Rick Mercer is backβagain!βwith 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
The Road Years : A Memoir, Continued . . .
β Scribed by Rick Mercer
- Publisher
- Doubleday Canada
- Year
- 2023
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Rick Mercer is backβagain!βwith 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 ranksβas 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 Canadaβhe 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 Rickβs 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...
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
A Quest for Mr Right An empty nest. A racing heart. A twitching eye. A dead career. Looks like itβs time for a midlife crisis. Looks like itβs time for a quest. Maybe itβs time for Mr Right. The Misters turn up. A Man of God in Australia. A Meditator in Bali. A Minotaur in Spain. A Superstar in
"A joyous and defiant coming-of-age memoir set during one of the most turbulent times in American history. Chris Rush was born into a prosperous, fiercely Roman Catholic New Jersey family. But inside the gleaming mid-century house with his flawless hostess mother and thriving businessman father ran
<p><strong><em>The Light Years</em> is a joyous and defiant coming-of-age memoir set during one of the most turbulent times in American history</strong></p><br><p>Chris Rush was born into a prosperous, fiercely Roman Catholic, New Jersey family. But underneath the gleaming mid-century house, the fla