Comedic journalism has been applied to print media in the past but has experienced a resurgence through the medium of television with shows such as The Rick Mercer Report, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report.
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Like Stewart and Colbert, Mercer reports current events in Canada in a satirical manner on The Rick Mercer Report.
Ron James and Rick Mercer participated in the 2011 jump, filming a segment for the Rick Mercer Report.
As a result, the famous comedian visited the school in March 2009 and John F. Ross was featured on Mercer's television show, the Rick Mercer Report.
Often Mercer will participate in some demonstration related to the location (e.g. driving a TTC bus while visiting the agency's bus compound), with comic results.
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This is a continuation of a sketch style Mercer also used from time to time on 22 Minutes, most famously for the Stockwell Day / Doris Day petition sketch.
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Celebrity Tip — A Canadian celebrity gives how-to advice to the audience, such as Geddy Lee showing viewers how to properly ride a toboggan, Shirley Douglas demonstrating how to boost a car's battery, Pierre Berton demonstrating how to roll a joint or Conrad Black demonstrating how to wax a maple leaf.
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In 2008 he appeared as a guest star on The Rick Mercer Report portraying a young Jack Layton, a Canadian NDP leader, on the episode Election Kids.