FUNNY MAN
BY MARC MYERS
Sebastian Maniscalco, 50, is a stand-up comedian and actor who is lighting up arenas around the country with his outlandish comedic style.
MANISCALCO SEBASTIAN SPEAKS
A t the start of sixth grade, I sat in a cool girl’s seat in the back of the school bus. When she got on, she ordered me to get up and go to the front. Making my way forward, I was peppered with spitballs to the back of my head. But soon, I made all the kids on the bus laugh and was welcome in the back. I was a shy kid and never vied for attention by being funny. It was a way to be accepted. My family lived in a two-story, white-brick house in the Arlington Heights suburb of Chicago.
Dad was a women’s hairstylist who owned three beauty salons. Working on women’s hair allowed him to make more than he would have as a barber. My mom, Rose, was a homemaker before she worked part time at my elementary school as a secretary. Mom grew up in the States, but my father emigrated from Italy with his parents when he was 15. He was more Americanized than many of my cousins and grandparents. Being in the beauty business, he had to be.
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