Pierre Brassard
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Pierre Brassard is a Québécois
actor, comedian, television personality and radio broadcaster. He is associated with CKOI-FM
in Montreal
and famous for his phone call hoaxes. He managed to arrange phone calls with Queen Elizabeth II
and Pope John Paul II
, pretending to be Canadian Prime Minister
Jean Chrétien
. He is a member of the comedy group Les Bleu Poudre.
Disguised as a clowning television reporter named Raymond Beaudoin during the television shows 100 Limites and Taquinons la planète; Pierre Brassard is also famous for being kicked in the groin by Pierre Elliott Trudeau during an interview in which he asked a sarcastic question that didn't please the past Prime Minister of Canada.
As of 2006, Pierre Brassard is hosting a satirical television show at the SRC
called En attendant Ben Laden, which started in 2005 with the promise that the show would end the day of the capture of Osama Bin Laden
.
French-speaking Quebecer
French-speaking Quebecers are francophone residents of the Canadian province of Quebec....
actor, comedian, television personality and radio broadcaster. He is associated with CKOI-FM
CKOI-FM
CKOI-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec.Owned and operated by Cogeco, it broadcasts on 96.9 MHz from the roof of the CIBC Tower in Downtown Montreal with an effective radiated power of 307,000 watts using an omnidirectional antenna...
in 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...
and famous for his phone call hoaxes. He managed to arrange phone calls with Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
and Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II
Blessed Pope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted ; only Pope Pius IX ...
, pretending to be Canadian Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Canada
The Prime Minister of Canada is the primary minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus head of government for Canada, charged with advising the Canadian monarch or viceroy on the exercise of the executive powers vested in them by the constitution...
Jean Chrétien
Jean Chrétien
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien , known commonly as Jean Chrétien is a former Canadian politician who was the 20th Prime Minister of Canada. He served in the position for over ten years, from November 4, 1993 to December 12, 2003....
. He is a member of the comedy group Les Bleu Poudre.
Disguised as a clowning television reporter named Raymond Beaudoin during the television shows 100 Limites and Taquinons la planète; Pierre Brassard is also famous for being kicked in the groin by Pierre Elliott Trudeau during an interview in which he asked a sarcastic question that didn't please the past Prime Minister of Canada.
As of 2006, Pierre Brassard is hosting a satirical television show at the SRC
Télévision de Radio-Canada
Télévision de Radio-Canada is a Canadian French language television network. It is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, known in French as Société Radio-Canada. Headquarters are at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal, which is also home to the network's flagship station, CBFT-DT...
called En attendant Ben Laden, which started in 2005 with the promise that the show would end the day of the capture of Osama Bin Laden
Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of the militant Islamist organization Al-Qaeda, the jihadist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets...
.