On a recent quiet morning at The Summit, the ultra-exclusive gated community in Los Angeles, a crane was called to deliver olive trees to Sebastian Maniscalco’s house. The Illinois native, known fo…
Viewers of Maniscalco’s six stand-up specials, most of which are streaming on Netflix, will instantly recognize his dad’s patina. “If the sun is out, a man should be working,” Sebastian quotes him as saying in an opening montage. The film is pseudo-biographical, following Sebastian’s courtship with a WASP-y artist and her intimidating politician mother . He and De Niro are invited for a country club family weekend, and the cultural differences pour out faster than Tom Collins mix.
Maniscalco moved to L.A. in his early 20s to work the comedy club circuit while bartending at the Four Seasons. He refused to conform to the hotel’s refined formality , and his laid-back attitude made him memorable to guests like Jerry Seinfeld. Fifteen years later, he’s playing stadium tours and making a significant step up in Hollywood.
Maniscalco admits he was intimidated by film as a medium, saying stand-up allows him to “work a room for an hour and get the laughs. With a movie, I’m doing the takes and getting nothin’. It was hard to wrap my head around that.”
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