Rick Mercer Report

7.2

2004•21m

Documentary

News

Comedy

A weekly helping of topical satire, funny takes on the week's top stories and Canada-wide adventures.

Seasons

11 Episodes • Premiered 2004

1. January 12, 2004

Bush sets America's sights on the moon, Celebrity Winter Advice with Shirley Douglas, Canadian Troops: Greetings from Kabul, Border Crossing, Ontario Teacher's Pension Plan, Lord Black showing $33 million London property

2. January 19, 2004

Tom's Guide to Code Yellow, First Glimpse of Mars, Winter Beer: To Keep You Warm and Drunk, Ontario Pot: A Place to Live and Grow, Iraqis Troops Prepare for Cockburn, George W. Bush Action Figure, Belinda Stronach: What Do We Know About Her Anyway?

3. January 26, 2004

Welcome to Hamilton, Four Basic Food Groups, The Turks & Caicos, Celebrity Winter Advice with Geddy Lee, BelindaMania - Why Do We Love Her So Much?

4. February 2, 2004

Why the Liberals will rule Canada forever, Belinda Thong-ach?,Try the Monday Report Winter Workout, Western Canadians on Eastern Canada's "cold" spell, The Canadian Military's new digs, Rick visits Lockport, Manitoba

5. February 9, 2004

Ed Broadbent: He's not dead, just older, Rick's Rant: George W. Bush probes himself, Paul Martin: Waking up the Nation?, Monday Report Hockey Safety Announcement, Why the Liberals will rule Canada forever: Part 2

6. February 16, 2004

Iqaluit: Frozen Caribou and Free-form Government, Rick's Rant: Paul Martin's in the Hot Seat, The Mutual Fund Industry, Mars Rover Jr.

7. March 1, 2004

3 out of 4 Canadian Criminals Choose Pot, Liberals Hungry For Support, Monday Report Preempted!, Missiles? Missiles? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Missiles...

8. March 8, 2004

Canada Post and ViaRail: Delivering A New Direction, A Thrilling New Figure In Canadian Politics, Internet Movie Piracy, The Auditor General's Report, North America's Most Livable City, Rick's Rant: Belinda.ca$h

9. March 15, 2004

Meet Newfoundland & Labrador's new Premier, Want to know what's happening in St. John's? Take a cab, Keep eating those PEI potatoes, How much do we love our cheese? Find out here, Rick's Rant: A look inside the Liberal Party of Canada.

10. March 22, 2004

What will retiring Edmonton MP Deb Grey do with her free time?, Quit smoking! Really. Quit now. Do it. (Ad #1), Quit smoking! Really. Quit now. Do it. (Ad #2), Believe it or not, Edmonton is 100 years old, Tridiplosack: It's for you, and you know you need it..., Rick's Rant: A look inside the Liberal Party of Canada.

11. March 29, 2004

Rick visits Trent University and tries his hand at fencing, Satellite Theft , Rick pays a visit to rock legend Ronnie Hawkins, Rick's Rant - Leadership Convention, Federal Sponsorship Scandal and the best of Season 1.

Cast

Rick Mercer

Himself - Host

Reviews

Peter McGinn

9/10

We found this show by accident many years ago. I had figured out a way to purchase a Canadian satellite tv in order for us to be able to watch a British show that didn’t run in the U.S. (Coronation Street) So we watched some of the Canadian programming and decided we really like Rick Mercer’s weekly look at news and events.

There is a lot of humor. A portion is through mockingly reporting current news items, and there are also fake advertisements. But the built of the show features events or programs going on in Canada. Mercer travels all over to report on them in person. He doesn’t mock people oenthe events, but rather he is polite and respectful while being funny. He aims most of the humor at himself as he tries to take on tasks that he has no experience doing. He also has a daily rant about some current topic.

Sometimes we are uninformed about the issues and people in Canada that he refers to, but we usually catch the gist of things and see the humor. We lost sight of the show when eventually gave up the satellite coverage, but I recently found some old episodes for us to watch for old times sake.

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Rick Mercer Report

Seasons

1. January 12, 2004

2. January 19, 2004

3. January 26, 2004

4. February 2, 2004

5. February 9, 2004

6. February 16, 2004

7. March 1, 2004

8. March 8, 2004

9. March 15, 2004

10. March 22, 2004

11. March 29, 2004

Cast

Rick Mercer

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