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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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Date: 2010-01-31 02:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] grrl-next-door.livejournal.com
I love that program. we watched it in grade 10 history!

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Date: 2010-01-31 02:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amyura.livejournal.com
LOL Mangez poutine! I can't get past the annoying midwestern accents in the Chicago segment.

To be fair, when I was at McGill I was a little shocked at some of the dumb things I was asked. Was Massachusetts near Virginia, for example, and did I know anyone in militias?

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Date: 2010-01-31 03:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amyura.livejournal.com
Am I remembering correctly, or is "22 Minutes" produced in Newfoundland? That newscaster's accent is especially noticeable at HRRRvard.

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Date: 2010-01-31 04:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] daednu.livejournal.com
My favourite memory from that show was the "climbing the Peter Mans Bridge" episode. LMAO I used to watch it religiously.

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Date: 2010-01-31 02:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] integritysinger.livejournal.com
that's hysterical! i know about a picometer's worth of info about canada so I'm amused mostly by how I might respond to Rick Mercer if he asked me questions. I'm not sure if I'd just stand there dumbly and say, "i don't know" or if I'd be an idiot and try to respond!

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