The Sopranos Crime Family EXPLAINED

[@connor4331]

Just when I thought I was out, he pulls me back in

[@ericsilver9401]

Our true enemy has yet to reveal himself

[@Benny-Fazio]

My penis: Just when I thought I was In , he pulls me back OUT

[@TrippyShasta]

pasta fazool i am a fool

[@ciennaisntepic]

Best comment

[@hollowheaded9319]

I absolutely love that iconic line from Vito's doctor.

[@cliffbungalow9373]

Vito was promoted from bakery customer to captain, not bad

[@Rick_Cleland]

*_Aardvark's spade-like claws allow them to dig_* *_through termite mounds to feast on the insects within._* *_Aardvark's can eat up to around 50,000 termites in one night._*

[@cyberpower2409]

Man I thought I was the only one who saw Chris telling to take a walk, and he wasn't even made yet

[@erics362]

Captain of the good ship lollipop 🍭.

[@or34ghat]

He even spent some time working as a parade float

[@erics362]

@@or34ghat I'm a captain now. You don't talk to me like that.

[@emmakarlsson4426]

How many times I gotta tell you? They're a GLORIFIED CREW!

[@juser-abuser]

Glory hole crew Sopranos

[@robertlee4172]

On principal alone, because they shared Zellman, they're not about to relinquish their position.

[@srb2591]

Let me tell you a couple of three things

[@yangwangbrock]

Jersey, come on huh

[@PerfidiousAdrian]

Just some pygmy thing out in Jersey

[@jasta5657]

You forgot Noah Tannenbaum. Whenever Tony needs someone's fucking lights punched out, he calls the hasidic homeboy to get the job done.

[@shawnbrodrick8673]

Charcoal briquette

[@kev3d]

@ANIMATIONWEB3 And probably nailed the manic depressive roommate too. Dude's a player.

[@jordanharris868]

Jamal Ginsberg

[@robertlee4172]

Uncle Benz. That moulli.

[@maxijgo23]

Hasidim but I don't believe em

[@BNS_Hunterr]

Chris should've taken those Pokemon cards and then ran away with Adriana. They'd be doin alright.

[@BookshelfQBattler]

“Listen T I gotta run to Hollywood to run my memoirs I just pulled a rare million dollar charizard and sold it on eBay “

[@lukazupie7220]

@@BookshelfQBattler😂😂

[@StuUngar]

They were PokeyMan cards

[@jabrondestoroyah]

They were a load of Chinese knock offs from what I heard

[@svenvdv2880]

Check this out T, I just flipped one of these pokeyman cards for 5 large. You know, EX Mega rayquaza? The holo one, too.

[@blackfox4138]

Bobby's position in the family was always kinda weird, though I'm assuming that has more to do with Tony and Junior's arrangement. Junior was still technically the boss, but couldn't directly oversee his operations, so they made Bobby a sorta Capo of his crew. However, since Tony was the real boss, and Junior's crew was only made up of a few old men, Bobby wasn't technically a captain of anything. There's also the fact that the writers very likely forgot, and they themselves didn't really keep track of the family politics.

[@NRV0]

Regardless of Bobby position he ended up number 2 in the seat of power. From driver to underboss he made out well for himself. Such a shame he didn't make it to the end.

[@SuperCosty2010]

@@NRV0 well Bobby was killed BECAUSE he has got Tony's number 2, first of all because he's his in-law. Otherwise New Yorkers wouldn't bother whacking him. So, it doesn't count as "well" by my estimate 🤣

[@kev3d]

He was consiglieri over the Donut cartel.

[@NRV0]

@@SuperCosty2010 Ok? He knew what the mob life was about and he knew he was either going to end up in prison or dead. He unfortunately ended up dead but he got to have a seat near the pinnacle of mob power before he left. The fact New York saw him as "Upper Management" should be an honor, I guess.

[@Adski975]

There's actually a scene in season 2 or 3 where he gets promoted to capo of Junior's crew because Murf Lupo is getting senile.

[@legocreatordragon]

How could you forget our favorite punching bag, Georgie?

[@nunya7736]

Seconded, he wasn't just getting abused at the Bing. He helped Christuhfuh dig up Emil Kolar's body.

[@Dominicanpython69]

The ice waters down the drinks

[@robertlee4172]

That's why you gotta live for today.

[@shaggysnax01]

Georgie brings toys to work, and yet Tony pays him a fuckin' salary. How much betrayal can he take?

[@threegenders201]

​@@shaggysnax01they were sellin 'em!

[@kloveda5]

Finally, a video I can actually use. Not one of these “Why the Tony’s favorite strippers nail polish color predicts what really happens on the cut to black.”

[@williamhermann6635]

Id watch that video

[@dg6099]

I think you forgot to mention Vito taking over as captain after Ralph

[@anthonyc1629]

Yeah, the captain of The Goodship Lollipop.

[@glamourassassins]

Yeah and then both Carlo and (in the final episode) Paulie also running that crew

[@thesupervisor3270]

@@glamourassassinsCarlo didn’t take over that crew he took over Jimmy crew. Carlo took over the construction after Vito turned 🏳️‍🌈

[@clintzuleger8918]

@@thesupervisor3270 It was the heart medication. He can get a note from his doctor, ya’ know.

[@barb0za0]

@@clintzuleger8918what a crazy line from vito lol, felt so bad for him

[@mz-pt3qp]

You forgot to mention Gino, the associate that runs the bakery.

[@93_Gato]

I like to call him Gino Spatafore

[@mz-pt3qp]

@@93_Gato Spatafore? You mean the captain of the good ship lollipop?

[@marcprimo1471]

Gino was a bakery customer, he didn’t run it. That privilege belongs to the guy Chris shot in the foot.

[@mz-pt3qp]

@@marcprimo1471 They're all meat eaters!

[@HOTD108_]

​@@marcprimo1471It happens.

[@Void7.4.14]

The show is really written like we're actually observing a very particular person (Tony) in certain situations during a certain period of their life with a few peeps in at a handful of the more important people that surround that person. We see and hear what we do and the left is left largely unknown as it would be if we were just hanging out with T or his friends and associates during these scenes. We don't have all the info. We don't even actually know for sure how many captains there were at the beginning of the show, the end, or any time in between. Characters appear to us outta the blue while clearly being known to the other characters and disappear all the same. We see next to nothing of any crew past some leadership and the ones Tony is social with or has direct business with. There's a lot unseen, we can only put together part of the picture. And it's better that way imo. We know the whole "glorified crew" bs was just talk cause NY was always careful not to come to blows with Jersey cause Jersey controlled a lotta cash flow and was capable of a lotta violence cause they had international connections and allies. It took Phil getting off the leash and becoming emotional and irrational to go past sanctions and it got him nothing positive at all. I think it's great that we only see the parts we actually need to and the rest is just whatever it is, it's not important to the story.

[@oscar-k6f]

I couldn't agree more, if you look at the real life counterpart of the Italian New Jersey organize crime groups they're very much real gangs with similar structures and personnel as their more infamous cousins in New York. The reality is that there is a lot more associates than there are made members. So it wouldn't be surprising that the guys that we mostly see in the show are only the high ranking members that are around Tony and that all the peripheral people wouldn't get screen time as characters because the layers of insulation that the boss should have.

[@_zigger_]

Peeps?

[@gorillachronicles]

That's how the real mafia worked really, not every soldier and affiliate ever had any contact with the bosses and so forth, lots of people involved never making actual contact

[@licmir3663]

The first season is very clear on how many crews and captains were there. The only difference is that after the introduction of Richie Aprile in season 2, they retroactively added a Aprile crew (which didn’t exist in season 1).

[@destruxionagh299]

@@_zigger_ his name was paparelli!

[@_____das9325]

The wiki also mentions a "Nicholas Spagnelli". A character who is listed as a soldier of the Barese crew that appears in Season 6 Episode 3 "Mayhem".

[@mandown9072]

Our true enemy has yet to reveal himself 😂😂

[@littlekingtrashmouth9219]

Don’t forget Angie Dickinson as Junior’s would-be goomar

[@J_S209]

Or Gloria’s G String, true star of the whole show.

[@BookshelfQBattler]

Paulie wanted to eff Dale Evans. Chrissy wanted to go to Roy Rogers. So many missed opportunities.

[@tacitus6384]

I think I said on another video, but the DiMeo crime family is probably about 50 made guys at any given time and about 100-200 associates. That's about ~5 crews of 10 made men, each who has a few associates under them. We see lots of these peripheral characters but never learn who or what their position is. In the first season, for example, there's that tall bodyguard with Junior when he's telling Tony "how many hours did I spend playing catch with you?!", and then the two younger guys standing guard for him at the diner when Tony comes to visit him, not to mention the 3-4 older guys around him he's talking to. That's about 5 made men and 3 associates right there. The series is replete with characters like this, so I think about 50 made men and 100-200 associates is relatively accurate, with us only getting to spend any real time with Tony and his inner circle.

[@amygomez6266]

😂❤ 😊o❤

[@Ma-bz9ec]

Yeah but Tony/Paulies crew consists of maybe 15+ soldiers but it was always said that Larrys was the biggest, so that would mean around 20 and maybe even more which would indicate that there maybe are more that 50 made guys. In the soprano wiki fandom it says that there are around 90 made guys which might be a strech but i would put it in the middle and say 60-70 made men.

[@pyry1948]

Matt and Sean... they were such brilliant young men of great potential

[@robertlee4172]

Drinkwater, homie to that camel fock.

[@CevicheGato]

Stupidity and trying to please Richie Aprile with attempting a hit on Christopher moltisanti created their demise

[@johnclay2716]

Sean honestly had some potential, he was just a follower instead of a leader and his leader was Drinkwater which led to his doom

[@robertlee4172]

@@CevicheGato Jackie jr. pulled that same shit, hoping to earn his button. In the end he got the same as Drinkwater.

[@wonderfulfebruary]

yeah it's sad when they go young like that

[@Kleen6288]

Great Job Kino, your information on the Soprano Family was very well detailed👍

[@maxpower2511]

You mean , "Animal Blundetto"

[@petemcintire4339]

I can't bring myself to mention his shinebox. I mean his name.

[@murraykelm5691]

Sunshine, never should have messed with Jackie Jr's lethal crew of killers!

[@jonathangeider7022]

Very good video. Get this man a soft drink of choice.

[@tbell61]

Great job, as usual, Kino. This answered a lot of questions that I have always had.👍🏾

[@daveruss9972]

You forgot Rocco Dimeo and Thaaaa Jacket. He was toughest guy in Essex county.

[@billymabum3514]

Which makes no sense since the family was called dimeo

[@wonderfulfebruary]

Rocco Dimeo, whatever happened there

[@GooseGumlizzard]

that was until Richie Aprile got through with him

[@aheroictaxidriver3180]

It was just a glorified crew.

[@jabrondestoroyah]

That uhh lil pygmy thing in jersey

[@ryangibson5462]

I've gone this long in life living in Baltimore and never knew that The Goose was in the Sopranos!! Lmao. RIP Tony Siragusa

[@aheroictaxidriver3180]

I can tell you a couple of three things about them: One, more than just one was a fanook, catching, not pitching. This I seen with my own eyes. Two, a few more were going south of the border, more than occasionally. And three, it was well known that Tony Soprano was seeing a shrink, and tried to kill his own muddah. Ralph Cifaretto, whatever happened there, I don't know.

[@danieljohnson2005]

Whatever happened there?!?!

[@e195087]

@@danieljohnson2005You know, the whoowah?

[@markrobinson9956]

It's a shame when they go like that.

[@rustykuntz94]

Albert & Larry Barese are cousins, not brothers

[@gregorylattimore7903]

Uncle

[@wonderfulfebruary]

Cousins, not brothers

[@dbrank3923]

I think there is a way to clear up some of the ambiguous standings of certain characters. There are two different types of associates: family, and business. Family associates are (typically) young guys being recruited into the actual mafia. Before they’re made guys, they’re the entry level men doing jobs for capos. Brandon, Sean/Matt, Benny/Little Paulie, etc. Their “career path” is strictly within the family, thus family associates. Georgie and Murmur are interesting cases. They probably don’t have career aspirations of being made men (if they even can be), but they’re low level criminal associates that work for the higher up guys, thus, family associates. Then, there are business associates. Those who deal with the crew/crews and are valuable allies/sources of income, but would never be “IN” the mafia themselves. Whether they’re politicians (Zellman), the ministers that help with the HUD scams, Masserone and Barone with construction and garbage respectively, and many more, these are the people who are not in the mafia, but otherwise work in conjunction to profit themselves along with the mob. Dick Barone or Reverend James Jr. would never be made men, and would absolutely never consider themselves mobsters, but simply that they have mutually beneficial business dealings with the Soprano family. Finally, there is a third category which I would consider “victim”. This is reserved for the people who are *kind of* family associates, but their dealings are that they’re being taken advantage of. Davey Scatino got himself in deep shit with gambling, so he’s a victim of the bust out. JT Dolan is a victim of Christopher’s. Beansie, while he was a former full blown associate in the past, went legit but was victimized by Richie. Even Old Man Satriale “lost” his business because of his gambling debts to Johnny Boy. These aren’t associates, because the money they’re “giving” to the mafia is being taken. They’re victims, plain and simple. Thus, you have a broad picture of how the mafia operates. You have the boss, and his consigliere and underboss. Under them, capos who manage made men, and all the low level associates. Most mafioso that are made and above will have dealings with the latter two types of people: business associates that they partner and ally with to generate revenue in a mutually beneficial manner, and victims. That’s where the money comes from. Shit rolls downhill, money flows up, since time immemorial.

[@Bapuji42]

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[@EinhanderPilotSantos]

Woke up this morning, with a Kino vid in your eye!

[@TheSacredPain]

Sopranos Crime Family? How many times I gotta say it, THEY'RE A GLORIFIED CREW!!!

[@galedribble9535]

Me: “Hey Chrissy…did Pure Kino stop making Sopranos videos?” Chrissy: “HE DID-DENT! 🥴”

[@МаркоСинтетик]

New Jersey, a family?, cmon huh?

[@ИванКаракчеевПиктчюерс]

The Sopranos wiki forgot only one guy: Corky DiGioia. He's important too (associate/soldier), albeit the wiki doesn't have a page about him.

[@elmizzox]

I saw he had a page

[@ИванКаракчеевПиктчюерс]

@@elmizzox where? Give me a link.

[@elmizzox]

@@ИванКаракчеевПиктчюерс I was incorrect, I thought you were refering to Corky Caporale

[@davidcenter8676]

Thanks PK! you no doubt did a buttload of research on this, i like what youve done here!!

[@D0RYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]

Bert Gervasi is played by my old highschool gym teacher. He was also the basketball coach.

[@TheBigboss7121987]

Tony just never had the makings of Varsity athlete.

[@RealOldDan]

Jackie Jr. starts as an associate/hanger on in Season 2 under Richie.

[@beav1962]

associate/hanger on/heir (hair) apparent😉

[@LemonTree9280]

Thanksgiving week brought me a new Kino vid!!! Thanks kino! Now to watch He is Risen

[@SuperCosty2010]

You forgot Gino from the first season. Vito Spatafore's twin brother 🤣

[@tonysoprano2133]

I just started watching your videos 2 days ago and love them! keep up the great work!

[@RLuca84]

I swear hearing these last names is like scrolling through my family tree...I'm a lucarelli..in my family there's also Russo, Iazetta, Bonavita, Tucci

[@captainrodriguez4536]

Family? I told you, "They're a Glorified Crew"

[@Marksman_12]

Man, this is exactly how I felt when I saw the many videos of CK3 playthroughs. The kind of fanily lines you have are HUGE.

[@JacobDean88]

Well done!! Thanks for all the hard work!!🔥

[@dmaxxd94]

Kino has the makings of a varsity athlete

[@VicenteAlonso-ht8ui]

It made sense that guys appear out of the blue several times. The point of the maffia is insulation. It is totally logical for a boss like Tony to have guys working for him he hasn´t speak directly to in years. When a guy gets promoted, or someone who got killed have to be reeplaced, they get closer to the don

[@mitch4527]

This is harder than the New York State bar exam.

[@supersanity2298]

I love your videos. I never can wait for the next one. Thanks for your work

[@schrisdellopoulos9244]

Walden was played by an actor who went on to fame with Band of Brothers 😮

[@CallofFreaky]

2:41 it’s kinda funny ending that on just “Christopher”

[@joshuahoover6841]

You make such a great point about them introducing characters just out of the freaking blue. The episode where Hesh gets mad at the Cuban friend in the stables? Ralphie breaks it up saying you guys have been friends for ages! We're watching like yeah, really? Who is this guy??

[@LordTalax]

Not time to show every friend of every character on camera.

[@MatthewHollins-ys3lm]

That was nice of Ralphie to be a peacemaker, to think people think he's the Devil

[@joshuahoover6841]

@@MatthewHollins-ys3lm I wholeheartedly agree with that! I remember at the time thing wow Ralph is actually being level-headed, calm and trying to settle a situation.

[@SuperCosty2010]

The show doesn't really need to introduce all of Hesh's friends to you, it's not its point

[@joshuahoover6841]

@@SuperCosty2010 no, but the show definitely made a point of randomly introducing people and acting like we should know they've been there the whole time. The Cuban guy is just one example.

[@micycles1200]

That's great and all, but you're missing the most important member of the family: THE GABAGOOL

[@ramirobenavidez1975]

Yeah, i have a few. More about Jackie Aprille sr. Who was Mikeys and chuckies crew when Mike was junior's right-hand? They mentioned that dude throughout the entire series despite him dying at the ending of season one. And those creepy old hitmen the blind one and his crew when they we're thinking of hitting johnny sack. Also, not to mention that entire other family they did business with back in Italy.

[@gregorylattimore7903]

Phily Parisi was the captain once junior became the "boss"

[@Horchata44]

Video starts at 1:54

[@schrisdellopoulos9244]

Comprehensive rundown brother. You covered them all. Maybe more of the actor's names would have added to the content. 🎉

[@HY-mv4eq]

Id like to note that there wasnt a single varsity athlete in that family

[@Edoric85]

You forgot Georgie's position as Tony's punching bag.

[@JoshMaxPower]

You know what pal I really appreciate this because I've been watching these shows since they were on television and I still don't know who's who and what's what . You took a very big job and did a very decent video! Thanks

[@Hollow9444]

Great video, thank you for doing all the research and finding clips

[@Buford_T_Justice1]

I don’t know if this is relevant or not but the coroner found traces of diet soda on the corpse of Matthew Bevilaqua.

[@FedkaSlovanich]

that sugerless motherfucker was the last drink he had (allegedly from stomach contents)

[@MrAmsterdawg]

Matthew Drinksoda

[@Bapuji42]

was it a Fanta or something?

[@GRIMZTrustNo1]

Awesome video Kino!!!

[@MichelangeloVA]

12:03 that look Tony made, he just couldn't believe a man at Bobby's age wasn't a captain

[@aaronrowell6943]

I think you're right that is pretty much impossible to chronicle every single character that's associated with them since they have so many if you include like the garbage guy and there are many doctors that they work with and also threaten. Do you want to count every single politician that they threaten are like the Russians that they work with or the hitmen they hire? It's hard just a stick to the made guys since there are so many background characters who could be or not

[@ManofCulture-fr3xq]

I thought I was gonna stop watching these videos 😂

[@JHaras]

Seeing Paul drinking Ramlösa sparkling water right at the end, watching this from close to Helsingborg. I didn't even know that was exported.

[@paolovallejo5500]

The best criteria to distinguish between people that the mobsters just know, and associates, is that associates help and participate in crime activities

[@bigcatkim]

Enjoyed this very much.

[@AlexPereiralover999]

kino your the best sopranostuber❤

[@soundsforthesoul2892]

Benny is in Chris crew..this is confirmed on the episode luxury lounge

[@lucaspineiro432]

When I see the tittle and I think: "Didn't this guy analyze this f family in other 3456 videos already?" And then I automatically think: "Who tf cares, Im gonna watch it anyways"

[@frniuu2061]

true 😂

[@vrgamer3371]

Our friend "The KZbinr" has uploaded

[@BayAreaMike99]

12:32 lmaoo he was in 2 fast 2 Furious driving the Yanko Camaro😂

[@Bakstrp]

I’m pondering the connection of all the women in Tony’s life whose name ends with letter A. Carmella, Irina, Valentina, Julianna, and to some extent Adriana

[@Sernival]

Maybe because of the first one. Livia.

[@mikevm6830]

You forgot the best one. Gloria

[@lpr5269]

I never thought of that. Wow. Carmela, Irina, Valentina, Julianna, Adriana(almost hooked up with her), Gloria, Svetlana, and Sonya(the girl from Vegas).

[@Bakstrp]

@@Sernivalyes. Thats where my mind went too

[@TheCofarrell]

I never knew Vito was a Nephew of the Aprile’s

[@SirAuron777]

Dante was the best background character, he reminded me of The Kingpin lol

[@DaveSCameron]

This one is ace, great work Sir. ☘️👍

[@thinkquestionlearn9789]

I did 20 fucking years waiting for this this video!

[@localfatty4364]

Hell yes been waiting for this

[@skeemininnem]

Benny Fazio is the current Sopranos acting boss

[@airmackeeee6792]

He is a criminal mastermind.

[@NateBullock-ow6on]

Paulie is boss patsy is consiglre Benny is the underboss 🤟

[@skeemininnem]

@@NateBullock-ow6on bro it’s been 20 years Paulie walnuts nut was cracked

[@stevee231]

When it came to the mafia side of things, there were tons of retcons in the show.

[@_ii_i]

Can you do a couple videos looking into what could have happened to the Bonpenseiros and the Scatinos? They were characters in s2 whose stories were never truly resolved and it always has bothered me

[@AmazingJayB51]

Pretty good, nice work!

[@motapolvo8346]

Well done my friend well done

[@Evan-qt3ep]

I wanna know more of the backstory on Carlo and Bert gervase

[@tapset]

Waiting on that video of the watches of the sopranos. Specially tonys rolex

[@BorbonRooster]

Pure kino has a lot of balls. You never acknowledge this thing of ours. Never!

[@jackbloomer1334]

The guy whos just a backround character in pax soprana made me laugh

[@wofwof007]

Good coverage, but I would have preferred if you specified which of them were Varsity athletes...

[@brick1181]

Maybe i didnt see , but where is little Pauli?)

[@pawelmatus]

Tony never had the makings of a ...??? Ha, I know you know. Awesome video, thanks from a Sopranos fan.

[@Eddunaway-qp5tv]

The guy that played C in the Bronx tail I think he was one of the good characters it was sad that he got shot shot in a Sopranos

[@Eddunaway-qp5tv]

Traffic to Sopranos was a good show it's sad that that James Dan Vinny passed away play Tony Soprano in the series Christopher was a good was a good character from the show I was sad when he got shot

[@xdguy2569]

Thanks for doing my suggestion!

[@PureKino]

Thank for the suggestion!

[@Hayden-b1d]

I'd love for you to do some content on mob related films such as the godfather 1 and 2 or goodfellas etc

[@ringkunmori]

Finally, a video about my favorite glorified crew.

[@case_0223]

Great video! Would you consider going further back to many saints of Newark to expand the crime family tree?

[@jlemaire9418]

Dang, Kino. PF well done.

[@bboyd6767]

PK, how r u ? Can u do a review on Perry Mason? I watch him on a regular and would like an analysis on him and his practice

[@tcorourke2007]

Holy shit are these charts useful. I never realized how much not knowing how Tony S. and Tony B. or Carmella and Christopher were related bothered me before now.

[@josephringling769]

You left out the Gabagool Crew

[@clintzuleger8918]

Oohhh, ova heeeaaah!!!

[@Evan-qt3ep]

Fr

[@ncapone87]

When people start asking AJ for favors from his dad, that also makes him an associate