Hey it's me, Rick!
All the way from Greenbank Road!
In over 30 years as a stand up comedian, Rick Currie has earned a reputation as one of the country’s most popular and consistently funny performers. He has brought his whimsical and sometimes musical act everywhere between St. John's NL, Victoria BC and Iqaluit NU. The USA and Europe too!
His work has been featured on CTV, SiriusXM, CBC Television and CBC Radio. Rick has also taken the stage at major festivals including Just for Laughs, Winnipeg, and Halifax Comedy Festivals.
Rick’s writing credits span some of Canada’s biggest broadcasts, including The Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Canadian Country Music Awards, six national CBC New Year’s Eve specials, and the Canada 150 celebrations live from Parliament Hill.
For eight seasons, Rick was a staff writer on CBC’s Rick Mercer Report, where he collected three Canadian Screen Awards. He continues to collaborate with the Rick Mercer team on select projects, most recently the 2025 “Stand Up for Canada” national theatre tour.
The Canadian Beer Song!
Had a lot of fun recording this at Yuk Yuks Ottawa in August 2026
Comedy by the Numbers
What's next
This will be the 5th Giller Prize presentation that Rick has worked on.
So it's not wrong to say that it's become a Canadian tradition for the greatest writers in the nation to gather once a year to hear samples of Rick's writing.
Of course, that's not why they're there, but it does happen.
