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Scott Davies

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Mar 7, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/7/98
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By the time most of you read this, you will probably already have
learned that Joe Piscopo died late Friday evening of an embolism.

Anyway, I thought a good way remember him would be for us each to
recount some of his best moments from Saturday Night Live.

For me, Joe Piscopo's impressions are what I'll remember best. His
portrayals of David Letterman, Frank Sinatra, and Andy Rooney weren't
exactly uncanny to the point that you'd mistake him for the person he
was imitating. Yet, he simultaneously captured and mocked all their
embarrassing mannerisms. To this day, I can't watch Andy Rooney without
thinking of Joe Piscopo's impression of him: "Ever wonder why they call
it the Middle East? Is it really in the middle? Ever notice it gets
dark at night? Where does the sun go?"

He also had a number of original characters that I thought were really
entertaining, like Doug Whiner, the "I'm from Jersey" guy, and the
Saturday Night Live Sportscaster.

Well, those are some of my favorites. I'm sure we each have a lot of
funny memories that we owe to him, and I think it would be nice for us
all to share some of them here.


-SD

Howard Billiard

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Scott Davies wrote:
>
> By the time most of you read this, you will probably already have
> learned that Joe Piscopo died late Friday evening of an embolism.
>
> Anyway, I thought a good way remember him would be for us each to
> recount some of his best moments from Saturday Night Live.

I just saw that on CNN. It just feels for me like one of those moments
where you'll always remember where you were when you heard about it,
just like when Kurt Cobain, John Candy, and Chris Farley died. It's
just so hard to accept. He was only 46, they said on the news. And he
always looked like he was in great shape.

It seemed like he had such a promising career ahead of him when he left
Saturday Night Live. But he never did anything. He had a couple of TV
Specials (which were great), but that was it. I remember the days when
everyone thought that he and Eddie Murphy were the two fastest rising
stars on television. But only Eddie Murphy ever really hit it big.

Anyway, my favorite Joe Piscopo character has to be Doug and Wendy
Whiner (with Robin Duke as Wendy). They would go to a restaurant or get
held up in a bank or appear on a talk show, and just whine and complain
constantly. It's so funny, because I know so many people who are just
like that (though maybe not to that extreme).

I really hope they do a tribute episode of SNL for him, like they did
for Chris Farley. I think that would be a great thing to watch.

Mr. Mike

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On Sat, 07 Mar 1998 01:58:17 +0000, Scott Davies
<x...@artspace.com.REMOVE_FOR_EMAIL> wrote:

>By the time most of you read this, you will probably already have
>learned that Joe Piscopo died late Friday evening of an embolism.

Is this a hoax? Why is there nothing about this at CNN? I also found nothing
when searching through the major news services at the Drudge Report site.


Matthew B. Tepper

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And nothing in the _Los Angeles Times_, which would be all over a
celebrity death like flies around excrement.

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Charles Unter

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Scott Davies wrote:
>
> By the time most of you read this, you will probably already have
> learned that Joe Piscopo died late Friday evening of an embolism.

I just saw a little tribute they put together on E!. I guess it
happenned too late last night to make today's paper, because I didn't
see anything in there this morning. This is a real tragedy. He was
always one of my favorites. I don't understand why the TV is making so
little of this, compared to when Chris Farley died. I think Joe Piscopo
was much more talented. I guess they're all too wrapped up in Iraq and
Monica Lewinsky.

Take care all.

Charles.

Lou Minatti™

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Mar 7, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/7/98
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Howard Billiard wrote:
>
> Scott Davies wrote:
> >
> > By the time most of you read this, you will probably already have
> > learned that Joe Piscopo died late Friday evening of an embolism.
> >
> > Anyway, I thought a good way remember him would be for us each to
> > recount some of his best moments from Saturday Night Live.
>
> I just saw that on CNN. It just feels for me like one of those moments
> where you'll always remember where you were when you heard about it,
> just like when Kurt Cobain, John Candy, and Chris Farley died. It's
> just so hard to accept. He was only 46, they said on the news. And he
> always looked like he was in great shape.
>
> It seemed like he had such a promising career ahead of him when he left
> Saturday Night Live. But he never did anything. He had a couple of TV
> Specials (which were great), but that was it. I remember the days when
> everyone thought that he and Eddie Murphy were the two fastest rising
> stars on television. But only Eddie Murphy ever really hit it big.
>
> Anyway, my favorite Joe Piscopo character has to be Doug and Wendy
> Whiner (with Robin Duke as Wendy). They would go to a restaurant or get
> held up in a bank or appear on a talk show, and just whine and complain
> constantly. It's so funny, because I know so many people who are just
> like that (though maybe not to that extreme).

I just heard. It is a terrible tragedy. Christ, first Chris Farley, then
Brad Hall, and now Joe Piscopo. Is it a sign?

> I really hope they do a tribute episode of SNL for him, like they did
> for Chris Farley. I think that would be a great thing to watch.

I miss Joe saying, "But I've got diverticulitis!" They could dedicate a
whole 90-minute show to Joe. He was that good.

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Rick Westover

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Mar 8, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/8/98
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Lou Minatti™ <lou-m...@usa.net> writes:
> Howard Billiard wrote:

>
> I just heard. It is a terrible tragedy. Christ, first Chris Farley, then
> Brad Hall, and now Joe Piscopo. Is it a sign?
>

Brad Hall is dead too. When did that happen? Isn't he Julia Louis Dreyfuss's
husband. I can't believe they're all passing away.

By the way, I've heard Dana Carvey has been having heart trouble. Any truth to
this. I pray not. He is hysterically funny. Has anyone seen "Trapped in
Paradise" with Carvey, Lovitz and Nick Cage? Great Movie.

--Rick

nick@nite

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Dana Carvey had an angioplasty procedure a few months ago to remove
blockage in a heart artery. Last I heard he was doing fine.

nick@nite

David Soy Bomb Tanny

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mave...@pathwaynet.com (Rick Westover) wrote:

>Lou Minatti™ <lou-m...@usa.net> writes:
>> Howard Billiard wrote:
>
>>
>> I just heard. It is a terrible tragedy. Christ, first Chris Farley, then
>> Brad Hall, and now Joe Piscopo. Is it a sign?
>>
> Brad Hall is dead too. When did that happen? Isn't he Julia Louis Dreyfuss's
>husband. I can't believe they're all passing away.
>

> By the way, I've heard Dana Carvey has been having heart trouble. Any truth to
>this. I pray not. He is hysterically funny. Has anyone seen "Trapped in
>Paradise" with Carvey, Lovitz and Nick Cage? Great Movie.
>
>--Rick

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Matthew B. Tepper <ducky兀deltanet.com> wrote in article
<6ds7ol$dol$1...@news01.deltanet.com>...


> In article <350571fa...@news.mindlink.net>,
> a02...@giant.mindlink.net spake:
> >
> >On Sat, 07 Mar 1998 01:58:17 +0000, Scott Davies

> ><x...@artspace.com.REMOVE_FOR_EMAIL> wrote:
> >
> >>By the time most of you read this, you will probably already have
> >>learned that Joe Piscopo died late Friday evening of an embolism.
> >

> >Is this a hoax? Why is there nothing about this at CNN? I also found
> >nothing when searching through the major news services at the Drudge
> >Report site.
>
> And nothing in the _Los Angeles Times_, which would be all over a
> celebrity death like flies around excrement.

Please don't let this be the next "Robin Mirsky" thread....


rosemarie

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here it is Sunday and I still haven't head anything about it...not even in
alt.obituarites. Is this true?

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Metro619

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>I just heard. It is a terrible tragedy...snip... then

>Brad Hall, and now Joe Piscopo. Is it a sign?

Brad Hall? When did this happen and how? I must have missed it.


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EBravo8572

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> I just heard. It is a terrible tragedy. Christ, first Chris Farley, then

>> Brad Hall, and now Joe Piscopo. Is it a sign?

At least Piscopo's tragic death was the only SNL death of the day. Remember
when Charles Rocket and Ann Risley died on the same day, which prevented either
one from being properly mourned??

Hiphats

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Mar 8, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/8/98
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This obviously is one of those threads which has material to merit it's status
as a "long running thread". Too bad I don't have the know how to put enough
material to merit a long running thread. I hoped my "Celine On SNL?" thread
would run long, but it didn't.

By the way, if you play Steve Martin's "King Tut" backwards you get a message
saying "Joe is dead, man...miss him, miss him..."

Norm McDonald utters "I buried Joe" at the end of last week's "Weekend Update".

If you play the "Loew's Singers" jingle from the Garth Brooks show backwards,
you'll get this message: "Yes, Piscopo is dead and gone to heaven".

And finally, on the cover of the unreleased Celine Dion album "Slap Happy
Road", you can see Joe Piscopo walking along the crosswalk in loose burial suit
and barefooted alongside Eddie Murphy.

That's all...


Ravi Kiran

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Mar 8, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/8/98
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Scott Davies wrote:
>
> By the time most of you read this, you will probably already have
> learned that Joe Piscopo died late Friday evening of an embolism.
>

What is an embolism?

David Szlucha

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>I just heard. It is a terrible tragedy. Christ, first Chris Farley, then
>Brad Hall, and now Joe Piscopo. Is it a sign?


I just saw Brad Hall on the Actor's Screen awards when Julia won her award.


Tim Harrod

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In article <19980308173...@ladder03.news.aol.com>
ebrav...@aol.com (EBravo8572) writes:

> > I just heard. It is a terrible tragedy. Christ, first Chris Farley, then
> >> Brad Hall, and now Joe Piscopo. Is it a sign?
>

> At least Piscopo's tragic death was the only SNL death of the day. Remember
> when Charles Rocket and Ann Risley died on the same day, which prevented either
> one from being properly mourned??

By now you will all have heard about the sudden and tragic death of
everybody who ever appeared on, or wrote for, SNL, including hosts.
Production assistant Jennie Ng Zletz was also counted among the dead.

I am still a little too broken up to think clearly. It seems like only
yesterday they were all writing, performing, and hosting those
fantastic shows, and then labeling the videotapes of them for storage.
I hope NBC does some kind of tribute to them all, they could easily
fill a 90-minute show with the highlights of these geniuses, except
Chris Kattan who I didn't like all that much. But it's not like he
should have died because of that.

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Matthew B. Tepper

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Mar 9, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/9/98
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In article <3502DB...@bruce-lee.nospam.com>,
Drag...@bruce-lee.nospam.com spake:

It's the same thing as "embarrassment," only with a few letters added
and a few taken away and moved around a little.

Matthew B. Tepper

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In article <VFGM.1592$Z64.8...@news.itd.umich.edu>,
r5...@arbornet.org spake:

>
>In article <19980308173...@ladder03.news.aol.com>
>ebrav...@aol.com (EBravo8572) writes:
>
>> > I just heard. It is a terrible tragedy. Christ, first Chris
>> >> Farley, then Brad Hall, and now Joe Piscopo. Is it a sign?
>>
>> At least Piscopo's tragic death was the only SNL death of the day.
>> Remember when Charles Rocket and Ann Risley died on the same day,
>> which prevented either one from being properly mourned??
>
>By now you will all have heard about the sudden and tragic death of
>everybody who ever appeared on, or wrote for, SNL, including hosts.
>Production assistant Jennie Ng Zletz was also counted among the dead.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>I am still a little too broken up to think clearly. It seems like only
>yesterday they were all writing, performing, and hosting those
>fantastic shows, and then labeling the videotapes of them for storage.
>I hope NBC does some kind of tribute to them all, they could easily
>fill a 90-minute show with the highlights of these geniuses, except
>Chris Kattan who I didn't like all that much. But it's not like he
>should have died because of that.
>
>--
>Tim Harrod
>Don't talk to me about humor until you've bookmarked
>http://www.theonion.com

--

EBravo8572

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>>I just heard. It is a terrible tragedy. Christ, first Chris Farley, then
>>Brad Hall, and now Joe Piscopo. Is it a sign?
>
>
>I just saw Brad Hall on the Actor's Screen awards when Julia won her award.
>
>

After Brad's death she married his look-alike brother. That wasn't Brad you saw
at the SAG awards showe. Brad is dead.

Rick Westover

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Mar 9, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/9/98
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Ravi Kiran <Drag...@bruce-lee.nospam.com> writes:
> Scott Davies wrote:

> What is an embolism?

Isn't it when an artery or vein bursts? Quite often in the brain.


Matthew B. Tepper

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In article <19980309035...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
ebrav...@aol.com spake:

And back when Tim Kazurinsky was going his Dr. Jack Bodofsky bit once,
he seemed to be snickering but was really whispering, "I buried Brad!"

Paul52751

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>>
>> And nothing in the _Los Angeles Times_, which would be all over a
>> celebrity death like flies around excrement.
>
>Please don't let this be the next "Robin Mirsky" thread....
>
>
MIRSKY RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Smiteboy

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In article <Pine.GSO.3.96.980308072609.13092B-100000@dante>, rosemarie <rwis...@NMSU.Edu> wrote:
>
>
>here it is Sunday and I still haven't head anything about it...not even in
>alt.obituarites. Is this true?
>
It seems to be just wishful thinking. If he had, indeed, died, you could
no doubt find the info on Joe Weider's Ex-Comedian Fitness Web Site.

Louis Epstein

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Mar 9, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/9/98
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Smiteboy (smit...@lcc.net) wrote:

I figure Piscopo is still with us,but what about the Weiders?
What are their birth,and if applicable,death dates??

Smiteboy

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In article <19980309035...@ladder02.news.aol.com>, ebrav...@aol.com (EBravo8572) wrote:
>>>I just heard. It is a terrible tragedy. Christ, first Chris Farley, then
>>>Brad Hall, and now Joe Piscopo. Is it a sign?
>>
>>
>>I just saw Brad Hall on the Actor's Screen awards when Julia won her award.
>>
>>
>
>After Brad's death she married his look-alike brother. That wasn't Brad you saw
>at the SAG awards showe. Brad is dead.

Fortunately, Brad was a pioneer in the field of human cloning research. After
he gave up his acting career, he used science to have himself duplicated.
Little Brad know that it would come in handy when, late last year, he was
killed in a tragic bathroom explosion. Julia has taken it all quite well, and
the media has played along...just like nothing ever happened.

William

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Mar 9, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/9/98
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I don't know about the rest of you, but when I saw this thread, I
presumed Piscopo really was dead..I mean, his career has been for the
last 12 years or so!

On Sat, 07 Mar 1998 01:58:17 +0000, Scott Davies

<x...@artspace.com.REMOVE_FOR_EMAIL> wrote:

>By the time most of you read this, you will probably already have
>learned that Joe Piscopo died late Friday evening of an embolism.
>

>Anyway, I thought a good way remember him would be for us each to
>recount some of his best moments from Saturday Night Live.
>

>For me, Joe Piscopo's impressions are what I'll remember best. His
>portrayals of David Letterman, Frank Sinatra, and Andy Rooney weren't
>exactly uncanny to the point that you'd mistake him for the person he
>was imitating. Yet, he simultaneously captured and mocked all their
>embarrassing mannerisms. To this day, I can't watch Andy Rooney without
>thinking of Joe Piscopo's impression of him: "Ever wonder why they call
>it the Middle East? Is it really in the middle? Ever notice it gets
>dark at night? Where does the sun go?"
>
>He also had a number of original characters that I thought were really
>entertaining, like Doug Whiner, the "I'm from Jersey" guy, and the
>Saturday Night Live Sportscaster.
>
>Well, those are some of my favorites. I'm sure we each have a lot of
>funny memories that we owe to him, and I think it would be nice for us
>all to share some of them here.
>
>
>-SD


bm...@erols.com

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Mar 11, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/11/98
to Scott Davies

Scott Davies wrote:
>
> By the time most of you read this, you will probably already have
> learned that Joe Piscopo died late Friday evening of an embolism.
>
> Anyway, I thought a good way remember him would be for us each to
> recount some of his best moments from Saturday Night Live.
>
> For me, Joe Piscopo's impressions are what I'll remember best. His
> portrayals of David Letterman, Frank Sinatra, and Andy Rooney weren't
> exactly uncanny to the point that you'd mistake him for the person he
> was imitating. Yet, he simultaneously captured and mocked all their
> embarrassing mannerisms. To this day, I can't watch Andy Rooney without
> thinking of Joe Piscopo's impression of him: "Ever wonder why they call
> it the Middle East? Is it really in the middle? Ever notice it gets
> dark at night? Where does the sun go?"
>
> He also had a number of original characters that I thought were really
> entertaining, like Doug Whiner, the "I'm from Jersey" guy, and the
> Saturday Night Live Sportscaster.
>
> Well, those are some of my favorites. I'm sure we each have a lot of
> funny memories that we owe to him, and I think it would be nice for us
> all to share some of them here.
>
> -SD


Who the hell is Joe Piscopo???

Paul52751

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Mar 12, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/12/98
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>
>Who the hell is Joe Piscopo???
>
>

Robin Mirsky's former brother-in-law

Lou Minatti

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William wrote:
>
> I don't know about the rest of you, but when I saw this thread, I
> presumed Piscopo really was dead..I mean, his career has been for the
> last 12 years or so!

I saw Piscopo in a local production of "Grease!" last year. He was
actually pretty good.

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bm...@erols.com

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Paul52751 wrote:
>
> >
> >Who the hell is Joe Piscopo???
> >
> >
>
> Robin Mirsky's former brother-in-law


Oh, OK. Thanks. That helped.

David Danzig

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In article <6ei422$346$1...@news.csw.net>,
Sordid-1 <irrel...@does-not-matter.com> wrote:

>Howard Billiard <dan...@acpub.duke.edu> wrote:
>
>>Scott Davies wrote:
>>>
>>> By the time most of you read this, you will probably already have
>>> learned that Joe Piscopo died late Friday evening of an embolism.
>
>So did this end up being a bunch of shit or is there a modicum of
>truth to it?

Yes, it is true. It was in last Sunday's L.A. Times, and you can find it
with the search engine at the E! Network web site (eonline.com). I also
saw this a little on TV, but not much at all. I am very surprised that it
didn't get more TV coverage, but I'm sure that if you ask your friends and
coworkers, you'll find some who saw something about it. Just ask around,
and I'm sure you'll see that this is not a joke, even though some of the
messages posted on the subject here have been fairly amusing.

And I think Joe would have wanted it that way.

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Wiegraf X

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It's a bunch of shit.

But what an entertaining bunch it was!!!!

Matthew B. Tepper

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The Dude from Duke University is blowing smoke out of his ear. Piscopo
ain't dead. I live in L.A., and David Danzig is in Raleigh, North
Carolina, I suppose. Guess which of us actually reads the _Los Angeles
Times_? I read the obituaries (plus most of the rest of the paper)
every fucking day, and ain't been one word about it there, nohow.

Joke's over. Think of a new one.

In article <6eiar0$i...@news.duke.edu>, dan...@acpub.duke.edu spake:


>
>In article <6ei422$346$1...@news.csw.net>,
>Sordid-1 <irrel...@does-not-matter.com> wrote:

>Yes, it is true. It was in last Sunday's L.A. Times, and you can find
>it with the search engine at the E! Network web site (eonline.com). I
>also saw this a little on TV, but not much at all. I am very
>surprised that it didn't get more TV coverage, but I'm sure that if
>you ask your friends and coworkers, you'll find some who saw something
>about it. Just ask around, and I'm sure you'll see that this is not a
>joke, even though some of the messages posted on the subject here have
>been fairly amusing.
>
>And I think Joe would have wanted it that way.

--

BobKinDC

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Mar 16, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/16/98
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>ducky兀deltanet.com (Matthew B. Tepper) wrote:


>The Dude from Duke University is blowing smoke out of his ear. Piscopo
>ain't dead. I live in L.A., and David Danzig is in Raleigh, North
>Carolina, I suppose. Guess which of us actually reads the _Los Angeles
>Times_? I read the obituaries (plus most of the rest of the paper)
>every fucking day, and ain't been one word about it there, nohow.
>
>Joke's over. Think of a new one.

The E! Online search engine our pal from Duke mentioned came up with zilch.
There's a filmography and a biography, but the file for news stories came up
empty. The NY Times website mentions some Robert Wuhl movie that Piscopo's in,
but no obituaries. Yet.

This is the Internet, people! We can double-check your prank sources, y'know?

--Bob Kennedy
Washington, DC

Rudy Phreek

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Mar 16, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/16/98
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Joe Piscopo's dead??

JEff

BobKinDC

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"Rudy Phreek" <dat...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Joe Piscopo's dead??

No. Somebody started the rumor here, but no one was able to come up with
corroborating evidence.

Matthew B. Tepper

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Rudy Phreek wrote:
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> Joe Piscopo's dead??
>
> JEff

No, it was a hoax, and badly done at that.

Lou Minatti™

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Mar 16, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/16/98
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Rudy Phreek wrote:
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> Joe Piscopo's dead??

Joe Piscopo died? Oh no! When?

Matthew B. Tepper

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Mar 16, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/16/98
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He didn't! It's a hoax, and a stupid one at that.

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EBravo8572

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Mar 17, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/17/98
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>Joe Piscopo's dead??
>
>No. Somebody started the rumor here, but no one was able to come up with
>corroborating evidence.

Well!! If repeated, ever-exaggerated internet newsgroup postings do not
constitute "corroborating evidence," then to heck with you. :>)

BobKinDC

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Mar 17, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/17/98
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ebrav...@aol.com (EBravo8572) wrote:

>Well!! If repeated, ever-exaggerated internet newsgroup postings do not
>constitute "corroborating evidence," then to heck with you. :>)
>

The SNL cast old-timers are getting to be of an age when yes, they really are
dying from time to time (Belushi, Danitra Vance, Gilda, Chris...). Those of us
who follow the show rely on Usenet newsgroups like this one for accurate news
and information and might not take your little prank in the spirit in which you
intended.
Leave humor to the professionals, kid.

Timothy M. Phelps

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Mar 17, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/17/98
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BobKinDC (bobk...@aol.com) wrote:
: Those of us

: who follow the show rely on Usenet newsgroups like this one for accurate news
: and information and might not take your little prank in the spirit in which you
: intended.

Really? I rather trust, say, AP than any newsgroup any day.

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Paul52751

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Mar 18, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/18/98
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>
>Joe Piscopo's dead??

Yes, Renata Mirsky's farts killed him-he died of asphyxiation

DrScott

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Mar 19, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/19/98
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On Fri, 13 Mar 1998 22:41:49 -0500, bm...@erols.com wrote:

>Paul52751 wrote:
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>> >
>> >Who the hell is Joe Piscopo???

Obviously a TRUE fan of SNL.

Suzanne Winn

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Mar 20, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/20/98
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Whoa! Is that TRUE?? Did Joe Piscopo really die? Or was it just his career?

Sue

Rudy Phreek

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Mar 20, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/20/98
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Ahem.... as you may not have seen, I ALREADY ASKED THAT!!! Hehe... sorry...
But I DID ask first! =P

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Chris Claro

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Mar 22, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/22/98
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wow...taking it a bit seriously, no? was just a dopey online prank.

BobKinDC wrote:

> ebrav...@aol.com (EBravo8572) wrote:
>
> >Well!! If repeated, ever-exaggerated internet newsgroup postings do not
> >constitute "corroborating evidence," then to heck with you. :>)
> >
>
> The SNL cast old-timers are getting to be of an age when yes, they really are

> dying from time to time (Belushi, Danitra Vance, Gilda, Chris...). Those of us


> who follow the show rely on Usenet newsgroups like this one for accurate news
> and information and might not take your little prank in the spirit in which you
> intended.

BobKinDC

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Chris Claro <ccl...@flash.net> wrote:
>wow...taking it a bit seriously, no? was just a dopey online prank.

Yeah, the first week.

Lisa Fogle

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On Saturday, March 7, 1998 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, Scott Davies wrote:
> By the time most of you read this, you will probably already have
> learned that Joe Piscopo died late Friday evening of an embolism.
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