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It wouldn't really be a parody if it's more tame than what they're parodying. . nothing they could come up with would match reality, so at best it'd be biographical.
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Rob Ford: Still smoking crack. On video. Taking leave of absence.
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It wouldn't really be a parody if it's more tame than what they're parodying. . nothing they could come up with would match reality, so at best it'd be biographical.
Interestingly, 30 Rock did that joke. A policitician who was so insane, that they didn't have to write any bits. They just repeated what he said, and the audience thought it was genious.
Bam Bam Baklava
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I said it once before but this guy is like the perfect combination of a Chris Farley character and Buck Strickland.
firehawk12
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You must not read the Sun. lol
Yes.
You Are Viewtiful
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Every newspaper does that. They usually just have very small widths so each sentence takes 3 or 4 lines. Sun News probably keeps its widths long to not intimidate their readers if the article looks too long.
Onion_Relish
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That's one of the reasons I don't drink. I can't afford the crack I would so inevitably wish to smoke.
QuicheFontaine
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I'm trying to imagine this happening with Boris Johnson (Mayor of London) instead of Ford.
Actually, with Boris a lot of people would probably say "Ah, that explains it".
Actually, with Boris a lot of people would probably say "Ah, that explains it".
Mrs. Manky
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"Carlos Danger" led to John Oliver getting his own show.
Boris would then go on some incoherent rant explaining himself, everyone would laugh and then the next day everyone would have forgotten. Boris is bullet proof.
FloatingDivider
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I don't live in toronto so the outcome of this doesn't really matter to me, but goddamn does that dude look like a cracky octogenarian version of chris farley.
He looks 80?
AlphaTwo00
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Disappointing. They could've made it hilarious without the weird Sarah Palin accents but relied heavily on them for the laughs.
Talking about the guy playing the CBC Anchor: I seriously do not know any Canadians who talk the way that American comedians seem to think we do. I guess that is just the go-to exaggeration for cheap laughs?
AlphaTwo00
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They used the cheap Canadian accent ("abbot" specifically) for both of them, but I think that's sort of expected as mainstream US portrayal.
gutter_trash
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the Sun is owned by Pierre-Karl Peladeau, the boss of Quebecor who happens to be a hardcore separatist and a Pauline Marois supporter.
I think we do have a bit of an accent. I noticed it going back to Canada after living in the US for a while. It's nowhere near as exaggerated as that, though... and it stretches into parts of the United States as well.
The major error here is that they have him apologizing for everything.
Ya, since Canadians are outwardly so similar to Americans, they have to use that cartoony accent to differentiate us I guess.
The only people I've heard talk like that are from places like Timmins.
But Canadians constantly apologize for everything. Don't you understand?
Don't Laugh
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so what, he did drugs
can't wait till people cut this shit out
one day crack will be as mainstream as alcohol
can't wait till people cut this shit out
one day crack will be as mainstream as alcohol
lol This thread is just bringing them out of the woodwork. Ian from Etobicoke, is that you?
Yeah, he should've denied the allegations, then rephrase the question, then blame it a drunken stupor, and promise it won't happen again.
You Are Viewtiful
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They are talking like Newfoudlanders, it's a real accent (no offence to Newfoundlanders 
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)AlphaTwo00
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That's the thing. If he had come out 5 months ago, and said, yes, I'm sorry, I'm getting help, it won't happen again, then we would never be here.
It's the lying for months, denying things, blackballing media, straight up bully tactics, and completely unacceptable mayoral behaviours that has surfaced that makes this more pathetic. As a man who's hard on "gangs, drugs and guns", then it becomes very clear he's a hypocrite on his own stance on many issues, and as the top of the page pointed out, his most famous "stopping the gravy train" also doesn't apply to paying his loyal inner team at the expense of the taxpayers.
AlphaTwo00
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I'm sorry for posting that.
You Are Viewtiful
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Someone put Ford on drunken stupor watch. Hamilton Tiger-Cats owned yo ass!
Just to be clear, it's ok for politicians to commit crimes?
You Are Viewtiful
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You Are Viewtiful
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Is this the tipping point where everyone on Toronto-GAF puts him on their hitlist?
No, that'll be when we find him at a Hero burger
equippedwithtowel
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They are talking like Newfoudlanders, it's a real accent (no offence to Newfoundlanders
No they're not, shut up, offence taken. *ignore list*
They are talking like Newfoudlanders, it's a real accent (no offence to Newfoundlanders
This kind of view point is basically the same as Americans have a view point of all Canadians saying eh and aboot.
CitizenVectron
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They were using a Minnesota/Alaska accent more than anything else.
There's no one "Canadian" accent any more than there's one "American" accent. But the stereotypical Canadian accent that Americans hear is definitely from southern Ontario. Rob Ford has it.
And they do kind of say "aboot." And we say "sorry" differently from Americans but only because Americans say "sahrree" and it's wrong.
No you don't.
OpinionatedCyborg
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Yeah, rob ford definitely has that grating Ontario accent that is somewhat close to the stereotypical Canadian one. I am not sure how such a cosmopolitan province ended up with such a goofy accent. Worst accent of all time. ALL TAHM.
?! I was laughing during the whole segment. In fact, the entire show was golden.
If you listen, it's closer to "a-boat", really.
But we do the same thing to southerners. We tend to use an exaggerated Texan or "Foghorn Leghorn" accent.
Yeah, I live in Arkansas and it's funny to see the stereotypes increase the further people think you're from. Y'all come back now y'hear?
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