From the October 4, 1999 issue of People Magazine
SNL turns 25: Where 73 stars are now
Joe Piscopo
  "What the hell was I doing?" asks Joe Piscopo, 48, reflecting on his slide from a top SNL star known for Doug Whiner and the loud-talking Sports Guy to a beefed-up, much-derided bodybuilder in diet-supplement ads of the early '90s. "I did some stupid things." But his TV glory days (1980-85) weren't perfect either. The weekly hunt for fresh jokes, he says, "was the equivalent of war." And for four seasons he was fighting (and beating) thyroid cancer (which prompted all the weight training). Then, in 1988, he lost custody of his son Joe Jr., now 20. :What are you going to do." he says, "try to be a star or put your life in order?" Now married to his second wife, Kimberly, and the father of Alexandra, 6 months, Piscopo is touring with his killer Sinatra impersonation and a 20-piece band. And, he says, "I'm the happiest schmuck alive."
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