There has been an outpouring of love and concern for Mary Walsh, who is in a St. John’s hospital with pneumonia.
Many people have asked us to pass on their regards.
I encourage you to use the comment section below to leave a message for Mary, where she can look at it in her hospital room.
Thank you all for your good thoughts and let’s hope she is out of the hospital soon.
Andy McKim
This is Mary’s house in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
Janet Money | 03.16.12 at 11:12 am said…
Forget the show…just get better! You are a national treasure.
Reissa Gibbs | 03.17.12 at 8:24 am said…
Mary,
We love you! Thoughts and prayers are with you from all over the country.
Much love,
Reissa Gibbs, Toronto
Michael | 03.17.12 at 11:39 am said…
only the best thoughts shall be sent your way from my family. You are one of the good ones and we want to have you around for a very very long time. You now have your orders, so get better soon.
Geoff Whynot | 03.17.12 at 11:54 am said…
Mary – Get those lungs clear, dear! I’m sorry you’re not feeling too well, and I’m sorry I’m not gonna get to see your show, but I look forward to having lunch with you sometime, anyway – it’s always been a dream of mine. There. I said it.
Jane Miller | 03.17.12 at 11:57 am said…
Have always been inspired and delighted by your work!! Know that we are sending thoughts of healing and restoration and light and love to you, Mary. Get well soon!
Michael Schellenberg | 03.17.12 at 12:01 pm said…
Dear Mary Walsh,
You are a hero of mine. You make me laugh–and you kick the pricks where they should be kicked. These are two aspects of a person I admire the most. Keep brave, strong and true. But in the meantime, allow yourself the time to get better. Be a little easier on yourself. You can’t rush this. We need you well and thriving. But in the meantime, rest well.
Scott Hurst | 03.17.12 at 12:02 pm said…
Love you Mary, you beautiful creature of joy! Hoping you’ll be breathing with ease soon. Wishing you lice, light and relief!
Chick Reid | 03.17.12 at 12:23 pm said…
Dear Mary, please feel better soon. Toronto needs a hot of La Walsh!x
Chick Reid | 03.17.12 at 12:25 pm said…
Oh dear – make that a ‘hit’!
carmen aguirre | 03.17.12 at 12:35 pm said…
Hi Mary! You don’t know me, but I’ve been a fan of your work for many years. Just writing to let you know I’m thinking of you and sending lots of love your way. Carmen:)
carmen aguirre | 03.17.12 at 12:36 pm said…
Hi Mary! You don’t know me, but I have been a great admirer of your work for many years. Just wanted to let you know I’m thinking of you and sending love your way. Carmen:)
Megan Lynn | 03.17.12 at 12:50 pm said…
Happy wonderful afternoon. How ever you are feeling and no matter where you are always know that your spirit and outlook will fuel you forward. Our will is an amazing tool and so much larger than ourselves. I hope you will recover soon and resume your days in this amazing weather. Chin up and kick whats stopping you out of your way!
Peter Blais | 03.17.12 at 12:54 pm said…
Well Jesus, Mary – get better soon will ya. BIG BIG HUGS from Nova Scotia.
Marj Wingrove | 03.17.12 at 1:02 pm said…
Mary, it sucks to be you right now. I hope your health is restored very soon. I, too, send you positive, healing thoughts. And, unlike Scott Hurst, I do not wish you lice. Get well soon!
James Ince | 03.17.12 at 1:56 pm said…
Dear Mary,
Hope you have a speedy recovery. You are a most remarkable talent and such a precious symbol of womanhood. Canada needs Marg! But Marg is nothing with out you. Therefore Canada needs Mary Walsh. GET WELL SOON!
Love and Blessings. xo.
skip shand | 03.17.12 at 2:26 pm said…
Been your fan since Hector was a pup (remember little Hec?) . . . Wish I could give you back all the joy you’ve given me over the years. Be well. Be strong. Blessings.
Kirsten Bishopric | 03.17.12 at 3:39 pm said…
Dear Mary,
I am wishing you a speedy recovery. Love your spirit and spunk! I’ve recently come out of being unwell for about six weeks and I know how disheartening it can be, but well-wishers did help. Rest up and be well soon.
Kirsten
P.S. I went to a Hallowe’en party last year as Marg and my husband was Rob Ford. It was a blast. Thanks for the inspiration.
Jennifer Brass | 03.17.12 at 4:10 pm said…
Dear Mary, I wish you a speedy recovery! I can’t tell you how many times my friends, and I, talk about your brilliant sketches and laugh all over again!
Ken Schwartz | 03.17.12 at 4:31 pm said…
Best wishes for a speedy recovery- many people across the country will be thinking of you!
Best,
Ken Schwartz
Catherine Jenkins | 03.17.12 at 4:47 pm said…
Dear Mary,
Lots of amazing and intelligent comedy has come from the East Coast and you’re a big part of that. We need you! Breathe easy, Mary, and heal those lungs! Sending lots of healing thoughts your way for a speedy recovery.
Catherine, Toronto
Sugith Varughese | 03.17.12 at 5:40 pm said…
Mary,
As I said when I introduced you on the panel at Ryerson a few years ago, you are to Canada what the Japanese say about their greats: a Living National Treasure. It was great to meet you again in Cannes a couple of years ago and I hope you’re up and at ‘em again soon.
Maureen L. MacDonald | 03.17.12 at 6:04 pm said…
I don’t know you, but seeing you on TV always brightens my day. Laughter is the best medicine, so I hope you will have some chuckles to speed your recuperation. Get well soon. Cheers, Maureen, Vancouver.
Jimmy Jones | 03.17.12 at 6:25 pm said…
Get well soon Mary !
We Love You and revere the Codco connection to TPM !!!
xo
Jimmy Jones
Susan Thomas | 03.17.12 at 6:35 pm said…
Hi Mary: So sorry to hear that you are still in hospital. You MUST get better soon. BTW: What size are your feet? I’d like to make you a pair of felted slippers. You really must keep your feet warm! Heal soon. Susan.
Bonnie Anderson | 03.17.12 at 6:44 pm said…
Hello Mary,
You don’t know me but I have always enjoyed your work. I hope you get feeling better very soon. Look forward to seeing your show.
Joanne Elton | 03.17.12 at 6:58 pm said…
Get better soon! You have lots to teach us yet!
Lynda Scott | 03.17.12 at 8:23 pm said…
To a wonderful and funny woman from another of your many fans…I wish you a speedy recovery. Who else can confront Ford the way you do? Lovexxoo
Anne Morris-Dadson | 03.17.12 at 9:09 pm said…
Best wishes for a speedy recovery Mary. xx
Anne Morris-Dadson | 03.17.12 at 9:10 pm said…
Best wishes for a speedy recovery Mary. xx
keith barker | 03.17.12 at 9:15 pm said…
Hello Mary
Sending warm thoughts and hopes for a speedy recovery. At least now you have a chance to catch up on all your reading. Yeah to books! Get better soon. xo
Colleen Perrin | 03.17.12 at 9:29 pm said…
Mary, you are such an inspiriation and your brilliance shines for all of us. Look after yourself and don’t worry about the show. There can always be a show another time. Meanwhile, your health and welfare are what matters. xxoo Colleen
Eric Weinthal | 03.18.12 at 12:27 am said…
Mary!
I love what you do. Such a great spunkspirit. Your big smile and focused presence. Your clarity and cutting through. Your humour and formidable life force.
Jillian Rees-Brown | 03.18.12 at 12:36 am said…
Thanks for providing this place to send well wishes, Andy.
Mary,
Have a good lie-in there now, and I hope you’ll be best kind again really soon.
Healing wishes sent your way. Looking forward to you breathing the beautiful ocean air with ease.
Jillian
Lyn Ashurst | 03.18.12 at 9:48 am said…
Get better really soon so you can go kick some more butt. XO
Margaret Lamarre | 03.18.12 at 2:25 pm said…
You are the Warrior.
Brenda Mason | 03.18.12 at 2:33 pm said…
Hi Mary;
Heed your body and rest and restore….It’s a mandated “time out” … and I hope you find a huge blessing in it there somewhere. I’m sending love, admiration and healing thoughts to you1 Get well soon! brenda from ottawa
Curtis Barlow | 03.18.12 at 5:01 pm said…
Dear Mary,
I bought a ticket for your show (first preview) and was so distressed on the night to learn that you were in the hospital. I’ve too have suffered from respiratory infections and know how miserable they can make you feel. I hope you’re a lot better now and that we will see you in Toronto soon. I was thinking of my first visit to St. John’t recently-thirty years ago last month. I spent almost the entire weekend with you and got “storm-stayed” an extra day by a blizzard. I won’t reminisce here (and I’m sure you don’t want me to) but hopefully a chance to do so in person will arise before too long. Much love, Curtis
Ken and Kathy Peel | 03.18.12 at 6:58 pm said…
Great Warrior that you are, smite those germs and be strong! Toronto needs you!
Janette and Ramiro | 03.18.12 at 7:52 pm said…
Dear Mary ~ We love you! We are sending you love and light, wrapping you in healing energy… Can’t wait to see you up and about… smiling your smile, bringing smiles to us in the way you always do. Canada LOVES you!! We LOVE you!!
Judith Perry | 03.18.12 at 8:51 pm said…
Dear Mary,
I have been following your health woes through the regular updates from TPM.I can only hope that you are getting the rest that you both need and deserve, with a combination of both the humour and rage that we here in Toronto are so sorry to be missing out on. We want you healthy and well, and look forward to seeing you at the first available opportunity. Keep well, and know that you are sorely missed and loved.
Betty Hotbox | 03.19.12 at 9:35 am said…
Dear Mary,
Get off your arse and get to work (after you get better).
Best,
Betty
Lianne | 03.19.12 at 10:36 am said…
Dear Mary,
hope you are back on your feet real soon… we desperately need a good laugh or 3 here in Fordnation gone bad.
Best,
Lianne
James Clark | 03.19.12 at 10:13 pm said…
Dear Mary,
Glad to hear tonight at the theatre that you are now recovering at home. Wishing you all the very best and a speedy recovery. Look forward to seeing your show when you are able.
Cheers,
James
Diego | 03.20.12 at 10:49 am said…
Dear Mary -
Wishing you a speedy recovery!
Best wishes, Diego
Alex Johnstone | 03.20.12 at 10:51 am said…
So glad to hear that you are back home so you must be getting better. Looking forward to seeing you whenever you are able to come back to Toronto.
Doris | 03.20.12 at 10:51 am said…
Love you Mary. You give me much pleasure with your creative mind and wonderful performance. All the best.
Karim G | 03.20.12 at 10:52 am said…
Mary,
Get well soon. I am so sorry we will not see you on the stage, but a speedy recovery is most important so we can see you back on the horse again…so get well so you can “go down to the club and cut one out of the herd!! (Oh those Codco days…forever in my brain!) Take care and all the best.
Karim
Harold Povilaitis | 03.20.12 at 11:01 am said…
Dear Mary :
I had a ticket for your show for last weekend, and was so sorry to learn of your illness. I’m very glad to hear that you are now back home, and I wish you a speedy and full recovery. I’m hoping that you will be able to perform “Dancing With Rage” here in Toronto in the near future … I’m sure that Rob Ford will provide you with A LOT MORE material (and a lot more RAGE) for your show, during the time you are home recovering (maybe he’ll even propose extending the Sheppard Subway all the way TO ST. JOHN’S !!!). Wishing you all the very best, Harold
Don & Alicia | 03.20.12 at 11:06 am said…
Hi Mary,
Even Warrior Princesses get the blues… Just know that you don’t have to fight this battle alone. We’re sending you positive vibes for a speedy recovery.
Love & laughter,
Don & Alicia
Rav Shawe | 03.20.12 at 11:11 am said…
Dear Mary,
I hope you’re back on your feet soon and wish you a very speedy recovery! Nothing can hold Marg Delahunty, Princess Warrior down – if you can handle his Fordness with finesse, style and grace (and a plastic sword), then you can get through anything. We miss you!
Best wishes,
Rav
(TPM board Chair)
Lynn Slotkin | 03.20.12 at 11:15 am said…
Dear Mary,
Pneumonia? That’s it? That’s what’s keeping you there and not here? I would have thought that not even a herd of wild horses, a few broncos or even a Ford or two could not stop you from performing. So I guess it was very serious indeed that kept you from us. Get better soon then strap on that brass breast plate and come here and let us share the love and your rage. All the best, Lynn Slotkin
Gail | 03.20.12 at 11:29 am said…
Think positive thoughts. Visualize the last of those nasty cells disappearing from your body. Use your incredible sense of humour to heal. Know that there are so many across the country who are wishing you a full and speedy recovery.
I look forward to seeing your show when you are in good form — it will be well worth the wait. Anyone who had the guts to take on Rob Ford in his driveway is a heroine in my book. You made him look like the fool that he is.
Yes, you are a national treasure — you make us proud to be Canadians. I am sending good vibes your way.
Anne Goldspink | 03.20.12 at 11:30 am said…
Take your time and don’t be surprised if it takes a little longer than you expect it might…
Kate | 03.20.12 at 11:40 am said…
Bless you Mary!! You are such an important part of my landscape that I am sending you best wishes for a speedy recovery:-)
fiona reid | 03.20.12 at 12:09 pm said…
dear mary,
there is only one amazing fabulous mary walsh and you are a force of nature, my darling. I’m so sorry you’ve been laid low. I can imagine, though, that there’s a wealth of new material from the hospital setting. be good to yourself and don’t come back till you’re good and ready. you rock, sister.
love,
fi
Shawn Kerwin | 03.20.12 at 12:30 pm said…
Mary, most important that you simply get better and know that we are all wishing you the best. Dancing in Toronto will just have to wait!
Shelagh Kareda | 03.20.12 at 2:39 pm said…
Dear Mary,
Get better soon. I am thinking strong thoughts on your behalf and hope you get better soon,
Shelagh
Shelagh Kareda | 03.20.12 at 2:42 pm said…
What am I doing. I do want you to get better but I didn’t mean to say it twice.I must have pneumonia of the mind.
Martin Julien | 03.20.12 at 2:42 pm said…
Oh, Mary, so glad to hear that you are out of hospital and back home. We worked together, years ago, on Dudley the Dragon, and you were such a delight. You will be back on stage where you belong soon enough. But for now, all strength and wishes to your full recovery. Sorry to miss you in Toronto.
Alison | 03.20.12 at 2:53 pm said…
Just heard about this play and was excited to see it, but then sadly heard you were ill. Best wishes & please get well soon!!
Cathyandcolleen | 03.20.12 at 3:41 pm said…
Oh no!!!
Did the Fords get to you?
get well fast – we miss you!
Tom McGuirk & Jan Fralick | 03.20.12 at 5:57 pm said…
You must have caught something from Ford – get well soon!
Marni Jackson | 03.20.12 at 7:53 pm said…
Yes, as Cathy and Colleen just said, I fear that bacteria on the Ford driveway is to blame!
You shall smite them all. Be patient with recovery. Eagerly awaiting you back in Toronto and on stage.
Sheldon & Franceen Kates | 03.20.12 at 8:13 pm said…
Get well fast. I am sure all of Canada has the same sentiments.
Shelly & Franci
Esther Pifko | 03.20.12 at 10:58 pm said…
OK Mary: Everyone is being so nice to you it is ridiculous. You would think all of Toronto is in love with you and perhaps they are. I must admit I am selfish! I want to see you, hear you, read about you, enjoy and laugh and rant with you. So just sit there and do nothing until your body decides it is time to get going again. Don’t rush it. Yes I am disappointed but am more interested in seeing you here all better. With great admiration.
Esther
Mary Ellen MacLean | 03.21.12 at 9:12 am said…
Hello Mary,
Sending you lots of energy for a healthy recovery. You’re amazing. A treaure in deed to this country and the east coast – oh my jesus thank you for your brilliant talent and making me laugh my hole off. I look froward to seeing your show when you’re back it.
Tons of love,
Mary Ellen
Susan Turner | 03.21.12 at 12:44 pm said…
Can’t wait for Hurricane Mary to be back in full force. Take good care of yourself.
Sue
Lucinda Williams | 03.21.12 at 1:27 pm said…
Hi Mary:
The universe has spoken…”it’s time to take care of your body and soul”. “You” are the main attraction for all of us who are wishing you a complete recovery so take your time.
You make me laugh till I cry Mary…..NOW TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF and get ready to shake up the big boys….they’re starting to relax.
Leslie | 03.21.12 at 6:00 pm said…
I know what it’s like to be sick. Try to be very grouchy and bitch at people (even though that goes against your nature), it’s amazing how much that can cheer you. Get well soon.
Bruce Gavin Ward | 03.22.12 at 12:21 pm said…
Mary, luv;
can’t let a little sniffle get you down. you’ve got a little unfinished work to do [you know, saving the planet!] so let’s see you up and about. [you are our 'balls' - we need you] best wishes from away.
Norine M | 03.24.12 at 10:13 pm said…
We wish a happy recovery.
Love Norine and Marc
Nina | 03.26.12 at 4:55 pm said…
Keep soldiering on, you hip warrior chick!
Johanna Schueller | 03.30.12 at 12:42 pm said…
Mary…so wishing you back in “good humour” soon…there’s just too little of it around in the world for people like you not to be spreading the funny word!! Best wishes.
Johanna Schueller | 03.30.12 at 12:45 pm said…
Mary, hoping you’re back in “good humour” soon…the world is in such short supply that people like you need to be out there spreading the “funny word” as often as possible…best of recoveries!
Katherine | 04.03.12 at 10:32 am said…
Dear Mary, I’m sorry to hear you are not well. I hope you make a speedy recovery and come back to TPM soon! I would love to see your show!