It's been 50 years since John Lennon and Yoko Ono stayed in bed for peace at a Montreal hotel room, the same place where the smash hit "Give Peace A Chance" was recorded. All this week, the Montreal Gazette has presented special articles about the famous event (which was almost held in Toronto until someone told Lennon that the city was too conservative and provincial, so he changed the location.)

On Monday, the latest piece came from Montreal radio legend Tommy Schnurmacher, who toiled for years at CJAD and wasn't even in radio when he got to meet the couple. (Let's face it, when he got to meet John. Nobody, absolutely nobody had any real interest in meeting Yoko.) 

His story about how he talked his way in and what happened after that - and years later - is very entertaining. The part about how they took care of Yoko's daughter would be unthinkable in these more paranoid modern times.

You can read it at the link below.

Schnurmacher: Meeting John, Yoko (and Kyoko) and how it cost me a friend