On Display with Melissa Gorga - Knock Knock (w/ Joe Gorga and Frank Catania)

Episode Date: March 6, 2025

This week, Melissa welcomes her favorite guest, Joe Gorga, to the podcast to discuss the challenges of parenting teenagers, including some tough decisions they’ve had to make recently. Plus, Melissa celebrates a sweet victory with her now-famous sprinkle cookies and teases some exciting new products on the way. They're later joined by a surprise guest, Frank Catania, who gives us the inside scoop on his son’s engagement, shares his thoughts on Dolores and Paulie, and drops spills a major secret about his own engagement to his fiance, Brittany. Tune in for some juicy updates this week!  This week's sponsors: Apartments.com - The Place to Find a Place: www.Apartments.com Booking.com - Find the Stay That's Ridiculously Right for You: www.Booking.com Happy Mammoth - Feel Like Yourself Again: www.HappyMammoth.com , promo code: MELISSA (15% off) Pluto.TV - Streaming TV: www.Pluto.TV (Free) Progressive - "Name-Your-Price" Tool: www.Progressive.com 

This episode of on display is brought to you by booking.com booking. Yeah Every time I use booking.com to find a place to stay in the US I know they'll have exactly what I'm looking for They have a huge variety of options from hotels to vacation rentals and I'm always able to find something that fits my specific needs I've found that booking.com has something for everyone find exactly what you're looking for on booking.com booking. Yeah Hi guys, welcome to another episode of on display on display. I felt like singing today. How is that? Obviously I have Joe Gorga here and we're having a little

We're having a little parents quarrel right now, but thanks for joining the show today. So excited to talk to you guys Hope you're having an awesome Thursday morning. I am I hope you're having an awesome Thursday morning. I am exhausted to say the least, but I have enough energy to introduce my one and only husband, Joe Gorga. What's up, Joe? One and only husband, better be the one and only. I've never had another husband.

Like you're the one, I can't even compare you to someone else, you know? I can't even compare you to someone else because I've only tried this thing like one time like how do I know? How do I know it's not like greener or the grass isn't greener on the other side? You know what I mean? I don't know you don't know you want to try it. We should we could do it. Why don't we just both do it? I mean at this point in my shot why not? Let's just try who gives a shit I do feel like if you make it past a certain hump

That you should just stick together at this point. Because like everyone I know who's single, who's dating, which you know too, it's kind of like they can't find anybody, everybody's miserable. And not just Jersey girls, New York City everywhere. Not me, I'll be finding all kinds of new friends

and I'd have a lot of fun. Okay. Oh, my back. Get off my sit up straight. Green. You keep touching everything. Yeah, because I know how it's gonna cut your head off. And it's annoying. You need to give a little a little more space above your head. There you go. Just stay where you are, please. Oh, my god, this guy so bossy on my podcast like he comes on the podcast He like beats to his own drum He'd like he just he just you just do okay. Anyway, no, it's you you know, we're having a little

Parents issue because of course he wants to allow my son to do something that I think he's just too young to do right now He's not too young. He to do right now. He's not too young. He's a man. Joe, he's 17. He's a good boy. He's a good boy but not all of his friends are good boys. They're all nice boys but when you put a bunch of boys together someone says hey let's go do this or let's try that. We don't have parents. I don't think anyone's gonna agree with you on getting 17 and 18. All of his friends are 17 and 18, okay?

There's a huge wrestling meet in Atlantic City this weekend and Joe wants to let our boys go down, not our boys, I'll say Gino who's, and his 18 year old friends, get a room for two nights in Atlantic City. They wanna go and watch their friend wrestle, but like, I don't agree with that. That's dangerous. They're not old enough.

It's not dangerous. First of all, Atlantic City can be very dangerous if you go to the wrong parts, you know? They're not gonna leave the casino. Okay, well I think I have agreed to one night, like I've, and there will be some parents there It can be very dangerous if you go to the wrong parts. You know? They're not going to leave the casino. Okay. Well, I think I have agreed to one night, like I've, and there will be some parents there that we know also because their sons are wrestling. Gino's not wrestling.

There's two boys that are seniors that Gino and some of the other, you know, kids want to go watch. And it's a big, what is it Joe? Like state? No, it's not state. It is? Wrestling states, yes. Okay, so they wanna go watch the seniors wrestle,

Gino's a junior. And they think it's cool to go get a room and now Gino drives, he wants to drive down to Atlantic City, stay there for two nights. So a lot of the moms are saying no, and all the dads think it's totally fine and they should be able to do it. So I think we've all come to a happy medium that we're going to do one night because we could all handle like

we can handle one night two nights is excessive. What is the difference? What is the major? What is it? It's like going to a bachelor party. Okay for one night Or a bunch of men getting together at a bachelor party for two nights You constantly think like bachelor parties are bad. They're not bad. I've been to bad Oh my god, they're not bad. Do you guys know what like my cousin? So I have two gay cousins that were invited to My cousin's bachelor party with Joe and my brother-in-law's and a bunch of guys. It just rolls out a couple years later.

It was only like three years ago, two, three years ago. Comes out two or three years later. He showed me live video of the woman that was in the two women I think that were in the hotel room as the entertainers the way they entertained these men blew my I had no idea that this goes on what do they call like I am entertainers I want to do over for every bachelorette party I've ever had because this is bullshit. Like I need to do over you guys never had a dancer guy Okay, okay. Do you want me to say what she did? Who I almost died who what I saw live footage of it What'd you do? She put a shot?

Where did she put where she put a shot somewhere and they were doing the shot for the shower? Some video the shot was not in the inner hand and then they were taking the shot What happened Joe? I forget. Oh My god, I was like this is part of her act Perfectly fine. Because no flesh touched any other flesh. See it was fine. Nothing happened. It's fine. You understand?

Alright so I don't know. I think it's no big deal because when you girls have Batch Rep parties, you guys have strippers there and a guy jumps on your laps women get out of control they get like oh my god oh my god they start grabbing it they want to bite it they want to do it they want to bite it they do they want to bite it I seen it they're like oh yeah jump on me jump on me jump on me I see what they do they get wild you women get wild no men don't get wild I've never seen anyone do anything like that. Take the shot glass and put it where I saw it

and go upside down. And then you guys take the shot glass. What did I see with my eyes? Like, what did I just see? That calls for divorce, really. Divorce? Yeah, that is cheating if you ask me that is cheating what is it that how is that not cheating cheating so

can I have a naked penis hand me a shot is that cheating I'm just guys do that on the housewives they come in they bring they bring these stripper guys come in no we have production crew. Nobody's naked And they jump all over you they jump as it production crew doesn't care. They're like, yeah They love it. No, this is definitely not guys grab it same. Yeah bite it Show me an episode you've ever seen anything of this. Rip it. You're like, oh my god. All right. Well jumping off Bachelorette and bachelor parties like,

first of all, that is so like I want to do over we'll just leave it at that. But Gino does not need to go with eight. I don't see how you don't understand that leaving 48 hours right is giving them such a longer amount of time to get themselves into trouble opposed to 24 hours and it also makes me not sleep for 48 hours so I'd rather it be a 24 hour thing as I know all day long they're watching wrestling they said they're gonna go to a gentleman's dinner is what they call it at night they have a gentleman's dinner at night which is cute. They go out to dinner these boys, whatever, and then you know what they

want to go back to the room, horse around a little, hang out. Fine, but like one night I don't think two nights is necessary. Maybe I'll drive down Wednesday night and come home Thursday. Let them spend one day. No you're not going. Look at look at why not? Because you don't need to go. Look how jealous she is. I'm so I've been so exhausted I mean I just. Why are you so jealous? I'm not jealous I don't think you need to go hang out with 18 year olds in Atlantic City. What do you think I'm gonna do? I don't think you're gonna do anything. You're gonna gamble the whole entire time that's what I think you're gonna do anything. You're gonna gamble the whole entire time. That's what I think you're gonna do You're just so obsessed with me. Look at you. She gets crazy when I leave

She wants I do not like to sleep alone. That is the truth and wants to be held I do want to be held. I do I'm not gonna lie I'm not even gonna lie about that. Like I do like to be held at night. It makes me fall asleep I like to know there's a human in the house. Puts me at peace. Like, you know, and Tony is not here anymore. She's at college. So I like when you're in the house.

When you say you're sleeping out, or if a comedy show or whatever it is, it gives me anxiety. Like I'm like, oh, this night's gonna suck. Like I'm not gonna be able to sleep. I freak out. It doesn't work for me. Speaking of which everyone just just

FYI for today give you a little excitement we have a surprise guest jumping on today probably in like another 10 minutes or so not gonna tell you who it is but we do have a surprise guest coming on the show today so it just happened to be he I'll give you that it's a he I was stopping by so we said oh my god We're gonna be doing a podcast jump on and say hi to the maliceners So we have a surprise guest joining you soon. Oh, let's sit tell everybody what we did today cuz that was really cool What do we do? Oh my god Oh, shit. I cannot.

I can't remember. Oh my God, so. Completely forgot. My mother has been driving me crazy asking me to get that full body scan. It's called Pranuvvo, if you haven't heard of it. It's like the full body MRI. It takes over an hour and they literally find

if there is a dot on you, literally like a dot on you, if there's any God forbid, you know, cancer, if there's, uh, is it, is it, is it all, it was, how about arthritis? I didn't ask. I think yes. Like they literally see if you got filler in your lips, they see the fill, like they see every little mark on your body. They must look at mine. They're looking at mine now like,

damn, look at this penis. My God. This thing is huge. No, but they see, they check all of that. Oh my God. This thing is huge. Can we have a serious conversation? This guy's a little deformed.

Unbelievable. So they literally check every, it's awesome. So it's very preventative Also, if you feel things if you're like, I think I have stomach issues I think I have this and my mother has been begging me to do it. So we went today. What a great experience, right? I really really loved it. What I didn't know is Joe so you go in there. They put this thing on your head I mean, it's like going if you're claustrophobic You could get a little nervous. It's it's a big MRI machine You know, they put this thing on your head, but I watched Grey's Anatomy. It was over with before an hour

It was easy breezy Joe comes out and he's like, oh my god. I had I stopped I got out What happened to you? Like you got nervous. I did get nervous in the beginning. They strapped you down and to you like you got nervous. I did get nervous in the beginning they strapped you down and you look at this machine you're like alright it's tight in there but then they put this thing over your face they put your arms down straight they lock they kind of lock them in they put this vest over your chest so you got all this weight on you then they put these glasses over you and the glasses are where you can watch any kind of movie you want or Netflix or so it's pretty cool as soon as they started

Hitting that button and I was backing into the machine. I I started getting nervous I was you know, my heart was starting to beat I was sweating I said, oh stop it I totally I pulled me out. I said take this all off me I had to take it all off and take a little breather how to get out. He goes, Yeah, shake it. I go, I said, Does this normally happen? He goes, Yes, don't. You know, some people this is what happens. I said, People leave. Some people

leave. Yeah. But I said, All right, I took a deep breath. I said, All right, let's try again. I said, Put me in the machine without any of this stuff on. I just slide me in there. So that's what he did. He just slided me in there with

none of that stuff on. I was like, All right, you just wanted to like, check the situation. Yeah. Yeah. And then came back out, put everything back on, went back in and it was perfect. And then I just was mellow, chill. I watched Breaking Bad, which was awesome. So it was great. It was great. Yeah. They ask you, they say to you, what do you want to watch? So I picked Grey's Anatomy. My mother picked, I think my mom picked Grey's Anatomy too Joe picked break him bad and literally within an hour you're done and let me tell you that I'm

actually you know it's an amazing thing to do I've been so exciting like excited and waiting to do it because but it's also scary like when they call you they're gonna tell you God forbid if they see any little thing, and you know, what's crazy, Teddy Mellencamp actually went to the Pranuvo, but she went, I think it was like a year or two ago. And would you believe everything that happened to her happened within the last six months? So it is good to get it. I mean, if you can get it, if you didn't tell her, if you can get it. So what does that mean? If you-

They didn't tell her? If you can get it once a year, it's great because the sooner you get it, like they saw how it did, they didn't tell her because she didn't have it six months ago. Wow. Got it?

So it showed up within the last six months. So that's why they do say, if you can do it once a year, it's great. If you can do it twice a year, that's awesome, too if you want to do it every five years just you know, the same way girls do mammograms and colonoscopies and it's it's really gonna become something that's just as Important as doing a mammogram as doing a colonoscopy. It's preventative. it's finding it early. So I'm super excited. I will share obviously with you guys the results, but me, my mom and Joe are really, really excited about it.

And it was so awesome, so easy, such a great facility. Loved everyone there. So I just wanted to give a little shout out today to the Promovo over there on 34th Street in New York City. Awesome, awesome experience today. They were awesome, they were all great there. The place is beautiful, gorgeous, it was nice. And I tell you, it's all a mind game.

If you start thinking about it and you start freaking yourself out, your mind is everything. As soon as I got out of it, I said, let me think about this, chilled out, and it was all smooth sailing from there. Yes. It was relaxing. I fell asleep.

Yeah, see? You just got a little scaredy cat. You were a little baby for a moment, like a little pussy. I was a little bitch. I was. And I felt stupid because Raphael was taking care of me. He's a good looking guy. I said, oh, hold on.

I go, hey, bro, does this happen to other people? Because I feel stupid right now. I was like, just give me a minute. Just give me a minute. He was so nice. He's like, nah, I don't want to be a little bitch. I'm like, I don't want to be a little bitch. I'm like, I don't want to be a little bitch. I'm like, I don't want to be a little bitch. I'm like, I don't want to be a little bitch. I'm like, other people? Because I feel stupid right now. I was like, just give me a minute.

Just give me a minute. He was so nice. He's like, nah, don't worry about it. So I felt like a little bitch. Then I was like, all right, put me back in. Let's go. Let's go. I got this.

Oh my God, that is so funny. Always the tough guys that act like a little bitch. What'd you get called on the show once? A little bitch boy. Oh, here we go. You got called a little bitch boy by the biggest bitch. So Basically geez Before we get off the pernubo talk

I do want to just say that we are wishing Teddy well Just because we spoke about her for a moment and she is so strong what she is going through is Insanity, I could not even imagine You know what she's going through and finding out what she's finding out and and having these little kids that she has and you know She's going through it with her husband as well. So there's just a lot going on So let's all just you know Say a little prayer tonight for Teddy that we want her to get to the other side of this help her stay strong night for Teddy that we want her to get to the other side of this help her stay strong, strong in her mind and her heart everywhere because it is not easy.

And that is one thing that, you know, I always say that guys, like you think you have issues, you think you have problems, health is truly a problem, right? It's a real problem and it'll make all of your other things going on in life. Whether it be, you got a car accident, you got this you need to pay your mortgage, you need to do this, you need money for this, like whatever it is, health, health, health, everything money comes and goes, man, money comes and goes. Little shout out to Teddy.

Shout out to you, honey. Yes, we love you, Teddy. And we wish you well and a speedy recovery. Oh, I tell everybody when you wake up in the morning and you got health you got freedom You got a peace of mind. It's your birthday every day cares about money money comes and goes. It's true. It's true wives come and go Okay He always got it. He's always gonna throw me in like what do I have to do with this? I don't care. You know, you got your wife 20 years years she comes and goes you get a new one get a nice young Fresh you better be careful with me One of the hardest parts of getting older is feeling like something's wrong with your body

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I know they'll have exactly what I'm looking for. They have a huge variety of options from hotels to vacation rentals And I'm always able to find something that fits my specific needs I found that booking.com has something for everyone guys Joe and I use booking.com Quite often especially when it comes to just finding a quick getaway for the weekend. It's so easy to find the exact place that you want to stay in. Patio, check. Pool, check.

Close to the coffee shop, check. No matter who you are, Booking.com helps you find the stay that's absolutely right for you. So check them out and find exactly what you're booking for on booking.com booking. Yeah. You know what's been happening to me lately guys speaking of new fresh. So Joe knows me right Joe knows me I'm always I'm always Joe you explain me what is my energy? How am I like? Yeah, she got energy. She's like she's got to have energy

being with a guy like me. I'm like ready to go, go, go, go. You know, I'm ready. Hands are touching all the time. I'm like ready. All right. We're not talking about sex though. Like I'm just talking about ready to go daily life. Yeah. You work hard. She works hard. She goes, goes. She's on, she's on the go, but she's a little tired, a little tired today. Not today. Lately. Like so, and obviously we've been doing a lot. We just went to Miami.

We had an awesome, awesome time in Miami with a bunch of friends. I don't know if you guys know if anyone needs an injury attorney, Berman & Berman out in South Florida. They're based in Boca Raton. Awesome attorneys. We go with them every year for this weekend in Miami.

And they always have great friends there. We were with Lisa from Miami, Lisa Hotstein, Larsa Pippen was there, Aubrey O'Day, we were with Brie Bella who's been a guest on our show before. Love Brie Bella. We were with Lilo Brancato from The Bronx Tale was there. Kelsey Owens and Max Strong, they are married. They were on an MTV show, Siesta Key. So they were there. So it was fun.

We just had such a great time. But you know, it's like two nights in Miami is two nights in Miami. We're partying, we're obviously drinking, great dinners, day, night, whatever it is. And I am feeling so run down the last few days, like to the point of like, it's scary. Like I can't, I'm yawning, I can't move.

And then I thought about it today because good old mommy, you gotta be with your mother. And I've been saying to Joe for two days, I'm like, God Joe, what's wrong with me? Like I never used to be like this. I can't get out of my own way. Like, and my mother's like hello you're anemic and you must be low and you need to go get an infusion I'm like oh my god I forget all the time right but that

doesn't mean that I'm like he just had studied but that doesn't mean that I'm like dead it does cause the anemia believe it or not a lot of the times but so yes, so then I called my doctor today I said, oh my gosh, I'm so run down. I need to go run and get my blood tested I have a feeling I needed I need an infusion So I'm just like not used to this like feeling run down. I could always run circles like, you know what I did today I feel like I'm saying this like shame. I feel I never do this, but I took a nap and I don't take now Tell the truth have I ever? What?

Answered to this get tired baby. Whoo. No, but like do I it's like it's like a lease Do I ever take a nap? Do it happens when your car gets old you gotta start training that shit in yeah nice new one. Oh my god He doesn't just starts right up He doesn't mean any of these things he just talks shit guys all day long Smell, you know, I know but like he even came home and he's like you took a nap I'm like, I know like I'm just dead. So that's how I know I am he even came home and he's like you took a nap. I'm like I know like I'm just Dead so that's how I know I am very due for my infusion and it's scary. It could be scary you know my mother said somebody actually had a stroke like they had a stroke because

If you if your anemia gets too low like you're under levels or your blood levels It can bring you on to a stroke and it just happened to someone we know. So it's scary Joe, even though you're laughing about it. It's a scary thing. You know, and even said, he's like, you took a nap. Like what? I was like, I don't take it enough. No, like my eyes were closing. We got back from Pranuvo and the body scan and my eyes were literally, what are you doing? I go, you gotta go make the sprinkle cookies. Gotta make the cookies, gotta make the cookies. Come on, make the sprinkle cookies.

Move it, move it, move it. More sprinkles, more sprinkles, more sprinkles, more sprinkles, more sprinkles. Sprinkle that shit down, let's go. Red sprinkles, purple sprinkles, yellow sprinkles, blue sprinkles. Yeah, yeah. And speaking about cookies and sprinkles and everything else the st Patrick's Day sprinkles are out right now guys the luck of the Irish I was we are Italian over here, but we were not gonna leave out the luck of the Irish

So we have st. Patty's day sprinkles available now at let's sprinkle by mg.com They're so beautiful. They're the most beautiful green and yellow. So if you guys are doing any fun St. Patty's Day parties or if someone's having you over for some corned beef and cabbage, you need to bring a box of sprinkle cookies with you. So make sure you guys grab them on my website. When I come out with these lines of sprinkles, they sell out quickly. So make sure that you guys grab your St. Patty's day sprinkles in time for st Patrick's day you have this is the perfect time to grab them. They'll still be fresh So make sure you grab them now for st. Patty's day and I'm gonna just tease a little something wait till you guys see

What's coming out for Easter? First of all Easter Easter? The Lord was on the third day he rose again. So we're bringing out something so amazing. I am actually so excited about Easter. There will be Easter sprinkles, but there's also something like really, really great coming out for Easter. Joe loves it by the way.

I kill it. He just test tasted it and he was like, wow. I kill it. So good. It is. It like blew you away. He was very impressed. He just test tasted it and he was like wow It like blew you away He was very good going on make I stopped bringing the cookies and and whatever this well, I know we're like bakers now It's like we have we have to test things out 24 hours a day and we're creating these cakes and cookies We're like bakers over here. What happened to us? I have to hide them from my kids. There's

sprinkle cookies in all the cabinets because little Joey loves sweets and he just eats them all day long. So I have to hide them because I'm like this is not this is crazy like my kid eats sprinkle cookies all he wakes up he's like where's the sprinkle cookies? It's like insanity. We do too. We drink them with our coffee our tea at night. So grab your st. Patty's day sprinkles guys And let's sprinkle it is people are going nuts over these sprinkle cookies. I can't I never knew. All right guys I think my dogs going nuts upstairs. I think our special guest has entered the building Here he is. Here he is. Let's see who it is

Flap your bum right here. Let's show everybody ladies and gentlemen. We have Frank Catania in the building Say hi say hi to everybody Do you like my podcast room I love this thank you Here John was dying who was dying Oh Oh my god, that's so funny. Yes when you knew you weren't in here Remember that night from the housewives guys the guys had a guys night They had a steak night and John food I had like an allergic reaction to something bad. It was bad. It was so funny No one saw but you were so high on a gum easy

Was high the whole night on gummies. He's dying. He's like, what happened? Oh my God. It's better to offer him that piece of steak while he's choking. Have some steak. It'll help you breathe. Put some ice on his head. What's going on guys? Did I interrupt you guys? Frank Catania is our neighbor now guys. He literally lives around the block. So we just get random pop- what to what do we owe this? Frank let's tell the world really why you're here because you know, you want to die right now, right? Like when Joe calls you to do so Joe Gorga calls him to do one of his they obviously do this comedy show together Which I will say guys is they have perfected this comedy thing that they do together because it really works out perfect.

I mean, I will say they're the most loved boys on the Real Housewives of New Jersey. There's just no denying that. Like everyone, they're the fan favorites, right? So between putting both of them together on a stage and just, everyone just goes nuts. The ladies love them. Like the men love you

guys too. They have a great vibe together. So somehow Frank kind of got dragged into all of this. You got dragged in. So Joe calls me. So I get let me just explain this. I get this box from Amazon that shows up to my house and I don't know what it is. I start opening it up and it's like Canada like gear and head masks and a referee shirt And then there's an American hockey gear. I'm like, what the fuck I call I text my family group to who ordered Canada Hockey stuff like where where is this coming from?

Joe's like, it was me. I'm like, okay, so now Frankatani gets called over, Joe. What do you want him to do, Joe? What do you want him to do? He's gonna make him make one of these videos. Have you guys seen their videos when they're like running on the side of the highway and Frankatani's in like a damn shopping cart

or like eating a banana? In my pajamas chasing a piece of chicken. Yeah. But isn't that, I'll be honest here, we're just, we're two guys, we work, we're blue collar guys who work our asses off and we work every day and we're so busy. We're really, really busy guys.

So I have to call them, are you available? No, I'm not available. All right, let's do this Tuesday night. Then Tuesday night comes, we don't do it because we're both, you know, we run late. late and you know bottom line is we finally get to do it And then when we do it, I don't even know what I'm doing I don't even think about anything and I just show up to his house if I see a wheelbarrow Let's go to the store get a piece of chicken and we just come up with this within

Literally a minute and and it the videos come out great and they're funny and we oh yeah great great it's like frank what do you think he's gonna make you do upstairs today what did he what is the plan for these hockey first of all he holds up this little referee shirt goes meliss will you be in the video? You could be the referee First of all, Frank isn't that thing? Isn't it like a bad thing going on between American hockey and and Canadian hockey? What's happening with that? Your healthy competition, okay a few fights. Yeah, you know got a few fights, but it's good. It's a good thing It's listen. It's what's it's that sports. It's good. You know

Who's winning anyway? We want not Still going on no us won the first game, but I gotta be honest you Canada did win the finals So they want Canada won in overtime. It was a great game. Okay, it was a great game But they had a lot of arguments, right? So arguments fights and everything else Well guys, let me just tell you they're both gonna be and I will be with them as well, at the Winter Garden Theater in Toronto, Canada, Ontario. That's right? Is that right?

We're excited about that. April 12th. Tickets are available on Ticketmaster. It's at the Winter Garden Theater. So you just go to Ticketmaster. And I know it's Ticketmaster.Canada. So I think it's.ca or co. I don't know. It's not the it's not our ticket It's the Canadian ticketmaster

But yes, so tickets are available there So all my Canada people out there make sure that you head over to ticketmaster and grab this for the show April 12th I'm sure you're all going to see The wonderful video that they create tonight after this podcast. And I'm sure it'll be wonderful. So you will not forget once you see it all on on Instagram, but make sure I'm gonna be there. I'm gonna be hosting the show. Frank comes on he does how long do you do Frank usually?

I started at like six minutes. Joe's got me out there for like 15 minutes now. Can you give them a little something Frank because I think you're really good. Yes, they're come on. It's canna Give them a little like tell them all right. Give us what you do. Give us a little rundown of what you do I come out and quite honestly, it has a lot to do with the show. All right has a lot to do with the show But also I bust Joe's balls. All right, because he's so easy to bust. It's like a little roast. It is that's what he does A little roast and then we have q a withA with the audience. We come in, we just have a good time. We talk, anything, anything comes to mind. And nobody gets offended in

our group. Nobody gets offended. But you know what I like, Frank? You roast him, which is fun. But then you also talk about how he's such a family guy, how he's not a true comedian. Like, you know, that he didn't grow up being a comedian and he's doing so much. And I like when you do that, because it kind of shows the warmth and like how you guys really support each other. The only time I felt uncomfortable on stage was Joe and I were in Maryland and, oh my God,

your daughter was in the audience. No, we told her she had to leave. No, no, no, for Joe, for Joe she left. But I'm in, I'm sitting here up on stage. Oh, she was there for you. And I no, no, for Joe. For Joe, she left. But I'm in you. I'm sitting here by the stage. Oh, she was there for you. I'm talking and I'm talking. Listen, I've seen Joe naked.

And then I start busting about his little piece of dill. All right? And then all of a sudden, I look up and I see Antonia. I'm like, oh. Makes you so uncomfortable. Where am I going to go from here? You're like, I'm talking about his piece in front of his daughter.

Melissa, I said, but despite having a little peachadil, it created three beautiful kids. She must have been like I am adding here. And one of them is right here. That's so funny. They love when Antonia shows up, but she wouldn't stay for Joe because she knows that he talks about all of this like, you know, she knows he talks about sex. She knows he describes our talks about our sex life. He does all of that. So she would not she wouldn't stay for him. She's like, Ma, after Frank was done, I ran out of there. I was like, good, because I never she's never been to a full comedy show because he talks about sex the whole time like he she can't you know

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Tell us about her. So first of all, it was a surprise. It was at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Close to the mic. All right, at St. Patrick's Cathedral. So, and so nobody could be there. It was just him and her. It just so happened I was driving by

when he drops down to his knee in front of her. Oh okay, just you and you were just happened to be driving by now We were coming up because after that you were late. No nobody was there yet because it was a prize after that We were doing a 15-minute blessing inside st. Patrick's Cathedral Okay, so it was just so happened. He pulled up me and Britt in the truck and I just saw it and I saw her He said yes, so at that point in the truck and I just saw it and I saw her. He said yes. So at that point. Got the chills. I just got the chills.

Honestly, I started crying as usual. Dolores then hollers at me. All right. But then we had a blessing inside the church and then we went to a restaurant where our family and her family were there. It was like a, you know, Dolores. It was like a wedding. It's like a wedding.

Exactly. But it was beautiful and I'm so happy for him and her. Nice nice. Oh my god. And he's she's beautiful and Dolores told me too she's a great girl with a great family. Yes honestly yes everybody was so so nice it really really. And what more could you ask for other than her having like a she treats your son great and he's has a great family I feel like that's very important because you're gonna be intertwined with them. Your son's gonna be... it makes it so much better when they have a great family to go with them. Right? More worse than if you didn't like the daughter-in-law or son-in-law.

Right. You know, listen, Melissa, you'll see with your boys, because the way it works out is usually no one's good enough for your boys. All right? No one's good enough. I know. Everyone thinks. It always starts out with a little bit of tension between no matter who they bring home. Right.

So this one, you know, I've heard Dolores get along fine. Believe me. They like each other. We know about that, right, babe? We know about that, right? Did they have any tension, Dolores and? No. And Nicole? No, absolutely not.

The previous girlfriends who came around. Right. Oh Paulie. Okay, but Loris approved. She loves him. And Paulie was there. You guys are blending nicely. You, Brittany, Paulie and Loris. How's that going? Honestly, it's all good. It's all good. It's one big happy family now.

Did you hear Paulie got a divorce? That's awesome. He told me. He told me. You knew it was going to happen, huh? Yes. Yes, I did. Do you think that the ring's coming for Dolores? What do you think? Honestly, I like deep in your gut, which you're honest.

It's coming totally from my gut, from not talking to anybody. Nobody said a word. I do believe it's coming. I do believe I believe it's coming. You're going to be upset. No, man, I'll be. I want Dolores to be. I do believe. I believe it's coming. You're gonna be upset? No man, I'll be happy. I want the lawyers to be happy. I know.

No, he's getting married. Wait, Frank, tell us, everybody wants to know why you're not, we were supposed to be at your wedding when? Exactly. Like soon. Back in November 9th and then March 29th, we're supposed to do it again. Right. Now what's going on?

Why are we not married yet? It's because we are married, but we're married off the chart. Oh, you are? We're married, yeah. Do I know this? No, now you do. Oh, you're married! Frank, you're married!

You know who married us? Who? David. David. Oh my God. Did you not tell... Joe, you knew this and didn't tell me... No, Joe, yeah, because Joe's a good friend.

I knew. I told him, keep it quiet, keep it quiet. Wait, when did you get married? Back in November. Oh my God. I know it's, because we're still gonna have the wedding. Yes, but we're gonna have it up here now. Okay, good.

I can't put Brittany through it again. Oh my God, Frank Catania's married everybody. Oh, okay, okay, we won't tell anybody. Don't tell anybody, you'll all know that. I won't tell my listeners that Frank Catania's already married. Oh my god, Frank I didn't know that I feel like I need to send a gift to the house I'm gonna send you so many sprinkle cookies

I gotta be honest we wolfed the first batch you sent over. Did you love them? Absolutely. Aren't they so good? Melissa honestly, yes, I didn't expect them to be that good. I expect them just to look pretty. No, they were good. Thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you. They were really good. I think everyone's taken back by like the butter. Like they're great. They're not just like an average sprinkle cookie. But thank you. Well, bro. You did you did. Yeah, which is good. Awesome. So you're married. We think Dolores is I'm not gonna tell anybody. You're married. We're not saying don't

tell anybody guys. Okay, Frank is married, but don't tell nobody. Okay, keep it between us. We're girls. We're people. This is my people. And we think you're thinking Dolores is going to get a ring this year. Tell me if you think it's gonna happen in 2025. I wouldn't be surprised. And honestly, yes, if it's gonna happen, I would think it's gonna happen within 2025? Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised. And honestly, yes, if it's going to happen, I would think it's going to happen within 2025.

Well, that's exciting. Look, you, Frankie and Dolores will all get married in 2025 or no? I know we're having our celebration. I think Frankie is going to be next year. Okay. You have yours planned? I need the new date, Frank. I need the new date. You don't have to say it on this. We don't have yours planned? I need the new date, Frank.

I need the new date. You don't have to say it on this. We don't have it, we don't have a date. But we're doing it up here. We're not doing it destination-wise. Okay, okay, good. We had enough of the weather. Mother nature just didn't change.

Did you pick the date yet or you're still picking it? We have so much going on. I know, so you wanna talk about this house? Are we moving? Are we talking about this? Oh yeah, we're moving. Frank and Tanya, tell the story. Why and when and how come and everything.

Tell my listeners. It's just, I'm getting older and it's cold in New Jersey. I just can't handle it anymore. And we were planning not this March, next March going down to Florida. But I walked out, guys we went to eat over at Paz's here in Franklin Lakes. Walked out that one night, it was freezing cold. Everything hurts and I look at bread and I say that this sucks. This just sucks It's cold here. She was a cell house. I said we just got done building it You know, it's doing built what she wanted and she goes I'm okay with it

so we're gonna split with the way split the shore house and Nice in Florida. So you're gonna live in Florida. What part of Florida Delray? I love Delray So you're gonna live in Florida what part of Florida Delray? I love Delray So you're gonna be a snowbird basically you guys are gonna so first of all you built this house like this year You just finished. Oh my gosh. All right, so that's for sale. It's on the market. Anybody wants to buy Frank? It's Annie's house Frank and Lake's it's a gorgeous house brand new you got Frank a tanning good vibes throughout the house Make sure you guys check that out. You could be Melissa Gorgon, Joe Gorgas' neighbors. Absolutely.

So Frankatani's house is on the market. I'm gonna be so sad to lose you to Del Rey though. That's all right, because we're neighbors. People know down the shore we're neighbors as well. Right. We're on the same street, just different ends. Wait, is that not funny? Frankatani is also our neighbor down at our shore house. He lives on the same street as us ends. Wait, is that not funny? Frank Atania is also our neighbor down at our shore house.

He lives on the same street as us at our shore house too. So either way, we're gonna get you all summer. Is that how that's gonna go? 100%, but I moved there first. Don't let them tell you that I moved next to them. Yeah, you actually, well, I lived here first in Franklin Lakes, you lived in Tom's River first. But let me ask you this,

tell me the months you'll be living in New Jersey in the months you think you'll be living in Florida I'm looking middle of April to probably the beginning of October in New Jersey, right? So that's usually how it goes, right? So you'll go to you'll go to You'll leave New Jersey in October. Yeah, where are you gonna spend Christmas Frank? Depending on the family. It looks like it might be Florida really which I've spent every holiday in Florida except Christmas because I can't get by the palm trees as opposed to the Christmas trees and so let's say you know let's say we we hosted this was the first year when we got in the house we

hosted Christmas for the first time I was nice at least you got to have that's not easy oh you hated it no I didn't hate it. I give you guys credit. I do it every year. I give you guys credit. Thank you. It's rough. It's not easy. For sure. You're like running around like a chicken with your head cut off and you feel like I did it was a Christmas I don't know if I even enjoyed Christmas right? You're absolutely right. It's not easy to host I just want to say because like I do it every year and it's it's whoever hosting's hosting, it's a job. I take it for granted. I really did take it for granted.

Because we'd always go by my dad's, Dolores's, you know, he's host. This year by us, it's like, fuck this, last time we're doing this. Yeah. All right, well, I'm going to let you guys go and make your amazing video for April 12th, guys, where all my Toronto peeps at.

Make sure you come see all three of us. will be in Toronto ticket master you can go on ticket master Frank thank you so much for coming on I this was the best surprise this is what happens when we go on our comedy show, same thing. He makes me stand behind three mics so they can't see me. He's such a ham, he wants all the attention. Exactly. Guys, do you want to say anything to the mal listeners? Do you want to say goodbye?

They love you guys. It's always a pleasure. I love you guys, man. Always a pleasure. And we do, we love the guys. I love doing the comedy shows just because I love interacting with the people who follow us. I know, and you guys are do we love the guys. I love doing the comedy shows just because I love interacting with the people Yeah, I know and you guys are so great with the fans laugh

And you know I get hard at all the time Joe enough move on hurry up hurry up hurry up You know cuz I sit there unless oh I yell at them. They all you do all the time Oh my god, they do the meet-and-greet for hours. They hug they kiss they talk I mean, it's beautiful. You guys are great with everybody really are but I get hungry and I'm like it's time for a drink They talk. I mean, it's beautiful. You guys are great with everybody really are but I get hungry and I'm like it's time for a drink Anyway guys, we love you. Thanks for listening and we'll see you next week. All right, ciao I'm Stassi Schroeder and honestly, you never know who or what you might hear on my podcast Stassi because well I'm a little cray cray. One of the ways you know you have hashtag grown is when you come to the realization that Carrie Bradshaw is kind of the worst person.

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