LOL!!!1
LOL indeed
I thought the show's production staff got a
little big for their britches. It was good stuff, but it seemed like the David Chases and ilk REALLY let the success go to their heads. That's when the ridiculously long hiatuses between seasons started. And I won't even comment on the series finale. Chase had to know he'd draw plenty of flak about it but, when confronted, he acted like a bigger, sniveling baby than Steve Weinerberger (or whatever the fuck, that big, perpetually red-faced, really angry-looking bald asshole married to Bev Francis) when Wayne Demilia called out the judging panel that year at the NOC. (I think Ruehl placed 4th? Something like that. It was a complete bullshit result so the crowd went insane, then Demilia introduced the judges to the crowd, ROTFLMAO. Weiner stood up, gave the crowd the finger and screamed obscenities at them, but was eventually drown out. What a gent, that man!
Stupid guy biting the hand that fed him, his drug habits and his bullshit side "job.")
I digress. Yeah, Chase whined like a real bitch when a lot of people didn't like the way "The Sopranos" ended. I thought it was a bit chickenshit myself. Why not end the show with Tony getting popped in front of his family? Or better yet, have a hitman miss and shoot that sweet thing Meadow Soprano by accident. Seeing her bleed out in that restaurant would've been poetic justice.
But, yet AGAIN, I digress. The Sopranos' greatest strength was its ability to mix comedy with extreme violence. And sweet Jesus, could that show be funny as fuck
Pretty much anytime Paulie Walnuts was onscreen, you knew something funny could happen: when he and Chrissy went to collect from Valery, when the waiter came out to complain to those two about his lack of tip, Paulie and Silvio literally *ringing* that Jew fella's bell ... and, of course, there are all of the things related to Paulie and [who he thought was] his "Ma," like the little old ladies, one of whom was a "malignant girl," who eschewed poor Ms. Gaulterrie at the old folks' home, Ralphie's crank call to Paulie's mom, him sending flunkies after his old pal, now a school principal, for not straightening out the situation at the retirement home ...
OH! And who could forget this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HfRzQBHIP4Yeah. When the show was on, it was ON. And for additional comedic value, Uncle Jr. is hard to top. Dominic is a brilliant actor, even behind those Coke bottle glasses
