

"Bridget Fonda was there at the time and so was Adam Sandler. "The sad part for me was that I didn't realize where I was and that I was surrounded by the talent that the world sees every time they pop in a DVD. "The days I spent with Lee Strasberg in New York City were truly magical," he says. Mike's head and threatened to kill him.Īt about the same time, Agnello dabbled in acting, appearing on the soap operas "Guiding Light," "Ryan's Hope" and "One Life to Live." He also finished college, earning a bachelor's degree in English in 1992. In 1986, the two appeared on "Regis and Kathie Lee Live." Not long after, they were mugged by a thief who held a knife to Mr. In addition to performing solo, he sometimes appeared with Mr. "I believe the message came from God and if not, from one of his messengers," he says.īorn in Flushing, N.Y., Agnello was a student at Western Connecticut State University when he became a stripper. He has no doubt the dream was divinely inspired. "It also embraces our most valiant qualities and makes you realize how close we all are to God." "It was an exploration into the dark side of human nature," he says.
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"This nightmare scenario explores some vital issues, like what could we be coerced into doing to save our own skin and what would we be willing to do to have all our dreams come true? "He's forced to coach the devil's next victim, an 11-year-old boy with similar dreams and aspirations," Agnello says. Now there is a new condition to Satan's contract. "Mysteriously, he never makes it there instead, he finds himself all alone, in a living hell." "He fails miserably and finds that he has a one-way ticket back to the minor leagues," Agnello says. So he naively decided to break Satan's rules and found out the hard way that the devil doesn't aid rebels. "Satan eagerly granted his wish under specified conditions, and he soon realized that the price he was going to have to pay had taken away all the fun of achieving the goal in the first place. "He desperately and delusively asked for Satan's help.

"The dream was about this heartbroken minor league ballplayer who believed that God had forsaken him in his quest to play in the major leagues of baseball," Agnello says. He told Agnello it was his job to write the story down.
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The book came to him in a dream: A white-haired man showed Agnello a movie of the events in the book. Today, Agnello is a novelist with a debut book titled "The Devil's Glove." He'll be in Savannah and Rincon on March 29 to sign copies. He's walked a salacious path and he's walked the straight and narrow. L ouis Anthony Agnello Jr.'s life story would make an amazing book.Īt one time, he was known as the "Stripper King of New York" and also as the "King of Bling." He studied acting with Lee Strasberg.īut he has been arrested.
