Michel Choquette
Michel Choquette (born March 14, 1938) is a Canadian humorist who has written for print, for television and for film, and a comedian who has performed for television.
Life and career
Choquette was born March 14, 1938, in
He attended Selwyn House School and did his undergraduate studies at Sir George Williams University. Afterwards, he studied for a master's degree in archaeology at the University of Pennsylvania, but did not graduate.[1][2]
In 1959 he created a record called "Songs of Murray Bay", which made fun of a summer resort town on the St. Lawrence which was widely popular locally. Because of this song, Choquette, at age 22, caught the interest of Cambridge-based musical satirist Tom Lehrer.
Along with
Choquette wrote for the
During the 1970s, Choquette put together The Someday Funnies, a large collection of original comics about the 1960s that were created especially for the book by 169 writers and artists. The book was released by Abrams on November 1, 2011.[5]
In 1979 he played the bilingual tourist in the short satirical film Twice Upon a Time... (Il était deux fois).
Choquette presently teaches screenwriting, comedy writing and creative writing at
Further reading
Journals
- LEVIN, Bob, August 2009, The Comics Journal, 299, "How Michel Choquette (Almost) Assembled the Most Stupendous Comic Book in the World"
Books
- KARP, Josh, 2004 Chicago Review Press, A Futile and Stupid Gesture
- SIMMONS, Matty, 1994, Barricade Books, If You Don't Buy This Book We'll Kill This Dog
- HENDRA, Tony, 1987, Dolphin Doubleday, Going Too Far
References
- ^ Selwyn House School Yearbook 1964
- ^ Education for a surreal world
- ^ "Anyone remember the obscure guest on the Dean Martin Hour???Please??".
- ^ "National Lampoon Staff & Contributors Index". Archived from the original on 2011-12-09. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
- ISBN 978-0810996182.
External links
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