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The Road Years: A Memoir, Continued . . .
By Rick Mercer. 2023
THE INSTANT #1 BESTSELLERRick Mercer is back—again!—with the eagerly awaited sequel to his bestselling memoirAt 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, naturally, 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 heading to another town—or military base, sports centre, national park—to try dogsledding, chainsaw carving, and bear tagging; hang from a harness (a lot); ride the “Train of Death;” plus 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. And Jann Arden, of course, who gets a chapter to herself. Along the way he even found the time to visit several countries in Africa and co-found and champion the charity Spread the Net, which has gone on to protect the lives of millions. Join the celebration, and revive a wealth of happy memories, with what is Rick Mercer’s funniest, most fascinating book yet.When it's laughter you're after
By Stewart Harral. 1962
Reference guide for speakers, salesmen, professionals, and others who use humor when dealing with people. Discusses the techniques of getting…
laughs, timing, and sources of jokes, and lists more than four thousand humorous stories, ad libs, gags, and puns on a variety of topicsThe laughter prescription: the tools of humor and how to use them
By Laurence Peter. 1982
The author of the bestselling "Peter Principle" teams up with humorist Bill Dana to prescribe laughter as the best medicine.…
Rather than a bitter pill, they recommend humor as preventive medicine for physiological and psychological healthLiving out loud
By Anna Quindlen. 1988
And the laugh shall be first: a treasury of religious humor
By William Willimon. 1986
Odd perceptions
By R. L Gregory. 1986
A British scientist describes with humor and wit how people experience the world through their senses and how signals from…
the senses interact with intelligence. He also explores the nature of humor, artificial intelligence, consciousness, aesthetics, and the effects of anesthesia on perceptionEarthy humor on a variety of subjects, such as love and marriage, schools and education, moonshine and other spirits, old…
age, religion, politicians and lawyers health and medicine, rural life, and animals. Some strong languageIf I ever get back to Georgia, I'm gonna nail my feet to the ground
By Lewis Grizzard. 1990
In a humorous autobiography, Grizzard describes his life in the newspaper business. He began writing for newspapers when he was…
ten years old and covered the games of a church boy's league. His apprenticeship continued during his college years and included stories about chickens stuck in trees and catfish with false teeth. He also shares memories of the not-so-good times and three failed marriagesDumb clucks!: Jokes about chickens (Make me laugh!)
By Rick Walton. 1987
When do fish sleep? and other imponderables of everyday life
By David Feldman. 1989
The answers to many thought-provoking questions, such as why recipes warn us not to use fresh pineapple in gelatin, why…
warmth alleviates pain, what the 'cottage' in cottage cheese refers to, and why golf balls have dimples. For junior and senior high and older readersAnguished English: an anthology of accidental assaults upon our language
By Richard Lederer. 1987
Lederer--an English teacher, author of the syndicated column "Looking at Language," and language commentator on public radio--has assembled an anthology…
of accidental assaults upon our language. He gathers bloopers from such written sources as student papers, parents' notes, courtroom records, church bulletins, and newspapers. And he picks up slips of the tongue of the famous and infamousAsimov laughs again: more than 700 favorite jokes, limericks and anecdotes
By Isaac Asimov. 1992
Nothing is sacred! The author of endless laughs mixes his own humor (often with a Yiddish accent) with that of…
other sources. And what is so funny? Everything from absentmindedness to the zoo (but not in alphabetical order). One funny story reminds Asimov of another. Occasionally he stops to analyze a joke, to suggest how to tell it well, or to insert bits of himself. Some strong languageWestward ho ho ho!: jokes from the Wild West
By Victoria Hartman. 1992
You can't put no boogie-woogie on the king of rock and roll
By Lewis Grizzard. 1991
The Southern writer provides a collection of his syndicated columns. Most are humorous, poking fun at celebrities, fellow southerners, and…
himself. On a more serious note, Grizzard eulogizes loved ones, condemns rapists, and flaunts his patriotism, whether discussing the Gulf War or defending Barbara Bush. Strong languageNed Feldman, space pirate
By Daniel Pinkwater. 1994
Ned Feldman is home alone one day when he hears a noise under the kitchen sink. When Ned summons enough…
courage to check it out, he discovers Captain Lumpy Lugo aboard a spacecraft that looks just like the sink. Inviting Ned aboard, the Captain announces that he is Bugbeard the Pirate, famous for doing bad things. Ned goes along and soon they land on the planet Jivebone where they encounter giant space chickens. For grades 3-6Monster trucks & hair-in-a-can: who says America doesn't make anything anymore?
By William Geist. 1994
Geist celebrates the American entrepreneurial spirit in a series of humorous essays. His topics include a man who makes a…
good living off of people who don't play golf very well, by retrieving used golf balls from lakes. Also discussed are kitchen gadget savant Ron Popeil's products, Entertainment Tonight's Mary Hart with her leg cross, and the booming fake-nail industryThe Toilet Paper Tigers
By Gordon Korman. 1993
By the time Professor Pendergast shows up at a Little League meeting to pick his team, there are only nine…
players left--all rejects. The team soon learns the professor knows nothing about baseball and has volunteered to coach just so his visiting granddaughter will have children around! But the worst horror is the jive-talking, smart-aleck granddaughter from New York who blackmails the team into letting her coach them. For grades 5-8It is not now: tales of Maine
By John Gould. 1993
Yarns about everyday small-town life with a regional accent. Octogenarian Gould, former columnist for the Christian Science Monitor, recalls days…
when "eyah" closed a deal. He can get into arguments over why anybody would need to replace permanent antifreeze, and he is pleased when a youngster expresses interest in a sled Gould is fixing, until the boy announces, "We can use my father's snowmobile to pull it back uphill!"Nasty stinky sneakers
By Eve Bunting. 1994
The Slam Dunkers sneakers company is having a contest, and the person with the stinkiest sneakers will win three pairs…
of its popular brand. Ten-year-old Colin knows he has a great chance of winning. After careful handling, his sneakers are so foul his mother makes him leave them in the hall outside their apartment. Then, the day before the contest, someone steals Colin's shoes! For grades 4-7Later, Gator
By Laurence Yep. 1995
Teddy hates the fact that his little brother Bobby is so well behaved. He always tries to get a rise…
out of Bobby by giving him unlikable birthday presents, but this year Teddy's mother insists he buy Bobby a turtle. Teddy compromises by buying Bobby a baby alligator. To Teddy's surprise, Bobby loves his new pet! For grades 3-6