Rick Mercer
Canadian comedian and TV personalityWikipedia
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Oct 30, 2026
Tom PowerHOST
And I'm not even trying to do that thing.
Tom PowerHOST
But like when I met you for the first time, it was kind of like, wow, like it was sort of like you're meeting Rick Mercer, you're meeting, you know, these these sort of like, is that strange? Did you did you did you recognize them?
Damhnait DoyleGUEST
You know what was weird for me was that I just had this tremendous sense of imposter syndrome because I didn't do that at the beginning of my career.
Damhnait DoyleGUEST
I didn't start, you know, for years playing bars and getting my chops up.
Damhnait DoyleGUEST
Like for me, I drank that in like it was manna.
Damhnait DoyleGUEST
And I've had so many experiences like that, whether it's going to sing for the troops with Rick Mercer and following him around the base as he literally shook every single person's hand.
Damhnait DoyleGUEST
Nobody saw that, but I got to see that.
Damhnait DoyleGUEST
Those are my nuggets of life.
RichardHOST
it was about a TV station
ReidHOST
Rick Mercer and Peter Callahan and those kind of guys were on it from the early 2000s it's like a truly like brilliant hilarious show um And on the show, they make a kind of like Conan or like Adventures of Xena TV show.
ReidHOST
Sure.
ReidHOST
Called The Sword of Damocles.
Kliph NesteroffGUEST
But a lot of the most popular and famous celebrities in Canada are just famous celebrities in Canada.
Kliph NesteroffGUEST
Rick Mercer, Kathy Jones, Mary Walsh, some of the most famous names in the history of modern Canadian comedy and have been on TV for 30 plus years now.
Kliph NesteroffGUEST
Unknown.
Kliph NesteroffGUEST
Red Green.
Mitch MelnickHOST
I got to
John StillHOST
do this whole Rick Mercer walk and talk thing now.
Luca ScottHOST
It's 30 seconds of your day.
Luca ScottHOST
Are you looking forward to doing it? I'm not doing
Justin DeclouxHOST
oscar race do you think could it be
Will SloanHOST
rick mercer could it be mary walsh oh is
Justin DeclouxHOST
rick mercer going to come back can we explain to people what this hour is 22 minutes oh
Will SloanHOST
hell yeah Picture a Saturday Night Live, but
Justin DeclouxHOST
Canadian.
Justin DeclouxHOST
Vaguely.
Will SloanHOST
Yeah, this was a huge thing.
Will SloanHOST
Rick Mercer.
Ian BaileyGUEST
And so it's a really...
Tim PowersHOST
Well, and I noticed there is a Newfoundland connection here because Rick Mercer did the forward.
Tim PowersHOST
Tell us about how that came about.
Ian BaileyGUEST
Well, we were, I would credit my wife, Danielle, who, while Dean and I were working on this project, said that this book needed an introduction.
DaveGUEST
The night before that show, every major artist in the Western world performed a telethon for victims of the families of the firefighters and police after 9-11.
DaveGUEST
And the next night in Toronto, the Tragically Hip and Alanis Morissette, the Barenaked Ladies, Bruce Coburn and Rick Mercer hosted and it was on CBC and it was on Much Music and millions of dollars were raised for Music Without Borders for Afghan refugees that were about to be absolutely fucked.
KirkPANELIST
And it was
DaveGUEST
quite the contrast.
speaker_1HOST
They were said to have taken their inspiration from Canada's own Wayne and Schuster.
speaker_1HOST
Rick Mercer and the CBC program This Hour has 22 minutes, which is still on the air on CBC.
speaker_1HOST
You can catch it live on your CBC station or check out CBC Gem, their podcast platform.
speaker_1HOST
All of these people have used this form of comedy.
Mario CansecoGUEST
I think we see it even in comedy.
Mario CansecoGUEST
You know, I remember the Rick Mercer talking to Americans show.
Mario CansecoGUEST
You know, it had its funny moments.
Mario CansecoGUEST
But in a way, it's like, you know, we are more intelligent.
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