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Pierre Brassard (born April 24, 1966) is a French-Canadian actor, comedian, television personality, and radio broadcaster. He is associated with CKOI-FM in Montreal and known for his phone call hoaxes.

In one publicized incident, Brassard, thinly disguised as a television reporter, encountered former Canadian prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau at the 1993 Montreal Film Festival. After Brassard asked a series of absurd questions, Trudeau ripped off Brassard's fake beard, slapped the prankster in the face, and aimed a kick at his groin. [1] [2] [3]

In 2021 he was a competitor on Chanteurs masqués , the Quebec adaptation of the Masked Singer franchise. He sang Les B.B.'s "Fais attention" in costume as a speckled trout, but was the second person eliminated from the competition. [4]

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References

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  2. "Bleu Poudre" (YouTube). 2012-12-05.
  3. Gaudet, Agnès (2016-07-03). "Pierre Brassard". Le Journal de Montréal (in French). Retrieved 2019-07-18.
  4. Élizabeth Lepage-Boily, "Chanteurs masqués : La truite mouchetée révèle quelle chanson elle aurait interprétée par la suite". Showbizz, September 27, 2021.