A good laugh

[velvetpage]

A certain facebook poll pointed me towards Rick Mercer's show "Talking to Americans," which happily is available on Youtube. I've seen it before, of course, but it's comedy gold even though it's about nine years old.

I've been laughing long and loud.

The best part is when he gets governors of various states to congratulate Canada on absurd things. For example, he got Mike Huckabee in Arkansas to congratulate Canada on preserving its national igloo. The bits at Harvard and Princeton, where politics and history students sign petitions against the Toronto Polar Bear Hunt, are simply priceless.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OetNV8vf9y8

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[grrl-next-door.livejournal.com]

I love that program. we watched it in grade 10 history!

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

It's an excellent example of people caving to authority when they're unsure about something. He didn't give them a chance to back off, so practically nobody called him on the things that didn't sound right - they acknowledged his authority to speak on those topics and allowed themselves to be made fools of.

of course, I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt that at least a few of them would know that some of it didn't sound right.