I has the fortunate opportunity to meet him and see his act in Las Vegas about a year before his death. He was one of the most gracious, appreciating people I'd ever met. And he had me laughing so hard the person next to me felt the need to ask me to "chill out" -- which John saw on stage, pointed out the guy, and told him if he were laughing my laughing wouldn't have bothered him LOL
My dad saw John playing Craps in Vegas and went up to him and thanked him for his work. John offered my dad his autograph to which my dad said “Oh Nay Nay. Just wanted to say Hi”. John was so touched that he gave my dad a hug.
I go to a culinary school up in New York that has its roots in French cuisine. Halfway through my first semester I was a little worn out from eating campus food, didn’t have a car, and didn’t know the area that well. After bringing it up with my friends multiple times that week, a mutual friend of ours that had already heard this multiple times said “Well my favorite deli is 5-10 minutes away, you wanna go get something after class?” I couldn’t help it, the first thing that came to my mind was this John Pinette quote and I screamed it at him. Our whole group died laughing.
Side note he said he was eating alot of pommes frite and omelets for 6 weeks and pommes frite are french fries so he ate French fries and omelets for 6 weeks straight
Indeed he is 😁 It is "Eh Cumpari", an old Sicilian song which is also featured in The Godfather 3, in the scene of the Corleone family dinner party, where Joey Zaza shows up
YOU SON OF A BEETCH! Love that bit Along with "WASSAMATTA, YOU NO LIKE IT?" I sometimes even say that casually. (It fits well into a mostly "Shaddapa You Face" Italian milieu :) )
John Pinette had the wonderful gift of being able to make people laugh, he was a total natural and born to do it, he was one of THE very best! We can't ever have enough laughter in our lives so I just want to say thanks John, hope the beaver tails are good up there, and, take extra time with the buffet, you've got an eternity now big guy! R.I.P
When he was talking about the Italian restaurant, in my mind I flashed on a picture of the stereotypical Italian grandmother in the kitchen checking out a pot of something on the stove that was giving off a wonderful aroma. You lose your appetite because of that aroma. Not that the aroma turns you off of eating, but just the aroma fills you.
I first heard his "Sono affamato" bit on Dr Katz and have always remembered it. Just thought of it randomly for whatever reason and had to look it up. What a funny guy!
I just went to an Italian restaurant and I now know what he felt. It was endless plates of bread, salad, stuffed mushrooms, avocado dip, chicken marsala, chicken picatta, lasagna,Alfredo, tiramasu, buttercake
@@Greg-lo1tl We have a lot of good plates to try so feel free to taste our culture. Just don't get in tourist traps, they will serve you fake italian food and it will be expensive. Try to avoid the city center when in search of a restaurant
Came back to Malden Catholic where he went to high school for a benefit...10 bucks a ticket. Brought my 8 and 10 year olds he was that clean. Never laughed so hard in my life...a genuine good guy!!
I haven't watched John Pinette in years. Then this video popped up in my RUclips suggestions today, and I couldn't believe how long it had been since I'd seen his stand-up. I forgot how much it always made me laugh... Then I find out he died in 2014...and I'm gutted. I don't think he was a big star in the UK, where I live, not that I saw anyway, so I must have missed the news of his passing. He always made me laugh, and that's probably the most fitting tribute for anyone, especially a stand-up comedian. All the best. Dan
I had the pleasure of seeing Pinette live in CA about a year or so before he died. I can't remember his jokes now but I remember laughing so hard and so long I legit thought I was going to die. RIP
I think you would fully appreciate it, just by fasting for a day and a half, and then eating dinner at the best Italian restaurant you know of. This will be the most delicious meal of your life, and you will be singing like John, LOL!
I got to see him at a comedy club in Ybor City, FL one night back in 2010 & I tell you what you would think I was crying I was laughing so hard , I still miss him
have this special on DVD, love it anytime I watch it. My dad used to know Pinette apparently in school, and I saw him once before he died, genuinely an amazing comic.
Growing up, I watched a ton of stand-up comedy after school, on the weekends, during the summer, etc. By day or early evening, I'd be watching Comedy Central Presents, and by night, I'd be watching HBO's One Night Stand, or an old Young Comedians special, or various hour-longs by all the greats, you name it. The clip comes from one of these. For me, John Pinette was, truthfully, just one of countless extremely talented comics I enjoyed, but this bit right here was absolutely one of the funniest goddamn things I've ever heard. Both the jokes themselves and Pinette's flawless delivery had me in stiches, I thought I was gonna die from how hard I was laughing. I saw his episode a couple times, I believe, but even then it's been between fifteen and twenty years since then, but this bit stuck with me the whole time. Pure gold.
LOVE love (loved) John Pinette... may he rest in peace. But 99% the the "all you can eat" winners are thin or have much less fat - since the other way around makes it almost impossible for your stomach to expand. So Timmy would beat them all!
So many comedians get a big laugh from the final couple lines of a bit, which is perfectly fine. But John had that comedy where it doesn’t stop. Jokes sprinkled in throughout the whole bit where sometimes he didn’t even give you a chance to catch your breath.
He was a clean comic which is rare nowdays.......I remember watching DAVID BRENNER as a kid, my Mom liked him because he didn't say the "F" word every other sentence.
I am grateful I have never seen any clips of John Pinette in which he used bad language. When I started watching him I was amazed at how funny he was & noticed he did not need to use profanity to make people laugh.... that is why I loved him so much. He reminded me of the earlier comedians who I grew up with. I miss the guy! He was the best! Gone too soon!
I agree. I will say, though, when I watched one of his "Get out of the line" skits where he dropped the B bomb, I could not help but laugh. "Oh Good! She has coupons! You B!tch." lol
John RIP but I bet you are enjoying more Italian food in Heaven than you ever had on earth. Can you just picture all of the lil old Italian women cooking for John and friends. OK now picture HIM listening to JOhn comic routine and then breaking bread and sopping up the gravy *pasta sauce One of the cleanest and funniest comic ever given to us for such a short while. Thanks to all on RUclips who keep John and so many great comics alive for the next generation.
His material was great but his timing...the pause after "he's dead pass that over here ........I always eat when I'm sad.." I've watched it at least ten times, know it's coming and still laugh. RIP. He was great.
Actually, in the latter years of his life, he lost a lot of that weight through diet and exercise. There is a RUclips video where he does an interview on a radio station a few weeks before his death. He says in the interview that he lost over 200 pounds. He wasn't exactly slim and svelte in the interview, but at least he wasn't morbidly obese.
Him wiping the tears away from his eyes always kills me 😂
This is one of the greatest comedy sets ever recorded, and anyone who disagrees with that considers salad a "food".
Agreed
Salad is a promissory note saying that food will arrive soon.
@@ianfinrir8724 Such a great line :)
As a fat guy, I'm more with Ralphie May on this: Salads are delicious.
I agree but I like a good salad
When he starts singing is a whole vibe. Genius at work
I'd have paid to just hear him sing in Italian and clap along
what song is that
@@randomperson7483 not sure of you found out, but its Hey Gumbaree. Bunch of different people have sung it like Lou Monte.
"they were chasing me with cannoli - they were gonna kill me like they killed timmy" LOL
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli!
Good luck finding cannoli 45 minutes drive away from Nice. Only Americans could have believed this story 😂
@@SonnyJCrockett84 ventimiglia is only 41 minutes from Nice on the A8 toll road (39.4km) according to google maps. so it's possible...
@@SonnyJCrockett84it's a joke you snobby euro moron.
Only Europeans can take lighthearted comedy and ruin it to suit their miserable lives
🤣🤣🤣
"You're not scaring me!" LMAO!!! Pure genius! We miss him.
The wrong people die.
RIP John Pinette.
The wrong people die, too soon and those truly deserving not soon enough. Fixed it for Srithor.
They meant to get PETA
No. Fat unhealthy comedians die.... Young...
@@greenninja1935 and the rest of Netflix comedians release dogshit lmao...
@Sterling Archer pharmaceuticals.... He overdosed on his own prescription drugs
I has the fortunate opportunity to meet him and see his act in Las Vegas about a year before his death. He was one of the most gracious, appreciating people I'd ever met. And he had me laughing so hard the person next to me felt the need to ask me to "chill out" -- which John saw on stage, pointed out the guy, and told him if he were laughing my laughing wouldn't have bothered him LOL
awesome story! he had me in stitches here, italian restauraunt!!
Shannon Woodworth That's awesome!
you could have turned to him and told him whats a matter! You don't like it!
I had tickets to see him at the orleans resort -but alas it was not meant to be. Rip
My dad saw John playing Craps in Vegas and went up to him and thanked him for his work. John offered my dad his autograph to which my dad said “Oh Nay Nay. Just wanted to say Hi”. John was so touched that he gave my dad a hug.
I'M EATING POMME FRITES AND WE'RE DOWN THE STREET FROM THE MOTHERLAND!?
Favorite line.
I go to a culinary school up in New York that has its roots in French cuisine. Halfway through my first semester I was a little worn out from eating campus food, didn’t have a car, and didn’t know the area that well. After bringing it up with my friends multiple times that week, a mutual friend of ours that had already heard this multiple times said “Well my favorite deli is 5-10 minutes away, you wanna go get something after class?” I couldn’t help it, the first thing that came to my mind was this John Pinette quote and I screamed it at him. Our whole group died laughing.
Side note he said he was eating alot of pommes frite and omelets for 6 weeks and pommes frite are french fries so he ate French fries and omelets for 6 weeks straight
Lmaooooooo
...yes why don't we do that.
2:04 Is it just me, or does anyone else see John singing this while driving from France to Italy? 😂
Someone needs to animate that!!!
Indeed he is 😁
It is "Eh Cumpari", an old Sicilian song which is also featured in The Godfather 3, in the scene of the Corleone family dinner party, where Joey Zaza shows up
glad i was not the only one thinking the same thing.
Oh i would have loved cooking for John....
Hahha … nice one matey, funny - and yes I can too!!
I imagine it while he's running lmao
Only the Motherland can get him going that fast.
He makes me laugh until I have tears in my eyes.
RIP John.
Me too…every time!
God I miss that guy
Priceless stand up. "Guisippe come here"
“Heyyyyy! Look at you!”
We Italians say that for im everything. My buddy and I were we golfing and he shanked it into the ocean…
“Look At You, Eh?”
YOU SON OF A BEETCH! Love that bit
Along with "WASSAMATTA, YOU NO LIKE IT?" I sometimes even say that casually. (It fits well into a mostly "Shaddapa You Face" Italian milieu :) )
Americans are so illiterate they cannot even write Giuseppe correctly
I hope there’s an Italian restaurant in heaven
the whole thing is an italian restaurant!
There are 80 buffets in heaven..........❤
Italian restaurant from Italy, if you see an "Italian" restaurant from New Jersey it means you're in hell
Self-deprecating humor is a rare gift. This man is the master
Rodney Dangerfield.
One of the best clean comics ever to grace the stage.
RIP John, I'm sure the angels are taking good care of you.
There’s a food shortage in heaven
R.I.P. John....and Timmy.
Proof that humor is a high art form.
John Pinette had the wonderful gift of being able to make people laugh, he was a total natural and born to do it, he was one of THE very best! We can't ever have enough laughter in our lives so I just want to say thanks John, hope the beaver tails are good up there, and, take extra time with the buffet, you've got an eternity now big guy! R.I.P
When he was talking about the Italian restaurant, in my mind I flashed on a picture of the stereotypical Italian grandmother in the kitchen checking out a pot of something on the stove that was giving off a wonderful aroma. You lose your appetite because of that aroma. Not that the aroma turns you off of eating, but just the aroma fills you.
Obviously not Italian
I had the honor of seeing him live at the improv a year before he passed away and he was hilarious. RIP
I love this guy! I've never laughed so hard as a kid listening to his Chinese food buffet routine.
I think that was Louise Anderson
@@kkinva68 nope it was Pinette
I know I saying that stuff at work for weeks. His stuff is great!
@@kkinva68 Louie
YOU BE HERE FOAH HOWAH!
YOURE WATCHING CNN IN ENGLISH!!! WHERES BREAKFAST!!!! I died laughing
my favorite part
Great line!
@@Tigerman1138 So typical of the French!
To this day, I howl in laughter EVERY TIME I see this!! God Bless John Pinette, R.I.P.
"No. First we're gonna bring out some food." -Hey...don't threaten ME with a good time! 🤣🤣
"We going feed you till you explode!"😂😂😂😂😂
"All over the wall"
True story
anyone visiting Italy knows its true! :)
I first heard his "Sono affamato" bit on Dr Katz and have always remembered it. Just thought of it randomly for whatever reason and had to look it up. What a funny guy!
now that's a blast from the obscure past. Where many of us first "met" H. Jon Benjamin
I could watch this scene for hours.
I just went to an Italian restaurant and I now know what he felt. It was endless plates of bread, salad, stuffed mushrooms, avocado dip, chicken marsala, chicken picatta, lasagna,Alfredo, tiramasu, buttercake
Probably our next trip overseas will be Italy. I must admit, I'm a little scared, lol.
@@Greg-lo1tl Why?
@@swampraider3488 Scared of all the food. 😆 Just as mentioned in the video and by "Part God" above.
@@Greg-lo1tl We have a lot of good plates to try so feel free to taste our culture. Just don't get in tourist traps, they will serve you fake italian food and it will be expensive. Try to avoid the city center when in search of a restaurant
@Swamp Raider That's the problem, you have a lot of good plates! I'm afraid I'll eat too much!😂
Came back to Malden Catholic where he went to high school for a benefit...10 bucks a ticket. Brought my 8 and 10 year olds he was that clean. Never laughed so hard in my life...a genuine good guy!!
Nice share matey ! Thank you
I haven't watched John Pinette in years. Then this video popped up in my RUclips suggestions today, and I couldn't believe how long it had been since I'd seen his stand-up. I forgot how much it always made me laugh...
Then I find out he died in 2014...and I'm gutted. I don't think he was a big star in the UK, where I live, not that I saw anyway, so I must have missed the news of his passing.
He always made me laugh, and that's probably the most fitting tribute for anyone, especially a stand-up comedian.
All the best.
Dan
One of my favorite bits. I wish he was still with us. God bless his family, may they forever heal from his loss.
I had the pleasure of seeing Pinette live in CA about a year or so before he died. I can't remember his jokes now but I remember laughing so hard and so long I legit thought I was going to die. RIP
you're not scaring me!"
2022 and this is still one of the best bits of all time. Miss watching this guy.
“We ganna feed you, you ganna explode all ova da wall” had me 😂
I love this man. God bless him for the joy and laughter he brought us
"Yes, why don't we do that... I'll kill you later 'cause I need directions. GET IN THE CAR!"
That little move he would do with the slightly clenched fist and the wincing eye was so perfectly nuanced.
This guy is right up there with the 2 other greatest comedians, Robin Williams, George Carlin and John Pinette! Best 3 comidians that ever lived!
I smiled with that comment. Carlin and pinette are my favorite. Greets from Belgium ❤
And Fred Klett
I weigh 160 soaking wet, and I love this set. I love food. I wish I could appreciate it the way this man did. RIP John. We all miss you.
160 what? Kilos? if so sheesh you must also have some issues breathing, i know i had when i reached 108 kg. Cant imagine higher up.
@@wraithking3749 160 pounds. I'd be dead if I weighed that many kilos XD
I think you would fully appreciate it, just by fasting for a day and a half, and then eating dinner at the best Italian restaurant you know of.
This will be the most delicious meal of your life, and you will be singing like John, LOL!
I wish I could have seen him live. Rest easy John you always make my day
Hello Angie, hope you’re okay?
He's definitely one of the greats that we lost way too soon
Wish I could have seen him live. I am guessing he had a kind personality. Good man. R.I.P.
No matter how low I get this clip never fails to make me laugh.
The song he starts singing at 2:07 is "Eh, Cumpare!" best known from the Godfather III.
THANK YOU
"Can we order?"
"No! First we gonna bring out some food."
If that isn't the most Italian thing I've ever heard...
And the angels began to sing.........
Lol. Rest in peace! He was such a great comedian and such a nice person.
I got to see him at a comedy club in Ybor City, FL one night back in 2010 & I tell you what you would think I was crying I was laughing so hard , I still miss him
gone way too soon - the world dimmed a little when he passed
I could watch this for days and laugh every time.🤣👍
The tear wipe at 3:40 is priceless
He was comfortable with who he was. Loved that guy
He could literally talk about buffets for hours and the audience would eat it up (pun intended)
Hilarious. Clean and absolutely hilarious. RIP big boy ...you left the stage too soon.
"Can we order?" "No, first we're going to bring out some food!" XD
have this special on DVD, love it anytime I watch it. My dad used to know Pinette apparently in school, and I saw him once before he died, genuinely an amazing comic.
best advertising for Italian Restaurants, thank you John
Growing up, I watched a ton of stand-up comedy after school, on the weekends, during the summer, etc. By day or early evening, I'd be watching Comedy Central Presents, and by night, I'd be watching HBO's One Night Stand, or an old Young Comedians special, or various hour-longs by all the greats, you name it. The clip comes from one of these. For me, John Pinette was, truthfully, just one of countless extremely talented comics I enjoyed, but this bit right here was absolutely one of the funniest goddamn things I've ever heard. Both the jokes themselves and Pinette's flawless delivery had me in stiches, I thought I was gonna die from how hard I was laughing. I saw his episode a couple times, I believe, but even then it's been between fifteen and twenty years since then, but this bit stuck with me the whole time. Pure gold.
My favorite of his routines. RIP John, we miss you so much.
My Favorite Comedian...
he's dead.....pass that over here. I laughed so hard!
LOVE love (loved) John Pinette... may he rest in peace. But 99% the the "all you can eat" winners are thin or have much less fat - since the other way around makes it almost impossible for your stomach to expand. So Timmy would beat them all!
He was one of the Greats....Thanks for posting.
Never gets old.
So many comedians get a big laugh from the final couple lines of a bit, which is perfectly fine. But John had that comedy where it doesn’t stop. Jokes sprinkled in throughout the whole bit where sometimes he didn’t even give you a chance to catch your breath.
The best stand up I've ever heard. I miss John dearly.
3:14 HELP. I CANNOT BREATHE.
John Pinette - GOAT. His humor will be missed.
He will be missed .I had the pleasure of watching him perform at Massey Hall in Toronto .Just Amazing !God Bless. ,RIP !
One of the funniest bits, EVER!!!!
I miss him no one made me laugh harder R.I.P Mr. Pinette 👼🏻
One of my all time favorite comedians. RIP brother. 😢
Mine too. He was one the best! 🙏
He was a clean comic which is rare nowdays.......I remember watching DAVID BRENNER as a kid, my Mom liked him because he didn't say the "F" word every other sentence.
I am grateful I have never seen any clips of John Pinette in which he used bad language. When I started watching him I was amazed at how funny he was & noticed he did not need to use profanity to make people laugh.... that is why I loved him so much. He reminded me of the earlier comedians who I grew up with. I miss the guy! He was the best! Gone too soon!
Yeah. Why does all those "comedians" have to use bad language! John Pinette was always funny without all F words.
He was really funny. Brian Reagan is funny without bad language. Just a tip :)
I agree. I will say, though, when I watched one of his "Get out of the line" skits where he dropped the B bomb, I could not help but laugh. "Oh Good! She has coupons! You B!tch." lol
YOU MEAN “ FUCK “?
"… there's a lot of salad!"
Rest in pudding. He was a real one ❤
What a set of mixed feelings listening to this wonderful man's comedy and knowing that he's not with us anymore😅😢❤❤
My, my.....I laughed so hard that my ribs are hurting
Fun Fact: Google translate turns the English words "I'm starving" into "Sono affamato"
Holy crap, bruh!! I haven’t laughed this hard at a comedy in a good while!!
He was the BEST! I cried when he passed away.
rip john, say "hello" to Timmy
Man he just takes any opportunity to bring out that singing voice of his 😂
"He's dead! Pass me his plate." LOL
What a talent, what a loss... loved this man
Wipes the tears from his eyes!
Such talent! This is one of my favorites. 🤣
What a Master !!! R.I.P.
God, what a sweet, funny-as-hell guy. I was so sad to hear when he passed.
One of the absolute best. RIP.
“They we’re trying to kill me like they killed Timmy.” Lmao
I completely forgot about this man. So fucking funny
John RIP but I bet you are enjoying more Italian food in Heaven than you ever had on earth.
Can you just picture all of the lil old Italian women cooking for John and friends.
OK now picture HIM listening to JOhn comic routine and then breaking bread and sopping up the gravy *pasta sauce
One of the cleanest and funniest comic ever given to us for such a short while.
Thanks to all on RUclips who keep John and so many great comics alive for the next generation.
I truly enjoyed his comedy.
Missing the Fatman...
+Dave Nicholas Yes, we all do. He was THE best! :)
Tnx for your comment! :)
This is so good! I came back to this grainy video because he f'n nails it! RIP, big guy.
he loved Montreal and Montreal loved him.
His material was great but his timing...the pause after "he's dead pass that over here ........I always eat when I'm sad.." I've watched it at least ten times, know it's coming and still laugh. RIP. He was great.
That's a really good sign of a really good comic. I can watch John's routines over and over and crack up each time. They don't ever get old.
Few people make me laugh quite the way John did.
WE MISS YOU JOHN!!
" He's dead!..... Pass that over here"
Why do the best always die young ? : (
At his size it was inevitable, there are very few old really BIG guys.
Actually, in the latter years of his life, he lost a lot of that weight through diet and exercise. There is a RUclips video where he does an interview on a radio station a few weeks before his death. He says in the interview that he lost over 200 pounds. He wasn't exactly slim and svelte in the interview, but at least he wasn't morbidly obese.
perhaps the toll was already taken :(
He was on the comedy circuit so I'm sure there was lots of partying
He died of a pulmonary embolism for those who didn’t know
0:30 help. I genuinely can’t breathe.
Comedy legend Rest In Peace John Pinette 🕯️🕊️🤍🤣
Truly one of the best I've seen and hardest I've laughed.