The finest impressionist entertainer on Earth.

André-Philippe Gagnon [Wikipedia] is a Québécois impressionist entertainer. His act is unique for his specialized talent in impersonating the singing voices of celebrities as opposed to his contemporaries who typically can do only the speaking voices. He’s known for doing all the 18 voices in the classic We Are The World. He even imitates a saxophone here [Youtube], the Pink Panther anyone?

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March 20, 2008 at 1:56 pm by Excellent
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23 comments to "The finest impressionist entertainer on Earth."

Jerse
March 20th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
80’s videos scare me for some reason…
Jacques
March 20th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Um, I haven’t seen this guy in at least 15 years, where’d this come from.
Paul22
March 20th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Wow, some of those were pretty bad.
paul22
March 20th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
SOrry I Mean I’m pretty bad
Erik
March 20th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
That Japanese WatW was so much better than his.
kid_icarus
March 20th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
this guy isn’t that good…..
tweez
March 20th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
I’m stunned.

All those fans can’t tell how rancid his impressions are? Don’t they have CDs in Canada, France, Australia, etc? He sounds similar in some ways to the stars he’s impersonating, but overall, he deserves a grade of “C” at best.
Arto
March 20th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
I’d say that was pretty impressive.. Especially that We are the World -stuff; quick switches from voice to voice and immediately catch that certain style.
Aramax
March 20th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
I didn’t know he was still performing. He was with Just for laugh for a while… I remember watching TV one night and they were talking about his drinking problem.

( Maybe i’m mixing things up with another celebrity from around here because I can’t find anything about it on the web… it was a long time ago. )
Ars Anima
March 20th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
it seems like he’s making a comeback… I haven’t seem him for a while, but a little less than a month ago, he did a show at my college (my cegep actually) (I’m in jonquière, QC, you can go check it up). I was curious to go, but at 49$, I would rather go see a good band.
Googamooga
March 20th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
He had a few that were passable, but most of them were horrible. Must not be a lot of competition where he’s from, eh?
ben lormat
March 20th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Here’s a much better act; Terry Fator is a ventriloquist that does singing impressions.

Here’s one video of him on you tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuoR6OM6KxA&feature=related
ted
March 20th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
That’s the thing about with Quebec stars. You don’t have to be particularly good to be popular. It’s like Europe - slim pickings.
Eric
March 20th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
Because most US or Canadian stars are popular because they are very good? Oh yeah, you’re right, I forgot about Bryan Adams and April Wine….

That being said, this video is definitely ancient and not the best showcase of what he could do…. (don’t know if he still can)… and (deservedly or not) he was pretty big around the world for a while. Sic transit gloria mundi
emzee
March 20th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
It’s official…USA wins, Canada sucks, but we already knew that. That was effin pitiful.
joe
March 21st, 2008 at 3:42 am
just one more vote for “wow he sucks”

i’m pretty sure anyone with a better than average singing voice could do the same
Adam Freitag
March 21st, 2008 at 5:17 am
That’s one hell of a fucking brilliant find. Thanks for posting it!
jonez
March 21st, 2008 at 6:01 am
pretty awful
Geekazoid
March 21st, 2008 at 9:07 am
Alright, some were good, most impressions were not that good at all. But love seeing Lionel Richie’s expression, talk about forced and fake!
ted
March 21st, 2008 at 11:07 am
Canada has slim pickings because of a smaller population.
Most Canadian stars with any sense go to Hollywood to become US stars.

Quebec - still a part of Canada - has even slimmer pickings because of the language barrier and anti-USA/ anti-English snobbery.
hooper
March 21st, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Total crap
alamosweet
March 28th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Agreed, copious sweating does not, by default, equal goodness.
Algonkin
April 1st, 2008 at 8:14 am
André-Phillipe is good but I quickly got bored with his act. Just like any other impressionist I suppose.

One of his talent that always impresses me is when he does the sound of a saxophone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwjmAjosqhk

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