Ralph Macchio Shares a MUST HEAR Story about ‘My Cousin Vinny’ Co-Star Joe Pesci | Rich Eisen Show

[@anotherwhiteguyinasia4726]

I met Joe Pesci at a club in Palm Springs way back around 1990 when I was in the Marines, he sat and talked with us for hours. What a great guy.

[@EmperorStarscream]

Was he taller in person?

[@bluphobia]

He's a funny guy

[@skipdreadman8765]

I always heard that he was kind to animals, little children, the developmentally disabled, and Marines.

[@jakep1979]

@@bluphobia What do you mean funny???!!!!

[@bluphobia]

@@jakep1979 He amuses me

[@mecarr]

The worst thing about Pesci is he didn’t give us enough of him. He is a treasure

[@maphyous228]

Check out his music... His song Holiday is like listening to Amy Whinehouse

[@NotableSavage]

@@maphyous228 as a fan of Amy this isn’t much of an exaggeration at all lol

[@maphyous228]

@@NotableSavage Thanks, It's cool somebody listened to it, because of my comment. Hope you liked it. Show it to somebody else before you die. I like it to play it for people who don't know, So when they ask "What the hell are you listening to?" I can say thinks like. "This is Joe Pesci, You mudda fucka! You"... Or " You think my music is funny? Funny How? Funny like a clown? It makes you laugh?"

[@valeriegarrity5773]

My Cousin Vinny is one of the best movies of all time!

[@splashpit]

Your talking like he’s dead. Maybe his best is yet to come !

[@BrisLS1]

"The Two Yoots". .got to love that film. It's a great Saturday afternoon with a bowl of ice cream, watch for the 36th time. Thanks for this video!

[@jdoesmath2065]

The what? Did you say "yoots"?

[@mustangbrand1159]

@@jdoesmath2065 tuhwhat? what? wghat was that word? yutes?

[@claudiocorleone7856]

Joe is a real nice person. In 1996 I had asked him for an autograph to be signed by him . My son and myself have the same name he was kind enough to sign a my cousin Vinny autograph for my son and a goodfellas autograph for me. He signed both “god is good” inscribed to us by name. Just an iconic actor and I wish he had not retired all those years.

[@Steve-yo4ld]

One of the funniest movies of all time! The whole cast was awesome!!!👍

[@clubmogambo3214]

Could not agree more. Easily a top 10 all time comedy in my book.

[@mummra7]

funny how, that movie is there to amuse you???!!!

[@Steve-yo4ld]

@@mummra7 "Goodfellas, I'm funny how, I amuse you"???🤣

[@matchpoint14]

@@mummra7 I agree. It is not a funny move like many comedies. It does have funny spots in it but it is not a comedy

[@brooklyn7189]

Macchio is just a pure good dude ….

[@davidhamilton7628]

Hast to stay

[@Larry1077]

The reference in Cobra Kai....Kreese telling Daniel he wants him to get him a lawyer, "but not one of your greasy cousins"

[@tomvu1470]

Goodfellas...Joe Pesci character tells his mom he needs to borrow her knife to help clean a car which he said hit a deer...

[@jackprescott9652]

@@tomvu1470 I think this Macchio story happened one or two years later than Goodfellas.

[@LesserMoffHootkins]

I watched that a couple of days ago, and I immediately thought of Pesci.

[@MrBoDiggety]

OMG! Both my wife and I never made the connection. Thank you! What a great easter egg from the Cobra Kai writers.

[@brizzoke]

I was dying when I heard that line. 😂

[@SeahawksBamBamKam]

I always loved this Movie My Cousin Vinny, love that movie Marisa Tomei is awesome in it just beautiful.

[@zedman6516]

"Wham.... a f'n bullet rips off half you're head" That scene with Marisa Tomei pretending to be a deer is priceless! Definitely one of my all time favorite comedies! Joe in Lethal Weapon 2, 3 &4 too... such a great Actor!

[@sydbarrett5]

I was thinking about the same part! Great movie!

[@sburris65]

Still one of my favorite movies to this day.

[@RK-jx1zm]

The two yutes.

[@jwill3856]

We laugh every time we see this movie as if we never seen it before. Definitely repeat lines too. Yankee wuss!

[@sburris65]

@@jwill3856 ...I love the original pet cemetery but when I see Fred, I just think of the two yutes..

[@ralphholiman7401]

Definitely my favorite legal movie.

[@bluebutterfly244]

"Deah Killah!!" 😂😂😂 A sweet, innocent, harmless, leaf-eating, doe-eyed little deer, huh?

[@GeneralBuckNaked]

Then BAM!

[@GirlWithAnOpinion]

@@GeneralBuckNaked So, I ask you, do you really think your gonna care what kinda car the sonofabitch who hit you was driving? 🚘🦌

[@davidwalter2002]

I don't give a f*** what kind of pants he was wearing.

[@socialdef3]

You gotta pronounce it as dea, not deer

[@xjcrossx]

Joe Pesci's monologue about Froggy at the end of Lethal Weapon 4 is one of my favorite bits of acting of all time.

[@harryknutts8428]

Joe Pesci is one of those guys that almost every word he says and has ever said could be some kind of a meme or a quote he’s a good guy

[@johngoold1218]

Love hearing Ralph Macchio tell stories like this. We used clips from "My Cousin Vinny" in law student classes - it showed what was good, and what could be bad, in questioning and lawyering, and how to never give up during trial because you never knew how it was going to turn out before a jury.

[@ralphholiman7401]

I was an assistant district attorney for five years in Mississippi. My cousin Vinny is amazingly accurate.

[@triandfit1]

@@ralphholiman7401 did your judge have an issue with wearing a leather jacket?

[@ralphholiman7401]

@@triandfit1 , I could tell stories all day that you wouldn't believe! But I don't remember any attorney ever wearing a leather jacket into the court. I sure wouldn't have!

[@triandfit1]

@@ralphholiman7401 🤣

[@PowerGlove79]

Apparently a lot of law professors show that film to their students or use it as examples because it’s accuracy

[@endorbr]

“No self-respecting Southerner uses instant grits. I take pride in my grits.”

[@INNO222]

"Now go home and get your shine box!"

[@johntomik4632]

Roll Tide

[@BostonMarcus]

I've watched so many young reactors watch Vinnie. They all love it. It's one of the best movies ever!

[@penboyasgod6103]

I love *_My Cousin Vinny_* and I love the way Joe Pesci brought up some of the southern cultures, like *grits* (during the trial).

[@eclecticmusica]

I always loved joke about the yankee ordering grits in a diner. Waitress asks if he'll have grits with his eggs. Yankee says, "Yeah, I'll have a couple."

[@bitburg40]

@Big Papa Stovepipe The opening statement; Everything that guy said is bullshit, thank you. 😂

[@rayfinkle8860]

@Dan Marino ,,,, I've been looking for you! 🧐 THE LACES WERE IN!!!

[@michaelfisher1395]

Ralph Macchio is really a great guy and not stuck up or untouchable.

[@pappyprimetime7510]

I met Joe in the middle 70s in a club. He threw a tray of drinks at me after I told him to go home and get his shine box.

[@Michael-dj9zq]

How is that possible? Goodfella's came out in 1990 not the mid 70's You must be a Democrat telling untrue stories

[@ValRoyD]

@@Michael-dj9zq Lol, that’s so funny. I was wondering which rube was going to say this. Thx for the laugh.

[@pappyprimetime7510]

@@Michael-dj9zq you know, Joe Pesci was alive before he did goodfellas, right?

[@pappyprimetime7510]

@@Michael-dj9zq and, do you also know goodfellas takes place in the late 60s and early seventies?

[@ralphishere5756]

@@Michael-dj9zq OHH!! Whaddya hear ? Whaddya say? It's a running gag for made men in the comments section. 👉🏼

[@TheRealJohnJ10]

My mother took me so see this movie when I was 9 years old. Lol That’s why I am so well adjusted.

[@spanky9676]

60 years old. Looks the same as he did when he was 25

[@martitinkovich4489]

Except much older.

[@geraltofrivia9424]

Easy, tiger

[@tonycocco8550]

I really thought he was going to say, "Joe went up to the party and brought back a huge knife, and said he had to hack the hoof off the grill...you can't leave it there, it's a sin, you know?"

[@markoman5267]

That's where I thought it was going!

[@JustinCase780]

His Mom's adorable painting of the dogs facing both directions with the bearded guy that "looks familiar". 🤣

[@JoeCnNd]

@@JustinCase780 Without the beard, it's him!

[@alanmcclenaghan7548]

I was thinking of the "deer" known as Billy Batts too! 🤣

[@str8ballinSA]

@@JustinCase780 One dog looks this way, other dog looks the other way - and the old man says "hey, what do you want from me?"

[@oliverclothesoff8604]

Joe Pesci is a national treasure.

[@buckhorncortez]

Everybody is now a "national treasure." You figure Joe Pesci wants to be in the same category as Kevin Spacey...another Internet-proclaimed "national treasure"?

[@oliverclothesoff8604]

@@buckhorncortez You're a national treasure.

[@SpikeShooter92]

Don’t let Nicolas Cage steal him

[@BoozeandNewswithTimandDut]

Man I Love "My cousin Vinny" .. what a feel good movie all the way around

[@justinherbert9146]

Pesci in RAGING BULL a brilliant acting performance.

[@phinsup402]

Happy 61 BDAY 🥳 Macchio! This guy has always looked 20 years younger than what he is.

[@anthonyrivers1619]

Friggin awesome story! Ralph is such a class act!

[@jeffallen3598]

My Cousin Vinny, Shawshank Redemption, and a few others are the only movies where you will stop and watch while channel surfing, no matter how far in it is. Not many movies can do that..

[@commentresurrection1841]

Gump

[@jeffallen3598]

@@commentresurrection1841 ah! Knew I missed one

[@danielcockerspaniel]

Hilarious. Such a good movie. I always thought that a follow up tv show with vinnie and Mona Lisa as lawyer partners would have been great.

[@raymonkravagna278]

If I did not know it was him talking I never would have recognized him just by his voice it has changed so much over the years

[@texasrockshillcountry6574]

I wished that they would make a sequel to "My Cousin Vinny"! I liked it better than "Karate Kid"!

[@michaelschaefer1904]

Yep, they were just developing some of the characters.

[@JamieReneeVonTeez]

My all time FAVORITE movie by far!!!!

[@Funkybassuk]

When I was studying for the Bar Exams in London, our lecturers played us a clip from My Cousin Vinny 😂

[@luvbig41]

That's epic. It's definitely a thinking out the box movie.

[@dr.davidenglish778]

Kudos to our lectures. They have a great sense of humor.

[@joegutierrez7310]

Ralph’s Pesci imitation had us😂😂

[@thelonewrangler1008]

My mother has probably watched that movie over a thousand times

[@peterfranks6243]

'Cousin Vinny is definitely a 'late for dinner' movie, absolutely. Went to see Jersey Boy's the other night and he's in it, I mean a guy is playing Joe

[@CesarChavez-bn6iv]

Definitely one of my favorite actors

[@LabRat8899]

I know where Monticello is! It’s very near my hometown of Mansfield, Georgia, which is where some of the movie was filmed too! I went to high school in Monticello, and they filmed it in the town square. Also, there are a lot of deer in that area, so it’s not a shock about hitting a deer.

[@kamuelalee]

Run into Pesci? Or, did Pesci run into you? LOL

[@napoliansolo7865]

I haven't seen Ralph Macchio in so long! He looks great. I love Cousin Vinnie! It really is a good legal movie.

[@RemoGutierrez1]

Probably seen the movie dozens of times 💛

[@michaeltootikian4402]

Great interview

[@benkeel2966]

Rich, Ralph......doesn't get better than this. ❣❣❣❣😎

[@jk-474]

Joe proceeded to borrow his mom’s knife to remove the hove 🤣🤣

[@Joy61720]

Well, it’s a sin and you can’t leave it there.

[@tarheelron68]

Monticello (jasper County ga) is actually the deer capitol of Ga

[@StreetLethalRacing]

Oh that was so awesome LMAO!!!! 😂

[@kevinvest7513]

I watched MCV in theaters and I’ve never been tired of that movie, so good.

[@matchpoint14]

I am sitting here about half a mile from the closing scene of the movie. I live in Monticello and yes there are lots of deer I hit 4 so far and many many other close calls.

[@emmettturner9452]

“Happens to everybody” In my case, the deer hit me. **coolshades**

[@charlespowell5847]

Every movie is a remote drop movie for Rich. 😂

[@EmperorStarscream]

My Cousin Vinny definitely is tho

[@Luca_86]

he yelled at us like we were just two yutes...

[@stevemcqueen2663]

"I'm sorry. Did you say yute? What is a yute?"

[@bimmyfrizzo3988]

Not only was my cousin vinny a great movie, But thanks to that movie I went back to giving grits another try after so many years in the 5th grade I tried it once in the school cafeteria and hated it and never ate em since. I love grits now thanks to this movie!

[@jwill3856]

How long did you cook your grits? 5 minutes? You sure about that 5 minutes!!

[@bimmyfrizzo3988]

@@jwill3856 I just heat em up in the microwave. I'm a fast cook! 🤣

[@souhavechozndeth3483]

No self respecting southerner uses instant grits, they take pride in their grits.

[@raz318]

Love your positivity!

[@JoeCnNd]

I like how joe get's them to let down there guards and then let's them have it.

[@williamwilson6499]

Gets. Their. Lets.

[@JoeCnNd]

@@williamwilson6499 Joe

[@josephj1973]

Daniel son is 61 years old, wow.

[@CLaFong]

Rich should have asked "did the, what do you call the foot?" The hoof. "Yea, the hoof, did the hoof get caught in the grill? You know you can't leave it there. It's a sin."

[@fefefilmprod8688]

Love Ralph Macchio Love Joe Pesci And My Cousin Vinny is still a great movie

[@johndillinger3988]

My favorite part of My Cousin Vinny is when Vinny and his Fiance are sleeping in the cabin and a Owl 🦉 wakes them up with some screeching. He wake ups and Vinny says what the heck was that ? . Camera goes back to owl .. and then u see pesci open the door and starts shooting a gun at the woods . The owl turns to look at Vinny , Vinny then goes back in the cabin and the owl screeches again lmao

[@eolsunder]

I know right? The Owl just turns to look at him shooting wildly into the woods and thinks "what the heck is this nutjob doing" then just calmly turns back around.

[@zibbybone]

went to borrow a knife from mom to cut off the hoof

[@ScottDaddyMac]

DEE-YAHHHHH KILLAHHHHHHH!!! LMAO

[@ArcherSuh4721]

Later that night, Pesci took Macchio and his wife to his mother's house to pick up supplies to take care of the deer and oddly enough, Pesci told her they needed her kitchen knife to chop up Billy Bats.

[@hlf_coder6272]

Did he get the deer’s hoof out of the car’s grill with his mom’s knife?

[@DavidLS1]

I don't get the reference. Please explain.

[@DavidLS1]

Never mind. I scrolled through the comments and learned that it's a Goodfellas reference. I never watched that movie.

[@johnsmathers190]

Monticello Georgia is Where My Cousin Vinny was filmed I've been there took pictures of the Courthouse it wasn't in Alabama like it was portrayed, a couple of giveaways is when the boys were pulled over by the police they were pecan trees you find them in Georgia not Alabama.

[@grandpakevin1]

Every time my friends, family or my wife (who now actually knows better) asks why I don’t use the drive thru, I give them the Joe Pesci from Lethal weapon. You always get it in the drive thru!

[@lpr5269]

I went to the McDonald's by my house and they gave me a Steak and Egg Biscuit instead of the Bacon Egg Cheese Biscuit that I ordered. I found out when I got home. I said to myself "I got f-cked at the drive thru just like Joe Pesci said."

[@grandpakevin1]

@@lpr5269 you may have actually got upgraded!! Haha

[@Deanriley]

We watch MCV at least once a year. Terrific movie.

[@robertwells6724]

My Cousin Vinny is the best!! Vinny Bag of Doughnuts rules!!

[@christophersantrizos1657]

Great story!

[@JohnnyPerth]

Ralph is awesome

[@NathanHassall]

This guy is so funny the way he makes fun of his wife for having compassion to an animal he just killed. Great story!

[@pmac1096]

Lighten up Francis

[@jime6688]

I thought he was going to go grab his mother’s kitchen knife to “remove the deer’s hoof from the car’s fender”.

[@someonezmom]

Regardless, who doesn't love Ralph Macchio?

[@MyPronounsISwhom]

That's great!

[@ocasio3024]

Pesci seems like a very humble good dude. You never hear ANYTHING bad about the guy, ever.

[@Delboy219]

Tell that to Macaulay Culkin's finger 😂

[@jpgiuliotti]

Classic deer dialogue from Goodfellas: Tommy: The poor thing, you know... We hit the deer and his paw. What do you call it?......The paw. Jimmy: The hoof. Tommy: The hoof got caught in the grill and I gotta hack it off. Ma: Ooooh-- Tommy: Cmon, hey ma, it's a sin, you can't leave it there, ya know, so..." [All said with mafia guy hand motions to help describe :) ]

[@kiyan17171717]

Had a coworker tell me that he made a martini for Pesci. Pesci says: best fuckin martini I ever had. This made his life and he told the story every time he could.

[@michaell874]

Joe Pesce should be given a small part in Cobra Kai as Daniel’s cousin and attorney named Vinny.

[@pauldkb1700]

Great actor, makes a little guy terrifying. My Cousin Vinny is my favourite. Also Marisa Tomei is still amazing looking! At 57!!!

[@OhanaFilms]

“The poor thing, you know... We hit the deer and his paw. What do you call it?” “The paw.” “The hoof.”

[@banzanbuddhist1451]

Ralph and Pesci both Legends, I grew up watching "My Cousin Vinny"

[@bennyb44875]

Just going through the channels last night...and came across this movie, had to finish!

[@VisualTreats4U]

"You f$%^ing deer killah!"

[@michaeldupree2502]

Yeah that movie always gives this southern boy a laugh because I get to remind my wife from Washington state how I had to explain what grits were to her.

[@AndrewJM]

I literally just watched this movie about 4 days ago

[@maded1988]

Here after just watching my cousin vinny. Rip Fred Gwynne

[@HermesTrismegistes369]

Great stories 😂

[@e815usa]

Now if Pesci had done the quote from Goodfellas about needing to borrow the mom's knife to take the deer's hoof off the grill, that would have been even funnier!

[@alexingrassia349]

He’s starting to look like the italian version of Tony Hawk

[@alexingrassia349]

Hahaha. It was bothering me to before it hit me.

[@Flint92]

I swore Ralph was going to say that That Joe was going to look to borrow a knife and make sure the hoof wasn't caught in the grill!

[@postingid3214]

"Should I dial 999, officer in distress?" ~ Leo Goetz, Lethal Weapon II

[@morelife6508]

Legend has it, Pesci still hasn't seen Carmine.

[@keithcole6329]

Been awhile since I have actually laughed.

[@treywarren9549]

I just finished watching the clipabout the coal miner and watching Coach Calipari speak. If there is ever a movie about him, Ralph Marchionne needs to play him. Take a close look at Ralph in the beginning of this video and tell me he is not a dead ringer for Coach Calipari. Just my $.02 Love the show!!!

[@williamwilson6499]

Ralph who?

[@treywarren9549]

@@williamwilson6499 Sorry William...spell correct. It was meant to say Ralph Macchio.

[@carolynluckas1219]

Uhhm. We hit a lot of deer in Miller Place.

[@Fan_Made_Videos]

Ralph still gets carded when he buys Boonsfarm

[@Hanover-ek4jy]

Pesci was extremely important in the success of Frankie Valli

[@cflo1386]

I was hopin Macchio was gonna say "Pesci asked us if he can borrow their kitchen knife so he can cut the foot off the deer, I mean the hoof!"

[@arthurwatts1680]

I cant get his Casino character out of my mind, as much as I loved him in My Cousin Vinny. Character actors dont want to be typecast and Scorsese definitely allowed Pesci to turn audience expectations on their head while giving De Niro a break from being the most violent character in the film.

[@boleperishon5272]

The weird thing is - Machio sounds a bit like Pesci. Like they're cousins...

[@hotwheel6663]

He's wearing a rug?

[@jeffreyjones8321]

Ha! vinny bag o' donuts. What a great story!

[@mofirminhosadiosalahrobert4904]

i didnt even remember machio was in this movie

[@party4keeps28]

Omg, such a good story. Hilarious!