Music

Rick The Temp is joining the Edge 102.1 morning show

by Jeremy Mersereau

February 29, 2016

The former MuchMusic VJ is coming soon to an alarm clock near you.

Finally, a steady gig for Rick the Temp! What? Oh, right. Well, that doesn’t count.

Rick Campanelli, a.k.a. Rick The Temp, VJ Rick, and, to a generation of hair gel manufacturers, “The Promised One”, has announced he’ll be joining Toronto’s Edge 102.1 radio station as an on-air personality with the Fred & Mel morning show.

Starting June 27th, Toronto-area listeners will be able to hear Campanelli’s valuable input on everything from snot colours to “what movie scared you as you kid?” Rick Campanelli: “The Host was really hair-raising.” Yeah, I’ll say he was.

For anyone understandably freaked out that this will mean the end of Campanelli’s delightful repartees with celebs, don’t worry: Rick will be continuing his co-hosting duties on ET Canada somehow, even as he gets up, cursing, at 3 a.m. every morning to talk about vital issues, like how Mel does too many shots.

“I’ve been a huge fan of the Edge my whole life,” said Campanelli of his new gig. “This is definitely a dream come true – even if I have to sit beside Fred every morning. It’s a good thing Mel is in the room too!”