Angelo DiMascio
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Angelo DiMascio is an actor who appeared in Ghostbusters II (1989) as Restaurant Cop No.2, one of two New York City police officers called to Armand's Restaurant on New Year's Eve after the Ghostbusters charged through the dining room in long underwear and covered in Psychomagnotheric Slime. The two officers proved cooperative, ultimately escorting the Ghostbusters to Gracie Mansion to meet Mayor Lenny before standing by as the Mayor had the team committed to Parkview Psychiatric Hospital.
The sequence evolved substantially across script drafts. In the November 27, 1988 draft, a cop recognizes Peter Venkman from The World of the Psychic and tells him it is one of his two favorite shows, echoing an earlier joke with a museum guard. Peter uses a series of escalating comic threats to pressure the officer into calling the Mayor. In the February 27, 1989 draft, the officers initially try to let the Ghostbusters off with a warning and suggest they call the Mayor in the morning; Peter manipulates them into complying by suggesting the Mayor would question why they failed to alert him sooner. The police raincoat props seen in these draft scenes were cut from the final film. DiMascio's character also appears in the NOW Comics adaptation The Real Ghostbusters Starring in Ghostbusters II, Part 3, where he is depicted as slightly overweight.