Michel Choquette
Encyclopedia
Michel Choquette is a French Canadian
from Montreal
, a humorist who has written for print, for television and for film, and a comedian who has performed for television.
He was born March 14, 1938 in Montreal, Canada. In 1959 he produced a record called "Songs of Murray Bay," which teased that summer resort town on the St. Lawrence, which was widely popular locally and (at 22) caught the interest of Cambridge-based musical satirist Tom Lehrer
.
Along with Peter Elbling, he was half of the comedy duo "The Times Square Two
" from 1964 to 1970.
He wrote for the Harvard Lampoon
, and for National Lampoon magazine, where he was a Contributing Editor from 1970–71, an Associate Editor during 1972
and a Contributing Editor from 1973-74.http://www.marksverylarge.com/people/people.html
During the 1970s, Choquette put together The Someday Funnies
, a large collection of original comics about the 1960s created especially for the book by 169 writers and artists. The book was released by Abrams
on November 1, 2011.http://www.amazon.com/Someday-Funnies-Michel-Choquette/dp/0810996189
Choquette presently teaches screenwriting, comedy writing and creative writing at McGill University
and Concordia University in Montreal.
French Canadian
French Canadian or Francophone Canadian, , generally refers to the descendents of French colonists who arrived in New France in the 17th and 18th centuries...
from Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, a humorist who has written for print, for television and for film, and a comedian who has performed for television.
He was born March 14, 1938 in Montreal, Canada. In 1959 he produced a record called "Songs of Murray Bay," which teased that summer resort town on the St. Lawrence, which was widely popular locally and (at 22) caught the interest of Cambridge-based musical satirist Tom Lehrer
Tom Lehrer
Thomas Andrew "Tom" Lehrer is an American singer-songwriter, satirist, pianist, mathematician and polymath. He has lectured on mathematics and musical theater...
.
Along with Peter Elbling, he was half of the comedy duo "The Times Square Two
The Times Square Two
The Times Square Two was an extremely eccentric 2-man act of music, comedy, acting and juggling.Their performance of "I've Got a Funny Feeling for Ophelia" on the Dean Martin Summer Show starring The Golddiggers, Joey Heatherton and Frank Sinatra, Jr...
" from 1964 to 1970.
He wrote for the Harvard Lampoon
Harvard Lampoon
The Harvard Lampoon is an undergraduate humor publication founded in 1876 at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.-Overview:Published since 1876, The Harvard Lampoon is the world's longest continually published humor magazine. It is also the second longest-running English-language humor...
, and for National Lampoon magazine, where he was a Contributing Editor from 1970–71, an Associate Editor during 1972
and a Contributing Editor from 1973-74.http://www.marksverylarge.com/people/people.html
During the 1970s, Choquette put together The Someday Funnies
The Someday Funnies
The Someday Funnies is an exceptionally large and varied book of comics which was published by Abrams on November 1, 2011. During the early 1970s, the humorist Michel Choquette gradually put together a unique collection of comics about the 1960s, by soliciting work internationally from contemporary...
, a large collection of original comics about the 1960s created especially for the book by 169 writers and artists. The book was released by Abrams
ABRAMS Books
Abrams, formerly Harry N. Abrams, Inc. , is an American publisher of high-quality art and illustrated books, and the enterprise is presently a subsidiary of the French publisher La Martinière Groupe...
on November 1, 2011.http://www.amazon.com/Someday-Funnies-Michel-Choquette/dp/0810996189
Choquette presently teaches screenwriting, comedy writing and creative writing at McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
and Concordia University in Montreal.
Journals
- LEVIN, Bob, August 2009, The Comics JournalThe Comics JournalThe Comics Journal, often abbreviated TCJ, is an American magazine of news and criticism pertaining to comic books, comic strips and graphic novels...
, 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 FarGoing Too FarGoing Too Far: the Rise and Demise of Sick, Gross, Black, Sophomoric, Weirdo, Pinko, Anarchist, Underground, Anti-establishment Humor is a 1987 American non-fiction book by British-born humorist Tony Hendra about black humor, what Hendra calls "boomer humor", a twisted style of humor that was...