Pretty awesome Rick. We always hoped you would do this with Halifax Mermaids ;) but we're glad you ended up doing it with one of our friends who is also awesome. You make a great merman!
I can't believe you managed to jump in the aquarium tanker. If you're influential, people will pull strings for you every once in a while. But I guess if you're Rick Mercer, you're beyond that and people will just do things for you sponteneously.
They're being featured on a very popular TV show - it's advertising for them. Plus they can advertise the day he's coming and people will show up to see him.