The Montreal 'Bed-In for Peace' was held two months after John and Yoko's honeymoon Bed-In at the Amsterdam Hilton, and lasted for seven days between 26 May and 2 June, 1969. Throughout the week the couple sat up in bed in their nightclothes and opened their doors to the world's media.

The vendor, 17 years old at the time, managed to get past the security at the hotel and make it up to the 17th floor. A friendly journalist arranged for him to be allowed into the hotel suite where John and Yoko were sitting up in bed clad in their white pyjamas with a dozen chairs set around them. Each person was permitted to ask one question - the vendor asked Lennon what he thought of The Who's performance at The Rock and Roll Circus, at which Lennon smiled and replied that they were very good. The vendor then handed Lennon the flyer which he signed and illustrated.