Some of the clips that make Richie Aprile a favorite of many Sopranos fans. #jamesgandolfini #davidproval #sopranos #richieaprile #tonysoprano #hbomax #hbo
Janice did make her bones with Richie but she never kicked anything up. I think she was more of a liability than anything. But I always did wonder. Tony gave the order to Silvio, So who would have done the hit ? I know Christopher had an itch.
@@ecosby100 I don't think it's a reflection on women. It's a reflection on how Soprano women have spent their entire lives observing gangsters. They are actually really valuable in an advisory role
Richie talking to Christopher about marrying a woman and then being able to put his hands on her, only to do that to Janice and get shot is poetic justice.
@@bluecollarlitPeople miss most of it sadly. The whole Junior not realizing Livia was losing her mind to dementia and thinking she was faking it... only to get dementia himself and everyone thinks *he's* faking it. Great stuff. People actually think poor Livia was plotting against Tony when literally everything Junior said to her was in code and she would literally respond, "I have no idea what you're talking about..?!" Then there was that whole thing with Tony thinking she was smiling when she had a stroke (which makes half your body, and especially your face, sag) which is a reference to Tony seeing the picture in Melfi's lobby as a negative when it's actually a normal, neutral painting. It showed that Tony inherited his mother's negative outlook, seeing things that are normal or even positive as a negative. And the same way he saw treachery from his mother is the way Livia saw treachery from everyone around her. And by the end of the show, Anthony Jr inherited the same miserable depression. Tony remarks about infecting his son with it and feels awful, only to then say later that he hates his son. The show is a masterpiece, illustrating that these people are all miserable. The glorification of the mobster life is completely misapprehended as they all have personality disorders and severe depression. Melfi's colleagues explain this during dinner and she finally drops Tony, which is where the show ends. People always think about whether Tony got whacked at the end of the show when it goes to black. But I always found this juvenile. The show ends because Tony failed to get on top of the illness that the show opened with. The last thing Tony looks at is his daughter, which is represented by the ducks leaving the pool. Meadow is Tony's ringing endorsement that what he does/did is worth it. When the ducks grew up and left the pool, Tony had his first episode on the show and passed out (that the audience sees, we know he had attacks earlier). He mentions this to Melfi, saying that the timeline of the ducks leaving was around the time of his recent episode. When Meadow finally grows up and is about to move on like the ducks (represented by her getting a job, moving on with her life, and entering the restaurant last after everyone else) Tony looks up to see her and the screen just goes to black. The metaphor came full circle and the show ended right where it began. Whether Tony passed out like he did before, got shot by NY or someone else, or the show just ended there... makes absolutely no difference. Everything was wrapped up perfectly. Many people miss this stuff. They go around commenting about how Livia was pure evil (even though she was clinically unable to feel joy, which is horrible) and about how/if Tony get's whacked at the end. Few people talk about the metaphors coming to a perfect close. I guess David Chase's audience isn't up to the task as much as he'd hoped. I imagine he was slightly disappointed with people asking if Tony got whacked because it seemed to distract everyone from what a good job he did.
@@StudioMod That's a pretty damned original and incisive summation. Hard to poke holes in any of it, other than, ultimately, no one actually knows the creator's intent. But your interpretations are inspired and insightful, and the conclusions therefrom go deeper than most. Write a thesis! I'd read it.
I don't know if it was the writers or the actor, but Richie Aprile's character was one of the best portrayals of a maffia member I have ever seen. No over-romanticized "code of honor" or "master of puppets" BS, just a cold-hearted, egocentric monster, who knows his way around similar selfish criminals. Perfect arc, fitting death.
Regarding the "code of honor" part - Richie indeed tried to potray himself as an oldschool man of honor, especially when his mentality was still stuck in 70-80s (the glory days of mob, when following tradition and rules actually ment something... or at least that's how characters see it). But yeah, he couldn't fucking sell it
Richie's portrayal is pretty realistic. Quiet psychopath. You could see him in a restaurant and he wouldn't stand out. But do not get involved with this guy or piss him off lol.
Never understood the " she has to have his ur last name" so u can beat the wife but not the girlfriend? So perhaps the girlfriend's piss him off. Does he still go home and take it our on the wife. Then ends it with smacking Tony of all ppl sister. He would of been dead following day anyway. 😅😂😂😂
@@renee2828old school italians, well I shouldn't generalize, let's say some old school Italian gangsters have this idea that once two get married any domestic issues that arise are no longer their business and generally don't get involved, like Connie Corleone's mother telling Sonny to not get involved at the dinner table when Carlo verbally threatens Connie
The actor who portrayed Richie is amazing. How do you convey that level of menace and soullessness? IRL the actor’s prob a nice, normal guy. In front of the camera he morphs into this terrifying sleazeball. Much respect.
Not gonna lie, Richie being mad over the guy gambling while he owes him 8k is relatable for me. I can't tell you how frustrating it is to loan someone money, have them lie to your face about when they'd pay you back, and then you hear about them buying a "new this or that" or showing off something new they got or taking a vacation. Like bro, you owe someone money? You work your ass off until you can pay that person back. No leisure, no vacation, no shopping. It's the principle that matters
The fact that Davey pushed back on not being allowed to gamble until he's caught up was pretty much the moment that you knew this dude had a serious problem and things were not going to go well for him.
Richie had a soft side. He went to yoga, cooked tripe for Carmela, remembered and gifted the jacket to Tony (which he could care less about.) And as you point out, he indeed looked out for Davey, Richie was old school and knows there's no reason to treat civilians with hostility, when Davey wanted more, many other mobsters would gladly offer it to him so that the debt would simply be larger. I got the feeling Richie genuinely didn't want that for Davey as he knew what it'd lead to.
Richie Aprile was easily the best Sopranos "villain," David Proval and his Manson lamps are amazing in this role, so menacing... one of the best screen portrayals of a dead-eyed, heartless gangster ever "Okay, I'll leave, but if you ever go crying to Tony Soprano one more time, if you open your mouth... I'm gonna send your arms where your legs are"
He was in Shawshank Redemption. I think he had one line at the mess hall, but he looked like he belonged. That might be what gave them the idea to be on this.
Richie was one of my favorite characters because the actor was so damn good, every scene seething with tension, he shares similar characteristics to assholes we've all met IRL so it felt very relatable. Just a black hole of antipathy, indifference, callousness. He is like a supernatural force.
In the final scene, when Janice shoots Richie, there's a hand of someone under the table visible only for a frame or 2 holding the seat of Richie's chair so it doesn't fall backwards too fast. You can see it if you look at this just a frame at a time and look closely. It's a famous thing of Soprano Super Fans.
Ritchie should've taken his own advice he gave to Chris. I always saw the comparison when he says don't raise your hands to your woman unless you've married her and given her your last name under penalty of death. It's him punching Janice that killed him.
Hitting your woman in any circumstance unless in self defense is scummy in it of itself. I don’t know why these old school Italians are so fucking hypocritical.
He was a real piece of work, that character, wonderfully played by David Proval. And very likely not a single soul didn't celebrate when Janice put him to his end.
Ritchie don’t fear no one on the show not even tony look at him over sleeping with Tony’s sister at his mommas house opening the door in his boxers to tony like it isn’t shit
Richie's biggest mistake was always thinking he was the smartest one in the room. his death was foreshadowed when Tony called him out for not really knowing who his sister is as a person.
There is a list that has Sopranos 3rd and Breaking Bad 1st with GOT 2nd. I have watched all three and still think Sopranos is 1. The Wire 2. GOT 3. And Breaking bad 4. Ozark honorable mention.
@@anthonysouthard5572 even more. 200 were just the soldiers in Phil’s crew when he was just a caporegime - that’s an average number for an important new in a NY family
We all wanted to see the showdown between Richie Aprile and Tony Soprano, the only villain who really put the family in trouble. In addition, the development of The character that David Proval gave him is really incredible. Richie's vital gaze, his immolated and unflinching expression, the visual anger, and all his essence, is what left him It really is pathetic its end. As well as Luca Changretta in Peaky Blinders
Honestly I don’t think Richie was actually much of a challenge. A nuisance certainly, but his attempts to recruit support against Tony with Junior and Barese failed miserably and Tony would have him whacked soon anyway, Jan just speeded up the process. In the end he was a man out of time who came out of the joint and tried to carve himself some room exploiting his macho facade but all he accomplished was sending Beansie on a weelchair.
@@davidesguario2151still when it came to moxy he was the most intimidating out of all the villains in the Sopranos. If he was the main baddy instead of Phil (and I love Phil) the final seasons would be a helluva lot scarier for Tony
@@davidesguario2151 I take reference to all the antagonism of the series, and it is clear that Richie was one, along with Phill, of those who brought threats to the organization. If we see the rest as Cifaretto, they are only attacks and enmities surrounding Tony's personal and sentimental state. That is to say, they were only scenarios of emotional conflict that he could see little in the organization as a confrontation, in fact, Cifaretto's death has to do with Tony's emotional state, nothing to do with his position as a boss like the one Richie perceived. . That's why I say that the potential that the script gave was ridiculous to the packaging of the interpretation that David Proval gave.
Wasn’t confused he just realized it wasn’t playful anymore and was prolly thinking how to respond because some of his players wasn’t in to that shit that’s y tony got mad if they don’t feel comfortable at his games they may stop coming I don’t mean davey either the dr had money so did Frank jr ect
I think a lot of people miss out on how intimidating Richie was. Dude walked up to the underboss of a New York family and started breaking his balls, even (playfully) slapping him. And Johnny Sac did nothing but smile.
It's funny, when Lalo first appeared on BCS I was reminded very much of Richie, I think Tony Dalton studied some old Sopranos eps in preparation for the role lol
Richie was a great foil to Tony as a sociopath. Tony was self-centered and vindictive, but up until the end, he did a great job of hiding it behind his charisma and calculated shows of power. He could be manipulative and cunning, but even the audience would be fooled by it. Richie didn’t have any of that personal charm or depth in the show. He was far more of a low-functioning sociopath, where he defaulted to threats and shows of force so often that nobody considered him reliable, just a ticking time bomb. He was also way more easily deceived and manipulated by people like Junior when Richie thought he was in control. Him getting killed by Janice after abusing her and considering her beneath notice even with a gun to his face was an inevitability. If not Tony, if not Janice, someone would’ve gotten him eventually, all because he was too much of a vicious prick.
7:14 Richie was absolutely right. He can just take everything from him but he decide to save him, but David didin't listen and fuck up again with another mob
When Janice capped Richie,, it was one of the most satisfying moments of the whole soprano story… for a couple of years. I had another constant loop on my computer as a screensaver.. it should happen more often to guys like him
I can appreciate how hes genuinely kind to the people that work under the stores he's exploiting. No need to be a dick to some 17 year old nobody. If you get into the "bidness" however it becomes a different story.
I was disappointed when Richie's character was ended on the show. He should have been in the series longer than he was. David Proval was in "Mean Streets":with Deniro and Harvey Kietel.
It would have been great if there was a scene where Ritchie and Tony had a screaming argument and later Ritchie convinces other gangsters to put a hit on Tony. Tony of course gets wind of it just in time and has paulie go medival on him.
Everyone (rightfully) talks about James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli etc. when discussing how sublime the acting is in The Sopranos- I personally think David Proval’s portrayal of Richie is the best performance in the entire show
Legend has it that David Proval was one of the Runner Ups to play Tony Soprano. I think Richie Aprile was a fair consolation. And he was probably better for it.
My favorite character !!! A true sociopath with no redeeming qualities . The most satisfying death scene within the series . I wish his story arc was longer , though .
Agree, he was so detestable. By the end of the show he's a guy who I wished would have stuck around but every scene he had was so uncomfortable. Great acting.
I would say that the biggest pure sociopaths on the show are Ralph Cifaretto and Paulie Walnuts. Both of them killed people at the slightest provocation, with zero remorse. Richie is a mean prick, but, he still possesses some rationality and restraint that elevates him over those two psychos.
Ritchie’s reaction to Janice pulling a gun on him is the most badass shit I have seen on the Sopranos. I don’t cRe what anyone says. “Bitch I’m in no mood for this shit.. fuck outta here.” LMAO!
i fell in love with the janice character instantly but her killing richie and separately from that watching women visiting mourning bobby through binoculars were some of the best moment in the history of television
David Proval was so amazing as Richie Aprile. Every scene he was in was terrifying, you never knew what to expect. All the cast were great in the series but this guy was one of the best.
Richie was a character that I first hated and then having watched the series a few times I realized that he's one of my favourite characters. Season 2 was my favourite season because of Richie. I don't care if that's a controversial take. I'm from the old school, I shouldn't have to explain myself.
@@mosthatedny2243 that's my position as well. I didn't like Richie when I was younger because he was set up to be the antagonist. His situation though is defensible in retrospect and I think that he brings a different dynamic to the table. Except for hitting his wife. I don't like Janice but I never would have married her in the first place.
Best character in the whole series. Ive seen the actor b4 dont know him but he did amazing job. I wish they wouldve kept him in the series another season or 2
I've seen the entire serie three times and will watch it again. I can only say that David Proval is absolutely perfect, convincing and outstanding as italian-american and as he plays the character of Richie Aprile.
Just saw hacksaw ridge for the first time and this BEAUTIFUL MAN WAS IN IT AND ONLY HAD A FEW LIKES? It honestly felt like a crime knowing how much of an actor he is, to have him reduced to a small role 😢
Janice shoulda been made when she did the aprile hit😂😂
Janice did make her bones with Richie but she never kicked anything up. I think she was more of a liability than anything. But I always did wonder. Tony gave the order to Silvio, So who would have done the hit ? I know Christopher had an itch.
@@paulyC I was gonna say this 😅
Think it’s had something to do when Toney said to his mom that she’s was the real mobster. A reflection on how women can be just as ruthless
@@ecosby100 I don't think it's a reflection on women. It's a reflection on how Soprano women have spent their entire lives observing gangsters. They are actually really valuable in an advisory role
😂😂
Richie talking to Christopher about marrying a woman and then being able to put his hands on her, only to do that to Janice and get shot is poetic justice.
Facts 💯
Yes, it really is.
And irony.
Great storytelling in this show.
@@bluecollarlitPeople miss most of it sadly. The whole Junior not realizing Livia was losing her mind to dementia and thinking she was faking it... only to get dementia himself and everyone thinks *he's* faking it. Great stuff.
People actually think poor Livia was plotting against Tony when literally everything Junior said to her was in code and she would literally respond, "I have no idea what you're talking about..?!"
Then there was that whole thing with Tony thinking she was smiling when she had a stroke (which makes half your body, and especially your face, sag) which is a reference to Tony seeing the picture in Melfi's lobby as a negative when it's actually a normal, neutral painting. It showed that Tony inherited his mother's negative outlook, seeing things that are normal or even positive as a negative. And the same way he saw treachery from his mother is the way Livia saw treachery from everyone around her.
And by the end of the show, Anthony Jr inherited the same miserable depression. Tony remarks about infecting his son with it and feels awful, only to then say later that he hates his son. The show is a masterpiece, illustrating that these people are all miserable. The glorification of the mobster life is completely misapprehended as they all have personality disorders and severe depression. Melfi's colleagues explain this during dinner and she finally drops Tony, which is where the show ends.
People always think about whether Tony got whacked at the end of the show when it goes to black. But I always found this juvenile. The show ends because Tony failed to get on top of the illness that the show opened with. The last thing Tony looks at is his daughter, which is represented by the ducks leaving the pool. Meadow is Tony's ringing endorsement that what he does/did is worth it.
When the ducks grew up and left the pool, Tony had his first episode on the show and passed out (that the audience sees, we know he had attacks earlier). He mentions this to Melfi, saying that the timeline of the ducks leaving was around the time of his recent episode. When Meadow finally grows up and is about to move on like the ducks (represented by her getting a job, moving on with her life, and entering the restaurant last after everyone else) Tony looks up to see her and the screen just goes to black. The metaphor came full circle and the show ended right where it began. Whether Tony passed out like he did before, got shot by NY or someone else, or the show just ended there... makes absolutely no difference.
Everything was wrapped up perfectly. Many people miss this stuff. They go around commenting about how Livia was pure evil (even though she was clinically unable to feel joy, which is horrible) and about how/if Tony get's whacked at the end. Few people talk about the metaphors coming to a perfect close. I guess David Chase's audience isn't up to the task as much as he'd hoped. I imagine he was slightly disappointed with people asking if Tony got whacked because it seemed to distract everyone from what a good job he did.
@@StudioModbrooo u just changed my whole outlook on the show I didn’t even know it could get that deep
@@StudioMod That's a pretty damned original and incisive summation. Hard to poke holes in any of it, other than, ultimately, no one actually knows the creator's intent. But your interpretations are inspired and insightful, and the conclusions therefrom go deeper than most. Write a thesis! I'd read it.
I don't know if it was the writers or the actor, but Richie Aprile's character was one of the best portrayals of a maffia member I have ever seen. No over-romanticized "code of honor" or "master of puppets" BS, just a cold-hearted, egocentric monster, who knows his way around similar selfish criminals. Perfect arc, fitting death.
Regarding the "code of honor" part - Richie indeed tried to potray himself as an oldschool man of honor, especially when his mentality was still stuck in 70-80s (the glory days of mob, when following tradition and rules actually ment something... or at least that's how characters see it). But yeah, he couldn't fucking sell it
no-hearted more likely. still infuriates me how he fucking did beansie.
Livia was my favorite. Matriarch of the NNJ mob. The coldest & best manipulator of them all.
Richie's portrayal is pretty realistic. Quiet psychopath. You could see him in a restaurant and he wouldn't stand out. But do not get involved with this guy or piss him off lol.
@@hohaiphong6225 Tony told him to back off beansie
He did then put it in Drive
“Don’t give me those Manson lamps” was one of the funniest lines and one I use to describe creepy eyes even today
That predates sopranos by a looooooooong time
Yea not e b yeah not everybody got that line
@@Bhamloud47 oh shit i had no idea lmao
@@Bhamloud47 But sopranos made that the saying famous and relevant.
Manson Lamps and Resting C#nt Face get used a lot where I work.
--Tells Christopher not to slap his niece until he marries her
--Punches Janice in the face while discussing their upcoming wedding
Who happens to be the bosses sister
Unreal
Never understood the " she has to have his ur last name" so u can beat the wife but not the girlfriend? So perhaps the girlfriend's piss him off. Does he still go home and take it our on the wife. Then ends it with smacking Tony of all ppl sister. He would of been dead following day anyway. 😅😂😂😂
Israel and Palestine
@@renee2828old school italians, well I shouldn't generalize, let's say some old school Italian gangsters have this idea that once two get married any domestic issues that arise are no longer their business and generally don't get involved, like Connie Corleone's mother telling Sonny to not get involved at the dinner table when Carlo verbally threatens Connie
We call that irony
The actor who portrayed Richie is amazing. How do you convey that level of menace and soullessness?
IRL the actor’s prob a nice, normal guy. In front of the camera he morphs into this terrifying sleazeball. Much respect.
He's in shawshank redemption as one of reds friends.
Completely different characters
Mean Streets
@@shinking22Hes also in "Balls of Fury" playing a bodyguard goofball! 😂😂
Raymond???
He also played Corky in Life Goes On. Such a great actor. I honestly believed he had down syndrome for real.
He wasn't in the series very long, but he was an awesome character. One of my favourites, the actor is incredible.
Him and Raul
Now think that he goes to casting and want to be play Tony character
He sucked
@@SifuPL what?
@@SifuPL naw, guy has range, plays all different types.
Not gonna lie, Richie being mad over the guy gambling while he owes him 8k is relatable for me. I can't tell you how frustrating it is to loan someone money, have them lie to your face about when they'd pay you back, and then you hear about them buying a "new this or that" or showing off something new they got or taking a vacation.
Like bro, you owe someone money? You work your ass off until you can pay that person back. No leisure, no vacation, no shopping. It's the principle that matters
Right
Like Ted Beneke in Better Call Saul.
@@Slithey7433breaking bad ***
@@hanslanda58
Correction accepted! The series run together in my mind. 🤗
bro just incriminated himself
"There are men in the can better looking than my sister." Best line of the entire series!
I should know. I did 20 F**king years in the can. -- PHIL
To each is own lol
Also very true. No offense Bobby.
It really was!!!
Idk it’s good but sounds a lil gay
The fact that Davey pushed back on not being allowed to gamble until he's caught up was pretty much the moment that you knew this dude had a serious problem and things were not going to go well for him.
Exactly. The best thing Richie ever did for anyone in this show was ban Davey from his games and not let him run up more debt with the house.
Guy was a degenerate
@@toffeelatte6042 Well, he did it because he wanted his money back, before anyone else could get Davey.
such a great actor....he could read the yellow pages and make it sound threatening
That’s a great compliment & I have to remember it for future use
Hey look at this Joey, only made it to the R's.
He had that ice cold stare!
How many times has David Proval been approached by fans imitating Richie with
“The Jaaacket”!?
I think it was “the jackeeeeet”
@@osamashatatIf it was me I would have said “I gave my wife my last name”
Your flexingggg
The fuckin guy has the making of a varsity actor.
Met him at Sopranos -con the year after the pandemic and hundreds of people paid for a video of him saying it together. Myself included 😂
Thing I liked about Richie is he actually looked out for Davey and told them don't play my games until you're caught up
I think he was more looking out for himself. Pay me first before these other crooks get it
@@larrynicolas5167 True, but Davey still would have benefitted by listening lol
Richie had a soft side. He went to yoga, cooked tripe for Carmela, remembered and gifted the jacket to Tony (which he could care less about.) And as you point out, he indeed looked out for Davey, Richie was old school and knows there's no reason to treat civilians with hostility, when Davey wanted more, many other mobsters would gladly offer it to him so that the debt would simply be larger. I got the feeling Richie genuinely didn't want that for Davey as he knew what it'd lead to.
Well, yeah. Can't milk the poor bastard if you've killed him for outstanding debts.
@@JakeGittes84he’s sensitive to the plight of women
Richie was only in like a few episodes and somehow became one of the most ambitious characters in the whole show
Richie was the first real antagonist to Tony and he really left an impression.
Those Manson Lamps will do that. ;)
Richie Aprile was easily the best Sopranos "villain," David Proval and his Manson lamps are amazing in this role, so menacing... one of the best screen portrayals of a dead-eyed, heartless gangster ever
"Okay, I'll leave, but if you ever go crying to Tony Soprano one more time, if you open your mouth... I'm gonna send your arms where your legs are"
He was good but Ralph was even better, especially with the humour
Eh shineboxotardo was a little bit better
The lamps and ramps.
What? Richie was like the dumbest Sopranos villain ever. He didn't get the mob life at all and always acted out of arrogance and anger.
@@chuckc7815 Could you imagine Richie, Ralph, and Phil eating dinner together? That would be comedy gold.
David Proval did an excellent job portraying Richie Aprille. I bought his character, hook line and sinker, he actually became a gangster.
He was in Shawshank Redemption. I think he had one line at the mess hall, but he looked like he belonged. That might be what gave them the idea to be on this.
Richie was one of my favorite characters because the actor was so damn good, every scene seething with tension, he shares similar characteristics to assholes we've all met IRL so it felt very relatable. Just a black hole of antipathy, indifference, callousness. He is like a supernatural force.
Well said!
He did the hand thing when he told Uncle Junior to stop flexin lol 🤌
What a character. Even among socipathic criminals, he was something else.
In the final scene, when Janice shoots Richie, there's a hand of someone under the table visible only for a frame or 2 holding the seat of Richie's chair so it doesn't fall backwards too fast. You can see it if you look at this just a frame at a time and look closely. It's a famous thing of Soprano Super Fans.
Where exactly? It's hard to see it.
@@OrwellianNarrator Next to the wine bottle you can see the arm
@@mortensuperlite I thought that might be it.
@@OrwellianNarrator15:16
Yeah that’s it,go and suck the joy
out of everything.I bet they bring you in at closing time to clear the fuckin place!
Ritchie should've taken his own advice he gave to Chris. I always saw the comparison when he says don't raise your hands to your woman unless you've married her and given her your last name under penalty of death. It's him punching Janice that killed him.
thank god he did💀 janice and richie aprile was a disaster waiting to happen and i think everybody knew it
Hitting your woman in any circumstance unless in self defense is scummy in it of itself. I don’t know why these old school Italians are so fucking hypocritical.
Why have I never realized that before
But he punched her lol
Like this. If he even one shade of morality left it was that code, and he ended up betraying it as well.
He was a real piece of work, that character, wonderfully played by David Proval.
And very likely not a single soul didn't celebrate when Janice put him to his end.
Richie was perfectly cast
He Gave The Producer THOSE F-KING MANSON LAMPS !!! That’s how he got The Part!😎😎😎
10:19 that awkward png of a trash heap just plopped in the matte always makes me laugh. you can literally see how 2/3rds of it is copy pasted lol
Richie was in no mood getting shot
Ikr. It’s one thing getting shot, but when you’re not in the mood……?
E=mc2 you come up with that next PRY1948
Lowkey felt bad he didn't get to take a couple more bites of his food
@@dorianwallace2623 on that note why does everyone in this show seem to eat in the same nauseating manner?
He didn't slap her. Good punch right to the cheek.😮😮😮😮😂
Can you imagine if Richie would have had beef with Ralph?
Would’ve been the most toxic beef ever. 🔥
Just thinking about it makes me shudder lol
Ritchie don’t fear no one on the show not even tony look at him over sleeping with Tony’s sister at his mommas house opening the door in his boxers to tony like it isn’t shit
I couldn't omg 🤣
Wouldn’t Richie be Ralphie’s captain? It’s the “Aprile” crew
Very allegorical.
Richie was a mean bastard. He would of made Phil's treatment of Vito look compassionate.
Richie giving an ethics lesson is priceless.
He’s one of those guys who I would think is an actual mobster instead of an actor
A lot of people have said that Richie was one of the most realistic portrayals of a real mobster.
Hes jewish but yeah he was good maybe he saw some real guys growing up.
@@anthonysouthard5572 the Jew mob was pretty vicious
@@GigaChadh976 in the 1920s not when the actor was a kid.
Jew mobs are vicious, look at how they are controlling banks and Ukraine right now 😂
Richie's biggest mistake was always thinking he was the smartest one in the room. his death was foreshadowed when Tony called him out for not really knowing who his sister is as a person.
Janice took that punch like a champ too, more stunned & shocked than injured, then it clicked she knew what had to be done.
@@mikesapp3241 .......Knowing her brother would clean up the mess!
Junior warned him about jance she was a evil kid she once left the gas on on his house 😆
The Sopranos was the best drama TV show of all time. Period!
The wire was the best.
@@ig6894 hell no
That or HBO's Oz.
There is a list that has Sopranos 3rd and Breaking Bad 1st with GOT 2nd. I have watched all three and still think Sopranos is 1. The Wire 2. GOT 3. And Breaking bad 4. Ozark honorable mention.
I didn’t realize the T1000 was just a degenerate gambler 🤣
@nicholasgreen339 😂🤣
@nicholasgreen339 lmao
Lmao 😂💀
yea his programmings been off ever since T2
i always wondered where did i see this guy lmao
Imagine if ritchie, furio, chris and silvio survived to fight the war in season 6
Their was no crew left it was 8 guys vs a 200 member family.
Jesus Christ, I'm just seeing the series and this is the worst spoiler I've seen
Silvio did survive to be in the war he just didn't fare too well in it
@@feba33 rip
@@anthonysouthard5572 even more. 200 were just the soldiers in Phil’s crew when he was just a caporegime - that’s an average number for an important new in a NY family
The definition of HBO in the late 90’s. 👌
It was the Golden Age of HBO, for sure!
Oz too.
Big squid
We all wanted to see the showdown between Richie Aprile and Tony Soprano, the only villain who really put the family in trouble. In addition, the development of The character that David Proval gave him is really incredible. Richie's vital gaze, his immolated and unflinching expression, the visual anger, and all his essence, is what left him
It really is pathetic its end. As well as Luca Changretta in Peaky Blinders
Honestly I don’t think Richie was actually much of a challenge. A nuisance certainly, but his attempts to recruit support against Tony with Junior and Barese failed miserably and Tony would have him whacked soon anyway, Jan just speeded up the process. In the end he was a man out of time who came out of the joint and tried to carve himself some room exploiting his macho facade but all he accomplished was sending Beansie on a weelchair.
@@davidesguario2151still when it came to moxy he was the most intimidating out of all the villains in the Sopranos. If he was the main baddy instead of Phil (and I love Phil) the final seasons would be a helluva lot scarier for Tony
Ritchie wasnt shit, the only reason Tony didnt smash him sooner, was his love for his bother. That is literally IT.
What you mean "the only villain". Every another one threatened Tony's well-being somehow too, resulted in full-fledged war with Leotardo
@@davidesguario2151 I take reference to all the antagonism of the series, and it is clear that Richie was one, along with Phill, of those who brought threats to the organization. If we see the rest as Cifaretto, they are only attacks and enmities surrounding Tony's personal and sentimental state. That is to say, they were only scenarios of emotional conflict that he could see little in the organization as a confrontation, in fact, Cifaretto's death has to do with Tony's emotional state, nothing to do with his position as a boss like the one Richie perceived. . That's why I say that the potential that the script gave was ridiculous to the packaging of the interpretation that David Proval gave.
Tony's confused look when he's giving Chris the warning 🤣
Wasn’t confused he just realized it wasn’t playful anymore and was prolly thinking how to respond because some of his players wasn’t in to that shit that’s y tony got mad if they don’t feel comfortable at his games they may stop coming I don’t mean davey either the dr had money so did Frank jr ect
The clip at the very end, is absolutely AWESOME!... "by a little river, with pine cones all around" RIP James we miss you
"You wanna lay hands, you give her your last name". Such a romantic man.
Read your Bible
The real reason to get married lol
One of the best characters, genuinely terrifying 😂
Especially with THOSE F__KIG MANSON LAMPS!!!
I think a lot of people miss out on how intimidating Richie was. Dude walked up to the underboss of a New York family and started breaking his balls, even (playfully) slapping him. And Johnny Sac did nothing but smile.
those Manson lamps.
Johnny was half asleep
Johnny sac is kinda soft though
@@adrianjohnson2033 just because he never had a goohma
@@ironheadvillalobos9109 Ginny had enough booty to satisfy him
Richie was perfect. Crazy, violent, but still somehow sympathetic in a certain way. Another example of why the show was so great. Depth of characters.
Richie and Lalo are the 2 best mid season characters on a hit tv show !
Better call Saul!
Because U have rights !
lmao i love this comment
Facts
It's funny, when Lalo first appeared on BCS I was reminded very much of Richie, I think Tony Dalton studied some old Sopranos eps in preparation for the role lol
imagine Lalo and Richie were put together
Notice how Richie never fucks with civilians unless they owe him shit
Richie was a great foil to Tony as a sociopath. Tony was self-centered and vindictive, but up until the end, he did a great job of hiding it behind his charisma and calculated shows of power. He could be manipulative and cunning, but even the audience would be fooled by it.
Richie didn’t have any of that personal charm or depth in the show. He was far more of a low-functioning sociopath, where he defaulted to threats and shows of force so often that nobody considered him reliable, just a ticking time bomb. He was also way more easily deceived and manipulated by people like Junior when Richie thought he was in control.
Him getting killed by Janice after abusing her and considering her beneath notice even with a gun to his face was an inevitability. If not Tony, if not Janice, someone would’ve gotten him eventually, all because he was too much of a vicious prick.
I’d shit myself just meeting the actor who played Richie. That’s how good he was portraying that role
7:14 Richie was absolutely right. He can just take everything from him but he decide to save him, but David didin't listen and fuck up again with another mob
Didn't realize the actor appeared in mean streets till I watched it again recently
Much respect, David Proval. Thanks for everything in this show.
When Janice capped Richie,, it was one of the most satisfying moments of the whole soprano story… for a couple of years. I had another constant loop on my computer as a screensaver.. it should happen more often to guys like him
It would've been nice to see a showdown with him and Tony.
People like him
I like Richie more than Janice
Absolutely love the character but absolutely hated what he did to poor Beansie.
Beans threatened him. And now he can’t step up whatsoever
Beansie got what was coming to him
Ritchie don't eat baby cow.
@@tomarze2071exactly did that’s what happens when you get a loan from a mobster and think it’s not gonna come full circle
@@adrianjohnson2033 i mean it was a shakedown, beansie didn't owe him money, he was just robbing him. but pretty dumb to threaten a made guy.
"Whats this? ITS THE JACKET!" Idk but that part had me rolling 😂😂
I don't blame Ritchie for being angry. A kid spilled fried rice all over him at the mall food court.
I so wish we had have seen that 😂😂😂
I can appreciate how hes genuinely kind to the people that work under the stores he's exploiting. No need to be a dick to some 17 year old nobody. If you get into the "bidness" however it becomes a different story.
Its weird how patient he was with the two young guys at the stores huh ?
I was disappointed when Richie's character was ended on the show. He should have been in the series longer than he was. David Proval was in "Mean Streets":with Deniro and Harvey Kietel.
I wish he had survived for at least another season
It would have been great if there was a scene where Ritchie and Tony had a screaming argument and later Ritchie convinces other gangsters to put a hit on Tony. Tony of course gets wind of it just in time and has paulie go medival on him.
@@nilstrobaggia735or if he interacted with Ralph lol
Hes better than Janet.
The “best of” a psychopath is more like it.
One of the more gratifying moments in this “family oriented” HBO series was when Janice let him have it.
Richie is not even close to a psychopath lmfaoooo you guys think a little guy with a loud math is the definition of a psychopath 😂😂
“Their are better looking men in the can then my sister”
Not flattering
"Dont threaten you? I gotta hardon for you."
There* Over there look. They're crazy just look at their eyes.
@@tyson6819this dude just solve the their, they're and there situation 😂
@gerardoizarraras3973 They used to make you know that before you could pass 3rd grade🤣
David Proval, what an excellent actor. Legendary intimidation guy.
0:45
Tony’s like “he’s not being jerky he’s just an idiot” lolol
Everyone (rightfully) talks about James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli etc. when discussing how sublime the acting is in The Sopranos- I personally think David Proval’s portrayal of Richie is the best performance in the entire show
Richie was pissed because he didn’t get soft drinks of choice
The jacket!!!! Hey Tony, where’s the jacket?
This actor was even menacing in Everybody Loves Raymond
Richie was a capo when he went to jail above tony people forget that. He got tony out of the feech la manna situation well written character.
That was one of my favorite scenes at the end. Screen writers did a great job building up to it
Gosh… what a show… pure art.
There's only a small few shows that I genuinely love and watch again and again. This is at the top.
Richie Aprile is a terrifying character played perfectly by actor David Proval.
David Proval was an LAPD beat cop....in the film The Star Chamber....good 80s flik.
Lmao! Richie is so funny and awesome. Great acting
15:07-I’ve never seen anyone open a bottle of wine or fill his glass faster than Richie does here.
that was pretty swift
The most stone-cold character in the show.
Not really tony punked him multiple times unlike tony and others Ritchie didn’t have much charm so him being tough was all he had
Richie was believable. Loved his character. When he had to go, it was a sad day.
Legend has it that David Proval was one of the Runner Ups to play Tony Soprano. I think Richie Aprile was a fair consolation. And he was probably better for it.
As a memento, Janice should have been given "The Jacket."
My favorite part is when he's dying on the floor acting surprised. Lol
My favorite character !!! A true sociopath with no redeeming qualities . The most satisfying death scene within the series . I wish his story arc was longer , though .
Agree, he was so detestable. By the end of the show he's a guy who I wished would have stuck around but every scene he had was so uncomfortable. Great acting.
I would say that the biggest pure sociopaths on the show are Ralph Cifaretto and Paulie Walnuts. Both of them killed people at the slightest provocation, with zero remorse. Richie is a mean prick, but, he still possesses some rationality and restraint that elevates him over those two psychos.
Richie and Ralph are two of the best acted roles on the entire Sopranos series! Besides TONY!
I like Ritchie but Ralph had no good quality’s
You're flexiiiiiiiiiing 😂
"Not crazy as I used to be, but still crazy enough to take an eye out." Yep. That sums up Richie Aprile pretty well.
Ritchie’s reaction to Janice pulling a gun on him is the most badass shit I have seen on the Sopranos. I don’t cRe what anyone says. “Bitch I’m in no mood for this shit.. fuck outta here.” LMAO!
The look on his face when the shot hits him is great acting out shock
Love the ending…. We buried him, on a hill overlooking the river, with pine cones all
Around
He got it coming one way or another. I love that acting😂
"I shouldnt have to explain myself, im from the old school"😂
i fell in love with the janice character instantly but her killing richie and separately from that watching women visiting mourning bobby through binoculars were some of the best moment in the history of television
Veal Parmesan sandwich
fuck. you. i’ll be back every saturday partner
And hurry the F up about it
🔥
FAWKYUUUU 😗
And hurry the fuck up about it
Just now watching the sopranos and he definitely was my favorite character so funny and I see alot of Ronnie in him , great actor by far 🙏
Richie deserved both of them shots. He played that role great
David Proval was so amazing as Richie Aprile. Every scene he was in was terrifying, you never knew what to expect. All the cast were great in the series but this guy was one of the best.
For some reason I like Richie
In a way
You are not alone. I can't understand why so many people hate him
It’s the Jackettttt
You Flexinnnn
-Richy Tzu
Richie was such a badass. Angry as fuck 😆
Richie Aprille was the closest thing to a modern day Tony Montana we’ll ever get
makes me wonder how he (Richie) would have gone up against Joe Pesci
had he been cast in there....
Pfffft. Montana wishes!
@@russellking9762wouldn’t stand a chance , joe pesci is to big for a bottom feeder actors like these anyway
@@hanslanda58small fry actors are what made the sopranos happen
@@hanslanda58 "too big" man is a 5'4 manlet
A free parmansan sandwich and coffee everytime you go in there doesn't sounds like a bad bet
This is the same actor who voiced crazy Shapiro in hey good lookin in 1982😎😎🔥🔥
#DavidProval made that character, Richie April, so perfectly that it's as if he IS that person, totally natural and real, without acting at all.
Richie was a character that I first hated and then having watched the series a few times I realized that he's one of my favourite characters. Season 2 was my favourite season because of Richie. I don't care if that's a controversial take. I'm from the old school, I shouldn't have to explain myself.
Was my favorite character from jump
Now that I’m older I realize he was right for being mad for every reason he got mad
@@mosthatedny2243 that's my position as well.
I didn't like Richie when I was younger because he was set up to be the antagonist. His situation though is defensible in retrospect and I think that he brings a different dynamic to the table.
Except for hitting his wife. I don't like Janice but I never would have married her in the first place.
@@baldygrey2779 nah what he did bad was try to move against Tony but other than that I liked him right off the gate
Well beansie isn’t made so Ritchie had a right to beat him if not worse
If Richie was alive in season 6, who thinks Phil would've been scared to go to war?
Phil would have had Richie on side to step in as the new boss
Nobody is scared of anyone anyone can get it
Just noticed at 12:20 Richie drips some eggs off the fork onto the floor and you can even hear it splat if you listen closely haha
What the fuck lol great ears on ya bud
I went to 12:20 --- you're right.
Best character in the whole series. Ive seen the actor b4 dont know him but he did amazing job. I wish they wouldve kept him in the series another season or 2
You're fleeeexing!!
..you're flexing...
I've seen the entire serie three times and will watch it again. I can only say that David Proval is absolutely perfect, convincing and outstanding as italian-american and as he plays the character of Richie Aprile.
Just saw hacksaw ridge for the first time and this BEAUTIFUL MAN WAS IN IT AND ONLY HAD A FEW LIKES? It honestly felt like a crime knowing how much of an actor he is, to have him reduced to a small role 😢