Rick Mercer Report (2004)
A weekly helping of topical satire, funny takes on the week's top stories and Canada-wide adventures.
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Episode 1 - September 30, 2008
Release Date: 2008-09-30Rick catches up with Canada's athletes at the paralympics in Beijing, and delivers all the election coverage you need.
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Episode 2 - October 7, 2008
Release Date: 2008-10-07Rick gets a bee beard in Langley, B.C. and hits the motocross track in Walton, Ontario.
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Episode 3 - October 14, 2008
Release Date: 2008-10-14Rick hits the campaign trail with all the party leaders in planes, trains, automobiles (and bikes) on a cross-Canada election night extravaganza.
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Episode 4 - October 21, 2008
Release Date: 2008-10-21Rick gets lost in a corn maze with a shaped based on the RMR in Thamesville, Ontario and battles forest fires in Kamloops with the BC Forest Service.
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Episode 5 - October 28, 2008
Release Date: 2008-10-28Rick visits former Prime Minister Paul Martin on his Quebec sheep farm and heads to Muskoka to shovel coal aboard North America's oldest steamship
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Episode 6 - November 4, 2008
Release Date: 2008-11-04Rick talks US politics with US Ambassador to Canada David Wilkins and trains as a stunt performer on the set of The Border.
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Episode 7 - November 18, 2008
Release Date: 2008-11-18Rick gets a tailor-made suit -- Don Cherry style, and hangs out with half a billion in gold at the Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa.
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Episode 8 - November 25, 2008
Release Date: 2008-11-25Rick is Feist's roadie on tour in St. John's Newfoundland, and goes behind-the-scenes at the Toronto Zoo.
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Episode 9 - December 2, 2008
Release Date: 2008-12-02Rick experiences zero gravity and visits Canada's leading recycling program in Edmonton.
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Episode 10 - January 6, 2009 (Best of 2008)
Release Date: 2009-01-06A look back at the year that was 2008.
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Episode 11 - January 13, 2009
Release Date: 2009-01-13Rick helps Michael Ignatieff move into Stornoway and flies with the Calgary Police Air Services Unit.
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Episode 12 - January 20, 2009
Release Date: 2009-01-20Rick tackles winter driving with the Motorsport Club of Ottawa and heads to McMaster University in Hamilton.
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Episode 13 - January 27, 2009
Release Date: 2009-01-27Rick hits the slopes with senator and Olympic legend Nancy Greene in Sun Peaks, BC; then trains with the women's biathlon team in Canmore, Alberta.
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Episode 14 - February 3, 2009
Release Date: 2009-02-03Rick celebrates Chinese New Year in Toronto with lion dances, dim sum, wushu kung fu and more.
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Episode 15 - February 24, 2009
Release Date: 2009-02-24Rick tries to keep up with 88 year old Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion and hits Skate the Lake in Portland, Ontario.
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Episode 16 - March 3, 2009
Release Date: 2009-03-03Rick goes ice climbing and learns about all things Finnish in Thunder Bay; then trains with the Cambridge Turbos of the National Ringette League.
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Episode 17 - March 10, 2009
Release Date: 2009-03-10Rick tracks and tags black bears in Ontario's Algonquin Park and joins the Canadian Coast Guard ice breaking operations in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec.
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Episode 18 - March 17, 2009
Release Date: 2009-03-17Rick visits the top fundraising schools in The Spread the Net Student Challenge and goes behind the scenes at the Shaw Festival.
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Episode 19 - March 24, 2009
Release Date: 2009-03-24Rick teams up with BC premier Gordon Campbell to try wheelchair curling and hits the slopes at Whistler with Canada's Para-Alpine Ski Team.