C’était du SHOWMANSHIP

Oh the ‘lympics! I am a little bit esssite-dddd! I found this vid of our city’s last games, in ’76. They made this small child superstar sing the theme song. It was gay, but all things from the 70s were. René Simard was part of the quebec dynasty of families who hit the big time with the two kids, him and his sister Nathalie. OMG at the end, the child is so very much expressing his FLAMBOYANCY. IMAGINE HIM SIGNING IT IN INGLISH, WITH THE ACCENT LA.

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