# A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [May 19, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250 "2023-05-19T03:20:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 306
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6102 "2024-05-21T18:21:05Z")
I have to wonder how much it burns that the highest profile celebrity Trump could get to show up in support at his criminal trial is Joe Piscopo. That’s gotta sting ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6103 "2024-05-21T18:28:18Z")
He’ll be the Comedian-in-Chief and perform at all Trump functions. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6104 "2024-05-21T19:00:32Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > > [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > > > Justin Trudeau’s Canadian government also put in money > > I’m betting that some portion of the film was made in Canada, and this money was just standard government subsidies and/or tax cuts. If you watch the credits of a lot of movies, they film bits and pieces of them all over the place, to take advantage of various such schemes. I suspect the Canadian government didn’t even know what the film was about. All they’d care about is if they employed Canadian film industry people, and brought money into the country. Of course! The earlier statement about “Justin Trudeau’s Canadian government also put in money” was just spectacularly bad journalism at its very worst. It makes it sound as if Justin Trudeau thought it was a terrific movie concept and ordered the government to give them money! What actually happened – as happens with all filmmaking in Canada – was that the production company applied for and received tax credits for some of their expenditures. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6105 "2024-05-21T19:35:48Z")
> **[Woman in Miserable Marriage Dreading Husband's Week Off](https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/woman-in-miserable-marriage-dreading)** > > “Since the middle of April, she could count on his being gone every day, except for Wednesdays,” a friend of the woman said. “It was like a gift from heaven.” ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6106 "2024-05-21T20:19:00Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > to take advantage of various such schemes. I realize that in Canada and western europe the term “schemes” just means “plans”. Still, the word “schemes” just seems so… right… > [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > I have to wonder how much it burns that the highest profile celebrity Trump could get to show up in support at his criminal trial is Joe Piscopo. That’s gotta sting Did you say sing? \< [Joe Piscopo whips out a microphone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIVb7IJoEFs) \> ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6107 "2024-05-21T20:47:22Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > \< [Joe Piscopo whips out a microphone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIVb7IJoEFs) \> That toupee of his looks like about three cans of Ron Popeil Paint Your Bald Spot Spray sculpted into a doormat. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6108 "2024-05-21T21:20:24Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > I realize that in Canada and western europe the term “schemes” just means “plans”. I too, lifelong US-er, use “scheme” this way. It may be because I read a lot of BritLit. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6109 "2024-05-21T21:39:46Z")
“Your future dream is a shopping scheme”… ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6110 "2024-05-22T00:42:53Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > I have to wonder how much it burns that the highest profile celebrity Trump could get to show up in support at his criminal trial is Joe Piscopo. And also like what the fuck? Joe Piscopo? Trump wanted some mob mooks to show up and do some mean mugging on his behalf (because Trump looks extra stupid when he does it himself) but someone pointed out that most people would have no idea who they are so instead let’s get the guy who always plays a mob heavy in the movies? Was that the idea? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6111 "2024-05-22T00:53:57Z")
He doesn’t even play mob heavies. He’s a comedian, and most of his acting roles were comedic. He was on SNL for a while waaaaaaaaaay back in the day. He’s barely a D-lister, though it looks like a fair number of people here (who admittedly skew older in general) recognize him. ETA: he looks better now than 20-30 years ago. He got into body building and looked like he did too many 'roids. That guy would have made for a good ‘heavy’ ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6112 "2024-05-22T02:21:36Z")
Are you confusing him with Joe Pesci? I did for a minute. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6113 "2024-05-22T02:25:11Z")
… or for the _actual_ Frank Sinatra? ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6114 "2024-05-22T04:38:38Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Are you confusing him with Joe Pesci? I did for a minute. Oh… um… in that case, imagine Trump being furious because he was expecting Pesci (for the intimidation factor) and got Piscopo instead. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6115 "2024-05-22T06:36:09Z")
Yes but, Joe Piscopo = mook. Joe Pesci = capo. Joe Piscopo is the guy who doesn’t realize that that ‘’‘ceremony’‘’ was not him being made and he’s the guy you send to pick up the cannolis and espresso because, so far, he doesn’t fuck that up. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6116 "2024-05-22T09:13:12Z")
That is not who I was expecting when I looked up Joe Piscopo. Who am I thinking of? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6117 "2024-05-22T09:48:37Z")
Joe Pantoliano, maybe? [![](https://www.aceshowbiz.com/images/wennpic/joe-pantoliano-premiere-extremely-loud-and-incredibly-close-01.jpg) ](https://www.aceshowbiz.com/images/wennpic/joe-pantoliano-premiere-extremely-loud-and-incredibly-close-01.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6118 "2024-05-22T11:24:11Z")
“You shouldn’t have indicted me for felony fraud, Johnny. My mother indicted me once. _ **Once!** _” [![](https://pre-code.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/JohnnyDangerously9.png) ](https://pre-code.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/JohnnyDangerously9.png) ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6119 "2024-05-22T12:05:49Z")
I’d never disrespect Joey Pants that way. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6120 "2024-05-22T12:49:23Z")
Pesci kind of reminds me of Fonzie: if either one tried to act like a tough guy in real life, everyone would laugh at them. Even the fifth-graders. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6121 "2024-05-22T13:43:11Z")
Star Trek fans may remember Joe Piscopo from an old “Next Generation” episode where Data was trying to learn about humor, and Piscopo played a holographic comedian teaching him how to do stand-up. Every time I see that episode I think “Jeez, they couldn’t have found a better comedian for that part?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250.md?page=305) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250.md?page=307)