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Celerity

(42,645 posts)
Sat Jan 30, 2021, 06:58 AM Jan 2021

This Ex-SNL Star Is Giving MyPillow Guy the Floor for His Conspiracy Rants



https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-snl-star-joe-piscopo-is-giving-mypillow-guy-the-floor-for-his-conspiracy-rants



One of Saturday Night Live’s most notorious former stars has turned his radio show into a regular platform for his business partner, cushion and conspiracy hawker Mike Lindell, amplifying the Trump-loving MyPillow founder and his unfounded claims about the election, Twitter “censorship,” and the deadly Capitol insurrectionist riot.

Between the early 1980s and the early 2010s, Joe Piscopo went from SNL fan favorite to punchline—but resurrected his career in 2014 with Piscopo in the Morning, a four-hour block on AM 970, a talk-radio station popular with New York City commuters. Since the election of now-former President Donald Trump, Piscopo’s guests have often been a mix of dubious conservative commentators and more mainstream figures like former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly. By 2018, his show had climbed into the top 50 most-streamed and most influential radio programs in the country, according to an industry poll.

In 2021, and particularly after Trump supporters rioted at the Capitol on Jan. 6, Piscopo has repeatedly given airtime in the largest U.S. media market to Lindell, even though such hard-right outlets like Newsmax had by then sought to block the MyPillow magnate from making his outrageous claims on their air.

Undisclosed in these recurring appearances is that Piscopo and Lindell have been business partners for several years. In 2017, the duo launched a supplement line called “Nutrajoe,” for which Lindell filed and obtained the trademarks. The product was marketed via infomercial, much like MyPillow, and promoted on Lindell’s corporate Twitter account. The company remains an active concern, according to Minnesota corporate filings, though its website appears defunct.




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This Ex-SNL Star Is Giving MyPillow Guy the Floor for His Conspiracy Rants (Original Post) Celerity Jan 2021 OP
I remember his muscular phase Demovictory9 Jan 2021 #1
I remember his spot on Frank Sinatra. Too bad spooky3 Jan 2021 #5
Looks like donnie's spray tan. panader0 Jan 2021 #2
when I saw 'SNL' in the subject line, I thought it would be humorous parody. mnmoderatedem Jan 2021 #3
I read it as NFL initially! Lol! Nt USALiberal Jan 2021 #12
I did the same thing. ChazII Jan 2021 #20
The only thing a Joe Piscipo headline does ... NanceGreggs Jan 2021 #4
Oh yeah, that was my first reaction PatSeg Jan 2021 #15
I'm forgot about this guy. MontanaMama Jan 2021 #6
And Rob Schneider superpatriotman Jan 2021 #13
Oh no! MontanaMama Jan 2021 #19
And Dennis Miller MustLoveBeagles Jan 2021 #21
We All Gotta Eat Right? DanieRains Jan 2021 #7
Speaking of stolen numbers - they claim Biden's votes and then expand the number underpants Jan 2021 #8
Not to worry. It will soon be the Dominion Pillow Company. Vinca Jan 2021 #9
piscopo was never funny, probably the worst SNL member Demonaut Jan 2021 #10
Would that it were just some whacked-out comedic performance art... Blue Owl Jan 2021 #11
Is that a reverse face lift? alphafemale Jan 2021 #14
And he's almost as orange as his hero. Nt spooky3 Jan 2021 #18
I just knew it would be Piscopo. Right-wing asshole. (nt) Paladin Jan 2021 #16
I was expecting Dennis Miller or Victoria Jackson. GoCubsGo Jan 2021 #17

mnmoderatedem

(3,706 posts)
3. when I saw 'SNL' in the subject line, I thought it would be humorous parody.
Sat Jan 30, 2021, 07:37 AM
Jan 2021

then I clicked, and saw Piscopo. I guess he really misses his fifteen minutes.

NanceGreggs

(27,813 posts)
4. The only thing a Joe Piscipo headline does ...
Sat Jan 30, 2021, 07:45 AM
Jan 2021

... is prompt millions of Americans to say, "He's still alive? I thought he died years ago."

underpants

(182,271 posts)
8. Speaking of stolen numbers - they claim Biden's votes and then expand the number
Sat Jan 30, 2021, 08:59 AM
Jan 2021

“You got 80 million people Joe, that know this election, or 100 million people that know this election was stolen from them,” Lindell said. “I know it personally, I’ve seen the evidence.”

 

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)
14. Is that a reverse face lift?
Sat Jan 30, 2021, 09:51 AM
Jan 2021

The back half of his face looks smooth.

And the front part like somebody tightened a drawstring.

GoCubsGo

(32,061 posts)
17. I was expecting Dennis Miller or Victoria Jackson.
Sat Jan 30, 2021, 10:42 AM
Jan 2021

And, not some other no-talent hack I completely forgot about.

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