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22 Minutes: Bob Rae Can't Stop Laughing In Bloopers From Liberal Convention Skit (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post Canada   First Posted: 01/18/2012 8:57 am Updated: 01/18/2012 8:57 am

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The Liberals haven't been doing a lot of laughing lately. Reduced to third-party status, overshadowed by the NDP and beset with uncertainty about the future leader of the party, the Grits have had few reasons to smile.

Enter This Hour Has 22 Minutes.

Interim leader Bob Rae and fellow Liberal MPs Marc Garneau, Carolyn Bennett, Scott Brison, John McCallum and Dominic LeBlanc sat down with 22 Minutes' Mark Critch for a skit on dinner politics during the Liberal convention. Hilarity ensued.

Perhaps funnier than the skit itself were the outtakes from the shoot. Rae, who kept his cool even after his party voted to legalize marijuana at the convention last weekend, couldn't keep it together during the filming.

Struggling to control giggles, Rae said it best himself: "This is an entire show all to itself." We agree.

This Hour Has 22 Minutes airs Tuesdays at 8:30 pm on CBC TV. Catch more clips of the show on Facebook and Twitter.

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The Liberals haven't been doing a lot of laughing lately. Reduced to third-party status, overshadowed by the NDP and beset with uncertainty about the future leader of the party, the Grits have had few...
The Liberals haven't been doing a lot of laughing lately. Reduced to third-party status, overshadowed by the NDP and beset with uncertainty about the future leader of the party, the Grits have had few...
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Liban CZ
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06:21 PM on 01/18/2012
Pathetic comments, pathetic Rae, Mercer should buy some funny pills or retire,
same jokes all the time.
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okgranny
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01:27 PM on 01/20/2012
sociopathetics don't get humor or empathy.
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madprophet
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03:33 PM on 01/18/2012
Ever seen Rae and Mercer when they are going skinny dipping?
Hysterical.

Rae is a Rhodes Scholar, one of the smartest men in Canada, and loves to laugh, even at himself.
A real human being. If we had more leaders like him, Canada would again be one of the shining lights in the world.
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03:38 PM on 01/18/2012
Im a Liberal supporter and before the convention I was really mad about Rae opening up the door to a leadership run... but the more I hear his speeches and the more I learn about him, I'm less & less concerned... The real problem would be his history as Ontario Premier during an era of high debt, but he'd definately push us in the right direction and would likely do well in Quebec.

Also, the fact that the NeoCons are already out against him is always a good sign!
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RODERICK098
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05:18 PM on 01/19/2012
The American diplomats in private memos have mentioned how impressed they were with Bob Rae 's depth of knowledge and thought. He impressed them far more than anyone in Ottawa.
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Liban CZ
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08:37 AM on 01/19/2012
Rae day and R. Scholar same thing, he will keep his R. forever in my book.
Keep on laughing R.
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RODERICK098
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05:24 PM on 01/19/2012
Rae days showed the intelligence of Bob Rae - his compassion and fiscal responsibility. Instead of laying people off and having them go on Ei he saved them their jobs. He reduced their work week to four days a week but their take home pay would be almost the same because they would have less tax taken off their pay cheques. If they had to they could have got a part time job as well. This saved millions in tax payers dollars- no EI, no buyouts and the employees still had their jobs. Beats what Ford is doing.
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03:31 PM on 01/18/2012
Vic are those #*#in Liberals laughing at me again? I thought we made that illegal.
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03:35 PM on 01/18/2012
haha! great schtick! Keep it Up!.

F & F
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sajanorth
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01:26 PM on 01/18/2012
That was wonderful! What a contrast to Bully Harper's negative ads and attack. I'd vote for this guy any day.
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evlv66
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12:28 PM on 01/18/2012
His party voted to legalize marijuana at the convention last weekend? - so, he was already high!
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evecaren
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09:47 AM on 01/18/2012
Bloopers. Don't you love them ? What a ray of sunshine or is that rae of sunshine.
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ontariogirl
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09:36 AM on 01/18/2012
I love bloopers. Rae was too funny.
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vogonpoet42
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11:30 AM on 01/18/2012
Note to Rob Ford: " You could learn a lot from Bob Rae. You notice he didnt call 911 on the 22 Minutes crew"
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