Head To Atlantic City For The World's Saddest SNL Reunion

Have you spent the past decade wondering whatever became of Sinatra-loving former SNL-er Joe Piscopo? No? What about ukelele-playing-SNLer-turned-Obama-citizenship-conspiracy-theorist Victoria Jackson? Not her either? Well, tough bananas! Because the two of them are teaming up for what is surely the saddest pseudo-SNL reunion show ever.

Piscopo and Jackson, who, as the AV Club points out, never actually appeared on SNL together, are nevertheless "reuniting" for a special engagement at Piscopo's Atlantic City nightclub, the appropriately named Club Piscopo. The show runs for four nights next month at $25 a pop, which is actually a bargain when you think of all the cringes they'll surely pack into each and every performance.

Here's a look at Piscopo in his "heyday":

And a more recent clip of Jackson, singing her Tea Party-approved hit "There's A Communist Living in the White House!!"

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By Jamie Feldmar in Arts & Entertainment on July 28, 2011 6:46 PM

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virgilstarkwell

i heard there's going to be a guest appearance by charles rocket.

ANGRYGOD11

Only if someone brings a shovel.

robingee

Vic-Jack is a total looney tune. I blame her daddy.

Minabee

I think the perfect co-star for a show by Victoria Jackson would be Charlie Sheen. That's a show I would pay to see.

Gwinny

Wow, that Victoria Jackson video was painful. It seemed like she was kidding at first, but if she isn't, it's really sad.

robingee

And she still talks in that baby-voice! What is up with that?

cello700

Joe did a Law & Order or two and came off pretty well. I've never seen a Sinatra like that before him or after him. It does bring to mind Bill Murray singing 'Stairway to Heaven' as a lounge singer though.

Matt F.

Joe is actually a pretty nice guy and get this: entertaining!

Rocknrope

Goddamn, of all the SNL alums Joe could possibly choose from, he picks this tinfoil hat-wearing, Bible-thumping, conspiracy-spewing nutjob?

Those steroids he took in the 90s must be eating his brain.

birdtird

Throw in Keenan Thompson and i think i'd go

adeez

What's a "conspiracy theorist?" Someone who theorizes that conspiracies occur?

Nah, if that's the definition, that would be odd, considering "conspiracy" is a crime codified by statute. And (I hope you're sitting down) get this: people actually do conspire to commit crimes! And courts actually incarcerate people for committing the crime of conspiracy! Crazy, right!

So, again, what's a "conspiracy theorist?" I hear the term almost as much as "hipster," and my dumb ass is still at a loss for figuring out what it means.

Barbara Starkweather

Well, I looked it up, and I think the definition hinges on the fact that the conspiracy theory must include a secret plot. The plotters could be in the government, on the Tri-Lateral Commission, or part of the biased left wing media.

So, I think since Ms Jackson's belief that the President is a communist would require some sort of secret plot to hide his communism from the general public, it probably qualifies as a conspiracy theory.

However, I think her belief that the Health Care Reform Act gave President Obama the right to form a private army is not a conspiracy theory, since this gem is written right into a clause in the wording of the law, and the bill's text was posted on the intertubes for all to see. No secret cabal, no conspiracy, hence no conspiracy theory.

Her WorldNetDaily column is a scream...

http://tinyurl.com/67e989k

Me, I just call her "bat shit crazy". I can't define hipster, I'm so old that when I hear that term I think people are talking about beatniks.