The road years : a memoir, continued...
(Adult Book)
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Published
[Toronto] : Doubleday Canada, [2023].
Format
Adult Book
ISBN
9780385688901 :
Physical Desc
284 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : photographs (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm.
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Biography - West Wall (Main Library) Shelves | BIO MERCER | Checked Out | July 4, 2024 |
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Published
[Toronto] : Doubleday Canada, [2023].
Language
English
ISBN
9780385688901 :
Notes
Description
"Rick Mercer is back--again!--with the eagerly awaited sequel to his bestselling memoir. At the end of his memoir, Talking to Canadians, 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--as an aspiring actor, star of a surprisingly successful one-man show about the Meech Lake Accord, co-founder of This Hour Has 22 Minutes, creator and star of the dark-comedy sitcom Made in Canada--he was about to tackle his biggest opportunity yet. The Road Years picks up the story at that exciting point, with the greenlighting of what would become Rick Mercer Report. Plans for the show of course included political satire and Rick's 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's best about Canada, especially its people. He found a lot to celebrate, of course, and was rewarded with a huge audience and a run of 15 seasons. The Road Years tells the inside story of that stupendous success. A time when Rick was always heading to another town--or military base, sports centre, national park--to tag moose, hang from a harness (a lot), ride the Train of Death, and countless other joyous and/or reckless assignments. Added to the mix were encounters with the country's great. Every living prime minister. Rock and roll royalty from Rush to Randy Bachman. Olympians and paralympians. A skinny-dipping Bob Rae, a goal-keeping Margaret Atwood, a joint-rolling Pierre Berton. Along the way he even found the time to co-found and champion the charity Spread the Net, which has gone on to save more lives than any malaria medicine. Join the celebration, and revive a wealth of happy memories, with what is Rick Mercer's funniest, most fascinating book yet"--Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Mercer, R. (2023). The road years: a memoir, continued... . Doubleday Canada.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mercer, Rick, 1969-. 2023. The Road Years: A Memoir, Continued.... Doubleday Canada.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mercer, Rick, 1969-. The Road Years: A Memoir, Continued... Doubleday Canada, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Mercer, Rick. The Road Years: A Memoir, Continued... Doubleday Canada, 2023.
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