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scarce on Friday, December 14th, 2007 at 11:33 AM - PST
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In this classic bit from April 2001, Canadian satirist Rick Mercer travels down to Arkansas to ask some good folks about Canada’s efforts to protect their national capitol building from the effects of global warming. A former Governor offers his congratulations on the efforts to preserve their “National Igloo”.
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And here’s the latest on ‘Huck Thin’: Proposes to Replace Social Security With ‘Loaves and Fish’ Program
Pretty darn funny. One thing you can say about the Huckster - he has a sense of humor.
Oh, and am I Frist?
So is this like “once a moron always a moron” or is it more like “stupid is as stupid does”?
Fie on you Don Davis and your Frist-ness!
Let me tell ya, this ain’t nothin’. We Canadians have an encylcopedia of stupid Americanisms about our lovely country. ;)
The Huckster wants to replace an idiot with an idiot.
After a record melt this year we almost lost the Igloo, but thanks to that same winter weather that is bringing the arctic sea ice back at record rates so too is the National Igloo being remade. However, the snow pea crop has been disasterous and thousands may starve. Please send help. The bacon and maple syrup will only last us for so long.
The National Igloo? How stupid do you have to be to be a presidential candidate? If there was a “WTF” moment or a what the hell is he talking about moment it was that.
Nothing can top him getting Shrub to acknowledge Canada’s Prime Minister
as “Jean Poutine”
(real name is Jean Cretien)
“Poutine” is a greasy combination of fries, gravy, and cheese curds.
Mercer slays me.
there’s no end to amerikkkan stupidity…it more abundant than water or air.
Rick Mercer is a genius. His ‘Talking to Americans’ segments were some of the funniest shit on 22 Minutes. His sitcom, ‘Made in Canada’ was insanely hilarious. He should be made a living national treasure in Canada. It’s a loss to most USers that he’s not more well known down here.
BTW, the backstory on the Huckabee statement-he wanted to make sure it wasn’t a ‘controversial’ igloo before he proffered his congrats.
“Congratulations Canada…
…on getting a second area code.”
…for legalising VCRs.”
…on switching to the 24 hour clock.”
-All things Rick Mercer convinced dumbarses in the States that Canada was doing. He also punked Tom Vilsack, Al Gore and George Bush.
I wander what the heating bill is like for the national logo?
Ladies and gentlemen I give you…Mike Schmuckabee!!!!!!!
Please tell me Huckabee was just playing along with the joke.
Oh and while we’re at it, let’s here from Colin Mochrie as Anthony St George, 22 Minutes Apology to America
pissed off patricia @ 13:
no. He wasn’t.
A Canadian seasonal greeting for us:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-QB433pSiY
That was clever. I particularly liked the part about the “King of Canada.”
Happy Holidays from dick
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As a Canadian, I am sad to report that our National Igloo has just melted. It appears Global Warming knows no bounds… :)
miss_kitty @ 15:
Okay, then that was seriously disturbing.
ROFFLE! I have this show on VHS somewhere. My ‘merican hubby loved it so much he made copies and sent them to his family. Most of them thought it was pretty funny.
Reminds me of the stories my father would tell me of his summers working at a tourist information booth in NS. He said they’d get calls all the time from people asking if they should bring guns because they heard we still had “wild indians” or if we had electricity and running water.
Then there was the couple from Vermont who stopped me to ask directions one hot August day. They had skis on the roof wrack and were looking for the slopes. I laughed and told them to come back in December. They were completely shocked that they hadn’t encountered snow immediately when they crossed the border.
Jebus, I wouldn’t buy a pair of shoes from Schmuckabee. What a buffoon!
LT @ 19:
Do you now have a new National Pond? ;)
miss_kitty @ 14:
erm-hear
You gotta love the HUCK-A-BUCK….
Happily, at least he says what he thinks…. sadly, THAT IS WHAT HE THINKS
IN A RELATED STORY…
Rudy determined that “it would be a cold day in hell when the Huckster gets into the WhiteHouse…… AND of course, that cold day would again save the igloo… problem solved… and did I mention 9-11?”
Dr. Acula @ 12:
Ahahahahahahaaaaa!!!
So Huckabee does support action on global warming? Or is he just polite and stupid?
LT @ 19:
You guys must have left a candle burning because the Reich-wing says there is no Global Warming.
Huckabee today hired the guy who ran Ron Raygun’s campaign the year he became the president. He hired Ed Rollins. Huck seems to be taking this thing serious.
pissed off patricia @ 29:
Ed Rollins is a slimy sack of shit Repub operative. That’s bad news for the other Repub candidates.
Does anyone else agree with me that a clergyman should not run for the presidunce-y?
You can see more of Rick Mercer by keying in
Rick Mercer Rant on YouTube.com
He’s a national treasure and well paid to be funny.
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Huckabee, on the other hand, is tragically funny.
Piren @ 4:
Whoa…such language Piren!
Dahgrostab’ph-r-i @ 3:
It’s once a maroon always a maroon!
ysbaddaden @ 11:
you wander?
getalife @ 18:
Brilliant!!! Thanks for the laughs…
rasta @ 36:
I’m a rambling kinda guy.
You mean you haven’t noticed?
Mike Huckabee is an axemurderer.
Ok, not really.
But you should take the time to listen to this report on Huckabee by a very Molly Ivins-like reporter
Direct link to mp3 for download
Salon article ,”The dark side of Mike Huckabee
Huckabee as Bush 2.0
More of Rick Mercer making an ass of every American he meets, including George Bush and Al Gore - except for one little kid right at the end, the only person interviewed who knows we have provinces instead of states:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seYUbVa7L7w
[FYI - At the time Bush and the Governor of Michigan were asked about ‘Prime Minister Poutine‘, Jean Chretien had been prime minister for 7 years. Poutine is actually a popular French-Canadian fast food made of fries, gravy and cheese curds.]
The whole special, about 46 minutes long between the 2 links. Totally hilariously embarrassing. And good quality too.
TALKING TO AMERICANS - Pt 1
TALKING TO AMERICANS - Pt 2
Rick Mercer has a sleepover with Prime Minister Harper:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA8K6MtKpws
Keep my country out of this. The last thing we want is for the US to notice Canada.
earl @ 9:
That doesn’t sound very good.
ysbaddaden @ 12:
Like, the heating bill IS one of our great national logos, eh? Great to be oot and aboot, hoser.
I was waiting for this to surface! There is an interview with Rick Mercer about this segment. Mercer said that just before they filmed this, Huckabee asked him “is this a contraversial igloo?”, Mercer assured him that it was not. Classic!
The only part of the newspaper hockaloogy reads is Little Abner.
Just when you thought that GOP Congressman Westmoreland and George W. Bush were the solid #1 and #2 in the title fight for Biggest Elected Idiot in America…
ladies and gentleman, it’s Huckabee time!
IgnoranceIsNotBliss @ 45:
Maybe I’ve been living in the deep south too long, but that sounds awesome to me.
He’s as qualified as W to be the GOP nominee. As Sadly No can’t stop blogging this week, we HOPE he’s the nominee! Go, Huck, Go!
Beating him would be too easy, even for Hillary.
I’ll tell you what, that there Canadian is flat out funny!!
Reminds me of those old MacKenzie Brothers.
The Great White North, what will they call it when
the global gets itself warmed? More beer. eh?
Ever wonder why some of the greatest comedians of the last
20 years are Canadians?
Take off , eh?
Huckabee=just plain flat out wrong.
noDemocracy @ 44:
No kidding…
IgnoranceIsNotBliss @ 45:
Yeah, it does sound awful and it’s loaded with fat, but it’s kind of addictive. The hot gravy melts the cheese curds, so with every bite you get a hit of fried potato, beefy gravy and rich cheese. About 40 years ago some guy in a greasy spoon in Quebec threw some curds into an order of fries and gravy, and it took off from there.
Well you don’t have to be smart to be a religious nut. Huckabee loves Jesus. For a good portion of the Republican party, that’s all they need to know.