{"id":2062,"date":"2017-05-06T00:18:26","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T00:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tedlekas.com\/?p=2062"},"modified":"2024-02-20T22:40:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T22:40:24","slug":"joe-mantegna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tedlekas.com\/?p=2062","title":{"rendered":"Joe Mantegna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<html><body><\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_section-28d0fec86791629f5930dcbb0c70fceb\">\n.avia-section.av-av_section-28d0fec86791629f5930dcbb0c70fceb{\nbackground-color:#2c3539;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-av_section-28d0fec86791629f5930dcbb0c70fceb main_color avia-section-no-padding avia-no-shadow  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-custom av-height-custom  container_wrap sidebar_right'   data-av_minimum_height_px='45'><div class='container av-section-cont-open' style='height:45px'><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-2062'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-ba0319edf04fd62ab826e21dc9605d56\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-ba0319edf04fd62ab826e21dc9605d56{\nheight:35px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-ba0319edf04fd62ab826e21dc9605d56 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-396ddf1f42196ca838231e61a4602801 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">THE STORIES<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-2062'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_third-6126cab7d8fab8d08143dd2dacdf673c\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_third-6126cab7d8fab8d08143dd2dacdf673c{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_third-6126cab7d8fab8d08143dd2dacdf673c av_one_third  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_image-28c02e28d3326ac4ba3be9ca3d48cb18\">\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-28c02e28d3326ac4ba3be9ca3d48cb18 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-28c02e28d3326ac4ba3be9ca3d48cb18 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-av_image-28c02e28d3326ac4ba3be9ca3d48cb18 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-4  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-2060 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2060 avia_image ' src='https:\/\/www.tedlekas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Joe-600-600-300x300.jpg' alt='Two men standing next to each other in a room.' title='Joe 600-600'  height=\"300\" width=\"300\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_two_third-0aa7055fe62c3622faec82866afbaeb2\">\n.flex_column.av-av_two_third-0aa7055fe62c3622faec82866afbaeb2{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_two_third-0aa7055fe62c3622faec82866afbaeb2 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-396ddf1f42196ca838231e61a4602801 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>When the Pizza Delivery Guy is Joe Mantegna!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #bcc6cc; font-size: 14pt;\">During my thirteen years producing the Mark and Brian Show I got to meet a lot of actors, rock stars and sports heroes, many of whom became good friends of the show. One of them was Joe Mantegna.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #bcc6cc; font-size: 14pt;\">It all started one morning in October of 1999&Acirc;&nbsp; when we were trying to cast the Jimmy Stewart role for the radio theater production of It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life.&Acirc;&nbsp; Mark and Brian were talking about it on the show when they got a call from a listener named Dan claiming he knew Joe Mantegna and that he probably could get him to come into the studio as a guest and that he might be interested in being a part of the radio theater play.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #bcc6cc; font-size: 14pt;\">We would get a lot of calls &#8211; some legitimate and some not so much, so the boys asked Dan to hold on the line so I could speak to him and see how real this was. &Acirc;&nbsp;After talking for a few minutes with Dan, who sounded like a genuine person, I took a leap of faith and we decided to book a date in early November.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #bcc6cc; font-size: 14pt;\">The morning of the appearance Mark and Brian asked me if Joe Mantegna was really coming into the studio. Despite a few lingering doubts, I said yes and was genuinely relieved when&Acirc;&nbsp; Officer Quarterman at the guard desk called at 8:45 am to let me know that Mr. Mantegna had arrived.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #bcc6cc; font-size: 14pt;\">The rest is history. Mark and Brian threw out a big welcome mat that turned into a great interview with lots of laughs and the beginning of a long friendship with both Joe and Dan Ramm who had made this happen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #bcc6cc; font-size: 14pt;\">Joe came back many times whether it was to promote his TV series, Joan&Acirc;&nbsp; of Arcadia and Criminal Minds or to bring attention to our men and women in the military or any of his many projects.&Acirc;&nbsp; He never missed a Mark and Brian Celebrity Golf tournament and one year brought along his buddy Joe Pesci.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #bcc6cc; font-size: 14pt;\">In 2007 we spent two weeks celebrating Mark and Brian&#8217;s twentieth year on KLOS and I arranged for surprise guests to just pop in all week long. I called Dan, who was now working with Joe, and asked if Joe could stop by.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #bcc6cc; font-size: 14pt;\">Mark and Brian always liked to do the show with the studio door open so they could hear what was going on in the halls and the listeners could expect the unexpected to happen. So it wasn&acirc;&euro;&trade;t that surprising when they heard a voice shouting, &#8220;Pizza Delivery, Pizza Delivery&acirc;&euro; or that the pizza delivery guy was a regular guy carrying boxes of pizzas from Joe Mantegna&acirc;&euro;&trade;s&Acirc;&nbsp; Burbank restaurant, &#8216;Taste Chicago.&Acirc;&nbsp;What was surprising was that the pizza guy was our good friend, Joe Mantegna &#8211; a friendship that began years earlier when we took a leap of faith from who was then a random listener calling in and would continue for years to come.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #bcc6cc;\"><a style=\"color: #bcc6cc;\" href=\"https:\/\/tedlekas.com\/?page_id=981\">Click for Joe at House of Blues<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tedlekas.com\/?page_id=701\"><span style=\"color: #bcc6cc;\">Click for &#8220;It&#8217;s A Wonderful Life&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Joe Mantegna - Ted Lekas Producer Live Events &amp; 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