Michel Choquette (born March 14, 1938) is a Canadian

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who has written for print, for television and for film, and a comedian who has performed for television.

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Choquette was born March 14, 1938, in

Montreal Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...

Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...

to a

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family. 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 The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...

, but did not graduate. 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

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. Along with Peter Elbling, Choquette was half of the comedy duo " The Times Square Two" from 1964 to 1970. Choquette wrote for the

Harvard Lampoon ''The Harvard Lampoon'' is an undergraduate humor publication founded in 1876 by seven undergraduates at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Overview The ''Harvard Lampoon'' publication was founded in 1876 by seven undergraduate ...

, and for

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, where he was a contributing editor from 1970 to 1971, an associate editor during 1972, and a contributing editor from 1973 to 1974. During the 1970s, Choquette put together ''

The Someday Funnies ''The Someday Funnies'' is an exceptionally large and varied book of comics which was published by Abrams on November 1, 2011. The book was a project that had originally been intended as a special supplement for the magazine ''Rolling Stone'', b ...

'', 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. 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

McGill University McGill University (French: Université McGill) is an English-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill University, Vol. I. For the Advancement of Learning, ...

and

Concordia University Concordia University () is a Public university, public English-language research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1974 following the merger of Loyola College (Montreal), Loyola College and Sir George Williams Universit ...

in Montreal.

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* http://www.fedge.net/sharyflenniken/biography.html Shary Flenniken {{DEFAULTSORT:Choquette, Michel 1938 births Canadian humorists Canadian male screenwriters Academic staff of Concordia University The Harvard Lampoon alumni Living people Academic staff of McGill University Comedians from Montreal Writers from Montreal Sir George Williams University alumni University of Pennsylvania alumni Canadian male comedians Screenwriters from Quebec

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