This is a continuation of Rick Mercer's memoir one he started writing a few years ago. I loved the first book, and this one didn't disappoint either.
At the end of his first book, Talking to Canadians, Rick Mercer was poised to take the biggest leap yet in his career. Having overcome a serious lack of promise as a schoolboy, and risen through the showbiz ranks, he was about to tackle the most ambitious undertaking of his professional life.
The Road Years picks up the story at that exciting point in Mercer's life. Plans for the show 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: emphasize the positive.
Mercer would travel from coast to coast in search of everting that's 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.
This book tells the reader the inside story of that stupendous season in Mercer's life. It was a time when Rick was crisscrossing the country to try his luck at dogsledding, chainsaw carving, and bear tagging. And he was also partaking in countless other joyous and/or reckless assignments.
Added in the book were encounters with that nation's great. Every living prime minister, rock and roll royalty from Rush to Randy Bachman, Olympians and Paralympians. He also met up with Bob Rae, Jann Arden. In the book, Mercer spends a lot of time talking about these marvelous people. Jann Arden has a whole chapter to herself.
This is an exciting and informative book, one that I will be purchasing so that I can re-read it every few years. Rick Mercer is definitely an interesting person who doesn't take life for granted but lives it to the fullest.
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