Quoting Dave Swanson <[log in to unmask]>:
> ...But really for the good of our
> cross-boarder relations, Americans are simply not meant to see Mr.
> Mercer's
> Comedy. It's for Internal Canadian consumption only. That's why it's
> on the CBC.

We did get CBC as part of our local cable package here in Detroit.
Where else are we going to get Don Cherry?  ;-)  You can pretty much
find me any Saturday night watching "Hockey Night in Canada".  I have
seen some of the comedy specials on CBC too and most are quite
entertaining and they don't spend a lot of time making fun of
Americans.

> You need to BE Canadian to understand what it means to be Canadian.
> Even then it takes YEARS of self-analysis, self-discovery,
> self-criticism,
> self-contempt, and self-loathing. Really the entire Canadian
> population is
> nothing but a bunch of inferiority complex sufferers. How could we
> not be
> growing up next door to the Great American Republic and being
> inundated with
> her culture and her ideals, yet still like any free and independent
> nation,
> struggling to secure our own Cultural distinction and Identity.

I remember an interview with Michael J. Fox on the Tonight Show.  He
said there was a contest in Canada to come up with the Canadian
equivalent of "As American as apple pie."  The winner:

As Canadian as can be...

Mark "Usin' da web mail, sorry for da messy quoting, eh." Wonsil

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