Mark Farrell (born 1966) is a

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comedian and writer, who honed his talent in the Yuk Yuk's comedy club in Halifax,

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before moving to

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in 1989. In 1992, Farrell helped lead an exodus from the Yuk Yuk's chain, along with other prominent comics such as

Brent Butt Brent Leroy Butt (born August 3, 1966) is a Canadian actor, comedian, and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Brent Leroy on the CTV Television Network, CTV sitcom ''Corner Gas'', which he created. He also created the television serie ...

. After appearing in CBC's ''Comics!'' as well as CTV's ''

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'', as well as NBC's ''Friday Night Videos'', he was cast in two

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series, '' Married Life'' and the first season of '' The Newsroom''. Eventually his writing skills were noted, and as he became a writer for award-winning ''

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'', eventually moving all the way up to Executive Producer, until he left the show in 2010. His work on 22 Minutes led to many other writing gigs, including another job as Supervising Producer for the first season of ''

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'', a show for which he continued to write and helped develop. He is currently an Executive Producer and writer for the show ''

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'', a show he co-developed with the show's creator, Joseph Raso.

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