She missed seeing her daddy on
Saturday Night Live. I remember
it vividly. How the total shock
and realization of just how out of
my depth and out of my league
I really was when I sat in the
makeup chair at NBC Studios in
Rockefeller Center getting ready
to go on for The Smithereens’
appearance on Saturday Night
Live. I was sitting in the makeup
chair next to the host that eve-
ning - Corbin Bernsen from L.A.
Law. He glanced over at me and
recognized me. I was in shock
because we’d been perennial
outsiders our entire career, you
know. He looked at me and
goes, “You’re Pat DiNizio from
The Smithereens.” I went, “wow.”
He goes, “You know, I really love
your new album, Smithereens 11.
It’s the first CD I played in my
brand new Ferrari.” Liza would
come to these shows and I really
wanted her to understand and
know and even like what her dad
was doing so I’d be rocking. In-
veritably, she would point to this
invisible wrist watch.
Watch a video for “Yesterday Girl” by The Smithereens
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