Pat Cooper on the Tom Snyder "Tomorrow - Coast To Coast" Show March 6, 1981

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  • Pat Cooper's controversial appearance on the Tom Snyder - "Tomorrow - Coast To Coast" Show March 6, 1981. "How Dare They...."
    Many people thought his comments on the show would ruin his career. They just made him more in demand as a performer, showed that he had dignity and would not let it be compromised and added additional success to his already successful career in show business, elevating him to the level of such titles as, Legendary Comic Icon, Comedic Genius, and to quote Jerry Lewis, (from the foreword of Pat's Bio, "How Dare You Say How Dare Me"), "A True Master of Comedy".

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  • @skivvy3565
    @skivvy3565 3 місяці тому +3

    always loved all of tom snyder's shows including radio. I can't believe i missed this one. i'm here from Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast where Pat Cooper was the guest.
    What a fantastic combo of talent and humor. I can't believe i'm blessed enough to see these so many years later

  • @dnk127
    @dnk127 6 років тому +45

    Thank you Pat Cooper for having the balls to say what nobody else ever would!

  • @dnk127
    @dnk127 4 роки тому +34

    This man is very bold, classy, and humble . You'll never ever see another Pat Cooper in this day and age. He never forgot who he was. I love you Pat!

  • @mariogiresi6792
    @mariogiresi6792 Рік тому +11

    I still can’t believe he’s gone. Tears filled my eyes when I read the news. He gave my family hours, and years, worth of laughter. Thank you Pasquale ❤️

    • @mikeh6286
      @mikeh6286 Рік тому +2

      He was blessed with long life. Rip. He could make Patrice laugh like few could.

    • @JohnnySalMusic1
      @JohnnySalMusic1 6 місяців тому +2

      Pat was RIGHT!....He had a Right to earn & make a living Too!

  • @fellovargas4230
    @fellovargas4230 3 роки тому +37

    Can we just agree the tommrow show was awesome cause it was actual interviews with push back. We lost a national treasure when tom snyder passed away

    • @siggylloyd3566
      @siggylloyd3566 2 роки тому +4

      Agreed, but this particular late format of Tomorrow, as "Coast to Coast," was an abysmal shadow of what the 70s show was. From my perspective, NBC structured this version of the show as a hit job on Tom Snyder by demanding that he work a format he was famous for publicly disdaining: the studio audience. Why else would they specifically alter the show to a format that the host continually identified as not being one of his broadcasting strengths? It was a completely unnecessary additive to the show, dreamed up by big-brained, 200 IQ NBC executives...bunch of talentless gits operating under the guise of "innovating" upon the show. Maybe Cooper's enthusiam got to me a bit here :-)

    • @dougadamwired2
      @dougadamwired2 Рік тому +1

      Yes, Mr Snyder was a "One of A Kind" also. His brutally honest & direct style of interviews is Needed AGAIN, desperately, on late night Television. He was REAL. Larry King Live was a similar PRO also. This "format" & honesty & Integrity & REAL character......will once again be seen by the American Public on Television.....soon. Mark my words.

  • @prutner
    @prutner 11 років тому +24

    This is the single greatest clip of all time. I have been searching for this for the last 30+ years. Thank you, Steve Garrin. Bless you.

    • @leonardohummel8658
      @leonardohummel8658 5 років тому +3

      It's a CLASSIC moment of "get down and spill it all out." Pat didn't hold back on what he really saw and felt.

  • @jackievegas6987
    @jackievegas6987 2 роки тому +8

    I’ve watched this many times and it always pumps me up. Pat Cooper one of the greatest stand ups of all time and a real genuine self made man and unique talent and personality. He blew the roof off the Tomorrow show that night and never missed a beat!

  • @lighthouse44
    @lighthouse44 3 роки тому +13

    This is such a great interview. Tom Snyder did a great job, he was engaging and wasn't afraid to ask uncomfortable questions. And Pat Cooper was his usual fearless uncompromising self. Great stuff.

  • @megasoid
    @megasoid Рік тому +5

    Wow, this guy is on point. You would NEVER see this kind of discourse on any talk show today. R.I.P.

  • @mariealicata4849
    @mariealicata4849 Рік тому +3

    Had the pleasure of meeting him. A true gentleman. RIP 🙏

  • @paulruoso2746
    @paulruoso2746 11 років тому +62

    Tom Snyder is concerned Pat is getting too upset for his health. 2013, Tom's dead 20 years and Pat is still "upset".

    • @TickTackSack
      @TickTackSack 6 років тому +2

      Paul Ruoso well just don't call it energy, Pat don't like that. He has a good point here witch if you translate it to today they would shut their mouth. And that's that.

    • @katiezee2
      @katiezee2 5 років тому +3

      not to be picky but Tom died in 2007, 12 yrs ago from 2019

    • @mikejmarvin
      @mikejmarvin 4 роки тому +4

      2020 and Pat is still going

    • @whoreshoe
      @whoreshoe 4 роки тому +2

      Being hateful will keep your alive. Hate keeps that old heart beating.

    • @etch1420
      @etch1420 3 роки тому +1

      2021 he’s still here

  • @jrreogreugerugregreger7486
    @jrreogreugerugregreger7486 7 років тому +44

    This is the moment Pat himself credits as his turning point.

    • @luc0007
      @luc0007 6 років тому +4

      jrreogreugerugregreger he's a legend

    • @dragline.
      @dragline. 3 роки тому +7

      I think Patrice asked the question. So good.

  • @joanfulco175
    @joanfulco175 9 років тому +10

    Loved, loved, loved it. Cried my eyes out, I am now 80 years and you brought back my life in Bensonhurst. Did you forget the small bar of chocolate called " hooten" Met my husband at the Oriental I was 15 he was 19 married 60 years! Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Joan

    • @BoqPrecision
      @BoqPrecision 5 років тому +1

      He'd be in jail today ma'am...

  • @johnsradios484
    @johnsradios484 Рік тому +6

    Holy cow ! Naming names and kicking 🎉

  • @Luke8-17
    @Luke8-17 2 роки тому +4

    The pride of Court street Brooklyn! We love you Pat!!!!

  • @guydavidknollcomedy
    @guydavidknollcomedy Рік тому +5

    This is the ballsiest shit I’ve ever seen

  • @thevirtualchurchofthedisil9246
    @thevirtualchurchofthedisil9246 8 років тому +18

    There will never be another Tom Snyder. I miss him

  • @timm_3r
    @timm_3r 4 роки тому +17

    Can't imagine why he isn't more famous. He's got bawls the size of planets.

    • @Valkonnen
      @Valkonnen 2 роки тому +2

      Because he's overbearing and impossible to work with. He doesn't respect rules, and did something very out of line on "Analyze This". In a scene with Deniro, he saw that the Bartender had no lines, and knew that with a line, he could enter the union. He tells the kid to ask, Deniro, "Do you want a drink?' . You can't "Direct" a film that you are working on. He's on a top film, with a top name, and doing a great job, yet he manages to sabotage the whole thing. He has done this same bullshit with Sinatra, Jackie Mason, Dean Martin, and all of the other top names. He should maybe consider that if the identical thing happens over and over, maybe it's not "Them", Pat.

    • @Louie_The_Dago
      @Louie_The_Dago Рік тому +1

      @@Valkonnen Who cares. He had a bartender say a line. No, Pat was right. These people are elitist egomaniacal freaks. They take everything for granted. And they suck. The income disparity has only worsened since this Tom Snyder episode. All those names you mentioned have more money than they could ever spend, and they give about 10% in everything they do, like they're being bothered to work.

    • @Valkonnen
      @Valkonnen Рік тому

      @@Louie_The_Dago What are you talking about? The guy was an ACTOR , PLAYING a bartender in a major motion picture by a DIRECTOR. To want to overstep the lines of a film is THE most ridiculous idea anyone could have. Are you really that stupid? So who are the " elitist egomaniacal freaks"? The Director, who doesn't want some imbecile directing his film? You have got to be kidding!

    • @Louie_The_Dago
      @Louie_The_Dago Рік тому

      @@Valkonnen Omg! How dare he put planet earth in danger!
      Wow, you are a bootlicker. Now defend Harvey Weinstein because those women were stepping out of line and interfering with other film projects

    • @Valkonnen
      @Valkonnen Рік тому

      @@Louie_The_Dago Look, you're obviously a dumb person who doesn't get that you don't add q fucking line in a film and go over the DIRECTORS head! What the hell do YOU think a Director does with millions on the line every single day. People like you are so painfully stupid and defensive that you can't figure out that all authority isn't wrong. Go in to your boss tomorrow and throw some motor oil on this shirt! Who is he, right? I refuse to believe that a person can be as thick headed as you are pretending to be. I've worked in films for over three decades, but even laymen know, the Director's the boss. period. It's not some weird concept that underhandedly adding a line to a major motion picture might be a stupid fucking thing to do. And not throwing someone right off the set, with such money riding on a film like this, took restraint.

  • @bronxkid57
    @bronxkid57 6 років тому +9

    Me and my dad met him at the Las Vegas airport on a flight to NY. This man was gracious and funny as hell. Luv ya pat

  • @turnupthesun81
    @turnupthesun81 Рік тому +7

    Pat Cooper, the original bridge burner.

  • @poppycock31185
    @poppycock31185 3 роки тому +11

    Pat Cooper still going at 91 years of age. I guess the doctors who told John Lydon(Johnny Rotten) that anger is an energy and can be used positively were on to something.
    One of my favourite guests on the Howard Stern Show and definitely responsible for some of the most memorable moments. "I am a genius of myself, not of you"
    Dig-ni-ty

  • @brianm.6271
    @brianm.6271 Місяць тому

    Two sorely missed legends: Tom Snyder and Pat Cooper. ❤

  • @piesusan17
    @piesusan17 3 роки тому +5

    Pat Cooper is 91 years old in 2021.

  • @dreamisnotsus8996
    @dreamisnotsus8996 2 роки тому +9

    As Patrice Oneal said, you have to root for anyone who stands up against the beast system

  • @loucontino4804
    @loucontino4804 Рік тому +2

    Pasquali Caputo! I saw him as a kid in the Catskill Mountains at one of the Villas and he cracked up my father so much that even though I didn't get Pat's jokes, my dad loved him, so I did too!

  • @KurtI2525
    @KurtI2525 Рік тому +8

    Most people this agitated die of heart attacks. Pat’s anger was like a nuclear reactor that fueled him and kept him alive until 93.

  • @jorgealmeyda5222
    @jorgealmeyda5222 Рік тому +3

    Damn! Just found out that Mr. Cooper died four days ago, after having watched this video a few seconds ago. Guess it showed up in my recommended videos because he passed away.

  • @SQ1PUBCLIPS
    @SQ1PUBCLIPS 10 років тому +21

    You want to hear one of the bravest and most articulate things ever said about "showbiz"? Take a look here at the great Pat Cooper, back in '81 with Tom Snyder (it starts here at the height of Pat's discussion that night - remarkable man)...

    • @franklamagna3889
      @franklamagna3889 6 років тому +3

      SQ1PUBCLIPS He served in WWII, and that is rarely mentioned in his interviews.

    • @darklord220
      @darklord220 4 роки тому

      @@franklamagna3889 yeah, a ww2 veteran ain't gonna take shit.

    • @siggylloyd3566
      @siggylloyd3566 2 роки тому

      @@darklord220 damn straight. Aint gonna take shit from the kids he disowned, either! What a real humanitarian

    • @jasonbeard4713
      @jasonbeard4713 Рік тому

      ​@@franklamagna3889He was discharged for causing disturbances. In other words, the service didn't want him.

  • @deleteduser121
    @deleteduser121 2 роки тому +6

    Pat was 100 percent right!

  • @mikekisonu6825
    @mikekisonu6825 Рік тому +5

    Gotta LOVE Pat Cooper.
    This ANGRY S.O.B. is STILL livin’, while many of his contemporaries are six feet under (including the interviewer! 😳)
    So, the next time some jamoke tells ya’ to “take it easy” when ya blowin off some steam, just tell ‘em, “Pat Cooper says fuck you!” 🧐
    Nuff said. 😎

  • @KingBowserVlog
    @KingBowserVlog 4 роки тому +6

    Damn, in a few short days Pat Cooper has won my full respect. Dude is one of a kind

  • @piesusan17
    @piesusan17 Рік тому +2

    Rest in peace Pat Cooper, June 6, 2023. It is a shame you walked away from your mother, two children and grandchildren.

  • @barneyrebel0123
    @barneyrebel0123 6 років тому +8

    "I am the genius, of myself." -Pat Cooper

  • @1930D
    @1930D 4 роки тому +5

    And Pat took that 2nd hand smoke like a champ

  • @fscap811
    @fscap811 10 років тому +12

    To the poster who wrote "RIP Pat Cooper"....As of 5/19/14 Pat Cooper is alive and presumably well and still active in show business.

    • @salrinella1536
      @salrinella1536 7 років тому +1

      He is alive I had dinner with him tonight.....

    • @fscap811
      @fscap811 4 роки тому

      @@NoOne-kr4jc Copied from Wikipedia Pat Cooper page "Years active 1953-present"

    • @robertk617
      @robertk617 Рік тому +1

      until 2 days ago ☹

  • @brainhakker7133
    @brainhakker7133 2 роки тому +5

    Pat Cooper is an Absolute Legend and the man had The Brass Stones to tell Howard Stern how much of a SELL-OUT that Howard had become !

  • @johndalton3180
    @johndalton3180 4 роки тому +6

    "... I wanna see Lola Falana's kinescope! She ain't got one!"

  • @DS8379
    @DS8379 3 роки тому +1

    Love Pat! My first intro to him was on Bob Costas in 1992- Amazing show! Thanks for this upload!

  • @unclenick5349
    @unclenick5349 8 років тому +12

    Man of principal, bite his nose to spite his face. Love you Pat. Fuckem all. Just listened to him on Gilbert G podcast, must listen if your a fan.

  • @wiganscasinosucks628
    @wiganscasinosucks628 Рік тому +2

    I watch this show when it originally aired I fell in love with Pat Cooper. Right or wrong a speaking his truth

  • @deanonewton8704
    @deanonewton8704 7 місяців тому +2

    You can’t get much more real than this.

  • @Monkofmagnesia
    @Monkofmagnesia 11 років тому +10

    I loved his stand-up comedy, but, wow! He's even better as himself!

  • @nightowl5475
    @nightowl5475 Рік тому +3

    This man blames everyone for his problems, accept Pat Cooper! He’s delusional! I don’t blame these headliners for not wanting Cooper on the bill as the opening comic. He’s talked bad about everyone he’s ever worked with! He has a very thin skin and gets insulted very easily. But he causes 99% of his problems. These entertainers and booking agents don’t want nothing to do with this nut. They don’t need all his aggravation. He’s an opening act that should be lucky to have a job like that. Tony Bennett, Sinatra, Dean Martin, Wayne Newton, Tom Jones, none of these people want him as a warm-up act. I love how he keeps mentioning, his dignity! What about everybody else’s dignity! His own family don’t want nothing to do with him. The man is toxic. And all this negativity he keeps sprouting off, is a turn-off and quite frankly, shows him to be a bitter, old, washed-up has-been! It’s over Pat!

  • @1980bwc
    @1980bwc 4 роки тому +4

    Don't mess with my DIG-NA-TEE!

  • @TheaterPup
    @TheaterPup 8 років тому +6

    "It's the Italian in me!"
    Right on! :D

  • @bluenickels
    @bluenickels 11 років тому +7

    Wow!!! Pat Cooper for the win!!

  • @ludosanderz
    @ludosanderz 7 років тому +6

    This is legendary

  • @BRUSUZLIS1
    @BRUSUZLIS1 Рік тому +2

    Pat Cooper RIP

  • @lighthouse44
    @lighthouse44 4 роки тому +8

    Watch this video and do a shot whenever you hear the phrase "not bringing in the business" or "they wanna dictate policy".

  • @GarrinTeedVideo
    @GarrinTeedVideo 11 років тому +3

    Pat Thanks you!

  • @marcgiancola1222
    @marcgiancola1222 6 років тому +5

    Pat tells the truth. People don't want the truth!

  • @ScubaShneve
    @ScubaShneve 12 років тому +3

    Pat Cooper's pic at 1:35 looks like Leno with glasses.

  • @GarrinTeedVideo
    @GarrinTeedVideo 11 років тому

    Paul
    Pat is happy to share his great moments with his loyal fans.
    Thanks!
    Steve

  • @coalhair99
    @coalhair99 4 роки тому +4

    always loved Pat, my respect meter just went through the roof on this!! i never knew about this. The just don't make 'em like this anymore.

  • @jeremymatthews4725
    @jeremymatthews4725 7 років тому +4

    i love pat

  • @nojayork7707
    @nojayork7707 6 років тому +2

    Your not fuckin with my DiGniTy!!! PASQUALE RULES!

  • @jimmyl324
    @jimmyl324 2 роки тому +1

    Excellent interview. Classic.

  • @kennyrodriguez6802
    @kennyrodriguez6802 2 місяці тому +1

    Pat is a genius..and a funny man.. he knows what he's doing .

  • @frickadele
    @frickadele 11 років тому +2

    I don't remember who said it,
    but it was someone who was a celebrity and they said...
    there are A lot of talented people out there who aren't celebrities
    but being at the right place at the right time got them their break.
    Pat went off the deep end when he dissed Reddy.

  • @scotts9300
    @scotts9300 5 місяців тому +1

    This Pat Cooper rant inspired Eddie Murphy's "I'm Gumby, Dammit!" character.

  • @rodderick1983
    @rodderick1983 10 років тому +4

    Opie and Pat show with Jimmy or Pat joins Anthony in Live from the Compound. Comedy gold.

  • @WalkingRoscoe
    @WalkingRoscoe 2 роки тому +1

    Pat is a CLASSIC. The same, honest man. Simple.

  • @rodneykingston6420
    @rodneykingston6420 Рік тому +4

    The following week, SNL did a skit simply titled "Bitter People" in which Joe Piscopo imitated Pat Cooper being interviewed by Mary Gross, and much of his dialog was simply taken verbatim from this appearance. Frankly, I think it's pretty easy to see just from this why Pat Cooper is so widely disliked in show business. His wikipedia page says he is estranged from all his bio and adopted children and grandchildren. Gee, Tony Orland, Tony Bennett, Steve and Edie, why do you think these people didn't want to tell him to his face why they didn't want him in their Vegas shows? Does he SEEM like a guy who would take it gracefully and leave quietly? And as a comedian, he genuinely wasn't ever that funny.

  • @1BEAVIS13
    @1BEAVIS13 7 років тому +4

    I was trying to remember who Eddie Murphy based Gumby on.

  • @SuperOlds88
    @SuperOlds88 2 роки тому +2

    Pat should have been on Sopranos.

  • @dougadamwired2
    @dougadamwired2 Рік тому

    An INSTITUTION that's pretty much Gonzo from the Entertainment World. Thank you for posting this interview

  • @ilovethetampabaylightning92
    @ilovethetampabaylightning92 9 років тому +3

    Tom Snyder's eyebrows are coming alive!

  • @jamesbingham1007
    @jamesbingham1007 5 років тому +3

    I'm gonna open up for Lola Folana, Tony Bennet, Tom Jones. And I'm some Harry Nobody? You start to fade, you gonna need David Brenner or Flip Wilson to bring in da crowds. You think I'm gonna tank, let's split the door. I'll take a cut a da' door.

  • @guglielmo64
    @guglielmo64 9 років тому +2

    Saw him December 1990; he blew me and my friends away!

  • @PollosHermanos1
    @PollosHermanos1 11 років тому +3

    Mr. Cooper is on point

  • @davemattia
    @davemattia Місяць тому

    Pat was 100% right. There are no big stars in Vegas except for what I call "destination stars" like Elton John. As far as Dionne Warwick goes, her own niece, Whitney Houston, said "Dionne is for Dionne." Whitney would turn over in her grave if she knew that Aunt Dionne took center stage at her funeral.

  • @claytonnow5734
    @claytonnow5734 11 років тому +3

    My dignity....

  • @robertszvetics210
    @robertszvetics210 4 роки тому +5

    pat cooper broke my ribs

  • @chicosinquerer4572
    @chicosinquerer4572 9 років тому +2

    Pat bravo dignity it transcends cruelty and shames ego. Modest and brave forever maiestro!

  • @jamesniagra3760
    @jamesniagra3760 Рік тому

    That was awesome…so true today Pat

  • @BMWLDRider
    @BMWLDRider 11 років тому +3

    Brooklyn attitude....my kinda guy!!

  • @kylewinters7124
    @kylewinters7124 10 місяців тому

    Crazy how Pat Cooper and Toni Bennet died almost a month apart in 2023 and were born within three years of each other (Pat 1929 ,Toni 1926)

  • @fosbury68
    @fosbury68 Рік тому +1

    It's comical hearing Pat Cooper criticize other acts for being on an "ego trip". TOTKO.

  • @LenHummelChannel
    @LenHummelChannel 11 років тому +6

    hardcore EGOTISTS are always 99 kinds of hell to have to work with. ask anyone who'd done done it.

  • @FinneySP
    @FinneySP 3 роки тому +1

    What a man

  • @11UncleBooker22
    @11UncleBooker22 Рік тому +1

    Pat turned 52 the year this aired, as of Oct 16, 2022, he's still kicking. As for his relationships with his biological kids, adopted kids, etc only Pat knows the truth.

  • @jockoadams3377
    @jockoadams3377 6 років тому +3

    He is a genius of himself.

  • @polar1428
    @polar1428 6 років тому +5

    Pat Cooper is the real deal motherfucking holyfield

  • @gettheleadoutasshole
    @gettheleadoutasshole 12 років тому +4

    this is where De Niro got his inspiration from

    • @luc0007
      @luc0007 6 років тому

      gettheleadoutasshole pat Cooper preformed at Gottis daughter's wedding he hung out with real gangsters

  • @mdc2077
    @mdc2077 6 років тому +2

    Truth!! Tell me Pat!!

  • @jorgemontefusco650
    @jorgemontefusco650 Рік тому +4

    Very, very funny man. R.I P., Pat Cooper.

  • @samrothstein2
    @samrothstein2 11 років тому +5

    Wow,and Snyder is actually smoking on nat'l TV and blowing it in his face..Pat is throwing big names under the bus 32 yrs ago,unbelievable.

  • @dachagsgo8176
    @dachagsgo8176 Рік тому

    Now i see why Patrice loved this man. RIP Patrice O’Neal

  • @franklamagna3889
    @franklamagna3889 6 років тому +1

    Pat served in WWII, and that is rarely mentioned in his interviews. Thank you, Pat!

    • @jcarlovitch
      @jcarlovitch 6 років тому +2

      As what, a drummer boy. He was 12 years old when the US entered WWII.

    • @robd2721
      @robd2721 5 років тому +3

      Yeah! And, plus, Pat had only 4-5 months, total service with the Army, and he never left the States. He details it all in his book, "How Dare You Say How Dare Me!"

  • @ilovethetampabaylightning92
    @ilovethetampabaylightning92 9 років тому +4

    @10:47 Snyder just blows the smoke in his face....lol.

  • @chriswright8464
    @chriswright8464 3 роки тому +1

    Pat is Great, loved Pat on Stern.

  • @kirkbridetower5199
    @kirkbridetower5199 8 місяців тому +1

    "WHO TOL'YOU DAT!!?" MY DIG-NA-TEE!!!

  • @bakerbrown6
    @bakerbrown6 9 років тому +3

    To quote Franky: "I did it my way"... Pat plays by Pat's rules and ftw!!

  • @barrylang8607
    @barrylang8607 7 років тому +1

    People fade their fame fades and a new generation of comics and entertainers come in. It happens in every generation. People like pat watch old VHS reruns when He was on top. He relives the moments while the rest of the world moves on...That's how fame works. You have to move on too

  • @denisemarie8421
    @denisemarie8421 4 роки тому +1

    you tell em pat !!!!! i love it.

  • @kevinogracia1615
    @kevinogracia1615 Рік тому

    Fun historical comedic history.
    Peace on earth.

  • @Sophie_kent
    @Sophie_kent 6 років тому +1

    Can you find the interview with Jerry Lewis and Tom Snyder.

  • @jasonknick6627
    @jasonknick6627 5 місяців тому

    Legend.

  • @ToyTiger
    @ToyTiger 12 років тому +1

    Wow, Pat Cooper encounters egotists in show business and is flabbergasted? I remember this appearance. At the time, most people thought he was nuts. Shortly after this appearance they did a skit on SNL called "Bitter People" Mary Gross played the host of a TV show called Bitter People and Joe Piscopo played her guest, Pat Cooper, simply repeating most of what the real PC said here.

  • @XxTheGoOfYxX
    @XxTheGoOfYxX Місяць тому

    "What happens? I dont get the job. I get canceled" pat