What I love most about Canada and being a Canadian is that I'm always asked what I love most about being a Canadian. I honestly believe that Canada is the only country in the world that sits around and asks that question. I refuse to believe that Argentines sit around asking each other what they love about Argentina. They just love it. I also refuse to believe that the second Bob Newhart show was better than the first -- but that is a topic for another blog.
We Canadians think and worry too much -- and thus we think and worry too much about ourselves. If countries were comedians, the U.S. would be Andrew Dice Clay and Canada would be Woody Allen. Yes. I see Canada as a short, balding man with thick glasses who stutters when talking to a girl.
We think and over-think things and say no a lot. Wayne and Shuster, Canada's most popular comedy team ever, did The Ed Sullivan Show more times than any other act except for Topo Gigio. Yes, only a rat puppet beat them out. The mighty American Network CBS offered them to come to Hollywood and do a TV show. They thought about it and thought about it (like any good Canadian would do) and said "No, we'd rather stay in Canada and make a lot less money." For doing this, they became national heroes. Only in Canada are people celebrated for saying no.
I do love being a Canadian. I really do. And I am a typical one. When asked to do this blog, I thought about it and thought about it and said no. I was Canadian enough to like the fact that I wouldn't make any money for it. But I said no. Yes, I am spiritually balding, short and wear thick glasses (in a few years, I will actually be that). It was only on a trip to the States, feeling the aggressiveness of Americana that I changed my mind and said yes. I love being a Canadian. A thoughtful Canadian who says no -- because at least we do think before we talk. Now if you excuse me, I have a re-run of The Bob Newhart Show to watch.
Kevin and fellow Kids in the Hall member Scott Thompson are currently on a national U.S. tour with their new comedy show "Two Kids, One Hall."
Heather Reisman: HuffPost Canada Readers, Speak Up
Craig Kanalley: 9 Reasons Why I Consider Myself Part Canadian
David Goodman: 1-on-1 With The Daily Show's Samantha Bee
Holly Robinson: Do College Costs + Retirement = Canada?
25 awesome things that we love about Canada | Cuzoogle
I Love Canada, True North and Free
A tongue-twisting labour of love in Canada's Gaelic-speaking ...
/Waiting for the hockey season to start so the Canucks can go kick some backside and serve some revenge to those punks Chara and Marchand.
I thought you were all like Red Green.
All sizzle and no steak, so I propose that Canadians get known for doing things that we talk about doing, instead of just talking about them. You know, upholding those humanitarian ideals, etc.
Ashamed to be part of a country that hates my other half, America.
That's a myth.
Canadians are Americans other than the Marxist politics that Canadians enjoy.
Canadians are "taught" to pretend they are "different" but again I ask how?
How is the average individual Canadian different than the average American?
Wayne Gretzky is the most famous and loved athlete in Canadian history. He is now an American and raising his family in the USA.
Are you telling me that Wayne Gretzky cannot be a legitimate American?
Canada is a "Marxist State". That is the only difference. Kids in Canada are taught that anti-Americanism and Karl Marx is the way to go.
In America, kids are taught to be individuals and free.
But for me, my stereotypically Canadian patience is done. You seem to hate Canadians because we're NOT like Americans. You just don't understand us, and it sounds like you've never tried.
That's the problem.
Canadians are so much like Americans that they pretend their "different".
Tell me how an individual Canadian is different than an individual American.
Canadian University students wear American college clothing so there is one more example.
Do Canadians spend anyt ime telling the world how different theya re from teh "Chiense". Or the Bulgarians? Or the Russians?
The very fact you feel the need to tell others you are different proves your anti-American.
There is no difference between the two peoples.
Canadians do what Americans do every single day of the week.
I admit that Canada is a Marxist country but Canadians suck up American culture like no other.
If you gave some thought to all of this, maybe you'd consider how asinine your comments are. No, Canadians and Americans aren't as different as say someone from Malawi and someone from Finland, but were as different as a German and an Austrian.
Arcade Fire ?