Schirripa worked for my grandfather, he ran with many of the same people I knew, remains close with one of my best friends from back then, was a main fixture at the same Riviera Hotel I frequented several nights a week.
I'm just shocked we had never met before our entertaining Zoom conversation about the good ol' days, despite the 11 1/2-year-old age-gap between us.
LAS VEGAS - I've never met Steven Schirripa.Īfter a 72-minute Zoom session, I feel as if I should have long ago.įor the amount of talk I sling about being a true old-school Las Vegas resident - I moved here in 1972 - I can tell you the Brooklyn-native is every bit of an old-school Vegas guy as anyone else.
