if Rick came out of retirement and did another special like this today I think I'd die because this is hilarious.

@amandamoreau3530

2 жыл бұрын

Same!!

@TDnN_Noks

2 жыл бұрын

I just wanna hear "Our eskimo neighbours to the south!" said by a modern american

@chronosschiron

2 жыл бұрын

youd need an armed escort now a days i bet but it would be even worse the pranks he can pull

@GillianMcGeorge-Cruikshank

Жыл бұрын

If Rick came out of retirement he would have so much political satire with Doug Ford, Trudeau and many other provincial leaders. He would have had the world laughing when Trump was still in Office.

@timeforanap4268

18 күн бұрын

And now Biden 😅​@@GillianMcGeorge-Cruikshank

Rick Mercer- Canada's best kept secret. He should be more known than Stephen Colbert.

@LtJackboot

10 ай бұрын

OMG if they did a show TOGETHER! Like Point/Counterpoint 'Jane, you ignorant slut!'

@castnerscutthroats9297

6 ай бұрын

"Dan, you pompous a$$"

@theodosios2615

10 күн бұрын

That's a terrible insult to Rick Mercer.

this video is widely underrated

@Lynda812

11 күн бұрын

I share it whenever I can… I laugh so hard each time I watch it!…. Gotta share the chuckles! 😂

Still such a good bit 20 years later.

@jordanbridges

2 жыл бұрын

Please don't hurt me like this

@who399

Жыл бұрын

We should inform them about the extra 30ft of paved road we built.

Key takeaway: Some of em ain’t the brightest But most are nice folks

A friend of ours was telling us about the time when she and her husband travelled to the southern states because of his job. They were sitting in a restaurant and told their American dinner companions that they had arrived by dog sled. This was in the summer. When they told them that the Americans got up and went to the window to look at the dogs and the sled in the parking lot. True story--not joking!

@mmblue3986

11 ай бұрын

😂…that must have been hilarious. I’m from Saskatchewan and moved to Toronto for a few years after high school in the 1990’s. And one day an somewhat annoying coworker asked me about living in Saskatchewan. So I told her the differences between Ontario and Saskatchewan were amazing and shocking to me. Because in Saskatchewan the winters are 8 months long and so cold that we have to live in igloos like the Inuit, and have no paved roads or electricity. But after seeing real houses and buildings I hoped some day Saskatchewan would too. I didn’t think she believed me and forgot about it. Then about a month later she came into work in huff 😤 telling me she watched a show about Saskatchewan and it showed we did have City’s, houses, roads and electricity!! 😂 *If a Canadian could believe that, I can only imagine what some Americans might believe about Canada.

@tbroda2351

2 ай бұрын

As a Saskatchewan native, there are so few people that can pronounce the name of the province...the best way I was told to explain the way its said is "pretend you're a bit drunk when you mash all of the letters together". The concept of how far apart things are is way off too. Yeah, I'll go to the next town...45 minutes later & there's still no McDonalds!

@peachesnmulder

5 күн бұрын

In high school in Edmonton we had a band trip down to Montana. We did a bit of shopping and we were able to convince a store owner that the snow and ice ends at the American border.

“Congratulations Canada, 800 miles of paved road.”

@chrisgraham2904

Жыл бұрын

And next year between July 16th and July 24th, when the ground isn't frozen, we're going to build 6 more miles of paved road and we might put in a sidewalk. The government has been promising a fire hydrant for years, but don't hold your breath.

@JustMisFitz

Жыл бұрын

Congratulations Canada on getting your first woody. 😂

@broughtbackin

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisgraham2904 Come on! We can't build more paved roads in July! That's our season of Canadark.

@chrisgraham2904

Жыл бұрын

@@broughtbackin Damn! I forgot.

@chrisgraham2904

Жыл бұрын

@@broughtbackin I always thought we only had two seasons in Canada; Winter and Construction.

One of the smartest things you can do in life is admit that you do not know.

Oml as an American on behalf of all of these people I am SO SORRY, that Mike Huckabee bit sent me through the stratosphere

@akorn9943

2 жыл бұрын

@The one and only I’m just disappointed it took him so long to make a statement on the matter ya know?

@trudycolborne2371

2 жыл бұрын

This was done sometime between 1993 and 2003 while Chretien was PM. Sadly, since then, climate change has impacted our National igloo significantly. It is less than half its original size. Do you think we could get Huckabee to head a fundraiser for Canadian igloo preservation? (edit: we could forward the money to the current refugee crisis or other actual causes)

@hcgraham2448

2 жыл бұрын

@@trudycolborne2371 hahaha

@Hrrrrrrrrrreng

Жыл бұрын

Just wait till you learn tête de merde means shit head in French. Man walked up, got your people to call themselves shitheads and strolled away. The ultimate Canadian troll.

@ryan2020091

Жыл бұрын

@@trudycolborne2371 actually between 1996 and 2007, as that’s when Huckabee was in office according to Wiki.

Used to watch this every Canada day growing up haha

OMG I'm turning 75 years old, where do I board the ice floes! Will l have company? LOL This whole video is a a hilarious send up of how little Americans really know about Canada! Peace and Love from Canada

@meagainandagain5756

3 күн бұрын

We are insignificant to them.

I MISS RICK MERCER……….SUCH A TREASURE

proud survivor and resistance fighter of the saskatchewan Chechnya invasion

@GillianMcGeorge-Cruikshank

Жыл бұрын

So funny

@jcovent

6 ай бұрын

1st Canadian to own a dog as a pet here!

The ignorance is overwhelming. What made a point to me were the tenured professors. Absolutely mind boggling!

@donlahaye1340

14 күн бұрын

The American education system lol

@MusicAsWeMakeIt

11 күн бұрын

And helps understand how football budgets have shaped high school educations? But ya know, a lot of politicians think being related to descendents of the Mayflower is good.

This should be played yearly as 'a part of our heritage'

I had to come back and re-watch this because of Rick's memoirs. Funny then, funny now. If Rick still did his show, he would be having a field day with Ford and Kenney!

@chronosschiron

2 жыл бұрын

and think of the trump years and even biden

@eben4reel934

Жыл бұрын

put them on ice floes

@GillianMcGeorge-Cruikshank

Жыл бұрын

Ford, Kenny and Trudeau. So many others. Love the Gordon Lightfoot as chief part.

“Senior citizens on Ice flows” Damn near cried on that one lol 😂

@broughtbackin

Жыл бұрын

Floes*

@GillianMcGeorge-Cruikshank

Жыл бұрын

I know, had to show it to my husband.

Simply love Rick Mercer..miss his show so much

The Peter Mansbridge 😂 I remember watching this when it originally aired. I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so damn hard 😅

This is the most brilliant creation of Rick and all those who went in on the idea, and financed by the CBC. I have laughed until crying at the plethora of the responses to what we all as Canadians know is obviously nincompoopish, yet from the street, to the universities, to the leaders...it took a grade school boy next to his mother, who had no clue, to say "Hang on a second, Canada has provinces," Thank you for keeping that one in at after Prime Minister Guy Lafleur, with respect to the Woooly Elephant being endangered by urban sprawl in Newfoundland...LOL

@thebrain786

20 күн бұрын

😂 That kid always cracks me up

Thank-you to all the Americans who have welcomed Canada becoming part of North America! WTF ! Your education system really has a lot to be desired!!!

Taking to Americans - the gift that keeps on giving! 😂

We need more like this, every 5 years…….

The clip with Huckabee will forever be a classic.

“Hey wait a minute, Canada has province” and not states; calling the 2 months of darkness AKA the 5th the ”Montreal Canadian” and needing US tug boat assistance in the potentially bipolar ice caps lines were my fave!

Legend has it, the Peter Mansbridge is as tall as the CBC building in Toronto.

@VMAN00ful

2 жыл бұрын

LoL

I would vote for Prime minister Jean Poutine for Canada. Go Jean Poutine 🇨🇦

@who399

Жыл бұрын

He's too weak and we need someone who will bomb Bouchard now.

I have to say, I really liked how everyone from Miami was so friendly, even if they didn't know anything. Like "oh, you're landlocked? just park your ships in our harbor, it's all good." "oh you're all developmentally delayed? You can find the bright side in anything, there's always something to celebrate." Very wholesome. And in that bit about Hull, so many were just like "Oh well if it offends someone (even if it's someone I've never heard of or will ever see), I won't say it again."

@mackwiz1

6 ай бұрын

Sadly, that was 20 odd years ago. Repbs are calling for a northern border wall. Sometimes, I feel a bit worried about the nutbars to our south.

This is really good. Love Canadians. They are my favourites. Lots of fun.

So sad for Canada that we don't have access to the ocean for our navy. Thank you so much to the US for allowing Canada to use US ports for our ships. WOW! Do Americans have access to atlases ..google maps???

@chrisgraham2904

Жыл бұрын

Yet, Canada has the LONGEST coastline in the World. Only on 3 sides.

@endorolfgreenwolf5265

Жыл бұрын

Back then? Not the app, but atlases they possibly did, did they use them? No

@thebrain786

20 күн бұрын

😮 Maybe they don't. Probably why they don't know Sorry but Canadians do

As an American, i can confirm this is what we are taught in schools, that Europe is a country, canada is south of us, and that the Milky Way galaxy is actually the entire universe

@hcgraham2448

2 жыл бұрын

that is really sad...

@sevenrubberducks5450

2 жыл бұрын

@@hcgraham2448 r/whoosh

@deanronson6331

2 жыл бұрын

I think you're lying or misremembering about Europe and Canada. As for the Milky Way, until the early 1920s, most astronomers thought that it contained all the stars in the Universe. But, nobody will believe that you went to school in the early 1920's.

@JBond-zf4dj

2 жыл бұрын

@@deanronson6331 🤣🤣🤣

@sevenrubberducks5450

2 жыл бұрын

@@deanronson6331 ok again like I said before, r/woosh. In America they don't really teach much about the outside world, only snippets of it in American history, now they do if you take an ancient history class, but not much.

Was mentioned in the car so searched it when I got home. Thanks so much for this. I'm friggin crying laughing. Still funny as hell all these years later.

Rick grinning gleefully beside them was the best part of these.

I’m amazed he didn’t make this an entire series unto itself.

@janycee2661

Ай бұрын

He was going to just have a show talking to the Americans start date somewhere around the end of Sept. 2001, but then the twin towers were hit 2 week prior, and it seemed very out of character, mean spirited, so it was pulled....Thank Goodness!

33:46 this kid is smarter than 45% of the American population

@christhornycroft3686

3 жыл бұрын

Gives me faint hope for the future- especially considering how terrible and embarrassing the US education system is.

@maggot6849

2 жыл бұрын

That kid is well switched on 👌 haha

@psyborg06

2 жыл бұрын

I'll take statistics pulled out of my ass for 500, please.

@nicholasbrassard3512

2 жыл бұрын

@@psyborg06 ikr, that's a bogus statistic. it's obviously closer to 80%

@nathanreiber6819

2 жыл бұрын

The Canadian province is functionally identical to the US state. It's really stupid to assume that an american doesn't know that canada uses the term province just because this reporter used the word state. The bits are really just clever tricks of language and editing to make the person they're interviewing look stupid. It's a really lame formula for man on the street comedy and easy for someone without a 2 digit IQ to see how Rick is tricking these people - it's really easy to manipulate and intimidate people into saying stupid shit when you present yourself as an authority and lie to them. Connor O'Malley does this man on the street stuff a lot better in his satirical Truth Hunters show.

oh god they are not aware of a single thing

@bigbear5510

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's sad to say that they are a lot of idiots walking around in the world today!! But this would NOT be as funny if they left the clips of us smarter people in the video. That boy was smarter than his mom or grandma. LOL

Still very relevant today!

@tonytutone2003

6 ай бұрын

Definitely more relevant today than ever before Jan 2024

@thebrain786

20 күн бұрын

Wonder what Biden and Trump would say. They've both been to the capital Toronto and spoken with Prime Minister Justin Bieber.

Congratulations Canada on becoming part of North America! I'm ded.

The one dislike is an American

@bigbear5510

3 жыл бұрын

It was from George Bush or Al Gore. LOL

@kythrathesuntamer9715

3 жыл бұрын

I'm an american in the thumbs up!

@jenelaina5665

2 жыл бұрын

Not this one! ❤️ From Michigan where when I went to New Jersey in the spring people asked me if I was happy to leave all the snow back home.

@broughtbackin

Жыл бұрын

@@jenelaina5665 I'm across the bridge from you. One summer day in August, when I was a kid, these 2 Americans were walking down our main street (just coming out of the tunnel) and they had skis and gear asking everyone, "where is the snow??" LOL

@jenelaina5665

Жыл бұрын

@@broughtbackin bless their hearts.

I loved when the kid piped up that Canada has provinces, not states...

@thebrain786

21 күн бұрын

The guy saying "Montreal Canadiens" instead of "Canadark" is a sign: there is intelligent life there.

@thebrain786

20 күн бұрын

Always wait for it.

I almost peed the first time i saw this!! Go Rick 🇨🇦🇨🇦

It’s cause they are so oblivious and believe anything they are told….at the Ft. Myers airport this past May…I arrived with my service dog. A woman commented to me..”Oh I didn’t know Canada even had an Army 😳. Bit my tongue so hard it bled…. Col. EJ. Fontaine 18 yes service. Injured in Afghanistan.🇨🇦

@coolcatcyrus

2 жыл бұрын

Lord almighty…. Thank you for your service 💜

@xMythStarx

Жыл бұрын

Lord, the education system down there is interesting 😭

@thebrain786

20 күн бұрын

We have an army? 😮 So the rumours are true!

Lord, I can't believe that these people are this dunce! Talk about knowing zilch. Even Harvard students!! And these people will eventually run your government! Rick , you are a national treasure. Boy, do I miss you on TV and your comments. This is hilarious!

@GillianMcGeorge-Cruikshank

Жыл бұрын

Hate to say it but many Canadians under 30 would fail this miserably today.

Never gets old! Channel 5 news definitely taking up the mantle for themselves in talking with americans.

@jordanbridges

2 жыл бұрын

All gas, no brakes❤

On the one hand, I don't know if any of this was staged or the Americans being interviewed were just going along for the laughs, but on the other hand, I'm from America, and these are definitely my people.

@mariearrington3591

Жыл бұрын

Nope its real

@personincognito3989

Жыл бұрын

Not staged

The prime minister Guy Lafluer kills me every time!!!!

@GillianMcGeorge-Cruikshank

Жыл бұрын

Loved that one. He likely would have done better than who we did and do have. Lol

... ah Canadian's take on Borat... but about a decade before Borat... and on the standard Canadian Budget...

@jordanbridges

2 жыл бұрын

Let's not bomb Saskatchewan though

@gesslar

2 жыл бұрын

You have to admit that it was at least impressive to have a take on something that happened years later. 🤗

@tiffaniterris2886

2 жыл бұрын

That comparison makes zero sense.

Ah yes, the great American president Brian Mulroney

@RideAcrossTheRiver

15 күн бұрын

Hey, Andrew Scheer was almost Canada's first American PM.

That child knew more than his mother. "Canada has provinces". At least now we know that the American educational system works for some.

Lived in America for 18 years. Had to move back to Canada, felt the stupid overtaking me.

@RideAcrossTheRiver

15 күн бұрын

I've met Toronto people who have no idea what voting means.

I was at a CVS store in Inglewood, Los Angeles and the clerk asked me if he would need a passport to go to Canada. This is in 2022.

@Hrrrrrrrrrreng

Жыл бұрын

I’d ask them: does a Mexican need a passport to get into America?

I'm Canadian. Love Rick Mercer. but we could do the same here. Stupidity is more plentiful than hydrogen, to paraphrase Zappa

@GillianMcGeorge-Cruikshank

Жыл бұрын

Agree. An American could likely do a reverse of this in Canada. Education in Canada is disappearing in quick sand.

the kid outsmarting his mom at 33:45 is so awesome

Rick...you are HILARIOUS!

Please do this again. I love his Canadian attitude. With comedy flair.

Mercer is the best!!! Asking questions of students in university, is the funniest part

Hello Canada, our Eskimo neighbours to the south. Oh fuck man, that one kills me every time

Back when we could still laugh at ourselves

It’s Alaska Cruise Ship Season in Vancouver, and I’m trying to explain to my American neighbours about the things the Americans say when they stop in Vancouver. Most are flabbergasted we don’t have 2’ of snow on the ground….😅 No actual joke. Allllll the time. Cruise ship days! Lol Sending him this video lol

@thebrain786

20 күн бұрын

Just give them the weather in Celsius. They'll bring a parka unless they do have the brains to convert.

I'm not even baked and I'm laughing so hard, I'm crying and I'm only 4 minutes and 42 seconds I'm.😂😂😂

One thing that really comes across in all the interviews is that Americans are such great people

Canada's education system is highly regarded as one of the best in the world. True fact!!

@thomasmorrissey8348

11 ай бұрын

Actually Ireland 🇮🇪has an even better education system 🤔 just saying !🇮🇪

@markusbrauns4274

10 ай бұрын

I attended high school in Florida, back in the late 70s early 80s. I can tell you, generally speaking we are smarter...

@user-kk5sk4it8q

7 ай бұрын

​@@thomasmorrissey8348She did say "one of the best". How about some slack, bro.

We need him today ❤❤

I had some friends back in the 80’s that moved to the US for a couple years in high school. They all said that school was so easy and they were so behind. In grade 9 they were doing math work we did in Canada back in grade 6

@GillianMcGeorge-Cruikshank

Жыл бұрын

That was then. Ontario has aloud our education to flounder. They stopped cursive writing, taught spelling and grammar through osmosis and stopped teaching multiplications. They stopped teaching interest rates, budgeting, baking, canning, sewing, true canadian history, canadian geography or all our provinces and territories as well as political leaders. We need an educational overhaul in Canada and stop letting the school boards and teachers decide what should be taught.

A child piped up and understands that we have provinces! Clever boy!

I miss Rick!

Anytime I meet or deal with a chest pounding American telling me how great their education system is, (living in a tourist area and working in education it happens more than you'd expect), I've told them they have to look up this special and then enjoy the embarrassment.

America salutes Mulroney's brown nose! I'm dying laughing that these people didn't know Brian Mulroney was their Prime Minister during the Reagan and Bush 1 years.

CBC should rerun this on July 1st or around that date

@nathanmcchristie3997

2 жыл бұрын

4th oh July would make more sense

We sure do have a lot more stupid sheeple in America than I thought!!! Now that one little boy shows that there is some hope for our future. But then again this would NOT be as funny if they left us smarter people in the video. I think is was Jay Leno or someone like that, use to do the same thing by asking people simple questions and they just had no clue. This was hilarious!!

@chrisgraham2904

Жыл бұрын

Jay Leno went to the streets to ask Americans simple questions about America and they didn't do any better.

My Canadian mum sends ♥️😊♥️

Friggen Hilarious Thankyou for this

Waou, c'est du très haut niveau! Very high level! :))

Perfect almost new years eve tv

claaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssic.

Huckabee saluting our national igloo aged like fine wine!

3:04 - Always kills me.

Oh... America....

Priceless

This was originally scheduled to be broadcast in September of 2001. It was delayed out of respect for America's tragedy.

Rip Jerry, You had an interesting go 'round. That's for sure.

"Eskimo Presidents" 😆

“I’m one American who will never say Hullabaloo again, because it’s offensive to Canadians.” That one made me howl.

From a time when The CBC was worth watching.

"Our Eskimo neighbors to the south."

I grew up in Saskatchewan. I remember my father and I were visiting Idaho a decade ago travelling through the United States on a family camping trip, and we had to stop for gas. While paying for gas, my father got talking with the store owner, who asked us where we were from. When we said Saskatchewan, he goes "Oh, near that big ski hill."

Trust Rick Mercer to come up with something like this!! Hey wait a minute Canada has provinces - priceless!!

In Québec, we're so proud of our french heritage that we've put a bunch of Eiffel towers all over the province. But due to trademark issues, we had to call them ''Pylones''

I get that as a citizen of country A, you might not know much about country C. Having an opinion on a bunch of topics you have no idea about is hilarious to witness

@Cliffyboyy

3 жыл бұрын

its funny but it also shows there all very nice people being polite

@tiffaniterris2886

2 жыл бұрын

Most people have a general idea about the country's neighbouring them and could answer questions. Americans, atleast a good portion of them, have a 3rd world awareness of anything beyond their border. That is to say, nothing really exists beyond their border, so their knowledge is comparatively pretty bad.

@xMythStarx

Жыл бұрын

@@tiffaniterris2886 lmao you’re right it’s pretty concerning because they don’t even know the most basic of things😭

@loveistheanswer8137

10 ай бұрын

I was in Vermont literally about four hours from Ottawa, and when I said I was from Ontario, they didn’t know where that was.

One more thing...where do I sign up for the ice floe? Hope my health insurance company covers it!!

I often wonder how many Americans called out Rick. I suspect there were few if any. Absolutely hilarious. Mr. Mercer is a Canadian treasure.

@fronts3165

4 күн бұрын

Rick is a talented guy. His subject matter, meh. How hard is it to make a Canadian laugh when Americans are the butt of a joke? Dude was preaching to the choir.

And this is why we are in this mess now…idiocy on a rampant scale…sheesh

14:13 Peter Griffin sighting

Rick Mercer’s book brought me here. Very funny and shocking

Should be standard viewing for every grade 12 student in the US.

It defies logic that Rick could keep a straight face through these.

The Canadian passport is the most respected in the world and when Canadians travel they prominently display the Canadian flag prominently.

@ThePolarcub

Жыл бұрын

Do they also display it redundantly?

Americans tend to be ignorant about much of the world. As Rick said Americans tend to think their country is the entre of the universe.

@RobertGaudetteUA

7 ай бұрын

You commented on this video *19* times. What is wrong with you?

Who came from Heather Shaws comments from tiktok? Lol

Wow, the Bush bit, truly terrifying knowing he was the leader of the free world and everything that occurred during his tenure.