![]() ![]() ![]() Mary Walsh for the inaugural season of the satirical CBC comedy show This Hour Has 22 Minutes.ĭuring his eight seasons on the multiple-award-winning series, Mercer honed his genially confrontational style, primarily through his trademark rants in which he would speak directly to the camera about a current political issue while briskly walking In 1993, Mercer teamed with Greg Thomey and former CODCO members Cathy Jones and His second show, 1992’s I've Killed Before, I'll Kill Again, was equally successful. The show premiered at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa before touring across the country. A pointed, satirical commentary on Canadian life after the Meech Lake Accord, His meteoric rise began in 1990 at age 21 with his one-man show, Show Me the Button, I'll Push It. When he was 18 and working as a dishwasher, Mercer landed a gig doing comedic commentaries forĬBC Radio by pitching a group of dining producers on the subject of making politics funnier. ![]() ![]() MercerĪnd his colleagues formed their own theatre company called Corey and Wade’s Playhouse and performed original sketches in theatres in and around St John's. Performance piece he ever helped write - a one-act play called The 20-Minute Psychiatric Workout - won Newfoundland’s high school drama festival. John’s suburb of Middle Cove, Rick Mercer was president of his high school’s student council but, ironically, never graduated. ![]()
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