premieres on Canada’s CTV at 8:30 p.m. EST/PST on Monday, March 1st. It also airs Saturdays at 8:30 p.m. EST/PST beginning March 6th on The Comedy Network. For more information about the series, please visit www.ctv.ca .
Fred Ewanuick has met a few mayors in his time, but none as lazy, shiftless, ne’er-do-well or sad sack as Dan Phillips, the lazy fella who decides one day to run for mayor of his hometown, the fictional hamlet of Wessex, Ont., in the new TV comedy Dan for Mayor.
“I grew up in Port Moody, and we had some characters there,” Ewanuick said, taking a break from his temporary night job as Whistler’s resident host of the victory ceremonies during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. “My dad actually ran for council and you could say he was a character. But my dad did it because he saw things going on in his community that he didn’t like and he wanted to change it. It definitely wasn’t a power thing with him.”
Ewanuick knows the cheers that greeted him every night during the Olympics would be music to the ears of any politician. “It’s just crazy up here. The village stroll is just packed, and any time Canadians do well in any event, the place goes nuts.”
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