Talking to Americans!

[sNyx]

If you have ever watched This Hour Has 22 Minutes, then you make have caught one of Rick Mercer's segments called Talking to Americans. He goes around to US cities and monuments and asks random Americans incorrect but hilarious facts about Canada and its culture. I just watched a hour special on his segments from around American and damn was that ever good, funny, Canadian television!!

Let me try to summarize some of the better ones. Rick was the presidential running for Al Gore, and Bush. He managed to ask Bush in a walk by if he was happy to have the support of Canada's prime minister "Jean Poutine" and that he felt Bush would be a great leader of the free world. Bush then agreed that relations to Canada are very important, and he was glad the prime minister has his support.

Another question Rick was asking Americans if they believe Canada should switch to Americas 24 hour day. As he lead Americans to believe that Canada ran under a 20 hour day scheme. He had Americans facing the camera telling Canada to switch to the American style time to shake confusion.

The entire show was hilarious and I doubt that much of what I typed up sounds at all funny. But if you ever take the time to watch CBC when hockey WASNT on, you would catch some really good all CANADIAN shows. Most funny as hell.

This Hour Has 22 Minutes, if ya see it on. Give her a chance.

-Myles

[meth0dical]

22 mins is a fuckin hilarious show, i watch it whenever i see it on tv. i cant think of any skits off the top of my head, but i know they're funny

[c.tard]

Ahaha, I watched that today with my mom!

"Congratulations Canada on getting your first woody!" (a couple people on the "$5 coin made out of woody, called the woody")

That show is great. My teacher used to have them on tape and we'd watch it all the time in socials class.

Some other funny ones -- Canada wanting to add a fifth season for the two months of darkness we have. What should it be called? CANADARK. Oh oh and Prime Minister Tim Horton.. And the Russian invasion of chechnya and saskatchewan. :P

[No trace]

^^^ im glad im not the only one that watched that it was Fuckin' hilarious! wow! "do you think canada should have a navy even though they have no access to an ocean?" hahahahaaha

ive never had so much time on my hands to watch tv, fuck.... if (some) americans only knew how guliable they were...

[M!SKA]

I liked how the little kid was the only one that caught onto the fact that canada doesn't have states...

[Sue Bitch]

americans be so gulable sometimes

[starsprite]

^^hahah that part is great! *edit--meant for a couple posts up (No Trace's) :P

oh so many great moments..."Congratulations Canada on getting Grade 9!" "Congratulations, Canada, on making Beaver Balls your national dish." "Congratulations Prime Minister Tim Horton on getting your first double double!"


and when they sing the 'national anthem' ahahah!

Dude that show rocks!

[c.tard]

Canada.. Our Eskimo neighbours to the south!

haha..

i <3 that show.

[sNyx]

Originally posted by c-TaRd
Some other funny ones -- Canada wanting to add a fifth season for the two months of darkness we have. What should it be called? CANADARK. Oh oh and Prime Minister Tim Horton.. And the Russian invasion of chechnya and saskatchewan. :P

ya that one was fucken gold, and they americans were so happy they all agreed on canadark.

Originally posted by M!SKA
I liked how the little kid was the only one that caught onto the fact that canada doesn't have states...

yeah they ended on that one, very funny.

Im glad im not the only one who watched it, I thought it was some of the best tv I had seen in awhile. (this from a guy who does nothing BUT watch tv now)

I read an artical that some americans have caught onto ricks game, I heard after he zinged bush about our prime minster being named after cheese fries, rick was in california talking to the states congressman when they caught him and booted him out of the building.

good canadian telivison thats for sure. reminds me of the good old days of sctv! :)

[-ak47-]

As funny as the show is, how many people do you think they interviewed all togeteher before finally editing all the people with half a brain out? Like come on, they could do the same thing in Canada regarding I dont know...say European countries? Idiots are everywhere, not just the states.

[crookedking]

^^but we thought of it first!

"congratulations on getting electricity canada!"

[Goat]

or reconstructing the parlaiment buildings from a giant igloo to wood cuz it kept melting in the summer...pure fuckin gold

[mugsy]

i agree with ak47.... i mean th show is funny... but how much about america do ya'll know? stupidity is all around you.... how much do you even know about your own country?
im sure they could find just as stupid people here as well...

[strato_ayu]

haha i love the fact that prez bush thought oue prime ministers name wuz mr. poutine, and also that Gore thought Toronto was the capital of canada :kam:

[c.tard]

Originally posted by -ak47-
As funny as the show is, how many people do you think they interviewed all togeteher before finally editing all the people with half a brain out? Like come on, they could do the same thing in Canada regarding I dont know...say European countries? Idiots are everywhere, not just the states.

i'm sure they went through a bunch of people and only put out the funniest answers. but that's just what it is. funny. and some of the people they get with these things (bush, gore, etc) just make it even funnier.

they could do the same thing, yes, but we thought of it first :P
it's just for laughs though!

idiots are everywhere, and they always will be :P it's just funny watching them.