Brits: Have produced many great comedians, celebrated by Canadians, ignored by Americans, and therefore not rich.
Aussies: Have produced comedians like Paul Hogan and Yahoo Serious.
Canadians: Have produced many great comedians such as John Candy, Martin Short, Jim Carrey, Dan Akroyd, and all the rest at SCTV.
Americans: Think that these people are American!
SCTV,one of my all time favorite shows
As for modern day,Rick Mercer is good with The Mercer Report but if you don't understand Canadian politics it wouldn't mean much.Now,if you want some "stick it to the Americans" type of comedy,look up "Rick Mercer-talking to Americans"
It was a show form a couple years ago where he'd interview various Americans-educated types,harvard profs,state governors etc to see what they really knew of anything outside the US.Too freakin funny but for some reason it got pulled in the states
I almost forgot,Monty Python was always a favourite but two others you don't hear of much that I always thought hilarious were Fawlty Towers and The Two Ronnies.Bring back the oldies!!!!!!