"World's Ending Anyway..."

email this story
read comments (13)
post a comment

Mary Walsh is a Canadian comedian who's created a running bit out of ambushing Canadian politicians as her character, Marg Delahunte. She recently tried this with Sarah Palin during a book signing. I say again -- Palin is a flesh-and-blood incarnation of Martin Sheen's President Gregg Stillson in David Cronenberg's The Dead Zone.

Closer To God<< previous | next >>Quiet Time

Posted by Jeffrey Wells on November 25, 2009 at 2:22 PM

comment #1

dangovich says ...

You're right Jeff, and as I mentioned before, Todd Palin is Stillson's creepy sidekick Sonny Elliman (played by Geza Kovacs).

Posted by dangovich at November 25, 2009 3:26 PM

comment #2

davie says ...

I live in Canada and this chick is an embarrassment. Her stuff is always about as funny as this video.

Posted by davie at November 25, 2009 3:33 PM

comment #3

Lehigh says ...

Amen! I've been saying that for years. The missiles are flying. God bless America.

Posted by Lehigh at November 25, 2009 4:06 PM

comment #4

dave says ...

Hallellujah!!

Posted by dave at November 25, 2009 4:39 PM

comment #5

lipranzer says ...

I always liked Walsh on "This Hour Has 22 Minutes."

Posted by lipranzer at November 25, 2009 8:30 PM

comment #6

Travis Crabtree says ...

Weak.

Posted by Travis Crabtree at November 25, 2009 8:32 PM

comment #7

Gordon27 says ...

You know, the comedy in "ambush comedy" usually comes from being funny, as opposed to the "ambush" aspect of it.

Posted by Gordon27 at November 25, 2009 9:50 PM

comment #8

Gordon27 says ...

Jeff, according to Wikipedia, it's actually "Delahunty".

Posted by Gordon27 at November 25, 2009 9:51 PM

comment #9

Dan Revill says ...

I think that the comedy part of it is that Palin has no real insight into how things are done in Canada. Then again, as a Canadian, neither do I. I just know that I don't pay a ton every time I break a bone.

Posted by Dan Revill at November 26, 2009 2:21 AM

comment #10

Gordon27 says ...

"I think that the comedy part of it is that Palin has no real insight into how things are done in Canada."

If you ask a vague question, of course you get a vague answer. I'm not saying that Palin *does* have any more depth than that, but Delahunty managed to expose nothing of Palin's insight because her question was so terrible.

Posted by Gordon27 at November 26, 2009 2:06 PM

comment #11