At the age of 58, I have finally gotten my big break in showbiz. Pete Davidson has cast me in Bupkis.

Bupkis is the name of Davidson’s new sitcom on Peacock, also starring Joe Pesci and Edie Falco, so getting a shot at Bupkis from Pete Davidson still seems like a fairytale. People I’ve shared this news with immediately want to know how I landed Bupkis, and I don’t mind telling them the back story.

It was 12 years ago, before Pete Davidson was known by anybody, he and I were walking in Manhattan on our way to the Broadway Comedy Club where Pete had earned 10 minutes of stage time for the early show. It was at that time that I had informed him that since he did so well at the Gotham Comedy Fresh Faces showcase; a show that I had booked hosted by my morning guy Nick Cannon, that I was going to showcase Pete on ALL the Fresh Faces shows throughout New Jersey, Long Island and all the Boroughs.

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