In Canada you grow up - we're next to the United States. We're watching whatever you're watching. We're following your news. It's obvious that we are inundated with American cultural information and political information. Whereas the opposite is not true.

Television shows
In 1992 he created and performed his second show I've Killed Before I'll Kill Again which was also a popular touring show. Gore did not question Mercer's incorrect identification of the capital of Canada. Talking to Americans

One of Mercer's trademark comedy routines on 22 Minutes was Talking to Americans in which he would travel to a major American city or institution and conduct on-the-street interviews with average Americans regarding Canadian politics the weather etc.

Mercer first came to national attention in 1990 when he premiered his one man show Show Me the Button I'll Push It or Charles Lynch Must Die at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in Ottawa. A pointed satirical political commentary on Canadian life after Meech Lake Show Me the Button made Mercer a national star as he toured the show across Canada.