Rick Mercer
Rick Mercer
Richard Vincent "Rick" Mercer OCis a Canadian comedian, television personality, political satirist and author. He is best known for his work on the CBC Television comedy shows This Hour Has 22 Minutes and The Rick Mercer Report. He is the author of three books, based on content from the television shows...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth17 October 1969
CountryCanada
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Health Canada reports that the infection rate for chlamydia in Saskatoon is twice the national average, making it the chlamydia capital of Canada. Montreal has vowed to get their title back.
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And in Canada we, you know, it costs us three or $400 million to have an election. You know, it's always been my position that we shouldn't complain about that; that's the price of admission for a living in a great democracy.
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The US is our trading partner, our neighbour, our ally and our friend... and sometimes we'd like to give them such a smack!
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In Canada... we should be there for the nurses, cause they are always there for us.
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And in English Canada, no one really knows where the support is coming from, but Conservatives would assume that it's bleeding from the Liberals. So we have a divided left in Canada.
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Stephen Harper, who's the prime minister of Canada, he is saying that this - we have to give him a majority government, otherwise there will be a Separatist coalition. And he says it every minute.
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Things are pretty good in Canada. We weathered the recession fairly well. And, of course, were up here up living here, we're watching American news and we're constantly saying, wow, it's not as bad as it is in the United States.
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On my job I end up jumping out of planes. Last week I got in an 18-wheeler and drove down a runway onto a skid track. The week before that they put me in a car and sunk me to the bottom of a lake to see if I could escape without an oxygen tank.
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And under our system, much like you see in the U.K., of course, a party working with another party can form a coalition and govern the country.
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If the United States were a 35-year-old man, I think he'd be in a mental institution. Violent tendencies - delusions of grandeur - medicate heavily.
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I get to do the most amazing things. We call it Host in Peril quite often, because people love to see me risk my life or be in danger.
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America is not an elephant. For one thing, elephants never forget, whereas Americans don't really know much to begin with. Ninety per cent of them can't pick out their hometown on an unmarked map...We're bigger than they are and we're on top. If we were in prison, they'd be our bitch.
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I don't believe in outing people. It's up to the individual, but there's nothing wrong putting the pressure on.
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Being attached to America these days is like being in a pen with a wounded bull.