40 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About The Sopranos
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In anticipation of the new film The Many Saints of Newark, a prequel to The Sopranos, let's take a look at 40 pieces of fact and trivia about the classic mafia TV series.
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Edit: According to recent interviews with David Chase and Ray Liotta, Liotta was never offered the role of Tony Soprano. He was offered the role of Ralph Cifaretto.
There are actually 7 mafia families in North Jersey. The one that Chase mentions as a model for the Soprano Family was the Boiardo Family/crew(run by Richie the Boot Boiardo and his son Tony Boy Boiardo) that ran Newark and surrounding towns for many decades. Chase apparently grew up around and had some relatives associated with this crew/family.
But he's also said that the show was "10% reality, 90% fantasy"
I’m glad liotta wasn’t in the show.
It's really not that big of a deal
The actor Danny Aiello could have made a great Tony, in 1998 he was age 65 & in great shape, he passed in 2019
I'm glad Ray didn't take it.
The Adrianna hit is a great piece of filming and acting.
It also reminds people that Silvio, who is always funny and likeable, is really as cold and calculating as all the others.
Really? I always thought Silvio was one of the more shark-like ruthless characters. Look at how he slapped around the dancer Ralph was porking.
@Axiom Steel ah yes that was her name...Sil wasn't likable. The only "likable" character was Bobby, but even he was a Grade A sociopath when you boil it down to the bare bones.
@Axiom Steel Chase did a great job, he made us like them in spite of the fact they were all dangerous sociopaths. He even made us feel empathy for them, despite being the least deserving of empathy.
The genius of this show is that it could make you like characters like Ralphie Cifaretto.
@@lordbunbury and truly despise Richie Aprile
Francis Ford Coppola, "I don't watch the Sopranos, I'm not interested in the Mob", what a knob 🤣
right? i love some of his work but the guy is a real ass. "im not interested in the mob" yea well after GF3 i wasnt either
what a mob
He wasn't really interested in it before the godfather either. And given the rumors I've heard of what he went through I don't blame him necessarily
Edit: what he went through during the filming of Godfather
@@charlesalberti563what did he go through?
@@chefcorinth I've only ever heard 2nd hand stories but just a lot of intimidation and bullying by the mob to do the movie in a way that looked better on them. I'm sure if you dig into it you can find more detailed write ups, or you might find i don't know what I'm talking about, both are equally likely
If you ever make the mistake of watching 1 video sopranos related in TH-cam, get ready for an avalanche of recommendations for years.
I am so obsessed with this show.
You see the new trailer? What do you think?
@@SmileyySmiley saints looks like it's going to be pretty damn good. Can't wait to see what happens with tony
Right. Seen all the seasons a couple of times. When I seen the preview to the movie had to watch them all over again.
@@hughjanus9557 it ends in a way for a sequel to the prequel. Tony is barely in the new movie and it focuses on Christopher’s father
@@markgarcia8253 majority of the new movie is about Tony's younger years and how he gets involved with duckies and junior
I was really into acting in 97-98 and 99. I used to read Premiere magazine. I remember getting so excited that James Gandolfini was working on a mob show. But when the name The Sopranos was announced, I was so upset because I thought it was a comedy or spoof. James was my favorite actor because he played Virgil in True Romance, my favorite movie ever made. In my opinion….The Sopranos was the Best show ever made.
The reason Tony was always pissed off wasn't because he had a stone in his shoe, it was because he knew he never had the makings of a varsity athlete.
😂
Hahaha
It’s undermining!
4:25 I've never heard anyone pronounce Steve Buscemi's name like that before lmao.
As a North Jerseyan, when you started explaining the Frank Sinatra Mugshot I'm like "Didn't everyone have that poster at some time? Fun fact from that poster, his crime... Seduction! lol What a Legend!
Only Italians had that Sinatra mugshot poster
@@dwightpowell6673 I'm from North Jersey, I grew up Italian and Jewish! lol. But yeah, had a poster of Franky blue eyes in my living room! Great for poker nights!
😂 That’s exactly what I thought! 🤷🏻♀️
I’m from Providence (RI) so the mob & Sinatra‘s mug shot was as normal as having multiple crosses, pictures of the Virgin Mary and Jesus all over the house!
Quasimodo predicted all this you know
No it was Nostradamus..lol
Quasimodo was the Hunchback of Notre Dame..
@@darkstar1650 I hope you're kidding
@@dobson. kidding about what go back to the scene, that's what Tony said to Bobby...
Bobby B was a visionary.
I just recently rewatched the entire series for probably the 5th or 6th time and still enjoyed it! You see something you missed every time you watch it. It is one of the best shows ever made and will always be my favorite.
Rest In Peace James Gandalfini.
Tony Soprano Original G.
I love Paulie Walnuts...BUT he was a feeding information to Johnny Sac in Season 4. Wouldn't necessarily call him a rat for that, but people tend to forget about that little episode and how easily he gave out information.
@Miles Travis he survived by the skin of his balls during the gang wars of the 70s. There'll be a line of couserellis a mile long - Syl - duly noted...lol great acting.
You've got good taste, nice points you brought up right there, especially about the couserellis line being a mile long.... "DULY NOTED", says Syl Mr. "Dante"!! 💯👍
@@bangurhead4027 cheers my friend. 👍💯
I put a teaspoon of peanut butter and an egg in my coffee
There is a pretty good TH-cam video explaining who actually set up the hit on Tony in the finale......
It was Pauliie
Just finished watching the whole series again! Never gets old.
I'm in my second time in more than 10 years, currently watching season 3 🤝🏼
I just watched it for the 1st time last year during quarantine. I love it!!
@@missbhavin4phillyit took me 29 years but I finally watched it for the first time!
I don't know about you but when a man offers to give you 33k out of his own pocket just so you could stop whining, i consider that man a saint...
Obviously Matthew bevilaqua learned nothing from his character in the show
or from every single lesson he learned in a bronx tale
There’s nothing more tragic than a wasted shinebox
So true.
The kid went to slip and falls school... the moolinyan
Fuck up once, lose two shineboxes
4:20 I didn’t know Pine Barrens was directed by Steve Buskemi.
Nancy marching
It wasn't , it was directed by Steve buscemi
One of the greatest show of the series.
That's cause it WASN'T directed by Steve Buskemi
Another interesting fact is that Tony Sirico's character Paulie almost always has his hands out in front of him and never to his side. This is a prison behavior that makes it easier to react if you have to fight.
No.dumb.
@@BurlyAllinDent he said it himself
@@unerone4155 I've actually been in prison and it's not a behavior
When it first came out, I thought it was a comedy/satire about the Mob! It was called The Sopranos, and a character was named Big Pussy haha! It was only after I got my shinebox, I realized it was a serious show.
It is dark comedy with a side of seriousness.
@@novadhd more like a dark mob drama with a side of black humour
@@tillerman7272 season 6 is quite dark ngl
Funny you say this. Chase originally wrote The Sopranos as a mob comedy movie but was shut down left and right because mob comedy movies were not popular and unprofitable.
Phil didn’t spend 20 years in the can for the sopranos to be considered a comedy.
Adriana getting whacked is the saddest thing in the series in my opinion.
Definitely
Lol why? She was a rat just like Pussy. Just go back and rewatch it when she met “Danielle” within 30 seconds of meeting her she said Tony’s name. She had it coming. Way too loose
@@graphitedamier3548 No doubt... But she wasn't a heroin dealer.. she wasn't evil... She just fucked up. She wanted a friend... She was alienated... Anyway, I'm not saying that her whole character was sad... Just the emotionality that she brought to the scene... It was superb acting and directing (production?) Not sure the right terminology... But that while episode was just so fucking sad. I never thought much about her before then.. she wasn't a primary character, yet her getting wacked was way more impactful than any other ancillary character's death.
@@graphitedamier3548 also bear in mind, from a strictly CN sense... She was not a made man like big pussy... It's a totally different level... She had more balls than big pussy. She didn't wear a wire... She was just naive about the law aspects... But even then, she only have some basic info... As far as I can recall. Big Pussy was a high ranking made man, and he wore a wire for more than a year. He's definitely a big rat. Adriana was just being manipulated by the feds. It was really a sad thing... Also she was always positive and supportive of Chrissy while never being appreciated. Any man would been lucky to have a woman like her character in their life. If Chris was a better man, she wouldn't have been so needy for friendship and the feds never would've had that opening to get inside their lives.
@@swillm3ister can’t compare her to big pussy bc of every reason you stated. But she still ratted. I remember a judge saying “ignorance isn’t an excuse for hurting people” so just bc she was “naive” (which is impossible seeing how she’s dated a made man forever and is wise enough to censor herself when she talks to Chrissy about certain things bc ppl could be listening like when she refers to him being made as “M” so the naive card? 🙄 lol” I don’t feel bad for her. She didn’t know that girl 15 seconds and said Tony’s name. She brought her to his house. Even if Danielle was a real friend and not the Feds aide would STILL be wrong bc that’s basically a stranger! An outsider!
1:46 which makes it even sadder when they did the 20th reunion of the cast on the Today Show. Tony Sirico couldn’t remember the name Uncle Junior, that is the original part he tried out for. You could tell his dementia was starting at that point. He couldn’t remember a characters name based off of his real life nickname.
I just started watching this show today, I watched 11 episodes back to back 😂 im so excited to wake up tomorrow 💀💀💀
Woke up this morning
More than 80 actors on "The Sopranos" also appear in the TV show "Law & Order."
Lol Scorcese just being jealous when asked about The Sopranos while promoting Boardwalk empire. For the record: I enjoyed the shit out of Boardwalk Empire, yet it is nowhere close Ton and his crew, maybe more stylish, flashy, hollywoodish in a sense...
Marty like to portray actual people in his films: Jordan Belfort, Frank Sheeran, Howard Hughes, etc. under their real name, and others under "barely fictitious" names - Bill the Butcher, Tommy DeSimone James Burk, etc. Marty would have been in his own fantasy world working on Boardwalk Empire, with all those historical figures. It's no surprise that he dissed The Sopranos, which did not fulfil his main requirements. 1. The main character ascends during Act 1 & Act 2, only to fall apart in Act 3; 2) Have portrayals of real people, whether under their own names or under slightly-modified names.
@@nolaanderson8770 Oh, listen to him, he knows everything...
@@Whipko where I come from Nola is a she... just saying
B.E was style over substance...Just boring
@@nolaanderson8770 Steve Buscemi wasn't charismatic in Boardwalk Empire. He was just remorselessly cynical, without a sense of humor. The real life Nucky Enoch Johnson was a larger than life character with loads of depth. Boardwalk had very little in comic relief whereas Sopranos was basically a comedy with the very best music selections. I liked Boardwalk and watched every episode I could but it's not in the same league as to writing and other well known story telling devices. Buscemi was miscast maybe.
The prequel movie isn't called Newark, it's called "The Many Saints of Newark"
Correct mate. "Real lack of standards your generation '--.....junior. 😂
Moltisanti and you know how Johnny Boy Soprano always was a saint.
Tony S. ( Pauly walnuts) was an associate never a made guy. I think he did 6 yrs. total. The back room in the strip club was filmed in Silver Cup studios in Brooklyn. Great content thank you sopranos in my opinion was in the top 2 series of all time.
Cheryl Lynne I watched that years ago he was never made just did jail time for knocking over nightclubs
WRONG!!! Paulie was a captain already , what the fuck are you going on about??? You can't be made a captain UNLESS your a made guy buddy. The only ones who were made in the Sopranos that we saw was Christopher Moltisante and Eugene Pontecurvo. By the end of the show, it was just Benny, Murmur, Paulie junior and just a few others were NOT made. 👍💯⚡
@@andrewbecker9062 Not to repeat what was just said but I was referring to his real life.
Silvercup is in Astoria, Queens.
@@andrewbecker9062 yea no shit !
Note the irony of Christopher and Brendan seeing and calling after Scorcese (to no real response) considering that Scorcese said he didn't watch the sopranos
Silvio has the best clothes/suits
He had nothing on Johnny Sack.
Nah nigga paulie was the jon
Wig's to
Yupp
Chrissy had some shee-it to!
Adriana driving away was used. It's just her imagining it, though.
I'm so glad u guys make these videos.
“Steve booscammy” I can tell you’re a real fan
I am so happy I found your channel i love The Sopranos
Your fact #11 is the exact reason for why I didn't even considered watching it when it aired on TV. I think the series was over before I borrowed season 1 on DVD from my mate and started to watch. I was hooked immediately and I have re-watched the whole series 5-6 times and I will watch it many more. The best show ever.
This is the best show ever made in my opinion. The way it was written and the way the story moved was incredible and it sucked when it ended
I second that emotion. RiP Tone
It’s between this and The Wire.
Respect your opinion but id say breaking bad did it better
Sopranos. Best show ever. Nothing touches it
The Wire is slightly better in my opinion. I think the story line of Vito being a homosexual was a really weak one and pulled down that season. The multiple episodes with Tony being in a Coma were kind of weak too. It's still the second best show ever made though.
Breaking bad
The Wire is the only show that can compare, but it is more of a preference thing tbh (I like both equaly but for different reasons). Breaking Bad doesn't compare to these two shows though.
Well done sir. I knew some of these facts (being a fan and all), but most I did not know. 👏
Excellent video, very, very informative.
ONE of the best? THE BEST!!!
I never thought I would even like the show, one episode I was hooked. Best memory of my teen years. They don’t make them like that anymore. 😩
I bet nobody in The Sopranos can’t go an entire month without eating Italian food or anything Italian related.
How can you not
Lmao imagine Frank Vincent as uncle junior.
He compromised, he played the Shah of Iran instead
ROTFLAO No more shoe shines Uncle Junior lol
Theres no scraps in my scrapbook
Great content!!
Actually, Ray Liota was offered the role of Ralf....not Tony.
David Proval (Richie Aprile) was originally offered the role of Tony Soprano
Now that’s funny! Young actors working with old gangsters on set, what happens? Robbery!
..Must have been some fascinating conversations!
Awesome !! Do you think some day we might be able to watch all those extra storylines that they cut out ??
That would totally be a fantastic idea with how it could of gone off in many different directions.
I can't decide which is better. The Sopranos or The Wire.
Seriously, I think they are both better in different ways. The Wire has supreme dialogue, absolutely brilliant and even the smallest of characters are fleshed out and loveable.
Probably my #1 and #2
@@nolackin60617 hard to choose between the 2 ay
The wire is
Better but not by leaps and bounds
#41.- The best grilled cheese if off a Radd-iator.
That Frank Sinatra picture is all over the place in North Jersey.
So the Adrianna character was based on real-life mob Informant Theresa Ferrara who was set up with her own mob-backed beauty parlor which was used as a front for selling drugs. Ferrara got pinched by an undercover cop for drug dealing and was flipped and put back on the streets as an FBI informant. She was also dating Tommy DeSimone, a married man who was played by Joe Pesci in the film "Goodfellas". Ferrara was also ripping off her customers with her drug-dealing, (who were mostly Lucchese crime family members) and she was also accused of keeping money from the Luftansa heist. What's unclear is if they ever knew she was an FBI informant or she was simply whacked for all her other misdeeds?
@Easonitus Seriously? She was under the impression the FBI would pull her off the streets when things got too hot but if she wasn't wearing a wire the odds of that happening were slim to none, just like the Adrianna character from The Sopranos!
Great video!!!!
Top 10 show of all time.
Top 4
The series finale always pisses me off tho
@@J-man1017 you didn't understand it then
@@eduazy no its understood just not liked . AT ALL !
@@eduazy so I don't understand cuz I didn't like it lol wow.. So let me ask u r u one who thinks Tony got killed or us the audience got wacked? They have never even answered what happened it's open to interpretation David chase said that.. So i wanna know what u think dude...
WAKE UP THIS MORNING
4:15 crazy how different Gandolfini is when he's not Tony, he seemed like a teddy bear with a great sense of humor
The pronounciation in this dey-byu-ting 😂
OOOOH! Get the Cineranter a soft drink of choice!
A don doesn't wear shorts ok?
not to meetings anyways...
“Carmine Sr - that slippery fuck! Those big fish lips of his”!
-Bobby :“My dad told me it was Carmine that invented Point-shaving”
-Junior: “CCNY vs Kentucky. I bought myself a new Lincoln!”
Lmao😂😂
@@metsyman5566 its the jacket!!!
That nose it’s like a natural canopy!
@@metsyman5566 we are the precipice of an enormous crossroad
@@feechlamanna676 HAHAHA!!!
I’m still surprised that Little Carmine and Jackie Jr didn’t step up and run the crew😂, especially Jackie Jr - since, “you know, he’s obviously the HAIR apparent” hahahaha
You know, sometimes CineRanter goes about and pities for himself.
With a a Virginia ham under one arm complaining that he’s got no bread
Haha
Through his veil of tears
A great shinebox Carries him
The craziest thing about this show, was that Silvio was played by Bruce Springsteen’ guitar player.
Love this show 💯💯💯
"Today's golden age of television" LMAO
I loved Bracco as Dr. Milfy.
It's Dr. MILFY.
Do you even Soprano, pisan?
I was always pulling that Little Tony would land his plane on the USS MILFY.
Was that a Freudian slip?
I wondered about that mugshot in the bing for literally the entire series. Interesting to know it’s Sinatra, and that’s yet another example of the sopranos hinting at connections between Frankie and the mob
This is really blowing my mind that many people didn’t know that was Sinatra or had never saw that mug shot! I’ve always thought that was one of the more famous pictures of Frank.
Maybe it’s just because I’m from the Northeast and Italian 🤷🏻♀️😂
The best part is what he was charged with. Quite good actually. Definitely worth a little research
Screw it, it was for Seduction
Also not mentioned was it was originally hard to pitch the pilot / series as many networks didnt think suburb NJ mobsters would be believable as opposed to the NY city
Thanks 4 this.
Heat: deleated scenes is on YT...
Like this vid it adds something to a Great thing.
Wow, I’d like to see those alternative scenes that were filmed!
How could Scorcese say he never watched when most of the crew from Goodfellas was on The Sopranos Carmine , Pauly, Pussy, Dr Melfi, Christopher, to name a few were on Goodfellas
I don't know what that has to do with anything there not his kids just actors that played minor to major roles in one of his many movies. Most older film directors only watch movies
It was Coppola that said he's never watched the show. Scorcese watched a couple of episodes, but "couldn't connect".
Scorcese never had the makings of a varsity athlete.
Scorsese is absolutely an amazing film maker but he’s kind of a huge asshole too
@@AWMK101 I don’t know never met him but honestly he’s been famous for around fifty years and being a director he’s use to having his way and being one of the best directors ever he’s used to his way being right. So I’m sure he can come off as a dick at times I can’t honestly say I would be different I haven’t had that experience.
Hey CineRanter! You have a bee Ona you hat 🐝 🧢
If those wise guys lived in Texas, they would’ve been wearing shorts lol
I in fact knew all 40 quite well ;)
cool bro
@@maff1989 Great. So he's taking advice from a 2 time loser
Scorcese's eyebrows have their own zip code!
If this is mostly info from sherrpa/imperolls podcast im adding cream to my johnny pinecones
Another fact
No shineboxes were harmed in the varsity makings of the sopranos
Still trying to find Anthony Borgese's anti-mafia PSA.
Paulie ratted to Johnny on Ralph. Ratting is ratting
It was more gossiping than ratting, Paulie could never keep his mouth shut.
@Axiom Steel ratting to the feds is at least to save your skin. Betraying just to gossip and start trouble seems worse.
You got the name wrong Sir, it wasn’t Anthony Borgese who played Larry Barese. It was Tony Darrow
Yesterday, I just watched the last episode of The Sopranos. Today I start watching The Sopranos again. 😁
They wanted to replace jamie Lynn with a blonde girl on season 1 episode 4 i think but they didn't want to pay for reshoots with the new actress so Jamie continued playing meadow
Word to the wise....learn to pronounce the cast member names correctly...
Fucking A! Could really do some research into simple things
No one pronounces them properly not even the actors.
Steve Buscemi himself said he only learn how to pronounce his name properly when he visited Sicily.
Hes a clown
Remember pearl Hahbah
Who the fuck cares how he pronounces is, did you know who he was talking about? Then there shouldn’t be an issue past that. Something sus as fuck about another man worrying about how one man pronounces words
1. Sopranos
2. The Wire
3. Boardwalk Empire
@Bad Hombre I totally forgot about OZ.
So glad Liotta didn't play Tony.
most of the top guys had their suits made by Gotti's taylor.
Best Show ever !
There are no scraps in my scrapbook.
The first “fact” is not accurate. Michael Franzese as said many times that that’s just not true. He’s be at BBQs with bosses all the time they’d be wearing shorts on a hot day.
Michael franzese is a fake lol he is like a mike beleaqua at best l
@@paoloveloso853 no chance
@@paoloveloso853 how is he fake
This ditsoon shouldn't be making videos
@@ultimatejoecolton stai zitto
Ray Liotta was never offered the role of Tony Soprano. That's an urban myth debunked by Liotta, himself. He was, however, offered the role of Ralphie.
I can't see him as ralphie hes.. hmm idk too polished and refined to play such a unhinged character
@@whitegluestick6039 Ray Liotta could've only played an american version of Furio. But hey, at least he got double-casted in Many Saints of Newark.
I always felt that Adrianna would’ve known better after everything she saw & heard.
Personally I would’ve liked if she had followed Christopher saw his car at Tony’s and then just drove off into the unknown. 🤷🏻♀️
(But then again i’m not David Chase & he’s certainly doing a hell of a lot better in life than I!)
Who would’ve ever thought that cheese fuck actually did some time in the can? 🤣🤣🤣
What about the fact phil did 20 years?
Get da phukk atta hear
“Why don’t you go sit in the corner shirt pants!”
The ending of the sopranos is going to be up for auction someday.
The salary dispute James had didn't end because James game them each $33,000, he gave the cast members the money after the dispute was over as thanks for their patience during the dispute.
THANKFULLY the casting went the way it did!!! Not saying bracco and liota in goodfellas 2.0 wouldn't a been awesome in its own right. But im not sure it woulda had the same level of cultural impact AND we wouldn't have all got gandolfinis masterpiece of acting!(at least in the form we all know)
All that not to mention the impact on TV and cinema this series had as is.
You know, I heard too many of these anecdotes in the Sopranos rewatch podcast for it to be a coincidence.
Another side note: Lillo Brancato also played Calogero in A Bronx Tale.
The first time I heard of the sopranos, I thought it was like the 3 tenors of opera fame.
Today is the golden age of television? Bruh what did you smoke?
Id have loved to see jimmy two times show up in the sapranos ..i love that guy..
I can't get over how monotone this video is...
Are there enough ads?
Does the 92 person body count include Tony being killed at the end?