As The Vig advised emphatically in our recent conversation, “Joey don’t do Zoom. And don’t call me The Vig.”
Ah, one of the pleasures of the pandemic, as if that can really be a thing, was no communication from my nemesis, Joey the Vig.
For those unfamiliar, he’s a sort of private fellow with various and sundry mysterious business enterprises. He’s a swarthy guy, whose demeanor advises, “Don’t interrupt me, or disagree.”
Think Little Steven’s character in “Lillyhammer,” Francesco “Frankie the Fixer” Tagliano a/k/a Giovanni. Like Van Zandt’s character, The Vig (and I wisely for health purposes never call him that to his face) gets things taken care of.