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I mean this is the show that straight-up put a ghost in an episode so
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Jun 30, 2016 13:12
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Escobarbarian posted:I mean this is the show that straight-up put a ghost in an episode so Also told us what hell is - an Irish Bar
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Jun 30, 2016 15:31
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bobkatt013 posted:Also told us what hell is - an Irish Bar That was one of my biggest laughs of the series.
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Jun 30, 2016 17:08
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Ralph, at the hospital after Mustang Sally beat the crap out of Vito's brother... "Well, it's not like he was that smart to begin with." Just started season 4 on the latest rewatch...my GF (who grew up in Dover and never saw the show somehow) keeps getting deja vu because all of these characters remind her of people she grew up around. She was drat near on the floor laughing when "Pine Barrens" came on...
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Jun 30, 2016 19:34
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Eifert Posting posted:That was one of my biggest laughs of the series. I am a big fan of the Carmela's response to discovering that Janice is not getting married - That was not a marriage made in heaven
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Jun 30, 2016 20:00
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Stairs sign and swimming are tied for #1 with no other challengers.
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Jun 30, 2016 21:03
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bigtom posted:Ralph, at the hospital after Mustang Sally beat the crap out of Vito's brother... Does she known any connected guys in Dover? Or why they named the city that?
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Jun 30, 2016 21:46
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Bonzo posted:Does she known any connected guys in Dover? Or why they named the city that? Doubtful. I grew up in Wilmington and Newark (DE) and my grandma lived in Dover. I seriously doubt a high level of mob influence ever made it's way into loving Dover (or Wilmington either for that matter). Philly is a different story of course but the only thing happening in Dover, DE is the racetrack, the navy yard and the bragging rights that come with being the capital of the second smallest state in the nation. Which is to say not much.
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Jun 30, 2016 23:07
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Bonzo posted:Does she known any connected guys in Dover? Or why they named the city that? The cliffs, I'm assuming.
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Jun 30, 2016 23:45
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kippa posted:The cliffs, I'm assuming. That's right, that's right, very good.
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bigtom posted:Just started season 4 on the latest rewatch...my GF (who grew up in Dover and never saw the show somehow) keeps getting deja vu because all of these characters remind her of people she grew up around. She was drat near on the floor laughing when "Pine Barrens" came on... I'm in North Jersey and these type of guys are all over the place. Either real mob guys or wannabes. My dad sold his business property to a garbage company. We told them there were fuel tanks that leaked in the ground and needed to be cleared. The guy paved right over the lot and said he "worked it out" with the city. Good enough for me.
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Jul 2, 2016 21:30
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I just now noticed that they switched actors for Dr. Fried in season 5. Barb too.
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Jul 5, 2016 04:50
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Bonzo posted:I just now noticed that they switched actors for Dr. Fried in season 5. Barb too. I always enjoyed that the guy who played Vito had 3 different small roles before the character was introduced. First one was the random customer that Chris sends away from that bakery, the second is as a worker in Richie's crew, and then finally as Vito.
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Jul 5, 2016 11:47
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Bonzo posted:I just now noticed that they switched actors for Dr. Fried in season 5. Barb too. I think that has to do with the fact that the fourth season was supposed to be the last up until it started production and they decided to extend the series. That meant that certain peripheral actors only had contracts for the first four years of the show, necessitating recasting if they couldn't agree to new deals. It's a shame, too. I thought the actor that replaced Dr. Fried was pretty bad and completely changed the character. Boywhiz88 posted:I always enjoyed that the guy who played Vito had 3 different small roles before the character was introduced. First one was the random customer that Chris sends away from that bakery, the second is as a worker in Richie's crew, and then finally as Vito. Actually, he is Vito in the scene you're referring to where he shows up to Beansie's house to install the ramp. He has his brother Brian (the one that Mustang Sally beats with a golf club) with him and Silvio refers to him as Vito. You're right about the first appearance in the bakery being a completely different character. David Chase has told the story of Dan Grimaldi, the guy who played Philly and Patsy Parisi. Originally he was only supposed to be around for the one episode where Philly gets whacked. But Chase liked Grimaldi so much, especially his mannerisms, that he wrote the identical twin Patsy character specifically for him. Terrence Winter even says, "Most soap operas can only pull off the twin thing once. We somehow did it twice" referring to Jeannie Cusamano's twin sister. Pope Corky the IX fucked around with this message at 14:31 on Jul 5, 2016 |
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Jul 5, 2016 14:28
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I don't remember the episode name but the one in Season 3 where Jackie Jr. and gang hold up the card game. At the beginning of the episode Aid is watching Law and Order ( a wife can't testify against her husband) and the lawyer she's watching is the same actor that plays Dr. Fried sans wig.
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Jul 5, 2016 17:43
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Bonzo posted:I don't remember the episode name but the one in Season 3 where Jackie Jr. and gang hold up the card game. At the beginning of the episode Aid is watching Law and Order ( a wife can't testify against her husband) and the lawyer she's watching is the same actor that plays Dr. Fried sans wig. Jackie holds up card game- s3e12 'Amour Fou' Ad and marital privilege- s4e07, 'Watching Too Much Television ' 
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On a side note, relating to previous actors being recast, I'm always surprised by how many members of the cast were in either Goodfellas of The Godfather. Years ago, on first watch, I never even recognized Melfi as Karen from Goodfellas. For years I thought Karen was Courtney Cox.
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Jul 5, 2016 23:15
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Boywhiz88 posted:I always enjoyed that the guy who played Vito had 3 different small roles before the character was introduced. First one was the random customer that Chris sends away from that bakery, the second is as a worker in Richie's crew, and then finally as Vito. The Vito that's in Richie's crew in Season 2 is Vito.
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Jul 5, 2016 23:31
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BiggerBoat posted:On a side note, relating to previous actors being recast, I'm always surprised by how many members of the cast were in either Goodfellas of The Godfather. Years ago, on first watch, I never even recognized Melfi as Karen from Goodfellas. For years I thought Karen was Courtney Cox. If you count bit parts, there are even more. Vincent Pastore (Big Pussy) shows up for maybe fifteen seconds in Goodfellas to wheel a rack of fur coats into the restaurant. And the restaurant is owned by the guy that plays Larry Barese.
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Jul 5, 2016 23:38
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Paulie is one of the guys that shoves the mailman in the oven. Also when they are rough housing outside the cab stand. You hear him say, "It's your fault!" Beansie plays one of the Pittsburgh guys.
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Jul 5, 2016 23:59
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Pope Corky the IX posted:If you count bit parts, there are even more. Vincent Pastore (Big Pussy) shows up for maybe fifteen seconds in Goodfellas to wheel a rack of fur coats into the restaurant. And the restaurant is owned by the guy that plays Larry Barese. That's what I'm talking about. Every time I rewatch this show I'll see some person I recognize from Goodfellas. A Quick Google search says they shared 27 actors. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/the-sopranos-and-goodfellas-shared-27-actors-a6841556.html
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I always liked the references to the never-seen cousin Josephine. She's usually the one to call when someone in the extended family dies. Early in the series Livia informs Tony that she left the good jewelry to her and Tony's response is "You gave a fuckin' cousin Cartier dinner rings and you give me a vibratin' chair?!" Also, "My cousin Josephine had colon cancer. Her entire rear end in a top hat rotted out"
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BiggerBoat posted:On a side note, relating to previous actors being recast, I'm always surprised by how many members of the cast were in either Goodfellas of The Godfather. Years ago, on first watch, I never even recognized Melfi as Karen from Goodfellas. For years I thought Karen was Courtney Cox. Also, like all NY actors who were working during that era, most of the cast played a perp on Law & Order at some point. Hell, Michael Imperioli even went one better and played one of the lead detectives for a while.
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Jul 6, 2016 18:57
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Pope Corky the IX posted:That's right, that's right, very good. "You go all the way to a party supply store..." However that Party Box or whatever it is literally right next door to the Bing. You can see it in a few episodes when they're talking outside.
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BiggerBoat posted:On a side note, relating to previous actors being recast, I'm always surprised by how many members of the cast were in either Goodfellas of The Godfather. Years ago, on first watch, I never even recognized Melfi as Karen from Goodfellas. For years I thought Karen was Courtney Cox. Copland shares a huge chunk of the supporting cast as well.
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Jul 8, 2016 01:58
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AFewBricksShy posted:Copland shares a huge chunk of the supporting cast as well. I'll be damned. Never noticed that. Been a while since I've seen Copland though. I liked it. Of all the Sopranos actors I was always surprised that Tony Sirico didn't get more character actor parts. He seems like a perfect fit for that sort of things. And holy poo poo, reading his bio, I never realized that he was an actual honest to god actual gangster. 28 arrests? Maybe he wasn't acting. Wasn't Frank Vincent alleged to have a lot of real life gangster/mob ties too? His bio doesn't mention it.
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Jul 8, 2016 03:38
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BiggerBoat posted:Wasn't Frank Vincent alleged to have a lot of real life gangster/mob ties too? His bio doesn't mention it. Think you're getting him confused with Tony Sirico, who did indeed have mob ties and served a few stints in prison.
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Troy Queef posted:Think you're getting him confused with Tony Sirico, who did indeed have mob ties and served a few stints in prison. 
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Jul 8, 2016 07:16
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The guy that played Albert Barese was connected and got arrested between the fourth and fifth seasons, so his lawyer told him maybe he shouldn't be playing a mobster on television anymore. That's why his character disappears in the fifth season after gaining more and more prominence over the previous three, and why they took Larry Barese off house arrest.
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Jul 8, 2016 12:41
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Albert was the best. So completely deadpan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g3Nvi5vVxw He's in no position to go into the unknown, not knowing.
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Jul 8, 2016 18:10
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Troy Queef posted:Also, like all NY actors who were working during that era, most of the cast played a perp on Law & Order at some point. I seem to remember reading an article that said when Law & Order shut down, there was a mild panic among the local NYC actors because it was an ideal gig for "hey! it's that guy!" actors and those that were try to move from the stage to TV.
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Jul 8, 2016 18:14
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There's a new HBO show out that was originally supposed to star James Gandolfini. He's listed as executive producer. It's called The Night Of and I hear it's great: http://www.avclub.com/review/hbos-crime-drama-night-armchair-detectives-dream-c-239193
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You can even come discuss it in the thread I made for it this morning! https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3782601&perpage=40
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BiggerBoat posted:There's a new HBO show out that was originally supposed to star James Gandolfini. He's listed as executive producer. It's called The Night Of and I hear it's great: gently caress, I can't decide if I should be happy that it's a great show, or sad because Gandolfini isn't in it.
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Well, when you're married you'll understand the importance of fresh produce!
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Jul 14, 2016 16:17
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I could have sworn that the song playing on the radio when Aid and Sil were in the car was Free Fallin' by Tom Petty. The blu ray has something different.
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Jul 19, 2016 04:37
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Bonzo posted:I could have sworn that the song playing on the radio when Aid and Sil were in the car was Free Fallin' by Tom Petty. The blu ray has something different. Might be a licensing issue. The season 1 DVDs I have (Australian) have all the music replaced by glaringly obvious stock music. That said, I dont remember that scene featuring Free Fallin', so it may be your memory.
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Nope it was always Leaving California by shawn smith he has another song in the same episode
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Troy Queef posted:Also, like all NY actors who were working during that era, most of the cast played a perp on Law & Order at some point. Tons of different roles. Junior plays a judge and a defense attorney Carmela plays a lawyer, Artie played both a cop (albeit a crooked one) and a couple of different criminals, Johnny Sack plays an old school mafioso who has an idiot son (IIRC they even riff on the Sopranos in that episode), Patsy plays a number of bit roles best one being an angry 'inventor' who was upset that his Magnetic Pigs were ripped off, Pussy pops up a couple of times, usually as a dumbass mob guy Phil plays a strip club owner called Jay Z. Hesh plays a pervy judge who sexually harasses one of the ADAs Gigi (the guy who dies on the toilet) played the recurring character Profaci...who eventually ended up being a crooked cop with mob ties Christopher also played a loser limo driver Charmaine Bucco plays a Lorena Bobbitt analogue and attacks one of the detectives with a frying pan
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