Woke too early.

It'd be pretty un-PC in the US to shred a Christian icon on American television, even if the casual viewer thinks the dude in the image represents the wrong Christians. When actor Joe Pesci displayed a version of the same photograph pasted back together to the following week's audience, he received the applause of PC approval. He then did a pretty un-PC thing when he said, "I woulda gave her such a smack." He showed the back of his hand, ring on the pinky finger, you know. Sure, it was a joke. A writer probably crafted it to his well-known character type, which is part of the reason it got a laugh, vindicating why it was written. I guess. Three guesses which of the three actions got the biggest cheer.