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Do You Remember Joey Buttafuco?

posted 4 years ago by R_Kane (15828)
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Joey Buttafuoco was the auto body guy who “allegedly” had sex with 16 year-old Amy Fisher, who was dubbed “the Long Island Lolita” after she paid a visit to Joey’s wife and shot her, convinced that Wifey was preventing Joey from marrying her! It was a hell of a story, and everybody involved in it—Joey, Amy, Wifey, the various lawyers, the cops and the press—told different versions. The 1 incontrovertible fact was that a guy named Joey Buttfuck was BORN looking guilty as sin in this case. Imagine his lawyer: “Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the defense will prove beyond reasonable doubt that my client, Joey Buttfuck, DID NOT have sex with the hot 16 year-old Jewish vixen, Amy Fisher, and indeed went to GREAT LENGTHS to discourage her from Sodomy.” Judge: “There will be no laughing in this court! Order!” District Attorney: “Please state your name for the record.” Joey: “ Joey Buttafuoco.” Massive laughter in the court. DA: “Do you enjoy Anal sex with minors?” Joey: “Ayyy! Sixteen is legal in N’Yawk!”

[–] chilidoggg (14439) 4 years ago

I'll bet David Letterman stills comes up with a joke about him every day.

[–] Keelai (35401) 4 years ago

Sure do. Joey, his lawyer Dominic Barbara, his wife Mary Jo and Amy used to appear on the Howard Stern radio show all the time. They were all great interviews.

Update:
Joey went to jail for statutory rape of Amy. Mary Jo finally divorced him years later after his umpteenth affair. Dominic had his own scandals. After prison, Amy married, had kids, did porn and divorced.

In Italian, Buttafuoco means firethrower. It sounds horrible in English, though. I'm surprised everyone kept the name.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 4 years ago

I had no idea about Amy going into the adult industry. I looked her up. She does remarkably well. Thanks for the info.

[–] Keelai (35401) 4 years ago

You're welcome. She changed her name and lives quietly now.

[–] RebelBlood (213) 4 years ago

That name always grated at my ears. He should have changed it when he was young.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

I remember this mainly for both Alyssa Milano and Drew Barrymore looking spanky getting their Amy on.

[–] AndyKing1967 (39241) 4 years ago

This is the most awesome sentence I've read all day.

[–] GordonGartrelle (1267) 4 years ago

agreed.

[–] beantown23 (1438) 4 years ago

No one remembers Noelle Parker who was the first to play Amy. I always will remember Alyssa in her tight white pants sporting a cameltoe.

[–] Sandman3 (1453) 4 years ago

" I always will remember Alyssa in her tight white pants sporting a cameltoe."

Lets not forget the skin tight shirt she was wearing!

https://cdn.newsday.com/polopoly_fs/1.13647163.1495207751!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/display_960/image.jpg

[–] GordonGartrelle (1267) 4 years ago

Lol. You are forgetting the dudes they played to played Joey are just as memoerable if only in this film.

Alyssa Milano - Jack Scalia
Drew Barrymore - Tony Denison
Noelle Parker - Ed Marinaro

I honestly believe if this were filmed today.
These guys could still play Joey.

[–] Redsfan001 (6187) 4 years ago

Eventually... nobody is going to remember him, like Judge Crater.

That's what is great about father time.

[–] nyctc7 (43952) 4 years ago

The Sopranos Season 2 episode "House Arrest"

(DOORBELL)

Bobby: Who's that?

Junior: Judge Crater, how should I know?

Bobby: The one who ordered the house arrest?

Junior: Answer the door, it's a goddamn expression!

[–] Redsfan001 (6187) 4 years ago

Wow, I came across the name because I'm a history buff.

A very rare pop culture reference for sure.

[–] nyctc7 (43952) 4 years ago

I tried to find a YouTube clip to no avail. It's pretty funny. The actor (Dominic Chianese) is now 90 years old, old enough to have heard the expression in real life.

[–] TandyMan (11214) 4 years ago

I remember Letterman doing a joke about him every night for ten years straight, long after the story left the headlines.

[–] BullSchmidt (3189) 4 years ago

> Joey Buttfuck [emphasis mine]

Yeah, I remember it. Nobody could say this straight out on television, but it seemed like everyone was indirectly saying it with verbal winks. Not just comics but reporters covering the story, et cetera. Well, it was pretty funny.

[–] NitroHangover (1143) 4 years ago

I remember in the early 2000s, FX had a show called the Toughman Competition or something, with amateur boxing matches. Joey Buttafucco went on there and fought Chyna, the female pro wrestler. This was a fat, 60 year old mechanic fighting an extremely ripped and roided-up, female pro athlete in her prime. Sadly, he battered her effortlessly around the ring like a ragdoll, with the crowd booing him.

[–] Burk48917 (11442) 4 years ago

I remember that! That was before Chyna started doing porn.

[–] AnubisRaydeen (7897) 4 years ago

Yep. It was tedious.