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But meanwhile, we have this book to keep us going.

What he will do next is still unknown, and Canada eagerly awaits future developments. After more than 250 episodes, 250 rants and countless miles spent travelling the length and breadth of Canada to do everything from bungee jumping with Rick Hansen to whale watching with Measha Brueggergosman, it was time to move on. In a rant posted on social media, the great Canadian satirist announced loud and clear that the current, 15th season of the Rick Mercer Report-the nation's best-watched and best-loved comedy show-would be the last. Rick Mercer can always be relied on to provoke a strong reaction-but what he said one fall day in 2017 truly shocked the nation.

Mercer is the author of four national bestsellers, Rick Mercer Final Report, Streeters, The Rick Mercer Report: The Book, and 2012’s A Nation Worth Ranting About.Canada's pre-eminent satirical commentator brings down the curtain on his hugely successful show in this instant #1 national bestseller. In 2014, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Mercer also starred in Rick Mercer’s Talking to Americans, which was watched by millions, attracted attention across North America, and remains the highest-rated comedy special in Canadian history. John’s, Newfoundland, Mercer has won over 25 Gemini Awards for his top-rated CBC series’ The Rick Mercer Report, Made in Canada, and This Hour has 22 Minutes. Throughout the book, in a series of brilliant new essays, Mercer shares his hilarious, moving and at times hair-raising memories from the past fifteen years.īorn in St.

His newest book, Rick Mercer Final Report, a #1 Toronto Star and Globe and Mail bestseller, brings together never-before-published rants from the last five seasons of the show, plus a selection of the very best rants from earlier years. More than any other comedian (or journalist for that matter), he talks to Canadian newsmakers with a refreshing candour, and is uniquely able to spin topical hilarity from the people and the things deeply embedded in the national consciousness. The show featured Mercer’s trademark rants, satirical newscasts, commercial parodies, and comic encounters with famous Canadians, talking about Canada. Rick Mercer’s top-rated, award-winning CBC show, The Rick Mercer Report, routinely trampled even its American competitors in the ratings. A #1 bestselling author, Governor General’s Award-winner for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, and “Canada’s Unofficial Opposition,” Mercer is our most popular comic a political satirist who knows exactly what matters to regular Canadians and what makes them laugh. Rick Mercer chronicles, satirizes, and ultimately celebrates all that is great and irreverent about this country.