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Michel Choquette(born March 14, 1938) is a Canadianhumoristwho 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, inMontreal,Quebecto aFrench Canadianfamily.
He attendedSelwyn House Schooland did his undergraduate studies atSir George Williams University. Afterwards, he studied for a master's degree in archaeology at theUniversity of Pennsylvania, but did not graduate.[1][2]
In 1959 he created a record called "Songs ofMurray 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 satiristTom Lehrer.
Along withPeter Elbling, Choquette was half of the comedy duo "The Times Square Two" from 1964 to 1970.[3]
Choquette wrote for theHarvard Lampoon, and forNational Lampoon magazine, where he was a contributing editor from 1970 to 1971, an associate editor during 1972, and a contributing editor from 1973 to 1974.[4]
During the 1970s, Choquette put togetherThe 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 byAbramson November 1, 2011.[5]
In 1979 he played the bilingual tourist in the short satirical filmTwice Upon a Time...(Il était deux fois).
Choquette presently teaches screenwriting, comedy writing and creative writing atMcGill UniversityandConcordia Universityin Montreal.
