The Sopranos - FBI Chief Frank Cubitoso

[@SallyBoyProvolone]

Frank Cubitoso: Tony Soprano, weak in the knees. Can't stand the heat? Uncle Philly out of nowhere: How bout' this humidity?

[@Silvio89Dante]

Those shineboxes... I wonda' if they were chalked...

[@phillipharrison9144]

@@Silvio89Dante very cute . I dont quite get it. But very cute.

[@Silvio89Dante]

@@phillipharrison9144 they found an eight ball in his pocket...

[@phillipharrison9144]

@@Silvio89Dante Where was the lipstick?

[@christaylor3911]

Then Uncle Junior outta nowhere: Small hands and weak knees, he never had the makings of a varsity athlete.

[@21TheAnswer21]

As we both know, there's been an attempt on your KZbin channel.

[@jibran4794]

You are at the precipice of an enormous crossroads

[@DosEquisMan45]

I'd say it's a safe assumption that you may have finally run out your string here on KZbin

[@afl-7912]

They sent a couple of guys to get Borko, but a civilian got in the way. KZbin will ban him tomorrow, their personal guarantee. Pay your respects, Borko's still the boss of this family

[@nothingissimplewithlloyd]

I think we can all agree, this comment was in poor taste. If you want, I’ll demand he’s taxed.

[@Dem0n_baby]

Kumquats!!

[@ArmyJames]

“Ith the wortht cathe of Thockholm Thyndrome I’ve theen thinth Patty Heartht.”

[@adamchewy2284]

🤣🤣🤣

[@theloggie1]

im fucking crying lol

[@DrJ-hx7wv]

Yeah he has a lisp, we get it

[@zachsimon9475]

Herc from the wife should have had that role

[@maxmurphy7306]

😂 😂 😂

[@yoloswaggins1579]

Contrary to popular belief, the loss of the deli trays was a heavy blow to the FBI, because those trays had the gabagool.

[@ElGranSanto]

The gabagool? Ovah heeeeeere

[@lpr5269]

Frank couldn't resist the lard bread. He loved the prosciutto.

[@nicksm7980]

@@lpr5269, balls on this prick.

[@damastamind4699]

God damn, that office would grind to a halt

[@brandondaniels9471]

@@ElGranSanto 👇👇👇

[@rumble2468]

I liked how in the 1st season Tony played the minority card even though half the FBI was Italian-American.

[@Ukraineaissance2014]

I think its making the point that the fbi stacked organised crime with italian americans, which a lot of people might not realise.

[@omarpacho630]

Funny that agent Harris was also an Italian American cast

[@kincaidwolf5184]

​@user-sd1sf2jd6ithere all speaking English lol

[@kkp1721]

​@user-sd1sf2jd6ihis character was english but the actor is italian

[@balabanasireti]

​@user-sd1sf2jd6iThat last sentence is cringe

[@anon8314]

Fun fact; Cubitoso played one of the wise guys sat outside the cabstand in Goodfellas and one of the FBI Agents in Gotti 1996.

[@The_yeffy1]

he also owns Raos in the city a place mobsters still eat at today

[@pyry1948]

That role in Gotti was almost identical to his character in The Sopranos, really great performance from him.

[@TL2354]

Where’s the fun part?

[@Publicenemy85]

Yeah I think Gotti (1996) was the film Chase saw and casted the Sopranos based on that. Almost all the characters who were on both Gotti and the Sopranos played very similar characters.

[@dimulaidari]

Carmila looks like A Hypocrite!😁

[@michaelbarry7018]

"He was gay, Gary Cooper?" "Yeah, and I'm playing shortstop for the Mets."

[@purplesword5536]

Bud harrelson ovah here.. Hehehe

[@odeleon24]

Nobody is GAY! I don’t wanna hear that word again

[@lean.2366]

He's been gay ever since Moses wore short pants!

[@TheGiua1973]

Frank is the anti-Little Carmine. He uses an advanced vocabulary in the proper context. It's because of this character that I use the word "colloquy" every chance I get.

[@jdghegan]

Collo-who?

[@Dakotastx]

You’ve got this exactly right. The sacred and the propane

[@weps8983]

....wtf is your problem 🤨

[@alessandrocolumbu]

The fundamental question is, will I be as effective as a boss like my dad was? And I will be, even more so? But until I am, it's going to be hard to verify that I think I'll be more effective.

[@Oll1000]

@@alessandrocolumbu liturgical genius of our time

[@andrewmartin7697]

This Borko. He’s turned some corner. One minute he’s taking about how much he loves HBO and the next he’s an AMC man. Talking about how much he loves Breaking Bad. This is the worst case of Stockholm Syndrome since Patty Hearst!

[@MB-wo8ie]

i wish he made bb videos

[@brandenbierbaum2279]

that was sad

[@ar507]

Now THAT was sad

[@jammin2575]

I think he’d earn big with this BB stuff also this Better Call Saul thing hitting the streets, it’s where the money is….

[@gfunkmadness]

They make anybody and everybody over in Albuquerque and the way they do it is all F’d up, guys don’t get their finger pricked there’s no sword and meth on the table…

[@AT-ki8jz]

Tony's deli tray cost more than the Home Depot chain link fence jail cell the FBI forced Tony Soprano to do a perp walk in... A legit businessman

[@xaltsun392]

Cut the crap

[@Donoftheded]

@@xaltsun392OOOOHHHHH!!!!

[@naturalcanopy9148]

He should have asked Tony how he likes his steak. “Medium rare? An aristocrat!”

[@crazyjoedavola5430]

Dinner was always a big thing....

[@AndyCigars]

@@crazyjoedavola5430 We had a Sopranos course...and then we had a El Señor De Los Cielos or a Shinebox. Borko did the heavy lifting...he was doing a year for copyright violations.

[@naturalcanopy9148]

Borko used to cut the garlic so thin that it would liquify in the pan with just a little oil.

[@crazyjoedavola5430]

@@naturalcanopy9148 - It was a good system...

[@deathrager2404]

@@crazyjoedavola5430 one a da systems...

[@rb-ln3fo]

Meadow to Tony: "How can you get yourself arrested given the fact I am graduating tomorrow"!!

[@GodMoneyGuns]

😂exactly

[@EmperorEric]

“Borko, weak on the knees?”

[@TehBellcarl]

“I got shinebox poisoning asshole”

[@incognito_bitch8513]

And You can forget any free uploads coming your way in the future

[@DrunkHog]

Think about it! Sudden upload-reduction? Copyright Strikes...

[@faisalkamal4319]

That's the boss of this family you are talking about

[@deenice9169]

@@DrunkHog 😧 ...BANNED?!?!

[@PrudenceClearwater2]

"Borko, how would you like a new best friend?" "Uhhh..." "Let me put it this way, how long can you make your videos?"

[@pumpkinking5174]

The late, great Frank Pellegrino. Excellent gravy at his restaurant Rao’s in Harlem.

[@PresidentBarackbar]

I think its hilarious that the dude who owned Rao's turned out to be an excellent actor

[@donh1572]

He called it sauce not gravy

[@ymca4547]

Chicken's nice and spicy.

[@lilly243]

I live down the block from them.

[@John-Sacrimoni]

I see Ginny Sack has started another diet, it's called da all See Food diet.

[@purplesword5536]

She's so fat her blood types ragu.. Hehehe

[@sphere9040]

Don't mind me gotta make a phone call

[@bigalthecrusher]

The deal a meal cards....whatever happened there

[@MineBuilder68]

hey cmon that's the guy's wife!!!

[@purplesword5536]

@@bigalthecrusher richard simmons too hehehe

[@mcleodmichael1]

"You can find yourself getting too close," he says, as he takes a bite out of Tony's present. The Sopranos is filled with ironic touches like this.

[@AleA-p1d]

Yes, but specifically in this character it does not seem unconscious, it even seems that he does it to set an example.

[@jenbirdscully]

You can tell Harris saw what would happen when Tony heard the tape. He feels bad for him.

[@red2977]

I dunno if he feels bad for him vs he feels like its kinda a low life thing they are doing

[@countof3everybodyOD]

He was pissed Cubitoso was setting Tony up to rub it in

[@jordancarlin9687]

i felt it was made abundantly clear

[@leozanetti9656]

All along it was suggested that Lipari would be the one to feel too much sympathy towards Big Pussy. Turns out, it was Harris, who is higher up, who fell for Tony.

[@christopher.saint.christopher]

“Whose own mother’s gonna testify against them?” My mother has ratted me out for much less 😾

[@DrJ-hx7wv]

Me too. Not everyone is capable of love

[@faisalkamal4319]

@@DrJ-hx7wv how are doing spider Didn't i tell you whole family is full of rats

[@ivche13]

@@DrJ-hx7wv now that's a sad commentary

[@mcsquilliams7044]

Same here, the women your meant to depend on for everytging, blood dosent make you family, loyalty and respect do

[@thorbat]

Pretty sure the line was meant to be a joke for the audience, like we know she most likely would go to trial against Tony and that even the FBI with everything they have on them was oblivious to how evil that woman really was just like almost everyone else in Tony's life.

[@michaelbarry7018]

Dat animal Frank Cubitoso arrested my kid brother

[@lewisk10]

Dont do it to yourself

[@shriharihudli]

Without any provocation whatsoever, the animal.

[@jakeencinas2389]

47 years old

[@huaijiutv]

Agent: I say focus on his garbage business... Chief: Extortion, interstate trucking... Albert: One of the trucks...

[@DrJ-hx7wv]

Ok, that's legit funny

[@Jack_Pepsi]

Be quiet Albert

[@Pww642]

Fuckin parakeet.

[@FTW54]

I think Borko should see a deli tray comin his way with all these uploads

[@timcarson1645]

Now there’s an image!

[@sensology]

FBI: "There is something we'd like you to see" Borko: "The Sopranos HBO Box Set - I already got it."

[@blitzy3244]

I always liked Tony's affinity to say "Agent Harriissss" even when there was the more senior ranking Chief there hahaa

[@Steve56001]

“Hey Borko, I’d forget any deli trays coming your way in the future.” HBO

[@Vito-Spatafore.]

You're right Borko. I didn't want to drag you into this pit I'm in.

[@lewisk10]

I got johnny cakes been marinating for 15 years

[@huaijiutv]

You're probably gonna forget this channel the minute you hear from your publisher.

[@purplesword5536]

Take a walk gino.. Hehehe

[@lewisk10]

@@purplesword5536 fuckin Walt Whitman ova here

[@shriharihudli]

What happened to that note from your doctor?

[@AT-ki8jz]

*Junior* - yeah and I played shortstop for the Mets. *Chris* - he was gay, Gary Sheffield?

[@blahblahmeowchow6383]

I knew it when he kept chalking his bat

[@dbrank3923]

They wired Green Grove but one of those tape convos were from when Junior and Livia were outside the movie theater. That always bothered me

[@119Agent]

Which one? It all sounded like the one at the table.

[@Balefactor]

If a mob boss was found listening to an FBI tape, he'd be in the trunk of his own car by the end of the week, along with the tape recorder.

[@jonathandominguez5227]

😂😂😂

[@danielfitzpatrick3849]

Michael Franseze haha

[@nealcomstock1958]

“Bum bum budda bum bu ‘YEAH!’”

[@cheefqueef6494]

@@danielfitzpatrick3849 Franseze or Franseze? Fuckin splitting image.

[@StalkTheHype]

Lmao. Wops thinking they could even touch a fed without getting dad dicked by uncle Sam won't ever stop being funny.

[@keithstern435]

Last time I was this early Matt and Sean were still studying for the Series 7.

[@guitarhero661]

“It was my idea, everyone else thought it was a waste of money”. Love the delivery of that line

[@blinkfan305]

Love how Meadow's response to her father getting arrested is simply "I'm graduating tomorrow!" It's good character development and shows how selfish she was in the earlier seasons

[@EdgarHernandez-uj2mx]

Earlier? How about all?

[@xay6361]

True, but at the same time it is apart of her dad's lifestyle so to be fair she has right to be upset

[@littlekingtrashmouth9219]

“I’m graduating tomorrow!” “Go take a Midol.”

[@lucasl1850]

I have a feeling Borko is leading us on to a Danielle Ciccolella montage

[@faisalkamal4319]

My bitch my hoe my bitch my hoe my bitch my hoe

[@Levit0522]

You wired HBO... It was my idea. Everybody else thought it was a waste of money.

[@mrleedra]

Agent Frank “Cyulinary” Cubitoso.

[@moemanncann895]

🤣

[@chaddawkins8525]

The actor who played FBI Chief Frank Cubitoso died in real life not too long ago.

[@prlysis]

He did a great job in the series. I wish the character appeared in the final season.

[@krillin876]

​@@prlysisFrank used to come into my store leave a $20 tip and sing a song

[@Marksman_12]

May he be at peace.

[@AnabolicAsylum89]

“For god’s sakes Paulie, everyone’s gonna get old and die.” ~ Tony

[@aaronweyl2272]

What did die of?

[@StillTheVoid]

RIP Frank Pellegrino :(

[@JesusCommando]

To go weak in the knees like a woman? Agent Cubitoso’s estimation of Tony Soprano as a man just fuckin plummeted

[@tyjans370]

So meadow and her friends didn’t see those government cars outside and think something was up?

[@michaelm3408]

Unmarked vehicles they just thought the folks were having friends round for dinner

[@tyjans370]

Still though, black crown vics is pretty suspicious

[@kevinbergin9971]

That's kids for ya, they just don't think.

[@mikeg2491]

@@michaelm3408I had runins with the feds years ago, no fooling they seemingly materialized out of the bushes with no sign they were in my landlord’s driveway.

[@countof3everybodyOD]

@@kevinbergin9971you think you can protect em. But ya can’t

[@mcdouche2]

4:39 I like the way that Cubitso locked the cage by putting the master lock around a chain-link.

[@lpr5269]

I've been trying to clean this screen for an hour. 😂😂😂 Can you imagine some guy stoned trying to clean the fly off?

[@WHern-gs6im]

@@lpr5269 LOL

[@alexanderalonso6137]

The Chalkboard laying out the whole syndicate, would have been great to see it change over the seasons. Never had the making of a Varsity Smart Board.

[@farookhfaz5068]

we need a THERE HE IS! compilation signore

[@tperri123]

HBO: Borko, we have a warrant for your arrest. We're entitled to search your domicile and vehicle

[@christopheranjos2327]

Cubitoso had the makings of a varsity athlete

[@thisisthethread3763]

SopranosFan57: You started watching borko? Me: it was my idea, everybody thought it was a waste of a subscription

[@luis042983]

He can forget about any platters coming his way this christmas

[@Hopium500]

Adriana puking all over the fbi agents whatever happened there..........

[@lpr5269]

Cosette was like "I'm outta here."

[@ArmyJames]

“I’m kinda worried about Thal, and theeth fantatheeth about law enforthment.

[@arturczerwinski2616]

No matter how hard they tried, FBI never manuged to create even a little dysentery among Tony's loyle capos.

[@email5023]

*loyal

[@lpr5269]

It seems that some people tend to spell "foneticly".

[@arturczerwinski2616]

@@lpr5269 Those sum pipl...? I don't know...

[@supersizesenpai]

"Get the kumquats out of your mouth and upload even more Sopranos videos"

[@bigalthecrusher]

I'd forget about any Deli trays of choice in the future

[@ryanherbert2266]

That thing HBO thought they saw happen, they realize they didn’t see what didn’t happen. Sleep well borko

[@adhiraj4988]

Borko always had the makings of a varsity KZbinr

[@Kojak.k]

0:07 "Ti faccio il culo cosi", the amount of little stuff I notice after rewatching are hilarious

[@sbakernyc5761]

You can tell Agent Harris didn't want to use the tape of Junior and Livia talking about Tony. He was embarrassed

[@hyicrotai9801]

4:29 Frank went into his office shut the door kicked his desk. Sat dramatically leaned back in his chair. Put a hand on is head and began to sob.

[@SammyTheBullFuck]

Hahahaha

[@skycorrigan6511]

The way Tony tosses his kleenex at the agent is one of my favorites moments. I heard that was improved too.

[@paulie-Gualtieri.]

Ginny can get heavy Borko

[@lewisk10]

Heavy? She's had her own zip code since you were in short pants.

[@Silvio89Dante]

It's sad when they go this young...

[@gerryg8207]

@@Silvio89Dante when they go?!!

[@gerryg8207]

when they go?!!

[@brenthenshaw3585]

The guy Tony tosses the tissue to was a great actor. The should've done more with him.

[@taotaostrong]

All of those FBI guys had a major man crush on Tony.

[@SweaterSwagg]

I would hope so, he's a morally repugnant murderer lol

[@RichWeigel]

"Richie Aprile exactly no doubt about it Janice had him whacked." "We also heard they buried him on a hill overlooking the valley surrounded by pinecones."

[@timothybourne481]

The cartels 😂

[@SM-po9wf]

So the person who plays Cubitoso is the owner or was one of the owners of legendary restaurant Rao's which apparently it is literally impossible to make a reservation because the very loyal customers from way back in the day "own" tables and they basically decide who gets to eat there. There are only 10 tables so every single day is sold out. Very interesting and another reason why New York is so cool and unique.

[@mitchelll3879]

There is NOTHING cool or unique about that toilet

[@Kardaszpm]

"How big can you make your hair?" Translation: "We need you to dress like a who-er."

[@Silvio89Dante]

Carmela's sentance about Fielder's highschool graduation and how the feds could WAIT A COUPLE A DAYS to prosecute Tony because of that... she should have a cookie, cuz she's delirious...

[@jefferycrouse4652]

She was a wealthy white woman. She assumed everyone else would bend over kiss her ass and do whatever she decided was right

[@Silvio89Dante]

Vito Spatafore, weak in the knees...

[@DavidTheRoss]

The Borko Sopranos playlist, I already got it

[@Yopops215]

IM gRaDUaTINg TomORrOw!

[@MrFiddleedee]

"Hes about to hit a sub anniversary, can't HBO wait a few days before persecuting Borko?"

[@googootz8214]

RIP Frank Pellegrino

[@obliviondoctor5370]

Springsteen box set was kinda meta...

[@christopher.saint.christopher]

I wish there was an episode where they went to a Springsteen concert and Sil got an autograph from Steven van Zandt.

[@wilmetteentwistle9242]

I wonder if that deli tray had any gabgool on it?

[@brandondrake14]

Let me put it this way: How big can you make your hair? 😂😂😂😂

[@guilhermeferraz9954]

Oh, yeah, the hero of the show.

[@FarrYaweh]

You on the one hand, me and agent Grosso on the other. Even though our ancestors all hailed from the same shineboxey peninsula

[@nono9543]

This guy's colder than any mafioso in the show

[@EddieSpaghetti555]

5:20 that line was setting up the next season, the original plan WAS to have Tony's mother testify against him but actress Nancy Marchand died before so they changed it.

[@geedeewrites4166]

They should have just recast her

[@erikbenson1048]

“You Heard About The Chinese Borko? He Made Them An Offer They Couldn't Understand.”

[@woodson21]

“Can you tell Debra to come in here.” All the dudes including the chief straightens themselves out.

[@ronan_aa]

Tony threw food at Grasso. That has to be resolved!

[@farmasyst]

AKA Brent Musberger's twin brother.I would've loved to have heard Frank say" webishtiiikkkksh"

[@ritual12thexit88]

Yeah he wanted to show him a couple of three things on that tape..but theres a line in the sand when it comes to mothers..

[@cultivatedmind8352]

Eating the mafias cold cuts while telling another agent to not get too close is the little shit that made this show great

[@truck_yeah_440]

"I'm sure Agent Harris already explained that there is something that we want you to hear." "The Springsteen box set, I already got it." 😝

[@MarkyD1967]

7:27 That look on Debra’s face at the end is priceless. How big can you make your hair? LOL….try that now and you’ll get slapped with a harassment suit.

[@paolovallejo8022]

not in that context, jesus

[@Happyduderawr]

I wired Up in the Club. Everyone else thought it was a waste of money.

[@ge2623]

"How big can you make your hair?" 😆

[@whtbobwntsbobget]

I love that line "how big can you make your hair"

[@thomasturner5090]

Borko I gotta be frank, you can forget any deli trays coming your way in the future

[@alexmullin961]

I love how even Agent Harris seems disgusted with the Chief’s behavior in this scene. The Chief honestly was a piece of shit, too. No better than the people he’s hunting, in some ways. Used Adrienna without a care for her well being. Didn’t care when she died.

[@Ishbikes]

Same thing Hank did to Jesse. They’d never cared, that’s why ppl don’t like working with them

[@PhilLeotardosGhost]

I'm sure HBO and KZbin explained, there's something we'd like you to see and hear. The Borko KZbin Channel subscription featuring Sopranos footage, we already watch it and love it more than the hard to resist log bread in deli trays.

[@JacobC479]

Tony thought they really gave a fuck about those deli trays😂

[@johnnywallen4353]

Interesting how agent Harris cringed 1:05

[@amcalabrese1]

For the Italian American agents it was more personal. For Harris it was a job and he did not share the hatred.

[@whatdidyoudotomydrink2850]

Borko, I heard you and HBO had an interesting colloquia about your shared heritage.

[@jerrodlo4449]

👉👈 "Yeah, how ya doing"? 😂😂😂

[@randomguy1379]

There they are, the flying Gavone brothers.

[@_GOD_HAND_]

The least realistic part of the show is how they portray FBI agents as honest gentlemen who care about due process.

[@hansolo631]

probably they do against mafiosa bosses with deep pockets for lawyers

[@jayyy1677]

Bro didn’t pay attention to the show then

[@red2977]

@@jayyy1677 clearly

[@ewjiml]

@@jayyy1677The least realistic part of the comment is that you know anything about the inner-workings of the FBI.

[@MrRyan-wu4jx]

What Sopranos were you watching?

[@kevinbergin9971]

The FBI branch in Northern NJ may not be able to topple The Sopranos Crew but they can get their informants killed and announce that they must have just skipped town.

[@briangreen1781]

CW16, did he even exist?

[@Starship386]

The Borko box set. Already got it

[@AndrewBradshaw3]

“What the fuck is your problem??” That was amazing.