But meanwhile, we have this book to keep us going. What he will do next is still unknown, and Canada eagerly awaits future developments. After more than 250 episodes, 250 rants and countless miles spent travelling the length and breadth of Canada to do everything from bungee jumping with Rick Hansen to whale watching with Measha Brueggergosman, it was time to move on. In a rant posted on social media, the great Canadian satirist announced loud and clear that the current, 15th season of the Rick Mercer Report-the nation's best-watched and best-loved comedy show-would be the last. Rick Mercer can always be relied on to provoke a strong reaction-but what he said one fall day in 2017 truly shocked the nation. Just how lucky he’s been hit him a few years ago when he struck up a conversation with a passenger on a plane.Canada's pre-eminent satirical commentator brings down the curtain on his hugely successful show in this instant #1 national bestseller. “That’s engaged a whole bunch of young people in ways that just keeps on paying dividends,” said Mercer. He’s proud of all the money raised for causes such as the malaria-prevention “Spread the Net” campaign. He praised members of his road crew, including field producer John Marshall, who have been with him from the beginning.

“You can’t get more Canadian than that.”Īll that travel left him with “luggage in my house in various stages of packed and unpacked for 15 years.” “Three coasts and a grain elevator,” said Mercer. In rural Manitoba, he helped seniors paint a grain elevator. coast saw him helping to release eagles into the wild. “I had nightmares for days afterwards,” he said.Ī message from the alley… /rMnDIEqjmdĪ stop on the B.C. In P.E.I., he hung off the side of the Confederation Bridge with a maintenance crew. To get ready for one last season, he flew thousands of kilometres this summer, taping segments “from sea to sea to sea.” One 12-day trip saw him snorkelling in the Arctic Ocean off Cambridge Bay where Canadian underwater archeologists are based. “I’m incredibly proud of the show and everything we’ve done,” said Mercer. 12, 2004 - all captured in various graffiti-strewn Toronto alleyways by director of photography Don Spence.

It will be one of 264 rants he will have performed since the series premiered on Jan. Mercer, who turns 48 next month, posted his announcement Monday in a specially taped rant to his 1.3 million Twitter followers.

In an interview with The Canadian Press, Mercer said there was no “seismic event or epiphany that this should be the end. The Canadian comedian has decided to end the show in March after 15 seasons and 277 episodes. When the “Rick Mercer Report” returns to CBC Tuesday night, the opening headline will be “Final Season.”

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