A notorious practical joker and practitioner of a broad and cruel brand of humor, it was often difficult to tell when Pierrecourt was being sincere. Soon after this rant was transcribed by Frederich Beautemps, the following took place, according to his biography:
Rene then threw the bag of ‘medicinal” hashish savagely at my face and proceeded to spend the next 17 minutes (my watch confirmed this) miming a grotesque act of masturbation into the face of his beloved cat, Waldo.

