#rick mercer report

[beautifulbookishdisaster]

I love shooting in Ottawa. Ottawa is my town. It's where I plied my trade for almost a decade, interviewing all manner of living prime ministers and somewhat-alive cabinet ministers.

Rick Mercer, The Road Years: A Memoir, Continued...

[sothisisablog]

[muirneach]

also when i was a kid basically the only tv i watched was the rick mercer report. so honestly it tracks that i would’ve become a tom scott fan

[museum-spaces]

I am having thoughts about autism and rebellion. I often describe myself as 'a lazy emo' or 'a lazy punk' in that I have the attitude but none of the energy needed to 'look' the part.

And I do think that's accurate, but it also occurred to me that I didn't necessarily 'rebel' in the most obvious ways.

I found a burned book today and it triggered something of a core memory for me. I don't know how old I was but I was in elementary school. I was walking along the beach in my home town when I found the remains of a burned book.

Being raised in Catholic school I knew that burned books were 'morally bad' in the eyes of some of my elders. So, logically, as a little autistic rebel I decided I should read this book. So I took home a scrap of page that had a partial author name and a partial book name on the other side.

My brother helped me google-foo to figure out what it was - this is how I know I was in elementary school. I started actually using computers in high school and had no clue how to figure out what book this was.

Anyway, brother helped me find it, I then got it out of the library. and... well It wasn't /my/ cup of tea. But I kept doing it. I only remember 3 of the books I read this way, but there was lots.

Prey by Michael Crichton [the first one]

Blood Music by Greg Bear [very interesting and very outside of my normal reading habits]

Rick Mercer's The Book [fun political rants from the Rick Mercer report in written form]

The book I found today was a religious novel by Rhonda McKnight called 'secrets and lies' and... well I can tell from the description that I would not like it, and from the scraps I read today that it would aggravate me to read 60+ chapters of it. But... memory unlocked.

I wonder if this is an autism thing. My rebellions were... quiet.

I read during mass, I read burnt books, I went for long walks at 3am - but didn't drink or meet up with friends... I just walked. My rebellions were not internal but neither were they flashy.

[deebeeus]

Photo dump of my friend Don's 1972 #Gibson #ES325, that he bought back on November 2, 1974 and has kept for the last 48 years. Don is well known in the #Toronto music and sound production scene, having worked with artists such as Anne Murray and Gordon Lightfoot at Toronto's famous Eastern Sound studios back in the 1980s, and then spending a 30 year career in sound engineering and production at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) headquarters. If you have ever watched @itsrickmercer's show the Rick Mercer Report, you have heard Don's sound work! Swipe to the last shot to see Don playing the guitar back in 70s, and the penultimate shot showing the original bill(s) of sale. The first one, dated Nov 1, 1974, was the deposit he put down of $100, and the second one, dated the next day, was him going back the to pay off the balance of $285.56. The guitar was purchased at a shop I know well, where I myself purchased at least half a dozen guitars, multiple pedals, a few amps, and countless picks and packs of strings; @stevesmusic in #Montreal, Canada. The bill shows their original address on "Craig" Street (which was renamed to rue Saint-Antoine by the time I was shopping there about 10 years after this guitar was purchased). Don told me would have loved to buy an #ES335, but got the 325 because it was the "least expensive Gibson (he) could afford as a teenager with only a part time job"! I know the feeling brother! 😂 PS: The $386 CAD he spent in 1974 equivalizes to about $2,300 CAD (about $1,650 USD) today. I challenge anyone to find me a comparable semihollow Gibson for $2,300 CAD/$1650 USD today! Don might be putting this guitar up for sale soon...if he does I will keep you posted. I'd love to buy it myself...but I already have a 325. And besides, I am poor. 🤣 #gibsones325 #guitar #guitars #guitarra #chitarra #guitarre #electricguitar #vintageguitars #vintagegibson #gibsonguitars #guitarphotography

[naradreamscape]

Grandpa fell asleep watching The Rick Mercer Report

[gay-jewish-bucky]

Nothing more Canadian then watching a Rick Mercer report re-run marathon on new year's day

[boomerbroadcaster]

Rick Mercer Helps Canadians Confirm Their Identity

Whether he’s ranting on CBC’s Rick Mercer Report, entertaining on This Hour Has 22 Minutes or otherwise sharing his informed opinions on politics and contemporary Canadian lifestyle, Rick Mercer is a national treasure. Before retiring from his RMR show, I doubt I missed an episode in the fifteen seasons his show was on the air. Mercer’s newest book The Road Years is an homage to all those years…

[thebennsofdallas]

Rick Mercer Report, 2004

Paul spoofing his character from H20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R8UpLOkoC0

[rynnie-rynn]

RMR: Rick and Murdoch Mysteries

I’m not sure how I missed this! But seriously, Rick Mercer AND Murdoch Mysteries?

Also Rick and Jonny being BFFS brought so much joy to my life.

And how is Yannick so freaking BEAUTIFUL?????

Also how did I miss Stephen Harper being in this LOLOLOLOLOLOL It’s got to be an episode I’ve seen and yet I don’t remember being like “OH HEY THAT’S THE PM!”

[beautifulbookishdisaster]

Most politicians try to come across as much more fun and down-to-earth than they really are. Harper is the opposite. He goes the other way. One of his speech writers reported that he would often highlight lines he thought were clever or funny. He would then tell the writer to remove them.

Rick Mercer, The Road Years: A Memoir, Continued...

[milionking]

How to make a Don Cherry suit.

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Rick Mercer will deliver his final rant Tuesday night, ending a groundbreaking era of uniquely Canadian political TV satire that captured Canadians' hearts coast-to-coast.

"I really do love politics … as frustrated as you may get at your subject matter, you still have to love it," Mercer says.

"I think it's probably like the way people have unrequited love for a child. It's like, you may disappoint me, but for some reason I still love you. That's the way I feel about it."

The Rick Mercer Report's final episode airs on CBC April 10. The show visited hundreds of locations across the country during its 277-episode span, giving Canadians an opportunity to live vicariously through its host.

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[mapleleafmemes]

Advice from Jann Arden

[paddysnuffles]

Donald Trump is like a natural disaster, except one that reoccurs every day.

Rick Mercer, February 7th 2017 “Rick’s Rant” segment, The Mercer Report