Talking to Americans (2001) (TV)

Director:

Geoff D'Eon

Writers:

Luciano Casimiri (writer)
Mark Farrell (writer)

Release Date:

30 March 2001 (Canada)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Comedian Rick Mercer shows up Americans' near complete ignorance of Canada.

Plot Keywords:

Canada | Ignorance | Interview | USA | TV Special

Cast

Rick Mercer	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Louie Anderson	...	Himself
George W. Bush	...	Himself
Al Gore	...	Himself
Letha Hadady	...	Herself
David Hasselhoff	...	Himself
Jerry Springer

Also Known As:

Rick Mercer's Talking to Americans (Canada: English title) (complete title)

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Trivia:

Was nominated for two Gemini Awards but shortly after the nomination ceremony Rick Mercer declined to accept the nominations out of respect for the terrorist attacks on the USA of 11 September 2001.

Quotes:

American: Congratulations, Canada on changing to a 24 hour clock rather than a 20 hour one!

Movie Connections:

References "Canada: A People's History" (2000)

Silliness that caught on

A little harmless fun. Some segment are hilarious. I want to see all the outtakes, though. The only real danger here is assuming that this program has a point. Consider how it started:

Rick Mercer: Talking to Americans -- the segment --came about like Cornflakes. It was an accident that happened in the lab. We were down in Washington, D.C. We were shooting and I had kind of run out of things to do. We'd gone to the White House and goofed around at the Canadian Embassy. We just had some time to kill.

There were other news people there asking questions about important matters of the day. So I just started doing the same thing. I started talking to them about the Benmergui Clinton Summit. Should it be called the Benmergui Clinton Summit, or the Clinton Benmergui Summit?

I didn't know if the piece would have legs or not, but it sure did. The response has been phenomenal.

(from radio.cbc.ca)