Joe Piscopo Biography
Joe Piscopo is an actor, comedian, and radio talk show host from the United States. From 1980 until 1984, he was a cast member of Saturday Night Live, where he performed a variety of recurring characters.
How old is Joe Piscopo? – Age
He is 70 years old as of 17 June 2021. He was born in 1951 in Passaic, New Jersey, United States. His real name is Joseph Charles John Piscopo.
Where did Joe Piscopo go to College? – Parents
He was born to Joseph P. Piscopo and Edith Piscopo. He was a member of the theater group “The Masquers” at West Essex High School. He earned a reputation for never doing a role exactly as it was written. Piscopo obtained a degree in broadcast management from Jones College in Jacksonville, Florida, after graduating in 1969.
Is Joe Piscopo still married? – Wife
Piscopo married Nancy Jones in 1973. They divorced in 1988 after having one kid. He married Kimberly Driscoll, his son’s babysitter when Piscopo was married to Jones, in 1997. They divorced in 2006 after having three children.
Joe Piscopo Saturday Night Live
Piscopo was signed as a contract player for Saturday Night Live in the summer of 1980. When all of the writers, major producers, and cast members left that spring, the program had gone through a tremendous transformation. With the exception of Piscopo and Eddie Murphy, the whole new cast flopped with reviewers and fans, and they were the only two cast members kept when Dick Ebersol took over the show the following spring. Piscopo moved to the rich neighborhood of Alpine, New Jersey, after the success of SNL.
Piscopo was famous for his impersonations of celebrities like Frank Sinatra. With the help of Sinatra lyricist Sammy Cahn, Piscopo changed the lyrics for a Sinatra sketch, and noted that “by the grace of God, the old man loved it.” Piscopo appeared on Weekend Update on occasion as a bombastic sports pundit who would ask a series of questions and then respond with a booming, “Who cares?” Doug and Wendy Whiner was also played by Piscopo and Robin Duke.
What did Joe Piscopo do for a living? – Career
At the end of the 1983–1984 season, Piscopo left Saturday Night Live. In 1984, he co-starred with Michael Keaton in the film Johnny Dangerously, which received mixed reviews, as well as an HBO special and a book called The Piscopo Tapes for Pocket Books. In 1985, he released the album New Jersey for Columbia Records, and in May 1986, he aired an ABC special called The Joe Piscopo New Jersey Special. Piscopo was addressed in the No. 1 rock single “Jammin’ Me” by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in 1987.
Piscopo became interested in bodybuilding in the mid-to-late 1980s. He got into the sport after doing Bruce Springsteen mimics on Saturday Night Live. In April 1988 and June 1990, he was featured on the cover of Muscle & Fitness magazine.
Since January 2014, he has hosted the Piscopo in the Morning radio show on AM 970 The Answer (WNYM) in New York City from 6:00 to 10:00 a.m. Monday through Friday. Piscopo also began hosting Ramsey Mazda Sunday Nights with Sinatra at 770 AM WABC in New York and WABC’s sister station 107.1 FM WLIR in Hampton Bays on December 13, 2020.
Piscopo pondered running for governor of New Jersey as an independent in 2017, based in part on Donald Trump’s political success, for whom he had campaigned in 2016. He received support from a number of politicians, including Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City. However, he opted not to run in May 2017. Piscopo was a member of a band, and in May 2021, he performed stand-up and music at a political rally held by businessman Mike Lindell.
Joe Piscopo Salary
He earns an annual salary of $2 million.
Joe Piscopo Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $3 million.
