Off My TV

Today, we’ll pay hommage to a pioneer in the TV Douchebag field, Joey Buttafuoco.

Joseph A. “Joey” Buttafuoco (born March 11, 1956) is an American auto mechanic who made headlines in 1992 for his affair with then-underage Amy Fisher (born August 21, 1974), who subsequently shot Joey’s wife, Mary Jo Buttafuoco (born May 15, 1955), in the face.

OK, enough with the details.

Bottom line is this guy got rich because his underage mistress shot his wife in the face?  IN THE FACE!

I recently saw this idiot on my TV again recently some 18 years after his 15 minutes should have been up.  Why?

In 2002, he participated in the Fox Network’s Celebrity Boxing, originally slated to oppose John Wayne Bobbitt, who dropped out due to being arrested for domestic abuse.

In 2006, he and Amy Fisher were reunited at the Lingerie Bowl for the coin toss.

Joey Buttafuoco and Mary Jo Buttafuoco have been regular guests of The Howard Stern Show since 1992.

Joey Buttafuoco appeared on the Judge Jeanine Pirro show on March 5, 2009 to dispute a call girl who refuses to pay for car repairs. The call girl, “Peaches”, had — after repairs were completed — requested to pay for the work with sex, instead of the $4,700 owed for the repairs to her Corvette. Joey won his settlement.

Buttafuoco made his film debut as a cab driver in Cul-de-Sac (video title: Better Than Ever), by the Nigerian-born filmmaker Uzo. He subsequently appeared in Finding Forrester, The Underground Comedy Movie, Mafia Movie Madness, Skin Walker, and Operation Repo: The Movie.

Buttafuoco hosts a live talk radio show dedicated to recovery topics.

Now, he’s got a porn movie deal selling his hardcore honeymoon tape.

Why?

How have we managed as a society to support this douchebag for the better part of 18 years?

Because we watch.

Change the channel and stop supporting these types.

If you don’t look, they’ll go away.