{{Short description|American travel agent and composer}} {{Notability|Bio|date=July 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}} '''Steve Perillo''' (born September 29, 1955)<ref name="FamSearch">{{cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.givenName=Steve&q.surname=Perillo&m.defaultFacets=on&m.queryRequireDefault=on&m.facetNestCollectionInCategory=on&count=20&offset=0|title=Bio search results for Steve Perillo|work=FamilySearch.org|access-date=October 6, 2020}}</ref> is the president and owner of Perillo Tours, representing the third generation of the family business founded in 1945 that became the largest US operator of tours to Italy. Having taken over from his father Mario Perillo who was famously nicknamed "Mr. Italy", Steve is sometimes referred to as "Mr. Italy, Jr."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/northernhighlands/business/ah-italia-saddle-rivers-steve-perillo-perfects-family-tour-business/698455/|title = Ah, Italia! Saddle River's Steve Perillo Perfects Family Tour Business|work=Daily Voice|date = February 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=January 12, 2018|title=When It Comes to Travel, Steve Perillo is a Tour de Force|url=https://njmonthly.com/articles/jersey-travel/perillo-tours-steve-perillo-tour-de-force/|access-date=July 27, 2020|website=New Jersey Monthly}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://familybusinessmagazine.com/family-offices/family-office-management/helm-steve-perillo/ |title=At the Helm: Steve Perillo |work=Family Business Magazine |date=September 2, 2011}}</ref>
Following in his father's footsteps of direct-pitch TV ads for travel, Perillo's well-known commercials were parodied by Adam Sandler on ''Saturday Night Live''.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbwlC2B-BIg |title=Romano Tours – SNL |date=May 5, 2019 |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211209/TbwlC2B-BIg Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20190505120310/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbwlC2B-BIg Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}.</ref> Perillo himself admired the spoof: "I thought it was great... It was flattering."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Tour-Operators/Perillo-Tours-TV-commercials-immortalized-Saturday-Night-Live |title=Perillo Tours' TV commercials immortalized on 'Saturday Night Live' |work=Travel Weekly |date=May 13, 2019 |access-date=October 1, 2024}}</ref>
In addition to running his travel business, Perillo is also a published composer of "colorful, pop-influenced concert music".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Perillo Symphonic Poems |work=Classics Today|url=https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-3370/|access-date=July 27, 2020}}</ref>
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