Stanning Stanley Tucci: A Tucci Fancast

It's like Mad Men but in the 90s, check out Stanley Tucci playing his first non-criminal non-cop TV character. Tucci plays ad agency middle-manager Karl Draconis who hectors Michael Steadman on his terrible advertising ideas. Who will win in this battle of corporate acuity and marketing savvy?

We watched Thirtysomething, Season 3 Episode 10 "Michael's Campaign" and Season 3 Episode 11 "Pulling Away"
For Tucci news this week, please check out Helen Rosner's fantastic article: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-gastronomy/the-timeless-fantasy-of-stanley-tucci-eating-italian-food 

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Stanning Stanley Tucci 9: Thirtysomething (1990)

In our continuing series, we continue to watch every Stanley Tucci IMDB credit in order. This week, it's Macbeth but with Italian mobsters! With an all-star cast of underrated character actors including Dennis Farina, Peter Boyle, and John Turturro, what could go wrong? 

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Stanning Stanley Tucci 10: Men of Respect (1990)

We continue to Stan our favorite Tucci and watch every movie listed on his IMDB page. This week it's Billy Bathgate starring Dustin Hoffman and Nicole Kidman. Based on the historical fiction novel by E.L. Doctorow, Tucci doesn't even show up until an hour in! But could his role as "Lucky" Luciano be his most powerful mobster role yet? As a bonus, in Tucci News, we take a look at the Vogue article "Stanley Tucci's Best Roles Ranked."

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Stanning Stanley Tucci 11: Billy Bathgate (1991)

We continue to watch every Stan Tucci credit on IMDB. This week its a bizarre body-swapping romantic drama, Prelude to a Kiss starring Meg Ryan and a young Alec Baldwin who played the same role in the stage production. Tucci plays "Tay," Baldwin's best man and confidant, who perhaps has some subtextual romantic attraction to his BFF? 

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Stanning Stanley Tucci in...Prelude to a Kiss (1992)

It's another recap of an obscure Stanley Tucci IMDB credit! Here we continue the chronicles of Tucci's long time collaboration with Steve Buscemi in one of Steve's first starring roles. This Sundance-winning art film depicts the absurdist vision of a filmmaker named Adolfo and his con-man "producer" Joe. Tucci plays Gregoire, a wacky French neighbor. Does any of it hold up? Listen and find out!

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Stanning Stanley Tucci in... In the Soup (1992)

Tucci the dognapper? It's a timely follow-up to our Cruella review, where we talk about how much we love Stanley Tucci in Beethoven, starring a St. Bernard and Charles Grodin as they butt heads to see who is the alpha of the Newton household! 

The audio quality might be a bit lower because we had to use the backup recording. Oops! 

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Stanning Stanley Tucci in... Beethoven (1992)

We continue to watch every Stanley Tucci IMDb credit. This week, Tucci plays a mobster in a neo-noir character drama starring Joe Pesci. Is this the hidden gem of the 90s mob movies you NEED to see? Also, we read a review of Tucci's food tourism show by a true Tucci stan from The Guardian, Stuart Heritage (@stuheritage)
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/jun/21/stanley-tucci-the-flirty-hero-of-foodie-tv-you-need-in-your-life 
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Stanning Stanley Tucci in... The Public Eye (1992)

The Tooch plays Muerte, a buffoonish and stereotypical latino criminal who wants revenge on CIA agent Jeff Blue and his wife Jane for humiliating him in an attempted mugging. Tucci said of the role at the time that this was the most physically demanding film he had ever worked on, and the only one so far to make him take off his pants on screen. You won't believe our Tucci fun fact this week!
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Stanning Stanley Tucci in... Undercover Blues (1993)

Tucci serves up some LOOKS in a John Grisham thriller as Khamel, a "middle eastern" assassin-for-hire. No he doesn't kill any pelicans. Is this the film where Tucci hit the mainstream? Find out on another Stanning Stanley Tucci!

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Stanning Stanley Tucci in... The Pelican Brief (1993)

Gather round the Algonquin Round Table, for an intellectual conversation about the lives of New Yorker columnists in the 1920s. Tucci has a brief cameo in this biopic starring Jennifer Jason Leigh as Dorothy Parker and Tucci's good friend Campbell Scott as her love interest Robert Benchley. And in Tucci news, we take a look at a recent profile of Tucci's wife, Felicity Blunt.

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Stanning Stanley Tucci In... Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)

Tucci plays a deadbeat, pathological liar, ex-husband to a waitress who gets a surprise tip of 2 million dollars from Nic Cage, who plays a lottery winner and the greatest cop in NYC. Is this movie Tucci's most naked role? Literally? And is it a hidden gem or a piece of propaganda for the New York Post? Find out in another Stanning Stanley Tucci!!!

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Stanning Stanley Tucci In... It Could Happen To You (1994)

Pauly Shore, master of the deeply unfunny, brings us the worst Stanley Tucci film so far, as we continue to review Tucci's entire IMDb history. A bizarre mish-mash of 12 Angry Men and Bio-Dome, Jury Duty (1995) gives Tucci a chance to shine in an otherwise forgettable "comedy." In Tucci news, we celebrate Tucci's latest Emmy award for his travel show Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy.

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Stanning Stanley Tucci In... Jury Duty (1995)

The first episode of a new podcast where we watch everything on Stanley Tucci's IMDB page in order.
We start with some introductions, then jump right in to Tucci's first film roles: Prizzi's Honor, Kojak: The Price of Justice, and Who's that Girl starring Madonna. 

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Stanning Stanley Tucci 1: United We Stan

We continue our binge of the entire IMDB page of actor/director/writer/producer Stanley Tucci. Today, we watch his three appearances in the 1980's iconic cop show: MIAMI VICE!!!

Tucci plays a scared witness named Steven Demarco and a NJ mob boss named Frank Mosca as he completely steals the show (as well as stealing a lot of laundered pasta/drug money).

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Stanning Stanley Tucci 2: Tucci Vice

Finally, a meaty film role (and by meaty we mean BEEFY) for the Tooch in George Romero's cult classic Monkey Shines which is The Shining meets Rear Window meets Monkey! By far, Romero's strangest film, check out our fun, Tucci-focused recap.
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Stanning Stanley Tucci 3: Tucci See, Monkey Tooch

We continue to watch everything Stanley Tucci has ever done with his 1980s TV guest spots on The Equalizer and Crime Story. We also take a look at what we could find of the forgotten syndicated show The Street, where Tucci stars on a real "show about nothing" but with cops.

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Stanning Stanley Tucci 4: Tucci TV

As we continue to watch everything on Stanley Tucci's IMDB page in order, we stumble upon a clear example of late 80s white feminism with the obliviously titled Slaves of New York. Taking place in the pretentious and exploitative art world, Tucci is cast as Darryl, perhaps the only honorable man in NYC. 

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Stanning Stanley Tucci 5: Slaves of New York (1989)

Why so serious? Why not listen to us recap a comedy clown bank robbery movie featuring Stanley Tucci, who continues to be typecast as the most interesting mafioso in the room. Sure, Quick Change is forgettable trash, but this is Tucci's first interaction with Tony Shalhoub! 
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Stanning Stanley Tucci 6: Quick Change (1990)

We're still watching every Stanley Tucci IMDB credit, and this time we have special guests Mac and Max from YouTube's "Under the Influence" Podcast to discuss one of their favorite filmmakers, Todd Solondz's first film and Tucci's biggest film role at the time: Fear, Anxiety, and Depression. This one is very much in keeping with the trend of starving artists in NYC, but this time with much more of a Woody Allen vibe. Check it out!
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Stanning Stanley Tucci 7: Fear, Anxiety, and Depression (1989)

Two cousins continue to watch every Stanley Tucci IMDB credit. In Wiseguy (1989), a CBS crime drama, Tucci plays Ricky Pinzolo, a crime boss in the Garment district on 7th Ave. NYC. He tries to defraud and acquire the business of one Eli Sternberg, a Jewish businessman played by none other than Jerry Lewis. An undercover cop named Raglin, with the help of his boss McPike (played by Breaking Bad's Jonathan Banks) try to take him down from the inside.
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Stanning Stanley Tucci 8: Wiseguy

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