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Joe Piscopo (born June 17, 1951, Passaic, New Jersey) is an American comedian, known for his work in Saturday Night Live. Piscopo planned to survey acting however went into stand-up comedy in the late 1970s. In the summertime of 1980 he was hired as a contract player for SNL. A indicate got never to return across major upheaval, when all the writers, major producers & cast members got left that spring. A 100%-up to date cast bombed by owning critics & fans. Piscopo & Eddie Murphy were a exceptions & the sole ii cast members to become saved whenever Dick Ebersol took over a indicate inside spring 1981. Piscopo was better known for his neandertal impressions of celebrities like Frank Sinatra (he wrote Sinatra a letter request his permission; Sinatra agreed & jokingly dubbed him "vice-chairman of the board"). Piscopo left SNL within 1984, but unlike White potato, did non call for major profits. He appeared inside two or three semi-successful films, & experienced his have HBO comedy special, however was regarded other as a gag line to a bad joke just about the doomed careers of virtually all SNL alumni. In the early 1990s, Piscopo became a subject of arguing when his fresh buffed-higher physique & appearances in fitness magazines led numbers of to speculate he was utilizing steroids. Piscopo has repeatedly denied the allegations & says he began a campaign to improve his system fallowing battling thyroid cancer from 1981 to 1982. He has as well appeared inside anti-steroid PSAs. Around further recent years Piscopo appeared in the long-running off Broadway revival of Grease, guest-starred on major TV series like Law & Order and toured with other SNL alumni such as Kevin Nealon and Victoria Jackson. Piscopo is virtually all typically cast as a villainside in comedies virtually all prefer a Chuck Norris vehicle Sidekicks and Johnny Dangerously. One of his other amusing character area wwhen as ladies human Rocky in the contemporary version of Herman Melville's Bartleby (2001). He sleep in New Jersey with his wife Kimberly & Triad tykes.
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Joe Piscopo Official site providing video and sound clips, biography, schedule, pictures and news. IMDb: Joe Piscopo Includes biography, filmography, credits and photographs Joe Piscopo Transcript of an interview by Peter Anthony Holder. CNN: Joe Piscopo Transcript of a chat group interview. |
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