After a New York Times investigation revealed that his story about fleeing the World Trade Center on 9/11 was not true, Steve Rannazzisi was declared not funny by various television personalities and internet commenters. Mr. Rannazzisi, best known for his portrayal of Kevin McArthur on the hit FX Sitcom The League, appeared on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast in 2009, where he told Mr. Maron that he got into comedy after escaping from the 54th floor of South Tower where he worked for Merrill Lynch. As it turns out, Mr. Rannazzisi neither worked for Merrill Lynch nor did he work in the WTC.
Immediately after releasing his statement, Mr. Rannazzisi was derided as someone “who I never found funny anyway” by longtime League viewer butterchucker1985. Sweetwest3480 said that he would no longer brag about having “front-row center” seats to Mr. Rannazzisi’s Manchild Comedy Central Stand-up Special. “There are some lines you do not cross. And when I found out this morning that Kevin lied about being in the World Trade Center in an interview that I hadn’t listened to, on a podcast that I never heard of, I’ve retroactively declared all laughs null and void.”
The fallout has reached far beyond just Mr. Rannazzisi’s personal brand. Texans Defensive Lineman J.J. Watt released a statement retracting “any jokes or other allegedly humorous content” from his appearance on a 2013 episode of The League. Mr. Watt stated that he now realizes that he was tricked into appearing on what he thought was a “honorable and humorous take on the great American sport of football.” Mr. Watt has instructed his financial advisers to donate his appearance fee from The League to his JJWatt Foundation, which provides athletic equipment to middle school students. “I’ve also instructed my legal team to pursue legal action in the producers don’t remove any record of my alleged appearance. As far as I’m concerned, it never happened.”
Fox & Friends devoted an entire segment to this morning’s show to Mr. Rannazzisi’s endorsement deal with Buffalo Wild Wings. “It’s not enough that Buffalo Wild Wings makes it’s customers choose from such un-American flavors as Chipotle BBQ, Parmesan Garlic, and Terriyaki. Now they have the guy who lied about 9/11 appearing in their commercials!” said Elizabeth Hasselbeck. “You know, Tim was supposed to appear on that disgusting show that I now realize was never funny in the first place, but I’m glad that I can now tell him that I told him not to,” she continued.
Buffalo Wild Wings reacted swiftly, releasing a statement stating that their relationship with Mr. Rannazzisi is now under review. “We are disappointed that Steve did not tell the truth, and to be perfectly honest, at the time of casting, we really hoped to get Nick Kroll to do the commercials for us, but he was too busy. Perhaps now we can find an actual funny person to represent our brand. Do people still like Bill Cosby?
New episodes of The League air Wednesday nights at 10PM on FX, if you’re the type of person who likes unfunny shit and doesn’t care about 9/11.
Of course a guy with Nazi and Isis in his last name made light of 9/11 and worked for Meryll Lynch
Seriously though, who hasn’t told a lie to further their advancement with people liking them?
mmmm, coat my wings in “54th floor lye” sauce please!
/Seriously, don’t go to BWW
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But he’s not.
Not or not not?
Sounds like he’s trying to anchor the NBC News, amirite?!
The biggest thing I find offensive is tyhat he said he worked for Merrill Lynch.
You have to be a psychopath to work for a company like that while being an actor just requires you to be a sociopath.
Why do people lie about shit like this? especially that specifically. “I worked for Merrill Lynch on the 54th Floor” Gee, no one will be able to double-check that! It’s fucking stupid. He’s an idiot. And I never found ‘The League’ all the great anyway; I DID NOT LIKE THE LEAGUE BEFORE IT WAS COOL NOT TO LIKE THE LEAGUE!!!
Sure you did.
Whether you believe this guy or not, the fact is that jet fuel still can not melt steel.–Petey C
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How Great Is This.
How Great Is This;
How Great Is This!
Let’s all give Cornblower 1 stars on his comments.
One star seems kind of high for the vast majority of my comments,
You’re all guinea pigs. That’s the problem with live-tuning a site.
This Is Great!
Until I read this article, I had no idea of this person’s existence on this or any other planet.
Brick is retroactively blocking him from his consciousness.
In other news, EAT AT GAY HOOTERS!
“Terriyaki” is why Pittsburgh-area massage parlors no longer give discounts to current and former NFL players.
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WE GIVVA YOU BIGGEST SMIRE!
*Telliyaki.
It’s still cool to have the hots for Katie Aselton though….right???
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Hell yes.
More like ASSelton
She’s married to one of the other cast right? Can’t recall which one.
She’s married to Mark Dupplas
You never go Duplass to Asselton.
Meh, I’d really enjoy buying her a cup of coffee and then if she’s nice sucking on her breasts, etc. later.
So yes.