Introducing "The Three Paisans" Joey, Mike & Filippo

Ciao a tutti,

Today we officially introduced the first show of the newly formed group, "The Three Paisans." The story goes that Hollywood entertainment Attorney Claire Ambrosio was talking to Jimmy Kimmel's wife one day. Although Claire works primarily in the movie industry, she has retained the right to work, on an as needed basis, with her three favorite, living, Italian-American entertainers, i.e. Joey, Mike and Me.

So, during this conversation Claire says something like, "it sure would be easier to work with them if they were all together." I guess the light bulb went off and they both looked at each other like she had just hit upon the next best idea since "American Idol." Out of that conversation came the idea for "The Three Paisans," with a working title of "The Three Gumbas."

That very week Claire set up a dinner meeting with me to discuss this. I liked it right away but I didn't care for the name. I also liked the idea of including a female singer.

That weekend I met up with Joey and Mike and we talked it through and decided we were in. So Claire set it up for the four of us to meet and talk this out officially. Well, we all thought it was a great idea but we couldn't agree on the name. Either Joey or Mike came up with "Three Wise Guys and a Broad" or was it "Three Gumbas and a Dame?" In any case, none of that stuck, and we couldn't decide on a female singer, but by the end of that dinner meeting, "The Three Paisans" had been born.

I wanted to take a picture of us that night because I knew history was being made, but for some reason, we didn't get around to it. Well, history is still being made everyday, and so it's never too late. Speaking of pictures, above are pictures of us on our first official poster. Remember you saw it here first.

See you at the show,

Filippo

P.S. I thought it fitting for my fans who may not know Mike Marino to remind them that we recorded an interview with him a few months back on the Filippo and the Chef show number 14 the "Bruschetta and Oven Dried Tomatoes" show. To hear that go to www.FilippoandtheChef.com and click on Shows and Recipes. Here is a clip of Mike cutting it up with fellow Italian-American host and comedian, Jay Leno, and Italian Model, Fabio, on ABC's Tonight Show, and more.... (In English)