Michel Lapointe

Michel Lapointe is a Canadian clown, puppeteer, and actor from Montreal who is known for performing in French-Canadian circuses for over 25 years. His TV puppetry credits include La Bande Magique, Iris the Happy Professor, and Cirque du Soleil: Solstrom, two out of three were French shows. Michel got to work with Canadian Sesame Street (Sesame Park) performers while on Professor Iris, consisting of Pier Paquette, Tim Gosley, Robert Mills, and Jani Lauzon during his time. Lapointe could've performed with other puppeteers on other television shows, but I guess circus is his real passion. Trained to perform at the École de cirque de Montréal and the Option Théâtre at Collège Lionel-Groulx, he appeared as many clown-like characters and contributed puppetry to some of the circus arts. He seems to be another one of those puppeteers to also be a clown, others include Ali DeRegt, Ron Wagner, Vanessa Valliere, and lots of others. According to a mini biography about Michel Lapointe, he's a current member of both Cirque Éloize and Cirque du Soleil special events teams. I wonder how he got the role of Mr. Plumeau on the final season of Iris the Happy Professor. I bet he was very excited to meet some of the Canadian Muppet performers on that show, because he was the only performer not to be one himself. Michel probably still works in circus entertainment today for he's a master of clowning around and incorporating puppetry in some circus arts. Lapointe has also done many TV shows apart from the three mentioned above, mostly ones nobody knows about like Bulldog Bazaar and Anne the Banana, all according to his website. It is never too late for the world to research these shows and maybe upload them online to YouTube or even the Internet Archive website. But no matter what, he should keep on performing. Michel Lapointe, your clown and puppetry skills won the hearts of everyone. Keep on performing in Cirque Éloize and Cirque du Soleil as they've really made you a star. And until you puppeteer on television again, keep working on it so you'll never forget how TV puppetry is done. Magnifique work Michel. Be a star Lapointe!

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