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Mike Ward Sous Écoute - #522 - Lisa Leblanc et François Pérusse

Episode Date: March 31, 2025

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Starting point is 00:02:17 here is Mike Ward, under the cover of... Thank you! Thank you very much! Good evening! Welcome to Mike Ward's Underwear. Thank you so much for being here. Yann Thériault is right here. I'd like to
Starting point is 00:02:34 give you a round of applause. Yann, could you... It's special. It's special. Tonight, my daughter is here, Mike. It's special. Tonight, my daughter is here. Oh, yes! Oh, tonight my daughter is here Mike. It's special tonight, my daughter is here. Oh yes, wow, we applaud your daughter. Is it your youngest or your oldest?
Starting point is 00:02:57 Yes, it's my youngest. Your youngest, your youngest who is 14 years old but gave himself fake cards. Yeah, that's it. No, but yeah, that's it. It's the first time she sees her dad. How old is she? 18. You're coming to... 19.
Starting point is 00:03:12 19. Yeah. And you're coming to say, it's the first time she sees her dad? You mean the first time she lives? When she worked during the live. Oh, Steve. Yeah. It's funny. Are you impressed by the date? Yeah. You mean the first time she's been live during the whole... Oh Stee! Yeah, yeah.
Starting point is 00:03:26 It's hot! Were you impressed at the time? Yeah! I'm sad you saw that. Yann is proud of you. Yeah, yeah. It's very fun. Do you have a different stress? You must have a stress to deal with. Is Stee my daughter? And she's here? I hope it's going to be okay.
Starting point is 00:03:43 No, not really. Okay. No. She said she was getting bored at night. That's what stresses me more than other jobs. She's going to get bored? That's sick. If we have to get her out, and we just hear, I don't know, it's Guillaume Aubert!
Starting point is 00:04:04 Thanks for being here. We're going to do, Yann, if we can put his bill, are you with your boyfriend or a friend? His four. His four, put them on my bill. Like that, they're going to get they're going to get really drunk.
Starting point is 00:04:26 Can you do the same thing with the school fees, please? Hey, Yann, I wanted to... You know that I'm on a tour at St. Cyphe. Yeah. And I want to thank everyone. I really have a lot of fun. It's my tour that I have the most fun. And I like my audience. Everyone is hungry. Especially since, it seems, the other shows, I found the world hungry, but there, everyone is cool. And I had forgotten what it was like to go out into the world that is not my audience, and who cares that it's heavy?
Starting point is 00:05:03 I have... You know, I'm used to seeing people, that it's my world. You are nice, respectful. The other time I was doing a show, and before the show we were going to have a dinner in a restaurant. I don't know why I called it a restaurant. We were going to the bakery to eat our sandwiches. No, I was in a restaurant and there, I'm in the restaurant, I'm eating and on my way back, I saw that the crowd was like too excited that I was there.
Starting point is 00:05:38 And they didn't put us far from the bar, so it's a place where the crowd, there were a lot of people who weren't there to eat, they were there to drink. And then they looked at me, and then there's a guy who comes to see me, and he doesn't ask me if it bothers me, I take a picture. He asks my team. And they do... It bothers me, I take a picture with Mike, and he already holds me. And I...
Starting point is 00:06:04 And you know, I'm diabetic diabetic and I have my business. He gives me insulin on my arm. And he's just tapping my business. And I feel like he's gassing after. Because it was bothering him. So I'm like, oh, this is tiring. And he invited his chums. His chums came to take pictures.
Starting point is 00:06:28 That didn't bother me. But in fact, they didn't bother me. They were a little bit annoying. But there's one. I see him, he's standing next to me. I'm eating. And then I just hear like... And then I see him and he goes...
Starting point is 00:06:45 And then he goes... Hey! And then I'm like, are you coming to... to get into your own hands? And he goes, oh yeah, that's sick, I'm so happy to meet you! And then I was like, well, my meal is over. So thank you, thank you all, Stee, for not staying in your hands and for, that's it, for calling me St. Patience. Thank you, thank you for calling me St. Patience.
Starting point is 00:07:16 It's not true, I really have fun and it's fun, I like meeting people after shows, before shows, I like that all the time. Except that night, Asti was heavy. That's it. Do you ever go out of bars like before? I never go out of bars because alcohol... People are too comfortable with me when they drink. So I get... I caught. I get too much touched. I've had years that I didn't like getting touched. It bothers me less.
Starting point is 00:07:54 But I don't like getting my finger crossed while I'm ordering a little Coors Light. So no, I always go to the hotel. I drink... Let's say when I'm pre-worked, I do my first parts. I drink with Preach, with Campyrid. I drink with my gang. That's it. That's pretty much it. And when they're not there, I drink. And when they're not there, I'm all alone.
Starting point is 00:08:30 Did you bring an air fryer with you to the hotel? No, I did it once. It must have been the time you came with me. It was Olivier Obain Mercier who told me that he was traveling with his air fryer. And I found it ridiculous. I was like, Chris is stupid to do that. Is it stupid to do that? Is it stupid? Oh, Chris is not crazy. And then I thought, well, yeah, you're right, he's a genius. But it's true, not true, it's a good idea, but it's just, it's big. And then, I'm making sleep apnea.
Starting point is 00:09:04 So, I have to bring my apnea machine, my air fryer. I'm going to have the help of a guy who just got his test done. And he's like, I'm going to take a room between two weeks and four years. Well, yeah, that's it. I don't have a Dair Fryer. Well, I have one, but he stays at our place. Ok, ok. Yeah, he stays at our place.
Starting point is 00:09:34 Well, hey, Yann, do you want me to introduce you? Yes, sir. Do you want to know how Asti asked you for permission? You're a docile, still. Read this. Your daughter is there. I want her to talk and she says, He's nice to my father with his employee. He's respectful with me. Is it okay if I adapt, Yann?
Starting point is 00:09:54 It works well? Just to be sure that I'm walking straight. I'm super excited. Tonight, I have one of the guests. It's his first time on the podcast. The other one came seven years ago. I'm so proud. It's a legend of humor. Ladies and gentlemen, here are François Pérus and Lisa Leblanc. Thank you. Thank you.
Starting point is 00:10:24 Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Starting point is 00:10:40 Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for accepting me. I'm not coming back here. I'm watching people doing stand-up. I'm like, what am I calling? Thank you! It's really fun.
Starting point is 00:11:02 So no regrets. We'll see. We'll see. We'll see what happens. Too soon. That's exactly what it is. That's it. And that's the fun part. It was François who said your name when we asked him if you wanted to come.
Starting point is 00:11:18 And how did you two meet? Well, it's like... By the way, I had my first air fryer yesterday. By the way... You must have brought it. The first thing I did was a Brussels shoot. Judging me, it didn't work. It's good.
Starting point is 00:11:36 Is it true that you had your air fryer yesterday? Yes. Do you like that? Well, I was told it was good, but I'm a cook. OK. Well, I was told it was pretty good, but I'm a cook. Ok. And it works. Ok.
Starting point is 00:11:48 Oh, it works. I like it. It's anything in there, gloves. Tend, tend, tend. It's the most honest review and the most, you like it, it works. It works. That must be the slogan. If you doubt it, it's anything in there.
Starting point is 00:12:04 It's because Lisa, I've always liked her, it works. It works. It must be the slogan. If you doubt it, don't worry about it. Oh yeah. It's because Lisa, I've always liked her. I heard her first tour via a TV theme. She was wearing a blouse with her guitar. I said to myself, who is this? So I was with my kids, we were listening to this. Who is this? Who is this? Who is this?
Starting point is 00:12:22 At some point, we knew it was Lisa. I started looking for her. I saw Lisa was often in shows, she had a lot of albums. I started to look for her. I became an absolute fan for years without ever meeting her. I said, maybe I'll never meet her, but I'll try to go see one of her shows,
Starting point is 00:12:38 but we love Lisa's family completely. And then, by chance, she called me because she offered me to play on her album she made with her symphony orchestra. I said, well, what a banal way to meet. It's like telling yourself it's a corner of the street, and it's with a symphony orchestra waiting for the bus. But she invited me to her album to have a phone conversation. I think the conversation we had was like, would you be able to...
Starting point is 00:13:09 The song is called Gossip 2. Gossip 1, Gossip 2, thank you very much. And Gossip 2 is like when you're in the line at Tim Horton, and it's the small talk that says, there's not much, there's no substance in the conversation, visibly. And I was like, I think François would be perfect for that. I didn't think so. No substance.
Starting point is 00:13:33 I'm out of my bed and it's making a flak on the ground. I'm not that solid. It was the concept of talking to say nothing as long as possible. That's it. It's getting better and better. It's getting better. I'm like, fuck, it's really annoying. I'm just going to stop talking. No, stop. Continue my reputation. But we did that remotely because we just talked through a visual conference at the beginning.
Starting point is 00:14:01 And then Lisa has her partner Beno, who is here in the room, the one with a little coat, he hides his face and drinks a lot. Benoit is director and conductor for Lisa. So I worked with Benoit by phone, by email and we all edited that remotely. Then I went to the premiere of his show at Place des Arts with the symphony orchestra. I'm even more a fan than I was before, even if I'm now the patron of everything she did. Yes, well, yes, yes. I don't own anything anymore. It's OK.
Starting point is 00:14:32 So, it's an eternal love, but I'm just waiting for the next album to see what it will ask me. How did you contact him? Do you contact him directly or do you go through his agent? We went through the official voices. Personally, it's rare that I like to be contacted directly. Because, first, I forget. And second, I like to have a buffer zone,
Starting point is 00:15:05 where I can say, maybe it's not good. And I can say no politely. You don't want to do, hey, would you like to work with me? I really try to, if there's something like that, I like to go through the official ways. You're right. For real, maybe it wouldn't have been tried and I would have been zero, zero at the institute. It's no trouble. We're trying it. We don't dare to say no when we talk directly. You're done. Lisa calls you directly. You're done.
Starting point is 00:15:32 For example, Nicolas Chiconet calls you... You have to go! You have to go! It's your appointment. That's why she did what he had to do. We talked about it. I'm not going to lie. I'm not going to lie. Hey! Oh, you're going? Oh, you're going? It's your appointment. And that's why she really did it like he should have. We talked directly afterwards, of course.
Starting point is 00:15:52 You know, we've been changing directors for a while now. We're managing ourselves. We're managing ourselves. But she did her tour with the symphony orchestra and all that. It's extraordinary what she said. I'm a big fan. I'm so happy she chose to accept the invitation. I'm so honored. Thank you.
Starting point is 00:16:09 Oh my God, wow. We were talking about it at the top. In fact, François started to tell us what he had done for the Beatles and the Sun. I missed the boot. I didn't know that title. You know, you talked about it last time you were here, but I have the impression that, Asti, it's so impressive, we need to talk about it a little bit more. But I wanted to see it because when you created this, your guys weren't born, and then you brought them, and then the show stopped. You were brought in this summer.
Starting point is 00:16:46 I brought him in because the show was stopping. Otherwise, he would have missed it. I would have had the aspect of a loser. But it's really that you're clearly a loser. Yes, it's important. Invite twice. What is the feeling about them? You know, you have such an impressive career.
Starting point is 00:17:11 They must be like, I can't believe it, my father did that. But that, we would say, is... I think they're proud. I think they're proud, but we're not telling them that in the house. They don't come out of their room in a mess in the morning. We're proud of you, Pop! Let's get out of the trash. I feel they're proud and they're making comments by others.
Starting point is 00:17:31 But they don't ride on that. They're musicians, you and I, today. What do they play? My youngest, Jaco, is mostly on the drums, a little keyboard. And my oldest, Fred, is mostly on the bass. There, more and more guitars too. They're the two best ones than me, and it's really annoying. Okay. Do you play together sometimes? Yes, we play together. We jam it.
Starting point is 00:17:53 What do you jam? A lot of jazz, fusion, rock, blues. That's great. We like jazz a lot, a lot, a lot. The old, the new. I arrived, you know, I've been a radio communicator for 12 years. And then in this community radio, I discovered a lot of music that I wouldn't have discovered otherwise. And I shared that with my children. And they really put that on their list.
Starting point is 00:18:19 They teach me. So I, my youngest, learn from Miles Davis, who also played with the other one. They will listen to Woody Guthrie, Plume La Traverse, Kendrick Lamar, Miles Davis, Charles Aznavour, and other Quebecers. They listen to absolutely everything on their playlist. And they read that, of course. They have 7-8 tons of that. That's what I like about the new generation. You know, my generation, we were, you know, when we were young, well, in any case, I think we were very limited. You had the world that liked rock, that liked rock. They didn't like country, they didn't like blues. You liked, you know, the punk liked punk, the rappers liked rap.
Starting point is 00:19:00 And then we would say, now, they're learning that at a young age, to be open-minded. And there's good in everything, and there's shit in everything too. Oh, and we listen to a little bit of shit. But you know, if you like jazz, there's bad jazz, and there's good. Yeah, and both of them, when you listen to bad jazz, you look at the time, and you think, the tour is over, we're giving it our all. There's only 15 minutes left.
Starting point is 00:19:33 You have Siri who says, be patient a few more moments. The hostile trumpet solo is almost over. For example, since I'm not a musician, every time I listen to jazz, I think it's bad, for two minutes I'm like, if I'm too epic to understand, it must be good. It's either a genius, and I'm stupid, or... I'm asking myself that question, but I skip. It depends on the tune. I don't know if you agree, Lisa. I think it's a very good question. It depends on the tune.
Starting point is 00:20:07 You know, you have the country tune you like, the one you don't like. In jazz, it's the same thing. In every rock, blues, fusion category, you have the tune you like and the tune you don't like, but you can't flush a folk song category. No, no, it's correct. It's correct, folk song. I'm literally coming from a four-day folkloric museum conference. You stayed all along? I was there for four days, I'm coming from there, I'm looking forward to spending four days.
Starting point is 00:20:41 It's called Folk Alliance, we can talk about it later too. But yeah, I heard some good folklorid. Oh, I take what I said and I take it with interest. There's some not good. But I think I could make you discover some good. Oh, certainly. Certainly. Well, we have to... I fucked up the joke. I'm going to make you listen to free jazz in exchange. What do you listen to when you're at home?
Starting point is 00:21:07 At home? A lot of stuff. I'm a big fan of everything from the 60s, 70s, it always comes back. But right now I'm listening to the album of Louis Adrian Cassidy. Really, yes, we can applaud that. Right now, I'm working on the album of Louis-Adrian Cassidy. It's quite... Really? Yes, yes, we can applaud that. I think it's one of my favorite albums that came out of Quebec since like 3, 4 years. Very impressive. I bet she has an air fryer too.
Starting point is 00:21:37 Do you think so? We're calling her. Do you have an air fryer? Well yes. Are you crazy? Yes, Chris, if you think so. And if you... What's your favorite thing in the air fryer?
Starting point is 00:21:54 I'm sure of that. Ben, what do we do in the air fryer? Nachos! That's the fun, the little nachos if you're a little too skinny. You just want to make yourself a little nacho, you feel fancy a little bit. Bing bang boom. Damn, I don't think it's fancy. It depends on who. For my family, it would be fancy.
Starting point is 00:22:21 Do you pimp it so up to make it fancy? Like salsa? Yeah, like... Yeah, Chris, are you a millionaire who puts cheese in it? I put my little Quebec in it, it's special. Yeah, but someone who doesn't have an air fryer, is he a victim of intimidation? What's going on? Yeah, are you feeling bad right now?
Starting point is 00:22:49 For example, I bought it when there was the Air Fryer trend. I was like, I don't know, I was stupid to buy it. I have a stove at home, I don't need it. I started to work on it. I didn't need it. I started to cook on it and I was one year old. I was just happy to cook everything at the same time. Like what? I would cook anything I ate in the air fryer.
Starting point is 00:23:18 Did you unwrap it? Did you unwrap it? Yes, I unwrapped it. Everything. Everything. Anything. Did you unwrap it? Yes, I unwrapped it. It's all, all, all, anything. Yes, that's it. I'm a big fan of Impossible Burger, which is a fake meat. I put this frozen in it. Sometimes I forget to put it in the plastic box.
Starting point is 00:23:35 It's delicious, too. You have to pay for plastic safe. I'm glad to know that. Thank you. I'm glad to have come to Bordel to talk about Air Fryer with you two. It's really nice. We're going to the vacuum cleaner. It's vacuum cleaner, right? I've never been on board, but you said you're a good cook. Do youide? Are you really good at it? I'm not going that far. The cook here is my blonde, Mélanie. She's the chef. I'm the cook and the guy who does the dishes. Okay. I'm the only one who can handle it.
Starting point is 00:24:17 Let's say with my two sons, Mélanie is going for a week because she can't see me. There, once in a while. And I can take care of my two guys for a week without any problem, with a lot of variety. Without buying anything. I'm very, very vegetable-y. Vegetable-y. That's it.
Starting point is 00:24:40 That I had had... It was funny, I had seen it last year. I was going to a restaurant with my blonde. You were there with your blonde and her friends. Yes, in Saint-Bruno. Her blonde and her friends were there. It was a girls' dinner. They were drinking a little. Then they called their chums to pick them up. The chums had started drinking too. And then I was there. Christy, you looked happy.
Starting point is 00:25:16 Yes, yes. Yes. It's funny, it was like a fancy restaurant, but he was dressed as if he was just coming to get his blonde. Yeah, I dress like that. So everyone was dressed a little fancy except you, but you were beautiful to see. Oh, thank you. I was happy to meet you. It was part of the happiness. Because it was these guys and girls, we were going to pick them up. I was just coming back from work and we saw you. So we said, it's Mike Ward.
Starting point is 00:25:53 So you heard that we said Mike Ward. I turned around and said... We were happy to meet Mike. We didn't know he was going to a restaurant. We thought he was staying at home, with the lights off. Air fryer, baby! Yeah, that's it. Sometimes he looks at the curtain a little bit and then he goes back home. It's weird, when you hear your name, when you're famous and you hear your name,
Starting point is 00:26:17 it's rare. I'm like sick and then I look back and I see it's him. So I didn't expect to see François Perriss who goes, Check, check, it's Mike Ward. It's true, I really said that. I really said that. Hey, it's Mike Ward, and Mike turns around. I looked like what I looked like, but I like to have the air of it. I was happy. We love you Mike! Thank you too, I'm happy.
Starting point is 00:26:53 Music is very important to me and it's part of the fact that when I meet a person like Lisa, it's Christmas because I was a musician right before I became a humorist. You're going to tell me you should have stayed a musician right before I became a musician. You're going to tell me, you should have been a musician. But music has always been a priority for me. And I saw you this week in a show. It's probably recorded, there's a bit, but I saw it on YouTube. You did the show Télé Québec. Plaza Plaisir.
Starting point is 00:27:21 Yes. So it's like every time I see you play bass, I'm always like, well, Chris, you have such a great career in humor that we forget that you're a musician too. It's a crisis of good musicians. Yes. And the bad thing is that I was a bass player. I still am, that's where I spent more time practicing. And I tell my guys who start playing, I never let go of an instrument.
Starting point is 00:27:46 Even if you don't do that in life, never let go of the musical instrument you play. You play there all the time, all the time. You must never let go of a musical instrument because during the... we rub a little. It's hard to learn, it takes time to learn. You must always keep practicing. Is there a way to do it, for example, that if you start playing non-stop for a week, there you come back as you were? Yes, you can. I should do it. That's the non-stop that I forget. It's two words that I don't put together if we're talking about the rest.
Starting point is 00:28:15 So I should practice more, that's for sure. I should shut my asses off. It's because you have to have a deadline. You have to shit your asses a little bit because you're going to do a TV show. My deadline last time was you at Plaza Bézé. You practiced your little chops. And all my basses had electrical problems. I went like this. I went like this.
Starting point is 00:28:34 My wallet went like this. And then I was nervous. I thought, I'm going to play with Lisa LeBlanc. She was going to blow me off. But finally, it was a good summer, I brought my bass scrap. It worked well. But it's so much fun to play with Lisa. And more so, she's so talented.
Starting point is 00:28:54 Have you ever heard her play, in addition to her voice, her acoustic instruments, and electric, and everything? It's a fun act. But on the other hand, I'm here. Do you like compliments or are you always annoyed? I'm really annoyed. Okay.
Starting point is 00:29:14 Yeah, that's it. I'm not good. Yeah, at that point... No, it's fun. But I'm not good. But it's nice. I appreciate it. We can start with a subject in which you're good, for example, do you pull at the bar? If only.
Starting point is 00:29:33 Or do you push at the bar? Do you push on the bar? Push at the bar is maybe the person who gets pulled. Pushed. Yeah, I don't know. It makes the opposite prediction, for example, you're going to be sick for six months, but if you push him, you've been sick for six months. Oh, maybe that's it. I don't know how it works. It's easier to push him.
Starting point is 00:30:02 The same card is the death card, so you want to put the death card in your face. So that's card, it's death. The same card is death. So you want to put the card of death in your face. So that's it, you're dead. You bring it to the living room. You're looking forward to the next card in a steele. You bring it to a funeral hall and you say, Here, here, your father is dead. Your father is there. Here, your card.
Starting point is 00:30:28 Excuse me. And then you're there, with your card. Sorry. And it works. But why is it called a good adventure card? While what they're telling us is usually death. It's not a good adventure, it's hell. You'll meet, I don't know who. Have you ever seen someone pull you out of the car or read the lines on your hand? Someone read the lines on my hand once and I don't remember.
Starting point is 00:30:54 It seems like my life line was long, so I'll be there again tomorrow. OK. Mom, mom, mom, mom. I remember. Oh yeah, that's long. That's long. That's a long one. Which one? The one in the middle. I don't have one.
Starting point is 00:31:12 Where is the beginning? Oh no! It's not long. You can turn around. It looks good. I finished here. Do we have experts here? Is it normal when I raise my hand and the arm is like a gourd?
Starting point is 00:31:34 Yes, according to... Yes, it's normal. Some people read in the ashes. It's a technique, you read in the ashes, but all incandescent people read honestly. Like the M already dead? You can put some sand and read it. Not like someone who died in the centre. No, not just the centre. Too late. The centre of something that burned on Thursday. You put that there and read it. I knew in high school, my blonde was-mant lisait dans le thé. Oui.
Starting point is 00:32:05 Elle parlait ni anglais ni français, pis elle me disait tout le temps comme mon futur, mais en grec, fait que je comprenais rien. Pis là, elle me le disait, pis là j'étais comme... T'as-tu parlé du gars qui tapochait l'insuline, là? Ouais, mais à chaque fois, c'était ma blonde qui me le traduisait pis j'étais comme... I was watching insulin. But every time, it was my blonde who translated it to me. I didn't even know if it was the right thing to do. Maybe the old lady. But the tea lecture, it has a twist. It has a twist.
Starting point is 00:32:33 It has a bad twist. It's the only thing I wrote for myself. He wrote it in his own mouth. He was like, I hope he talks about tea. So, next show date? Not right now. I'll be there. There's nothing in the calendar, I'll tell you. Actually, no, it's not true. We're going to be there! I'm going to be there! There's nothing in the calendar, I tell you.
Starting point is 00:33:06 Actually, no, it's not true. We're going to Japan in June. Oh, crazy! By the way! It's not true! You're going to Japan? I'm going to Japan for the World Expo. And then Osaka. And we're going for 10 days.
Starting point is 00:33:22 To sing? You know they don't tolerate a second of delay. I'm fine with that. We're going to Saka for 10 days. To sing? Yes, to sing. You know they don't tolerate a second of delay. I'm fine with that. I'm someone who hates delay. It's true that shows, if it's at 8 o'clock, it's at 8 o'clock. It's very late. And even if you have any appointment, if you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you arrive at 8 o'clock, you're late for 8 hours, 1 second, and you have a series of little faces watching you. It seems like you're not late. But yeah, I'm late, it's been 3 hours, I'm telling you. I'm being careful.
Starting point is 00:33:51 You're very Japanese. It's not because of the snow bands that I was late. But no, I like to be late. I was late for 20 years, but now I'm... If you're late again. Yeah, I'm late again. Yeah. Are you someone who's late? Yes. I'm not a big fan of that, but I'm... You're taking it back. Yeah, I'm taking it back. Are you someone who's in the same age as you?
Starting point is 00:34:08 Yes. It really pisses me off when people are late. I can't be chill. I'm just like, how come you're... Oh yeah, you're like... Oh yeah, car accident. Oh yeah, I'm a callie. Yeah, because it makes sense. You know, you have to find it. Yeah, but it's one year I realized, I was like, I'm not someone chill, finally.
Starting point is 00:34:34 I'm not relaxed. And then one year I talked to one of my friends and I was like, yeah, I'm just not relaxed. And it was a beautiful discovery. I was really happy with that. I could assume that I wasn't really chill. Do you easily point your nerves? No, internally yes, but I'm going to be like... cool as a cucumber. Okay, but inside...
Starting point is 00:34:57 But inside it's boiling. I also look cool like a cucumber. It's the same texture and all, that's cool. It's an expression that's not very well said in French. I'm cold as a cucumber. I'm cold as a cucumber. No, it doesn't work. Well, it's a cucumber, it works.
Starting point is 00:35:18 A cucumber at room temperature, no. It must be a little disgusting. It doesn't work. No. When I make my music, that's why I like to meet Lisa, music in a gang is something I miss, because I'm always making my music alone in the studio,
Starting point is 00:35:36 track by track. So I make a drum, after that I go there often, I make instruments, I make a piano after that, and you're all alone. It's fun, and it's not fun at the same time. So the music group misses me a lot, and it's been 35 years since I've been making music alone. So that's it. I think I'm going to leave for a band. Did you think, for example, for...
Starting point is 00:36:00 You know, Claude Meunier, he's on tour with the Nuit family. Did you ever think about doing a show for fun? Like a garage band? I would like that in music. In humor, I have too much track, I'm going to die. I'm going to dry before the stage is dry. What's your wishlist for your band? A new band? I'd like to have some guests.
Starting point is 00:36:38 I'd like to have a band and we play that. There's going to be Lisa, there's going to be this one, that one and that one. Like the porn stars. I invite you to read that. There will be Lisa, there will be this other one, this other one, and this other one. Like the porn stars, but... Flakes. The porn flake are the porn stars. The porn stars and all. That's it.
Starting point is 00:36:53 That one was less good. But the porn stars... How is it that the drummer sucks the baguettes? It's not... It exists. The porn flake. Oh, the porn flakes. To smash his bass drum. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:37:09 Yeah, a show like the porn flakes. Salada was better. It's the echards that are there. Oh yeah? Anyway, anyway. But is that something you would do? Make music, yes, yes, that I would do. I don't have the track to do music.
Starting point is 00:37:26 I would have to find the time. I would have to stop everything. I never stopped since I was 35. I would have to stop everything and do that. It could be a pleasure. You could do what? Yes, yes. What are we going to do after this? We will start tonight. Cool. I, cool.
Starting point is 00:37:46 I'm in. I can't make music alone anymore. There's another thing I'm not able to do. I've done humorous tours for a long time, parodies at the beginning, compositions afterwards. And today I'm going to do a comic tour. And it looks like the fact that I'm going to put comic things on my tour, it looks like if I went a little bit shit shit on it because I'm happy with my music,
Starting point is 00:38:07 I said, well, I have to tell bullshit. Nobody will listen to the music, they will just listen to the gags. That's it. And since my gags may be flat, maybe I have the chance to listen to the music a little bit. But that's it, that's a little complex that I have. If I make a tune and then I have to be funny in it today, at this time of year, if there's something that I find a little difficult, I admit. I told you in the top. Do you feel that as an old man you have less confidence?
Starting point is 00:38:36 It's been so long since you've done this. You really control it. You wouldn't have any stress to have. Do you feel like you have more than you had? I have in the sense that it's longer to get to my satisfaction than before. For example, I finish my product, I send it to the radio, when I'm done, I'm happy. But to get to that satisfaction, it's longer. Because we age. Well, the brain, you forget your keys in the fridge, you do some good stuff.
Starting point is 00:39:07 You fuck everywhere, I fuck everywhere. Oh yeah, that's true. I'm a little clink clank clunk, let's see, pa! No, I fuck everywhere, I'm really maleable and alone, I don't know if you do that. I never write after the world, but I write after myself. So I escape something on Earth, so... Colise depends on a cabernacle of Colise! I insult myself.
Starting point is 00:39:35 So if I escape from what? I escape a chord on a piano, on a piano, that's how I... And there I made it, not loud. And that, my blonde, my children, never saw me do that. I'm alone, but I give myself joy. I self-insult myself, it does me good. Do you think your neighbors think you're mean to your children? You know, they're like little dogs in a cage.
Starting point is 00:40:02 Pérus looks nice, but he dreams in a carousel. He's weird. No, I have the problem. I don't think he's mean, but he's fucked up, yes. Because I meet people and I'm in my head a lot. I think it's already happened to Lisa one day when we talked and she saw my eyes going everywhere. I'm a little... Me too, it was perfect. We were cute together.
Starting point is 00:40:23 We made each other. I'm glad you're my friend. Me too, it was perfect, we were cute together. You make me two! I'm happy you're my friend. I meet someone I know, and I don't look in the car. Two cars meet, we look who's in the other car. Do you do that? You look who's in the other car. Not me. So I have my neighbor who's been here for 35 years,
Starting point is 00:40:41 who stays next door to us, his car. I say, who's his car? I know his car, but I don char? I know him, he's a char. But I don't think it's him, despite that. And he turns around to his house, and I still don't understand that it's him. I'm too much in my head. And then, yeah, I met François yesterday. Excuse me, hey, I'd take a orange juice, please.
Starting point is 00:41:01 Excuse me, I'm diabetic. Yeah, that's good. It's like a nice notification. That's the orange juice warning. Alright, orange juice. Give me the Triplescott's assonnerie. I'll see what it's like. Hahaha! What's that?
Starting point is 00:41:18 Hahaha! I'm going to wait. I'm going to program it. You have notifications. Yes, it's the future, but I have some trouble today. I need juice all the time. Juice? Yes, I need juice.
Starting point is 00:41:39 There is water too. I saw Plume La Traverse in the show last year. Yes. And Plume, one year, he takes a glass, in two tubs, you know, there's like 76, 77 something, he takes a glass, drinks it, and puts it back there. Silence. He says, I discovered that, water. It's good.
Starting point is 00:42:06 It's so funny. Ha ha ha ha ha! C'est bon? Ha ha ha ha ha! Très que c'est drôle! J'ai vraiment dit ça, tu sais, pis son show était bon. Je pense que tu dois aimer plume. Ben oui, c'est clair là. Ben oui, ben oui. Ça, c'en est un que j'ai jamais rencontré. Ah non, j'ai menti. Je l'ai rencontré à la brasserie, l'inspecteur est pingue. Avec Stephen Faulkner, on a vider une douce.
Starting point is 00:42:23 Oui oui, je l'ai rencont years. Yes, I met him. It was a long time ago. That's why. And is there... When did you... When did you meet Plume? It was the beginning of the 90's. When I arrived in Montreal, I lived in
Starting point is 00:42:40 Coins-Saint-André, Maisonneuve, not far from here. I was fine, not far from here. I took the subway, the world didn't know my face yet, Saint-André, Maison Neuve, pas de char. Ah, que j'étais bien, pas de char. Je prenais le métro, le monde connaissait pas encore ma face, l'internet existait pas, j'étais juste un gars de radio. Fait que je faisais pas bien bien de TV, fait que j'étais encore un peu anonyme. Fait que le monde savait tes techies de nom,
Starting point is 00:42:56 pis ton matériel, mais... Mais la face était pas encore trop spread, fait que je pouvais aller partout, pis j'avais pas de char, pis le métro c'était extraordinaire. Pis là j'ai commencé à faire de la TV, so I had to have a car. Ah, that's the Judorance. Oh, I forgot to take a look. Yes, a Judorance.
Starting point is 00:43:12 It's a beautiful Judorance. It's true that it's beautiful. So that's why I arrived, I started on September 4, 1990, I did my first capsule in Sequoia, and then I went to Sequoia by subway every morning. Ok. Yes, at 5 am and 20 am. I would go to the subway every morning. At 5.20am. And at 5am, everyone who was at the bus stop, there was a couple.
Starting point is 00:43:38 It was quiet. I loved it. There was a restaurant that opened at that time. Or it probably didn't close. It must be rare that a smoke-meet restaurant opens at 4. So when I open at 4, it flashes. No, that's it. Sometimes I had lunch there. It's good, a smoke-meet.
Starting point is 00:44:04 And I was going to the subway. But I was in Montreal for only six years. After that, I became a border guard. And since then, I bought a shovel. Have you always been to Sarrivesa? Yes. Where did you walk a little? I have a residence in the north, between Saint-Sauveur and Saint-Adèle. Really, it's the border between Saint-S Sauveur and Saint-Adèle.
Starting point is 00:44:25 It's really the border between Saint Sauveur and Saint-Adèle. There are migrants from Saint-Adèle who arrive in Saint Sauveur. OK. I'm really on the edge of the river in Simon. I've been there since 1995. Since 1996, I'm in Saint-Bruno. My studio is down the coast. Saint-Bruno, I'm at the Sommet Trinité.
Starting point is 00:44:44 It's upstairs, the house upstairs. Saint-Bruno, I'm on the summit of Trinité. So it's up there, the house up there. Not the biggest one, the highest one. Yeah. But it's up there. There's a coast to go to on my studio, which is another house, which is in Saint-Basile-le-Grand. Another tax account. In a car, it's two minutes.
Starting point is 00:45:01 On foot, it's 20 minutes. Up again, it's 25 minutes. Because the coast is like that. And it's just next to our house, so let's say I get to the studio and like every morning I forget my keys, so I took my car without my keys to go down. You have to do it. I can't get in my car without my keys, so I go get my car keys and come back. So that's it, that's all. I like that setup. But I couldn't afford to do that all the time because...
Starting point is 00:45:27 And your studio is in a house, right? Yeah. OK. So you have a house... No, it's outside. It's in here. It's tough. No, no. No, but you didn't rent... It's not a commercial place that... No, I don't rent. I decided to... I decided to invest. And I said, when I could have it, I'd sell it. And all that, rather than don't rent. I decided to invest.
Starting point is 00:45:45 When I could have it, I would sell it. Rather than paying a rent. It's in front of a monastery. There's only a monk in the monastery on the other side. He's not disturbing. No, no, that's it. What is it? Is it the juice of 4 bergs? No, no, that's it.
Starting point is 00:46:05 Wait a minute. there's this. No, that's it. There's sugar in it. That's it. If I don't take sugar, I'm going to die. Cool. Cool. It's really nice, as you said. Do you want to see my Raisin Bran. Ha ha ha ha worst. For real, it's the worst. Everything is disgusting in there. There's nothing...
Starting point is 00:46:48 There's nothing that works. There's nothing. There's just... Yeah. The best thing about the Raisin Bran bowl is the bowl. It's the... Yeah. I have an artistic question for Lisa, by the way.
Starting point is 00:47:00 You talked about it. Speaking of the Raisin Bran... Yeah, speaking of the Raisin Branin brand, we will talk about... Lisa was known at one point, but she became even more known with a hit. Which was, My Life is Death. And at one point, I saw you make the comment saying, it's worth it, that this and that, that it's not by another tune or something, but I think it's okay. Because of the Raisin Brand? That made you think of that?
Starting point is 00:47:30 Yeah, but we're talking about dead people. Are you regular? Yeah. I'd even say I'm a little bit of a superman. You're over-regular. Yeah, you're over-regular. Yeah, the door has to go a little further. Okay're over-regular. Extra. You're very over-regular. The door has to go a little bit further. It's good. It's not that it's too far away.
Starting point is 00:47:51 Yeah, it's good. That's the only reason you have a studio to have a private bathroom. Yeah. But when you released that song, you said in an interview at some point, yeah, I hear a lot about this tune, but not about the rest. But this tune made me listen to the rest of it. I loved it. I went to see it, I listened to the rest. I went even further in my conquest of what you were doing.
Starting point is 00:48:16 Yes, it opened so many doors to this tune. It seemed like it was flowing so far in my head. I don't feel like I wrote it. Today, my life is a mess. It's another era. It's another person. I was 20 when I wrote it. Yeah, it's been a long time. No, but 19 or 20 years ago, I was like, I can't believe I actually wrote it. It's like I don't even see it anymore.
Starting point is 00:48:44 But you wrote it! I wrote it, thank you for confirming it. But no, I'm really, really happy. And I had a mourning to do at one point. I was so eager to play it. And then I took breaks. And when I came back, I was like, OK, the world really did them good.
Starting point is 00:49:03 I really had stories, not just some random ones, like, my father has cancer right now, he's in the hospital, he's singing this tune, and it's good for him. Lots of crazy stuff, like, breakups, whatever, I really did question your 20-year-old... No, no, that's not what I put in the same line. Oh yeah, that's fine. I put three viruses in your 8-fold. no, that's not what I put in the distance. Oh yeah, it's going. I've been in your 20s for 8 years. Ok, perfect. We're sharing. Not only the lyrics of this tune are good,
Starting point is 00:49:32 but the music is beautiful too. It's not just because the word marde in it, it's really a good tune. Yes, delicate, cute. Yes, it's delicate. Oh yes, a song for children, Chris. Yes, that's it. It prepares it's Dika. Oh yeah. Yeah, a song for children, Chris. It prepares them for life.
Starting point is 00:49:49 Do you have a boot that you were wearing? You know, like live, you have to do it. Do you have a boot that you were wearing? Yeah, like, let's say like, until it came out, you know, a year later, I was just talking about this tune and it was coming back all the time. And you know, I wrote that tune, those cables, you know, today my life is shit, you know, like, what is it that you... I wrote other things that I was like... I was like, well, I was this tune, I was like, what? It's three chords in the banjo?
Starting point is 00:50:28 I was like, oh man! But then, I had a boot that I was really into, but then I said to myself, well, that's it, K-Rap, Buttercup, let's go! And finally, I like it because it's always a good moment. It's really scary, your thing, for example, My God, you know. White mint cream. We're all with you at this moment.
Starting point is 00:50:51 You can't mute it. I understand. It's muted and that's it. No, but it's okay. We just want you to stop. You don't die. I don't think... When we read, it's shorter than before.
Starting point is 00:51:05 It's gone! It's gone! I'm like in Back to the Blue. The thumbnail of the episode. I can't find my bottom anymore. So it could happen in a car one day. This thing, it beeps and it tells me, take what you create, otherwise it will go wrong. What happens?
Starting point is 00:51:34 Well, there's no sugar to manage my body, so the organs stop working. Cool. But you really have to be low sugar. so the organs stop working. Cool! But you really have to be low. The brain, the heart and the lungs are able to do it for a long time. It's going to be okay. It's just that I don't seem to be there mentally. Okay, that's nice.
Starting point is 00:51:59 It's okay, we'll take care of it. You can go and get your chair. But it's a bit of the same feeling when it goes really low. To be frozen but not the bottom is the fun. I feel like I'm just tripping. Cool! It's fun! Your top is nothing. See if we have the same size on the edge.
Starting point is 00:52:22 No! I've never done that. You don't do that? No. I've never done that. You don't do that? No, I've never done that. You turn the bars back on? No, you have to test the organs. Is it true to see if everything works? I mean the internal organs. Oh, damn. You have to test that.
Starting point is 00:52:38 Well, when you drink a little alcohol, like me, on occasion. So I'm testing the faith, where am I going? I stick to it, like, occasionally. So I wonder where I ended up. Do you do that? It's the other side, actually. Is it hard? Yeah, every time I have a stomach ache, I do Asti, I think it's my fault. I google it, it's on my back, and I go, oh no, okay, I'm fine. But I'm not going to Google it and see if it's correct. I'm like, OK, I'm correct.
Starting point is 00:53:05 But I'm not going to see a doctor. I'm just going to keep drinking. I'm correct. But we should all have a scanner so we can see the inside all the time. You always have one on the wall. Let's put it in the frame. When you go home. You have your inside live. You're on the wall, instead of in the frame, I don't know what. How? By going inside the house. You have your live interiors.
Starting point is 00:53:27 Like a scanner at the airport, so you're in the sea. That's it. And you're eating in front of the hockey. You see everything going down. You're not watching the game anymore. I don't know. I understand. There's money to be made with that. It could be announced.
Starting point is 00:53:45 You know, TV announcements. Did you buy the style of Alien Tape? What is Alien Tape? That's when you... Well, I'm forced to watch the news channels because it's part of my job. I watch the news. Well, it's super fun. And there are still announcements that you can buy.
Starting point is 00:54:01 Four easy payments. And if you order eight, you get eight instead of one. Okay. For the same price. Yes. You have eight tape rollers? It's a tape roller. I was going to see you.
Starting point is 00:54:15 It's a tape that sticks from both sides. You can put your car on the wall and it will hold. Oh yeah, that's... But I went to check some tests on the internet and they don't work. OK. The chart. It's not true. No. It's not true.
Starting point is 00:54:35 It's just a tape. But Alien Tape, it's been 10 years since they announced it, two days ago, on TV. So it means that people buy it. It means that when you go into someone's house, everything that's on the wall... It's not Alien TV. No, probably not. So it's going to be a waste of money to buy something to not use it.
Starting point is 00:54:54 Now I think we're just selling two rolls. Yeah. I'm good with buying the worst. I don't know if you're the same, but I'm really easily influenced by the fact that I'm a fan of Alien TV. I'm a fan buy them. I don't know if you're in the same boat, but I'm easily influenced. Even when it's bad reviews, I'm like, maybe it's the competitor who wrote this.
Starting point is 00:55:16 It's the guy from Gorilla Glue who's jealous. They paid a lot of people, I'm sure. Another artistic question to read this, I won't let you go. You too, you can be part of it. Perfect. Do you play music by the way? No, no, no. I play...
Starting point is 00:55:36 I'm going to stop. Ok, Porto Rose. No, I don't play any instruments. No instruments. Have you tried? I tried't play any instruments. You tried? I tried to play the guitar, but since I'm diabetic, I took my blood on my fingers, it hurt me.
Starting point is 00:55:56 So, that's it. It's a matter of a solo and you do... Oh yeah. You're like, solo, and you're like... Oh yeah. Ow! Yeah, you're like... Ah! Ah! Ah! Solo, mate! No! No!
Starting point is 00:56:14 Sometimes, you know, guys who don't have arms, who play banjo or guitar with their ears, I'd have to become one of those guys. Well, frankly, yeah. I wish I could become a little guy. Well, frankly, yeah. I arrive with my little mid-ears and I play with them.
Starting point is 00:56:29 I play with my kids. You buy a ticket for 125$ and you see Mike playing with his ears. You buy at least four tickets with the family. For it to work, I should have to hide my real arms, otherwise the world wouldn't be... It would be weird to do. What does he play with his toes? He has sensitive fingers.
Starting point is 00:56:51 Be sensitive! That's the index, it's amazing. Lisa is incredible at banjo, and banjo isn't easy to play. She's incredible at banjo. I'd like to know if you started playing the banjo or the acoustic guitar in your early years. I started playing the guitar in my early years. I was a nerd. When I discovered that, I didn't know what to do.
Starting point is 00:57:18 I was a classic rock all day, every day. How old were you? I was 14. My teacher was the school counselor. everyday. But I would always go to the recreet and we would jam and everything. It was a really cool dude. He gave me my first classes and I fell in love with it. I started playing in bars when I was 15 or 16. Did you have fake cards? I had my mother who came with me.
Starting point is 00:58:00 She came with me to the bars until 2am. She helped me pack my stuff and she drove me back. Oh yeah. I met this amazing woman. I would have spent the night with her. Yeah. To watch movies! Shhh, from the backstage. So nice, so nice. To watch movies! From the set!
Starting point is 00:58:26 So nice, so nice, and she was telling me... It's like we've known each other since... It's like I've been her neighbor since... Since... Yeah! 40 years? No, no, she's a really charming woman. And I think that's the thing I was most excited about with her
Starting point is 00:58:47 after the show, when we were on stage after your show at Place des Arts. That's cool. My mom is awesome. Hello Diane. Yeah, she followed me everywhere. It's really cool. And all my family is musicians. So it's a lot of family. The world, when you were a kid,
Starting point is 00:59:03 they knew you were 15, 16 years old. Or you had a picture that looked like you were 15 or 16 when you were on the bouquet? Or did they know you were 19 or 20 when you arrived? Hello, my name is Elisa Leblanc. I am moustache. I literally called festivals and I was like, Hello, yeah, I'm 15 and I play music. Do you want to? I had that accent too. I would like to play at your festival. What are you doing? There's a 15-year-old girl calling you for your festival.
Starting point is 00:59:35 And you know, it's a festival like a parade of Charles in Négoix. Oh, it's not music festivals. You called any festival. Yeah, it was like, well? You had a lot of festivals? Yes, it was like, well, ok. It's a group, it's a group of people. So I did a lot of bars, a lot of festivals like that with my mom, and that's how it went. Did you have a demo that you sent them? Yes, I had my little demo that I brought them. And yeah, that's it. I was a go-getter.
Starting point is 01:00:02 Where are you from, from the new brand? I'm from a place called Roserville, with 50 inhabitants. 50? 50 inhabitants, that's great. The big city of Roserville. I went to school in Rogersville, a small village with 1,500 inhabitants.
Starting point is 01:00:18 It's like a hour north of Moncton. I have to say, in my ears, in the ears of so many people, but the Akkadian accent in Francophonie is the most beautiful accent in the world. I was so shocked. By the way, my mother made me discover the Saguine, the actress who played the text of the other actress, and the two have decided today.
Starting point is 01:00:41 I was shocked by her Saguine. The Saguine is f**king awesome. I tripped on that one all the time. It's always been a big... It's part of the Acadie, it's almost our mascot, the Saguine. You made a couple of parodies too. They're really good, by the way. It was so like a woman who came from Buktush,
Starting point is 01:01:08 who was doing the cleaning. Just her way of helping, and the way that Antony Mayek, who was the author, just wrote. She was so beautiful, and it really described the 50s Acadians. It always marked me. I always adored the saguine. I was always a big fan of the Saguen. It's unique. The monologue was extraordinary. I discovered it as a child and it never came to my mind. I made albums. Yes, yes, yes. We have a couple.
Starting point is 01:01:32 Sabun. You also met Cahioche. Yes. Cahioche, what was the... It's something. How was he with you? Well, he was... He It's something, huh? How was he with you?
Starting point is 01:01:47 Well, he was... The first time I met him... He was like... No, he was a pig. Rest in peace, Caillouche! You were really smart, for example. You wrote great tunes and I loved you. But no, he was like...
Starting point is 01:02:02 Do you want to marry me? I'm like 19. He's great, he's super strong. But you said no. I said no, I said he had to ask for my best. I remember we did a show with him in Saint-Etienne and I'm a big fan of Caillou's
Starting point is 01:02:22 like I sing his tunes, I love that. We went to Saint-Etienne, it was the Acadian party, and we played before Caillouche. The crowd was in a mess when we played. They were like, what is this? This is not Acadian music. And it was really disgusting. I saw the disgust in everyone's eyes at the Saint-Etienne arena. And I have friends, the Hey Babies, who are also an Acadian band.
Starting point is 01:02:48 They're really good. Yes, they're good. And they also went a couple of years later and they said they were going to play and after the show, a guy came to find them backstage and I was like, it's the worst show I've ever seen in my life. Oh, Christ. It was rough. When you heard that, you were like,
Starting point is 01:03:10 Phew, it's not me anymore. You have to be a really bad person. To go backstage, do the shows. You open the band. Sometimes you have to believe in security, that you know them. There are steps to get to the band, but it's magnificent. It's the worst thing. Oh, what a mess.
Starting point is 01:03:36 We are sensitive to artists. We are easily floundering. A simple sentence like... You're not singing in a band, are you? Don't take this payment into account if you've already made your life. But I have the impression, let's say, for real, someone who says, What are you doing? It's not good. But, you know, just, yeah, I don't like what you're doing. That hurts.
Starting point is 01:04:02 Or, yeah, it's not really good what you do, it hurts. But someone who says it's the worst shit in history, it's just funny. You're like, yes, it's the worst thing in history. You have a record. The worst shit there has been. The worst. As much as possible. As much as possible.
Starting point is 01:04:24 As much as possible. Tanka, Tanka. I hope that all diseases, all wars... There was Holocaust, but... Tatoons! It's really... It's the worst. You know that the worst guitar solo, according to a study by the American magazine Guitar Player, which made a poll to determine
Starting point is 01:04:43 what is the worst guitar solo ever known. And unfortunately, it's the singer George Harrison who won for his solo in All You Need Is Love. Because he's doing a solo now. I don't remember the solo. No, no. So, it's fine. Fonduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduuduud It's not good. It's not that bad. It's had a slap. The world actually. He's getting numb. It's not good. It's not good.
Starting point is 01:05:27 It's not good. Jesus. Help him. Is there an ambulance somewhere in France? I'm older. How old are you? I'm 51. I'm a little older.
Starting point is 01:05:35 I'm a little older. I'm a little older. I'm a little older. I'm a little older. I'm a little older. I'm a little older. I'm a little older. I'm a little older.
Starting point is 01:05:43 I'm a little older. I'm a little older. I'm a little older. I'm a little older. I'm a little older. I'm a little older. Hey, D.L.! Do you have a bodyguard somewhere? I'm older. How old are you? I'm 51. OK. 64! 64 years old? 64.
Starting point is 01:05:59 Wow! Great! So I just learned that in your head I look older than 64! I'm 80, 83, 50! No, no, I was giving you another 3 minutes before your next birthday. I'm sure. I say dude, d'avoir de l'air jeune quand t'es tout le temps comme, OK, ouais, il me reste 15 minutes de ta vie. Tu sais t'as 13 minutes.
Starting point is 01:06:36 Non mais il rend moi d'empache, c'est pratique ça. D'ailleurs, j'en ai un là. Un téléphone? Oui, pis tu peux appeler quelqu'un avec ça. It's practical. I have one. A phone? Yes. You can call someone with it. It's strong. What can you do? Discover it yesterday. The stupidest thing I've ever done with my phone. I like to have watches.
Starting point is 01:07:03 There was a time when I was... Before going up on stage, I wanted to see what time it was. It was dark, so I really did... You know, I wrote the time... Yes, that's right. You really wanted to... You paid a lot for that thing. You have to use it. It's 10 o'clock. I wanted to know. Ok, that's good. Thank you.
Starting point is 01:07:28 Can I tell you something? Sure. I did a show called « Faire oeuvre utile » with Émilie Perrault, the host. We had a family where we talked about autism. There was a son who was autistic and we talked about that. And that family listened to my albums, it helped, and that's why they invited me. So I was touched by that. But then, at some point, the specialist
Starting point is 01:07:50 in the field starts talking about symptoms with the boy's father. He starts talking about symptoms he had when he was young. One after the other. Chris, it's my turn. Oh yeah. Oh yeah.
Starting point is 01:08:06 Oh yeah. Every symptom. When I was little, I did this. I didn't do this once a day. I did this all the time. Even when jumping on the ground. My parents did nothing. I parents were pretending nothing happened. They were like, he's happy. At school, they were laughing at me. At school, they were laughing at me, we mimicked each other.
Starting point is 01:08:45 And then I was talking to myself in the snow. So, well... It's Chris, in the snow, what are you doing? Are you talking to yourself? So I was walking in the snow, I was walking to my house, because there was a lot of snow at that time. And I was talking to myself. And one day, Denis Picard... Denis Picard...
Starting point is 01:09:02 He was walking on the street, he was like, Hey, Perrush, what are you talking about? Then I realized that I was talking about it. And then I realized that I was thinking about things and I was seeing them. So let's say I was walking, there was nobody on the sidewalk, but there were 20 people on the sidewalk in my head. So I avoid them. Because they are there. So I don't want to get into it. So that's a bit of a loutism that I have. Not diagnosed, but I have that.
Starting point is 01:09:29 In my family, my boys know, my blonde knows. So if they talk to me and they see that I have eyes a little bit there, they tell them the sentence a second time. Because they see that I wasn't all there. They say the phrase a second time. Because they see that I wasn't there. Obviously, it's a bit of my job. I think all the time. The three quarters of my job in a day is to write. It's not to be on the microphone. The microphone is not a big deal. I'm always writing.
Starting point is 01:09:58 The people you see, do they help you with your job? I think so. She says that? I think so. She says that. I think so. I'm sending them to get something. I'm going to get a glass of water. Hostility. I don't have imaginary friends, but I see things that don't exist.
Starting point is 01:10:18 I hear... No, that's not true. I don't hear things. It's in my head that I make voices, characters, because I show my sketches and I play them inside of me. So my ears don't count as a lie. My eyes, yes. It's because when I drive... There's a car. Yeah, okay, there's one. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's there. No, it's not at that point, but I mean, I have to be careful. I'm an autonomous person, there's no problem.
Starting point is 01:10:53 But your ears don't lie to you, it's your eyes. So you know there's a cat when you hear it. AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SH I didn't dream. I didn't dream. I didn't dream. I didn't dream. I didn't dream of a single thing. At least, that's it. That's it, I live with that, and my family lives with that. But it's going well. We understand each other.
Starting point is 01:11:22 My Christ, it's at the door yesterday. That's for sure his head for creation. I think so. There's a concentration. There's a concentration. I'm able to come to my ends thanks to that. As I get older, it gets a little longer. But yeah, I've been talking to myself all my life. So, is there something you're talking about?
Starting point is 01:11:39 There's something important you're talking about. I had a idea for a TV show. I had written my pilot and I met a lady who told me, she said, your character talks to himself all the time. And I was like, I talk to myself all the time. I talk to myself all the time. If I see something, let's say when I open the fridge, I go, Ah Chris, that would be good. I don't think about it, I say it. The only times I don't say it is when there are other people.
Starting point is 01:12:18 Since I don't want to talk to myself when there are other people. Otherwise, they will answer me and it will fuck my discussion. But I talk to myself all the time. Yes, but no, that's it. We talk, it's just that I have long conversations. And at one point, in Saint-Basile, my studio neighbor, the one on the right, he was there and I didn't know, and I broke my key in his drawer while I was leaving.
Starting point is 01:12:49 I said, Good, you bastard! Francois? I was talking. I got caught, but usually I'm alone when I write, but there was a witness. And if he hadn't been there, for example, you would have finished at the cable car, or you would have said, hey, I'm sorry for treating you like a cable car, you know? I have to stop saying things like that, I have to stop.
Starting point is 01:13:22 No, no, it stays at the context of the case, I believe it. I believe it when I insult myself. Well, let's say, it's not a big deal, it's a bit of a deal. Let's say you hit your ear, if you don't suck, the evil stays longer. It's even worse. Let's say, sometimes I'm careful, let's say if there longer. Sometimes, I'm careful. If there's people around, I wouldn't be like... I'd just be like...
Starting point is 01:13:52 And then I have an evil... I have to go to the bathroom and just do... If I have a fever, I'm gone. I have two calluses. I have the circumflex accent and the non-circumflex accent. If I get stuck a little, it's callus. If I get stuck a lot, it's callus! So I remove the circumflex and the clear A. By the way, I teach French to...
Starting point is 01:14:19 To newcomers. I'm like, kekalis. I did an exercise of writing for the Egyeps. Ah, I won't find the name of the Egyeps. André Lourando. Egyeps, André Lourando. I had 300 students in the room. They invited me to give a kind of writing workshop. I like metaphors, and since humour is based on metaphors,
Starting point is 01:14:54 I had the feeling that we use metaphors a lot in humour. So I did a writing exercise with my 300 students. I had a blackout, and I went to see all the copies, I went to my class, I was a teacher. If ever, like the next time I'm not good, and my career is completely over, well no, I could not be a teacher, they will refuse me. But I'd like to teach that. Have you already... well, surely they asked you, but you know, with your schedule, it seems like it's the kind of... sure that a lot of people are like, hey, we'd like to do this, we'll do that. Oh no, Chris, there will never be time.
Starting point is 01:15:35 I had to tell you painful names. Yeah, yeah, that's for sure. Things that tempted me and that I couldn't do because of time, especially when it requires repetitions. What's the one that comes to mind right away? There was something... There's a couple of gala just for fun, where I couldn't prepare a number,
Starting point is 01:15:54 because they asked me to prepare a couple and I didn't have time, and I would have liked that, because it's not the same track. I mean, somewhere, you know, you make a passage, let's say a passage, it's only four or five minutes, and there are certain television gala, too, I would do a 4-5 minute walk. There were some TV shows where I was offered things I didn't have time to do. What I prefer to do is to do things prepared at home, like making a video. For example, live from the universe, sometimes I go in person. But even better, I send a pre-made video at home. I love that.
Starting point is 01:16:22 I'm more comfortable doing that. I often said no because of the time. I did some, but one out of three, the other two, I had to say no. Because of the time. It hurts every time. It's hard to say no. When it's something that tempts you. Yes. I was called Bruce Springsteen. He said, hello?
Starting point is 01:16:45 I said hello and... He said Steve? No, Frank. Oh sorry. He hung up. And that hurt me. That... I'm sorry.
Starting point is 01:16:53 I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Starting point is 01:17:01 I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Sorry, he hung up. And that hurt me. That it doesn't work. Yann, he must have a lot of questions. Yes, he has a lot. Perfect. Are we going to...
Starting point is 01:17:22 I'm going to answer for Lisa and Lisa is going to answer for me. So Lisa, you can maybe answer us. Marc-André is asking, why are François' albums not available on streaming platforms? It's coming! So why weren't it there? It wasn't there because, for me, it's not as much a music album as a kind of video game, as a kind of gadget that I make. It's humor and all that. And then, my gangpain, but since I don't do stage, c'est radio album et sur les plateformes numériques évidemment c'était de sacrifier à peu près tous les revenus que j'avais des albums à l'époque. Alors je trouvais ça difficile de... oui j'aime ça distribuer mes choses que les gens aiment mais m'écoutent. Bien sûr, mais là je voyais une grosse partie de mon gain-pain disparaître avec les plateformes numériques. with digital platforms. At this time, I assume it, and yes, we will start to put everything
Starting point is 01:18:29 I was doing before making the word, my first baby clips. Obscure stuff, baby stuff. Effect centers, but I will also make unpublished. Okay. My missing acts, all that. You must have so many... Do you have any children registered that you lost? Yes.
Starting point is 01:18:50 All of them? My first device was a 4-track cassette. It existed a lot and it was very effective. I started on a cassette with 4 tracks, including a broken track, so there were 3 tracks left on it. I did a year of radio with that. I managed to do some pretty incredible things, but it was a problem. Even though the rewind didn't work, one year I was back with a pencil. Oh yeah?
Starting point is 01:19:14 I was putting a pencil in the cassette. I swear I'm not exaggerating. So I changed this device for a more sophisticated device with more tracks on it. More sophisticated? There was a rewind? Yes! It's just fancy! Fancy, fancy! And a switch on the outside. And the old device had a special configuration, which means I lost about 6 months of my first year of radio, which is absolutely not findable.
Starting point is 01:19:43 And what is it? You know, in the past, they kept nothing. What is it? They kept, I think, I don't know if they still have that. I don't think there's still that. But they kept the recording, what we called air checks. They kept some excerpts of that and there were archives, but I wouldn't say they still have that. I lost about 7-8% of my career because I was a thick. I had trouble managing my archives, I couldn't find myself in them anymore. All of a sudden, I became more systematic. I started with magnetic bands, but then digital came along, computers came along, and it's easier to keep it on hard drives. Now everything is transferred on hard drives?
Starting point is 01:20:37 Yes, everything is on hard drives. I put it in a vault in Stockholm. But do you have several copies of this? I have a couple of copies of everything, but it's still a little neglected. Sometimes I don't have enough copies, but there's a lot of shit in it. There are things that I say, no need to copy too much. But I have a lot of essence from what I did. Eventually, I could even release a kind of worst-of rather than best-of. That's a good idea.
Starting point is 01:21:15 All the shit. All that I'm listening to today with a face like that. Yeah. That would be the cover. Just you watching. Yeah, that would be the cover. But I lost some things. Hey guys, I'm really pissed. I'm going to go. Alright, listen, Lisa, come back. Don't forget, come back and see us.
Starting point is 01:21:39 Yes. So, while Lisa is gone, do you know what she did that night when the... I have a good question here. Yes? Is it true that you received a commission from the creators of The Simpsons? Yes. In fact, not the creators. It was from the Michael Jackson's lawyer's office.
Starting point is 01:22:03 Okay. Because the company, one of the Michael Jackson's's companies was the owner of the Simpsons' soundtracks. And the song Do the Bartman that I parodied... How was it called? Simpson Palsle Bart. Thank you! What's that called? The Simpson Palsle Bart that I touched. The Simpsons Pass over it. Thank you! What's that?
Starting point is 01:22:26 The Simpsons Pass over it, which I touched. In fact, it was granted to me. They said yes, because the copyright society always says yes, you pay. But you still have to contact the environment of the artist to know if they accept that you make a saturn parody. And it started with yes, because I said an album in Quebec, they said, well, they're going to sell three. 80,000 albums later, we got a letter,
Starting point is 01:22:53 a remaining one, not mean, that said, well, we thought that this and that, we didn't think the album would have so much sales. Don't give us money would have so much sales. Don't give us money, more, no business. Don't remember the records, no. But take the tune off from now on, before printing your next copies. So we took it off and replaced it with the Spring Hymn, I think.
Starting point is 01:23:22 And that was another paradigm. Oh, I have a good one, can I count it was in the spring. And that was another parody. Oh, I have a good one. Can I count it? Pump Pump the Jam. My teacher from the gym. It's the only tune I haven't re-done the instruments. Because I've done parodies for two years. The rest I composed, but I've done parodies for two years. And Pump Pump the Jam, rather than playing redo the instruments because I did two-year parodies. I composed the rest, but I did two-year parodies. And Pompom the Jam, instead of playing all the instruments,
Starting point is 01:23:48 as I loved to do for all the other tours, I played them. Except this one. I took their instrumental track and sang on it. It was for the radio, so it was okay. It was for the radio, but it was okay. But when the album came out, this tune was so popular, that we thought, we have to put it on the album. I said, I took their music.
Starting point is 01:24:10 I'm going to go over there. They said, we're going to go shit. My manager calls the manager of Technotronics. Hello? Yes, Pierre Dumont, Quebec. Ah, hello! You know... LAUGHTER
Starting point is 01:24:31 He explains, well, he's a comedian, I'm in charge of that. He's doing a parody of one of your songs. Yeah, OK, that's Quebec. We're in Montreal, we're releasing the album, but OK. Except that we recorded your music in your studio to make the parody, album. Okay. Sauf que on a pris votre musique enregistrée dans votre studio pour faire la parodie. Le gars dit, ok. Okay Pierre, I call you back. Okay, I'll call you back. Il ne call pas back.
Starting point is 01:25:04 Tu sonnes comme quelqu' someone from Moncton. I'm so proud. I call you back. Yeah. I'm trying to... It doesn't work. We have to remind him. Pierre, my manager, calls him back.
Starting point is 01:25:22 The guy answers, Pierre du Monde, I called you last night. Oh yes, yes, yes, okay, yes. Do whatever you want. Clack. Oh, why? Oh. So we took him out, we didn't sign, he didn't have a signature, he was just like,
Starting point is 01:25:36 I'm in a coalition, do what you want, and we put him in, and we never had a problem. That's it. So that's it. He was probably over the top. Yeah. Oh's it. He was probably over the top. Carlisle. It's my punch. You see that Michael Jackson's team is tighter than the Tetrautonic team. We're not talking about Carlisle.
Starting point is 01:25:47 Exactly. We won't remember Tetrautonic in six months. Exactly. Do what you want. I'm an extremely respectful guy with copyrights. We're going to give you a lot of rights. I'm going to give you a lot of rights. I'm going to give you a lot of rights.
Starting point is 01:25:55 I'm going to give you a lot of rights. I'm going to give you a lot of rights. I'm going to give you a lot of rights. I'm going to give you a lot of rights. I'm going to give you a lot of rights. I'm going to give you a lot of rights. I'm going to give you a lot of rights. I'm going to give you a lot of rights.
Starting point is 01:26:03 I'm going to give you a lot of rights. I'm going to give you a lot of rights. I'm going to give you a lot of rights. I'm going to give you a lot of rights. I'm going to give you a lot of rights. I'mica in six months. Exactly, exactly. Do what you want. And I'm an extremely respectful guy, I have copyrights. And one year ago I made a clip with a preacher that came out in a pandemic. It's a big American preacher with another preacher next door. I stole their clip, they're clips that belong to them. And I their video clip, they own those clips.
Starting point is 01:26:26 I made a song about it, it's called Je ferme les yeux. He's a speech speaker, I made him do a tour. It got 500,000 views, and it worked. But I didn't have the right to take that tour, because it belongs to him.
Starting point is 01:26:42 I didn't have the right to do a tour with that video. So we did it illegally. I confess. Nobody came to get me. Nobody actioned me until now. But it's the thing I didn't have the right to do in my life. But we had fun. Yann, another question. Yes, a question for Lisa. Do you plan to make an English album? Yes.
Starting point is 01:27:11 Yes. I'm not sure. It's funny, I just passed, as I said earlier, I spent four days in a music conference called... I just spoke in English and French for four days. I'm a little bit confused right now, but it was four days in a hotel in Sheraton. It's an event that moves every year, and it's called the Folk Alliance. And they're folk artists from all over the world, a lot from the United States.
Starting point is 01:27:41 Since it was in Montreal, there were a lot of people here. So we played more of was in Montreal, there were a lot of people here. So we played more in English because we were going to tour more in the United States, Canada, and England, and a little bit of English. I really liked that. And for me, both languages have always been so much fun. These two tools, two completely different toolboxes, and I find that really creepy and I was a little bored to write in English, even though I loved to do the disco chiac, the last one in full chiac. But yeah, that's it, I think it's coming. It's another instrument, both languages are two instruments.
Starting point is 01:28:17 Really, completely different. It's like, you know, it's my second language, so I don't have the same references that I'm going to have. I think I'm more comfortable in French, especially in Chiak, because there are things, I've grown so much with that, and I also feel that Chiak really swings. You'll be able to add it in English, and it adds a flavor that's fun. Yes, I did stuff in English, and I really like both of them, but yeah, it's up to you.
Starting point is 01:28:48 I think the next one will be in English, I don't know. Big scoop! Big scoop! You do English shows! I'm happy to learn that I play two instruments. You started doing shows in English? I started in English at the time. Really? Yes, and after that I stopped and started again for a while.
Starting point is 01:29:12 But I haven't done it in a long time. You toured, where did you go? In English, I did the festival in Edinburgh. I often went to New York. For a while, I was doing a week in New York, three weeks here. Then I stopped. It felt like I had done two shows for the Showtime network in the States. And it really worked out. It really worked out. And I was singing that my kind of humor,
Starting point is 01:29:48 if I had done that five years before, the doors of America would have been opened. But it was the first years that people were like, you can't say that, you can't say that. Oh yeah. And that was just what I was doing. So I was like, damn! What if I'm going to... You know, I want to live this! And then I took a class, so I was like, I'm going to live a fight at the same time.
Starting point is 01:30:15 I completely stopped English. Oh yes, completely. The last thing I did was to host the Nasty Show at Just For Laughs. The last summer was still Just For Laughs. I didn't have as much fun as the other times. I don't know. How do you see humour in English and French? What is your process? In both, is it the same or is there something that changes?
Starting point is 01:30:44 It's always the same thing, but it becomes something different. Sometimes I have numbers that are totally different. And then when I bring it back to the other language, I take the best moments of both. Translating my business helps me. But I will surely do it again, at the end of this tour. I will do a little tour. Maybe Toronto.
Starting point is 01:31:17 I don't really like to play in Canada English. I understand. Let's say I like to play in Moncton, I like to play in Toronto.on, I like to play in Toronto. You were good at saying that. Moncton is really fun. I always had a good relationship with the Acadians because of Jason. Jason Babin who took care of all my social networks.
Starting point is 01:31:38 He's dead now. So that's it. He takes care of less now. He takes care of less. He takes less care of it. Yes, he takes less care of it. He is less tight. You know, François, that's what I noticed. Acadians, when they die, they are more reliable. Yes.
Starting point is 01:31:52 Like... It's your only flaw. Yes. Each nation has its flaws. Oh yes. You can't have everything. But you, being in English, if you could escape a little French by accident
Starting point is 01:32:08 instead of saying balls instead of goss, would you do it? If I said French words in English... No, if you said goss instead of balls... I would never do that. Me, on top of that... Because goss in English... But you know, I would say...
Starting point is 01:32:24 No, it's important. When I started... I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.
Starting point is 01:32:32 I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.
Starting point is 01:32:40 I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know., there were certain numbers that didn't translate, and when it didn't translate, I would go back to French a little bit. So that it would translate. But you started in English.
Starting point is 01:32:56 I started in English, and since I didn't know there was a stand-up in French, I just saw people making characters. And then I thought, it won't work in French. And then someone told me, no, no, it's starting to work. It's the beginning of the 90s. So then I learned that Maxime Martin was making 100 French. Sylvain Larocque was making 100 French. I tried it and I loved it so much.
Starting point is 01:33:25 I was in Quebec, in Dagobère. I used to do open mics in English in front of six people. There were 1,500 people. It was crazy. I was like, I have to start in French. Yes, yes. So, after that, you know, and that's something that I often talk to humorists who speak two languages, and they tell me, they all end up taking a little break from English because the French-speaking audience is so much fun. And the French-speaking audience, I'm talking Quebec-speaking audience and French-Canadian audience, not, let's say, in Belgium Belgium and Switzerland, it's a different world.
Starting point is 01:34:08 So it's hard to go back to English and say, « Ah, Chris, my joke, what a delirium, I have a… » And you know, especially in Canada and England, if you have a lot of success in the United States, they will love you, they will be proud of you. The English Canadians are proud of Jim Carrey, they are proud of, let's say, Norm MacDonald, they are Mike Myers, but when Jim Carrey is in Toronto, the world is calling for him. So he had to go to California to have success, to be respected here. So that's a bit annoying. I understand.
Starting point is 01:34:47 I played with Bob. But I don't have... My English speaking is not worth a damn. I know what I mean, but my mouth doesn't want to say it. I played with Bob Walsh. I was a bassist for Bob Walsh. I replaced Ken Pickard. When I couldn't, I was Bob's boss.
Starting point is 01:35:06 One year, we were playing at the Petit Champlain in Quebec. I went to the curtain to see if the audience was there. I said to the band, The public is there. There were four other guys watching me. Like Recipes. A good Recipe. Oh! I have a good Recipe! Pitcher! Do you go a little bit...
Starting point is 01:35:54 You never had a house in Florida? No! It failed. It failed. But no. Do you know why I'm not very migratory of all, I'm not very globetrotter. It doesn't burn me to leave. At one point, I was in Pergoussa, Sicily, on the edge of the sea. I was looking through the balcony. It was fantastic, but I was the same guy with the same head-scratch thinking about the same thing I was looking at through the window of my bathroom at home. And I said to myself, 10,000 dollars further.
Starting point is 01:36:35 Yes, you have to change, yes, you have to visit, you have to discover the world, you have to, you have to, you have to, you have to go there. But I'm not a what's going on. First of all, once it's done, it's so much fun. I'm having fun. I'm from the door of my house, I'm Pierre-Liott Trudeau. I don't know what's going on with this boot. Don't you like this boot? I would go through any kind of travel crisis to not do this boot. You should have your blonde face like I do with my little white face.
Starting point is 01:37:00 I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I would go through any travel crisis to not do just this little thing. You should have your blonde do like, I do with my little dog, give you some calms and put you in a little bed. Yes, the transport logistics. Once in the plane, my blonde is afraid of the plane. So that's another logistics, so I have to ask the pilot to give me the handle. She'll be mad if I don't drive. I'm not a big fan of trotters.
Starting point is 01:37:37 I've been to a lot of countries. Greenfield Park... Laughter I ate a big green in South America during a shoot. A big larva in South America. Was it for the shoot or did you decide? It was a challenge. I was looking forward to the shooting. I was like, oh yeah, you're in a big crisis. What is this shooting about?
Starting point is 01:38:14 Life is a dangerous sport. With Annie Peltier, a production show by Stéphane Laporte. In fact, that's why you don't want to travel anymore. In part. I like to travel, but I'm not a maniac. Let's say you tell me you won't leave for the next five years, I'll be left feeling impassive. Okay.
Starting point is 01:38:35 Same. It's like my nightmare. My eyes won't get wet. And I'm not a beach guy either. I'm hot. Saint-Bruno is perfect. I'm not a beach guy, I'm hot. St. Bruno is perfect. St. Bruno, he tics, he moustics, he has leaves in his face, he's a little bit of a thug.
Starting point is 01:38:54 I'm going to pay you for that. And to go to your place in Laurentide, is this your road? Yes, I'm happy with that, especially when I go there because there's a power outage and I'm flooded in the basement. I sing in the car while I'm going. I'm more of a guy... I'm a guy from home. I don't even understand that I don't have 12 pairs of slippers. I don't have any slippers. How come you don't have any slippers? I would be a guy to have that.
Starting point is 01:39:26 Ok, you really miss something. I know I miss a lot of things, but I visited anyway, the list of all the trips I've made. You would be... You would be... You would be... You would be...
Starting point is 01:39:42 You would be... You would be... You would be a capot. You will be a capot. Capot... capot... capot... Let's go. Hey, the worst part is that I'm going to buy you some shoes. I'm going to buy you some shoes. We're going to buy you some shoes. Well, yes, some...
Starting point is 01:40:02 I'm going to buy you two pairs. One for your house, one for your studio, and one for your chalet. That's too cheap. Not too expensive. I'll find you a pack of three. It must exist. The little thin ones. I have a dentist's shoes in paper. I'm going to steal that! You go into the dentist's office and you hear...
Starting point is 01:40:31 shh, shh, shh, shh, shh. I'm really a good man. I bring my soles when I go to the doctor and the dentist. I always have my soles. Good news! I arrive with my soles, I take off my boots, I put on my shoes. Because the concept of walking... There's always someone who comes in with his boots on, so you put on your shoes in paper.
Starting point is 01:40:55 You go in, you pee in the water, and then what protects you, I have some paper. It's a shame. Look how my face is shitting. Yes, I understand. That's what I should do. I always arrive with my tool belt on, and it's an error. It's a shame. Yeah, I understand. That's what I should do. I always arrive with my tool belt and it's a mistake. It's a mistake. I wanted to bring my soles. It hurts to walk on turnovers.
Starting point is 01:41:15 It's a shame. I don't know. Lisa said that if I take too much space, but I have another thing to do. I'm good. I'm on the wall. I'm good. I'm good. I'm listening. I'm very good. You have a file. I'm good. But I on the wall, I'm good, I'm next to you, I'm good, I listen, I'm very white. You have a file.
Starting point is 01:41:25 I'm good. A file. But I absolutely have to tell you... Tell me everything. Stop it, I'm too young to be a big-ass, but... We're all here, we're all happy. Don't worry. It's one of my problems.
Starting point is 01:41:38 At one point, Michel, briefly, asked me to participate in the Tram Sonore for his second one-man show. Michel was very popular in Europe, you in Europe and he did his second show. I was working on a sound track with him and I was preparing his demo on a cassette player. At that time, that's how we distributed demos. A cassette player. A cassette player. I was just preparing his cassette and he was coming to get the cassette.
Starting point is 01:42:03 He was coming to my place in 20 minutes, so I had time to go to the store and buy a six pack before he arrived. So the cassette was ready, I took out the cassette tape, cassette tape, everything. Then I went to the store to get the six pack. And I came back with my six pack, it was a bit cold, I took off my coat, and I took the six pack, I put it next to the cassette player in the studio. There, Michel calls me and says, I'm coming. Okay, no problem. I take the cassette player, I go to the kitchen, I open the fridge,
Starting point is 01:42:35 I wrap the wire around the cassette player, just like I did, so that it goes into the fridge, on the floor below, just like I did, and I close the door. I go back to the studio, I see my six pack, no more tape recorder. Did I put my tape I open the door, he's there, a little gourd, I put my cassette tape in the fridge with the wire well surrounded so that it fits like a oven between the two pots of mayonnaise and pickles.
Starting point is 01:43:21 This one, I dreamt of that one night. I did that. I take it out, I put it back in, but I took care to put it in the fridge. It took took time, Chris! I had to cut some skin! That's when I realized that... well, maybe... Holy shit! 1992, I think... What happened? Oh my god, that's funny. Hey Yann, do you still do that?
Starting point is 01:44:10 Are you still okay to be here? Yes, yes. Are you okay? I'm fine. I'm fine, I'm a docile. I'm not dead. You're not dead. Hey, bravo! You're alive! So, Yann, I'm sure...
Starting point is 01:44:30 There's a question that's very, very mysterious. Marc-André asks, Lisa, does your song, Craft Dinner, really talk about your relationship with Maxime Gervais? Oh, damn it! What a stupid question! Who wrote that? No way! It's Marc-André.
Starting point is 01:44:49 Marc-André, put all your asses in the air! Max, the ST is not even... I went out with Maxime Gervais. It's funny because Max Gerv Max and I really like Final Fantasy. We're big gamers and it was the only discussion we had for 10 years. Since we quit, big drama. We talked about Final Fantasy. And then, recently, I started doing podcasts.
Starting point is 01:45:20 And I was like, every time I go to a podcast, I listen to its show. To see what's going on. So I listened to a podcast, I listen to his show to see what's going on. So I listened to a couple of them. But no, it wasn't written about Max, but I'm not going to learn anything. Marc-André... fucking Mel... How long have you been with Maxime? Let's go deep dive. Let's go. One year.
Starting point is 01:45:45 It sounds good. Maxime Gervais. It sounds good, but it's not. He came here often. I love when we're talking about Maxime Gervais. It's crazy. Hello Max. It's great.
Starting point is 01:45:53 What are you doing? I'm loyal to you. And his clothe is great. It's extraordinary. It's an extraordinary coat of arms. Yann, another question. I'm proud of you. Oh yeah, and his clothe is great. It's extraordinary. It's a... Extraordinary. It's a good thing.
Starting point is 01:46:07 Yeah. Well, Yann, another question. I hope it's about Maxime Gervais. Well, yes. For Mr. Pérus, does having to find so many words so quickly become a problem on a daily basis with your entourage? Yes. a problem on a daily basis with your entourage? Yes! I do it around the table, my guys are looking at me. They're so annoyed! I take out the flat crisps.
Starting point is 01:46:38 But what I find is that the wordplay, the more it's twisted flat, more twisted. Yeah. We have a master here. He's the master. I like it when it's twisted, pulled through the hair. I didn't know if I was happy about it, but I was associated with wordplay only in the first years of my career, the middle ages and the end ages too. And I'm very, very word-based, I admit it.
Starting point is 01:47:13 Some say that the kalambur is the fart of the mind. I disagree. It's the vomit of the mind. No, I have fun playing with words, I have fun playing with sentences, I have fun... I'm not good at English, but I'm good at writing in French. I have fun translating false French into English. I like playing with words and sentences. I don't know if it's always going to be like that, but when I do it with my family, it's like... It's like... yes, pops.
Starting point is 01:47:45 It's... well... It's falling flat. But I have fun. I do the same. So if he doesn't laugh, I'll do it alone. Next to the plank, I'll do it again. That's the beauty of being able to talk to yourself. You go to the other room, you do the same wordplay, That's the beauty of being able to talk to yourself. You go to the other room, you do the same wordplay, and then you say...
Starting point is 01:48:10 Yeah. That was funny. And you laugh at it. Thank you, thank you. And you laugh at it. So you do that in a room, and there's someone sleeping in the room upstairs, and they just hear the marmonage of music. Did you look at what is done in artificial intelligence? Is it something that you will integrate, that you will explore too?
Starting point is 01:48:57 In fact, I love this question. Thank you. I love this question. Lisa, I'm looking forward to hearing your answer on this too. Artificial intelligence, I think it's to hear your answer on that one. Artificial intelligence? I don't think I can count a joke, so I won't ask to count a joke. It's the guy who arrives at the hotel. I don't think it can be done. Artificial intelligence in terms of music, I don't think I want to use it either. I would like to use it, but it must be very, very, very expensive and very demanding in energy, because it looks like it's worth it. Not bad, artificial intelligence.
Starting point is 01:49:29 Do you know Rudi Kaia? Rudi said last week, you should take a sketch and ask it to be put on video, rather than always taking it out of your camera and pissing you off. Because sometimes I self-clip. Oh, you're asking the artificial intelligence to put in video the Joe, with the door that closes when someone enters the store and so on. I think that can be interesting. I wouldn't say no to seeing the result. At one point, someone posted on a social network my song, Brouillard sur le cimetière, he asked the artificial intelligence to make a series of diapositives for each sentence and situation.
Starting point is 01:50:12 Brouillard sur le cimetière, there are vultures perched on the stones, a pack of zombie pompettes running after me with a machete. It was all illustrated by artificial intelligence. It was going to be amazing. And it was very good. And the chorus, we all have our mouths full of blood and we laugh. The image was... ...catching! So that was the artificial intelligence. I wish I could have a poetry evening at some point.
Starting point is 01:50:39 That would be pretty good. I like writing nonsensical things myself. but at that time, I really liked horror. I don't know if you like horror, but I really like horror. No? It seems to me... It pisses me off. It's made a little for that. But artificial intelligence to create images, I admit that it impresses me, indeed.
Starting point is 01:51:04 But I don't think it can count as a joke, and I don't think it can solve my mental problem. And you, if you were a business person, would you make video clips? Ask the AI to make you something. At the same time, I like working with people. It's like with the music video. I used it for... I'm always trying to use it for rhymes. But at the same time, it's really in my pocket. Every time I use it, it doesn't work.
Starting point is 01:51:38 So I'm trying to... Hello, dear ChadGPT. I have this song. I want to write it. But he's really bad at writing tunes. But sometimes for really specific rhymes or tricks, it can be cool. Or just like... Often, like, in a tune, I like to make the big picture, and there's a big part of the research, it's like,
Starting point is 01:52:02 okay, what of the word? I don't know. Chainmail. It's really medieval. I don't know why I said chainmail. I think it's Final Fantasy. Anyway. You can go on for hours on the history. but it's not that good with the future.
Starting point is 01:52:29 I'm afraid when the artificial intelligence is stronger, it will remember all the times I insulted it. Because what I've learned from Chad JPT, I feel like it's like asking, it's like talking to a child who is bright but is a child. There is something I do that makes me laugh. You know, Preach who does my first parts, Eric Preach, I often ask him, Who is Abba and Preach? That it's their duo on YouTube. And then he says, it's a duo on YouTube. And then he invents duo on YouTube with Jason Preacher.
Starting point is 01:53:07 Preacher, his real name is Jason Preacher. And then I say, talk to me more about Jason Preacher. Jason Preacher was born in Atlanta, from a white family. Okay, talk to me about his family. And then I say no, his name is Eric Preacher, he comes from Montreal. You're right, his name is Eric Preacher, he comes from Montreal. You're right! His name is Eric Preach, he comes from Montreal. Talk to me more about Eric Preach from Montreal. How long has it been since he got married to a transgender person?
Starting point is 01:53:34 And then he started talking about... And then I said, no, he's not married to a transgender person. I just want to be right. No matter what, you're like, no you say, it's not the right information. I'm wondering if, because you just said something serious, can it have an attitude, revenge or something?
Starting point is 01:53:54 I hope not. I don't know if it takes the critics, the artificial intelligence, for example, you say, make me a tune. And then you see the tune and you don't like that. He criticizes artificial intelligence. He says, « Madam, you said to me, make a tune. » And then you see the tune and you don't like that. So you say to him, « Hey, you there. » I didn't say shit on my screen. I said to him, « Make me a tune. »
Starting point is 01:54:17 There's a little silence and he answers, « What did you say? » « Oh yeah. » « Now it's going. » There's a little silence, and he answers, What did you say? Yeah. It's going to happen. It shows you all your bank accounts. You're like, oh Chris. He transfers your money to pedophile associations, and to Al-Qaeda, and now you're like my ass. Hey, we're going to end the show. Thank you so much.
Starting point is 01:54:56 Thank you, Francois. Thank you, Michael. Thank you, you're perfect. Thank you. Thank you very much. I'm so happy. Thank you all, I'm sorry for this. See you soon, thank you very much. You

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