Comedy icon Mary Walsh looks back at accosting Canadian politicians, including the time she 'screwed up' | CBC Radio Canadian comedy icon Mary Walsh looks back at her life and career in a new memoir, which includes the many prime ministers and politicians she ambushed as Marg Delahunty, Princess Warrior.

Anyone remember #Canada’s political satirical comedian #MaryWalsh as Marg #22Minutes?

She used to photobomb politicians, ad-lib with Canadian politicians, conduct interviews on the move with unsuspecting celebrities.

Here’s a clip with past PM Chrétien, Harper, politicians Dion, Clark, Martin

voteinorout on Instagram: "#MaryWalsh, a longtime producer at #CBSNews, says she is leaving the network after decades in journalism, raising concerns about the direction of reporting and the pressures shaping today’s #Media and #Politics coverage.⁠ ⁠ Walsh worked at CBS for roughly 46 years and helped produce programs including CBS Evening News, 60 Minutes, and CBS Sunday Morning. In a memo explaining her departure, she wrote that journalists were being pushed to “aim our reporting at a particular part of the political spectrum,” adding that she did not know how to do that while maintaining traditional newsroom standards. Walsh is a decorated producer who won multiple Emmys and duPont Columbia Awards during her career. CBS leadership has disputed the claim, saying the network has not directed reporters to target any specific political viewpoint.⁠ ⁠ —⁠ ⁠ This week, Paramount won its battle to control Warner Bros., which includes CNN. They already took control of CBS News, and a number of news veterans are leaving due to the changes they’re making internally. ⁠ ⁠ Here’s a statement from CBS News producer Mary Walsh, obtained by Oliver Darcy of @get_status Follow @jessicayellin for more.⁠ ⁠ Help this information get to more voters. 🇺🇸 A well-informed electorate is a prerequisite to Democracy.—Thomas Jefferson #usapolitics" 109 likes, 1 comments - voteinorout on March 6, 2026: "#MaryWalsh, a longtime producer at #CBSNews, says she is leaving the network after decades in journalism, raising concerns about the direction of reporting and the pressures shaping today’s #Media and #Politics coverage.⁠ ⁠ Walsh worked at CBS for roughly 46 years and helped produce programs including CBS Evening News, 60 Minutes, and CBS Sunday Morning. In a memo explaining her departure, she wrote that journalists were being pushed to “aim our reporting at a particular part of the political spectrum,” adding that she did not know how to do that while maintaining traditional newsroom standards. Walsh is a decorated producer who won multiple Emmys and duPont Columbia Awards during her career. CBS leadership has disputed the claim, saying the network has not directed reporters to target any specific political viewpoint.⁠ ⁠ —⁠ ⁠ This week, Paramount won its battle to control Warner Bros., which includes CNN. They already took control of CBS News, and a number of news veterans are leaving due to the changes they’re making internally. ⁠ ⁠ Here’s a statement from CBS News producer Mary Walsh, obtained by Oliver Darcy of @get_status Follow @jessicayellin for more.⁠ ⁠ Help this information get to more voters. 🇺🇸 A well-informed electorate is a prerequisite to Democracy.—Thomas Jefferson #usapolitics".

#MaryWalsh, a longtime producer at #CBSNews, says she is leaving the network after decades in journalism, raising concerns about the direction of reporting and the pressures shaping today’s #Media and #Politics coverage.⁠
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Walsh worked at CBS for roughly 46 years and helped produce programs incl...

Longtime CBS News Producer Exits Citing Leadership’s Political Agenda Mary Walsh joined the news network in September 1982 and left saying that "We’ve been told to aim our reporting at a particular part of the political spectrum."

#MaryWalsh joined the news network in September 1982 and left saying that "We’ve been told to aim our reporting at a particular part of the political spectrum." #Business #Politics #CBSNews
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Season 1 fierce lipsync with winning superstar Priyanka & Kiara
With the queen of Canadian comedy guest judge, the 1, the only...
Mary Walsh! 🤩
#crave #canadasdragrace #dragrance #priyanka #Kiara #canadiantv #canadasky #lgtbqplus #cdg #marywalsh #dragqueens

Mary Walsh - A One Night Stand with Mary Walsh Listen to A One Night Stand with Mary Walsh by Mary Walsh.

lnk.to/onenightmary Mary Walsh - A One Night Stand With Mary - her first comedy album. Marg Delahunty - Warrior Princess #MaryWalsh #ComedyAlbum #StandUp #canada #cdbpoli #comedysky #comediansky #ThisHourHas22Minutes #StandUpComedy #spotifyplaylists

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The legendary CODCO, Wake of the Week sketch
#canadiantv #codco #tv #ckmedy #humour #marywalsh #cathyjones #22minutes #newfie #canadasky #history

Watching:
Hatching, Matching & Dispatching
2006 CBC... on Gem
Nothing cures like Newfound humour. We need more comedy from the Rock. Love this show!
Mary Walsh, Jonny Harris, Shaun Majumder, Mark McKinney, Joel Thomas Hynes, Susan Kent
#canadiantv #canadasky #tvsky #sitcom #cbc #marywalsh

Something Undone is a very unlikely Canadian thriller | CBC Arts The spooky web series is now a full-length television show thanks to overseas demand for shows with a distinctively Canadian flavour

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#canadiantv #somethingundone #tvsky #entertainment #cbc #thriller #mystery #canadianmystery #shaunmajumder #nicolepower #shawndoyle #kyraharper #marywalsh #billycampbell #drama

#somethingundone
#thriller #mystery #tv #tsky
#cbc 2023
When a couple investigates the grisly 1980s massacre of a family for the newest season of their true crime podcast, they find themselves in dangerous territory.
#Canadiantv #Canadianmystery #canadasky #marywalsh #billycampbell #amandabrugel

Thats Pure Evil Sandra Loughty GIF ALT: Thats Pure Evil Sandra Loughty GIF

#somethingdone #marywalsh #tv #tvsky #canadiantv #thriller

#ClosetMonster 2015
#Canadianmovie #drama #film written/directed #StephenDunn #ConnorJessup closeted gay teenager, body horror genre as a metaphor for internalized homophobia
#cinema #canadasky #lgtbq #lgtbqplus #queer #gay #queermovie #movie #canadiangaymovie #marywalsh

SecretNation 1992
#politicalthriller #EdwardRiche
#MikeJones
#CathyJones #RickMercer #RonHynes #MaryWalsh #AndyJones
History grad working on thesis (confederation in 1949). Investigates the province's 1949 entry into Canada, a conspiracy.
$2 million by
#theNationalFilmBoardofCanada
#canadasky

#MamboItaliano
2003
#Canadianmovie #comedy #drama #film directed by #ÉmileGaudreaul
Based on
#SteveGalluccio #theatrical #play #LukeKirby #ClaudiaFerri #PeterMiller #PaulSorvino #GinetteReno #MaryWalsh #SophieLorain
#lgtbqplus #gaycanada #canadasky #gaymovie #gayfilm #romcom #gayromcom

#YoungTriffie 2006
#Canadianmovie
#comedy #film #cinema
directed by #MaryWalsh
1947, Ranger #FredEwanuick sent to investigate case of assault & mutilated sheep
#AndreaMartin #JonnyHarris #ColinMochrie #SusanKent #AndyJones #CathyJones #Remy Girard
By #RayGuy from his 1985 stage play #canadasky

#canadianmovie
#TheGrandSeduction 2013 #comedy #film directed by #DonMcKellar #TaylorKitsch #BrendanGleeson #GordonPinsent #marywalsh #cathyjones #markcritch
Based on 2003 #FrenchCanadianfilm #LaGrandeSéduction
#movie #entertainment #canadianfilm #canadiancinema #Newfoundlandandlabrador

#HatchingMatchingandDispatching
#Canadiantv #sitcom #tvsky #CBC 2005-2006
#MaryWalsh a matriarch of a family in Cats Gut Cove, #NewfoundlandandLabrador owned combination ambulance/wedding/funeral business. Previously appeared as a 1-time gag in a sketch on #CODCO #shaunmajumder #jonnyharris

#CODCO
#Canadiantv #comedy #troupe #Newfoundlandandlabrador #sketchcomedy #tvseries #CBC 1988-1993
Founded as a theatrical revue in 1973, drew on the province's cultural history of self-deprecating #Newfie #humour #tvsky #tv #marywalsh #rickmercer #cathyjones #andyjones #tommysexton #gregmalone

youtu.be/fjwI9spQsfI?... Marg Delahunty, Princess Warrior Returns to Fight in the 2025 Trade War! #marywalsh #margdelahunty #margprincesswarrior #margdelahuntyprincesswarrior #canada'ssecretweapon #marg'sback

She’s back #Canada!!!! Our very own warrior princess!! #Elbowsup #Canadianculture #canadianpride #watchcanadian #newfoundland #marywalsh

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I love this show.. #hudson&Rex #tv #ctv #tvshow #canadiantv #marywalsh #canadiancelebrities #justinkelly #crimeshow #copshow #crimedrama #series

our #GOPwannabeTories are BEGGING for #MargeWarriorPrincess to return?

Fucking pitiful:
#MichelleFerreri / #MRG
#PierrePoilievre ⁉️
#CanadasGladiator ⁉️
It would be funny, if it wasn’t emulating the most *asinine* #grandstanding #GOP #rhetoric
shameful

#MaryWalsh #CBC #ThisHourHas22Minutes
#CDNpoli

I cannot believe the #GOPwannabeTories are BEGGING for #MargeWarriorPrincess to return‼️
wow

#MichelleFerreri
#PierrePoilievre ⁉️
#CanadasGladiator ⁉️

It would be funny, if it wasn’t so pitifully emulating the most asinine of #GOP #rhetoric #grandstanding

#MaryWalsh #CBC #ThisHourHas22Minutes

I cannot believe the #GOPwannabeTories are BEGGING for #MargeWarriorPrincess to return‼️
wow

#MichelleFerreri
#PierrePoilievre ⁉️
#CanadasGladiator ⁉️

It would be funny, if it wasn’t so pitifully emulating the most asinine of #GOP #rhetoric #grandstanding

#MaryWalsh #CBC #ThisHourHas22Minutes

so… okaaay
she’s been watching some FuxNews for rhetoric inspiration?

🩷 this bodes not well for the #GOPwannabeTories

#MargePrincessWarrior 🗡️
#PrincessMarge 🗡️ #ThisHourHas22Minutes
#MargDelahunty
#MaryWalsh ⚔️ #CBC
#CDNpoli

Terror Train (2022) by #PhilippeGagnon
w/ #RobynAlomar #MaryWalsh #NadineBhabha
In this remake of the cult classic, a group of college seniors fight for survival as a masked killer seeks revenge during a pre-graduation bash aboard a party train.
#Horror #Slasher #Mystery

The Shed Party on the Hill hosted by the great province of Nfld is the best. Moose pies, great music and non-partisan, good clean fun. You meet the greatest people there #zitacobb #marywalsh #gudiehutchings