Yeah, I do. It’s sucks. It’s boring. And I’m really pissed because nobody’s gettin’ whacked. I was a Sopranos junkie… and for those of you who have never watched or followed the show, this is what life is now like for those of us who lived for the monumental series. On June 11, 2007, HBO aired the final episode of it’s all-time biggest hit, The Sopranos, and ever since then, Sunday nights without Tony, Carmela, Chris, Paulie, and Silvio just ain’t right. Read the full story
I am telling you straight out that Seth MacFarlane is a goddamned modern day genius, and at age 35, he is the highest paid screen writer in the history of television, receiving a whopping 100 million dollars from 20th Century FOX.Read the full story
NY Times Best Selling author, Larry Winget is NEVER at a loss for words. And today, things aren’t any different. Buckle your chin strap and read on, my good people…Read the full story
Understanding Your Obsessive Compulsive Addiction to the Sopranos
PART 5 in a weekly 6 PART mini-series here on Planet Zman, entitled: Great Actors, Great Acting
I ask you, what would the bad-guy list be without the late Johnny Sack’s number two man in the NY crime family, the always malevolent, Phil Leotardo (played by my pal, Frankie Vincent). I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Frank for the cover story in the 2006 Winter issue of the national publication, Cigar Magazine™.Read the full story
Understanding Your Obsessive Compulsive Addiction to the Sopranos
PART 3 in a weekly 6 PART mini-series exclusively here on Planet Zman, entitled: JERSEY’S FINEST
The much-maligned state of New Jersey is often the brunt of many a comedian’s off-color jokes. But The Sopranos has brought a new and interesting sense of pride to the Garden State. I personally happen to be half Italian on my mother’s side, and have lived all my life in northern New Jersey. I know all of the show’s landmarks and have even frequented the Bada Bing (actually known as Satin Dolls, on Rt. 17 in Lodi.) When you live in this area, you learn to recognize that when streets are closed, traffic is diverted, light towers are up, and large production trucks surround the grounds, The Sopranos are shooting a scene.
Understanding Your Obsessive Compulsive Addiction to the Sopranos
PART 4 in a weekly 6 PART mini-series exclusively here on Planet Zman, entitled: Character Assassins
Great character development has always been critical to this show, but Chase will be the first one to say that’s it’s the actors that make them who they are.Read the full story
Understanding Your Obsessive Compulsive Addiction to the Sopranos
PARTS 1 & 2 of a weekly 6 PART mini-series exclusively here on Planet Zman.
ADMITTING YOU’RE AN ADDICT
Good Lord in Heaven, this family is an abomination – a psychologically disturbed, ethically bankrupt, spiritually void gene pool. To put it more in their terms – they are essere fottuto – all fucked up! But, YOU are nothing like this in any way – yet, you’re infatuated beyond reason. You are obsessed with the lives of these people and you love them unconditionally as if they were of your own flesh and blood. Several times during the day on Sunday, you would think to yourself, “Sopranos on tonight.” And when nine o’clock hit, that magical, hypnotic theme song by the band A3 began to play… Bum, ba bum, bum, bum, wa wa wa…”Woke up this morning and got your self a gun…” Like one of Pavlov’s dogs, you propped up in front of the TV in a semi-lathered state as Tony drives through to the Jersey side of the Lincoln Tunnel, lighting his cigar, pulling the Turnpike ticket from the booth, cruising past, Pizzaland, Satriale’s Pork Store, and the rows of refinery tanks in lovely Newark. For the next 60 minutes, YOU were a full-fledged, blood sworn Soprano.
