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A face you won’t forget
Andy Sipowicz
Played by Will Sasso
Parodies of Andy Sipowicz, the gruff veteran New York detective played by Dennis Franz on NYPD Blue, a man whose partners and family kept leaving or dying across the drama's run. In MADtv's 2001 spoof, Will Sasso plays him warning his new…
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Parodies of Andy Sipowicz, the gruff veteran New York detective played by Dennis Franz on NYPD Blue, a man whose partners and family kept leaving or dying across the drama's run. In MADtv's 2001 spoof, Will Sasso plays him warning his new partner that he is cursed.
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