The Sopranos - Hesh Rabkin Story

[@inflintity]

“They miss a payment, they start acting like they’re doing YOU a favor if they give you anything, and then you’re gonna spend all your time houndin em.” ~Tony Soprano~

[@ceerious]

one of my favorite quotes because its true. then he starts doing it. lol

[@webnovice2012]

It’s just stutter step

[@genekelly8467]

And look at the way he treats Davey Scattino "our kids go to the same school together"...Tony seemed to enjoy driving Scattino into bankruptcy....@@ceerious

[@Gyrbae]

"Hey remember that time when I paid back that 50 bucks debt? Well now I need you to do ME a favor." - Homer Simpson

[@mrsickwick]

Never EVER loan money to friends.

[@osman732]

Hesh is played beautifully by Jerry Adler with a warm friendly vibe that makes him seem harmless. But he's not just hanging out with the crew due to their history, friendship and for pure profits. He's there for the action too, Tony even says it at one point. He didn't mind people getting beat up (or worse) over their debts to him. He was a player just like all the other scumbags, he just didn't have muscle like them. For Hesh, the action is the juice. For reasons we couldn't comprehend or codify!

[@haonyoass9556]

The action is the juice. HEAT!

[@Joseph-pt9yn]

He wasn't there for the action, he was there for the rent, the rent!

[@cerberusloyalist5038]

Dude, comments like this are why I love youtube. So many interesting things to read and learn that I would have never put together myself.

[@gavinbrando8255]

In Woody Allen's MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY he's brilliant

[@davidmiller4758]

Lmfao codify? That ain't even a word man. The word he uses is QUANTIFY. you fekkin shlep

[@peacelight9640]

Hesh was an Unofficial Consigliere..

[@BirdGang6]

Not even unofficial, if Tom Hagen can be considered Michael’s consigliere in the Godfather than Hesh absolutely can be counted as Tony’s consigliere

[@gillydasquid8858]

@@BirdGang6to bad that was silvios position lol

[@darionblack4434]

@@gillydasquid8858not in the first season

[@jeremypepper4312]

Yep. Just like Tom Hagen

[@masterpete04]

​@@BirdGang6Nope. Tom Hagan was pretty much family to the Corleones, Hesh wasn't family to the Sopranos

[@SamuelJamesVideos]

I love how Chris in the beginning just can't conceptualize in his head that someone that they roughed up just doesn't have any more money to give them

[@MikeC08]

T, HIMSELF!

[@paulrietveld9837]

If Hesh was Italian he would have been made, no question.

[@Assyrianmikey]

He would of been the Boss if he was a made man!!

[@paulrietveld9837]

@@Assyrianmikey I feel like he would have been the Consigliere over Sil.

[@edwardranno7119]

Hesh was the smartest man out of all of them

[@BoxingGOATEdits]

Seeing how the Jersey crew turned out, he was better off not being made

[@paulrietveld9837]

@@BoxingGOATEdits That's very true. Tbh it's odd that the Lupertazzis didn't looks at taking out Hesh during the war.

[@Whiteboykun]

Season 1 was so magical. The first half or so was basically just It's Always Sunny in New Jersey

[@mothertongue8639]

Ten years in the can, I wanted manicotti. I compromised. I got a rum ham.

[@ikemotosystems1434]

Hey Season 1 is our bread and butter

[@TonyMontana-bu5ys]

The best show ever ! Hands down

[@jonnyb.animationstutorials7119]

Fun Fact: Some of the cast, including Jaime Lynn-Sigler thought the show was a musical, because of the name "The Sopranos". Because of this, HBO wanted to change the name to "Made in New Jersey" but David Chase insisted on The Sopranos.

[@jcole5919]

“Made in New Jersey” definitely would’ve been just as good of a name imo

[@XanderShiller]

Hesh always threatening to slap Chris was a funny running gag. "Kid, Whaddaya want a smack"?

[@ceerious]

lmao then he apologized and called him kid 😆

[@heroic7774]

Relax it’s just an expression 😅

[@benbanned1381]

​​@@heroic7774well here's an expression for ya. I want my money in five days or else...

[@hanslanda58]

Spider was a nobody anyway

[@kawasakiwhiptwo5821]

"Sorry I yelled at ya kid."

[@gaminscorpio3260]

Hesh couldn't have possibly brought up asking for that money at the wrong bloody time....

[@Gusto20000]

There’s never a good time to ask about the debt

[@SuperGrimupnorth]

especially asking a degenerate gambling mob boss

[@benbanned1381]

With a guy like Tony? Any time is the wrong time.

[@timbuckthe2nd642]

How British are you and why is it yes

[@Matt_Dagostino]

The ice cream truck driver knew what was up 😂

[@nickytommymancinelli8066]

He was paid off & in on it

[@a5440]

The truck driving away was sped up or something. Looked surreal, like a dream. One of my favorite shots.

[@georgesouthwick7000]

The character of Hesh was based on Morris Levy, owner of Roulette Records.

[@gregorygermann5975]

I thought it was meyer lansky.

[@shastealyomeal]

​@@gregorygermann5975 That Was Hyman Roth

[@lordbacon3936]

You mean the Baltimore lawyer?

[@jimjam51075]

There were a dozen real-life Hesh's.

[@AdVictoriam93]

He was also based on Art Laboe

[@JeffreyGillespie]

Hesh was my favorite character. Classy and SHREWD as FUCK.

[@danielmzlos1895]

The meow scene is still one of my favorites to this day, I just love the look of disgust on his face before the song is over and he's already planning what to say, the look of my face listening to that shit is the Same too

[@ceerious]

🤣

[@gregbradshaw7220]

Well I uh think it’s…not good

[@mrleonov3803]

Wann be a little more specific?​@@gregbradshaw7220

[@winlover37]

That meow shit was teeth gritting. Ugh

[@wes11bravo]

And the way it was put together, a song that sounded like a legitimate effort yet was cringingly awful - that takes considerable talent. It's like a trained musician deliberately playing or singing off key - counterintuitive and subsequently not easy.

[@BigHorseFilm]

One of my favourite little moments in the whole of The Sopranos is 33:33 when Hesh apologises to Christopher and he waves it off in return. It's a nice little moment showing Herman is a level headed guy, and how much Chrissy respects him.

[@akiva17]

I think Silvio's "He bought horse." is the most underrated funny line in the entire series.

[@ceerious]

😂

[@liltrue8420]

Antisemitism.. Fuc k you too ma man

[@grandnoise1984]

I interpret it as whores or am I wrong in my thinking? Seems like an insult and logical explanation for a guy who ended up penniless due to drug addiction. Plus really tied in later that when Tony killed Ralph over the horse, it was really over the whore.

[@UnCreativeDeconstructionism]

You should've seen the pricks face when he seen the *gyatt* 👴

[@DixiePokerAce]

Who ever heard of Jews riding horses?

[@DrLeroyGreen]

"Between brain and mouth, there was no interlocutor." I only had to hear this line once during the initial broadcast and it was committed to memory.

[@ceerious]

😆

[@chefcorinth]

brother it's "interlockin' her"

[@JordonBeal]

@@chefcorinthLol, no.

[@chefcorinth]

@@JordonBeal fucker what? that is the quote, you're helplessly stupid

[@chefcorinth]

@@JordonBeal Interlocutar isn't even an english word you illiterate clown

[@jackfiechtner4331]

The first season is gold. More light hearted in the first half, but still teasing the S1 finale of Tony taking over and his mother trying to kill him.

[@ultragroove1]

He complains, he talks about me. She didn’t do this. She did that. I gave my life to my children on a silver plattah. And this is how he repays me.

[@theramplocal]

Tha rent! Tha rent!

[@theramplocal]

Tony rubbing the two coins together was too funny. Hesh goes way back w Tony's dad but tony being boss he cld do that and def got laughs. If that was a regular person disrespecting hesh like that I am sure he wld not let that slide, hesh is not mobbed up but still gangster af imo

[@ceerious]

@@theramplocal lmao yea

[@CoreyT127]

@@theramplocalHe’s a major bookie. With millions of dollars. He could simply pay someone to kill you.

[@el34glo59]

😂

[@peacelight9640]

The earlier seasons were the best seasons. The back streets and alleys the inner city outside sitdowns.The first 3 seasons were my favorite.

[@yungpableezy69]

seasons 4 and 6 are amazing for me, it's the beginning and later the end of tony, 5 is a little weak tho

[@joshuafult84]

Opposite for me I found 5 to be the best season.@@yungpableezy69

[@balkloth]

@@yungpableezy69the entire tony b storyline is great though

[@FreeOpenTruth]

Wrong! It was just a different flavor. Plus the family is way too small! The Jersey DeCavalcante Family had at least 40-50 made guys. The Demeo's (Sopranos) in the early show really is just a "glorified" crew.

[@StepUpMedia039]

​@@yungpableezy69season 5 is legit my favorite and I watched this show as it aired every year.

[@danhall9197]

Hesh is a very underrated and overlooked character.

[@ceerious]

yea most conversations never involve him

[@SS-go4wi]

Hesh, probably the only guy with brains.

[@chuka6625]

Very little screen time but I treasured his acting every moment he got!

[@TellMeWhenImTellingLies]

Sad that Tony couldnt be more respectfull of Hesh. Hesh helped tony out and tony shit all over him. Just like he did with janice when janice finally got close to mastering her anger issues. And Tony did when Chrissie got sober. Tony was kinda childish

[@joeblough261]

That's how he is! Like a dog wit two bones

[@tinaferr]

Just like his mutha

[@alarminglyfastmovingskelet7289]

Kind of is an understatement. He's a fucking murderous baby. Pretty much everyone in the show is better at controlling their emotions than he is. Chrissy being probably the only exception and Tony hated that part about him too.

[@reelmermaid8844]

Tony was a violent sociopath. Hesh knew this, but was intelligent enough to have Tony as an ally, until the loan came up.................

[@CraigGrande]

I love how Livia was actually the boss for a bit there

[@whatutalkinboutwillis6122]

Tony and Hesh were really good friends until Heah loaned him money. That changed everything

[@ceerious]

i'll never lend a friend i like a large sum of money. doesn't mix well

[@genekelly8467]

"Neither a borrower nor a lender be..for loan oft looses itself and friend"-William Shakespeare@@ceerious

[@ceerious]

@@genekelly8467 great quote

[@StepUpMedia039]

Loan the guy money? Suddenly I'm the schmuck.

[@realityisenough]

With jews u loose

[@goonerizm]

Fun Fact: The scene that starts at 38:25 when Hesh and Eli just finished getting Chinese food and Eli gets run over by a car….thats not NY. That’s Central Ave. and Congress in Jersey City Heights, NJ. I used to live down the block from there. And there really is a Chinese food restaurant there that’s pretty damn good. It’s crazy cus Ive watched this series several times and I never noticed that scene.

[@Jay-n262]

That song Christopher was promoting to Hesh was the biggest pile of crap I've ever heard!

[@ceerious]

and the song Hesh said was a hit i love listening to. Dori Hartley "Nobody loves me"

[@brianbernstein3826]

Ice cream driver went home crying when he saw Pus toss that full cone into the river. A very hurtful move

[@drophatinc]

Hesh is one of the most interesting characters on the Sopranos. I always liked him. Smart as a fox.

[@BradyJoelGibson]

And loves his bagels 🥯 topped with lox 😅

[@thesunris]

He was a Jew

[@mattparish4451]

Heshie was one of the most interesting characters in The Sopranos, hands down. I'm not sure if he'd be top three but he's definitely a great character with a crazy interesting story about being a Jew in the music business and taking advantage are the young black kids, like what happens a lot in reality.

[@MikeGervasi]

Happened to NWA

[@DannyPepprs]

😆🤣@@MikeGervasi

[@pinkpotatoz]

@@MikeGervasi except if Jerry had tony and Paulie, Suge woulda went for a boat ride.

[@BradyJoelGibson]

​@@pinkpotatozJimmy Iovine is way more gangster then Suge

[@pinkpotatoz]

@@BradyJoelGibsonyeah I mean he moves like that in the industry but gangsters stay in the trenches. Jimmys just an ice cold brilliant Executive/producers

[@louislepage5111]

Never realized how much this character means too this series 😮

[@internetstrangerstrangerofweb]

This is just one character that proves the rewatch ability of the sopranos. Every single character is in a big or small scene that plays an important role in the plot of the story

[@smellsuperb1]

The Jewish son-in-law is the same actor who played on "Law and Order" for many years as a defense attorney.

[@ceerious]

didnt know. thanks!

[@XanderShiller]

He looks familiar. I was an extra on Law for a few years. The amount of work that goes into that set is remarkable.

[@ceerious]

@@XanderShiller wow awesome!

[@KangwithoutaKangdom]

Is that Mariska Hargitays husband

[@hibbidyjibbidyy]

jr was one of the few people that called olivia out, and used her advice

[@grahamroy910]

I love Tony and massive g having a moment together over the price of lawyers.

[@Davidgordano]

The Sopranos just keeps giving....

[@ceerious]

always

[@2serveand2protect]

"IF ONLY HIS MOTHER WOULD'VE TAKEN THIS ADVICE!" HA!HA!HA!HA! ...I forgot about that one! Ha!hahaha! 🤣🤣🤣😂 Wooow! Some "flashback"! 😂 Thanks to this video you uploaded, now I know what I'm gonna be watching the whole Christmas! All the "Sopranos" episodes starting from Season ONE ep. ONE forward! 😄

[@ceerious]

great choice. im gonna rewatch soon as well 😃

[@patrickmoylan5983]

I love the first season.

[@MCristian1988]

Paulie puts on a bulletprof vest and grabs his gun for a phone call :)))

[@Whiteboykun]

Have you not seen Kung Fury? You can shoot people through the phone!!!

[@ceerious]

whoever heard of borko riding horses

[@theramplocal]

What I'd tell ya? Hold on to your cock when you are negotiating w these Serbian people.

[@thatpart]

Suits? Pleurisy?

[@MaxSchmooze]

he owns a horse farm!

[@ceerious]

@@MaxSchmooze lmao i heard "he owns lionel" tonys voice

[@theramplocal]

@@ceerious tell that midget don't be shy w the whip!

[@zerocool1ist]

Hesh was like Tonys unofficial second.

[@ceerious]

yep. If Jerry Adler had a contract would of been awesome to have him in more than he was.

[@peacelight9640]

I feel the same...Consigliere

[@Naxio.nn94]

I fcking love when Tony is talking about his dream and at the same time Hesh is talking about the machine hahah, feels so organic, that shit happens a lot

[@ceerious]

i love that scene.

[@The_Drippin_Don]

32:58 Chris' line always cracked me up :🤣

[@ceerious]

lmao me too

[@el34glo59]

😂😂. Follows up with I told you he was a prick!

[@DaAlibaba]

Hesh calling Rubin an antisemite because he compared columbus to hilter is so funny. Hesh is such a typical gew.

[@skywatcher7777]

Lol yup. Always the victim

[@user-nonamenooo]

- No sh*t - Yes sh*t

[@CHEDDAHD]

The 24:08 cut to Tony scuddling away w/ his money 🤣🤣

[@jasoncenami]

How I have watched the entire video and not another person has liked it or commented is insane. This is amazing work, truly amazing. Thank you for such an amazing piece of work

[@SaunKrystian]

They’re only playing it Elvis Country I guess.

[@jkg7297]

Where is that ?@@SaunKrystian

[@ceerious]

@@jkg7297 anywhere where there aint no "" or italians

[@hippo-potamus]

Charles Schwab over here.

[@SteveV74]

Yeah well…….Varsity Athlete……so there!

[@tomcostello5876]

Don’t you find it weird every one knew about the hit on little pus makes you think he probably heard about it right

[@leosaura1993]

Hesh was the smartest one in the series.

[@lolloltimes2]

Paulie taking his bullet proof vest off, saying "they call themselves gangsters, fucking deppresing"....

[@Cbart23]

Don’t want you eating cat food.

[@genekelly8467]

Shows how dangerous Tony had become-stiffing Hesh would cause big problems for the Capos who were out loansharking money-if Hesh shut them off, that would impact Tony's take. A bad situation.

[@el34glo59]

What a prick Tony was for acting like that. Because Hesh has money it means Tony shouldn't have to pay him back? What a jagoff

[@claudej.montgomery9421]

Tony didn’t owe Hesh money. He saved him from Junior’s $500k tax

[@shirleycallis9449]

In the “Talking Sopranos” podcast they revealed that Jerry Stiller was the first choice to play Hesh. I love Jerry Stiller, but Jerry Adler killed it.

[@ceerious]

yea i saw that. Adler was great but the only bad thing was he didnt have a contract. so im assuming Hesh would of been a bigger role if Stiller played it

[@AGCcachanilla]

The “Fuck you Grandpa!” IS KILLIN ME 😂😂😂😂

[@mikedawolf95]

26:05 if Tony heard that, Bobby would wind up next to Puss.

[@lukebukem4777]

500k as a tax yet later tony had to borrow 200k. they probably should have made him say 200k at the start then negotiate down to like 80k or somthing.

[@marshallb5210]

he borrowed money because he became a degenerate gambler

[@lukebukem4777]

@@marshallb5210 yeah but 200k is change if 500k was back taxes. hesh probably paid 350k a yr to tony as tax. tony probably made 6m+ a year. he should have borrowed 2m

[@bornfreetraveladventure]

I remember watching this show for the very first time and actually thinking it was satire. Yeah, and here I am all these years later still watching it.

[@timothyslaughter476]

The greatest comedy in television history masquerading as a gangster show!

[@alexanders562]

If Hesh was the great music biz guy, and he saw Hendrix but didn't sign him says Hesh was not such a genius.

[@davidmellish3295]

He may have already signed a contract with someone else when Hesh saw him

[@alexanders562]

@@davidmellish3295nope, Jimi famously played there and a few people saw him and said he was good, but it was Chas Chandler who saw him, took him to London, and signed him. Once he was picked up he was not there selling himself at Cafe Wha anymore. Hesh was a lucky hack who knew how to sign a good deal.

[@DefendUrPolicyDontScapegoatLie]

@@alexanders562Hack I wouldn’t say. He could’ve been making the story up.

[@el34glo59]

Hesh is full of it

[@connorking6852]

lol one of the best parts of the show is showing how the old timey ways of the mob weren’t catching up w the modern world. Not sure if that’s really true but it’s a cool outlook and the scene with the gangsters threatening to sue them over the records shows this

[@Can_O_Crayola]

It's kind of a depressing thing to see that the ideals, as inhumane as they were, that the mob was built on became nothing more than guidelines paid by lip service. It was just a bunch of old men clinging to something that was already dead.

[@77moessa]

The clash between, Rueben and hesh at the horse 🐎, Stables. My all time favourite. Reuben came out with facts, regarding the comparison between Hitler and Colombus. Both were outright criminals and land invaders. But hesh being butt hurt, Brings out the Anti-semitism quote. Rueben wasn't falling for that old trick. "Fck you too my man"

[@ceerious]

both hypocritical. it took me getting older and wiser to appreciate that scene. and the scene with Hesh and Massive G. It's a shame that everyone fights over the history, My family came here from italy, got pushed out by germany and italy. wanted a better life, we had nothing to do with any of the history but we get blamed by it through ignorant people who don't want to know or care, they just want to fight.

[@jefffromjersey52]

22:54 Rueben... just noticed thats Bob. from Bob and Cedric , Seinfeld ... lmfao " who, who doesn't want to wear the Ribbon"

[@LabatWoodshop]

Hesh talking about Tony. "He's the guy I call to deal with guys like him."

[@terry4137]

Tony is an asshole about the money he owes Hesh. In front of ppl “oh here’s the rent!” FH, he sure fucks others that owe him🙄

[@romacechina]

I always like how pissy Tony gets when Hesh calls out that by S5, Tony barely comes to see him anymore and only when he wants something from him. With Paulie childishly pointing out the same thing when Tony comes to see him and find the Pie O My picture hung up with him dressed as a godamm lawn jockey.

[@DoctorChained]

alright but you gotta get over it

[@olsh666]

Did anyone else notice that throughout the series, whenever Hesh is mentioned by a character, one of the other characters always says "Hesh?" Just repeats his name like that... like confirming that they're talking about Hesh. It might not be technically EVERY time, but I would say most times. Anyone else ever notice that?

[@ceerious]

interesting 🤔

[@superwario2741]

Hesh was the most respectful crook in the show because he was much more on the legitimate side and the most humane. Tony wanted to be him until he owed Hesh money. The Italian mob was always in awe of the way the jewish mob operated and still commanded such respect.

[@ExcavationNation]

Great video as always.

[@ceerious]

appreciate you ❤️

[@eclipse9912]

every vid you do on each character is perfet cause you just let the performance speak for itself

[@ceerious]

thanks alot. its tough work but i like doing it.

[@Two_trucks]

This is why Tony is the brains of the operations 13:05 Tony knew paulies way of doing things would fuck things up

[@thirdanimator3347]

0:30, how James did not laugh at saying that statement, we'll never know.

[@jamesjones715]

He's here for the rent! The rent!

[@icedcoldkilla]

*rubs two coins together*

[@paulmurphy3406]

This was excellent- great summary

[@TuMalditaMadre]

What did I tell you borko? Hold onto your shineboxes when you're dealing with these desert people.

[@melspauldingify]

Bruh Hesh loved him some black women that brown sugar is something else

[@romanhollow2985]

Great show.

[@ОлегИванов-с5е5и]

- you gotta be kidding John - am I smiling?

[@keithferris3696]

You paying Borko for this video??? You paying anybody for this video??

[@ceerious]

😆

[@POLO2O10-z]

Ceerious aint respecting old arrangements

[@BibinBCherian]

Enjoyable character - great writing by HBO as usual.

[@aisle_of_view]

I like that Tony and Johnny sack were buddies

[@michaelbyrne-e4j]

What a Muppet that Eli guy was like he couldn't of reversed and floored it

[@belleami7675]

There was a car behind him

[@joshuavargas7259]

"I told you he was a prick "🫵....😂😂😂😂😂

[@HermosaBeach310]

JEWISH MAFIA BNAI BRITH ADL SCOTTISH RITE WELCOME TO REAL AMERICA

[@Nitsua2828]

What’s the Scottish Rite have to do with it?

[@DrJ-hx7wv]

​@@Nitsua2828Are you kidding? It's just the Kabbalah for the cattle. This is revealed in the higher degrees.

[@Surfmus]

Hesh The Christkiller, WEHT?!

[@BMitts]

Hot water with lemon would be great

[@laminage]

In the past couple of years, songs by The Shangri Las (Remember Walking In The Sand) and Ben E. King's (Stand By Me) were sampled. In The UK alot of Boy Bands/Girl Groups did cover versions of obscure R & B Songs.

[@BirdGang6]

As someone with therapy experience and a communications degree I don’t want anything to do with the mob but being a mob consigliere would be kind of cool. Knowing all the dirty business without having to get your hands dirty.

[@tbarnett984]

Depending on your boss' mood, you could still lose your life. So I don't it'd be cool at all. You'd have to watch your back and front with a mob boss in real life. Not a way to live.

[@BirdGang6]

@@tbarnett984 that’s why I said “kind of cool” it’s not something I’d ever consider but Hesh outlived both Johnny and Tony so it clearly worked out fine for him!

[@Saferoom45]

28:34 That moment right there was like she needed to let it out of her hearts. The pain in the past still hurts

[@aleiterful]

Royalties go back to the original owner after 30 years, someone should’ve told the writer of the show I think lol

[@gtp8734]

Chis ashed his cigarette in Tony’s drink.. Tony drank it 😂 1st scene

[@chevelle6305]

32:58 Chrissy never disappoints 😂😂😂

[@JamesVivada]

Music producer hesh was the man he told Chris exactly what he needed to hear, it is a hit a good track is a good track, playing for 20 years that demo was trash😅 i love the writing on this show!

[@christopherhaynes8101]

15:22 paulie was so upset 😂😂

[@vibes7144]

I hate how Tony made Hesh feel guilty for wanting to be paid back. Business is business. And Hesh is the type of older male relative I wish I had, an OG who I could go talk to, get advice, borrow money.

[@jaywalkercrew4446]

These shinebox characters crack me up.

[@FallenAngel53]

30:27 i think this was when tony started seeing Hesh differently.

[@ChrisKight-wr4fb]

"Let's get some cold fukn fizzy water on your head" classic!!!

[@krtlkid]

Tony mentions boat is usually a bad sign

[@lisandroschachinger8397]

If only his mother had taken that advice 😂

[@notchback93]

Looks like Borko may not have the makings of a varsity sopranos content provider after all Uncle June would be disappointed.

[@natesmith8713]

Hesh and Tony and everybody,they were all lucky to get drinks on the house all night at the Bing.

[@KeepRowing247]

@7:29 Damn, junior was boss less than ten minutes and Tony already had ahjidah