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Ed and Linda Mangano: The Food Tester Scandal Cold Read
from Bribes and Bruschetta · #19
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
6 minTim introduces Nassau County executive Ed Mangano and his wife Linda's bribery scandal (a no-show food-tester job at a restaurant), then launches into an extended improvised sketch with Ray playing Ed and Linda fleeing the feds amid garlic knots and antipasta.
- 14:48Ed Mangano's wife took bribes as a food tester at a restaurant.
- 15:00Tim installed Pergo wood flooring for $4 a square foot with a guy named Klaus from California.
- 15:11The implicit deal: relax restrictions and Ed's wife gets free Gorgonzola salads at the restaurant.
- 15:58Tim calls the scandal sad and pathetic—a scam about free meals at Macaroni Grill in Westbury.
- 16:27Tim did a fundraiser for Mangano years ago at Palmer's in Farmingdale and joked about the sweetheart deals he gave cops.
- 17:14Tim was making jokes about how everything in Nassau County is a scam, then discovered he was right when Mangano got indicted.
- 17:44Tim performs a bit imagining the Manganos frantically ordering food as the feds close in on the restaurant.
- 18:27Linda reaches for a garlic knot while being physically attacked by federal agents.
- 19:18Long Island can't even execute a scandal correctly—they just got fat eating eggplant rollatini and stuffed mushrooms.
- 19:42Linda Mangano was put on payroll to taste eggplant, making $300,000 a year as an official food tester.