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I'm a Canadian visiting in America, the question came up and the answers were fascinating and not at all what I expected.

Curious as to whom you folks think of!

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ryan Reynolds, Catherine O'Hara

RIP Phil Hartman, John Candy, Alex Trebeck

So many great Canadians, so hard to choose.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Gosling, too. Jim Carrey repped us really well, more than most of them, though Mike Meyers is up there, also.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Oh man SCTV! Eugene Levy, Martin Short, Rick Moranis, just to add a few. Then there's the Kids In The Hall and The Trailer Park Boys.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (6 children)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Norm MacDonald

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Holy fucking shit, TIL! And I AM Canadian!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Colin Mochrie.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's a Texas sized 10-4.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Allright, let's take 10% off there bud.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

From here, astronaut Chris Hatfield was top of mind. And Shania Twain a close second.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Anyone besides Jordan Peterson.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My wonderful and lovely wife.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Tough call between Stan Rogers or Alex Trebek.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ryan Reynolds and Ryan Gosling.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Another one I didn't know was ours! Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jessica. Because we got it on on a blanket under a warm starry night at summer camp.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You wouldn’t know her, she’s from Vancouver, eh?

Got that maple syrup flavoured pussy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Heh. I love the standard joke too. In my case I was an adult visiting the equivalent of a “dude ranch” during Stampede in Calgary. Maybe camp was the wrong term, as people probably envision Wet Hot American Summer style camp for kids.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Just getting into his collection. What a gem.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Probably no one you know, but I visited a bakery in port hardy (Vancouver Island), and the gut behind the counter was super sweet and welcoming. While she was serving me she got called from her boss and she excused herself with tears in her eyes „sorry, I have to response immediately, she is gonna yell at me again“.

I still want to hug her. Still want to show her how a professional boss would treat her. Give her a nice job and get her out of this worker’s hellhole.

The breakfast was great, though.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Mike from Canmore.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I love all the Kids in the Hall members.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Norm Macdonald R.I.P.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There are many great Canadians. But I have to go with Bret Hart. He and his brother have been so influential to the wrestling scene. Without him, we would still only have big charismatic guys slapping each other. They brought something that wasn't seen in the mainstream before. From guys like Kurt Angle to Brian Danielson (also a great Canadian!) to Tag Teams like FTR and many, many more ... they have all been influenced by The Hitman and his technical skills.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

John dunsworth rip

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Catherine Ryan is pretty nice, but I saw someone remind me of Colin Mochrie.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ryan George.

Super easy, barely an inconvenience.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Steve Yzerman

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Ryan Gosling is pretty cool!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Duke Caboom

Yes I Canada!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Graham Stark, Paul Saunders, and Alex Steacy. Just to throw some minor names out there.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Lauchs The one that ends every sentence with "eh".

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