Comedian Rick Mercer shows up Americans' near complete ignorance of Canada.Comedian Rick Mercer shows up Americans' near complete ignorance of Canada.Comedian Rick Mercer shows up Americans' near complete ignorance of Canada.
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- TriviaThis TV special attracted 2.7 million Canadian viewers making it the highest rated comedy special in the history of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
- Quotes
Rick Mercer, American: Oh, Canada / A great big empty land / We look to America / For a helping hand / With bannock bread / and caribou eggs / The True North big and cold Brrrr / Oh Canada / we are on top / We're close to / The North Pole / Fermez la bouche / Mangez poutine / Ca-Na-Da / A lovely winter dream / Oh Canada / La / La / Laaa! Hello Canada!
- ConnectionsEdited from This Hour Has 22 Minutes (1993)
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Silliness that caught on
A little harmless fun. Some segment are hilarious. I want to see all the outtakes, though. The only real danger here is assuming that this program has a point. Consider how it started:
Rick Mercer: Talking to Americans -- the segment --came about like Cornflakes. It was an accident that happened in the lab. We were down in Washington, D.C. We were shooting and I had kind of run out of things to do. We'd gone to the White House and goofed around at the Canadian Embassy. We just had some time to kill.
There were other news people there asking questions about important matters of the day. So I just started doing the same thing. I started talking to them about the Benmergui Clinton Summit. Should it be called the Benmergui Clinton Summit, or the Clinton Benmergui Summit?
I didn't know if the piece would have legs or not, but it sure did. The response has been phenomenal.
(from radio.cbc.ca)
Rick Mercer: Talking to Americans -- the segment --came about like Cornflakes. It was an accident that happened in the lab. We were down in Washington, D.C. We were shooting and I had kind of run out of things to do. We'd gone to the White House and goofed around at the Canadian Embassy. We just had some time to kill.
There were other news people there asking questions about important matters of the day. So I just started doing the same thing. I started talking to them about the Benmergui Clinton Summit. Should it be called the Benmergui Clinton Summit, or the Clinton Benmergui Summit?
I didn't know if the piece would have legs or not, but it sure did. The response has been phenomenal.
(from radio.cbc.ca)
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- josh-302
- Apr 27, 2004
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