Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco surprised fan impersonators at a contest in Atlantic City, NJ \u2014 even crowning a winner who bore a striking resemblance to the hit comic!<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very flattering,\u201d Maniscalco told an amped-up crowd at the Ocean Casino Resort\u2019s Nola Bar before announcing of the winner. \u201cI felt like I was looking in a mirror.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sebastian Maniscalco surprised fans at the Ocean Casino Resort. Ocean Casino Resort<\/p>\n
The comic later performed at the hotel\u2019s Ovation Hall. Ocean Casino Resort<\/p>\n
The competition had eight contestants \u2014 including one woman who went by the name \u201cChelsea Spaghetti\u201d \u2014 who performed their take on the Italian comedian most famous riffs.<\/p>\n
Maniscalco, 52, later took the stage at the sprawling hotel\u2019s\u00a0Ovation Hall as part of his \u201cIt Ain\u2019t Right\u201d tour, performing a set that covered parenting and middle age.<\/p>\n
\u201cI went to my son\u2019s soccer game, I don\u2019t\u00a0bring a chair or nothing, he\u2019s six,\u201d he said. \u201cEverybody is bringing a campsite. Blankets, umbrellas, Thermoses. What the hell are you\u00a0doing?\u201d <\/p>\n
His set included jokes about parenthood and aging. Ocean Casino Resort<\/p>\n
In another joke he talked about a family trip to Universal Studios.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI go up\u00a0to the guy to buy tickets,\u201d he started, saying the worker asked how tall his son was. \u201cThis tall, guy, you are looking right at him. I didn\u2019t measure him with a measuring\u00a0stick before I came to the park. We barely got his socks on. What is this? Two feet? You got anything for two footers?\u201d<\/p>\n
During opening comic Pete Correale\u2019s set there was a medical emergency that stopped the show briefly, and the lights were turned on as he called for any doctors in the crowd to help out.<\/p>\n
He will be back performing at the hotel starting September 25. Getty Images for Frigidaire<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a live show, this is why AI will never replace live entertainment,\u201d Correale, who had earlier judged the contest, cracked when the show resumed.<\/p>\n
Maniscalco also noted the situation, joking,\u00a0\u201cI heard we stopped the show, I hope they are OK. I don\u2019t know if it was a medical thing or somebody threw up on themselves. Somebody could be drunk already.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
We are told the person was dehydrated and was OK.<\/p>\n
Maniscalco, who brought his\u00a0mother to the gig, will be back at the resort next weekend from Sept. 25 till 28.<\/p>\n
The lookalike posed with one of the life-sized cutouts placed around the hotel. Ocean Casino Resort<\/p>\n
The hotel even created an entire pop up with merch and food stands for the hit comic. Ocean Casino Resort<\/p>\n
The hotel rolled out the red carpet for his appearance, with a giant billboard on the side of the hotel, an area with cannolis and Italian food dedicated to the comic and giant life-sized cutouts\u00a0placed throughout the hotel. <\/p>\n
We hear at least one drunken casino guest\u00a0stole a cutout the early hours and brought it back to his room.<\/p>\n