TV star Joel McHale details adventure south amid Vancouver’s holiday snow chaos

The star of a brand new TV present is having amusing about attempting to get residence from Vancouver throughout final month’s pre-Christmas snow storm.

Like hundreds of individuals, actor Joel McHale says he missed his flight out of YVR whereas attempting to get residence for the vacations. Seeing no different possibility, he advised Jimmy Kimmel in a latest episode he determined to take an Uber to Seattle.

That’s when he stated issues bought fascinating.

“And it said 220 bucks to get to Seattle and, you know, in Canadian dollars that’s like eight bucks,” he quipped. “As soon as I got in, [the guy] was like, ‘Yeah I can’t go over the border.’ And I was like, ‘Are you a criminal?’ and he said, ‘No, because if I go into America, that means I’ll be working in America and then I’ll be in trouble.’”

A storm that hit Metro Vancouver the week of Dec. 19 wreaked havoc on the area. As a results of the snow, flights into and out of YVR have been basically all halted for a few days, stranding hundreds of individuals simply days earlier than the Christmas weekend.

McHale, whose mom is Canadian, stated he determined to take the Uber to the border, with plans to stroll by means of the Peace Arch crossing and order one other ridehail service on the opposite facet.

After an eventful drive, the comic advised Kimmel discovering a trip proved to be tougher than anticipated.

“There were no Ubers, there was hardly any guards. So I walked into Blaine, Washington with my luggage,” McHale continued, joking with Kimmel by means of his story.

He stated he ultimately met “John from Victoria” at a bar in Blaine, bonding over their mutual effort to get to Seattle.

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After being provided a trip to Bellingham, it appears the pair determined to go it collectively.

“John and I fell in love,” McHale joked, calling John a “big hunter, big fisherman in Wisconsin from Canada.”

“We’ve been texting, he’s going to be very excited,” McHale continued, including “he’s a great guy.”

McHale has been in Metro Vancouver taking pictures the sequence ‘Animal Control,’ set to air subsequent month. The actor is understood for varied roles, together with Jeff Winger within the sitcom Community.

Jimmy Kimmel Live airs weeknights at 12:35 p.m. MT on Citytv instantly following CityNews at 11.

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