Talking to Americans is very funny. Rick Mercer is very, very funny. This Hour Has 22 Minutes is also very, very funny. Any comedy show created by, and with a cast entirely made up of Newfoundlanders couldn't possibly be anything but extremely funny. Canadians are the funniest people in the world, and Newfoundlanders are the funniest Canadians. (Although not all Newfoundlanders consider themselves Canadian). I know these things because I'm married to a Newfoundlander. Interestning how things turn out.

Having said all of that, it's pretty obvious to someone from the US (like me) that a lot of "Talking to Americans" is pretty contrived and the people are set up to look much stupider than they probably are. Personally I don't have a problem with that. US Americans do that sort of thing to other US Americans on TV all the time. And Canadians do it to other Canadians, too.

My only complaint about This Hour Has 22 Minutes these days it that Mary Walsh is no longer on the show. She's a brilliant comedienne.