Rick Mercer Final Report by Rick Mercer

Rick Mercer Final Report by Rick Mercer

Canada's pre-eminent satirical commentator brings down the curtain on his hugely successful show.

Rick Mercer can always be relied on to provoke a strong reaction--but what he said one fall day in 2017 truly shocked the nation. In a rant posted on social media, the great Canadian satirist announced loud and clear that the current, 15th season of the Rick Mercer Report--the nation's best-watched and best-loved comedy show--would be the last. After more than 250 episodes, 250 rants and countless miles spent travelling the length and breadth of Canada to do everything from bungee jumping with Rick Hansen to whale watching with Measha Brueggergosman, it was time to move on. What he will do next is still unknown, and Canada eagerly awaits future developments. But meanwhile, we have this book to keep us going.

This volume brings together never-before-published rants from the last five seasons of the show, plus a selection of the very best rants from earlier years. And throughout the book, in a series of brilliant new essays, Rick shares his hilarious, moving and at times hair-raising memories from the past fifteen years. Remember when he and Jann Arden travelled by helicopter to a terrifying bat cave in a mountain? No--because that trip went so horribly wrong it never made it to the screen. Pierre Berton--what was really in that joint he rolled? (It wasn't oregano.) What catastrophe took place in Norman Jewison's bathroom? And can the show still go on when your director in charge is delirious from an allergic reaction? (Yes.) All this and more is revealed by Rick in some of his sharpest and funniest writing yet.

RICK MERCER co-created and appeared in CBC's This Hour Has 22 Minutes, wrote and starred in Made in Canada, and wrote and starred in Talking to Americans, Canada's most-watched comedy special. He went on to host the Rick Mercer Report for 15 seasons, which was a great hit. Rick is one of the co-founders of the Spread the Net movement. In 2019, he was honored with the Governor General's Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award in the Performing Arts.

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ISBN 13	9780385692472
ISBN 10	0385692471
Title	Rick Mercer Final Report
Author	Rick Mercer
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House Canada
Year published	2018-11-06
Number of pages	256
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