Bobby Baccalieri funeral after-party

what rough beast slouches toward Bethlehem to be born?

[@wrenmcfarlane1987]

Plot twist: Artie was the one who orchestrated every single killing so he could make a monopoly off of serving people at funerals.

[@twandagreat885]

Another victim of Artie Bucco criminal mastermind

[@retroguy9494]

@@twandagreat885 Hey pop! Dey got roast pork!

[@Gregnetic]

Alternate ending with Artie coming out from the washroom at Holsteins. Tony looks over at Artie. Artie looks ashamed and hurt and starts walking out. Tony runs after Artie, "Awwtee c'man! We come here for the onion rings! My daughter likes 'em! Ask my wife!"

[@johng5617]

Artie Bucco profited off the Iraq war

[@theeternal2734]

@@johng5617 Same With His Father During Vietnam

[@Henrik.O]

Poor old Bobby. Nicest guy of them all, no one cares that he's gone.

[@robertthomas2601]

+Honk3n All the mob funerals are like this. Did you see the funeral at the end of Bronx Tale?

[@robertthomas2601]

Nobody cares. Nobody cares - Sonny

[@rcnelson]

+Honk3n Everybody pigs out at the funeral, as if it were an all-you-can-eat-buffet. Bobby who? I've never liked the tradition of serving food at funerals, except for those who had to travel a long way.

[@RB2331]

RC ...I Agree bro....those people are like an open buffet at an all u can eat Chinese Restaurant ...just drinking/eating and could give a shit about a great guy like Bobby ....I would have a private funeral ...fk spending money for these ungrateful assholes to eat and drink !

[@peterfawkes350]

They care about all the food

[@thetoastman.37]

I love how Bobby Jr is sitting right next to them and they don’t even bother to reach out or even ask if he’s ok 😂.

[@rudigrudi4898]

Always with the scenarios 🤌

[@ScapoloMichael]

He's a fuckin disgrace

[@robertlee4172]

They should offer him a Snapple. That ought to keep him occupied for a minute.

[@8002spirgnob]

Don't you think they probably already did?

[@thetoastman.37]

@@8002spirgnob it’s funnier if they didn’t

[@joangibilaro-poole9398]

Paulie ignores bobby junior who looks just like bobby and gives his condolences to the never before seen niece and makes sure to touch her hand

[@markus4698]

You're just telling Paulie how he's being fucking perceived

[@alexmuenster2102]

Paulie is *sitting next* to the niece - and she is more-nearly an adult, while Bobby Jr. is far away and a CHILD.

[@johnnytyler5685]

I can't believe that this has to be spelled out for you people. Paulie was HITTING ON HER. Actually he was GOING TO hit on her until she answered that she was Bobby's niece. Paulie immediately backs off when he realizes that she is related to the deceased (Bobby) because it would be inappropriate. The fact that this isn't obvious to you and the 80+ people who liked your comment is scary to me. Talk about an inability to read people. Paulie's tone when he asks her who she is was CLEARLY meant to convey that he was going to try and bang her, and his tone instantly changes when she tells him that she is related to Bobby.

[@mcsquilliams7044]

He was there it was a joke

[@billballinger5622]

W rizz

[@thegreatcalvinio]

Poor Paulie, every other video with public events, he's usually surrounded by other members, but now nobody besides Patsie and Tony remain. And now he has to sit with AJ.

[@Avengerie]

After Tony was whacked, Paulie became the boss and started looking after him like Tony did with Jackie and Chrissy. Eventually AJ was made after his crew of moulignans stole a truck full of Pokimayne cards.

[@gator4458]

@@Avengerie that's a nice thought I hope paulie became boss with Patsy as underboss

[@119Agent]

@@zammo1036 I think Larry is in line to be the boss. Of course he wouldn't want it.

[@joshschaeffer3300]

True rock bottom not prison, not death, not even finding out your real mom is who you thought was your aunt, its having to sit with aj. No made guy should have to endure that.

[@joshschaeffer3300]

@@Avengerie so Aj gets a bullet in the back of the head or paulie suffocates him which we all know paulie is good at. I dont want anyone looking after me the way tony did Jackie or chrissy

[@Aivottaja]

You know, Quasimodo predicted all this.

[@sandrobindelli5607]

+Aivottaja HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! I laughed very hard.... Quasimodo was the fictional hunchback in Victor Hugo's "Notre Dame de Parìs" from which the screen adaptions "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". You probably meant the 1500s farmacist and novelist Michel de Notredame also known as NOSTRADAMUS which is famous for his "predictions".

[@GBXS]

+Sandro Bindelli You didn't watch the Sopranos now, did you?

[@davejeon02]

+Sandro Bindelli smh, fail harder.

[@jottaz144]

+Sandro Bindelli You came to the wrong neighborhood

[@animock3051]

+Apple Bee oh !

[@vegancandy9570]

The only one who actually looks sad is Bobby’s son.

[@dariorinaldi4848]

I'd be sad too if Janice was now my sole legal guardian.

[@patrickgogan3517]

@@dariorinaldi4848 yeah but they implied Bobby jr was going to live with his aunt/cousins

[@razbigranicu]

Probably has to do with the fact that he's his son.

[@samanthab1923]

Who are the other dudes at the table?

[@mexicangomez31]

@@samanthab1923 carlo and patsys kids. Plus the so called niece that might be bobbys goomah

[@TheHawk-dy4cl]

"I heard cauliflowers 3.99 a pop, can you believe that?" LOL, everything Paulie said was pure gold

[@oclarke31]

TheHawk2001 what about that stampede in Zimbabwe? Fuckin soccer game

[@Rabithebengali]

calimari

[@lopolik]

I love how Paulie misheard Tony in ''Pine Barrens '' episode and thought he said 17 Czechoslovakians instead of Chechens.

[@ericwilliams398]

Guy was an interior decorator

[@heli-crewhgs5285]

eric williams "Funny, his house looked like shit!"

[@MichaelL324]

I don't get why everyone is so confused at what AJ was trying to say, he just wanted them to know that the framma intersected with the rammastan approximately at the potanostra

[@DonDaddaDanoDaDaneCalledDanno]

Finally someone who actually gets it!

[@ThisHandleWasTheOnly1Available]

Yeah, but what about the square root of a dojo adjusted to a zoroastrian umbrella, huh?

[@conanthecribber]

Credit to the writers though. They had to put just the right amount of disconnected half statements in there like he was going to make a great speech, but then failed miserably because the character is a dumbass. Then the cutest girl at the table gets to diss him succinctly "you're all over the place". Great job.

[@TheRealDarrylStrawberry]

Exactly. Just like Yamala Yamala from Yeframistan

[@AmrRivers]

@@TheRealDarrylStrawberry *cough cough*

[@nicolaoloughlin7166]

The Yeets/Yeats bit is such an underrated exchange😂

[@nathanielnewman-beckett7851]

The later seasons of sopranos are so depressing, something about the colour palette

[@nuckymancini7013]

Fair enough 6 1&2 were meant to be dark (*but I see ur point entirely)...

[@PRHILL9696]

They said they made it darker starting with season 4

[@EndOfSmallSanctuary97]

The lighting was definitely noticeable darker in the later seasons, especially season 6. Had a slower, more bleak tone to it (which I actually loved).

[@PRHILL9696]

@@EndOfSmallSanctuary97 yes they did that on purpose

[@kineticblues2766]

I actually preferred the tone (color and overall vibe) of the latter seasons. 🤷‍♂️

[@Peshkatari]

“The Ramus intersects with the Framistan approximately at the Paternoster”. Best Paulie Walnuts line ever.

[@retroguy9494]

What this needs is a brogan adjustment.

[@kujjjooo]

It made me laugh 😄

[@canaanite23]

That flew completely over my head. Be grateful if someone can explain it to me

[@gourdguru]

@@canaanite23 honestly i don't even think paulie knows what it means, and that's the point, he's illustrating that the kid is upset but can't really let it out and is just lashing out at anything. if you want to really know what it means: Ramus: literal translation from latin is "Branch", common use in anatomy to refer to an extension of bone(usually the pelvis groin or lower jawbone), or in zoology to refer to a barb/quill/feather. Framistan: a nonsense word made up by a 1940s radio host to describe a complicated and important piece of equipment he did not understand, similar to "thingamajig". Paternoster, latin for "our father", the Lord's Prayer. may also refer to certain beads on a catholic rosary that indicate the Paternoster should be recited, or a type of infinite looping elevator mechanism named for said rosary beads. effectively a simpler version of the line would be "the genitals/barb/feather crosses the thingamajig around our father". loosely, paulie could be coyly saying: A. "he's lashing out at random things he doesn't understand, because he's angry about the pointlessness of the life we live in service of 'our father', IE Tony" B."he's lashing out at random things he doesn't understand, because he's angry about the pointlessness of life, and doesn't see how god allows such pointlessness." C. "our strutting and preening about like peacocks showing their feathers is pointless in the eyes of God." implying they should pull their heads out of their asses and show some respect. D. "the balls on you people, for pointlessly posturing at a time like this when we should be showing respect and turning our eyes to god." with the same implication as C. E. potentially all of the above. even in his meatheaded stupidity, paulie has moments of sagelike wisdom. even if he doesn't realize it, paulie is seeing the crux of what AJ is getting at, even through the cluttered disjointed mess of philosophical jargon and prose and random complaints about life that AJ is actually saying. regardless, AJ is commenting on the pointlessness of it all, and paulie realizes that, but dismisses/downplays it. this is also why meadow looks at him that way but doesn't say anything or push back, because she had the same feelings over jackie jrs funeral and likewise had an outburst, she knows what he's going through even though she can't understand his words, while paulie understands his words but can't empathize with what he's going through.

[@jars7774]

@@gourdguruInteresting. I wonder if you could send this to David Chase to see what he has to say about it.

[@colderplasma]

By this outburst alone, AJ shoulda been made, right then, boom

[@PRHILL9696]

AJ was the best. Only smart one on the show

[@SAOrules]

John Bistis fuck off commie

[@Agent1W]

Did he use the technique of positive visualization?

[@juanelorriaga2840]

All I know is he never had the makings of a varsity athlete.

[@yehor_ivanov]

phahah nice

[@drrsuperdog]

This scene also parallels Jackie Jr's funeral in season 3, where Meadow had the drunken outburst while Junior was singing. This time, it is AJ realizing that it is "all bullshit," and Meadow has been completely desensitized by this point as she shushes and is embarrassed by AJ for not playing along

[@doorswhofan]

True enough, she's grown a bit, settled in with a future husband, and more or less implicitly accepted the nature of the world as it is and her role as a Mafia princess. AJ is still single, stinging from Blanca's rejection, angry and bitter and totally discontented. There couldn't be a greater contrast between him and his sister at this point, in fact.

[@DawoudKringle]

Poor little AJ couldn't organize his thoughts enough to even articulate his pain.

[@Frank_Iszo87]

You on point with that one 💯

[@JW-rq8qh]

Very observant David Rozner. The sacred and the profane.

[@trickdaddyaz03]

I disagree. I think Meadow is grown and understands the world for what it is and her place in it and AJ though he's see's it can't handle it. He just doesn't have the makings of a varsity athlete.

[@stackinfiddiessuckintittys2029]

0:52 Paulie looking around like damn all my friends are dead

[@albertbarese3706]

Push me to the edge

[@kostarossides5062]

+Albert Barese Can you imagine that? Getting a face lift and one week later you're in jail?

[@BlaccSuave]

Kozzie Vercetti Imagine tht gettin a facelift,and 1 wk later Ur in jail

[@joshschaeffer3300]

Easy to miss that most people do watching the sopranos with other people is a good way to gauge there intelligence really poignant moments pass them right by.

[@joshschaeffer3300]

@@BlaccSuave better than paul castellano getting a young maid and a penis implant and then instead of getting laid you get laid out on the sidewalk.

[@johnlocke1113]

Aj went full Kanye West on us.

[@lisaconnelly5443]

I'd have to disagree. If we can agree w AJ for his insight but still see how he lives in hypocrisy, then Kanye is the very bullshit image of bling that AJ is talking about that fans would rather envision for themselves and admire in others instead of giving a shit about global conflict. But every now and then these hypocrites want to act like the weight of the world is on their shoulders alone.

[@pophangtime88]

johnlocke1113 **kanye went aj**

[@kevinhasch3097]

I'm sorry to admit that too many of us modern guys are like AJ, weak in the body and mind 😑

[@TehUltimateSnake]

RESPECT MY AUTHORITY 2 years isnt that long ago...

[@ikon8275]

Ya it's called waking up, pulling your head out of your ass and take a good long look on what's going on around you.

[@silversnail1413]

AJ's onto something here. He just doesn't have the life experience or the education to articulate it properly.

[@Thrallsbuddy]

He had the life experience and the education, you see.

[@oclarke31]

Thrallsbuddy he must have been top of his fuckin class!

[@lifeisactuallyveryboring.7771]

Which makes his opinion not count for shit, because he gets into trouble and beats up people trying to act like a mobster but ends up looking like a shit heel punk. Which he is. A spoiled shit apple.

[@iAmiSaid]

That is perfectly articulated.. I must agree!

[@VIMaggotVIBrainzVI]

It's also both the wrong time and the wrong place. Never mind the fact he was being a pretentious dickhead about it. AJ may have been well-read, but good lord, was he never that bright.

[@joshs9177]

Meadow looks at AJ with a measure of compassion when she hears his rant. She recognizes his internal tumult because it's what she went through when Jackie Jr. died and at the funeral. She's made peace with her views on life, death, and family, but can still recall the pain. So she doesn't get angry, she just gets quiet and let's AJ finish his rant. Meadow and AJ are perhaps the two most annoying characters in the show, but the writers did a good job at tying their arc together here.

[@d-.-bd-.-b]

you was telling a real good insight and then comes "the two most annoying characters" lmaooooooooo true i hate those 2

[@chefdusse]

or she sees someone else in him

[@SuperJoshdave]

Carmela was the most annoying

[@goh02]

For real, AJ and Finn are the only normal people here.

[@ejcii3052]

You know who had an arc?… noah

[@vj9988]

Lmao Paulie gives condolences to Bobby's niece but not his son who's sitting right there. Then he starts talking about how HE'S lost two good friends

[@theconsciousobserver6829]

He was flirting, unzipped his pants and everything lol

[@tbone5040]

It's all about him,basically.

[@dewilew2137]

Well, he already knows Bobby jr, and likely has spoken to him already at some point. He’s just meeting the niece for the first time.

[@jacobfromallstate4963]

​@@dewilew2137 lmao, he was turned on by her and was trying to impress her. Get real

[@realname5332]

Kinda like the scene where the Barone kid’s mother is begging Tony not to hurt her son, and you think Paulie starts crying because he feels for her, only to realize it’s because he’s just thinking about his own mother.

[@mcdouche2]

I was just think about this today. The biggest tragedy in the series had to be the Baccalieri kids. They were having a happy life and then all of a sudden their mother dies, a little while later their dad dies and now what......they are stuck with JANICE!

[@dougmphilly]

mcdouche2 so true 😁

[@ryann8680]

@Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor shes a c&nt

[@deathrager2404]

@@0278fmoran meh knowing janice she ll probly abandon them for some schlong under the boardwalk

[@deathrager2404]

@@0278fmoran oh you don't wanna know!

[@stickykitty]

mcdouche2 oh Dayam that sucks

[@Greymange]

Artie makes a lot of money with these funerals lol

[@freaky_j2207]

Big Frenchie as if he ever gets paid. Lol

[@YD-uq5fi]

As he should. This show displays the best ways to make money off of the mafia while staying clean and safe yourself.

[@timheidel5849]

I always got the impression that they abused Artie and never paid him...Tony wouldn't even step in when Benny's mistress was working there and stealing the customers' credit card info.

[@superstarreviews9937]

Nah! They pay him. Tony may not,but everyone else does.artie couldn't afford to stay in business otherwise!

[@YD-uq5fi]

@@superstarreviews9937 I agree. Everyone except Tony pays him. Tony would not allow it otherwise.

[@baruavice]

You can totally understand what Chase tried to convey in this scene as the show came to a close. We've been through countless funerals/processions over the course of the show ... and for the scene to abruptly shift from the proceedings to the gathering afterwards where theres nothing but food on everyone elses mind says one thing - no one really gave a shit .. the supposed notion of 'family' within this circle was absolute bs ... they ultimately cared only for themselves.

[@miguelfonseca1104]

thats a very protestant take on funerals lol. ITs true that as mobsters, their "mourning" leaves much to be desired, but in latin countries, funerals involve food and chatter as custom among other local variations (e.g cubans would play dominos at a table for example)

[@chripianflopez]

@@miguelfonseca1104 Lol that is not just a latin thing dude. Most of the us is doing the same thing now too. Been to enough funerals to see it.

[@mattmaccaronio5990]

Okay but you gotta get over it

[@wraynephew6838]

It is not that people don't give a shit. It is that people turned to comfort during sad times. Food is comfort to alot of people

[@TheRealTurkFebruary]

I guess you’ve never mourned for anybody before. The best thing that can happen after somebody’s funeral is their family gathering to break bread and spend time with each other. God damn some people are just so out of touch with reality, they come on to KZbin to ridicule fictional characters. Get a grip.

[@Rozzado]

"Bush let Al Qaeda escape." "OH!" lmfaooooo

[@tagootuesday6521]

Rozzado Lmao thats the same “oh” from when Furio said he doesn’t like Colombus

[@hanklesacks]

😂

[@chloedog47]

@@tagootuesday6521 I ate de Norf

[@leroyhovatter7051]

@@chloedog47 Spit it out ya degenerate fack yo

[@scyorkshire2496]

Yeah. They never came out and said it straight up, but it seemed like they always hinted around that the mobsters in the show were Republican.

[@svenskakrigare9543]

"Heh-heh" Paulie Gualtieri, 2007

[@deathrager2404]

no offense, but you ever had yourself checked for tourrettes? tourette syndrome. seriously, HEH HEH, its like you got a fuckin tick or somethin.

[@leroyhovatter7051]

@@deathrager2404 IDK it's like when I'm nervous or something. Like some people grind there teeth.

[@deathrager2404]

@@leroyhovatter7051 commooooon was you who told john right?

[@leroyhovatter7051]

@@deathrager2404 It wasn't me.

[@ocfjavier8145]

More like: Paulie Gualtieri, 1999/00/01/02/03/04/06/07

[@danzam40]

Of course Paulie stuffed his face. He would obviously take full advantage of a meal he didn’t have to pay for.

[@matthewbulman5949]

It's a wonder he didn't ask Artie for a doggy bag to take for his Ma. Clicking the fingers- optional.

[@retroguy9494]

@@matthewbulman5949 His Ma was dead for a month at this point. I'm surprised he didn't take a doggie bag for HIMSELF!

[@trevscribbles]

Honestly, it's one of the few scenes I actually feel bad for AJ. He's having a genuine existential crisis. He's asking himself some very serious questions for the first time in his life and he can't understand how everyone can act so normal while it's happening. Happens to most of us at some point. Never pleasant.

[@paulorufalco]

best comment ever

[@123apacino]

Thats why i cherish those moments, I love feeling that existential threat and even looking deep into myself. If I look at myself deep enough, I hear someone else inside

[@bozotheclown666]

Also shows how us Americans see these issues. AJ, although somewhat incoherent, is bringing up valid points against our country. But almost everybody won’t listen to him and just disregard everything he’s saying.

[@faaaaaabba]

@@bozotheclown666 Average american doesnt give a fuck how much us soldiers killed innocent people around the world,for oil and invisible threat.

[@TheMrRanto]

Yeets

[@youtubeaccount1661]

I hope i can be like paulie when I'm old. Nothing better than an old guy who can still make youngsters laugh, he's young at heart... and he has the upper body of a 20 year old!

[@realname5332]

He’s gotta work at that though.

[@Puss1man]

uhhh

[@cypressneedles]

Old? Paulie is still a kid!

[@StepUpMedia039]

Paulie was so much like Tony Sirico. It was sad yet heartwarming seeing Tony Sirico in his nursing home being visited by friends and Podcasters and stuff and despite his dementia and memory loss, he was still witty and funny and happy.

[@mariozd971]

​@@StepUpMedia039It ish a retirement community !

[@synthmalicious7541]

This is his best scene. AJ was starting to realize that something was wrong with the world around him but he somewhat misdirected it, albeit accurately, at politics and not his family. The one that was (also) built on the suffering of other people. I do think that if you were American 9/11 bled into anything back then, but the way it factors into AJ’s character is that he’s starting to wake up to the cold realities of the world around him. He just finds the truth in the wrong thing. “What rough beast slouches towards Bethlehem to be born” everything in his life is destined to end in destruction, the world around him is doomed, but it isn’t because of the war. It’s because his father is a mob boss.

[@synthmalicious7541]

@Tron Labb same. I always imagined one day for a series or film or something that showed AJ in his 40s and never communicated whether or not his father died, or if he did what he died of.

[@OpenMawProductions]

9/11 still bleeds into a lot of things. The world we live in in the west is a byproduct of how 9/11 changed the culture. I try to tell young people as much as I can that things were incredibly different the day before 9/11. The world changed very violently. There was a national depression, anger, an identity crisis, fear that was kept on us for many years after. TV shows changed in tone to be grim, gritty, "realistic." There was no escaping it. We had precious few heroes in culture. The wars that seemed like they would never end, and they really didn't. 20 years later, they are finally "over" with body counts so unreasonably high... It can't be overstated. 9/11 fucked the entire western world. The economy, the political discourse, the fear that people had where they cut themselves off from each other, the perpetual surveillances by our governments

[@circleinforthecube5170]

@@OpenMawProductions yeah, just look at GTA IV and war of the worlds anything and ESPECIALLY anything in NYC or Jersey was gloomy and dreary in a beautiful kind of way, music aswell, many deep beats and sad type sounds from the 70s resurged in the 2000s, like that one song that plays when chrissy gets high in italy, filled with mechanholy, but the 2000s also felt a lot less depressed towards the end

[@somewisealien]

I like how the way AJ rants reminds me of Tony's. They don't rant about the same subjects but the voicings and intonations are similar. Not a very significant detail but Robert Iler makes this very noticeable here. Great acting.

[@MiggyAguilar]

This is a good observation

[@renatocontrerasflores294]

I didnt know Iler rerited from acting to pursue a career as a professional poker player lmao

[@Pochonesian]

“What makes you think youre special?” “It’s all just a big nothing!” AJ has become the fruit of his grandmothers disfunction and miserable outlook on the world. She scarred him deeply.

[@sitcomchristian6886]

There's no atheists in foxholes, as they say.

[@rd9793]

You hit the nail on the head. He is just in his way parroting Livia.

[@bloodnivel70]

the ritualistic spiritual castration

[@novak1015]

Hes just woke and hes right

[@dewok2706]

Scarred? You mean enlightened. AJ is completely right, and so was Livia.

[@leegreer5895]

They seem very upbeat for a funeral dinner of a guy who was brutally murdered.

[@chiefcuningcoyote4906]

+Lee Greer the amount of funerals on this tv show, they arent surprised anymore

[@Alxmir23]

when it comes to latin people(spanish,italian,portuguese etc) we celebrate the deceased after the burial

[@BlueAngel2397]

Lee Greer yeah. All they care about is stuffing their faces and talking useless shit

[@Alxmir23]

BlueAngel2397 the dead brings people together,the one rare occasion where the entire family is all together is ot celebrate/mourn the dead or witness unions(marriages)

[@BlueAngel2397]

Alxmir23 Exactly you said it: mourning the dead! Talking about American Idol is not mourning the dead.

[@powderedtoastfacekillah734]

I liked Carlo’s relationship with his son. They genuinely loved and respected each other

[@StepUpMedia039]

Carlo became a rat to save his son. Which honestly i do admire.

[@StudioMod]

2:39 "He's saying the framus intersects with the ramistan approximately at the paternoster." ~ Paulie Walnuts

[@texasmade0109]

Lmao wtf does that mean

[@elverguddo4878]

Yeah what the hell means

[@jasonbari5997]

He’s taking gibberish cuz that’s what he hears AJ saying, do you people really not get sarcasm

[@ccc796]

Now there's an image.

[@StudioMod]

Apparently it's a reference from the 3 stooges.

[@MAXIMPACTTV]

I just noticed how powerful that shot at 0:39 is. Tonys staring into a painting of a volcano about to erupt with Just his wife at his side and she appears forced to have to sit at no table. Tonys fate is seen in that 1 shot.

[@ryanpresley8088]

One of my favorite shots in the entire series. David Chase said he has a photo of it in office

[@jessestinson9252]

Wow I swear this show is always giving me more

[@andreaholcock8992]

You can almost taste the salt

[@kennyjames2126]

I love Bobbys relative at the end her smile and laugh is so beautiful she has a sense of humor.

[@KolchaksGhost]

The way Paulie defends Bush almost blindly as if AJ were disrespecting the boss instead of criticizing the president is hands down the best part of this scene

[@ScapoloMichael]

Ohh! He's a married man! With a goomar!* * not confirmed

[@mattwarrington1]

I know he was hoping to get his hands down Bobby's nieces bush, if that's what you're referring to

[@dewok2706]

@@mattwarrington1 Ho... HO!

[@blackdog045]

I don't know why, but when Paulie says "What are ya gonna do? Life goes on", I found that to be a comforting statement. It's like whatever you're going through, all you can do is just continue on. It's not like he's the first person to say this simple statement, but the way he said it just seemed very comforting. I'm probably reading way too much into Paulie Walnuts lol

[@goriflex2441]

Paulie is the definition of a lonely survivor, no wife, no kids, no true friends, only jokes and other Quick pleasures to make his life go on, then, comes the " he he he"

[@ilikeducks1174]

Paulie is fairly consistent on this point. When Chrissy confided in him on his struggle to find meaning in his life, as he put it his arc, Chrissy gave him a pep talk about taking life as it comes:

[@StepUpMedia039]

​@@ilikeducks1174Paulie was right

[@DavidBennet]

Paulie's "Heh?" when AJ starts his rant makes me laugh every time I watch it

[@hjalmarstrid7176]

This was to me a top three scene in all of Sopranos. The director really did a great job at showing the "family" side to the maffia. How they are all gathered like this looks like any other family gathering, just really big. And how the young boys gets called up by their father to do things for the family. I also love how Medow looks at AJ with her worrying look, understanding that he doesnt want the maffia life, but she is going head first in to it. I don't know exactly what it is, but this is so greatly directed that I really felt for the first time just how much family is inolved. The concept of how everyone is a realtive, by blood or not. Just a great scene. I was also really baked the first time i saw it. but still

[@benkusel3942]

Dude yeah, watching sopranos completely ripped is a trip. I remember being high as fuck watching (spoiler) Christopher's last scene and just completely baffled that he died at all

[@StepUpMedia039]

​@@benkusel3942I was extremely high and drunk the night that episode Kennedy and Heidi aired and I bawled my eyes out that he was gone. Our Chrissy. The show had meant so very much to me since 2000 and I felt like I knew the characters.

[@Kblog777]

AJ does an accurate portrayal of depression here. Talking unfocused gibberish.

[@artvandelay837]

@Isabel Beckerman cool man. sounds like you enjoyed the show

[@subunite]

@@artvandelay837 😁🤣😅. Great name you have btw. Kind regards Kel Varnsen

[@sammyod101]

yet total sense...lol

[@balabanasireti]

@Isabel Beckerman Shut up, fuckboy. I'm done with some asshole losers on the Internet masturbating about the thought of the death of some fictional characters.

[@PRHILL9696]

yet he makes sense. he is the only one living in reality

[@GooblyWoobly69]

AJ is where Meadow was earlier on trying to fight growing up in this mob setting. She seems to have accepted her role and even being with the son of a fellow mobster. AJ will eventually get there too. Life is one big fucking cycle of inevitability

[@joeb7975]

i wonder if the chicken was nice and spicy

[@nyy190343]

That was Junior, right? Lol random funeral comments

[@oldesalt10310]

It had the makings of a varsity athlete

[@nuckymancini7013]

Cauliflower 3.99 @lb.

[@kevinwilliams7252]

😂👍

[@patrickgogan3517]

@@nyy190343 at a drowned childs funeral of all places..

[@tomservo5347]

As a history buff that painting of Vesuvius with Pompeii and Herculaneum doomed below would grab my attention just like it did Tony's. It's what made these characters relatable but just when we think we like them David Chase would make sure to remind us they're sociopathic monsters.

[@rcnelson]

AJ: "Yeats." (Yeets.) Other guy: "Yeats?" (Yates.) Poor AJ, never gets it right.

[@doorswhofan]

Interesting too, in notice of that: The series ends with AJ working for Carmine Jr.'s film company -- another guy who never got it right when sermonizing.

[@DemocracyManifest]

AJ at Bobby Baccala's funeral, whatever happened there

[@serendpity3478]

Never mock a person who mispronounces a word or a name but uses it in the correct context. It means they read it for themselves, they didn't have someone else tell them about it.

[@Hopper-gn2ej]

It's kinda a metaphor for his whole rant, intellectual, but just said poorly

[@melmack2003]

AJ conjured up strong feelings in the viewing audience....great acting.....great characterization!

[@Aivottaja]

Notice how they focused on Patsy calling his kid over to him. Then there's that time in the final episode when Patsy and his wife visit Carmela and Tony. Patsy is looking suspicious there.

[@robbie_]

To be fair Patsy always looks suspicious.

[@ball3677]

Thats because Tony was practically mocking Patsy for his son getting pinched.

[@knowsmebyname]

This scene was supposed to show the lack of caring of Americans amid awful times. I think it's the rare example where the writers got it wrong. The funeral after gathering is when people are able to let go of the enormous burden of grief and relax into small talk. This is what an after funeral meal is supposed to be like.

[@knowsmebyname]

John Sabp How is that disagreeing? I didn't say anything about AJ?

[@fastbike6764]

John Sabp language!

[@knowsmebyname]

John Sabp I was just asking a question. What the heck?

[@knowsmebyname]

John Sabp Thanks John. I was having a hard time balancing the guy who made a thoughtful post about AJ with what followed. It just didn't fit together.

[@maximumeffort2729]

knowsmebyname

[@Dom_Uchihaa]

I like how in season 6 the lighting from the sopranos home goes to colorful and warm to gloomy and dark

[@harleyxxfabco]

Paulie's last line translates to "Jet fuel can't melt steel beams."

[@A.C31]

Ogard: Relax, dude..

[@svampkin]

Oh! take 'et easy.

[@SimpleMechanic931]

jet fuel cant melt wood shineboxes, idiots

[@A.C31]

Oh, I get it! lol.. Not sure what I was thinking when I first commented here. Sorry, guys!

[@Youre_Right]

Harley Dozer It doesn't have to melt it to make unable to hold tons and tons of steel. Heat up metal with a butane torch even before it's glowing red you can bend it like cooked spaghetti

[@Coalemos]

Paulie's words at the end are the ultimate analysis of the series finale.

[@ericnelson9100]

Damn, AJ really shone in this moment, he was spot on about everything. It's always the case; the person you think is the weakest link in the end turns out to be the most rocking person in the house! Like I've always said (but not always followed), never, EVER, for any reason, underestimate anyone!

[@machinegunjackmcgurn4188]

It’s impossible to underestimate that fucking TOOL. Weak bitch could fuck up a cup of coffee. It’s a shame they weren’t gathering after HIS funeral.

[@LordTalax]

Aj was a retard trying to be relevant.

[@majortom5433]

"The Framis intersects with the Ramestan approximately at the Potenosta"....... Brilliant.... Makes as much sense as AJ here.

[@PRHILL9696]

AJ is only one living in the real world

[@greatsajby9266]

Listen again.

[@PRHILL9696]

@Djas M Are you crying to me? I hope so

[@PRHILL9696]

@Djas M Crying to me cool I like it

[@robertpreston2220]

@@PRHILL9696 That is true and AJ got all a person could want at the end

[@AxelSituation]

The only pearls of wisdom AJ ever uttered throughout the whole show.

[@otomicans6580]

His sister gave him that quote!

[@fastbike6764]

AJ's rant was a "mouthpiece" for the director and writer of the show to convey their feelings of current social and political situation at the time. And also to show how dysfunctional a mob family is with their insensitivity, self serving agendas and lack of remorse. The fact that AJ, a known 'tragic fool' character could figure it out is the irony.

[@patrickdesantis5661]

fast bike and then they don’t even understand what he means & laugh. Lol the irony

[@dm0065]

Maybe you're right, but if so I don't think they succeeded. If they were doing what I thought, which was simply reinforcing what an annoying little head-up-his-ass twerp AJ was, then they knocked it out of the park. There's not many things more tiresome that hearing some teenage twerp telling us all how the world works, sprinkling in vague conspiracy theories with their sophomoric politics.

[@davidmiller6981]

Yep hollyweird sticking there values in our brains

[@ilwayeebstay1080]

You mean mouthpiece?

[@scyorkshire2496]

If the creators of a show wanted to push their own personal beliefs on to a audience, I doubt they would do it with the most hated character on the show.

[@contentsasquatch1]

i love barb's little head shake when aj starts rambling. i think that's most of our reactions to his speech lol

[@whatisbestinlife8112]

Love the shot of Tony and Carmela in front of the painting. Carmela actually showing what seems real sadness and mourning. Tony turned partially away gazing on a smoldering volcano. The two of them isolated and disconnected from the rest of the event. It's very ominous. Almost like it's a look at into the near future and it's Tony's funeral with Carmela sitting in shock and isolation and Tony's ghost hovering nearbye. "What rough beast slouches toward Bethlehem..."

[@alexmuenster2102]

>>Carmela actually showing what seems real sadness and mourning.

[@sneed3529]

Thank God for this actually good analysis in a sea of the same crappy, low-effort jokes.

[@TheMisterGuy]

@@sneed3529 "Thank God for this actually good analysis in a sea of the same crappy, low-effort jokes." I wanted good media analysis, but I compromised. I read a Soprano's thread.

[@alnonymous2482]

Paulie understood exactly was AJ was saying.

[@SuperSaiyanAl]

Tony introduced us to Bobby by saying there were “a lot of funerals” in his corner of Jersey. Bobby’s the last character in the series who gets a funeral.

[@baxpiz1289]

tony, but we weren't invited

[@mikesaucier3046]

Hi enthusiasm over roast pork always gets me....

[@sawahtb]

I've never been to a mafia funeral, but I have attended large after funeral dinners. By the time you've found out someone's died (by accident or old age) and gone through the funeral home, wake, memorial, and burial, you're tired of it all. You can't keep being sad because you are suspect at that point of being someone who just wants the attention. You might be wise to avoid alcohol though and might say things you'll regret like "can you believe she wore THAT to the cemetery"?

[@ericmgarrison]

0:20 I love the glimpse of Donna Pescow, from Saturday Night Fever, playing Mrs. Parisi.

[@saturn580]

2:06 "Bush let Al-Qaeda escape!" "OHHH!"

[@JB19504]

Actually, Bush did let Osama escape from his mountain hideout in Tora Bora. He called off an air strike or a raid that would have nailed him. He left it Obama to get him.

[@greatdude7279]

@@JB19504 Who funded Osama during the cold war? xD

[@tonycondegnimustafa435]

@@greatdude7279 and trained the same tribesmen and mujahedeen their fighting now

[@retroguy9494]

@@JB19504 Well, Bush never had the makings of a varsity president!

[@mariozd971]

Osama died in 2001, from kidney disease. Obama didn't kill him, if they really killed him they would show his body, just like in case of Saddam Hussein and his sons and Gadaffi

[@multiplesifl]

Even at a table full of people decades younger than him he can still get at least a chuckle.

[@Ericbryanmr]

Interesting sense of social awareness Paulie always had; offers his condolences to Bobby's niece, before going on about his recent bereavements, whilst Bobby's recently-orphaned son is sitting at the table.

[@p.k.andkid4646]

"Hey pop! They got roast pork!.." "No it's ok son, I like rat."

[@SiccDeville]

Fucking Paulie is hilarious. He zips his pants after a great meal. Next, when AJ goes on one of his rants, Paulie is like, heh?

[@erikgabrielsen]

one of the last scenes i saw of Paulie before Tony Sirico died, what an amazing actor he was

[@fchillaxing]

This was the moment paulie thought if Tony raised this kid im going to New York

[@minnesotamatt1980]

Bobby's Son looks so sad it's depressing

[@chaosdecides]

+Matt Wilson At least he didn't start shitting in the school shower.

[@AMpufnstuf]

I'm just glad he looks like his old man and not some puerto rican who-ore.

[@Poppieslilliespeonies]

The poor kid was almost stuck with Janice.

[@DAKINS896]

well you know usually kids that have good dads that died a few days earlier tend to be a bit "off"

[@andresbranco4409]

Yeah, I don't know what's worse. Having a father who 'wanted to live an openly gay lifestyle' and be murdered for his sexuality, or, live with Janice.

[@charlescarter4608]

I heard cauliflower is $3.99 a pound

[@southbeachtalent]

Charles Carter can you believe that!?

[@eldiko8929]

Sorry,is it expensive?

[@varicosevaynes]

Idk why the roast pork thing makes me laugh so hard, seeing Carlo light up like that 😭😭😭😭

[@blacksmoke3113]

It just occurred to me how carmela has her back turned to Italy, like figuratively turning away from what Anthony represents, while Anthony stares, perhaps longingly, at the painting of Italy as if figuratively desiring to be further into the whole Cosa nostra (sp) life

[@arlingtonhynes]

“Yeets.” “Yeats?” Blank look. Sic. Sic as a dog. Classic.

[@JohnDoe-vz7bn]

Splestrie I’m irish and I loved that cause I thought ajs pronunciation was just the American one and then that guy comes in and makes him look like the gobshite he is

[@muhammadlee8628]

"In honor of Bobby, we are gonna eat like pigs" -Tony (probably) -Paulie (Definitely)

[@tapset]

Paulie probaly took a plate to go also

[@mattmaccaronio5990]

Karen’s ziti! Her last one

[@LuckyxCapone]

one of the best “OH”s in my opinion🤣

[@challengerstrength2297]

“That chicken is nice and spicy.” - Junior

[@novak1015]

Hahaha

[@jackquinn7446]

I love how they show Bobby jr wave his finger in agreement with AJ showing he’s intelligent

[@br3akstuff]

I just noticed this lol

[@DomozoveoGZ]

when AJ talks about al-Qaeda, Bobby Jr. points at him like "good point" lol

[@jbot91]

20 years later I still have no idea what Paulie said but it makes me chuckle.

[@patrickgogan3517]

2007 wasnt 20 years ago bud..

[@jbot91]

@@patrickgogan3517 20 years I spent in the can, so that when I come out some jerkoff can not understand a reference

[@DON-ey9py]

It was just gibberish lol to make fun of aj not making sense

[@n40tom]

Most funeral luncheons that I have attended there is not much sadness it's sort a little party to celebrate the life of whoever passed. you tell stories usually funny ones and people laugh. that's how they deal with the sadness. now if you're in a place that you're still hanging around drinking for 3 or 4 hours that's when the sloppy sadness and crying drunks start. that's not a pretty sight I usually try to leave before then.

[@TheCoolProfessor]

Leave it to AJ to fuck up everything and leave it to Paulie to slap him back in his place! Lol!

[@2serveand2protect]

+TheCoolProfessor Sometimes I think it would have been much more interesting if Paulie was A.J.'s father, rather than Tony! :) Maybe at least he'd grew some balls!... He's the most obnoxious and IRRITATING CHARACHTER THERE, GODDAMIT! The moron doesn't even know how to kill himself properly! :D ... I mean! - a 2mt's deep pool and a SEVEN METERS-LONG ROPE TIED TO A BRICK?? Come on! :D He could have EVERYTHING - he had the life on a GOLDEN PLATE, and all he did was complaining!...

[@lucygirl4926]

+2serveand2protect I posted the same exact thing on one of these videos yesterday. Remember the scene where Carmella and Tony are punishing him by giving him chores to do, one of which is cleaning the gutters and AJ says, "What? Gutters? I don't know what you're talking about..." Or when, during the military school interview when asked if he had any questions, he says, "Yeah, why do the guys use 'that O thing' when they tell time?" Or when he returned from DC and the only thing he could comment on was the fact that the hotel room had freakin Nintendo..??? Grrrrr....

[@2serveand2protect]

lucy girl You are DAMN RIGHT! He was given EVERYTHING, he was interested in NOTHING! There are boys and girls his age that are lucky if they have a BED and a ROOF TO SLEEP UNDERNEATH, but he is "DEPRESSED". He wants to be the big "man", but when he sees a young bear, tryng to get some food from the trash bins, he starts to cry like a pathetic baby, trembles and calls for his "maamaaaa!!! - maaamaaa!"! XDXD Christ - he was IRRITATING! ...sometimes - when I saw his mug I just turned the TV off, preferring to watch the episode later on...

[@fastbike6764]

+2serveand2protect representing Millennials

[@commentsCONTENTteeShirts]

Hey Van Helsing... let's go!

[@EBUNNY2012]

Paulie is getting his own show called "Walnuts" where he moves to L.A. to start a shine box business at LAX.

[@joemckim1183]

They sell Cauliflower for $3.99 a pop there also.

[@tonycondegnimustafa435]

Showtime or HBO? So its gonna be like a comedy type series? I give it a shot 💯

[@sartainja]

Free tissue and melted cheese.

[@leesmith6866]

OHH...Beats selling bon-bons at the Eiffel Towah like ya muddah used ta doo, eh? Heh heh heh heh. Hey Tony, he said I'm getting my own show called "Walnuts" where I move to L.A. to start a shine box business at LAX...I says to da guy...Beats selling bon-bons at the Eiffel Towah like ya mudda used ta do. Heh heh heh heh.

[@defoperator7993]

Aj vs paulie's perspectives clashing are hilarious

[@glenspardello]

“I can pay my respect from the after party” -Uncle Junior

[@nemanjajovanovic5724]

after PARTY!?

[@Broski8137]

I love how AJ delivers that line about the rough beast, as if he was drawing any sort of connection between that and the conversation at all lol

[@thebuckmaster6497]

AJ reveals his power level in public

[@stevencacioli8893]

This is one of the best comment sections for a sopranos clip that I’ve come across so far lol

[@libertyBuilders]

Paulie was my favorite character on this show he was great!

[@dylanmorgan2752]

Just don't let him catch you calling him Pauline or he'll send you to the ear nose and throats department and you'll also need an ultrasound on your balls.

[@libertyBuilders]

Dylan Morgan lol damn autocorrect

[@dylanmorgan2752]

+Mike Libertycon what u seem to be forgetting is that Paulie is a friend of mine and he don't know about no autocorrect, cause back in his day coffee was an Italian racket, and the most high tech thing was the laser beams shooting out of uncle June's eyes.

[@libertyBuilders]

Dylan Morgan ooooooooook

[@MaskedMarvyl]

What must it be like to live in a circle where your life is a constant procession of funerals, food, funerals, food, etc. You must get to the point where you think you're next at any moment, and people will eat immediately after your funeral. How many funerals has AJ gone to for "family"? He wasn't smart enough to express what was bothering him, but after 38 funerals for murdered family members (including his own dad almost dying twice), he must have felt something was very, very wrong.....

[@absoleet]

Hey pap they got roast pork.

[@jbot91]

Ohh

[@gunr2012]

Over here

[@hama1778]

Gabagool!

[@chloedog47]

Gravys good tnite

[@ongbruhlol]

carlo: :o

[@wdh47211]

The Big Chill movie character played by Jeff Goldblum said it best...." They throw a great party for you the one day they know you can't show up"

[@SofaKing401]

I live far away from my Italian relatives in Jersey. I only eat like this when someone's either getting married or someone's died. I'm starting to form some seriously weird associations with chicken piccata.

[@tonderaiarts4590]

feels like Bobbys death, hit the fans more than his "friends"

[@jowhit226]

Love AJ in this scene, he was trying to wake up from the matrix, I think that was his real issue. "You people are fucked, you're living in a dream!"

[@amattchronism]

Bobby Jr pointing at AJ about his Iraq point was priceless. I’m gonna start doing that when I agree with people

[@johnzachariasrealtor7906]

I think we all agree Tara Zincone should have had a bigger role on this show 😍

[@CastleAnthraxx]

This is a really interesting scene, especially the Yeats reference. That poem is called The Second Coming, and is about how the end of the current cycle of existence draws near, and the new age of the Beast, emotionless but sensual, has arrived. Violence and chaos rule, and the best people lack any conviction, but the worst people live in passionate intensity.

[@yannick245]

Yeah, AJ was incoherent and couldn't really verbalize his train of thoughts. So quoting Yeats was actually a good way, trying to express his feelings. It's not his fault that he's surrounded by buffoons. He was pretty spot on. Although as a conclusion voluntary taking part in Bush's unjustified/illegal wars doesn't make any sense.

[@JJJ111JJJ]

I think you mean Yeets.

[@dewilew2137]

Welp. Someone never watched the show. 🙄

[@Arete1]

​@@yannick245even a broken clock is right 2 times a day.

[@Hopper-gn2ej]

it's about the end of the world, and was written shortly after ww1 I think, makes sense considering the 20th century was really the "beginning of the end". Makes sense in the context of the show too, considering it's the last episode, and the end of Bobby, Tony is also looking at a painting of Mt Vesuvius, which you could call an apocalyptic event, which shows their connection

[@kevinkey9146]

I've always loved that shot of Tony and Carmela at :42.

[@gkro7137]

AJ sums up the internet in the last 5 years. Everybody is so upset, that its hard for them to articulate all of the issues they are upset about.😁

[@circleinforthecube5170]

people are upset because shit that was never fixed became a worse problem, the issues get worse and worse

[@joshuaizly5502]

I just realised now, this season AJ wanted to be Michael Corleone, he mentioned it when he tried avenging his father like the scene in the one, but here he was throwing around the idea of joining the army to protect America like the flashback in two.