Simply put, Rick Mercer’s Monday Report is the funniest thing on television at the moment. At least for us Canadians it is, and it’s funnier than any American programs I’ve seen recently. I particularly appreciate how he seems pretty non-partisan, and skewers all the political parties equally.
He had a segment this week, however, that was particularly brilliant. It’s a satire on those deeply-irritating, awful, anti-piracy movie ads that the MPAA has the audacity to make you sit through in the cinema.
You can watch Rick Mercer’s piece here (unfortunately, the bogosity that is RealPlayer is required). My undying thanks and first-born child to Becky for spotting this when I couldn’t (where the heck did you find it?).
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Little did you know I stalk Rick Mercer in my free time. The link is on the “features” section of the Monday Report website, along with the Auditor General’s Report commercial (http://www.cbc.ca/mondayreport/features.html).
I’ll take a raincheck on the firstborn, but will accept cash or check. 😉
I don’t quite get playing the ads in movie theatres. I just paid ten bucks to see it . Gr. Kinda seems like preaching to the choir.
We have similar adverts in the UK now, that consist of a man dressed as a gimp holding a branding iron, and a voice-over saying “Piracy funds Terrorism”. I can’t go to see a film now without ROFLing just as the cinema goes quiet for the start.
Do you really think he’s the hottest thing on TV these days? Are you sure that’s not hold-over admiration for past work?
I’ve caught it almost every night since its debut, and last night during one of him monologues, I thought to myself: “he’s completely tanking. And he knows it.” I don’t think Monday Night Report is working at all. It’s a failure. It’s got some good bits, but mostly the jokes are really sad. R.M. can be much funnier, and much pithier. He’s not getting the support he needs from his writers.