Ladies and gentlemen, girls and boys, prepare yourself for the next big thing in publishing – Rick Mercer Report: The Book.

After a decade-long absence from our book stores, Canada’s preeminent satirist returns with a new collection of rants, writings, and comic encounters with the great and good of politics, showbiz, and literature. (Yes, relive Pierre Berton offering advice on rolling a joint, and Margaret Atwood showing off her hockey skills as a goalie.) Rick, a tremendous writing talent as well as a verbal one, has selected the best of his rants from the first four seasons of RMR, sprinkled in choice moments from his interviews, added a generous helping of other material that has never been broadcast, and arranged the whole into revealing themes and groupings with all-new introductions, reflections, and updates. Who knew that Stephen Harper was quite so preoccupied with gay sex? That Paul Martin could be so forgetful? That politicians could be so sleazy? Well, no doubt most of us did — but it’s wonderful to have it pointed out again by this brilliantly funny and charismatic talent.

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INTRODUCTION

GETTING WHAT YOU VOTED FOR
NETTING JASON KENNEY
A CELEBRITY TIP
HARPER VS. MARTIN
AND THAT OTHER GUY
ON THE ROAD WITH JACK LAYTON
IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH
SAVVY TEACHERS’ PLAN
MY NEWFOUNDLAND, RIGHT OR WRONGED
THE IGGY ENIGMA
THAT OTHER GUY (II)
FISHING WITH BOB RAE
THE TRIALS OF LORD BLACK
WOULD ALL THE PEOPLE WITH THE TITLE
SIR PLEASE SHUT UP
NATIONS WITHIN OUR NATION
FREEZING WITH DAVID SUZUKI
BULLIES
TREATING US LIKE IDIOTS
SPENDING LIKE CRAZY
SCANDALOUS BEHAVIOUR
VISITING PAUL MARTIN
LEST WE FORGET
IN BED WITH STEPHEN HARPER
SLEEPING OVER
SO YOU WANT TO BE A SPEECHWRITER?
ELECTION FEVER
PRESSGANGED
CHOOSING THE NERD
DOGGING DION
THAT OTHER GUY, AGAIN
THE RISE AND STUMBLE OF STÉPHANE DION
KILLING A TREE WITH ELIZABETH MAY
DOING SOMETHING RIGHT FOR A CHANGE
A FEW MODEST PROPOSALS
DIVING WITH ALEXANDRE DESPATIE
IN THE ARMY NOW
ON A ROLL WITH PIERRE BERTON
OUR NEIGHBOURS TO THE SOUTH
CANADA’S NEW GOVERNMENT
THE END

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Rick Mercer is Canada's sharpest and funniest political satirist. He first came to fame with "Show Me the Button I'll Push It, or Charles Lynch Must Die," a one-man show that toured across Canada. He co-created and was a resident performer on CBC's "This Hour Has 22 Minutes", and is now the host of "The Rick Mercer Report", the Corporation's highest-rated comedy show. Rick is co-chair of the Spread the Net campaign, dedicated to preventing the spread of Malaria in Africa, and has also campaigned for the Canadian AIDS Society's The Walk for Life project. His many honours include 21 Geminis and the Governor General's Performing Arts Award. He is from St. John's and currently resides in Toronto.

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