Rick Mercer is back\u2014again!\u2014with the eagerly awaited sequel to his bestselling memoir<br><br>At the end of his memoir <i>Talking to Canadians<\/i>, Rick Mercer was poised to make the biggest leap yet in his extraordinary career. Having overcome a serious lack of promise as a schoolboy and risen through the showbiz ranks\u2014as an aspiring actor, star of a surprisingly successful one-man show about the Meech Lake Accord, co-founder of <i>This Hour Has 22 Minutes<\/i>, creator and star of the dark-comedy sitcom <i>Made in Canada<\/i>\u2014he was about to tackle his biggest opportunity yet.<br> \u00a0<br> <i>The Road Years<\/i> picks up the story at that exciting point, with the greenlighting of what would become <i>Rick Mercer Report<\/i>. Plans for the show, of course, included political satire and Rick\u2019s patented rants. But Rick and his partner, Gerald Lunz, were also determined to do something that comedy tends to avoid as too challenging: they would emphasize the positive. Rick would travel from coast to coast to coast in search of everything that\u2019s best about Canada, especially its people. He found a lot to celebrate, naturally, and was rewarded with a huge audience and a run of 15 seasons.<br> \u00a0<br> <i>The Road Years<\/i> tells the inside story of that stupendous success. A time when Rick was heading to another town\u2014or military base, sports centre, national park\u2014to try dogsledding, chainsaw carving, and bear tagging; hang from a harness (a lot); ride the \u201cTrain of Death;\u201d plus countless other joyous and\/or reckless assignments. <br> \u00a0<br> Added to the mix were encounters with the country\u2019s great. Every living prime minister. Rock and roll royalty from Rush to Randy Bachman. Olympians and Paralympians. A skinny-dipping Bob Rae. And Jann Arden, of course, who gets a chapter to herself. Along the way he even found the time to visit several countries in Africa and co-found and champion the charity Spread the Net, which has gone on to protect the lives of millions.<br> \u00a0<br> Join the celebration, and revive a wealth of happy memories, with what is Rick Mercer\u2019s funniest, most fascinating book yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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