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Average Joe : the memoirs of a blue-collar entertainer / Joe Piscopo ; with Walter Scott Lamb.

Memoirs of a blue-collar entertainer (portion title)
Piscopo, Joe, (author.). Lamb, Scott, (author.).

Summary:

Joe Piscopo has been making both live and living room audiences laugh for five decades. He is often recognized as one of the actors who replaced the original cast on 'Saturday night live,' rescuing the show from cancellation. In 'Average Joe,' Piscopo shares behind-the-scenes stories from his multifaceted career as a stand-up comedian, actor, radio talk show host, and musician.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781637633564
  • ISBN: 1637633564
  • Physical Description: 249 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Nashville, Tennessee : Forefront Books, [2025]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-249).
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: Where's Eddie? -- part 1. From Avellino to New Jersey: Coming to America ; Jersey boy ; American pastoral ; Jonesing & Catatonia dreaming -- part 2. If you can make it there, you'll make it anywhere: A stand-up guy ; With a little help from my friends ; Commercial breaks & breaking in -- part 3. Live from New York, it's Saturday night!: The Jersey guy auditions at 30 Rock ; I've got the world on a string : SNL season 6, 1980-1981 ; It's not a tumor ; Eddie ; Crazy, man. Crazy : SNL season 7, 1981-1982 ; One toke over the cocaine line ; Mr. Sinatra ; Under pressure : SNL season 8, 1982-1983 ; Merry old souls : SNL season 9, 1983-1984 ; Exiting Dick Ebersol's SNL -- part 4. Jammin' me: Dork dad & divorce ; Hollywood hits & almost theres ; An evening at the White House ; Muscles & critics -- part 5. Where have you gone, Joe Piscopo?: Lean on me : helping Newark's neediest ; Dork dad & divorce II ; That's life -- Postscript: Me & Mr. Trump.

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Entertainers > United States > Biography.
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