The Road Years: A Memoir, Continued . . .
by Rick Mercer
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At the end of his memoir, Talking to Canadians, Rick Mercer was poised to make the biggest leap yet in his extraordinary career. Having overcome a serious lack of promise as a schoolboy and risen through the showbiz ranks - as an aspiring actor, star of a surprisingly successful one-man show about the Meech Lake Accord, co-founder of This Hour Has 22 Minutes, creator and star of the dark-comedy sitcom Made in Canada - he was about to tackle his biggest opportunity yet. The Road Years picks show more up the story at that exciting point, with the greenlighting of what would become Rick Mercer Report. Plans for the show of course included political satire and Rick's patented rants. But Rick and his partner, Gerald Lunz, were also determined to do something that comedy tends to avoid as too challenging: they would emphasize the positive. Rick would travel from coast to coast to coast in search of everything that's best about Canada, especially its people. He found a lot to celebrate, of course, and was rewarded with a huge audience and a run of 15 seasons. The Road Years tells the inside story of that stupendous success. A time when Rick was always heading to another town - or military base, sports centre, national park - to tag moose, hang from a harness (a lot), ride the Train of Death, and countless other joyous and/or reckless assignments. Added to the mix were encounters with the country's great. Every living prime minister. Rock and roll royalty from Rush to Randy Bachman. Olympians and paralympians. A skinny-dipping Bob Rae, a goal-keeping Margaret Atwood, a joint-rolling Pierre Berton. Along the way he even found the time to co-found and champion the charity Spread the Net, which has gone on to save more lives than any malaria medicine. Join the celebration, and revive a wealth of happy memories, with what is Rick Mercer's funniest, most fascinating book yet. show lessTags
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Rick Mercer is one of my favourite comedians and I thoroughly enjoyed this second volume of his memoirs, in which he shares delightful stories from his years doing the Rick Mercer Report. From his many hijinks with Jann Arden, to encounters with various politicians, his involvement with Spread the Net, to the many strange things he did in the name of good television, the memoir is a delight. Full of laughs and Rick Mercer's genuine care for Canada and the people who live here.
What an enjoyable read! Some parts are laugh out loud funny. Some anecdotes moved me to tears. It was a joy to read these anecdotes of Rick Mercer’s time as host of The Rick Mercer Report on CBC TV. I regularly watched that show with my family. It was great. This book allows me to enjoy Rick’s take on Canada all over again but this time I as a reader get to see how things went down behind the camera and what Mercer was really thinking. He clearly loves his country, Canada. This is a highly recommend read.
If you're already a Mercer fan this is a no-brainer. Entertaining stories written with his trademark wit & genuine love for all things Canadian.
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