This enormous human being was pathetic not funny. Sorry for his passing. He needed a little self control.
He does not count as #2 after Mickey Rooney (they die in threes)
He didn’t look to be in the best of health...
I was asked to be a pallbearer at his funeral, but I politely declined.
He wasn’t on Seinfeld MUCH, but his comedy routine was absolutely hysterical.
On Ny-Quil: “Do not operate heavy equipment after taking this.” I *AM* heavy equipment.
On Friskies: “The foods cats naturally crave, like Beef, Liver and Tuna.” WHAT? The foods MY cat craves would be cricket, moth and field mouse. Thank God I don’t come home and see fluffy has dragged an eviscerated cow into the middle of the living room. [In a PBS accent]: “Fluffy races across the sarengetti. He takes down the bull. He’s going straight for the liver. It’s gruesome to watch, but it is the circle of life”
On Las Vegas: It’s an all-you-can -eat buffet! Someone’s getting lucky tonight! Four hours later, the little asian guy comes out from the kitchen: “YOU GO NOW! YOU GO NOW!”
He was a very, very funny guy. I will miss him.
Overweight and found dead in a hotel room; same thing happened to John Waters’ fave tranny, Divine. Shortly after release of the orig. Hairspray, she/he/it was in L.A. to film an episode of Married...with Children and apparently died in his/her/its sleep...
Saw Pinette at a comedy club, pretty good tho yes about the fat joke dominance.
Pinettes routine on French vs. Italian food is very funny. He was a good comedian.
Wikipedia is listing cause of death as pulmonary embolism. I know he was really unhealthy, but he was a funny, funny man. RIP John and thanks for the laughs.
CC
I’m a large man and overweight but nowhere near his league. It never fails to amaze me that everyone (mostly women) that I’m around that complains about their weight and constantly talks dieting, eats at least a good bit more than I do. I mean every one of them!
I had a real treat a couple years back. My company was working at Costco one day and the crew included a pretty large woman. At lunch she opted for a salad, but like I would, she doctored it up to the equivalent of two double quarter pounders with cheese! She mow’ed that down telling us something about being 80’lbs overweight. I’d say more like 150.
She had also made a little shopping run and I looked over her cart to see a load of junk I would never be eating. At the end of the day, she and another woman had about a two hour trip back to our HQ. I saw her opening up the big sack of teriyaki sticks she’d bought for the trip home.
Good God! Don’t complain about your weight to me and then let me see you breaking open the Costco Oh Boy! Oberto “Hog Pack” like two hours after you ate lunch!
His humor was 99% clean.
Mostly self-deprecating humor about food and his size, but very well done.
Yes, the waterpark routine is one of the funniest bits out there. Free Rirry! Free Rirry!
I liked him in Revenge of the Nerds, and Seinfeld. RIP
Jeez!...Saw him last Saturday at the Improv in Brea, Ca. The earthquake happened at 9:10 pm while he was on stage. He went off stage for a few minutes and then came back. He started singing the old song by Carole King...”You make the earth move under my feet”.. R.I.P. John ~ I always had a headache from laughing so hard after all your shows. What a sad loss!
Too young to go. RIP.
I SAY NAY NAY!
The Official Channel for John Pinette
https://www.youtube.com/user/JohnPinetteTV
9.95 and all you can eat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KzMbckJqgs