Pat Dussault
Pat Dussault is a Canadian television comedy writer, sketch comedian and actor.[1] He has written for a number of Canadian shows, including Just for Laughs and This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
Early life[edit]
Dussault was born in Montreal, Quebec, and raised in Mount Royal.[2] He played hockey as a child and later attended Lower Canada College and Marianopolis College. He earned a degree in philosophy from Queen's University.
Career[edit]
Dussault lived in Toronto from 2004 to 2009.[2] He began his career writing comedy galas and television specials for the Just for Laughs comedy festival in 2013. He has since written material for Sir Patrick Stewart,[3] and various other comedians and guests on comedy shows. Most notably, Dussault wrote PK Subban: Shots Fired,[4][5][6][7] a comedy fundraiser hosted by NHL all-star PK Subban,[8][9] which was named Best Variety Special at the 2018 Canadian Screen Awards,[10] and raised over $130,000 for the Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation[11]
Dussault is also known for his work on the satirical news show This Hour Has 22 Minutes; he was one of the writers who won a Canadian Comedy Award for Best Writing in TV Series or Special for an episode of the show.[12][13] He also wrote for the television series The Beaverton.
Dussault has earned two Canadian Screen Award nominations for Best Writing, Variety or Sketch Comedy.[14][15]
Twitter Controversy[edit]
On June 20, 2018, Dussault jokingly tweeted a suggestion that Donald Trump's granddaughter Chloe be placed in one of the internment camps that the Trump Administration uses to detain migrant children who are separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. This triggered a backlash from many media outlets and pundits, some of whom characterized the tweet as a threat against the President's family. Dussault deleted the tweet and apologized that same day, but not before it had been read and recorded many times.[16][17]
References[edit]
- ^ "Montreal Sketchfest hopes to have us howling". Bill Brownstein, Montreal Gazette, May 20, 2015
- ^ a b "Comedy Writer adds welcome wit to Canadians sitcom". Montreal Gazette, Feb 15, 2012
- ^ "Alumni News". LCC Lion, Fall/Winter 2015 page 70
- ^ Brownstein, Bill (2016-07-15). "JFL gala writer praises P.K. Subban's poise, timing and star quality | Montreal Gazette". Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ^ Dussault: Canadian Comedy Genius, TSN Radio, 2016-11-08, retrieved 2019-09-27
- ^ Dussault: PK Subban was amazing to work with, TSN Radio, 2016-08-02, retrieved 2019-09-27
- ^ Brownstein, Bill (2016-12-31). "P.K. Subban: Firing shots on and off the ice | Montreal Gazette". Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ^ "P.K. Subban's standup comedy debuts next week on CBC". CBC.ca.
- ^ "Predators defenceman P.K. Subban tries hand at stand-up comedy, 'pokes fun' at Canadiens brass". Jonas Siegel, Fort McMurray Today, December 29, 2016
- ^ Staff, BarDown (2018-03-08). "PK Subban can now say he's an award-winning comedian - Article". BARDOWN. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ^ "P.K. Subban gets laughs for good cause". NHL.com. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ^ "Nominations & Awards Archives | Canadian Comedy Awards". www.canadiancomedyawards.org. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ^ "Winners Announced: 2018 Canadian Screen Awards Honours Excellence in Non-Fiction Programming". Academy.ca. 2018-03-07. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ^ Furdyk, Brent (2016-01-19). "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced". ET Canada. Archived from the original on June 15, 2016. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ^ "Jeff Detsky, Luke Gordon Field, Alexander Saxton, Jacob Duarte Spiel, Kurt Smeaton, Pat Dussault, Nile Seguin, Wendy Litner, Winter Tekenos Levy". Academy.ca. 2018-01-11. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ^ "Canadian TV writer threatens Donald Trump Jr.'s 4-year-old daughter: 'We're coming for Chloe'". By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times - June 22, 2018
- ^ " Donald Trump Jr's daughter threatened by Canadian TV writer". New Zealand Herald, 22 Jun, 2018