Sebastian Maniscalco Was A "Bell Guy" At Church | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

I know that like me you probably grew up. very Roman Catholic yeah did you do the. whole nine yards were you uh. choir boy you know altar boy did the. funeral homes did you do the funerals no. I was the because they could tell that I. could actually enunciate pretty well. they made me the What's called the. lectern which is the the guy who reads. you know certain passages we didn't have. that yeah well they would you know it's. usually like the priest does it but they. would have someone step in and read a.

couple of passages and they were like. this guy can enunciate and he knows yeah. literally they're like this kid. enunciates and then and in Boston nobody. enunciates. you know everyone else just sounded like. they had a bunch of clam shells in their. mouth and then I and the corner I was. saying and on the third day he rose. in fulfillment to the scripture he's. seated at the right hand of the father. he'll come again in glory to judge of. the living and the dead.

they're like we got to use this guy you. know so but they had me doing that but I. envied the you know. like you get to ring the bells I didn't. get to ring the bells that was a bell. guy. yeah it's like I'm getting guys for a. bank job do we have a bell guy I'm a. bell guy. I held the water you ever held the water. for the. foreign.

[Laughter]. that was at Saint Ignatius St Lawrence. I worked a couple of churches. this is the 70s I'm an older guy than. you but the 70s was really the time to. be in a Catholic church I'll tell you.

something uh but no I were just I. remember we had a we had a priest that. used to. um. all of our priests you know were pretty. much they were either Italian or Irish. but we had one guy. his his thing was to he had always had. change in his pocket and as he was and. he was real like a club comic and he. would Jingle the change in his pocket. and walk around and you know and and.

give the homily and it was always in. like a very folksy and kind of working. jokes in and stuff and then he'd always. end the app and and the uh mass by. saying uh they're supposed to just say. um you know you know uh so go in peace. to love and serve the Lord you know. that's what they're supposed to do at. the end of the mass and be like go in. peace to love and serve the Lord have a. nice day have a nice week see you around. [Laughter].

what's Jesus think about this ending. different did you do confession did you. go to confession that was frozen. confession I didn't know what to say I. would make up oh really yeah I. would say I murdered a man I mean I. would say anything but I never I don't I. didn't confess anything real I I would I. would I mean nothing. I mean there's nothing going on back. then where he's like I didn't walk in. when I was 13 and say yeah yeah. get admitted adultery I mean there's. none of that.

you gotta see this Broad. yeah no I did I did all that I did uh. did the confession I went every Sunday. um you know did the um gave the money. Chris my my uh being Italian who you. just give the money and we never put it. in the the envelope that you're supposed. to put in they give you like an envelope. you put it in you know and then you put.

your name so you gave you just peel it. off just a just a crisp 20 right into. the uh nice. that made me think of like some wise ass. kid there was the CR the. it was Christmas time and they had this. beautiful crash you know the the little. main the manger and there was a you know. everyone's gathered around you know Mary. and. um you know everyone's there they've all. they're the Shepherds the wise men and.

the Sheep the donkey and they're all. looking over in great reverence and. someone some wise ass had taken the baby. Jesus out and put a twenty dollar bill. down. and I remember really thinking that was. funny and my mom swatting me. saying no that's not funny but uh I. don't think they ever found that Jesus.