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“The most fun I’ve had in bed in a long time." –Shelagh Rogers, Sounds Like Canada
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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.
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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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Reading and ranting,
By Reader (Toronto, ON) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rick Mercer Report: The Book (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.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Political Satire par excellence,
By Joshua Spencer (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rick Mercer Report: The Book (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 timeSome 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
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Political Satire at its Best,
By Ian Gordon Malcomson (Victoria, BC) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME) (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Rick Mercer Report: The Book (Hardcover)
Mercer's latest collection of political wit and satire disarmingly takes dead aim at some big names in the Canadian establishment. To discover and then exploit those hard-to-find foibles behind the armour of a typical Canadian public figures like Rona Ambrose,Bob Rae, Paul Martin, Stephen Harper and Jack Layton, Mercer spends considerable time hobnobbing with them. These national figures get to showcase their private and more human side on their own terms, which Mercer then takes and matches with what he knows about them in public life. The result is a treasury of light-hearted, but truly wicked satirical moments emerging from the many glaring inconsistencies between the two lifestyles. In this book, a faux pas or gaff is measured by how forgetful politicians are in remembering how quick the public is pick up on the great gap between what they say and what they do. When the two sides of the human condition (private and public) are not in sync, or, in other words, we forget to walk the talk, we immediately, like the rest of those wretched politicians, fall victim to the rapier wit of that loveable yet mischievous satirist named Rick. It seems that he is gifted in finding out the deepest, dark secrets that motivate most of us to want to seek power and, once we have it, pretend that we're everyone's friend. Well worth the read just for the laugh.
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