Danza said he owed a debt to Sinatra beyond helping him impress his mother. On Sunday, he’ll also recount how the Hoboken crooner assisted Danza from the grave. “I was doing ‘Honeymoon in Vegas’ and I was playing the cool bad guy,” Danza said. I was having trouble with the part because I couldn’t figure out if I was supposed to be funny or not. Three weeks into rehearsal and the director is thinking, ‘Come on, Tony, get this already.’ I didn’t want to be the weak link in the show because everyone else was so good. “So, I was at home working on it, and all of a sudden, I toss my phone down and the music went on by itself. Dont Care What You Say - Anthony Callea 4 - Well Do Ya (Kim Ray) - Do You Love Me - The Overtones 5 - Louisianna Swing (RMH & Kate) - Home To Louisianna. The next day, I didn’t say anything, but the director said, ‘Ooh, yeah, more of that!’” It was Sinatra singing ‘I’m a Fool to Want You.’ And I thought, ‘Wait a second! If Sinatra was alive, this is the part he’d be playing.’ So I played it as Sinatra. He wouldn’t be the only one asking for more of Tony Danza. He lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. And he’s not financially stressed like Kuntzman and DiMiceli. The official YouTube channel for Don Tony (host of 1 Wrestling Hotline from 1997 & 1 podcast, Don Tony And Kevin Castle Show. It’s a great time to be me! I talk about that in the show. Kuntzman reminded Danza, a former boxer, that he doesn’t judge a man “by how many times he gets knocked down, but by how many times he gets up and goes on dates.” Being in New York and single, as you might imagine, it’s nice.

“Well,” Danza said, “you’d be judging me pretty highly. And there’s a lot of good will out there. The interview with Danza is the latest great “gets” for Brooklyn Paper Radio, which has already interviewed filmmaker Michael Moore, Rock Hall of Fame guitarist Carlos Santana, Counting Crows front man Adam Duritz, comic Andrew Dice Clay, NY1’s Pat Kiernan, and (in less of a “get”), disgraced politician Anthony Weiner.īrooklyn Paper radio is recorded and podcast live every Thursday at 4:45 pm - for your convenience - from our studio in America’s Downtown and can be found, as always, right here on, on iTunes, on Mixlr, and of course, on Stitcher.Ĭatch Tony Danza’s “Standards and Stories” show at Brooklyn Center for the Performing Art (2900 Ave. SOUND REFERENCE PLUGIN DRIVER 2 filter modes: zero latency and phase linear. Tickets, $36–$55, show is brought to you by Lord and Lady of Veggies, Miguel F, Rumpled Foreskin, Sean L, and Tanner Pizza. Don tony mixlr Photomatix pro 5 full version 12 volt tv Sound reference plugin. Intro song by Shiftypop, intro talking background music is Shimmy by Tony Senghore, after-intro song is by Henrik, background during pranks is The Best Day by Atmosphere, background during voicemails is Comfortably Numb by Josh Cohen, ending song is Under Your House by El Hombre.It features a bunch of calls that mostly don’t work out that well because everyone believes in ghosts. SUPPORT THE PLA: Join PLA’s Patreon or the Elite Cactus Squad to get extra weekly shows, live show archives, and other occasional perks. Get PLA t-shirts in our Spreadshirt store or our TeePublic store. You can find other merch on our Bandcamp page and on our own store page.