Carmine Abbatiello tv commercial

[800tixx]

The Big M

[MagnusBane1]

Haha thats my grandpa XD

[spikeri812]

@MagnusBane1 GO G-PA !!!!  your grandpa was like superman !!!

[spikeri812]

no he's retired and living in Fla.......gone fishin!!

[MagnusBane1]

@spikeri812 He only goes there for the winter, he hates cold weather.

[AgaMbadi]

Heehee, my old man used to bet on Carmine every Friday night. He'd be screaming at the t.v. set, "come on Carmine you sonofabitch, give it to him now!!" My dad is a guinea who loves the ponies.

[kiefer999]

That is so awesome!!!! LOVE IT!!!

[ralongx]

Great Commercial. This is when harness racing was king and the casino business was just getting ready to kill the sport. Boy the sport could use more personality like Carmine. Anyways, thanks for this post.

[ramon3964]

I remember cursing him out at Yonkers Raceway when he decided to stiff the horses I bet on more than one occasion.

[tpt1111]

That was The Meadowlands, and he did race there more than occasionally.

[funshipM174]

I'd swear that was the BIG M, even though I know Carmine was for most part on the NY circuit.

[esrohtv]

hopefully you don't still taste it

[bwalsh08]

No I dont

[bwalsh08]

i remember this commercial it used to run during Met games in the 70's. I unfortunately remember the beer too .

[janetdv]

come on Carmine you never drank !

[miamisuzanne]

wow.....really cool!

[Wallyhorse]

That just shows you how much bigger Harness Racing was 25-30 years ago when that commercial was filmed.

[esrohtv]

it's coming back with reality TV

[maineman527]

Is he still racing?

[esrohtv]

no longer racing

[soccer198525]

his son eric is racing at yonkers..

[KirsiB]

Thanks! That was too funny!