Tim Parent Bio

Birthplace? 

- The Montreal General Hospital

What's the best thing about living in Montreal?  

- The potholed streets, the crumbling infrastructure, the leaky watermains ... It doesn't get any better than this!  

Most memorable moment in your radio career?   

- Realizing what my professors said was true - that there's no money in radio.  Good thing I love what I do!

Favorite person you interviewed and why?  

- No one person sticks out but I did have a brief conversation with Paul Martin aboard his campaign plane where I offered him a beer.  He turned it down saying he'd wait until he won to have a beer.  I didn't have the heart to tell him he should probably have it now, then.

Other than Montreal, where else would you love to live someday? 

- I'd consider the South Shore.

When you have friends visit Montreal from elsewhere for the first time, what's the one thing you insist they see/do?  

- My home.  It's the base of operations for all endeavours in to the downtown.  Then we hit Ziggy's.

What's the weirdest job you've ever had? 

- Radio reporter - there's a lot of nutcases in this business

Favorite Hobby/Pastime? 

- Sleeping.  Nothing beats it.  Reading comes a close second.

Favorite magazine? 

- Back issues of Nintendo Power

If you could have one superpower, what would it be, and why?  

-  To see in to the future.  Think of the breaking news stories!

Favorite television show of all time? 

-  Early Simpsons ... ‘cause now, it just sucks.

TV Show that you'd most like to appear on, and why? 

-  None, actually.  I'm on the radio and that's enough for me.

Famous person (living or dead) you'd most like to have lunch with? 

- I'd love to have one more lunch with the late, great Gord Sinclair - sipping a Manhattan and discussing world events.  

If they made a movie about you, what actor would you like to play you?     

-  Are they even considering making a movie about me?  Is there a script sitting on some Hollywood producer's desk somewhere?  That's a little disconcerting.

What's your #1 pet peeve? 

- I hate the sound of people eating and filling out high school yearbook-type bios.  It's a toss up.

Whom do you admire the most?  

- As ego-centric as this is, me.  After being front and center for 9/11, countless murder scenes, the Dawson shooting, home invasions and incredibly dull council meetings, I gotta' admire myself for sticking with this!

If you have a question or comment for Tim Parent, you can reach him at Tim.Parent@CJAD.com - weekday mornings because he'll be enjoying his favourite hobby/pastime in the afternoons and evenings.