Joe piscopo biography
Sidekicks ( film)
American film
Sidekicks is a American adventureactioncomedy-drama film directed by Aaron Norris and starring Jonathan Brandis, Mako, Julia Nickson-Soul, Beau Bridges, and Chuck Norris.
Plot
Barry Gabrewski is a troubled and bullied asthmatic boy who lives with his widowed father, Jerry (Beau Bridges), in Houston, Texas. A loner, Barry has vivid daydreams about being Chuck Norris' sidekick, and about battling against Norris' movie enemies.
Politics: Democrat. Agent —4Star Entertainment, York Ave. Career: Comedian, actor, producer, and writer. Appeared at casinos, nightclubs, regional theatres, and dinner theatres, and served as host of shows at the Sands Atlantic City Hotel and Casino, Atlantic CityNJ,Said foes are often personified by Barry's everyday nemeses, such as class bully Randy Cellini (John Buchanan); Coach Horn (Richard Moll), their loudmouthed and demanding PE instructor; and apathetic Principal Mapes (Gerrit Graham).
Noreen Chan (Julia Nickson-Soul), Barry's favorite teacher, often plays the damsel-in-distress in these daydreams, most of which parody assorted Chuck Norris films (notably Missing in Action, The Delta Force, and The Hitman).
Barry wants to learn martial arts, yet he is rejected by arrogant dojo-master Kelly Stone (Joe Piscopo)&#;&#; who also happens to be Randy's sensei&#;&#; for being too weak. Instead, he is taken on as a student by an old Chinese man named Mr.
Lee (Mako), Noreen's sly uncle and the owner of a local Chinese restaurant, "Frying Dragon". Mr. Lee finds creative ways of instruction Barry to defend himself from bullies; he devises training methods that increase Barry's endurance, thus helping the boy's asthma.
Lee also deduces Barry's hero-worship of Norris from Barry's daydreams; he creatively incorporates this into Barry's training, devising scenarios that come across more dangerous than they are so that Barry will touch heroic for succeeding at them.
Lee enters himself, Barry, and Chan into a local team Karate tournament but is a bit stymied to learn that a team must have four members.
Joe Piscopo was born in the New Jersey town of Passaic in He grew up in North Caldwell. He has earned a reputation for never performing a part precisely as written. After graduating from high school inhe attended Jones College in Jacksonville, Florida, and earned a degree in transmit management there.Norris is attending the tournament as a guest and, at Lee's urging, Chan convinces Norris to join the team. Norris is both willing to help an ardent fan and has his own motivation for participating: he has encountered Stone on several occasions and wants to teach him "a lesson in humility".
Barry is stunned to find himself functional together with his hero.
The tournament involves four events: Breaking, Men's Weapons, Female Kata, and Freestyle fighting. Stone's team narrowly defeats Chan in the Female Kata, but Lee defeats Cellini, one of Stone's students, in Breaking.
T elevision, film, theater, night club- they are all arenas in which Mr. Joe Piscopo has won the acclaim and affection of millions. After a career as a disc jockey and dinner-theater performer, Joe turned to comedy. He was chosen to join a newly formed ensemble charged with one of the most difficult tasks in TV history- replacing the original cast of Saturday Blackout Live.True to his synonyms, Norris defeats Stone in Freestyle fighting, and Barry&#;&#; aided by a vivid daydream&#;&#; scores a victory in Men's Weapons. The result is a tie between Stone's team and Lee's team. In the tie-breaker, Lee is allowed to choose the participants, and chooses Barry and Cellini, saying Barry is the member of the team with "something to prove".
Stone chooses the event, Breaking. Barry is dismayed to be confronting Cellini in the latter's best event, but Lee tilts the odds in Barry's favor by using a small amount of lighter fluid to place Barry's bricks on fire.
Joe Piscopo - Biography - IMDb: Joseph Charles John Piscopo (/ ˈ p i s k ə p oʊ / PIS-kə-poh; born June 17, ) is an American actor, comedian, and conservative radio talk show host. He was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from to , where he played a variety of recurring characters.Faced with a much more heroic-seeming task, Barry wins.
After the tournament, Barry is seen talking to Norris, thanking him for his help. Norris vanishes, and it is implied that Barry has found the energy to live his life without the need for his daydreams.
A young boy in a wheelchair finds Barry's Chuck Norris magazine and reacts with an excited "Wow!"
Cast
Production
Filming
Sidekicks was filmed primarily in Houston, TX.
It was the pet project of well-known Houston furniture outlet owner Jim "Mattress Mac" McIngvale, who (in partnership with Chuck Norris and his "Kick Drugs out of Schools" campaign) invested 8 million dollars in producing this movie.[1] Chuck Norris, who had appeared in many local television commercials for McIngvale, suggested the idea of creating this movie, and McIngvale agreed to finance and produce it.
In McIngvale's book, Always Think Big, he states going into film and producing was "extremely hard work".[citation needed]
Reception
Box office
The film debuted at No.
2 at the box office.[1][2] It grossed $17,, during its domestic release.[3]
Critical response
The clip received largely negative reviews from critics.[4][5][6][7][8] Based on 19 reviews gathered, the film has a 26% from Rotten Tomatoes, with an average score of 4/[9]