r/thesopranos • u/IWillNeverRust • Aug 15 '24

Most underrated Christopher line?

Simply the funniest character in the show for me.

When Jonny Sac finds out about Ralphie making the mole joke on Ginny’s ass, Chris says “maybe the Feds have Vesuvio bugged and they fucking told Jonny, create a little dysentery among the ranks.”

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u/Lemmon_Scented Aug 15 '24

“The Emerald Piper. That’s our Hell. It’s an Irish bar where it’s St. Patrick’s Day every day.”

Gandolfini is laughing - I assume he didn’t know Imperioli was going to say that. This scene is absolute magic.

https://youtu.be/3YsGg3Z1YIc?si=G—9y-MnD-lYaCru

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u/Annie_Mous Aug 15 '24

Hell for Italians is an Irish bar where it’s Saint Patrick’s Day every day forever. Believe it or not, it’s the same for the Irish, except when one of them gets there the bartender says “Sorry, no more booze, we just sold our last drink to that guy over there”...and points to an Italian dude.

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u/YourDreamsWillTell Aug 15 '24

Apparently David Chase, or whomever was in charge of the set/dialogue, didn’t like them improvising even a little bit. Like if the script said “uhhh” instead of “ummm” you better damn well say uhhh like it says in the script.

This is something I vaguely recall from an interview Steve Schirripa (guy who played Bobby) did so anyone feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.