Congratulations to Mark Farrell for his nomination at the Canadian Comedy Awards 2008 in the category of Writing - Series, for the series "Corner Gas"! 

Mark Farrell is an award-winning Canadian comedian and writer, who honed his talent in the Yuk Yuk's comedy club in Halifax, Nova Scotia before moving to Toronto in 1989. One of the founders of Canada's alternative comedy scene. Success eventually called, as he appeared in two Ken Finkleman series, Married Life and the first version of The Newsroom.

Eventually his writing skills were noted, and as he became a writer for award-winning This Hour Has 22 Minutes (ironically back in Halifax) eventually moving all the way up to his current position on the show, Executive Producer. The show's success led to many other writing gigs, including another job as supervising producer for the first season of Corner Gas, a show for which he continues to write.

Mark currently holds the record for the most Canadian Comedy Awards with eight wins.