
Joe Piscopo discusses performance with Dave Elias
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Both men sit down with our Dave Elias for a one-on-one interview.
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WHEELING -- Joe Piscopo of Saturday Night Live fame back in the 1980s is in town for the Upper Ohio Valley Italian Festival. Piscopo performs tonight at the Wheeling Island Casino. Piscopo is performing a tribute devoted to Frank Sinatra. He's also impersonating David Letterman and the late Rodney Dangerfield.
Piscopo is also slated to impersonate the late Johnny Cash in which he'll play a banjo. Piscopo is also emceeing event Saturday at the Italian Festival.
Vincent Pastorie who is best known for his character on the Sopranos. Tonight he's actor turned singer as he is performing on the stage at the Italian Festival. Pastorie will be performing with his band Bada Bing, also the name of the bar in the Sopranos series.
Dave Elias asked Pastorie what he thought about a Sopranos reunion. He says both the actors and HBO stand to make a lot of money from a reunion special, but he says the problem is that most of the characters in the series have been killed off.
Pastorie's character Sal Bonpensiero was shot while on a boat and then thrown into the ocean.
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