That's kinda the point. He hates himself for being weak. For being so easily annoyed by small things. For being so emotional. For being unable to communicate and control his resentment and anger. That's why he respects "Gary Cooper" like someone he could never be. To be honest, we all built like that.
@@juannaym8488 You can't be a strong and silent type while seeing a therapist. A strong and silent type means that you keep all your emotions and worries bottled up and never express them. You don't go to therapy and ask for help. You keep your issues to yourself and deal with them. That's the definition of a strong silent type. What Tony is doing here is the exact opposite of a strong silent type
We all have our own role models that we worship. I think all men want to be the strong silent type. A strong man, a stoic who does what he has to do without complaining. Modern men worship masculinity because masculinity has been erased from our culture.
That's interesting .... gave himself a good line and acted it very funny. Always quality with the Sopranos ..... can't always make out the dialogue though :-(
My favorite thing about Sil was that while he usually came off as the level-headed, reasonable peacemaker, in reality he was completely insane, especially when he was gambling.
Sil is just as ruthless as the others but he prefers harmony and peace and doesn't thrive on drama (except when he's gambling or talking about Italian heritage)
"He was gay, Gary Cooper?" "NOOOO Are you listening to me?" "You got it because you're smart, you were you or whatever the fuck." There were so many good lines in this rant. Great scene!
Yeah the characters on Sopranos would act so much like real people would. It's not insane to think about but when I realise I have not seen that on any other show it really is incredible writing.
"did you get it because youre italian" well yeah he was in a gang where you had to be italian to become a high ranking member and the bing was gained illegally and used for illegal purposes lol
LA-SaintJust Yeah, but people like Hesh flourished as an ‘associate’ of an Italian gang (despite not being one) more so than most of the Italian members.
@@brwhizz3060 Hesh more than likely had more money than all of them, even if you took out his connections to Tony and the crew. Its said and shown many times that he wrote a bunch of number one hits back in the day and is still banking off the royalties. That can actually be something thrown into the prequel possibly.
I was scrolling for this comment. He didn't have to do business like any other American because he's connected due to being Italian. He killed indiscriminately and mostly got away with it because he's connected due to being Italian. If he failed, his Family would have helped him out due to him being connected because he's Italian. Would Tony have even let him in that car if he wasn't?
Like Seinfeld, The Soprano's could sometimes be a drama about nothing. You gotta love the loopy interaction between these characters. How many of us have been back seat prisoners to inane conversations like this? This kind of wacky sidebar was another reason the show was awesome. Blood, guts. guns, tragedy, suspense, sex and ...whatever this was. I wonder what Frankie Valli would have said......?
There was always a plot but you are dead on, the natural and usually irrelevant dialogue was alot like Seinfeld or even more like a Tarantino script. Brilliantly inane
@@thegadflygang5381 I think those inane moments made them more human & relatable. LOL Tarantino working in the Burger King aka "La Grand Fromage" conversation in Pulp Fiction is classic!
I've been there where two people arguing in the car and the others coming in here and there throughout until everybody finally shut the hell up for 10 minutes...one person breaks the silence to ask if anyone is hungry or they got to stop to use the bathroom.
Gary Cooper was a first-generation American- both his parents were Brits living in the USA and he also did UK boarding school as a child so he was in touch with his English roots.
Expectation: strong silent type who saves the town from the bad guys. Reality: depressed criminal leeching off society and then blabbing to a shrink. That show was so well written
Show has that incredible one liners that keep repeating, each and every time get funnier. Nursing home... ITS A RETIREMENT COMUNITY!! and "im not running a popularity contest" hilarious
@@iwazhear77 that’ll be us one day, you either end up being like tony (what in the world happened to x thing i specifically care about) or like livia (just let me die, 20 years before you’re even downhill physically)
No doubt. So silly people getting all hilarious over some character that's pure myth and has been for centuries. As Marcus Aurelius said, "quickly lost to sight and mind alike".
@@joearnold5836 >seethes about Italian's remembering Columbus after a couple hundred years >brings up some several thousand year old quote from another Italian while trying to prove his point You're the silly one
@@johnclay2716 You might want to re-read what I wrote because it seems to of gone over your head. Saying something is "silly" and seething aren't exactly the same thing. Meditations has been in print for almost half a millennium by the way and is regarded as some of the best philosophical work ever recorded. Stop seething over silly stuff on the internet and you'll be happier. Have a nice night.
@@nrw9724 another moment when it's apparent that there's nothing Italian about Italian-Americans, and that nearly all hyphenated Americans outside first generation are glorified cosplayers. Anyway, $3 a pound.
Funny how Tony is so socially unacceptable the whole show, and then he randomly has moments of super progressivism, or at least it seems when compared to his buddies 😂
Modern "progressives" are all about making as much noise they can about their group identity... What Tony argued is actually more of a libertarian/conservative view on race.
An all time favorite Tony/Sil scene that perfectly illustrates how this brilliant show walked the thin line between satire and drama..a near impossible thing to do. Damn but I miss this show. And RIP the Great Gandolfini. Gone way way too soon.
I love that out of everything Chris could’ve said to contribute to the argument he said that sounding so curious and clueless lol, it’s so subtle but I find it so fuckin hilarious
He brings up an interesting point. A person can take on the mindset of a victim without actually being one. That just holds you back in the long run. Hmmm...
this is why this show is the best the dialogue was so real and grounded, not played up or over dramatized like most other shows these characters felt like real people.
It’s acted naturalistically but the writing isn’t always committed to naturalism. The show’s more campy than it’s willing to admit which is its biggest flaw.
Tony was right. Every one's heritage/culture was spit on and screwed over at some point. You can be pissed off, sure but you gotta get over it, grow some balls and do what you need to do to live and survive! Probably his best advice in the entire series!
The irony of living so far in the past that it prevents better relations with people in the present. Nothing wrong with learning your history but holding grudges for the sins of the father isn't going to make things any better.
James Gandolfini was, is one of humanity's greatest actors. Nobody can do that emotional wave, from up to down to up again as good as him, whilst always appearing utterly authentic.
Love Silvios Face at 2:20 - a mix of confused, outraged and contemplating of how to best respond to his boss - Van Zandt probably copied some techniques from Gandolfini on that one..
Joe Black But the only reason Silvio has any of those things is because he's part of a criminal organization established because of Italian identity politics. Not entirely, but he wouldn't be anywhere near where he was without this organization
nobody in that organization gets above grunt level without being a good earner or demonstrating some talent. Silvo became a made man and got far in the organization because of his own merit. If he was a bad earner and had no other talent, he wouldn't have been made. He would of just been a foot soldier who'd handle collections or low level hits. Tony's whole point is Silvio succeeded because he talent and he applied it, the whole identity politics thing was moot point.
"....he was gay, Gary Cooper?" throwing the noun out there at the end as a question is so Italian. I hope some Madigans can appreciate this authenticity.
I'm an Italian-American. Third-generation. To be honest, I've always felt like Italian people were treated VERY well in comparison to many other ethnic-groups which migrated to America. Never, not ONCE, has someone intentionally tried to make me feel ashamed of being Italian, shown me prejudice, or ANYTHING like that. I've always been treated with respect. Let's be real, comparing the plight of the American Indian Natives, to the prejudice received by migrating Italians, is akin to comparing Jewish people in WW2 to Mexican people in America today. It's apples & oranges. Hell, it's nearly apples and baseballs.
@House of Savoy Oh you're a cute wiseass. The Irish got potatoes throw at them off the boat. Couldn't get a job because the stores had signs that said "No Irish need apply." But the Irish built this country and didn't bitch and moan about it 100 of years later. Screaming racism racism
Italians were the first immigrants to land on American soil & deny & look down on having an American identity because it’s engrained in Italian culture to think you’re better than everyone else. That’s why they were treated badly, it rubbed Americans the wrong way. When Irish, Germans, Polish etc. got here they integrated into society, learned the language & culture & embraced having a newfound American identity. Italians wanted their own neighborhoods, workplaces, churches, many didn’t want to bother learning English & just looked down upon any non Italians in general. That don’t fly too well in the great U.S. of A 🤷🏽♂️
Natives and African Americans yes. But everyone else? Medical care, Housing, College scholarships, affirmative action, carried by the media. Migrants today are spoon fed coddled children compared to Italian and Irish immigrants. Ofc no one showed you "Italian" prejudice. It's not 1910 anymore.
Tony was dropping jewels on them. Tony had the new school mentality to mob life and that's why he wanted to give Vito a pass as well. He didn't really care for traditional mob lifestyle he only cared about making money.
@@xboxmoonpartingty104 tbh I think if Ralph didn't spray bug spray in tony's eyes or try and stab him I think Tony would only beat the shit out of ralph.
T is actually right. This whole episode deals with a lot of the bull shit people call Italian discrimination. Melfi basically explained it perfectly. "What you said may very well be true. But what do poor Italian immigrants from 100 years ago have to do with you."
2:52 Tony threw his hands up like a penguin. Also lmao Christopher face was like “whatever, at least I pretended to be interesting in the conversation”
To me, this is still the best scene in the Sopranos. It makes a great point as to where people fit in society and how they are viewed. Sil is still my favorite character on the show. Gandolfini is just unbelievable.
Finally, a bloody comment describing how good this dialogue was. Nowadays everyone wants to claim their a victim of something that happened so long ago and never focus on what they have now or what they could have.
@@Beowulf95 I will say that I certainly understood what Tony was saying. Today, too many people use history as a crutch for why they can't get or do better. Tony couldn't have illustrated his point better
Every time Tony talks about Gary Cooper, I think about two things 1) the western movies Cooper played in were fetishizations of the wild west, meant to succeed the WW2 movies, both trying to display some kind of great, traditional, conservative American way through the machismo of the characters and their actors, through the display of foes such as the Germans or the Natives and the superiority of the soldiers and the cowboys of the time. But both weren't the reality. Whilst the WW2 movies were able to be heavily criticized by the veterans of the war, who said that they felt no pride for their actions and that the movies are a glitzy display of a gritty and gruesome conflict, the wild west movies played too far in the past to be deconstructed by any time witnesses. 2) I think of Charles Bronson. An actor just as big as Gary Cooper, just as famous as a silverscreen cowboy, and even more so as a man's man. Whilst he was the strong silent type, he was also claustrophobic from his work in coal mines as a child. He wasn't untouchable or superhuman. He was still hurt from things in his past, as most of us are. But he was still standing strong, despite being open about his claustrophobia. I don't think Tony ever understood this. I don't think he ever understood that you can be hurt, you can have your psychological and spiritual scars, you can be open about them and still stand strong. He always resented himself and never accepted the pain he was inflicted on by his parents and their way, which only made him act just like them, becoming emotional and weak. In the end, what Tony was pursuing was fake. It was a world, an America, that never existed
I love how tony tells sil he's where he is because of him and not because he is italian. He literally is only where he is because he is 100 percent italian
Tbf being 100% italian doesn't automatically mean the books are open for you. You have to work your way there by being either smart, ruthless, or a combination of the two.
@@Dolmens_Art yup they did an episode about this where paulie can't even stomach real Italian cuisine and asks for spaghetti, they're walking stereotypes
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The best part of this is that these guys missed out on Columbus day because ……. they were at an Indian casino gambling their money away.
Brilliant writing
An indians casio ran by a white guy
I actually thought there was a fly on my phone and tried to smack it lol
@@EricTheActor805 Whenever I think about it I remember that my grandmother was part fugawee
The Italians in my family are part of the slap-a-hoe tribe. Where's our reparations?
What do the Spaniards think about all this Columbus fooferall?
Christopher always knows when to say the wrong thing.
Yeah, like when everyone was mourning Livia and he kept talking how there might be diffrent version of her somewhere in the world
Or when he keeps bringing up patsys dead twin tony had mirked 😂
Or when Jackie Aprile Sr. died and he’s talking about taking on Junior like Scarface “say hello to my little friend!”
I remember when he used to wait in the car
@@PolishGod1234 He was strung out at the time.
So funny to hear Tony say strong silent type while he is in therapy and constantly loses his mind over minor inconveniences
Irony is typically lost on these guys
That's kinda the point. He hates himself for being weak. For being so easily annoyed by small things. For being so emotional. For being unable to communicate and control his resentment and anger. That's why he respects "Gary Cooper" like someone he could never be. To be honest, we all built like that.
I mean being in therapy isn't a sign of weakness. I guess you can be the strong silent type and still see a therapist
@@juannaym8488 You can't be a strong and silent type while seeing a therapist. A strong and silent type means that you keep all your emotions and worries bottled up and never express them. You don't go to therapy and ask for help. You keep your issues to yourself and deal with them. That's the definition of a strong silent type. What Tony is doing here is the exact opposite of a strong silent type
@Juan Naym goin to therapy irl aint a weakness but "strong silent type" is like a stereotype
“I wanna know what happened to Gary Cooper!?”
“.... he died”
"...besides that."
* Of natural CAUSES"
this happened in real life to Brendan Schaub about hitler ruclips.net/video/_bPci-21mn8/видео.html
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The best part lmao
"He was gay, Gary Cooper?"
"KNAOOOOH!"
And the arms fly about
Fuck watching comedians when I need a laugh. Sopranos clips is where it's at
An absolutely legendary eruption of hands flailing all around! It's really hilarious the whole scene.
One of the best parts ever.
Are you looshnin' to meyyy
stupid chriss tony want to bust his stupid head
Tony's "Gary Cooper the strong silent type" was his version of Phil's "I did 20 fucking years" it was like his Mantra or some shit😂
I never made that connection. Chris and his arc. Paulie and his superstition.
For real 😭😂😂
Because Tony was the opposite, all he did was rage and throw tantrums when things didn’t go his way
We all have our own role models that we worship. I think all men want to be the strong silent type. A strong man, a stoic who does what he has to do without complaining. Modern men worship masculinity because masculinity has been erased from our culture.
@@bub6871 I think you mean “insecure” men worship masculinity.
Fun Fact: Michael Imperioli (Christopher Moltisanti) wrote this entire episode.
That's interesting .... gave himself a good line and acted it very funny. Always quality with the Sopranos ..... can't always make out the dialogue though :-(
Also the actual frankie Valli later went on to play rusty milio
Marcus Blades yeah he did
And pine barrens episode
What are you lying for
Whole scene reminds me of internet forum threads.
LMFAO You hit the nail right on the head, my friend! lol
hahahh. true. if you picked a random thread off gary coopers page and acted it out, it would be this.
chrissy be trollin'
HLecterPHD "Are you even listening to me?!"
Or Facebook
My favorite thing about Sil was that while he usually came off as the level-headed, reasonable peacemaker, in reality he was completely insane, especially when he was gambling.
Right?! When he slapped the shit out of Traycee I was shocked, but I really shouldn't have been, what with all the mischief he gets up to
Lol the outburst about sweeping up the cheese
When he killed Adrian he acted so calm up till the moment.
Sil is just as ruthless as the others but he prefers harmony and peace and doesn't thrive on drama (except when he's gambling or talking about Italian heritage)
He can be a sick fvck when he's gambling
Patsy is thinking "I should piss in his pool again"
Then Tony can be part of the people piss in our pools vicitm group too
@@vmk7620 😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂
🤣
And I'm gonna turn up my hearing aid, so I don't miss it.
“T, not for nothin’, but you’re gettin’ a little confused here.
A) she wasn’t carrying my kid. And
B) she was a hoowah!”
C) "I was on a lot of coke"
@@caketakeshh D) Like you don’t eat a truckload of sausages you animal lover.
@@caketakeshh fucking Miami...
A Puerto Rican hoowah?
These guys sure love to say A B and C when they argue 😂
I really love the part where Patsy sat in the back and said nothing at all, lol
Somebody a couple of few comments above yours said that Patsy was thinking about pissing in the pool again. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The real Gary cooper, with added piss but that's besides the point
the strong, silent type
@@megatronn194 lemme tell you a couple few things
@@GuerreroDelInfo maybe that's part of the joke. Tony doesn't seem to ever be able to take his own advice!
"You got a wife who is a piece of ass... At least she was when you married her."
I f*cking lost it at that sentence xD !
John Doe the funny part is I think silvios wife is Steve van zandts actual wife in real life lol
P. Bady She is! 😁
A wise guy with the most discriminating taste for T&A
😄😆😂
@@utpalninjajedi she is and they are still married
That one line from Chrissy is the funniest thing in the show
Quasimodo predicted all of this
@@gipperbanana Bobby never had the making of a varsity athlete
His house looked like shit
He's an interior decorator....his apartment looked like shit
Greasing the Union
James Gandolfini is simply incredible. RIP.
I think he's just as legendary of an actor as Marlon Brando and Daniel Day Lewis. Top 5 all time.
@Woody Meggs must be horrible having shit taste
@@geordiejones5618 honestly, Gandolfini is better than Brando.
@@osvaldogarrido3726 take it easy
@@osvaldogarrido3726 he he he he
"He was gay, Gary Cooper?" "NOOOO Are you listening to me?"
"You got it because you're smart, you were you or whatever the fuck."
There were so many good lines in this rant. Great scene!
This scene has aged well.
I love how Tony is insulting Silvio and complimenting him at the exact same time.
"You got it because you're smart, you were you or whatever the fuck."Only Tony can compliment and mock you in the same rant.
His wife had a great ass , At least She did when they got married.
@@sudsmccool2311
How did Tony know Silvio's wife was _a good piece of ass_ at least at one time?
I wish they did more with Gary Cooper. He was my favorite character on the show.
should have used him in the vito arc. A gay cowboy would have fit in seamlessly.
That was an American. The strong silent type
JohnLoCicero the strong silent type
Adam Smith Lighten up, Francis.
He gets name dropped or shown on tv in every season.
tony's reaction at 1:41 is exactly why the show is so good.
Yeah the characters on Sopranos would act so much like real people would. It's not insane to think about but when I realise I have not seen that on any other show it really is incredible writing.
"No, Sil, goddammit, that's not what I... Ugh."
Don't forget 2:51
@@autonomous8108lmao the arms going crazy
"did you get it because youre italian" well yeah he was in a gang where you had to be italian to become a high ranking member and the bing was gained illegally and used for illegal purposes lol
LA-SaintJust Yeah, but people like Hesh flourished as an ‘associate’ of an Italian gang (despite not being one) more so than most of the Italian members.
@@brwhizz3060 yes bcs they were smart. But Silvio would not have strip club if he was not Italian, probably.
@@brwhizz3060 Hesh more than likely had more money than all of them, even if you took out his connections to Tony and the crew. Its said and shown many times that he wrote a bunch of number one hits back in the day and is still banking off the royalties. That can actually be something thrown into the prequel possibly.
@@lukazupie7220 in Italy the strip clubs are owned by the gypsies, at least in the central regions
I was scrolling for this comment.
He didn't have to do business like any other American because he's connected due to being Italian. He killed indiscriminately and mostly got away with it because he's connected due to being Italian. If he failed, his Family would have helped him out due to him being connected because he's Italian.
Would Tony have even let him in that car if he wasn't?
Like Seinfeld, The Soprano's could sometimes be a drama about nothing. You gotta love the loopy interaction between these characters. How many of us have been back seat prisoners to inane conversations like this? This kind of wacky sidebar was another reason the show was awesome. Blood, guts. guns, tragedy, suspense, sex and ...whatever this was. I wonder what Frankie Valli would have said......?
There was always a plot but you are dead on, the natural and usually irrelevant dialogue was alot like Seinfeld or even more like a Tarantino script. Brilliantly inane
@@thegadflygang5381 I think those inane moments made them more human & relatable. LOL Tarantino working in the Burger King aka "La Grand Fromage" conversation in Pulp Fiction is classic!
and ...whatever happened there
I've been there where two people arguing in the car and the others coming in here and there throughout until everybody finally shut the hell up for 10 minutes...one person breaks the silence to ask if anyone is hungry or they got to stop to use the bathroom.
@@kellenwheeler9302 Sometimes boredom creates opportunities for the 99 bottles of beer on the wall version of conversation.
He was gay, Gary Cooper? Perfectly played line
He wrote it
That was used perfectly and Tonys response was just as funny
Chrissy is wiped out, might of used his chemistry set little too much.....
The reaction on Sil's face when Tony says Columbus was so long ago he might as well have been a movie. xD
the irony is rusty (new york lil carmine ) is really frankie valli
@@ronniemitchell6170 How is that irony
@@xboxmoonpartingty104 it's easy to call rusty but difficult to call frank vallie...
the point is Gary Cooper the real Gary Cooper or any body named Cooper never suffered like the italians
yeah, well take it up with Frankie Valli when you call him!
Really,if he was irish his family was probably murdered by the english..
@@finhyland4270 probs not. An Irishman and am Englishman can stay in a pub all day long with no quarms.
@Alexander stupida fuckin colombus
Gary Cooper was a first-generation American- both his parents were Brits living in the USA and he also did UK boarding school as a child so he was in touch with his English roots.
Jesus Tony must have mentioned a thousand times the words "Gary Cooper, the strong and silent type". Does he have them memorized like a prayer?
Expectation: strong silent type who saves the town from the bad guys.
Reality: depressed criminal leeching off society and then blabbing to a shrink.
That show was so well written
@@Nevermindwhat2358 Tony was a terrible human being morally speaking, but a goddamn brilliant character writing/acting wise. What a goddamn show
Show has that incredible one liners that keep repeating, each and every time get funnier. Nursing home... ITS A RETIREMENT COMUNITY!! and "im not running a popularity contest" hilarious
Every boomer guy has like 3 little tirades he's memorized
@@iwazhear77 that’ll be us one day, you either end up being like tony (what in the world happened to x thing i specifically care about) or like livia (just let me die, 20 years before you’re even downhill physically)
“Columbus was so long ago he might as well have been a fucking movie”
Underrated line. Always thought that it was very clever
Same
It’s true
No doubt. So silly people getting all hilarious over some character that's pure myth and has been for centuries. As Marcus Aurelius said, "quickly lost to sight and mind alike".
@@joearnold5836 >seethes about Italian's remembering Columbus after a couple hundred years
>brings up some several thousand year old quote from another Italian while trying to prove his point
You're the silly one
@@johnclay2716 You might want to re-read what I wrote because it seems to of gone over your head. Saying something is "silly" and seething aren't exactly the same thing. Meditations has been in print for almost half a millennium by the way and is regarded as some of the best philosophical work ever recorded. Stop seething over silly stuff on the internet and you'll be happier. Have a nice night.
Tony: "Take it up with Frankie Valli when you talk to him."
Slivio: "You mean Rusty?"
Move el automobile
@@nrw9724 another moment when it's apparent that there's nothing Italian about Italian-Americans, and that nearly all hyphenated Americans outside first generation are glorified cosplayers.
Anyway, $3 a pound.
I meant the mayor of munchkinland
Slivio sounds like an insane name.
@@HighLordBlazeReborn well according to Italian law they are still Italian citizens
Whatever happened to Gary Koopa. The round, 8-bit type.
Quirky
@@superniger4822 What's up with the sarcasm.
“You own one of the most profitable topless bars in north jersey”
"the abused cowboys" good band name
"The Gay(Happy) Gary Cooper Band" is another lol.
soparnos predicted brokeback mountain
Yeah, and Vito would be lead singer.
It is a good name!
Rim job riders
I don't like it when Tony and Sil argue, it's like hearing your parents having a massive fight.
Nah this is much more disconcerting. My parents had a massive fight every day from about 5-8pm
@@Tony-fq5bn Alright but you gotta get over it.
lol. I love the sound effects of searching through the radio like he has a 1940s radio in the car.
That sound effect is also used in the Dead Prez song "Hip Hop"
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yes hahah the 90s were good eh?
+Syrup Forever it's bigger than hip hop
He was searching AM. It still sounds like that in rural areas. It's easier than trying to find audio news on your phone and getting into a wreck.
@@syrupforever6459 Hoooly shit. Good ear man
Their conversation is like a RUclips comment thread
More like reddit.
Original
Funny how Tony is so socially unacceptable the whole show, and then he randomly has moments of super progressivism, or at least it seems when compared to his buddies 😂
"it's 2006. they got pillow biters in the special forces"- Tony Soprano, a radical progressive
Most on point comment here. I agree 100%
Sil would be the progressive here trying to play the victim card.
Modern "progressives" are all about making as much noise they can about their group identity... What Tony argued is actually more of a libertarian/conservative view on race.
@@lestergreen6489 👁 based Tony
An all time favorite Tony/Sil scene that perfectly illustrates how this brilliant show walked the thin line between satire and drama..a near impossible thing to do. Damn but I miss this show. And RIP the Great Gandolfini. Gone way way too soon.
Chef Boyaredee was gay?
He and Uncle Ben's were gay together.
He was gay, Uncle Ben?
Mwuhaha AIDS?????
Brian Patrick nobody’s got AIDS! I don’t wanna hear that word in here again
No he was just on some medication for his blood pressure. He could probably get a doctor’s note or something.
The way it ends with Frankie Valli singing still kills me
The fact that Rusty was played by Frankie Valli makes this even funnier
The mayor of munchkin land😂
and peanuts before angelo gets whacked
Chris back there high out of his mind
Higher than a fur coat
I like how sil is so confused and just responds with "he died....."
"He was gay, Garry Cooper?"
"nOaW"
"At least she was when you married her." Sil takes no offense at that??
I appreciate that line, let's the viewer know they were boys from way back.
@joiganja as did I! Back handed compliment served by the boss, priceless.
He said it to show Silvio that he wasn't going after his wife.
What italians do & don't get offended by will always amaze me. They can be thick skinned one minute & delicate af the next
just busting his balls nothing to take to heart
Every scene is pure gold!
I love that out of everything Chris could’ve said to contribute to the argument he said that sounding so curious and clueless lol, it’s so subtle but I find it so fuckin hilarious
He brings up an interesting point. A person can take on the mindset of a victim without actually being one. That just holds you back in the long run. Hmmm...
Tony Di Paolo go take your meds you gumba fuck. This goes to all ethnicities
King Wiwuz IV loool nowadays whites use pc culture to cry victim.
How true this holds now huh?
@@Alex-rw9bd wydm, its still true
@@spinner771 And you know who started pc culture...soy guzzling whites
Christopher is one of those guys that zones out 99% of the time during a conversation
So Frankie Valli was also leading a double life in the mob as Rusty?
I was looking for that comment lol
Haha I thought that was hilarious
The Mayor of Munchkin Land
markwest1987 love how the writers put that in. After the original viewing the sopranos is probably the greatest comedy as well.
@Big Wheel was it chalked I wonder...
Chrissy in the back seat coked the fuck out lol
this season he was doing heroin actually
+shanetheclassic I hat how rushed season 6 part 2 was. There should have been a full season 6 and full season 7
Silvio: "Dressed up like a million dollar trooper."
Tony: "Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper."
Christopher: "Super Duper!"
Thanks now I have to watch Young Frankenstein before I go to work.
Where fashion sits........
@@SandyYoung1 Putting on the Ritz!!!!!
What did you get, from the monster?
Injecting Wayne's World here woulda been something else. The 4 of them singing that
This is a great great scene - Gandolfini is phenominal!
I fficuufffuf
Fiiffuffuuuu
For ffiuffu
this is why this show is the best the dialogue was so real and grounded, not played up or over dramatized like most other shows these characters felt like real people.
Someone said Chris M wrote it. Forget the actors name
@@Bubbles99718 Michael Imperioli
It’s acted naturalistically but the writing isn’t always committed to naturalism. The show’s more campy than it’s willing to admit which is its biggest flaw.
“Group! Group!”
-Tony Soprano
That’s the best. I will often say that in normal conversation when some says “group”
You people.
The angry hand gestures kill me every single time. And the way he wipes his nose all pissed off fucking hilarious lol.
THE RENT THE RENT
An old married couple fight with the kids in the back.
"At least she was when you married her...."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage
@@SuperGreatSphinx why are you doing this
@@SuperGreatSphinx why are you doing this
No one ever mentions “I forgot this was a Monday.” LOLLLL
Pat and crissy are like children in the back listening to their parents goin back and forth
“I want to know what happened to Gary Cooper!”
“He died”
Lmaoooo
Tony was right. Every one's heritage/culture was spit on and screwed over at some point. You can be pissed off, sure but you gotta get over it, grow some balls and do what you need to do to live and survive! Probably his best advice in the entire series!
1 million percent agree.
I was looking for this assessment. Absolutely!
The irony of living so far in the past that it prevents better relations with people in the present. Nothing wrong with learning your history but holding grudges for the sins of the father isn't going to make things any better.
cool it with the antisemetic remarks
Time and time again, no matter how many times I watch and rewatch the sopranos 9/10 times Sylvio always had me dying of laughter.
“Take it up with Frankie Vallie when you talk to him”. Timeless!
Best line
That line and then immediately cutting to "Dawn" was some great production.
@@AskWlat how come? I'm actually interested
Gets a laugh out of me every time.
"Its a movie. You gotta grow up."
-tony, to AJ.
One of my favorite scenes. Imperioli's writing and Sil are genius here.
Genius????
Michael Imperioli's delivering on his only line in the scene is pure fucking class.
Best show ever, best casting ever.
This is one of the best scenes in the entire series.
U gotta love Gandolfini.
Tony building up Silvia’s esteem after verbally berating him is fucking smart, makes sense Sil was so loyal
Christopher, "He was gay, Gary Cooper" ...I fell out laughing 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
James Gandolfini was, is one of humanity's greatest actors. Nobody can do that emotional wave, from up to down to up again as good as him, whilst always appearing utterly authentic.
Love Silvios Face at 2:20 - a mix of confused, outraged and contemplating of how to best respond to his boss - Van Zandt probably copied some techniques from Gandolfini on that one..
Tony makes a valid point
Joe Black But the only reason Silvio has any of those things is because he's part of a criminal organization established because of Italian identity politics. Not entirely, but he wouldn't be anywhere near where he was without this organization
nobody in that organization gets above grunt level without being a good earner or demonstrating some talent. Silvo became a made man and got far in the organization because of his own merit. If he was a bad earner and had no other talent, he wouldn't have been made. He would of just been a foot soldier who'd handle collections or low level hits. Tony's whole point is Silvio succeeded because he talent and he applied it, the whole identity politics thing was moot point.
The entire point of the monologue is that group mentality is the problem.
The group survives, the individual does not... History, culture and of course ethnicity/race matters.
@@PlainSightProductions YES
I mean they both got points.
flawless writing on David Chase's part yet again.
This episode was written by Michael Imperioli, not David Chase.
@@kostarossides5062 but u can feel David Chase's influence
@@googootz8214 True, he did have a hand throughout the whole series
They were both dropping truth bombs, and then there's Crissy with "He was gay, Gary Cooper?"🤣🤣🤣🤣
Its crazy how relevant this is.
I always laugh at chris but let’s face it, we all zone out mid conversation and mishear what the other person is saying and end up looking dumb too.
"....he was gay, Gary Cooper?" throwing the noun out there at the end as a question is so Italian. I hope some Madigans can appreciate this authenticity.
I almost spit my drink into my laptop at "Chef fuckin Boy-Ar-Dee."
I'm an Italian-American. Third-generation. To be honest, I've always felt like Italian people were treated VERY well in comparison to many other ethnic-groups which migrated to America. Never, not ONCE, has someone intentionally tried to make me feel ashamed of being Italian, shown me prejudice, or ANYTHING like that. I've always been treated with respect.
Let's be real, comparing the plight of the American Indian Natives, to the prejudice received by migrating Italians, is akin to comparing Jewish people in WW2 to Mexican people in America today. It's apples & oranges. Hell, it's nearly apples and baseballs.
@House of Savoy Oh you're a cute wiseass. The Irish got potatoes throw at them off the boat. Couldn't get a job because the stores had signs that said "No Irish need apply." But the Irish built this country and didn't bitch and moan about it 100 of years later. Screaming racism racism
Italians were the first immigrants to land on American soil & deny & look down on having an American identity because it’s engrained in Italian culture to think you’re better than everyone else. That’s why they were treated badly, it rubbed Americans the wrong way.
When Irish, Germans, Polish etc. got here they integrated into society, learned the language & culture & embraced having a newfound American identity. Italians wanted their own neighborhoods, workplaces, churches, many didn’t want to bother learning English & just looked down upon any non Italians in general. That don’t fly too well in the great U.S. of A 🤷🏽♂️
@@Yorkwoods44 That's not true
@@y2m226 So, you don't believe that systemic racism exists? Or the African-Americans are still discriminated against??
Natives and African Americans yes. But everyone else? Medical care, Housing, College scholarships, affirmative action, carried by the media.
Migrants today are spoon fed coddled children compared to Italian and Irish immigrants.
Ofc no one showed you "Italian" prejudice. It's not 1910 anymore.
1:15 My man Patsy :D So cool guy !!
If looks could talk..
tony slowly losing it, in the passenger seat was just so fucking funny. especially the "he was gay, gary cooper?" line came up.
"You can take it up with Frankie Valli when you talk to him" You just gotta love Tony. R.I.P James Gandolfini x
Lol Tony is the opposite of the strong silent type quit whining xD
Sometimes I think it would be good to have a long serious discussion with Tony about interesting subjects, then I think better of it.
Kinda curious how he is always nagging about crybabies when he is one himself xD
Silvio is the one whining here.
Tony is the master whiner xD
Well yeah. Tony’s constant hypocrisy is pretty much a core theme of the entire show.
Tony was dropping jewels on them. Tony had the new school mentality to mob life and that's why he wanted to give Vito a pass as well. He didn't really care for traditional mob lifestyle he only cared about making money.
Yea only cared about making money that's why he whacked his top earner over a horse / hooah
@@xboxmoonpartingty104 Tony was a mental case as well.
@@kukoodabagabonez9029 no doubt lol
@@xboxmoonpartingty104 that wasn't really a whacking. That was fight that went too far.
@@xboxmoonpartingty104 tbh I think if Ralph didn't spray bug spray in tony's eyes or try and stab him I think Tony would only beat the shit out of ralph.
T is actually right. This whole episode deals with a lot of the bull shit people call Italian discrimination. Melfi basically explained it perfectly. "What you said may very well be true. But what do poor Italian immigrants from 100 years ago have to do with you."
Because we still get discriminated on?
@@sammygaudino8906never said Italians weren't discriminated against.
@@user-xg2tj4qx9h facts
2:52 Tony threw his hands up like a penguin. Also lmao Christopher face was like “whatever, at least I pretended to be interesting in the conversation”
First time I heard “Abused Cowboys” I laughed so hard I got lightheaded and passed out for a few seconds.
Crazy how far ahead of it's time this scene - and entire show - was. As relevant as ever in 2020.
3:56 is the greatest "no" in TV history.
The look of these scene looked more like one of Toney’s dream sequences.
Patsy sitting there thinking "they couldnt give me one fucking line!?.
Him not having a line in this scene is completely perfect for his character
Oh god the Irony of Tony saying "did you get it because youre italian" when you literally have to be italian to be in the mafia
Frankie Valli is in the Sopranos. He plays Rusty from the New York family.
To me, this is still the best scene in the Sopranos. It makes a great point as to where people fit in society and how they are viewed. Sil is still my favorite character on the show. Gandolfini is just unbelievable.
Finally, a bloody comment describing how good this dialogue was.
Nowadays everyone wants to claim their a victim of something that happened so long ago and never focus on what they have now or what they could have.
@@Beowulf95 I will say that I certainly understood what Tony was saying. Today, too many people use history as a crutch for why they can't get or do better. Tony couldn't have illustrated his point better
Every time Tony talks about Gary Cooper, I think about two things
1) the western movies Cooper played in were fetishizations of the wild west, meant to succeed the WW2 movies, both trying to display some kind of great, traditional, conservative American way through the machismo of the characters and their actors, through the display of foes such as the Germans or the Natives and the superiority of the soldiers and the cowboys of the time. But both weren't the reality.
Whilst the WW2 movies were able to be heavily criticized by the veterans of the war, who said that they felt no pride for their actions and that the movies are a glitzy display of a gritty and gruesome conflict, the wild west movies played too far in the past to be deconstructed by any time witnesses.
2) I think of Charles Bronson. An actor just as big as Gary Cooper, just as famous as a silverscreen cowboy, and even more so as a man's man. Whilst he was the strong silent type, he was also claustrophobic from his work in coal mines as a child. He wasn't untouchable or superhuman. He was still hurt from things in his past, as most of us are. But he was still standing strong, despite being open about his claustrophobia. I don't think Tony ever understood this. I don't think he ever understood that you can be hurt, you can have your psychological and spiritual scars, you can be open about them and still stand strong. He always resented himself and never accepted the pain he was inflicted on by his parents and their way, which only made him act just like them, becoming emotional and weak.
In the end, what Tony was pursuing was fake. It was a world, an America, that never existed
Rusty Millio knows how to reach Frankie Valli. 1:05
Gary Cooper now there was an American. The strong shinebox type
That is how Tony pronounced it.
"People suffered." "Did you?"
I completely agree with Tony on this one.
“Images, you said”
Tony Soprano, purveyor of Jean Baudrillard’s theory of sign value
Meanwhile, they whacked Frankie Valli as he was pulling out of his driveway..
Some guys were lost, and were asking the Mayor for directions.
I love how tony tells sil he's where he is because of him and not because he is italian. He literally is only where he is because he is 100 percent italian
Tbf being 100% italian doesn't automatically mean the books are open for you. You have to work your way there by being either smart, ruthless, or a combination of the two.
I mean, he's literally an American dude from New Jersey lol, try asking an Italian person if they think these yanks are "italian"
@@coltonwhite2518 No, that's to be unfair. To be FAIR he's where he is cause he's Italian.
Hesh did alright in the criminal underworld!
@@Dolmens_Art yup they did an episode about this where paulie can't even stomach real Italian cuisine and asks for spaghetti, they're walking stereotypes
"Columbus was so long ago he might have been a fucking movie!"
My brain freezes every time I hear it lol what the fuck
For those who don’t know. Frankie Valli played Rusty aka the mayor of munchkin land
What's amazing to me is that its taken this long for people to even mention that Gary Cooper is gay.