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Rick Mercer
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Sep 16 2008 0385665199 978-0385665193
Rick Mercer Report: The Book was the publishing phenom of 2007, hogging the top of the bestseller lists. Prime ministers’ memoirs came and went, and RMR outstayed them all. And now it’s back — bigger and better and funnier than ever.

Rick Mercer Report: The Paperback Book is an updated, expanded remix of its bestselling predecessor, containing 10,000 words of new material from the show’s fifth season.

Rick’s celebrated rants are some of the sharpest political commentary to be found anywhere in the country’s media, and certainly the funniest. They are featured here, along with other moments from the show — including encounters with Conrad Black, Jean Chrétien, and Anne Murray — and many additional pieces, some of which first appeared on his website. Because when he’s not jumping into a lake with David Suzuki or Bob Rae, or helping the leader of the Green Party kill a tree, Rick Mercer likes to relax by blogging. From Kabul, say. Or the bearpit of a leadership convention.

Rick Mercer Report: The Paperback Book will help you make sense of five extraordinary years in the life of Canada — or at least laugh despite them.

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“The most fun I’ve had in bed in a long time." –Shelagh Rogers, Sounds Like Canada

About the Author

Rick Mercer is Canada's sharpest and funniest political satirist. He first came to fame with "Show Me the Button I'll Push It, or Charles Lynch Must Die," a one-man show that toured across Canada. He co-created and was a resident performer on CBC's "This Hour Has 22 Minutes", and is now the host of "The Rick Mercer Report", the Corporation's highest-rated comedy show. Rick is co-chair of the Spread the Net campaign, dedicated to preventing the spread of Malaria in Africa, and has also campaigned for the Canadian AIDS Society's The Walk for Life project. His many honours include 21 Geminis and the Governor General's Performing Arts Award. He is from St. John's and currently resides in Toronto.


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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Reading and ranting Oct 1 2007
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Format:Hardcover
I was sceptical at first. I love the Rick Mercer Report, and think the rants in particular are far and away the best political satire on Canadian tv. Those rants seem so spontaneous and essentially verbal that I couldn't imagine they would make great reading. But actually they work well on the page - just as funny, and at the same time the seriousness that informs them comes through even more clearly. This book is altogether a surprisingly satisfying read. And it's not all rants, either (though the bulk of them appear to have ben included. There are also excerpts from skits and interviews, new pieces updating certain topics (the material is arranged into into themed sections), blog entries and journalism, including one classic, hilarious piece called From the teleprompter of Michael Ignatieff. Lots of great photographs too.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Political Satire par excellence Nov 15 2007
Format:Hardcover
Rick Mercer has shoved fun at politicians and social issues for years. Some I have watched personally on tv. Now someone has prudently spurred the genius to get all this solid bunch of verbal entertainment onto the pages of a book, The Book. The weird fling about it all, is that not only are these groupings of political satires more entertaining on paper but they seem to take on an even more realistic ambience of serious entertainment. Ones that really stimulate the mind as one reads and rereads at one's own pace, over and over, again. This is an excellent book! A MUST buy a great book of solid laughter to cherish for a life time

Some other great books: "Fluctuating Life" by Canadian, author, teacher and poet, Joshua Spencer and "Quest for a Dream - A Life Committed to Progress" by Joyce Buchanan
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very Funny! April 30 2010
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book is very funny and full of true things. I kept me laughing throughout and I highly recommend it to any Rick Mercer fan.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Political Satire
Rick is Canada's greatest political satirist. The book is a review of a the lighter side of Canadian political personalities beginning from 2004 when The Rick Mercer Report first... Read more
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Published on July 28 2009 by Andrea
4.0 out of 5 stars Rick Mercer Report The Book
I just happen to like Rick Mercer and his wit. A book will never replace the energy of his full persona but it does give you the meat of his intelligence. Read more
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Wonderfully funny book with Rick Mercer, satirist and comedian, "ranting" on about all aspects of Canadian life. Read more
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This is a book written especially for those people whose favourite part of The Rick Mercer Report is The Rant. There is no doubt that nobody does The Rant as well as Rick. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Canadian Politics explained
If you had doubts about your understanding of Canadian politics, don't look further. This book will tell you all you wanted to know about Canadian politics, but were afraid to ask,... Read more
Published on Nov 7 2008 by Hubert Figuiere
5.0 out of 5 stars He gets my vote
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