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

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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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[Demovictory9]

1. I remember his muscular phase

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[spooky3]

5. I remember his spot on Frank Sinatra. Too bad

he spiraled down.

[panader0]

2. Looks like donnie's spray tan.

[mnmoderatedem]

3. when I saw 'SNL' in the subject line, I thought it would be humorous parody.

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

[USALiberal]

12. I read it as NFL initially! Lol! Nt

[ChazII]

20. I did the same thing.

Glad I was not alone.

[NanceGreggs]

4. The only thing a Joe Piscipo headline does ...

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

[PatSeg]

15. Oh yeah, that was my first reaction

I really had forgotten all about the man.

[MontanaMama]

6. I'm forgot about this guy.

He went down the rabbit hole along with Victoria Jackson.

[superpatriotman]

13. And Rob Schneider

And Jon Lovitz

[MontanaMama]

19. Oh no!

Really? I didn’t know those two lost their damned minds too.

[MustLoveBeagles]

21. And Dennis Miller

[DanieRains]

7. We All Gotta Eat Right?

[underpants]

8. Speaking of stolen numbers - they claim Biden's votes and then expand the number

“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.”

[Vinca]

9. Not to worry. It will soon be the Dominion Pillow Company.

[Demonaut]

10. piscopo was never funny, probably the worst SNL member

[Blue Owl]

11. Would that it were just some whacked-out comedic performance art...

[alphafemale]

14. Is that a reverse face lift?

The back half of his face looks smooth.

And the front part like somebody tightened a drawstring.

[spooky3]

18. And he's almost as orange as his hero. Nt

[Paladin]

16. I just knew it would be Piscopo. Right-wing asshole. (nt)

[GoCubsGo]

17. I was expecting Dennis Miller or Victoria Jackson.

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