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Chris Berube

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762 total appearances

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Like last year, the most watched TV show on cable was The Amazing Race Canada.

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Have you heard of it?

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Yeah.

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I have seen this show.

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This is a classic hotel room show.

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So you throw on the TV at the hotel room and you watch whatever is on and often it will be a marathon of The Amazing Race Canada.

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Yeah, absolutely.

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Well, for the uninitiated, The Amazing Race is this competition show from the United States where contestants race around the world and do challenges.

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The Amazing Race Canada is just like that, except every season they spend almost all of their time in Canada.

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You know, like, here's your challenge.

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Fly to Calgary, Alberta and learn how to do a line dance at Ranchman's.

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The racer doing this roadblock will perform the complicated routine with a group of experienced line dancers.

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When this world champion line dancer feels they've performed the steps correctly, he'll present them with their next clue.

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I know we're saying this is like kind of a cheating way to hit the CanCon quota with a franchise like this, but that is a very Canadian thing we just listened to, right?

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Like going and doing line dancing in Calgary.

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Yes, that is true.

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And for the record, like I grew up in Calgary.

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I learned line dancing in junior high gym class.

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I know how Canadian that is.

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Yeah, totally.