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Encyclopedia > List of Quebec comedians

This is a list of Quebec comedians and comedy groups. ... A comedian (also comedienne, female) is a person who attempts to make people laugh through a variety of methods, normally through joke telling, or a stream of funny banter. ...

Contents
1 Comics
2 Impressionists
3 Comedy groups
4 See also
5 External link

Comics

  • Jean-Michel Anctil
  • Michel Barrette
  • Bruno Blanchet
  • Normand Brathwaite
  • Michel Courtemanche
  • Clémence Desrochers
  • Lise Dion
  • Yvon Deschamps
  • Patrick Groulx
  • Olivier Guimond
  • Louis-José Houde
  • Mario Jean
  • Anthony Kavanagh
  • Mado Lamothe
  • Bruno Landry
  • JiCi Lauzon
  • Pierre Légaré
  • Daniel Lemire
  • Guy A. Lepage
  • Peter MacCloud
  • Norm MacDonald
  • Pauline Martin
  • Martin Matte
  • Claudine Mercier
  • Claude Meunier
  • Dominique Michel
  • François Morency
  • Louis Morissette
  • Michel Mpambara
  • Laurent Paquin
  • Jean-Marc Parent
  • Yves B. Pelletier
  • Francois Pérusse
  • La Poune
  • Caroline Rhea
  • Stéphane Rousseau
  • Ghislain Taschereau
  • Mike Ward

Michel Courtemanche was born December 11, 1964 in Laval, Quebec. ... Yvon Deschamps is an author, actor, humorist and producer. ... Mario Jean is a stand up comedian and movie and television actor from Quebec, Canada. ... Guy A. Lepage (born August 30, 1960 in Montréal, Québec) is a French Canadian humorist and millionaire. ... Norman Gene MacDonald (born October 17, 1962) is a Canadian actor and comedian. ... Caroline Rhea (born April 13, 1964) is a stand-up comedian, actress, and the former host of talk show The Caroline Rhea Show. ... Mike Ward may refer to: Michael E. Ward, former United States congressman and North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction. ...

Impressionists

  • Steeve Diamond
  • Marc Dupré
  • André-Philippe Gagnon

André-Philippe Gagnon (born 1962) is a Canadian comedian and impressionist from Quebec. ...

Comedy groups

  • Les Bleu Poudre
  • Bowser and Blue
  • Les Chick'n Swell
  • Les Cyniques
  • Ding et Dong
  • Crampe en Masse
  • Les Justiciers Masqués
  • Les Mecs Comiques
  • Rock et Belles Oreilles
  • Les Zapartistes

Les Cyniques were a Quebec comedy troupe, consisting of Marc Laurendeau, Serge Grenier, Marcel Saint-Germain and André Dubois. ... Rock et belles oreilles, aka R.B.O., is the French Canadian (Quebecois) comic equivalent of the British Monty Python, the English Canadian Kids in the Hall or the French Guignol, very popular in the essentially French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec during the 1980s. ...

See also

Canadian humour is, in many respects, a fundamental part of Canadian culture. ... List of famous Quebecers: citizens of the Canadian province of Quebec. ... A comedian is one who entertains through comedy, such as jokes and other forms of humour. ... As a North American society and the only society on the continent with a French-speaking majority, the culture of the province of Quebec, Canada shows many unique features. ... Just for Laughs (in French Juste pour rire) is a comedy festival held each year in Montreal, Quebec. ... Samedi de rire was a sketch comedy show in Quebec that aired from 1985 to 1989. ...

External link

  • Repertory of sites of Quebec comedians (http://www.toile.com/quebec/Arts_et_Culture/Divertissement_et_spectacles/Humour/Humoristes/)

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Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Montreal (5628 words)
Bill 101 was passed in 1977 and gave primacy to French as Quebec's (and Montreal's) only official language for government, the main language of business and culture, and enforced the use of French for public signage and business communication.
Montreal is located in the southwest of the province of Quebec, approximately 270 kilometres (168 miles) southwest of Quebec City, the provincial capital, and 190 kilometres (118 mi) east of Ottawa, the federal capital.
Montreal is the cultural centre of Quebec, and of French-speaking North America as a whole.
Montreal (5871 words)
The Bill 101 was passed in 1977 and gave primacy to French as Quebec's (and Montreal's) only official language for government, the main language of business and culture, and enforced the exclusive use of French for public signage and business communication.
Montreal is located in the southwest of the province of Quebec, approximately 275 kilometres (168 miles) southwest of Quebec City, the provincial capital, and 190 kilometres (118 mi) east of Ottawa, the federal capital.
The cultural heart of classical art and the epicenter of many summer festivals, the Place des Arts is a complex of different concert and theater halls surrounding a large open-spaced square downtown.
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