(Him: Charlie)
Canadians are a proud bunch! The national pride is most
vividly shown on July 1 across the nation, when red/white paint takes up kid’s
face and maple leaf flags dot every street. Canadians are also proud of
Canadian inventions too. From snowshoes to basketball, to telephone, most
Canadians can name them as if they invented them.
In the last decades or so, the Canadian pride would have to
be the once mighty telecom conglomerate Nortel and, the most recently, RIM. The
latter pushed the Canadian pride to a lofty height by almost bringing the
Coyotes back to Ontario!!
Fast forward to present day, Nortel has vanished and
lackluster RIM is far from the superstar it used to be. What goes with them,
perhaps, is a dent in the pride on Canadian inventions? If that’s the case,
I’ve found a very competent candidate for some celebration – the Just-for-Laugh
TV program!
This Montreal based TV program, which plays jokes/pranks on
people, is hilarious and does not require any language skills to understand. I
suggest it should a Canadian pride because the program is being played
everywhere in the world. I have personally seen it on airplanes, buses,
European countries, and most recently, today in Turkey!
Most people may guess it’s a program from the US or Europe,
but just like people couldn’t guess the origin of basketball, Canadians can
come up with amazing things!
Perhaps the next time Canada hosts an international event, the Just-for-Laugh green monster can jump out to greet our visitors, just like “Mr. Bean” did at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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