Joe Mantegna
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Sep 16, 2026
Nick de SemlyenHOST
I got to speak to Jeffrey Combs for that as, uh, as the one little bit of this I did get to do.
Nick de SemlyenHOST
Uh, genuinely one of my favorite movie performances of all time as the deranged, uh, FBI agent Milton Dammers, who I, I'd learned from this interview Joe Mantegna was, uh, trying for that role, and that would've been a very different-
Chris HewittHOST
Hmm
Nick de SemlyenHOST
... performance.
Bryce HansonHOST
It's like, everyone feels like a stand-in for some kind of archetype that isn't ever filled out with details in this movie.
Bryce HansonHOST
And the only one that, like, transcends it is Joe Mantegna.
Bryce HansonHOST
Mantegna.
Bryce HansonHOST
Mantegna, like...
Jim ClementeHOST
I can remember when, you know, there was a lot of shakeups.
Jim ClementeHOST
I mean, Mandy Patinkin left in season three, but we got Joe Mantegna, right? And then Thomas Gibson left.
Jim ClementeHOST
And we got Adam Rodriguez, right? And...
Jim ClementeHOST
And Aisha Tyler, who plays Tara Lewis on Criminal Minds.
Jeremy CohenHOST
There was an idea originally they were going to try to get John Candy, which would have made an incredibly fascinating piece of casting, If John Candy was cast in Thinner, but that didn't work out and Robert John Burke, he's okay.
Jeremy CohenHOST
The prosthetic is not, the prosthetics are not great and Joe Mantegna is kind of wasted and Michael, was it Michael Constantine? There's just the casting was lousy and the movie just doesn't work.
Jeremy CohenHOST
But King is difficult to adapt.
Jeremy CohenHOST
Cujo isn't great.
Bob YarbroughHOST
And, um, this guy's a talk show host, I believe.
Bob YarbroughHOST
Joe Mantegna.
Bob YarbroughHOST
Does that ring a bell? Man-teeg?
Jennifer JohnseyHOST
Mantegna.
Martin DarnleyHOST
I'm your host, Martin Darnley, and joining with me, a, a chap who is no joker.
Martin DarnleyHOST
It is Gentleman Joe.
JoeHOST
The, the original design for the Joker-
Martin DarnleyHOST
Right
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Martin DarnleyHOST
Oh, yes.
Martin DarnleyHOST
I know that one.
JoeHOST
With Joe Mantegna.
Martin DarnleyHOST
There's a fellow who looks quite like Tim Curry as the DJ, isn't it?
Kevin TurnerPANELIST
Bill Russell hosted.
Kevin TurnerPANELIST
Joe Mantegna hosted.
Kevin TurnerPANELIST
Joe Namath.
Kevin TurnerPANELIST
Did he host? Joe Namath.
Ben RogersHOST
Bill Russell hosted.
Ben RogersHOST
Joe Mantegna hosted.
Ben RogersHOST
Joe Namath.
Ben RogersHOST
Did he host? Joe Namath.
JoshHOST
Wow.
JoshHOST
Joe Mantegna? Yep.
JoshHOST
So then let's go through this.
JoshHOST
Give me your opinion on these matchups.
Ian FermaglichHOST
Yeah, that sketch actually was a month before you got there.
Ian FermaglichHOST
So your first episode was Joe Mantegna and Vanilla Ice.
Ian FermaglichHOST
You
Andy RobinGUEST
are an
Ian FermaglichHOST
Do you remember anything about that day, that pitch meeting or anything?
Andy RobinGUEST
Yes.
Andy RobinGUEST
So I remember Joe Mantegna, but I wouldn't have remembered that they were the first show I worked on.
Andy RobinGUEST
From time to time, this random memory of Dennis Miller poking fun at Vanilla Ice during Weekend Update by playing, what is it, Under Pressure?
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