My buddies had complimentary tickets to see Jay Leno perform stand-up at Casino Rama last night so we decided to go. The man is funny! The dude went on for an hour and a half without so much as a pause -- you can tell he's been in comedy for years and years. He did a great job and I'd see him again.
He did however say something, before he started his routine, that's a pet peeve of mine -- perhaps it's the typical inferiority complex we Canadians have towards the rest of the world. Have you noticed this before? Leno started the show by saying, "It's great to be here in Canada!" Whenever someone is performing in a Canadian city, I always find they say the same thing -- "It's great to be here in Canada!" They don't say, "It's great to be here in Toronto!" or "It's great to be here in Montreal!" They always say Canada instead of the city, like we're a tiny nation with cities that no one is familiar with.
I don't know why this bothers me, but it does!
3 comments:
I dig what you're saying, but in a way I also think it's a compliment to our cohesiveness as a country. We all identify ourselves as a Canadians and for the most part, we're proud of that.
And besides, did you really expect him to say "hey, it's great to be here in Orillia?" I mean really.
Could be because there's more people in California than in all of Canada...we're sort of like one big city, right?
Really Dave?! That's insane!
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