Joe Piscopo's Jersey-centric shtick on Saturday Night Live helped cement our place on the nation's expansive pop culture map.

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Slapstick or sardonic, angry or angst-ridden, or sometimes just plain goofy, the geniuses of New Jersey comedy have kept the world laughing for generations.

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The funny man reaches out to at-risk Jersey kids with his Positive Impact Foundation

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As a kid, I’d go to Mario’s Barber Shop in Bloomfield. On his wall were pictures of the Pope and Frank Sinatra. Mr. Sinatra’s picture hung higher. My dad played his music, but he stressed to me how important he was for italian-Americans.

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