YOU SMOKIN’? A Look At Cigarettes on The Sopranos (Some Cigars, Too)

[@dylancameron382]

This is my favourite sopranos channel I like how you don't just talk about the ending over and over again

[@SopranosBlueprint]

@@dylancameron382 Thank you! I appreciate your comment 🙏🏼 The ending is only one of a nearly unlimited number of topics to explore. I like to keep a diverse portfolio 😁

[@michaelcorcoran8768]

But the audience got whacked /s

[@reggmac6975]

Johnny Sac made smoking cigarettes look cool as hell.

[@stefan.agnello9772]

Hell is hot! That’s never been disputed 🤘

[@Sutter635-jk4td]

@@stefan.agnello9772 Linda Blair ovah here.. hehehe

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Those cigarettes didn't go to hell...they went to purgatory, my friend!

[@RobbaKeef]

The only Sopranos channel that's not beating dead horses lol. Thanks for your interesting takes!

[@SopranosBlueprint]

@@RobbaKeef And speaking of horses…”F*ck this horse whispering sh!t!” 😁 Thank you for the comment - really glad you enjoy the videos!!

[@RobbaKeef]

@@SopranosBlueprint hehe

[@TooLooze]

Smoked for 45 years; 16 years clean. In the Sopranos, having a smoke wasn't nearly as dangerous as a diet soda. Thank you, Blue. Happy 2025 everyone.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Congrats on 16 years! And yes, Matt Bevilaqua would certainly agree!! Wishing you a Happy 2025!

[@Sutter635-jk4td]

@@SopranosBlueprint he's my homie.. hehehe

[@NotQuiteFirst]

Don't forget Major Zwingli opening that window - _"It's precisely the same with an alcoholic. No one makes him put that drink to his lips but himself."_ Happy new year SB

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Yes!! Ahh I forgot to include that clip - love how he gives that whole alcohol schpeel then puts his own substance of choice to his own lips a few minutes later!

[@Sutter635-jk4td]

@@SopranosBlueprint the corp the corp the corp. Heheh

[@jt8696.]

I really like this series you've been doing. You're always so insightful.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Thank you so much - that's very kind of you to say. I'm glad you're enjoying the videos - plenty more on the way! 🙂

[@carrotslat8100]

I love smoking cigs and Johnny Sack’s actor seriously sells you on them every time he’s puffing one on screen 😂

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Right?! I'm not a cigarette smoker, but if anyone can make it look cool, it's Johnny Sack for sure.

[@centillionandone]

I think you could also see a relationship between Tony not smoking but also improperly dumping asbestos which causes lung cancer

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Great point! And into a body of water, of all places...imagine if it ended up on "those ducks."

[@nomis7749]

Another excellent video 👍 Happy new year ❤

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Thank you so much!! A very happy new year to you, too ❤❤❤

[@quinnrollen]

Another great! Your channel is just awesome!

[@SopranosBlueprint]

@@quinnrollen Thank you so much! I really appreciate that and love hearing that you enjoy the content! ☺️😃🙏🏼

[@DiorElixir69]

The song referencing the terminator’s smoke addiction is crazy. I never pondered that.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

It’s sorta like how you’ve got your quarterback of Notre Dame, and then you’ve also got your halfback of Notre Dame.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

And I appreciate the comment! 😃😃

[@SofaMuncher]

It's interesting the coincidence.

[@docelephant]

Well done. Ive nothing to add, just commenting for the algo

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Thank you for the boost! And happy to hear you enjoyed the video!😊😊

[@Appnin89]

Here in the UK up until quite recently the only cigarettes that had white filters were menthols. All regular and light cigs had the brown filters. So when i was a kid watching the show, or American movies, i always thought most American smokers smoked menthols, as you see the white filters a lot.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Interesting! Thanks for the insight. Appreciate the comment :-)

[@kingoneil4644]

Figures that animal blundetto smokes

[@Sutter635-jk4td]

Long John Silver.. hehehe

[@SopranosBlueprint]

The cigarettes said to Tony B, "Put me in, coach."

[@MRGRIMZ89]

DOPE VIDEO! JUST HAD A SMOKE TO LOL

[@SopranosBlueprint]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Thanks!! LOL perfect timing!

[@shhh5743]

“It's funny, neurotic. When I got here, quit smoking after thirty-eight years, exercised, ate right, and for what?” -John “Johnny Sack” Sacrimoni

[@SopranosBlueprint]

I love how he points out the 38 years, too...as if all the smoke he ever inhaled just evaporates right away when he stops.

[@paulwilliams5942]

Life can be strange and odd and so can stories too if you can find the beauty in it. So Walter White's wife Skylar who used to smoke and quit but her husband Walter who never smokes is the one diagnosed with lung cancer. His partner Jesse who also smoked those two survive. Tony who also smoked and had bad eating habits nearly dies from a gunshot wound and not those vices. Even Omar in The Wire who was a heavy smoker never had any health issues from his smoking but is taken out from a bullet. It's crazy because we don't know what life has in store for us and the same goes with these characters fates this is why I love art. And your analysis is spot on again Stephanie 😎✌️

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Interesting! I like how you bring in characters from other series. Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment and insight. It makes me think of when A.J. says, "Life is absurd" or even when Meadow says, "Madame DeStael said in life one must choose between boredom and suffering." Though so much of what happens isn't necessarily a full "choice," but we could go down the rabbit hole here for sure! Thanks again for your comment :) !

[@paulwilliams5942]

@SopranosBlueprint yes so many thought provoking lines in this series Tony emphasizes this the best in the Kevin Finnerty episode when he famously says "Who am I? Where am I going?" And he even says it once he wakes up so you know it must have really resonated with him and im sure at some point every human has asked that question at least once so it really resonated with the audience as well. But that's why we live this life and we're not fortunate to have a glimpse at the end we learn along the way although spirit guides help out alot (no matter what Paulie Walnut Walnut says lol) OOOOOHHH!!! Yes we can talk all night about it but that's what makes this show so great. Your so welcome im enjoying all these great minds in the comments giving their opinions it's good when we can all get together and discuss these topics

[@nickd5854]

have you ever done a video about the significance of movies and/or books in certain scenes?

[@SopranosBlueprint]

That's a great suggestion! I did a video awhile back on books but haven't re: the movies. I'd love to dive into the symbolism and significance of certain scenes in films that appear on The Sopranos. Stay tuned! Though one movie I do mention whenever I do a Carmela video is "Remains of The Day" because she's "Number 7 is Sekhu, The Remains" in the S6 opening montage. I also love the Madame Bovary references in particular. When Mr. Wegler describes the book and said, "It's somehow horrifically funny, though tragic," it makes me think of The Sopranos!

[@nomis7749]

I've been smoking since I was in short pants ❤

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Hehe - just like the Terminator (and Moses)!

[@PeterParker-yg6fc]

to your point, cutting out cigs made a much large impact on my immediate health than cutting out the booze

[@SopranosBlueprint]

I'm glad to hear that!

[@Richarddraper]

Nice video. Smoking on The Sopranos is so uniquitous that it's almost part of the scenary. Apart from Johnny Sac of course.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Thanks for watching! You're right, smoking on The Sopranos is so frequent it becomes part of the show’s atmosphere. Johnny is the rare exception. That and some of Tony's classic cigar puff scenes.

[@davidmajer3652]

Happy New Year, and sometimes a cigarette is just a cigarette.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Happy new year, my friend! And yes, as with most objects, it can mean nothing, very little, or a whole lot, depending on who's looking at it.

[@thembi125]

I will sit here an have full conversations with you in these comments. I meant to add that I find Ginny offering Johnny a cigarette on his death bed to be such a brilliantly written last act of love. Its equal parts depressing and lovely but as he fades away, her best idea is to entice him with what put him there.

[@JamesDomenicoGrabban81]

In the end Johnny was all puffed out.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

He puffed and petered out.

[@JamesDomenicoGrabban81]

One puff too many.

[@Sutter635-jk4td]

Someone should do a video of Silvio eating and smoking 🚬 same time.. hehe

[@SopranosBlueprint]

And playing poker! Just watch the cheese sweeping...

[@Sutter635-jk4td]

@SopranosBlueprint hazel.. HEHEHEH

[@michaelcorcoran8768]

This makes me want a cigarette

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Johnny Sack has that effect on people!! Lol

[@reycesarcarino4653]

Nicotine is an Addictive Substance!

[@SopranosBlueprint]

"WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU, WHY ARE YOU YELLING AT ME?!?!"

[@reycesarcarino4653]

@SopranosBlueprint "sob noises" 😭 😂

[@caseyfalconer7347]

Cigarettes of choice

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Just like soft drinks of choice!

[@justinrowland5191]

Yeah but, what about the white castle? You think I can't smell them on ya?

[@SopranosBlueprint]

AND A WHOLE F*CKIN' TRAY IN THERE!

[@invadingomen6826]

Watching your last few videos, I realize you have a beautiful talent for reading symbolism. While I absolutely love your sopranos videos, I really hope you explore some other series one day. I’d love to hear your thoughts on shows like The Wire and Oz

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Wow, thank you! That is very kind of you. I LOVE Oz and The Wire, among many other HBO series. I'm going to definitely be doing some more crossover videos in the future!

[@thembi125]

Also, idk what you do in your real life, but you could be a phd candidate with this work.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

❤️❤️❤️🥹🥹🥹

[@thembi125]

@@SopranosBlueprint I'm serious! there are media studies departments dying to pay someone like you to turn these insights into a doctoral dissertation or at the very least a MA.

[@coleozaeta6344]

They did get massacred; those cigarettes.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

They were gay, those cigarettes?

[@coleozaeta6344]

@ Who knew when the cigarettes said they were relieving guys’ stress, that’s what they meant?

[@jamesheath7601]

You shmoking? 😂

[@jamesheath7601]

1:45

[@SopranosBlueprint]

WHAT'S THIS, THE THIRD DEGREE?!

[@suspiciouswatermelon7639]

The "nyahh nyahh" voice of the narrator is really off-putting.

[@JeffBurn-b1i]

Are you trying to use New Year's and your Sopranos channel as manipulation to get people off cigarettes and alcohol etc. Because even if you have good intentions it's none of your business what people do with their lives.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Not at all. No judgment, whatsoever. Just discussing these topics in the context of The Sopranos and the lives of the characters-which may or may not apply to our own lives, as well-but I have no agenda I’m personally pushing on the matter. I hope that helps clarify things.

[@stefan.agnello9772]

But then it’s your business about what she does with hers on this channel?

[@wweweqws]

the video isn't really well-edited... sorry.