Talking to Canadians

<b>INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER<br><br>Canada's beloved comic genius tells his own story for the first time.</b><br> &#160;<br> What is Rick Mercer going to do now? That was the question on everyone's lips when the beloved comedian retired his hugely successful TV show after 15 seasons&#151;and at the peak of its popularity. The answer came not long after when he roared back in a new role as stand-up-comedian playing to sold-out houses wherever he appeared.<br> &#160;<br> And then Covid-19 struck. And his legions of fans began asking again: What is Rick Mercer going to do now? Well for one thing he's been writing a comic masterpiece. For the first time this most private of public figures has turned the spotlight on himself in a memoir that's as revealing as it is hilarious. In riveting anecdotal style Rick charts his rise from highly unpromising schoolboy (in his reports the word 'disappointment' appeared a fair bit) to the heights of TV fame. Along the way came an amazing break when not long out of his teens his one-man show Show Me the Button I'll Push It. Or Charles Lynch Must Die became an overnight sensation&#151;thanks in part to a bizarre ambush by its target Charles Lynch himself. That's one story you won&#146;t soon forget and this book is full of them.<br> &#160;<br> There's a tale of how little Rick helped himself to a tree from the neighbours' garden that's set to become a new Christmas classic. There's Rick the aspiring actor braving the scariest thing I have ever done in my life by performing with the Newfoundland Shakespeare Company; unforgettable scenes with politicians of every variety from Jean Chretien to George W. Bush to Stockwell Day; and a wealth of behind-the-scenes revelations about the origins and making of This Hour Has 22 Minutes Made in Canada and Talking to Americans. All leading of course to the greenlighting of that mega-hit Rick Mercer Report . . . <br> &#160;<br> It's a life so packed with incident (did we mention Bosnia and Kabul?) and laughter we can only hope that a future answer to What is Rick Mercer going to do now? is: Write volume two.