How big was the mid-70s streaking fad in Montreal?Big enough for one downtown restaurant to build an ad around the concept in '74.
You'll note the downtown location of the Steak & Burger was pretty high rent and it was no little shack.
It's not still there, so that might give a hint as to how the streakers welcome campaign ended up.Michel Leduc, who would be about 61 now if nobody's killed him yet, shocked the world (bored the world, I think you mean, just as you're doing now - Chimples) by running around naked during the closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Montreal in 1976, an event said to be watched by 800 million people on TV and 70,000 in person. He ran into a group of 500 young women dancing around and disrupted their show. Police gave him a beatdown and held him overnight. It's said he was charged with a letting-your-dong-hang-out-in-public-related offence.
Kevin Passarella, a Loyola student from New York, claimed to have set the world record for a distance streak, going 500 yards on campus in March 1, 1974. Police followed him back to his apartment. They said they had no objection to him streaking on campus but wouldn't tolerate it on streets.A few days later a couple of Air Traffic Controllers streaked on skates, doing a couple of laps around the Dorval Arena during a company hockey game. (Are you quite finished? - Chimples)