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Los Angeles, CA - Beloved television star Tony Danza
is not really homeless, insists Danza's publicist Barbara
Margolis. He's simply doing research for a part in an as-yet-
unwritten movie of the week.
"Tony has not completely run out of money and options,"
Margolis said. "There are many television scripts that
he would be perfect for. There's the 'tough Italian guy with
a heart of gold' cop character they're developing on NYPD
Blue and the 'tough Italian guy with a heart of gold' gravedigger
on "Six Feet Under." They're even developing a 'tough
Italian guy with a heart of gold' show about nothing. It's
sort of like 'Seinfeld' except without all the Jews.
Danza, who has been spotted in recent weeks pushing a shopping
cart through downtown Los Angeles, scoffs at reports he's
run out of money and is forced to sleep in transient hotels
just because the bank foreclosed on his Beverly Hills home.
"I'm just pretending I'm homeless," Danza said.
"I like it out here. It gives me street credibility with
the other middle-aged Italian former amateur athletes with
good hair that also pursued an acting career. See look, Joey
Buttafuoco!"
Danza, made famous for stints on"Taxi" and "Who's
the Boss," has switched gears in recent years, having
developed a critically-praised song and dance act he performs
occasionally in Las Vegas and Jerry Lewis telethons while
he pitches new shows based on his "tough Italian guy
with a heart of gold" television persona.
Look for dates of Tony's all new "Tribute to Frank Sinatra
and Jeff Conaway" at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and Fridays
at the Ralph's supermarket on Ventura in Sherman Oaks.
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