Especially in the end. All he could do was say 1 sentence! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm glad he turned out a retard! Especially after what he did to Crybaby Chris' Dad!!!!
Junior's face was absolutely priceless when Tony said that! And as much as Livia manipulated Junior he certainly learned his lesson and had her number his little gem's of wisdom for Tony were hilarious 😂😂
Great move by Junior to distract Tony with that shocking news about an uncle he didn't know existed. He drops a bomb, watches tony get all distracted and then begins negotiating knowing tony is still processing the news. Shrewd move.
Considering the era in which Junior was born I'd imagine his brother was probably ridiculed and bullied by other kids so I bet they spent their childhood fighting for him
Similar, the fact that the notoriously self-centered Johnny always took care of his brother is quite telling. Both men clearly cared deeply about their brother.
“Your father left Livia with a fucking package that could choke a fucking elephant” . Can we please bring back the guys who wrote those lines. R.I.P JG.
I wonder if we'll get a hint about whatever happened to all of that money? Livia became the way she was from being a wife of a guy in the life, and her big shift occurred after she found out that her son was helping her husband hide one of his affairs from her. Resulting in the stress causing her to have a miscarriage of her fourth child. She never forgave Johnny for that, or forgot how Tony reconciled lying to her. Maybe she decided to just get rid of all of Johnny's money out of spite.
Dominic Chianese is such a good actor in this scene just the way he says "they might of trained him to be a some whatever or something, get him a job" it just sounds so natural like how an old person talks in real life
@@simonwright6163 He literally says "might of" in the video you feeble minded fuck, next time watch the video instead of looking like a dumb ass. Here ill help you, watch 2:26 and call up Dominic and let him know not to bother acting.
Shows u how dumb Junior is......if he tony hears his father talking to his mom about his feeble minded brother......who else would Tony think they were talking about? LOL....He didnt know
michael freimann Tony even uses the same virginia ham line to Janis later in the show. When she is complaining about her calzone with legs husbands position in the crew
I was kinda retarded as a kid . It took a while to get mature that's for sure . I said stupid things , acted like a clown but somehow was never thrown with the jaggoffs .
This scene is gold from beginning to end but I especially love Junior’s description of the credit card companies. They want you to be grateful, and they want you to pay them but they don’t want you to pay in full upfront even though it’s the responsible thing to do. They want you to rack up debt so they can come back and squeeze you for more. Sounds a lot like the mob, except somehow it’s legal.
The rulling elites that make up the heads of big companies/governments are the worst criminals of them all. They get away with the worst kind of monstruosities while pretending to be the good guys and people fuckin buy into it.
@@DynamicDurge Maybe not directly but they’ve put many people in the ground by wearing them down with debt collectors who harass and threaten them night and day until they put a gun in their own mouth. At least with the mob they’re up front with you about what they’ll do to your kneecaps.
@@gertrudemcfuzz74 nice mental gymnastics with that one. You really gonna tell me getting kneecaped is morally and ethically more correct than debt collectors harassing you for money you owe them? At least you walk away with your life lol.
@@DynamicDurge they don't need to. in the states, they take all you've got, or they get the state to take it off your wage packet automatically. if not, they bung you in jail and put you to work as a slave. usury's a sin in proper christianity. there's a fuckin reason for that.
@@fabioventura2984 junior was saying that modern times are more inclusive of slow people. Junior was saying that Ercole would've probably been able to have a job and a somewhat normal life rather than stay in a looney bin and forgotten about.
Let's not go nuts here. My cable includes Happy Days reruns. The Fonz. Richie. Potsie. Ralph Malph. All these modern shows, so much cursing and violence. Happy Days didn't need to rely on these newfangled modern concepts like "characterisation", or "narrative". It didn't use the crutch of "humour" or "good acting". Yet millions of people watched it night after night for 11 seasons. What does THAT tell you? I think it tells us something but I can't figure it out.. But nonetheless, Happy Days, like Beansie Gaeta said he was going to before Richie Aprile attacked him, stood up.
@@jimreily7538.........you should stop abusing pharmaceutical-grade narcotics. It's affecting your ability to reason. There wasn't much to choose from regarding networks back in those days. Choices were limited.
MrBrenman21 ......ok. Let’s do it your way. If the actors outside of those I mentioned were so good.....what have they done post-Sopranos? Chianese was a known talent prior to the Sopranos....so was Gandolfini. Nancy Marchand was also great.
Uncle jun is amazing. He mentioned Eckle just to get to Tony's feelings so he can get a bigger cut on the executive game. Thats true wiseguy thinking. Uncle Junior was a real O.G. As far as his punch lines, one of my favorite is: what you don't know can fill a book! I think he told that to Tony, but i don't remember what episode it was in.
It was livia, she mentioned on the phone to junior that the woman whose funeral he attended once let Johnny feel her up . And he drops like that line haha
A masterclass in writing. The scene is establishes three different points with perfect poetry: 1. That Corrado knows major secrets that Tony doesn't 2. That Corrado knows how to emotionally weaken Tony to ensure a better deal 3. That "bleeding people dry" is a central theme of the season, especially as it concerns to Davy Scatino
It also brilliantly humanizes Tony's dad who we see in flashbacks and hear about as some bad ass wise guy captain, he did love his brother in spite of his affliction.
Uncle junior is slowly becoming my favorite character.. His sense of witty humor and timing is amazing.. Tony is still the man though.. " Some people are so far behind in the race they actually think they are leading" .. LOL
Junior is absolutely hilarious for the first 3-4 seasons. Then it gets sad when he starts to lose it. When his trial is going on, it's one of the funniest storylines on the show. He and Bobby were just gold together
"She's like the woman with a virginia ham under her arm, crying the blues cause she's got no bread" Then Tony tries the line on Richie and he just goes "wah the fah...?"
He told him that story to daze Tony so he would give in on percentage of the game. At the start, Tony says it's "my game," but at the end he gives Junior 15%. Watch the end, Tony is thrown off, Junior has a tiny smirk as Tony walks out. They only show that for a reason.
Junior definitely got a better deal from throwing tony off with the story but IMO the reason he's getting any percentage is that he agreed to let his players know that the game was happening. That's why Tony tells him to "call your friends" basically junior is going to spread the word that the game is happening and that Tony is going to run it, this is worth Tony giving Junior a percentage because a) he might not have the contact info for some of the players and b) it lets the players know that junior is fine with Tony running the game so they don't need to worry about violence at the game.
The ability of the writers to capture the vernacular, slang and imprecision of Tony & Uncle Junior requires extraordinary precision of writing and thought.
this scene should be put in an acting time capsule, so clever, and so entertaining. The Sopranos is so much better than anything that's ever been on tv, its not even close
The first minute is gold writing. Junior paints such a good picture of Jonny, and he's right, it takes a special kind of person to find the right people to get for a game like that
I love how Junior is the only character that has a sort of mental edge on Tony... you can just feel the uncle-nephew dynamic in all of their interactions. U can sense how junior still sees Tony as his little nephew and how Tony stills sees junior as his big uncle... even though Tony has more authority and respect amongst the rest of the wise guys, junior always seems to have his number
Notice how uncle Jr puts Tony in a sentiment daze after telling him about his uncle and then gently changes the subject to persuade him in a business deal. Then at 3:18 Tony snaps out of it James Gangandolfini is an incredible actor!!
No one mentions the grim smile on Corrado's face when he starts talking about his brother,that look gives me the chills i always rewind it to see it a few times
'You don't know what you're talking about. Your Father left Livia with a fucking package that could choke a fucking elephant' One of my favourite lines in the whole series. Junior is one of the series' most underrated characters. His discussions with Tony are some of the great scenes in The Sopranos.
We all know how great Dominic Chianese was in the show but... Holy fuck this scene! His reactions, his storytelling, how he conveys emotions. Just incredible.
I’ve always loved the look between Tony and Junior right after Tony says he always thought Junior was the feeble minded brother. Juniors face just says it all “what the fuck?!” Lol priceless scene
David Chase could have went on with some classic's with Tony's father and Uncle June when they were young! Like Godfather 2! How young Tony got his bones and such!
+Kool Breeze a prequel series would be great. There's a lot to work on, Jackie and Tony robbing feechs card game, some bad ass Richie aprile stories, they could also work on Tony and pussys relationship which could make his inevitable killing more tragic for Tony, Paulie and Silvio.
I think this is one of the best episodes in the entire series, "The Happy Wanderer." And this scene is one of the very best in the series. So funny. Despite the sort shrift Tony gives Uncle June, you can see the affection and respect he has for him.
