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
He’ll be the Comedian-in-Chief and perform at all Trump functions.
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.
I realize that in Canada and western europe the term “schemes” just means “plans”.
Still, the word “schemes” just seems so… right…
Did you say sing?
That toupee of his looks like about three cans of Ron Popeil Paint Your Bald Spot Spray sculpted into a doormat.
I too, lifelong US-er, use “scheme” this way. It may be because I read a lot of BritLit.
“Your future dream is a shopping scheme”…
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?
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’
Are you confusing him with Joe Pesci? I did for a minute.
… or for the actual Frank Sinatra?
Oh… um… in that case, imagine Trump being furious because he was expecting Pesci (for the intimidation factor) and got Piscopo instead.
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.
That is not who I was expecting when I looked up Joe Piscopo. Who am I thinking of?
Joe Pantoliano, maybe?
“You shouldn’t have indicted me for felony fraud, Johnny. My mother indicted me once. Once!”
I’d never disrespect Joey Pants that way.
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.
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?”