Is
that Butt bare? No, wait
July
26th - 24 Hours
By
GRAEME MCRANOR
It's
not every day you see a Butt on a bear bared at the
corner of Robson and Burrard.
But that's
what happened when Brent Butt, star of the hit show
Corner Gas, unveiled a Spirit Bear in the City in
his likeness at the CTV building yesterday afternoon.
"It
looks a lot like me," Butt told 24 hours. "It
really freaked me out when I took the hood of the
thing. I thought it was going to be a bear and there's
my giant face looking at me. And it's not that much
bigger than the real thing, which is alarming, since
the bear is eleven feet tall."
The
bear, which is part of the B.C. Lions Society Spirit
Bears in the City program, will be auctioned off in
Vancouver in October, with all proceeds from the bears
going towards the B.C. Lions Society's Easter Seal
operations and Canucks for Kids Fund.
The Brent
Butt Bear, part of the Spirit Bear series, was unveiled
at CTV studios by none other than Brent Butt, the
star of Corner Gas. (Rob Kruyt, 24 hours)
