Here's my newest video about the iconic character of Artie Bucco played by John Ventimiglia. He was stubborn, loyal to his craft in the restaurant, a comedian, and yet at the same time, he was a total idiot when he wanted to be. What are your thoughts on Artie? Let me know down below! 👇🏻
Vin Makazian also killed himself. He appears in Tony's dream as Finn's father. I don't know why that happened... maybe out of guilt. I think it would be interesting to see a video about Vin Makazian.
Artie probably had the best ending of any character on the show, at the end of the episode where he benny burns his hand, he seems to finally realise that his place is in the kitchen and he even goes back to using his grandparents recipe book for inspiration.
This is very insightful. It's a contrast with Tony, who says, "I'm getting the feeling that I came in at the end. The best is over." Artie has something that lasts, is worth doing, connects him with others, and that he can even pass down to his children. Tony has none of that.
Don’t underestimate the importance of Charmaine to the series. For a long time, I thought she was a bit of a shrew, but upon further reflection, I realized she is one of the few characters on the Sopranos with any kind of a conscience. She helps ground Artie several times and keeps him from doing something stupid. A very underrated character, IMO.
Absolutely. Always found it interesting that Tony had something for her… I mean Tony would fuck a catchers mitt but it seemed as if he truly respected her integrity.
Years ago when I first watched these shows a didn’t like Artie’s character but going back now and recently revisiting the show on MAX I appreciate his character and the actor who played him. The fact that he was kind of jealous and was on the outside and wanted the same respect Tony’s crew got. Fact is, Tony loved and respected Artie and could let loose around him like the scene where they had a good fight. Tony could never show that side to his crew. Plus Artie is one of very few people who could pull a gun on Tony and get away with it. That’s because Tony looked at Artie like a little brother. Watching Artie go from a jealous spiteful little man in midlife crisis to finding his passion again in cooking was a good character arc. I also have a new appreciation for Livia Soprano and the actress who portrayed her. She played the cunning and manipulative Mother to perfection and it was brilliant the way she got into Junior and Artie’s heads. Just a brilliant show with brilliant actors.
Actually in the first episode Tony wanted Artie to leave the restaurant for a couple weeks so that Junior would be forced to stage the hit somewhere else. THEN he set the fire because Artie wouldn’t close the restaurant down.
She did yet I think if there was anyone Tony would have stepped up for it would have been Artie. Artie def would have gotten slapped around but I don't think Tony would have bankrupted Vesuvio and made Artie destitute.
Artie loved tony like a brother no matter how much difficulties they had. I think it's the fact that Artie was never a mobster and hence no real threat to Tony is the reason he survived
Artie is a civilian and unlike Beansie was never in the game or owed Tony money. Apart from the incident with the fire (which Tony did to save him) they were always friends.
Artie IMO was used both as a kind of joke (man of no respect, wife henpecks him, he acts goofy, etc.), and as a counterpoint to the mobsters by showing the struggles of your average guy. In the end though it seems to work out for Artie. He is back with the hottest, smartest woman in the whole show, his business is doing well, and bonus, unlike Tony, Bobby, and Sil, Artie is still alive. I give the win to Artie simply for being smart enough to realize Charmaine was his greatest gift and not getting his brains blown out in front of his family at some silly diner.
Who wants to marry a woman than their best friend smashed (Tony) and she still bragging about it decades later to Carmela? Artie was the beta back up consolation prize.
@@jamesw7072Charmaine told Carmela that to see her suffer, the rest of the time she was very glad to let the mobsters know how comfortable she was with her life Also "beta" lmao
@@sajid7363 Your explanation of "why" doesn't affect the "what" which is Charmaine smashed Tony and brought it up decades later to Tony's wife..Her comfort level with her lifestyle has nothing to do with my point. And do the term "beta" make you laugh like a clown because you are one or because you're delusional to their existence?
@@jamesw7072holding onto what happened with Tony and Charmaine before Artie even dated her is textbook sawft azz "alpha" logic. People with common sense don't give two 💩's about that. They were teenagers at the time, and clearly Charmaine wasn't moved to marry Tony. It's infantile to use that as reasoning.
@@smellsuperb1 If you don't care about what your wife body count is or who she slept with before you (friends, family members, neighbors, enemies) then you are brainwashed and lost.
I like thinking Artie is an inversion of the “male outrage” character as seen in movies like Taxi Driver and Fight Club. Most of his pain is self-inflicted.
Love the way Johnny V played him and the physical acting he used - phenomenal. Maybe my favorite character in the show with how he’s written and developed. Also, the “criminal mastermind Benny fazio” is maybe my favorite line in the series.
Just shows how great an actor he is. Just looking at him you know as an actor he could have played the most cold hearted, evil prick mobster and delivered in spades. I could have easily seen Artie in the role of say Ralphie or Phil, especially Ralphie, as good as Joe was in the role I think John's acting would have really knocked it out of the park. Just imagine John & Joe switching roles and how the series would have been a very different animal.
The fact that Benny had the balls to complain about what Artie did to him to Tony is impressive. What was stopping Tony for giving him a long walk off a short pier?
Yep, IRL I believe the boss would have at the very least taxed Benny bigtime for shitting where most of the crime family frequented, and F'ing with a childhood friend of the boss. I don't think he would have been whacked but likely made to pay back the restaurant plus at least a 100k tax on Benny to be paid to the boss. What Benny did was not only a massive no-no, but exposed Tony bigtime to the Fed's as well (cc fraud is federal) and I guarantee if the fed's got involved in the investigation Tony would have without a doubt whacked Bennie as a result to protect the family.
@@craigcavaliere6744 Yeah, I got the feeling that while Benny was always getting beat up, he may have also been one of Tony's few big earners. Maybe he didn't have the huge scores that Ralph did via construction, but he came up with lots of ways to earn consistently. Even with the credit card scam, that would have likely been genius, if he had done that at someone other than Artie's restaurant.
Interesting as always, but you miss that Arthur and Charmaine are doubles for Anthony and Carmela. (Charmaine could've have been with Tony, and as a young man, Artie was "the worst of the bunch"-- a likely gangster.) The question, then, is why Artie has a happy ending. After all, he and Charmaine finally seem better off than the Sopranos in their last appearance in "The Blue Comet." The answer is that Tony is doomed by his family, while Artie is saved by his. In The Many Saints of Newark, Artie says, "My old man told me I gotta run his fucking restaurant when I grow up," and Tony jokes that he has to rob the restaurant. At his lowest moment, with his hand burned by Bennie, as @Wigger99 notes, Artie turns to his family recipe book. He can take pride in cooking, even for a couple of strangers. Tony has nothing like that, just criminality and his "rotten, fucking, putrid genes."
Please Tony had choice he could never enter into that life. He had one semester onto college. For some reasons maybe the mother pushing he got into mob. I don't feel sorry for him he had a choice.
Did you know that back in the 1970s there was a real restaurant in Newark, NJ named Vesuvius that actually did burn down? It was located at 501 Bloomfield Avenue on the edge of "down neck" Newark. It was rumored to be a mob hangout (like Biases restaurant that used to exist just up the street). It was rebuilt after the fire but eventually closed and turned into a more modest pizza style restaurant. I remember when I first watched the Sopranos if David Chase knew about the colorful history of the old Vesuvius restaurant and used it for the show.
I never found Artie annoying at all maybe only with the Adriana situation but that’s it and also crazy how people think he’s annoying and it’s also crazy how many people just put aside that tony blew up argues restaurant
I thought Tony torched the restaurant because he believed if Junior murdered someone there, no one would want to eat there, but if he torched it Junior would have to do the hit somewhere else and Artie could just rebuild with the insurance money and not lose his clientele
Yep indeed think the maker of the video is missing some points in regards to the relationship Artie and Tony have. Also downfall ? I never saw it like that …..
Like a lotta people here, I can’t say that Artie had a downfall. He had ups and rock-bottom downs for sure, but in the end he rekindled his love for cooking. He had the best ending and was going to be alright after the dust settled.
Artie had a good ending, he re-discovered his roots, he had a happy ending, so why downfall? Maybe downfall and then rise. He got a very good ending by the standards of the show, all the other guys were either alone, facing jail or dead. By the way, wasn't it you that said that we never got to find out what was in the box that Tony gave to Cusomano, despite him saying in the very same episode that it's sand? Not sure if you actually watch the content that you are analyzing or just glancing over it for views, but I get the feeling it's the latter lately.
Love Artie, easily the best character in the show IMO. He's just a dude going through a midlife crisis, and doesn't realize how good he's got it. He's also another example of how people in the mob lifestyle can corrupt and affect the lives of the people around them
@roslynaura he is running a successful restaurant. Is married to hot Italian woman with a good head on her shoulders. Is doing well financially. He has a great life!
@@arabianprinceflyeaglesfly1700-I would, remember when he freaked out on Tony cuz young strippers didn't really notice or care about him? Goin bald, restaurant problems, marriage issues etc...major mudlife crisis.
Artie along with characters like Janis are the brilliant undercurrent of the show. It's the so believable that they're unnervingly and annoyingly real, that makes a viewer feel like they are in that universe with them.
Artie is a stand in for the audience, as in he can be constantly shown how bad it is to be a mobster, but still wants to be one, or at least more involved with them bc he only focus on the cool aspects. He wants to make more money, be seen as bad guy, fuck a lot of women, commit crimes, but fails to see he already works with his passion, is simply not a bad person, is already married to one of the hottest women he knows, who clearly truly loves him, and can't handle crimes at all, not to mention that he fails to see all the "cool guys" are actually miserable. He finally starts to realize all of this near the end of the show, stops fantasizing and never gets involved with the life, that's why he survives in the end, while everyone he wanted to immitate dies (except for Paulie of course), so even though he had a downfall, he still managed to rise again.
I like how everything he says (no matter how mundane) he makes it sound like he's telling you this classified secret that should only be whispered in hush tones to a chosen few
Artie really represents the regular ordinary guy that does not have what it takes to be streetwise and ruthless. He is nieve and he is the most human of all the characters.
Well, Artie didn't know that Junior was going to kill Pussy in his restaurant. Tony may have gone an extra mile, yet it was to avoid a bigger problem. He did make up for it by helping to pay for the restaurant. Artie's stubbornness was his greatest downfall.
at the cookout @ Tony & Carmela's when Christopher interjected himself into the conversation by attempting to sympathize w Artie by reminding him that their was no insurance for loss of foot traffic dining at Vesuvio -- um Artie could not pick up on why Chrissy abruptly left after Tony was sort of staring Christopher down immediately after Christopher opened his mouth lol. poor Artie such a clueless cat lol
When Ralph turned down Artie. Ralph: Im gonna pass Artie: Why Ralph: When you're not able to pay me back im not gonna be able to hurt you Ralph knew it was a scam and knew not lend Artie that money. The worst person that would've been effected by the death of Tony the most would be Artie. Tony was his protector without Tony It would've been open season on Artie, Benny already showed he didnt care who Artie was to Tony by running that scam.
The guy probably had the best wife in the series. Not only was Charmaine absolutely beautiful, but she was a great business owner and knew that Artie shouldn’t be involved with Tony at all.
2:11... Tony wasn't trying to get Artie out of the country so he could set the restaurant on fire. Tony wanted Artie to go on a trip so he wouldn't have to set it on fire.
There’s a story that when they called in Johnny V to read for Artie he knew they were looking for a bald guy to play Tony and he thought they were giving him the lead. Sounds exactly like something Artie would do. 😂
Well it was more than just a scene that was going to be caused at Artie's restaurant. Uncle Junior was going to carry out a hit on a man named Pussy Malanga, which if happened in the restaurant would have completely destroyed Arties business forever. I mean honestly would you want to go back and eat somewhere where you witnessed a mobster get murdered?
Hell yes I would go. I figure the possibility of lightening striking twice in the same place is nil, plus I could eat right where some scumbag got his brains blown out. Win-Win 🙂
Artie was the one I know won't end up having a happy ending. With the death of Tony, Artie would have got chewed up and with no Tony having his back it wouldn't end well for him.
Artie was a civilian running a semi-struggling business. Once Tony was dead and the family controlled by the Lupertazzi Family, Artie would have been just another restaurant guy.
@@vaxes Except that is not how that works. Several family members of mine were associates of both the Chicago Outfit and the Luchesi Crime Family. Artie would not have been touched post-Tony out of respect for Omerta.
If a show is already at season six, you can't say "the pilot episode" Pilot does not mean the first episode of a season it means the first episode of the series. Thats pretty common knowledge.
I always took Tony's side when it comes to the 50k debt. I think it was meant to show Artie's paranoia and anger towards Tony, rather than Tony being a master manipulator. I actually think that Tony went out of his way to not manipulate Artie for the most part, aside from the fire which I think Tony genuinely felt bad about. I think the point of Artie is to show that when you've been a mobster your entire life, no one can really trust you. I think Tony's crush on Artie's wife is just a way to show that Tony does envy Artie in a way. Tony wishes he had a normal life. Then again, idk. I'm really not that smart.
@luisruiz7729 in context, it made a lot of sense and Tony knew that. And due to Tony knowing that and having a strong enough conscience, he had to let Artie go unscathed.
I always thought Artie would kill Tony. Always figured that Charmaine would tell him she slept with Tony. Another awesome sub plot that was just part of the tapestry of the greater fabric of the show.
Fun idea for a video, but Artie 's arc never fell. It was never on a success curve to begin with. Even when they were teens, Artie was a loser. He'll die a loser. But at least he'll make it to an old man. Sorry, but there is no downfall of Artie Bucco.
Compare Artie to Sal Vitro. Both are civilians who own their own businesses with two totally different paths. The difference was that Sal didn't go to school with Tony. Without him, Artie might have become another Sal.
He lived in the end and still has his family and (new) restaurant still, comfortably, intact. He pretty much won with all things considered in my eyes.
Artie, in so many ways, is much like tony. Reasons: 1)both men growing up were at best bad boys. They were surrounded by mafia guys. I really like Tony’s dream of the coach remarking Artie would have turned out to be a crook. 2)both men want money and respect, but are usually willing to cut corners or at least go into situations that aren’t the smartest. 3)both men are married to incredibly beautiful, and headstrong women. Both men separate from said women, and commit at least some kind of adultery. Bith men reunite with their wives. 4)bith men are never satisfied, aka greedy. Artie with his business, people refusing to take him seriously, women, and with his normal life that dosnt involve interesting things. Tony with money, his therapy, his life as a monster, women, constant gratification of anything, and with having people looking out for him. Eventually their refusal to be satisfied enables them to do incredibly stupid/selfish things that do ruin their lives. Artie, however, is the only one to remain presumingly content in the end and who survives. Artie, had he not been married to someone like Charmaine and had a more “serious” attitude, might have been a good mobster. It does beg the question, is Artie moral? Well he is Freinds with tony knowing who he is, he does seek to become a part of the group,
@eentelefoon8945 Well…. You can’t say that Carmella’s ugly. She could never claim 1st place, likely not even third, but you’re a liar (or your verocity holds little weight) if you said she’s ugly.
Artie Bucco had the best life of all the characters. For better or for worse, he's the most human. Arguably, he's the only one of the group left happy, alive and free. He has his troubles, like us all, but he's the only free man. He's the only one who can sleep comfortably at night and that might be the most important point of all. My favorite scene in the sopranos is when Artie cooks rabbit, using his father's recipe written in Italian, to the couple who came into the restaurant after the kitchen closed. That was such a beautiful display of what heritage actually means. It exposes the hypocrisy of Tony and the other mobsters. It was the an event in Artie's life that made him realize what was important to him. That might be the best moment and scene in the entire series. Artie is more Italian than the other guys will ever be. Anyway, $4 a pound.
No. It was the last 15 minutes of "Luxury Lounge" that made all the difference. When Artie shot the rabbit in his garden, he took back what was his. He finally came to accept himself. He later cooked the rabbit, getting back to his roots with his grandfather's old recipe book. This wasn't a downfall. It was a rebirth and basically the last time we see Artie in the series.
Artie was one of my favorite characters on the show. He spoke with his hands more than anyone on the show n had a hand gesture for every phrase. Someone should do a compilation video on that. Tony did respect Artie, not as a tough guy but as a friend. Thats why he didnt let Junior take the hit out at Artie's restaurant because it would have ruined the reputation. Tony also chastises Benny from doing his scam at Artie's restaurant. Also its Tony's bill that is incurred not the whole crew's. Artie always had a chip on his shoulder about being a civilian. He wanted to prove that he had street smarts, could make business deals like these guys, wanted to be a tough guy, wanted that respect and younger hot women. He gets into hilarious situations. Because of it. At the Native American protest, he gets hit once and runs to the car 🤣 Him wearing that earring at the dinner with Adriana thinking that was gonna make her look at him differently was hilarious.🤣 As well as him telling her that he was going into business with Tony. Its like hes in a perpetual midlife crisis throughout the series. Also interesting is the conversation he has with Marta when he finds out she and Benny were scamming him. One second she is pleading, crying and apologizing and in the very next sentence she completely flips enraged and making fun of him. I dont know if they edited some of the conversation out, but its a crazy switch. I thought that fire that Tony set allowed Artie to collect the insurance money and build a newer and renovated Vesuvio restaurant and it didnt ruin his business. It was just his lack of innovation and stale menu that had his customer base trying other restaurants like Da Giovanna. I think it was the credit card scam also that hurt his business because he couldnt take credit cards anymore so he had to start putting out coupons etc. Also, I thought that Artie and Charmain ended up reconciling at some point but I might be wrong.
You're just going to completely skip how Artie turns around in season 6 and becomes content with his life after the situation with Benny? That turn around is symbolized in the scene where he cooks the rabbit for the unexpected guests after the kitchen had closed. It wasn't a downfall, Artie is one of the only characters who showed real growth in the series and ends up a better person.
My favorite part about ardy is when he falls in love with Adriana tony laughs and acts like it's a joke a man of his age would think he had a shot at love with a young girl like her. Only to a few seasons later fall in love with Adriana and think of starting a new life with her hahshm
Everyone likes and wants to think that they're tony, or Sil, or Chrissy, for furio (that's the biggest delusion right there. Thinking that you're furio. that's cyraxx level delusion), while in all reality you're artie. Hell, _I'm_ Artie. We're ALL ARTIE; we're ALLLL SQUIDWARD! If you disagree, you're mote like Artie than you can ever come to realize.
The final scene with Artie back in the kitchen, cooking a delicious dinner using an old family recipe book was so poignant. Artie is a chef, his place is in the kitchen not out there annoying his customers. He was probably the only major character who kept the old traditions alive. I hope he realized his true wealth comes from his wife, who kept him on the straight and narrow.
If Tony had allowed the hit to happen in the restaurant, it would have done more harm to Artie and his family restaurant than him claiming the insurance money, renovating it, and reopening again.
Tony didnt want artie out of the country to blow up his restaurant, first he wanted him to go on the cruise that way it would be shut down and juniors hit would have to go down somewhere else, since he didnt take them he had to blow it up
I really liked Artie’s character. Sometimes laughing at his expense yes. But i just found him so believable and human. Poor guy I’m glad he was never whacked. Not that he was a part of that lifestyle.
I feel like if Artie really wanted to get rich he should have just focused on the restaurant, made it the best, maybe opened a second one, maybe a side business or something. Honestly, sometimes I wonder if the entire Sopranos crew would have been happier, healthier and richer if they had put their time, money and effort behind legitimate enterprise.
Tbh there was no downfall for Artie as he has a much better life than any of the other guys as their fates are sealed but his is different as his wife doesn’t want him involved in their business and is the type of wife that every guy should have.
Here's my newest video about the iconic character of Artie Bucco played by John Ventimiglia. He was stubborn, loyal to his craft in the restaurant, a comedian, and yet at the same time, he was a total idiot when he wanted to be. What are your thoughts on Artie? Let me know down below! 👇🏻
Vin Makazian also killed himself.
He appears in Tony's dream as Finn's father.
I don't know why that happened... maybe out of guilt. I think it would be interesting to see a video about Vin Makazian.
Artie wins at the end
I dont know!
I’m not joking, watch the scenes when Artie plays poker. He always leaves ahead
I’m sorry to have to say this, but I think you misunderstood several plot points regarding Artie.
Artie probably had the best ending of any character on the show, at the end of the episode where he benny burns his hand, he seems to finally realise that his place is in the kitchen and he even goes back to using his grandparents recipe book for inspiration.
Quite literally just watch that episode tonight
This is very insightful. It's a contrast with Tony, who says, "I'm getting the feeling that I came in at the end. The best is over." Artie has something that lasts, is worth doing, connects him with others, and that he can even pass down to his children. Tony has none of that.
@@n.dhingra7765Artie has a future yeah.
Agreed he got his happy ending....as in all the other characters fates are up to the wind and maybe going all bad endings....but not Artie!
If Tony is dead, Benny had Artie whacked.
Don’t underestimate the importance of Charmaine to the series. For a long time, I thought she was a bit of a shrew, but upon further reflection, I realized she is one of the few characters on the Sopranos with any kind of a conscience. She helps ground Artie several times and keeps him from doing something stupid. A very underrated character, IMO.
Absolutely. Always found it interesting that Tony had something for her… I mean Tony would fuck a catchers mitt but it seemed as if he truly respected her integrity.
she's got a conscience and more than a shred of brains
Did your wife make you write this
@@OliverSotraComedy no your wife made me write this
I can’t have this conversation again
My favorite memory of Artie was when he was fantasizing about the confrontation with Jean Phillip. Practicing it in the mirror 😂
Shades of Taxi Driver " No one else here mother fucker, you must be talking to me..."
@@ndogg20😭then he gets folded I laughed then almost cried with him
Answering machine broken?
Artie's reflection didn't even flinch 😂😭
Hahaha so true. His Italian cursing is so funny. Fkn gold this scene 😂
Artie is one of the funniest characters in the show, his subtle physical humor is the best
That and him trying to act tough. Pure comedy gold
Years ago when I first watched these shows a didn’t like Artie’s character but going back now and recently revisiting the show on MAX I appreciate his character and the actor who played him. The fact that he was kind of jealous and was on the outside and wanted the same respect Tony’s crew got. Fact is, Tony loved and respected Artie and could let loose around him like the scene where they had a good fight. Tony could never show that side to his crew. Plus Artie is one of very few people who could pull a gun on Tony and get away with it. That’s because Tony looked at Artie like a little brother. Watching Artie go from a jealous spiteful little man in midlife crisis to finding his passion again in cooking was a good character arc.
I also have a new appreciation for Livia Soprano and the actress who portrayed her. She played the cunning and manipulative Mother to perfection and it was brilliant the way she got into Junior and Artie’s heads. Just a brilliant show with brilliant actors.
Sheesh.
Watch him dancing at Ariannas club, super hilarious lol
@@nathanfoster1853 🎶WHATCHU LOOKING AT WHEN I'M LOOKING AT YOU🎶
man that band sucks lmao
Downfall?! Artie ended up with the best ending out of all the characters
That and downfall implies he never got back on his feet. He ain't no degenerate gambler
@@Will_kid_cortez he never was,….
@@Will_kid_cortez Is that a game?
In the end Artie is in the exact same spot in his life as when the series started, hardly worth exclamation points
He is not. He loses bad influence Tony S. And gains a much sweeter and better communication with his wife.
Actually in the first episode Tony wanted Artie to leave the restaurant for a couple weeks so that Junior would be forced to stage the hit somewhere else. THEN he set the fire because Artie wouldn’t close the restaurant down.
You ever heard the saying “the road to hell is paved with good intentions”
Exactly!
A real guy a good man...but bumbling through his life...good thing he had charmaine
Charmaine saved Artie from becoming another Davyt Scittino.
I hear ya but he never woulda gotten that bad lol.
She did yet I think if there was anyone Tony would have stepped up for it would have been Artie. Artie def would have gotten slapped around but I don't think Tony would have bankrupted Vesuvio and made Artie destitute.
AWTHUH!!!
To be fair, Artie was one of the more responsible gamblers in the show.
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Artie loved tony like a brother no matter how much difficulties they had. I think it's the fact that Artie was never a mobster and hence no real threat to Tony is the reason he survived
Loved him more like a brother in law.
Artie is a civilian and unlike Beansie was never in the game or owed Tony money. Apart from the incident with the fire (which Tony did to save him) they were always friends.
@@SantomPhwhich is why tony gave him a pass when artie pulled a gun on him
Artie IMO was used both as a kind of joke (man of no respect, wife henpecks him, he acts goofy, etc.), and as a counterpoint to the mobsters by showing the struggles of your average guy. In the end though it seems to work out for Artie. He is back with the hottest, smartest woman in the whole show, his business is doing well, and bonus, unlike Tony, Bobby, and Sil, Artie is still alive. I give the win to Artie simply for being smart enough to realize Charmaine was his greatest gift and not getting his brains blown out in front of his family at some silly diner.
Who wants to marry a woman than their best friend smashed (Tony) and she still bragging about it decades later to Carmela? Artie was the beta back up consolation prize.
@@jamesw7072Charmaine told Carmela that to see her suffer, the rest of the time she was very glad to let the mobsters know how comfortable she was with her life
Also "beta" lmao
@@sajid7363 Your explanation of "why" doesn't affect the "what" which is Charmaine smashed Tony and brought it up decades later to Tony's wife..Her comfort level with her lifestyle has nothing to do with my point. And do the term "beta" make you laugh like a clown because you are one or because you're delusional to their existence?
@@jamesw7072holding onto what happened with Tony and Charmaine before Artie even dated her is textbook sawft azz "alpha" logic. People with common sense don't give two 💩's about that. They were teenagers at the time, and clearly Charmaine wasn't moved to marry Tony. It's infantile to use that as reasoning.
@@smellsuperb1 If you don't care about what your wife body count is or who she slept with before you (friends, family members, neighbors, enemies) then you are brainwashed and lost.
I think we are ignoring that Artie Bucco was a man who always left while he was ahead at the poker table
I like thinking Artie is an inversion of the “male outrage” character as seen in movies like Taxi Driver and Fight Club. Most of his pain is self-inflicted.
Love the way Johnny V played him and the physical acting he used - phenomenal. Maybe my favorite character in the show with how he’s written and developed.
Also, the “criminal mastermind Benny fazio” is maybe my favorite line in the series.
Just shows how great an actor he is. Just looking at him you know as an actor he could have played the most cold hearted, evil prick mobster and delivered in spades. I could have easily seen Artie in the role of say Ralphie or Phil, especially Ralphie, as good as Joe was in the role I think John's acting would have really knocked it out of the park. Just imagine John & Joe switching roles and how the series would have been a very different animal.
A.k.a. - Benny "I'm gonna take him to a warehouse in Patterson and put nails through his balls" Fazio
@@tedwojtasik8781 John Ventimiglia auditioned for the role of Tony. That would've been interesting but I can't see it being as good
@@tedwojtasik8781 I agree lol. John and Joe both have kind of a camp style...imagine if they switched.
The fact that Benny had the balls to complain about what Artie did to him to Tony is impressive. What was stopping Tony for giving him a long walk off a short pier?
Yep, IRL I believe the boss would have at the very least taxed Benny bigtime for shitting where most of the crime family frequented, and F'ing with a childhood friend of the boss. I don't think he would have been whacked but likely made to pay back the restaurant plus at least a 100k tax on Benny to be paid to the boss. What Benny did was not only a massive no-no, but exposed Tony bigtime to the Fed's as well (cc fraud is federal) and I guarantee if the fed's got involved in the investigation Tony would have without a doubt whacked Bennie as a result to protect the family.
He brought Tony a fat envelope.
@@craigcavaliere6744 Yeah, I got the feeling that while Benny was always getting beat up, he may have also been one of Tony's few big earners. Maybe he didn't have the huge scores that Ralph did via construction, but he came up with lots of ways to earn consistently. Even with the credit card scam, that would have likely been genius, if he had done that at someone other than Artie's restaurant.
Benny was a made guy. That should have been enough for Tony to side with him no matter what. A member is always in the right against a non-member..
All Tony cared for was money, he never cared where it was coming from
I love Artie because he’s the kind of guy who would take the wrong message from fight club. He’s very relatable
Artie had an arc.
Interesting as always, but you miss that Arthur and Charmaine are doubles for Anthony and Carmela. (Charmaine could've have been with Tony, and as a young man, Artie was "the worst of the bunch"-- a likely gangster.) The question, then, is why Artie has a happy ending. After all, he and Charmaine finally seem better off than the Sopranos in their last appearance in "The Blue Comet."
The answer is that Tony is doomed by his family, while Artie is saved by his. In The Many Saints of Newark, Artie says, "My old man told me I gotta run his fucking restaurant when I grow up," and Tony jokes that he has to rob the restaurant. At his lowest moment, with his hand burned by Bennie, as @Wigger99 notes, Artie turns to his family recipe book. He can take pride in cooking, even for a couple of strangers. Tony has nothing like that, just criminality and his "rotten, fucking, putrid genes."
Please Tony had choice he could never enter into that life. He had one semester onto college. For some reasons maybe the mother pushing he got into mob. I don't feel sorry for him he had a choice.
amazing post. i’d never noticed the alliteration in their names
One of my favorite characters!! Thanks, ST
Arthur Bucco, warm and convivial host
Did you know that back in the 1970s there was a real restaurant in Newark, NJ named Vesuvius that actually did burn down? It was located at 501 Bloomfield Avenue on the edge of "down neck" Newark. It was rumored to be a mob hangout (like Biases restaurant that used to exist just up the street). It was rebuilt after the fire but eventually closed and turned into a more modest pizza style restaurant. I remember when I first watched the Sopranos if David Chase knew about the colorful history of the old Vesuvius restaurant and used it for the show.
I never found Artie annoying at all maybe only with the Adriana situation but that’s it and also crazy how people think he’s annoying and it’s also crazy how many people just put aside that tony blew up argues restaurant
I thought Tony torched the restaurant because he believed if Junior murdered someone there, no one would want to eat there, but if he torched it Junior would have to do the hit somewhere else and Artie could just rebuild with the insurance money and not lose his clientele
Yep indeed think the maker of the video is missing some points in regards to the relationship Artie and Tony have. Also downfall ? I never saw it like that …..
Artie was indeed my favorite
Like a lotta people here, I can’t say that Artie had a downfall. He had ups and rock-bottom downs for sure, but in the end he rekindled his love for cooking. He had the best ending and was going to be alright after the dust settled.
Artie had a good ending, he re-discovered his roots, he had a happy ending, so why downfall? Maybe downfall and then rise. He got a very good ending by the standards of the show, all the other guys were either alone, facing jail or dead. By the way, wasn't it you that said that we never got to find out what was in the box that Tony gave to Cusomano, despite him saying in the very same episode that it's sand? Not sure if you actually watch the content that you are analyzing or just glancing over it for views, but I get the feeling it's the latter lately.
Aww, I was hoping to see Artie’s magic trick, with the tablecloth.
Or being referee when Tony & Janice were sparring lol
I think he handled himself pretty well for someone who had to deal with nonstop fuckin' assrape
🤣🤣🤣
Love Artie, easily the best character in the show IMO. He's just a dude going through a midlife crisis, and doesn't realize how good he's got it. He's also another example of how people in the mob lifestyle can corrupt and affect the lives of the people around them
he does got it pretty good doesn’t he?
@roslynaura he is running a successful restaurant. Is married to hot Italian woman with a good head on her shoulders. Is doing well financially. He has a great life!
I wouldn’t say midlife crisis
@@arabianprinceflyeaglesfly1700-I would, remember when he freaked out on Tony cuz young strippers didn't really notice or care about him? Goin bald, restaurant problems, marriage issues etc...major mudlife crisis.
7:27 Artie's "Never Ending Ass - Rape speech" to his staff was epic !
Artie along with characters like Janis are the brilliant undercurrent of the show. It's the so believable that they're unnervingly and annoyingly real, that makes a viewer feel like they are in that universe with them.
Artie had the best ending in the show he got back with Charmaine, kept his restaurant.. what else can you ask for
Artie is a stand in for the audience, as in he can be constantly shown how bad it is to be a mobster, but still wants to be one, or at least more involved with them bc he only focus on the cool aspects.
He wants to make more money, be seen as bad guy, fuck a lot of women, commit crimes, but fails to see he already works with his passion, is simply not a bad person, is already married to one of the hottest women he knows, who clearly truly loves him, and can't handle crimes at all, not to mention that he fails to see all the "cool guys" are actually miserable.
He finally starts to realize all of this near the end of the show, stops fantasizing and never gets involved with the life, that's why he survives in the end, while everyone he wanted to immitate dies (except for Paulie of course), so even though he had a downfall, he still managed to rise again.
Nothing was more satisfying to me than to watch Artie beat up Benny who was such a jerk
Of course, the Shah beat him up nicely, too.
I like how everything he says (no matter how mundane) he makes it sound like he's telling you this classified secret that should only be whispered in hush tones to a chosen few
Mayonnaise, MAYONNAISE
Artie is the real tough guy. He gets up everyday and he goes to work to take care of his family. Hes the real tough guy.
I’m too impatient to rewatch the Sopranos (too much filler) so I very much appreciate these recaps/summaries.
Artie is one of my favorite characters
Artie really represents the regular ordinary guy that does not have what it takes to be streetwise and ruthless.
He is nieve and he is the most human of all the characters.
Well, Artie didn't know that Junior was going to kill Pussy in his restaurant.
Tony may have gone an extra mile, yet it was to avoid a bigger problem. He did make up for it by helping to pay for the restaurant.
Artie's stubbornness was his greatest downfall.
at the cookout @ Tony & Carmela's when Christopher interjected himself into the conversation by attempting to sympathize w Artie by reminding him that their was no insurance for loss of foot traffic dining at Vesuvio -- um Artie could not pick up on why Chrissy abruptly left after Tony was sort of staring Christopher down immediately after Christopher opened his mouth lol. poor Artie such a clueless cat lol
Artie's Moustache somehow not being the best thing about him is an amazing feat. Love that character.
Artie is great. Why does no one ever appreciate his character
And Artie lived. 😊
Artie is one of my favorite characters , I was constantly rooting for him
Murderous rage and unrelenting perfectionism. I empathize so much with Artie Bucco.
His downfall was staying near Tony, as his wife warned him of in every.single.scene.
When Ralph turned down Artie.
Ralph: Im gonna pass
Artie: Why
Ralph: When you're not able to pay me back im not gonna be able to hurt you
Ralph knew it was a scam and knew not lend Artie that money. The worst person that would've been effected by the death of Tony the most would be Artie. Tony was his protector without Tony It would've been open season on Artie, Benny already showed he didnt care who Artie was to Tony by running that scam.
Tony didn’t care either.
I legit could not stand the Artie Bucco character by the end, he was so pathetic
The guy probably had the best wife in the series. Not only was Charmaine absolutely beautiful, but she was a great business owner and knew that Artie shouldn’t be involved with Tony at all.
2:11... Tony wasn't trying to get Artie out of the country so he could set the restaurant on fire. Tony wanted Artie to go on a trip so he wouldn't have to set it on fire.
It's not a pilot episode after the first, even if it's the beginning of a new season
There’s a story that when they called in Johnny V to read for Artie he knew they were looking for a bald guy to play Tony and he thought they were giving him the lead. Sounds exactly like something Artie would do. 😂
Babe, wake up. New Soprano Theories just dropped
Well it was more than just a scene that was going to be caused at Artie's restaurant. Uncle Junior was going to carry out a hit on a man named Pussy Malanga, which if happened in the restaurant would have completely destroyed Arties business forever. I mean honestly would you want to go back and eat somewhere where you witnessed a mobster get murdered?
Hell yes I would go. I figure the possibility of lightening striking twice in the same place is nil, plus I could eat right where some scumbag got his brains blown out. Win-Win 🙂
Artie was the one I know won't end up having a happy ending.
With the death of Tony, Artie would have got chewed up and with no Tony having his back it wouldn't end well for him.
Artie was a civilian running a semi-struggling business. Once Tony was dead and the family controlled by the Lupertazzi Family, Artie would have been just another restaurant guy.
@@tedwojtasik8781 I disagree, I think they all knew he was weak and it wouldn't be long until he was busted out.
@@vaxes Except that is not how that works. Several family members of mine were associates of both the Chicago Outfit and the Luchesi Crime Family. Artie would not have been touched post-Tony out of respect for Omerta.
@@tedwojtasik8781do you think they all stop eating there if Tony dies?
If a show is already at season six, you can't say "the pilot episode"
Pilot does not mean the first episode of a season it means the first episode of the series.
Thats pretty common knowledge.
I always took Tony's side when it comes to the 50k debt. I think it was meant to show Artie's paranoia and anger towards Tony, rather than Tony being a master manipulator. I actually think that Tony went out of his way to not manipulate Artie for the most part, aside from the fire which I think Tony genuinely felt bad about.
I think the point of Artie is to show that when you've been a mobster your entire life, no one can really trust you. I think Tony's crush on Artie's wife is just a way to show that Tony does envy Artie in a way. Tony wishes he had a normal life.
Then again, idk. I'm really not that smart.
Downfall? I felt he ended ahead of all of them ….. with his wife next to him….
I do think Tony really loved Artie cause he got away with a lot S--- that most people wouldn't get away with
Yup. He pulled a gun on him.
@luisruiz7729 Yup if that was anyone else they would have been dead
@luisruiz7729 in context, it made a lot of sense and Tony knew that. And due to Tony knowing that and having a strong enough conscience, he had to let Artie go unscathed.
Nice video!
Whats the music you are using for the background?
I always thought Artie would kill Tony. Always figured that Charmaine would tell him she slept with Tony. Another awesome sub plot that was just part of the tapestry of the greater fabric of the show.
Artie Bucco is such a great character he is like a Tony Soprano just by simply knowing him and growing up with him unfortunately
4:07 🤔🤔🤔🤔 Tony didn't manipulate Artie then at all, but said that whatever food he had available would be fine 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
It wouldn’t have just caused a scene, it would have completely destroyed his business 10x worse than the fire, nobody would’ve gone there anymore
I went to Sparks solely because of Gotti's hit on his boss.
Unfortunately, I was there for two hours and not ONE gunfight erupted. It cost me $400.
Arte along with Carmine Jr probably had the best closing arcs tbh in the whole show everyone else either dies or has something bad happen to them
Fun idea for a video, but Artie 's arc never fell. It was never on a success curve to begin with. Even when they were teens, Artie was a loser. He'll die a loser. But at least he'll make it to an old man. Sorry, but there is no downfall of Artie Bucco.
Compare Artie to Sal Vitro. Both are civilians who own their own businesses with two totally different paths. The difference was that Sal didn't go to school with Tony. Without him, Artie might have become another Sal.
00:15 tape on the bumper from bumping the guy who owed Tony money!
The world is full of Arties. You need to have love and respect for yourself before others will. Was a push over from start to finish and lost it all
He lived in the end and still has his family and (new) restaurant still, comfortably, intact. He pretty much won with all things considered in my eyes.
Artie, in so many ways, is much like tony. Reasons:
1)both men growing up were at best bad boys. They were surrounded by mafia guys. I really like Tony’s dream of the coach remarking Artie would have turned out to be a crook.
2)both men want money and respect, but are usually willing to cut corners or at least go into situations that aren’t the smartest.
3)both men are married to incredibly beautiful, and headstrong women. Both men separate from said women, and commit at least some kind of adultery. Bith men reunite with their wives.
4)bith men are never satisfied, aka greedy. Artie with his business, people refusing to take him seriously, women, and with his normal life that dosnt involve interesting things. Tony with money, his therapy, his life as a monster, women, constant gratification of anything, and with having people looking out for him. Eventually their refusal to be satisfied enables them to do incredibly stupid/selfish things that do ruin their lives. Artie, however, is the only one to remain presumingly content in the end and who survives.
Artie, had he not been married to someone like Charmaine and had a more “serious” attitude, might have been a good mobster. It does beg the question, is Artie moral? Well he is Freinds with tony knowing who he is, he does seek to become a part of the group,
Carmella beautiful LOL
@eentelefoon8945 Well…. You can’t say that Carmella’s ugly. She could never claim 1st place, likely not even third, but you’re a liar (or your verocity holds little weight) if you said she’s ugly.
Please do a video on Charmaine!!
Artie will be the only one spilling genuine tears at Tony's funeral.
When Arite cooks that rabbit. It was a victory for Arite. Coming back
He will be the only one genuinely crying at Tony's funeral.
It was Benny Fazio criminal mastermind
It's amazing how much weight most of the actors gained throughout the series.
Season 6 Tony and Sil...oof, marrone.
Please please please does a video exist of Artie crying as he listens to the French CD that the hostess gave him?
One of my favourite characters.
Artie Bucco had the best life of all the characters. For better or for worse, he's the most human. Arguably, he's the only one of the group left happy, alive and free. He has his troubles, like us all, but he's the only free man. He's the only one who can sleep comfortably at night and that might be the most important point of all.
My favorite scene in the sopranos is when Artie cooks rabbit, using his father's recipe written in Italian, to the couple who came into the restaurant after the kitchen closed. That was such a beautiful display of what heritage actually means. It exposes the hypocrisy of Tony and the other mobsters. It was the an event in Artie's life that made him realize what was important to him. That might be the best moment and scene in the entire series. Artie is more Italian than the other guys will ever be.
Anyway, $4 a pound.
No. It was the last 15 minutes of "Luxury Lounge" that made all the difference. When Artie shot the rabbit in his garden, he took back what was his. He finally came to accept himself.
He later cooked the rabbit, getting back to his roots with his grandfather's old recipe book. This wasn't a downfall. It was a rebirth and basically the last time we see Artie in the series.
Artie is the little guy, he’s litteraly the underdog
Artie was one of my favorite characters on the show. He spoke with his hands more than anyone on the show n had a hand gesture for every phrase. Someone should do a compilation video on that.
Tony did respect Artie, not as a tough guy but as a friend. Thats why he didnt let Junior take the hit out at Artie's restaurant because it would have ruined the reputation. Tony also chastises Benny from doing his scam at Artie's restaurant. Also its Tony's bill that is incurred not the whole crew's.
Artie always had a chip on his shoulder about being a civilian. He wanted to prove that he had street smarts, could make business deals like these guys, wanted to be a tough guy, wanted that respect and younger hot women. He gets into hilarious situations. Because of it.
At the Native American protest, he gets hit once and runs to the car 🤣 Him wearing that earring at the dinner with Adriana thinking that was gonna make her look at him differently was hilarious.🤣 As well as him telling her that he was going into business with Tony. Its like hes in a perpetual midlife crisis throughout the series.
Also interesting is the conversation he has with Marta when he finds out she and Benny were scamming him. One second she is pleading, crying and apologizing and in the very next sentence she completely flips enraged and making fun of him. I dont know if they edited some of the conversation out, but its a crazy switch.
I thought that fire that Tony set allowed Artie to collect the insurance money and build a newer and renovated Vesuvio restaurant and it didnt ruin his business. It was just his lack of innovation and stale menu that had his customer base trying other restaurants like Da Giovanna. I think it was the credit card scam also that hurt his business because he couldnt take credit cards anymore so he had to start putting out coupons etc.
Also, I thought that Artie and Charmain ended up reconciling at some point but I might be wrong.
I loved him and wanted him to have a happy ending. Such a sweet endearing character.
I won't say downfall, I'd say rise, fall, and rise of Artie. He cleaned himself up after the Benny situation.
You're just going to completely skip how Artie turns around in season 6 and becomes content with his life after the situation with Benny? That turn around is symbolized in the scene where he cooks the rabbit for the unexpected guests after the kitchen had closed. It wasn't a downfall, Artie is one of the only characters who showed real growth in the series and ends up a better person.
Artie honestly deserved worse lol
My favorite part about ardy is when he falls in love with Adriana tony laughs and acts like it's a joke a man of his age would think he had a shot at love with a young girl like her.
Only to a few seasons later fall in love with Adriana and think of starting a new life with her hahshm
Everyone likes and wants to think that they're tony, or Sil, or Chrissy, for furio (that's the biggest delusion right there. Thinking that you're furio. that's cyraxx level delusion), while in all reality you're artie. Hell, _I'm_ Artie. We're ALL ARTIE; we're ALLLL SQUIDWARD!
If you disagree, you're mote like Artie than you can ever come to realize.
"shut up about it you depressing fu*kn jerk!" LOL (food fight between Artie and Tony)
I loved Artie he played in a lot of Law and Order episodes.
At the end of the day Artie just needed a Gordon Ramsay visit 😢
The final scene with Artie back in the kitchen, cooking a delicious dinner using an old family recipe book was so poignant. Artie is a chef, his place is in the kitchen not out there annoying his customers. He was probably the only major character who kept the old traditions alive. I hope he realized his true wealth comes from his wife, who kept him on the straight and narrow.
Once Tony got his hooks into him......sad.
Probably could have been with Adriana. 0:40
If Tony had allowed the hit to happen in the restaurant, it would have done more harm to Artie and his family restaurant than him claiming the insurance money, renovating it, and reopening again.
Tony didnt want artie out of the country to blow up his restaurant, first he wanted him to go on the cruise that way it would be shut down and juniors hit would have to go down somewhere else, since he didnt take them he had to blow it up
I really liked Artie’s character. Sometimes laughing at his expense yes. But i just found him so believable and human. Poor guy I’m glad he was never whacked. Not that he was a part of that lifestyle.
I feel like if Artie really wanted to get rich he should have just focused on the restaurant, made it the best, maybe opened a second one, maybe a side business or something. Honestly, sometimes I wonder if the entire Sopranos crew would have been happier, healthier and richer if they had put their time, money and effort behind legitimate enterprise.
Tbh there was no downfall for Artie as he has a much better life than any of the other guys as their fates are sealed but his is different as his wife doesn’t want him involved in their business and is the type of wife that every guy should have.
Tony is taking care of artie the entire way.
Saved him from ruin several times.
He had a happier ending than Adriana... Spoiler free