@@georgeyacoub2075 What? The look was unrelated to the painting, it was related to his current situation. This is immediately before he personally kills his cousin. His eyes locking on the sword is the most significant part. Another big thing is the situation in which Paulie rescued the painting. You see Paulie sitting there looking afraid of the painting of Tony before getting it touched up. That's because this was immediately after Tony killed Ralphie, a captain, over nothing. I think the painting was a symbol of how other captains started to fear Tony after realizing no one was safe.
@@Audioobscure "Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t piss on this Ralph if he was on fire. But to whack the guy ova a horse?" is the best way to summarize it. Yes he was also doing it because of that strumpet, but you saw how everyone else reacted to that with nonchalance. In their world it was nothing.
I like how later in the series we find out that Tony also mythologized about Paulie calling him Gary Cooper which is the highest compliment he could give anyone
I always thought it was really sad that Tony couldn’t take this genuine compliment from Paulie and just let him keep the painting. Also really impressive that the writers were able to turn this painting into such a funny and yet meaningful piece of the story over multiple seasons
Wouldve been great if tony gave this to Paulie on his last ep like "here Paulie, i knew you liked it so i managed to find it again, hope this can be a good memory on all the bs weve dealt with up till now"
@@xXasiahkiinXx123 Gandolfini’s acting through facial expressions is second to none. You see it as he’s looking at the painting knowing what needs to be done with Tony B and not a word needs to be spoken by him. Miss that dude and this show.
He doesn’t have a modern look in here 😂 he should’ve asked the guy that killed 16 Czechoslovakians for some insight.. guy was an interior decorator! Lmao
I will always admire the fact that the creators on this show never treated the audience like we were idiots. Everything was there but, it was never shoved in our faces. I will always love The Sopranos.
@@ham3id boardwalk empire shits on the sopranos. dito for the wire. both are more realistic aswell. sopranos great show , but not realistic at all and at some point they didnt have inspiration so they made vito gay. lmfao great show but too many flaws to say that its that good.
I love Tony staring at the painting at the end. Seeing himself depicted as a general reminds him of his duties and responsibilities as boss of the family, and he makes the decision to take out Tony B. Brilliant bit of non-verbal exposition there.
I love the way Paulie almost turns into a timid child full of love and admiration when he's with Tony even though he's his elder by about 15 years (more or less).
This scene was always kind of sad, Paulie saying " Im sorry T, But you never come here anymore...I didn't figure it would be a problem." Sounds like a little kid when scolded over doing something wrong. Then tony proceeds to throw away the painting AGAIN lol
Jay 沖縄県 oh totally. it's why Paulie's such a good character. all he ever wanted was tony's respect and favor. and he's loyal to the very end - the last man standing. walnuts 4 eva
The emotional layers are complex for sure. Love Paulie’s unadulterated admiration for his leader here. ‘It’s not a real general from history… it’s you!’
This scene is hilarious but it is also really sad. It showed just how much Paulie loved Tony, and the respect he had for him. Tony is absolutely disgusted, but he realizes that Paulie is right...he is a general, the head of the family, and if he makes a wrong move then his whole army (family suffers).
Jasper Aquino I like the idea but I always thought that reason was bs. I'm pretty sure the real reason was that Paulie was disturbed by the idea of Tony watching him all the time.
mikedoesseo If the feds would of told him rat or we show tony you telling Jonny Sack about the Ginny joke than his only options would be to rat,run or stay and die and he wouldn’t pick stay and die.
83rdox He did rat to Johnny Sack and had Johnny or the feds told on him he could or would of been murdered for it.Witness protection he gets to live and help his Ma with money.
When Paulie says... "It's not a real general from history.. it's you" it makes this whole series feel like a bizarre and deeply significant dream.. as if Tony is visualizing his life through the lens of his family, his capos, his friends... the inner architecture of his mind. Brilliant piece of acting!
It really was masterful writing and a stella performance that made Paulie so watchable. Objectively he was a truely detestable creature. Petty, cruel, greedy, desperate - not to mention murderous and deceitful to the core. But this kind of quirky eccentricity gave an almost child like nievety to him. Totally mitigated the horrible reality of what he was.
It's great writing and directing overall. How they can manage to make a truly terrible sociopathic character like Paulie and still have the audience feel sympathy for him. He killed an old lady for christ sake, and even then I still find that scene hilarious because of how outlandish it is.
@@fro_e He also grabs a child of a prostitute by his hand. Paulie is great. You can empathize with him to a certain degree. Cant say the same about Tony
@@fro_e I feel the same way about the scene where him and Chrissy kill that poor waiter just because he’s having a seizure and they don’t know what to do. It’s horrible but it’s just absurd, “he’s still going this asshole!” gets me every time
Paulie wasn't that loyal. Remember the incident with Johnny Sack? Also remember that he never kicked up his full percentage to Tony. If anything, Paulie was the attention-seeking kid who is always looking for approval and love from older people and doesn't give a crap about other kids his age and younger.
Paul wasn't loyal at all! As a viewer, I did sympathize for him but if Tony only knew about Paulie and Johnny Sack, Paulie would be resting alongside Pussy.
Paulie was wiggling his tail to another powerful boss behind Tony. I don't believe that there is any genuine affection or loyal between Mafia members and boss which is similar to dog and its owner. th-cam.com/video/NtHkOuwqkys/w-d-xo.html
Paulie's a sad character in a show full of sad characters. He has no family of his own, he never knew his father, his mother wasn't actually his mother, he's an older man living alone in a small apartment. He's a lonely character.
@@baselhills865 yeh, hes one of the saddest and most pathetic characters on the show. That episode when he first gets the picture, and just bums around watching tv on his own, it's like, jeez, what fucking life.
The thought process of Paulie liking the painting and keeping it, what with Tony and his gleeful face with his horse, is bloody hilarious. The repainting of Tony as a general (and the fact that Tony saw it) just sent me over the edge.
I kinda felt like Paulie became distanced from Tony after this scene. He realized Tony never gave a shit about his feelings and only saw him as a greedy person.
There is meaning behind this. Tony was angry when he first saw it because he though he was being mocked. When he threw it in the garbage it was outside and he saw the true colors of the painting showing that it was painted out of honor and respect. Art always looks different outside sometimes better and sometimes worse. That is why art studios usually have "true color" lights so your painting does not look different outside.
As an artist I can concur. Painted something huge under artificial lighting and when I saw it under natural light I was like WTF Also, excellent analysis 👍
cant handle someone being nice to him. and while he and paulie had there differences this was one time that paulie truly showed liking and respect to tony, he hung up the painting and paid out of his own pocket to have it fixed of his own volition
I kind of felt bad for Paulie in this scene! Haha he looks like he really liked that picture and looked SO disappointed when Tony took it off his wall.
This was a direct reference to Napoleon I think. If Tony fucked with New York (like Napoleon invaded Russia) he would lose his empire just like Napoleon did. He realized he had to be a leader and deal with his cousin if he wanted things with New York to stay healthy. Even though he pissed off Phil by doing it himself, he still did it himself and things stayed OK with New York for a while anyways. I suppose in the long run Phil still held a grudge.
I don’t think it was that in-depth. It was Tony’s realization that he is in fact a modern day general, and his soldiers were depending on him to make the hard choices and do what needed to be done. Which he did, by killing his cousin.
Napoleon slaughtered the prussians even though they formed a coalition with Austria. His small but mobile units had speed and agility, and attacked each nation in the coalition before they could re-enforce their allied battalions. Tony would could if done the same, strike with speed and mobility. But then again, he never had the makings of a varsity athlete.
Imagine if Paulie went and rescued the painting from the dumpster. I think if Tony came back and saw that, he would actually punch Paulie in the face, made guy or not.
@@sgttombw Wasn't over the joke at all. Tony knew tgat whoever told Johnny Sack about the joke was also the same guy who spilt the beans on Tonys secret Zellman deal with the HUD project that ended up costing him a lot of money and problems when N.Y found out that Tony had been shorting them....
I love how Tony steps in a bunch of discarded eggs right after he dumps the painting of Pie O My in the dumpster. Ralphie was making eggs when Tony confronted him at his house.
Eggs are the equivalent of what oranges are in The Godfather. They represent death, or impending death. In this case, this is the same moment Tony realizes what has to be done with Tony B.
At the end when looking at the painting does he realise he has to be a general/leader and sort out the Tony B problem he caused himself, because that is exactly what he does in the next scene.
I think his grief over the horse got re-aggravated and it got the grief out of his system, so he was able to end his cousin's life without feeling too bad
“I know you said you wanted da pitcher boiynt Tee but da pitcher moved me so i rescued it from da flames “ Paulie could deliver a line like nobody else
which sopranos did u watch rudy? snitching on ralph ginny sack joke talkin about deals tony made without letting new york know fuckin up the simple 5 grand pick up for sylvio never kickin up full percentage to tony lol loyal?
yeah it was kind of a poignant moment for Tony because he realizes his men see him as a general of sorts and that he was letting them down by putting his own feelings for his cousin above the safety of his men. The very next scene he kills Tony B.
I think you can tell in this scene that Paulie really does truly love Tony. To have someone who would be willing to withstand Purgatory for you, that is true love.
That's clearly not the perception the writers had in mind. Paulie had nothing but the utmost respect for Tony throughout the series. Even though he showed frustration over Tony not giving him special treatment.
The Sopranos doesn't get enough credit for being hilarious, and, to me, this scene is the funniest of the entire series. I love how the payoff between Paulie taking the painting and Tony finding it with Paulie's alterations is stretched out across like 10 episodes. Chase et al. deserve credit for the patience they showed here.
I never saw it as a comedic moment to be fair, i always saw it as tragic and heartwarming. It shows the love Paulie has for Tony and Tony's inability to accept it.
I was re-watching The Sopranos recently for the first time in many years, and when this scene came on and Tony went, "What the FUCK?", I just started laughing uncontrollably. My girlfriend couldn't understand what I found so funny (she's not familiar with the show). The angrier Tony got, the harder I laughed.
I have similar experiences with my wife. She knows sopranos and gets a lot of the humor but thinks im crazy because i can't stop cracking up at the same things over and over
I can’t help but feel heartbroken for Paulie in this scene…Beansie said it perfectly You are all he’s got…Paulie isn’t exactly the type of guy to spend money when it’s not needed and can sometimes be the quintessential example of a cheap skate so when he took the time and money to go over the painting and spice it up you know it truly means a lot to him, Paulie sees Tony as his general and someone who can give him orders to give his life some meaning, Paulie wanted to represent his general by hanging a state of the art painting of him…And instead of realising this Tony just immediately assumed it was some sort of sick joke or making a mockery of him…Paulie is no angel by any stretch of the imagination but my heart really broke for him here.
just had to come here cause I randomly came across a mouse pad for sale with Tony and pie oh mys picture on it on Amazon and I couldn't stop laughing tony would definitely be like"wtf is that" 😂😂😂
There's often a lot of confusion why Paulie took the painting. Was it because he killed Ralph's horse, or to honor Tony? None of those things are correct. Actually the horse meant nothing to Paulie in the picture and only Tony himself did. Paulie probably first did take the painting, because of how much it cost, he made reference to it. Then he got the idea to hang it up in his home, and change the painting. Because it was Paulie's way of wanting to feeling important. Look at Tony in the picture, he looks like he's giving homage to someone. And I think that's what Paulie liked about it. Paulie changed it to a Napoleon like, to feed his own ego. That Paulie is this great soldier, part of a great cause, serving for a war general like Napoleon. So basically, it was Paulie trying to hold on to any image/feeling he's part of a greater good (when in reality he wasn't). The photo was meant to honor Paulie, in his home, not Tony. It had zero to do with Tony himself. That's why Paulie keeps starting at it, randomly, like every time he looks at it, its paying himself homage, and it makes him feel good. He figured Tony would never see it. That's why Paulie changed the painting. It wasn't to mock Tony and had nothing to do with Tony, outside the fact he works for Tony. It was about Paulie wanting to feel worthy and needed. That photo was his way of playing fantasy, when reality, he was becoming an older and useless person.
I always thought it was interesting to see how a flashy soldier or cappo really lived. Usually in a one or two bedroom apartment. Even Uncle Junior who was the boss lived in your average 3 bedroom 1 bathroom cape. Says a lot.
Says nothing a house with 3 bedrooms is pretty good most people live in apartments , Junior lived in a 3 bedroom and had a house in Boca he was rich , Chrissy had a manor later on the series
They're also going out every night at upscale restaurants buying huge dinners every night. A lot of the top guys also own a lot of property and businesses which would net them a lot of money if they liquidated them.
I understand Tony threw the painting away but did anyone else notice that at the end he actually looked like he appreciated it?? Almost a smirk or smile starting to show?
If you read the research papers Dr. Melfi reads, after Elliot outs her treating Tony to their friends, it says that violent sociopaths tend to care about little children and animals as a means of proving to themselves that they're a good person. Killing Ralphie to revenge Pie-o-my is Tony's fucked up brain convincing himself that he is a moral and empathic person, thus allowing him to compartmentalise his criminality. It's why he wants the best for AJ and Jackie Jr and goes apeshit when they fuck up. It's why he's so sentimental about Italy and his ancestors the stonemasons. If i had to guess i'd say he didn't love Pie, he just loved the status of owning a racehorse and conflated that in his head with love.
@@johndcoffee632 Tony explains to Hesh why horses have it made, because they have a life opposite of what Tony has. Owning Pie-O-My was a way of trying to own the freedom and happiness that horses represent to Tony. When Ralph had Pie-O-My torched, he symbolically killed Tony's dream of being free of all his misery. Thus Tony's desperate murderous rage.
this is one of my favorite Sopranos scenes -- esp. Paulie's sad face @ 0:58 and @2:24 he looked like a little boy who got caught with his hand in the cookie jar. he was really heartbroken that Tony didn't approve of what he did to the painting of Pie-O-My and how he pictured Tony. Paulie was good for more than just laughs.
If you look at his face Tony seems (2:04 I can't find the right word, maybe inquisitive and open to the idea) at first to being called a general, but once he sees himself smiling he gets pissed. I think it's more about self-hatred and depression than Tony getting upset about having Paulie's respect.
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I'm 99% convinced Paulie definitely rescued that painting from the trash and it's just sitting around in his house somewhere.
You can also make the inference that Tony returned it by the way he looks and glosses at the painting. Coming to the realization that Paulie is right
@@georgeyacoub2075 What? The look was unrelated to the painting, it was related to his current situation. This is immediately before he personally kills his cousin. His eyes locking on the sword is the most significant part.
Another big thing is the situation in which Paulie rescued the painting. You see Paulie sitting there looking afraid of the painting of Tony before getting it touched up. That's because this was immediately after Tony killed Ralphie, a captain, over nothing. I think the painting was a symbol of how other captains started to fear Tony after realizing no one was safe.
@@sleepy_jeankilled Ralph over nothing?
@@Audioobscure All he did was kill a whore then a horse. Everyone hated Ralph, but he was made.
@@Audioobscure "Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t piss on this Ralph if he was on fire. But to whack the guy ova a horse?" is the best way to summarize it. Yes he was also doing it because of that strumpet, but you saw how everyone else reacted to that with nonchalance. In their world it was nothing.
"I rescued it from the flames 🥺"
Love that delivery
spot on use of 🥺 lmao, it’s like he knows Tony’s still gonna be pissed
Kinda obvious it was another take though
Paulies myhtical relationship with that painting is one of the funniest things to ever happen in this show.
that and the time he visits the psychic.
His love to this painting, and his hate to the cat 😂😂😂
Sick pfp
I like how later in the series we find out that Tony also mythologized about Paulie calling him Gary Cooper which is the highest compliment he could give anyone
I have defeated you many times nightmare
I always thought it was really sad that Tony couldn’t take this genuine compliment from Paulie and just let him keep the painting. Also really impressive that the writers were able to turn this painting into such a funny and yet meaningful piece of the story over multiple seasons
Wouldve been great if tony gave this to Paulie on his last ep like "here Paulie, i knew you liked it so i managed to find it again, hope this can be a good memory on all the bs weve dealt with up till now"
Tony tells Beansie when him and Paulie go to Florida about this. Beansie knew about it and Tony finally understood it wasn’t a joke on Paulie’s part.
@@xXasiahkiinXx123great plot bro
@@xXasiahkiinXx123 Gandolfini’s acting through facial expressions is second to none. You see it as he’s looking at the painting knowing what needs to be done with Tony B and not a word needs to be spoken by him. Miss that dude and this show.
Paul: I’m sorry tone. I couldn’t have them paint a varsity jacket on. You never had the makings of one.
Lmaoo
Nice!
This is gold
This made me lol
This jokes are eternal 😂
He doesn’t have a modern look in here 😂 he should’ve asked the guy that killed 16 Czechoslovakians for some insight.. guy was an interior decorator! Lmao
he was an interior decorator?.. His place looked like shit.
LOL
😂😂😂😂😂
Put remote on docking station.
Lmao
"u never come here no more..."
damn, that hit.
It’s like their relationship is slowly fading away
I will always admire the fact that the creators on this show never treated the audience like we were idiots. Everything was there but, it was never shoved in our faces. I will always love The Sopranos.
What do you mean
Love the Soparonos
but sopranos spoiled us….i will never enjoy a tv show to that degree. everything else feels just okay except for mad men
@@ham3id boardwalk empire shits on the sopranos. dito for the wire. both are more realistic aswell. sopranos great show , but not realistic at all and at some point they didnt have inspiration so they made vito gay. lmfao great show but too many flaws to say that its that good.
@@deathrager2404 bro
I love Tony staring at the painting at the end. Seeing himself depicted as a general reminds him of his duties and responsibilities as boss of the family, and he makes the decision to take out Tony B. Brilliant bit of non-verbal exposition there.
Exactly.
He also crushes Tony egg right before
i thought the sword and the hand made him think of his father chopping off that guys pinky
Silver Snail14 Tony has saw things in paintings before. In Dr Melfis office. He got good ideas from the strangest places.
@Vasilijan Nikolovski I thought the hand then the sword was a reminder of the oath he took when he was made.
I love it when paulie says "huh" and tony says "don't give me huh"....hilarious
Sounds like my dad
LMAO the best part
Stalling for an answer lmao. Incredible writing
I love the way Paulie almost turns into a timid child full of love and admiration when he's with Tony even though he's his elder by about 15 years (more or less).
aww poor Paulie :( He just loves his leader
RussianCommissar I think he just likes free things haha
@@henrymaguire2876 agreed but a bit of both to be fair. Remember how much him and vito hated giving $ to Carmela.
yeah so much that he wanted to switch families
Henry Maguire he payed to have the general outfit added
@@daldan66 I thought it looked like a great re-touch job.
This scene was always kind of sad, Paulie saying " Im sorry T, But you never come here anymore...I didn't figure it would be a problem." Sounds like a little kid when scolded over doing something wrong. Then tony proceeds to throw away the painting AGAIN lol
Jay 沖縄県 oh totally. it's why Paulie's such a good character. all he ever wanted was tony's respect and favor. and he's loyal to the very end - the last man standing. walnuts 4 eva
thewopstop He was giving away information to Johnny Sacks though. Bad boy
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Loyal my ass! Paulie was nothing but a yes-man. There's a difference.
@@fruitismurder I think after that incident he realized close he was to axed and then doubled down on his loyalty to Tone.
This is one of the funniest, saddest and sweetest scenes in the whole show. Poor guy loves his boss so much
The emotional layers are complex for sure. Love Paulie’s unadulterated admiration for his leader here. ‘It’s not a real general from history… it’s you!’
This scene is hilarious but it is also really sad. It showed just how much Paulie loved Tony, and the respect he had for him. Tony is absolutely disgusted, but he realizes that Paulie is right...he is a general, the head of the family, and if he makes a wrong move then his whole army (family suffers).
Jasper Aquino I like the idea but I always thought that reason was bs. I'm pretty sure the real reason was that Paulie was disturbed by the idea of Tony watching him all the time.
@@raficooper4878 Yeah, I think it was a little of both.
Paulie would have ratted on Tony if the feds told him they would play the recording of him telling Johnny Sack about the "joke."
mikedoesseo If the feds would of told him rat or we show tony you telling Jonny Sack about the Ginny joke than his only options would be to rat,run or stay and die and he wouldn’t pick stay and die.
83rdox He did rat to Johnny Sack and had Johnny or the feds told on him he could or would of been murdered for it.Witness protection he gets to live and help his Ma with money.
"It's museum quality work." - Paulie
I rescued it from the flaaames
It truly was museum quality work tho.
Tony totally forgot why he even came over there after seeing that painting again
😂😂😂
When Paulie says... "It's not a real general from history.. it's you" it makes this whole series feel like a bizarre and deeply significant dream.. as if Tony is visualizing his life through the lens of his family, his capos, his friends... the inner architecture of his mind. Brilliant piece of acting!
Greatest psychology show ever.
Anno Ruse I’m baked to lmaooo sopranos top 3 and its not 2
It reminded me of when Junior thought he saw himself on the Curb Your Enthusiasm TV Show
@@ZennyReacts Yess!!!! It’s so indicative of how this show, The Sopranos has essentially conceived a new era of storytelling.
It really was masterful writing and a stella performance that made Paulie so watchable. Objectively he was a truely detestable creature. Petty, cruel, greedy, desperate - not to mention murderous and deceitful to the core. But this kind of quirky eccentricity gave an almost child like nievety to him. Totally mitigated the horrible reality of what he was.
It's great writing and directing overall. How they can manage to make a truly terrible sociopathic character like Paulie and still have the audience feel sympathy for him. He killed an old lady for christ sake, and even then I still find that scene hilarious because of how outlandish it is.
@@fro_e He also grabs a child of a prostitute by his hand. Paulie is great. You can empathize with him to a certain degree. Cant say the same about Tony
@@fro_e I feel the same way about the scene where him and Chrissy kill that poor waiter just because he’s having a seizure and they don’t know what to do. It’s horrible but it’s just absurd, “he’s still going this asshole!” gets me every time
Except his feelings for Minnie Matrone, although she was a malignant cunt.
Paulie reminds me of a loyal dog to Tony. Poor Paulie :(
+Marc T He said he was too old for it. I highly doubt it too considering the whole crew got depleted.
Paulie wasn't that loyal. Remember the incident with Johnny Sack?
Also remember that he never kicked up his full percentage to Tony.
If anything, Paulie was the attention-seeking kid who is always looking for approval and love from older people and doesn't give a crap about other kids his age and younger.
Paul wasn't loyal at all! As a viewer, I did sympathize for him but if Tony only knew about Paulie and Johnny Sack, Paulie would be resting alongside Pussy.
If Carmine recognised Paulie at that wedding then Paulie would have had a different ending, but Johnny Sack was playing him to get information
Paulie was wiggling his tail to another powerful boss behind Tony. I don't believe that there is any genuine affection or loyal between Mafia members and boss which is similar to dog and its owner.
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This was the only time I ever felt sorry for Paulie.
His mum lying to him for his entire life?
Paulie's a sad character in a show full of sad characters. He has no family of his own, he never knew his father, his mother wasn't actually his mother, he's an older man living alone in a small apartment. He's a lonely character.
@@baselhills865 He also is a rat so it is hard to have sympathy.
@@baselhills865 yeh, hes one of the saddest and most pathetic characters on the show. That episode when he first gets the picture, and just bums around watching tv on his own, it's like, jeez, what fucking life.
@@ThePsycoDolphinhe never thought anything good would ever happen to him, and nothing did :(
The thought process of Paulie liking the painting and keeping it, what with Tony and his gleeful face with his horse, is bloody hilarious. The repainting of Tony as a general (and the fact that Tony saw it) just sent me over the edge.
It's an amazing reveal of Paulie's character and how much he truly looks up to Tony.
Why a French general and not an Italian one?
@@trashteamracing8262 Because Napoleon Bonaparte was originally Corsican?
“You never come here no more” lmao like a little kid!!!
I kinda felt like Paulie became distanced from Tony after this scene. He realized Tony never gave a shit about his feelings and only saw him as a greedy person.
There is meaning behind this. Tony was angry when he first saw it because he though he was being mocked. When he threw it in the garbage it was outside and he saw the true colors of the painting showing that it was painted out of honor and respect. Art always looks different outside sometimes better and sometimes worse. That is why art studios usually have "true color" lights so your painting does not look different outside.
Very interesting take. Do you think Tony let Paulie keep it after all?
As an artist I can concur. Painted something huge under artificial lighting and when I saw it under natural light I was like WTF
Also, excellent analysis 👍
cant handle someone being nice to him. and while he and paulie had there differences this was one time that paulie truly showed liking and respect to tony, he hung up the painting and paid out of his own pocket to have it fixed of his own volition
2:51 That moment when you find out Paulie has better interior decorating skills than the Czechoslovakian.
Who is Czechoslovakian?
You are right, his house looked like shit
@@RHasan-yy1fb Like some kind of Russian green beret
I kind of felt bad for Paulie in this scene! Haha he looks like he really liked that picture and looked SO disappointed when Tony took it off his wall.
he was only loyal after he found out johnny sack played him. fuck paulie.
This was a direct reference to Napoleon I think. If Tony fucked with New York (like Napoleon invaded Russia) he would lose his empire just like Napoleon did. He realized he had to be a leader and deal with his cousin if he wanted things with New York to stay healthy. Even though he pissed off Phil by doing it himself, he still did it himself and things stayed OK with New York for a while anyways. I suppose in the long run Phil still held a grudge.
Woogie Harrelson Tony pissed off Phil on way too many occasions.
I don’t think it was that in-depth. It was Tony’s realization that he is in fact a modern day general, and his soldiers were depending on him to make the hard choices and do what needed to be done. Which he did, by killing his cousin.
Napoleon slaughtered the prussians even though they formed a coalition with Austria.
His small but mobile units had speed and agility, and attacked each nation in the coalition before they could re-enforce their allied battalions.
Tony would could if done the same, strike with speed and mobility. But then again, he never had the makings of a varsity athlete.
He's a bit too portly to be Napoleon.
Except, the outfit is more American Revolutionary War era than Napoleonic war
“I rescued it from the flames”
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😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I love the part where he realizes it wasnt a joke. Paulie really did see him as a general. That was heartwarming
Imagine if Paulie went and rescued the painting from the dumpster. I think if Tony came back and saw that, he would actually punch Paulie in the face, made guy or not.
zcrosby probably whack him too
That would be getting off easy. He almost stabbed him to death over the Ginny Sac joke 5 YEARS later.
@@sgttombw Wasn't over the joke at all. Tony knew tgat whoever told Johnny Sack about the joke was also the same guy who spilt the beans on Tonys secret Zellman deal with the HUD project that ended up costing him a lot of money and problems when N.Y found out that Tony had been shorting them....
I love how Tony steps in a bunch of discarded eggs right after he dumps the painting of Pie O My in the dumpster. Ralphie was making eggs when Tony confronted him at his house.
Nice catch. Never made that observation
Eggs are the equivalent of what oranges are in The Godfather. They represent death, or impending death. In this case, this is the same moment Tony realizes what has to be done with Tony B.
"I'm making breakfast. You want some eggs?"
The moment it clicks for Tony, seeing his position, the sword, live by the sword, die by the sword...he has to take out his cousin..brilliant writing!
I love the excited tone of voice Paulie has when he says “It’s you!” like Tony was gonna take it as a compliment, LOL.
what's with the hat and shit?!
That picture of Tony cracks me up....he looks like he could be one of Vito's lover. "You know from the village people"
Lol
Lol
Tony's face in this painting is just price-less!
Its.museum quality work, cost a fucking arm and a leg
@@roryjohnston6567 a fucking arm and a leg and a pinkie.
I love how domesticated Paulie is with his clean, tastefully decorated bachelor pad lol
At the end when looking at the painting does he realise he has to be a general/leader and sort out the Tony B problem he caused himself, because that is exactly what he does in the next scene.
I think he wished he really was a true general and went down a better path than he did.
I think his grief over the horse got re-aggravated and it got the grief out of his system, so he was able to end his cousin's life without feeling too bad
“I know you said you wanted da pitcher boiynt Tee but da pitcher moved me so i rescued it from da flames “
Paulie could deliver a line like nobody else
I never understood why Tony was so mean to Paulie he was one of his most loyal capos
which sopranos did u watch rudy?
snitching on ralph ginny sack joke
talkin about deals tony made without letting new york know
fuckin up the simple 5 grand pick up for sylvio
never kickin up full percentage to tony
lol loyal?
he must be loyle to his boss
@@deathrager2404 stealing shit off pussy’s body was kinda lame
@@bennysum8252 that hasn't changed. It will always be that way.
@@bennysum8252 this comment sounds autistic. sorry.
that painting killed tony b. tony remembered his obligations as a boss after he saw paulie's perspective. he was a general:))
This scene is funny, touching, and with just a hint of threat. Classic Sopranos
*Knock Knock*
"who is it?"
"OPEN THE DOOR!"
yeah it was kind of a poignant moment for Tony because he realizes his men see him as a general of sorts and that he was letting them down by putting his own feelings for his cousin above the safety of his men. The very next scene he kills Tony B.
I think you can tell in this scene that Paulie really does truly love Tony. To have someone who would be willing to withstand Purgatory for you, that is true love.
Just the fact that your channel is "ShineboxTV" my friend, you sure have the makings of you know what...
That's clearly not the perception the writers had in mind. Paulie had nothing but the utmost respect for Tony throughout the series. Even though he showed frustration over Tony not giving him special treatment.
track pant and suspenders? fuck yeah!
I live for these Sopranos clip comment sections. Greatest comedy evar.
I wish they’d done more with that painting it was my favourite character on the show
"I dont have a modern look in here'' lol.
"He's kinda portly to be Napoleon."
He never had the makings of an 18th century French head of state.
I said something like Napoleon!!
@Giovanni Doria they're actually both dictators if you look hard enough
@Giovanni Doria fuckin bill o reilly over here
@Giovanni Doria lucky for me I'm not American then because he's a racist fascist.
Paulie when smothering a harmless old lady for some money: 👿
Paulie when Tony doesn't visit: 🥺
"A goddamn Lawn Jockey ?!"
The Sopranos doesn't get enough credit for being hilarious, and, to me, this scene is the funniest of the entire series. I love how the payoff between Paulie taking the painting and Tony finding it with Paulie's alterations is stretched out across like 10 episodes. Chase et al. deserve credit for the patience they showed here.
After the first time watching it you have to look at it for it’s comedic value and it’s hilarious
I never saw it as a comedic moment to be fair, i always saw it as tragic and heartwarming. It shows the love Paulie has for Tony and Tony's inability to accept it.
@@rich8642 I don’t think Tony has an inability to accept it he just can’t do it because of how their system works
Paullie says to Tony that the painting "captures more of what you really are about". That's exactly why Tony doesn't like the painting.
The filmography of this show never ceases to amaze me. The way the camera went back to Tony's face at the end is amazing.
I laughed my ass off when Tony went in and saw that.
I was re-watching The Sopranos recently for the first time in many years, and when this scene came on and Tony went, "What the FUCK?", I just started laughing uncontrollably.
My girlfriend couldn't understand what I found so funny (she's not familiar with the show). The angrier Tony got, the harder I laughed.
I have similar experiences with my wife. She knows sopranos and gets a lot of the humor but thinks im crazy because i can't stop cracking up at the same things over and over
He never had the makings of a varsity General
I see I'm not the only one on a sopranos binge
Eightys Baby87 Love this show!!
small shinebox that was his problem
This show is epic me and my dad always watched it together good memories 🙏
Poor Paulie, feel so bad for the guy ( yes yes...he's a heartless mob). He looks so hurt and sad here.
I can’t help but feel heartbroken for Paulie in this scene…Beansie said it perfectly You are all he’s got…Paulie isn’t exactly the type of guy to spend money when it’s not needed and can sometimes be the quintessential example of a cheap skate so when he took the time and money to go over the painting and spice it up you know it truly means a lot to him, Paulie sees Tony as his general and someone who can give him orders to give his life some meaning, Paulie wanted to represent his general by hanging a state of the art painting of him…And instead of realising this Tony just immediately assumed it was some sort of sick joke or making a mockery of him…Paulie is no angel by any stretch of the imagination but my heart really broke for him here.
What’s with the hat and shit 🤣🤣
"huh?"
"dont give me 'huh?'
One wrong word, slight joke, Tony would have killed him.
Tony almost did on his boat.
But who hasn't wanted to kill Paulie?
Tobias Beecher His mom
Season 5 easily had the most great scenes than any other season
Suspenders with jogging pants. Classic.
just had to come here cause I randomly came across a mouse pad for sale with Tony and pie oh mys picture on it on Amazon and I couldn't stop laughing tony would definitely be like"wtf is that" 😂😂😂
please tell me you bought it !
@@deadchanneldontwatch7347 no lol I would never disrespect tony like that lmaoo
Funny as hell
“I’m sorry tone, we shot the only interior decorator in jersey in the head.”
Every time the camera zooms on Tony’s face in the painting😂😂😂
Tony: " A goddamn lawn jockey?"
That always gets me
Everytime I see his face on the painting I Crack the hell up
It’s not a real general, it’s you 😂
Tony's fate was sealed when he lifted the painting
Wym nahh Paulie us a snake sure but he didn't have nothing to do with tony getting whacked it was Patsy probably
Riverdale tales yeah I was saying Patsy mostly too for his brother and son knows Meadow is meeting the family at Holstens
Tony’s fate was sealed when he Tony’d
There's often a lot of confusion why Paulie took the painting. Was it because he killed Ralph's horse, or to honor Tony? None of those things are correct. Actually the horse meant nothing to Paulie in the picture and only Tony himself did.
Paulie probably first did take the painting, because of how much it cost, he made reference to it.
Then he got the idea to hang it up in his home, and change the painting. Because it was Paulie's way of wanting to feeling important. Look at Tony in the picture, he looks like he's giving homage to someone. And I think that's what Paulie liked about it.
Paulie changed it to a Napoleon like, to feed his own ego. That Paulie is this great soldier, part of a great cause, serving for a war general like Napoleon. So basically, it was Paulie trying to hold on to any image/feeling he's part of a greater good (when in reality he wasn't).
The photo was meant to honor Paulie, in his home, not Tony. It had zero to do with Tony himself. That's why Paulie keeps starting at it, randomly, like every time he looks at it, its paying himself homage, and it makes him feel good.
He figured Tony would never see it. That's why Paulie changed the painting. It wasn't to mock Tony and had nothing to do with Tony, outside the fact he works for Tony. It was about Paulie wanting to feel worthy and needed. That photo was his way of playing fantasy, when reality, he was becoming an older and useless person.
Poor paulie man. Him and sil were the best guys ever. A man would be lucky to have friends like that
I so want to go to someone's house, knock and yell "OPEN THIS DOOR!"
when you get so mad you don't even do what you came to visit for
Everyone saying paulie was loyal never remember how he betrays tony with Johnny sack
Indeed. Plus the situation when Tone was in a coma.
I always thought it was interesting to see how a flashy soldier or cappo really lived.
Usually in a one or two bedroom apartment.
Even Uncle Junior who was the boss lived in your average 3 bedroom 1 bathroom cape.
Says a lot.
Says nothing a house with 3 bedrooms is pretty good most people live in apartments , Junior lived in a 3 bedroom and had a house in Boca he was rich , Chrissy had a manor later on the series
You can't buy a house with dirty money where I live.
They're also going out every night at upscale restaurants buying huge dinners every night. A lot of the top guys also own a lot of property and businesses which would net them a lot of money if they liquidated them.
This was such a genuine compliment. Paulie just admires Tony and sees himself as a loyal soldier to his general.
I'm sorry T, but you never come here no more. I didn't figure it'd be a problem🥺👉👈
"don't give me huh!"
One of the best one-on-one scenes in the series IMHO
I like this painting, Tony goes one way, the horse goes another way
One of the funniest scenes in the entire series! 😂
I understand Tony threw the painting away but did anyone else notice that at the end he actually looked like he appreciated it?? Almost a smirk or smile starting to show?
I rescued it from the flames
The lack of a weather strip at the bottom of the exterior entrance door to Paulie's place tips us off that this is a movie set.
It always upset me how much Tony seemed to love pie ó my, i fealt like he really did truly love that horse.
If you read the research papers Dr. Melfi reads, after Elliot outs her treating Tony to their friends, it says that violent sociopaths tend to care about little children and animals as a means of proving to themselves that they're a good person. Killing Ralphie to revenge Pie-o-my is Tony's fucked up brain convincing himself that he is a moral and empathic person, thus allowing him to compartmentalise his criminality. It's why he wants the best for AJ and Jackie Jr and goes apeshit when they fuck up. It's why he's so sentimental about Italy and his ancestors the stonemasons. If i had to guess i'd say he didn't love Pie, he just loved the status of owning a racehorse and conflated that in his head with love.
@@johndcoffee632 Tony explains to Hesh why horses have it made, because they have a life opposite of what Tony has. Owning Pie-O-My was a way of trying to own the freedom and happiness that horses represent to Tony. When Ralph had Pie-O-My torched, he symbolically killed Tony's dream of being free of all his misery. Thus Tony's desperate murderous rage.
0:29 Looks like somebody we know...
oh yeah! its him without the beard!
I’m just gunna sit here and listen.
One of my favorite Paulie moments. He did love Tony.
people feel bad for a dude who murdered an old lady
shut up with dat mouth!
Van Morrison - Glad Tidings
this is one of my favorite Sopranos scenes -- esp. Paulie's sad face @ 0:58 and @2:24 he looked like a little boy who got caught with his hand in the cookie jar. he was really heartbroken that Tony didn't approve of what he did to the painting of Pie-O-My and how he pictured Tony.
Paulie was good for more than just laughs.
I like how Paulie is wearing suspenders with his track pants like they're slacks.
Aww poor paulie he looked up to Tony like his big brother
I always thought this scene was messed up. Paulie respects Tony greatly and then Tony gets weirded out by it.
If you look at his face Tony seems (2:04 I can't find the right word, maybe inquisitive and open to the idea) at first to being called a general, but once he sees himself smiling he gets pissed. I think it's more about self-hatred and depression than Tony getting upset about having Paulie's respect.