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Talking to Americans was a regular feature presented by Rick Mercer on the Canadian political satire show This Hour Has 22 Minutes, which was later spun off into a one-hour special that aired on April 1, 2001 on CBC Television.
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Rick Mercer Talking to Americans. Cedarbush. 1.01K subscribers. Subscribed. 1.9K. 205K views 3 years ago. CBC Special 2001 ...more.
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Talking to Americans: Directed by Geoff D'Eon. With Rick Mercer, Louie Anderson, George W. Bush, Al Gore. Comedian Rick Mercer shows up Americans' near complete ignorance of Canada.
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- Geoff D'Eon
- 2001-03-30
One of Mercer's comedy routines on 22 Minutes was Talking to Americans, in which he would travel to a major American city or institution and conduct on-the-street interviews with Americans on topics such as Canadian politics and weather, using the subject's ignorance about Canada for comedic effect.
Mercer on Talking to Americans. Rick Mercer talks about how he stumbled into the Talking to Americans segment and why he doesn't plan to ever do a sequel to the popular special.
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Mercer has received nearly 30 Gemini Awards and Canadian Screen awards for his work on television. His CBC Television special Talking To Americans remains the highest rated Canadian comedy special ever with 2.7 million viewers.