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As some of you know, my wife and I spent the last week traveling up the coast of California while on vacation.
While walking on a street in Beverly Hills, a man stepped in front of me, smoking a cigarette, pacing and swearing while ranting and raving on his cell phone.
I turned to my wife and said, “Wait, that’s Giuseppe Franco.” Sure enough, we happened to be walking in front of his ‘famed Beverly Hills salon,’ as the repetitive commercial says.
For those who do not watch SNY, Franco is an owner of a hair salon and spokesman for Procede, a company which he does not own – in fact, he doesn’t own anything about it. However, in the span of a nine-inning broadcast, you will see his face and the commercial for Procede roughly a dozen times per night.
My wife insisted I stop him and take a picture, figuring MetsBlog’s readers would get a kick out of it. I tried. We waited for five minutes, but the man was pacing and swearing and 
smoking and yelling in to his cell phone, while wearing a black t-shirt, slick-back hair and leather wrist bands.
Honestly, it was the best Andrew Dice Clay impersonation I have even seen.
On at least 10 occasions he repeated the phrase, ‘Well, tell him to go F**k himself,” all with the same Euro-Jersey accent he speaks with in the infamous ad for Procede.
Eventually, it became quite clear that, even if he did make himself available, this was not a man I should be standing next to asking for a photograph, especially with my smart-ass way of speaking – and so my wife and I took off, but not before she snapped a photo of him in action.
For more on Franco, check out this YouTube clip.
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3 words, Cerrone….A MAZE ING
Sorry Matt…I really don’t own anything about it…and you were in my way!
And for your information, I was yelling at Gary Busey!
LMAO!!!! Well done!
Stop the Daily Regimen!!! Get off the Life sense of Drugs!!
LOL
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Hi … I m a big met fan who saw juiseppe on daily news live. I also know of the salon because of the 150 times they play the procede ad on sportsnet new york during every met game (as you/juiseppe so eloquently put it). Anyway, he referenced a website with juiseppe t-shirts where profits go to charity but never mentioned the site. I was hoping someone could ask him or get back to me with the name of the website as I would like to purchase one … esp with the commercial and the fact that the profits go to charity. Pls get back to me at this email, sam@samquain.com as soon as ur able to do so (I have been working on this for like a week with no luck). Thx for the time. Sam from manhattan
Hi … I m a big met fan who saw juiseppe on daily news live. I also know of the salon because of the 150 times they play the procede ad on sportsnet new york during every met game (as you/juiseppe so eloquently put it). Anyway, a website was referenced with juiseppe t-shirts where profits go to charity but never mentioned the site. I was hoping someone could ask him or get back to me with the name of the website as I would like to purchase one … esp with the commercial and the fact that the profits go to charity. Pls get back to me at this email, sam@samquain.com as soon as ur able to do so (I have been working on this for like 3 weeks with no luck). Thx for the time.
This is the best entry in the history of Metsblog.
I agree with Prismo.
This is almost too hilarious for words!!
definitely helped me forget about last night….Oh..wait..
Hey Cerrone–maybe you can get Franco to be a spokesman for this site…He won’t have to change his pitch at all, because he doesn’t own the site…in fact, he doesn’t own anything about it.
“He’s Giuseppe Franco, hes not putting his name on the line for something that doesnt work….”
Metsblog works just fine, so i think you may be able to work that deal out…
I agree with Prismo, that was a hilarious post.
I just died.
This is without question the funniest thinkg I have read in a while. However, were Gary Busey to have entered and applied his quarter second cameo bear hug to calm down Franco, I would have enjoyed the story much more.
Incidentally, were i you Matt, i would have asked my wife to fetch me a mocha latte, so as to not witness me clothesline Franco with the efficiency of the Iron Sheik in his prime.
I would have then pissed on my hands while he was lying on the pavement, and rubbed it through his disgustingly dyed black head of hair and say, “Hey, this is moises Alou mixed with Jorge Posada’s piss, it helps grip when exerting pressure sans batting gloves while batting. Hey, I dont own the piss, i dont own anything about it, I’m not putting my piss on the line here.” Start, using Moises and Jorge’s piss in your hair……Right now.”
You certainly thought too much about your post..lol
thanks, I wonder if you are able to conceptualize at all, let alone expound on your concepts with any precision whatsoever.
oh I pictured it alright…besides rubbing piss in his hair, the clothesline alone would be worth admission.
alou should sell his piss and claim he doesnt own anything abou it.
Absolutely Hilarious!
great post matt.
Wonder if he was talking to busey
Maybe he was talking about Delgado who refused to do a spot for him. Can’t blame him, doesn’t seem like it has worked for him.
Posts like this are the reason I love this blog. Great stuff Matt
Same here. Thanks for the chuckle, Matt. Only thing worth smiling about after last night…..
You should ask him why, if he doesn’t put his name on something that doesn’t work, he embraces Gary Busey. I’m pretty sure that dude hasn’t worked in years.
he has worked … if you watch entourage you will see him at his finest
I’ve seen him on Entourage, yeah. I just meant it to be ironic(?)/stupid. I can see him on Celebrity Fit Club too, but I wouldn’t call that work.
He was also in Gingerdead Man. Fantastic Movie about a little gingerbread man that kills people.
I do not envy you seeing this man in person. His commercials are the reason they put a mute button on the remote.
LMFAO!!!..GREAT POST MATT!!
Matt, you and your wife are awesome for so many reasons - the content of this post covering most of them.
Wow
that sums it up
I wonder if Matt’s post violates the comments policy of this site.
Greatest post in the history of the internet and a nice way to forget about last night.
Seriously, I don’t know what’s more hilarious, that or the endless array of Dick Pole jokes the other night.
this guy sounds like a real dick.
good for u to get away and enjoy the cali weather.