- Was discovered by Friz Freleng while doing a stand up comedy routine using the Looney Tunes character voices at a comedy club.
- His role as Uncle Beano, the food-obsessed relative who knew about Evie's secret as half-alien with superpowers on Out of This World (1987) was his longest-running live-action role.
- Had left his announcing role on Couch Potatoes (1989), before the finale, because Alaskey was getting big offers as director David Greenfield aired on NBC in New York.
- At one time, before he got into acting, Joe was seriously thinking about going into the priesthood.
- Was of Italian descent on his mother's side of the family, and was a devout Roman Catholic.
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