Former Sherwood Park resident Paul Mather is off in Ontario producing, creating and writing on the television show Dan For Mayor.
The second season premiered June 5 on CTV at 5:30 p.m. Dan for Mayor has shifted from the serial, soap-opera format to an episode-based comedy now that Dan Phillips (Fred Ewanuick) landed the mayor gig he’s completely unprepared for.
When Mark Farrell — along with Kevin White and Paul Mather — came up with the character of Dan Phillips, who accidentally winds up as Mayor of Wessex on the CTV comedy series Dan for Mayor, they thought they might be stretching the bounds of credulity.
But after the May 2 federal election in which a large crop of very green politicians were elected, the story doesn’t seem as far-fetched, says Halifax native Farrell.
An unprepared and unqualified politician takes office in Canada and finds himself in way over his head.
No, this is not the tale of any one of a number of newly elected NDP members of Parliament from Quebec. Rather this is the plot line to Season 2 of Dan for Mayor, which debuts Sunday on CTV.
Here’s a nutty idea for a TV show. A slacker dude, with zero political experience, decides on a whim to run for political office. To the shock of his buddies back at the local bar — not to mention the electorate — he wins.
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