One of the most prevalent Canadianisms is that we live in a boring country. You only have to look to the recent federal election in the U.S. and compare it to our own snoozefest of a few weeks earlier. Barak Obama or Stephen Harper; Sarah Palin or Stéphane Dion… you get the idea.

Canada’s notorious blandness has long been a goldmine of humour for comedians, but over the years that mine has been yielding less and less nuggets of laughs. There are only so many Loonie and beaver jokes out there, and most people have heard them all.

Now, riding back into this vast desert of humour are the Four Anglos of the Apocalypse, whose show of that name at the Centaur Theatre last year proved that there is indeed still a market for the self-mocking jabs at our home and frozen native land.

Directed by Nicholas Pynes, the current multi-media show by Montreal’s four main Anglo satirists — columnist Josh Freed, cartoonist Terry ‘Aislin’ Mosher, and musicians Bowser and Blue — is called ‘The 25th Century Belongs to Canada’, and while it yields few all-out surprises, is a spirited cross-country romp featuring the combined talents of these very funny men. Just as expected, venerated cultural icons such as Tim Hortons, Don Cherry, Celine Dion and the Parti Quebecois are gleefully shot down by Freed’s witty monologues, Aislin’s biting caricatures, and the light-hearted tunes of Bowser and Blue — whose excellent musicianship is never mentioned in reviews, having been overshadowed by their comedic lyrics, props and onstage antics.

We all know there are funnier things than Canadian culture (they include the poetry of Edgar A. Guest, and Three Stooges shorts dubbed in French) but in the hands of these four expert satirists, this big country and its self-proclaimed bland inhabitants have never been more amusing.

• ‘The 25th Century Belongs to Canada’, featuring Aislin, Josh Freed and Bowser & Blue, will be presented on Nov. 27, 28, and 29 at the Centaur Theatre in Old Montreal. Tickets are $38 (Centaur subscribers: $35, students: $30) For more information, call the box office at 514-288-3161.