21 January, 2009

Just Right



Rick Mercer entertains by providing pithy rants (here and here) and funny interviews (here and here). I don’t know how popular he is back in Canada, since I stumbled upon him sometime back over those Inter Nets, yet I can’t help but think he is sort of the Canadian Jon Stewart. He gets to tone between irony and self-depreciation just right.
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5 comments:

  1. PPT5:19 pm

    Rick Mercer is a type of national hero; he IS the Canadian Jon Stewart. :D

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  2. Dale Anne Potter5:30 pm

    We LOVE him - watch his show "The Rick Mercer Report" every week...even the re-runs!!!

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  3. Anonymous6:29 pm

    Thanks for reminding me of all the great Canadians I've been missing. ;-)

    Do a search under Rick Mercer talking to Americans. Remember that? It was a very popular segment in his This Hour has 22 Minutes show, sort of like a Jaywalking where he'd ask Americans questions about Canada, stuff any schoolkid there knows but of course not common knowledge in the States.

    Then Sept 11 happened and he stopped doing it. In true Canadian fashion, he thought it would be insensitive. Don't know if he picked it up again, though.

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  4. Mage4:22 pm

    I can't find him here........darn.

    AND.......how are you feeling? Tell all, please.

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  5. Anonymous5:31 am

    He is our Golden Boy. I can't think of anyone (except a handful of politicians I suppose) who don't love him.

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