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The Sopranos | Why You're Wrong About Tony Blundetto 

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Tony Blundetto is a major character on The Sopranos. He is Tony Soprano's maternal cousin who served 16 years in prison on hijacking charges before being released in 2004 and trying to go legitimate and starting a career as a massage therapist, but finds himself returning back to his life of crime, leading him into a spiral of destruction that damages the Soprano family's business relationship with the Lupertazzi family. Eventually, Tony B is taken out by Tony Soprano. He is portrayed by Steve Buscemi.
In today's video, I want to make the controversial argument that Tony Blundetto is actually a poorly written and poorly acted character. In fact, from the main cast of The Sopranos, Tony B is the worst character in the show.

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@phil-Leotardo.171
@phil-Leotardo.171 3 месяца назад
Dat animal Blundetto, I can't even say his name.
@adam_94
@adam_94 3 месяца назад
You know the wine makes you emotional.
@wmen48
@wmen48 3 месяца назад
Uncle Philly!
@roamalot3000
@roamalot3000 3 месяца назад
​@@adam_94It's cause he's got an empty stomach!
@bigal8752
@bigal8752 3 месяца назад
Say hi to don ho!!!!
@AnneHathawayRules
@AnneHathawayRules 3 месяца назад
​@@wmen48 Uncle Philly my ass!
@phil-Leotardo.171
@phil-Leotardo.171 3 месяца назад
You defend this animal, even after he killed my 47 year old kid brudda Billy. Frankly, I'm ashamed and embarrassed you had to do this.
@mondoseguendo6113
@mondoseguendo6113 3 месяца назад
What happened there?
@bigal8752
@bigal8752 3 месяца назад
Is that F'N necessary!!!??
@PresidentMikeJohnson
@PresidentMikeJohnson 3 месяца назад
he was just a kid for Christ sake, whole life ahead of him
@aaronrowell6943
@aaronrowell6943 3 месяца назад
Whatever happened there
@riverbastard666
@riverbastard666 3 месяца назад
40 50 year old kids...
@leostenbuck4194
@leostenbuck4194 3 месяца назад
Unpopular opinion: I think Buscemi was perfectly casted. Feech, Richie and Phil are nothing but rage, they don't even pretend to be relaxed. They served time in prison, got out and went on a rampage because they felt entitled to it. Buscemi looks exactly the way Tony B is supposed to: a seemingly well-mannered dork who is actually a killer that tries to act like the past is the past, that he wants to move on but he's mad as hell with the world and he wants everything he thinks he deserves and he wants it right now. He acts like he's over it, but every time there's a slight inconvenience he'll lose it. Do you know who Mike Vining is? Take a look at him, Tony B is the mob equivalent of that guy. If he fully embraced how rotten he is right from the start, who knows what would've happened.
@goodyeoman4534
@goodyeoman4534 3 месяца назад
Carl Jung ova here
@MundaneThingsBackwards
@MundaneThingsBackwards 3 месяца назад
Very popular opinion. I've hardly seen people who claimed he got too much screen time or wasn't appropriately casted.
@gabez95
@gabez95 3 месяца назад
@@goodyeoman4534😂😂😂
@Void7.4.14
@Void7.4.14 3 месяца назад
Facts.
@Void7.4.14
@Void7.4.14 3 месяца назад
​@@MundaneThingsBackwards I've seen a ton of people say he was a miscast.
@kyleisbart197
@kyleisbart197 3 месяца назад
“That notorious child killer” line had me rolling
@drue_tube9357
@drue_tube9357 3 месяца назад
Just a kid
@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan
@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan 3 месяца назад
@@drue_tube9357 Only 47
@SpursAreShite
@SpursAreShite 3 месяца назад
I don’t get it….
@StuUngar
@StuUngar 3 месяца назад
@@SpursAreShitePhil Leotardo looking at Billy Leotardo’s picture: “47 years old….he was just a kid. Me, I’m an old man.” It’s a running joke that Phil considered a 47 year old to be a kid.
@ScarFeiss
@ScarFeiss 3 месяца назад
@@StuUngarkid you never admit the existence of this thing!
@snuffthisrooster7043
@snuffthisrooster7043 3 месяца назад
I see your points. However it could be argued that Blundetto is like an opposite of Tony due to his time in prison, when Tony walks besides him at the party you see that he's fat, gregarious and well dressed because he's been basking in wealth for the last 15 years or so. Blundetto next to him is skinny and emaciated looking while wearing an outdated 80's style suit jacket. I think maybe the slight awkwardness of the character was on purpose and shows the toll that prison takes on a man's life.
@dreigivetimpoolmassivewedg7646
@dreigivetimpoolmassivewedg7646 5 дней назад
It was 1000% intentional
@BigAlCapwn
@BigAlCapwn 3 месяца назад
In fairness Michael Franzese looks far more like a Mob Boss as an after dinner speaker now than he ever did as a Mob Boss back in the day. Old photos of him 'in the life' make him look like University Maths Student
@JamesRDavenport
@JamesRDavenport 3 месяца назад
Yep. A dork in a denim jacket much of the time. Or polo shirts and big nerdy glasses. He was pre-Med before he went Mob.
@Queef_Alot_Records
@Queef_Alot_Records 3 месяца назад
Yeah but Michael wasn’t a street guy so you’re kind of proving his point
@bigroaststyrone8135
@bigroaststyrone8135 2 месяца назад
Yeah people have a romantic notion that you need to “look” like a gangster, when in fact anybody can look like a gangster. Video is kinda dumb
@earlpipe9713
@earlpipe9713 Месяц назад
@@bigroaststyrone8135 nah, you gotta consider it in the context of what expectations mob films and the Sopranos, not actual real life, had already set for how these mafia characters should be. It'd be a different story if the Sopranos had been a realistic no-frills grimey depiction of the crimelife, but it was always the opposite "fugghetaboutit" "fugazi" Donnie Brasco Bronx Tale Hollywood portrayal instead
@bigroaststyrone8135
@bigroaststyrone8135 Месяц назад
@@earlpipe9713 was it really? Hollywood and Americana saw guys like De Niro, Pacino and Liotta as gangsters. The tall dark handsome type, not fat old schlubs and skinny kids ala the Sopranos. Buscemi looks no more out of place in the Sopranos than Joe Pesci does in Casino imo
@akhayat89
@akhayat89 3 месяца назад
High IQ doesn't mean someone always acts hyper logically. I know plenty of smart guys who could do complex higher level math in their sleep but couldn't figure out how to microwave a frozen burrito.
@patuno335
@patuno335 3 месяца назад
Imagine in the future if there were whole generations like what you describe 🤔
@goodyeoman4534
@goodyeoman4534 3 месяца назад
I heard that on your last IQ test you scored: zeppelin.
@izzo2998
@izzo2998 3 месяца назад
SO true.
@ScarFeiss
@ScarFeiss 3 месяца назад
Lol that sounds like autism/savant syndrome
@granitesevan6243
@granitesevan6243 3 месяца назад
Yes, we're all human and everyone can be corrupted by emotion and circumstance
@BuenoMcgurski
@BuenoMcgurski 3 месяца назад
“He’s convinced me, give me my dollar back”
@vinzen14
@vinzen14 3 месяца назад
Lol I love that scene
@jfly6942
@jfly6942 3 месяца назад
🫰just for the waitresses
@allovdem
@allovdem 3 месяца назад
Pass me the world's smallest violin
@samgroll3605
@samgroll3605 Месяц назад
Hey! Leave the dollars there!
@ianstallings
@ianstallings 3 месяца назад
It's ironic he doesn't look like a real mobster from Jersey because he's literally of Sicilian descent and born in Brooklyn. 100% chance someone he knows closely is mobbed up. He probably just never had the makings of a varsity Italian.
@NickyMetropolis1313
@NickyMetropolis1313 3 месяца назад
A few of the other guys were of Sicilian descent as well.
@MoebiusChungus
@MoebiusChungus 3 месяца назад
One of the palest Sicilians I ever seen
@basedmoonman9341
@basedmoonman9341 3 месяца назад
His mom is Western European. English and Dutch. He kind of looks like a north Italian.
@JCC503
@JCC503 3 месяца назад
Thumbs up for the varsity line
@helpIthinkmylegsaregone
@helpIthinkmylegsaregone 3 месяца назад
​@basedmoonman9341 I found he looks exactly like many East Frisians look, including his big eyes and the stubby nose. But the thing about different teints in Europeans is that darker or lighter ones can skip a generation or even distribute unevenly among siblings. You see that with Italians, Spaniards and Romanians all the time. My uncle also looks like the Shah, but my mom looks like Carmela.
@intheband002
@intheband002 3 месяца назад
My estimation of Tony Blundetto as a character just fuckin plummeted
@hkmma6543
@hkmma6543 2 месяца назад
He’s of Italian descent and born and raised in Brooklyn New York. The fucker is as legit as it would get. Just because he’s not the stereotype for typical mob movies he’s suddenly a character of bad writing. Makes no sense.
@monkeydog8681
@monkeydog8681 28 дней назад
It's fuckin coach turned into a pumpkin.
@MoralesCorner
@MoralesCorner 4 дня назад
​@@monkeydog8681but even Mr. Kim didn't cry
@psychette8846
@psychette8846 3 месяца назад
Did any of the guys who got out of prison act normal? They were all off.
@rikimaruninja
@rikimaruninja 3 месяца назад
They released these fucks from the can. Obviously, they weren't rehabilitated.
@goodyeoman4534
@goodyeoman4534 3 месяца назад
It's all that black seed they got pumped with.
@psychette8846
@psychette8846 3 месяца назад
@@goodyeoman4534 LOL
@Mantis_Toboggan_MD.
@Mantis_Toboggan_MD. 3 месяца назад
It was ll that grilled cheese off the radiator that they ate.
@MoralesCorner
@MoralesCorner 4 дня назад
Maybe the fact that they went in to begin with can help us understand the why
@SoftDrinksOfChoice
@SoftDrinksOfChoice 3 месяца назад
Way too many great quotes and story-lines involving Animal Blundetto for me to say he's the worst.
@lilmoosic
@lilmoosic 3 месяца назад
"You're crowding me" might be one of my top 3 lines from the show. Not because it's poignant or anything, but because it's one of the few times you genuinely know the character standing up against Tony might get away with saying it.
@tomz5704
@tomz5704 3 месяца назад
​@@lilmoosicit also shows his facial expression change into a way more menacing look
@ray.shoesmith
@ray.shoesmith 3 месяца назад
Wes Calwell
@WhiteSnot
@WhiteSnot 3 месяца назад
​@@lilmoosicwhen he says that it really comes across as a dangerous ex con, that's why, in principal, I disagree with Cineranter
@theramplocal
@theramplocal 3 месяца назад
Those are cards not candy bars, you can deal a few of those out
@IanMartinScreenwriter
@IanMartinScreenwriter 3 месяца назад
Hold on, did you say Dr Milfy? 😂😂
@robwood1987
@robwood1987 3 месяца назад
Where’s the lie?
@Sgt_Kane
@Sgt_Kane 3 месяца назад
And?
@budwhite9591
@budwhite9591 3 месяца назад
You know her by a different name?
@zitherzon2121
@zitherzon2121 3 месяца назад
It's a nickname!
@goodyeoman4534
@goodyeoman4534 3 месяца назад
Don't cream yourself
@markfrancis1369
@markfrancis1369 3 месяца назад
He was an NYC firefighter. His accent is as real as it gets
@hkmma6543
@hkmma6543 2 месяца назад
Exactly cine ranter is way off. The dude is literally of Italian decent and born in Brooklyn wtf
@markfrancis1369
@markfrancis1369 2 месяца назад
@@hkmma6543 i cut him some slack cause he ain't from round here.
@JohnnyYounitas
@JohnnyYounitas Месяц назад
Yea he was off with the accent thing
@thesupervisor3270
@thesupervisor3270 Месяц назад
And he’s dad is Italian (mom Irish)
@JohnnyYounitas
@JohnnyYounitas Месяц назад
@@thesupervisor3270 That like my father. His Dad's Italian.. Mom's Irish
@holdinmcgroin8639
@holdinmcgroin8639 3 месяца назад
Whenever Blundetto's not on screen, all the other characters should be asking, "Where's Blundetto?"
@redacted9723
@redacted9723 3 месяца назад
😂
@Reclusive247
@Reclusive247 3 месяца назад
Best comment
@southbeachtalent
@southbeachtalent 3 месяца назад
You know they say gangsters get busy? Well Tony B gets Bizzzz-Ayyyy!
@opaljk4835
@opaljk4835 3 месяца назад
It’s a totally outrageous paradigm
@billphillips5006
@billphillips5006 3 месяца назад
Easy there poochie
@Cronps
@Cronps 3 месяца назад
You know, I coulda called him Ichabod Crane, but I did-dent.
@brokeneyelid
@brokeneyelid 3 месяца назад
Oh fuck. Did-dent is my all time favorite sopranos quote 😂
@michaelvenezia9673
@michaelvenezia9673 2 месяца назад
Damn that's a good comment
@Erl0sung
@Erl0sung 2 месяца назад
Nah you're being very unfair with Blundetto. Not every character has to speak in Italian-American jargon, it's a stereotype and it's offensive! Buscemi is literally an Italian-American and doesn't speak like that irl. Also the idea that they changed Moltisanti is bs. Christopher was of the sensitive type since the beginning of the show, are you kidding? His most famous line of the regularness of life doesn't ring a bell? He was like that from the beginning to the end. Many things wrong with this video, even though I do enjoy your content.
@dreigivetimpoolmassivewedg7646
@dreigivetimpoolmassivewedg7646 5 дней назад
I agree. I think that was kind of the whole point of him.
@shawnbbunbbbybbb3942
@shawnbbunbbbybbb3942 3 месяца назад
Somehow tony b wasn’t even in the many saints of Newark even though him and tony soprano were so close they were practically like brothers
@ramblinman07
@ramblinman07 2 месяца назад
Didn’t even think about this until now, and it’s the least of that movie’s problems.
@pintolerance785
@pintolerance785 Месяц назад
The Many Saints of Newark is not cannon. It completely destroys the shows timeline and has as many pot holes as the surface of the moon.
@shawnbbunbbbybbb3942
@shawnbbunbbbybbb3942 14 дней назад
@@pintolerance785 like Ralph telling Jackie jr that they had their own crew him Jackie sr tony and Silvio but in the movie Silvio looks like he’s older than paulie and was in the life while tony was still in hs
@dannygandolfini4517
@dannygandolfini4517 3 месяца назад
one of my favorite twists in the show is actually realizing that davey was Bobby’s father. remember when tony said “but ur old man was the fuckin terminator”
@bigal8752
@bigal8752 3 месяца назад
I see what u did there 😂😂😂
@codymcgrath2.3bviews3secon7
@codymcgrath2.3bviews3secon7 3 месяца назад
😂😂😂😂😂
@goodyeoman4534
@goodyeoman4534 3 месяца назад
His mum had a taste for liquid metal.
@JohnRNewAccountNumber3
@JohnRNewAccountNumber3 3 месяца назад
Ok come on lmao
@TheIndianabasketball
@TheIndianabasketball 3 месяца назад
Took me a second lol
@BucTown82
@BucTown82 3 месяца назад
I really hate how they did Furio! I love his character and to have him fall in love with Carmella and write him off. Really pissed me off.
@ciaranmurphy847
@ciaranmurphy847 3 месяца назад
" Youre crowding me "
@goodyeoman4534
@goodyeoman4534 3 месяца назад
You don't make fun of me. Got it?
@Musso8771
@Musso8771 14 дней назад
Alright fine. We'll see what we can do about opening up the books for you, getting you straightened out. It's long overdue.
@johnnysinthecut3114
@johnnysinthecut3114 3 месяца назад
Not gonna lie 1/4-1/3 of my Italian cousins kinda look like him 🤣 that’s a northern Italian look same as ralphie
@mrd3016
@mrd3016 3 месяца назад
Buscemi is Brooklyn Sicilian. So, wrong boyo.
@johnnysinthecut3114
@johnnysinthecut3114 3 месяца назад
@@mrd3016 you’re kind of a 🤡 either way coming at someone agreeing with you rather than the doofus making the video lol. My grammas from Bafia Sicily with whiter skin than him and a Afro boyo
@tuldude3442
@tuldude3442 3 месяца назад
@@mrd3016yeah but thats his father's family, he's English/Irish (cant remember) and Dutch on his mother's side.
@NotQuiteFirst
@NotQuiteFirst 3 месяца назад
@@mrd3016 White skin and blue eyes, classic Sicilian.
@basedmoonman9341
@basedmoonman9341 3 месяца назад
​@@NotQuiteFirstblue or green eyes isn't that uncommon, but pink skin is
@littlekingtrashmouth9219
@littlekingtrashmouth9219 3 месяца назад
Fan theory: he’s Mr. Pink from Reservoir Dogs
@rogerpattube
@rogerpattube 2 месяца назад
Why couldn’t he have had a cool name, like Mr White?
@littlekingtrashmouth9219
@littlekingtrashmouth9219 16 дней назад
@@rogerpattubebecause he wasn’t a teacher from Albuquerque
@mrd3016
@mrd3016 3 месяца назад
Tony B accepts the hit job, after turning it down, because he is jealous of Tony S's family life and money. This is made evident in "Marco Polo." Surprised you missed that, as it's obvious. He took it so he COULD f over Tony S, and it did. Sometimes you seem to have the makings of a varsity film critic...but you'd never make it.
@judywright4241
@judywright4241 3 месяца назад
😆😅😂
@Epf831
@Epf831 3 месяца назад
"Fuckin weirdo you ask me" literally had me pissing my pants laughing 😂
@chrisbenavides3176
@chrisbenavides3176 3 месяца назад
Agree with pretty much all of this. Also consider that every aspect of Tony B's character was explored in a more satisfying way with other characters: Family member from Tony Soprano's past who he goes out if his way to protect and comes to resent? Christopher did it better. Old mob guy who gets out of jail and has to navigate how the world has changed? Richie and Feech did it better. Member of the Jersey crew who is used by New York to cause strife and conflict with the Sopranos? Paulie did it better. We're left with a character that lacks a strong identity and seems more like a device to set in motion the conflicts to come in season 6
@lilmoosic
@lilmoosic 3 месяца назад
Fantastically put.
@davidshamiri1448
@davidshamiri1448 3 месяца назад
His jokes are undefeated besides the Slipper and dildo joke
@altingashi3927
@altingashi3927 3 месяца назад
Very good and unique points
@chrisarabia2142
@chrisarabia2142 3 месяца назад
Any flies on you, they’re payin’ rent. Outstanding insight.
@bware99
@bware99 Месяц назад
Damn that’s a great point
@tedwojtasik8781
@tedwojtasik8781 3 месяца назад
We know he can play a very convincing, and menacing gangster as he did in Boardwalk Empire. He just played Tony B the way they wrote it.
@datbtrue
@datbtrue 13 дней назад
Exactly! People wouldn't see him as miscast if he wasn't in 54 Sandler movies lol, Was good as Mr. SHUSH and Garland Green and BE of course 👍💯
@doublem1975x
@doublem1975x 3 месяца назад
Michael Madsen would’ve been a great Tony B.
@DBCooper01
@DBCooper01 3 месяца назад
I really want to see that, he'd actually feel like Tony's real cousin
@a.williams1945
@a.williams1945 3 месяца назад
His last name doesn't end with a vowel
@kagemaru2503
@kagemaru2503 3 месяца назад
That would’ve been dope
@novadhd
@novadhd 3 месяца назад
hes not as funny
@pembomassive1394
@pembomassive1394 Месяц назад
Agree !
@srb2591
@srb2591 3 месяца назад
It's not that weird that they wouldn't talk about him. After that much time inside he would be an after thought not a constant talking point. Life moves on without you
@chloemchll3774
@chloemchll3774 Месяц назад
Not to mention that Tony S is disassociating from his role in having his cousin end up in prison because of why he wasn’t there to help with the job (it makes perfect sense why Tony S and his family wouldn’t talk about Tony B when the kids are young enough to not even know him before he gets out and Tony S has understandable reasons for not wanting to think about him.) Even not bringing him up with Melfi makes sense (not to mention that we don’t see every minute of every therapy session, so it could have easily happened off camera and was just not relevant enough to put into the final cut of the story). The daughter is a different story, although I think again, Tony S wants to ignore how he failed Tony B, so he would be reluctant to talk about B’s daughter unless absolutely necessary (like if Meadow brought her up). I think there are some reasonable points in this video, but this whole line of thinking is just, short-sighted.
@RetreatHell518
@RetreatHell518 3 месяца назад
The first thing that comes to my mind when I see his actor in any other seriers is "mMmmMmmmMmmboy are you fat"
@JCC503
@JCC503 3 месяца назад
Really good point how Blundetto was never set up in previous seasons in any way. They did that for Feetch, would have worked well here.
@Whatdisaypt1and2
@Whatdisaypt1and2 3 месяца назад
You would think Tony would set him up a cash only parlor and everyone would win. He would be like another Artie Bucco
@jonathancurran5366
@jonathancurran5366 3 месяца назад
He failed to whack Phil because he ran out of bullets. He stopped his quest for vengeance afterward because he had been identified killing a made man and now has to lamb chop it due to the penalty for an associate like Tony B killing a soldier in the Cosa Nostra. However, how someone with a high IQ only brought a revolver with six bullets to a hit and didn't bother to conceal his face is poor writing.
@kalashnikovandsmith39dash2
@kalashnikovandsmith39dash2 3 месяца назад
It wasn’t a revolver
@fadilfawzi7879
@fadilfawzi7879 3 месяца назад
My personal theory was that he wanted Phill to see his face and wanted to burn his heart and make him witness his brother’s assassination. After all, Tony B’s nickname is the animal.
@redmarson261
@redmarson261 3 месяца назад
I see what you mean with his appearance but I thought that's why he worked, he's believable as an unassuming monster. That animal.
@Tier1GearEDCReviews
@Tier1GearEDCReviews 2 месяца назад
In the end… Steve just couldn’t fuckin sell it!
@loyaltyisroyalty5616
@loyaltyisroyalty5616 3 месяца назад
Tony B telling Tony S “You’re crowding me” is prob my favorite scene of his.
@danin900
@danin900 3 месяца назад
I feel like it works because a big part of the show is nostalgia being fake. Tony worships older figures of his life out of a sense of endearment for what he thinks they used to be instead of for what they _actually_ are. And Tony B seems a big example of that.
@PicaPauDiablo1
@PicaPauDiablo1 3 месяца назад
Kristafahhs mother's box, not Tony's
@thepuffin4050
@thepuffin4050 3 месяца назад
You're tawkin to the box heah
@PicaPauDiablo1
@PicaPauDiablo1 3 месяца назад
@@thepuffin4050 barak Obama ova heah
@TRUEROOTS2022
@TRUEROOTS2022 3 месяца назад
@@PicaPauDiablo1ohhhhh !
@UserSacalabolsita12345
@UserSacalabolsita12345 Месяц назад
Phil, Phil....it's the guy's muddar, it's his muddar.
@MrDilldock
@MrDilldock 3 месяца назад
"Well, the little guy.. he was kinda funny looking".
@ray.shoesmith
@ray.shoesmith 3 месяца назад
Oh yaah?
@faisalkamal4319
@faisalkamal4319 3 месяца назад
funny how ??
@odeleon24
@odeleon24 3 месяца назад
What do you expect? He was going crazy down there by the lake and needed some action…
@isaacmartinez7557
@isaacmartinez7557 3 месяца назад
“Notorious child killer” that was gold 🤣
@granitesevan6243
@granitesevan6243 3 месяца назад
For the sake of accuracy, the television report on Junior's trial says that it's the first Soprano trial in 17 years, which introduces a way in for Tony B even if it doesn't name him specifically
@toby099
@toby099 3 месяца назад
Totally agree that his character was mishandled. A rare mistake for David chase.
@ibrown3KC
@ibrown3KC 3 месяца назад
I loved Tony B! Partly because Steve Buscemi is one of my favorite actors, but I also liked the character.
@MK-yv7jn
@MK-yv7jn 3 месяца назад
I didn't really understand his character. They tried to portray him as more of a "square" guy who wanted to get straight coming out of the can who was worried about parole officers, etc to suddenly becoming basically a hired gun and taking out any made man that the Mayor of Munchkinland and Angelo wanted. It felt like the writing for him changed after he was already introduced. Maybe he or someone else decided he wasn't good for the show and changed his character to hasten his demise (and exit from the show?)
@elikabolo2817
@elikabolo2817 3 месяца назад
Can you just imagine if Tony B was played by Micheal Madsen? The dynamic between him and Gandolfini would’ve been so interesting to see
@doublem1975x
@doublem1975x 3 месяца назад
They also kinda look alike and are big tough guys. It makes them being cousins growing up together more realistic.
@mrd3016
@mrd3016 3 месяца назад
Nonsense. Madsen can't shine Buscemi's box.
@doublem1975x
@doublem1975x 3 месяца назад
@@mrd3016 Buscemi is a dork. Not believable as a mafia hitter.
@brianbernstein3826
@brianbernstein3826 3 месяца назад
gets handed the casino ($200k/yr) and still risks his life and his crew's respect for hit jobs? not believable
@sole__doubt
@sole__doubt Месяц назад
What a video CR. I didnt realize how deep the rabbit hole goes in terms of Blundetto being a terrible character. This is just excellent analysis.
@chloemchll3774
@chloemchll3774 Месяц назад
As a point, I think Tony B snapping on Mr. Kim when he does actually makes a lot of sense, in a Brooks from Shawshank Redemption sort of way. The point is a lot of former convicts can’t adjust to life on the outside- Tony B has spent most of his adult life in prison, so it stands to reason he may on a subconscious level want to go back there. It just doesn’t crystalize in a tangible way until he was close to getting his going legit dream (which would, presumably, keep him from going back if he doesn’t self-sabotage.)
@BulletTooth504
@BulletTooth504 3 месяца назад
Only seventeen fuckin' years in the can? I'm not impressed.
@KMacMerlin
@KMacMerlin 3 месяца назад
Team Blundetto all the way
@phil-Leotardo.171
@phil-Leotardo.171 3 месяца назад
47 years old, he was just a kid.
@HandsomeBastard
@HandsomeBastard 3 месяца назад
​@@phil-Leotardo.171Shah of Iran himself, I'll be damned.
@KMacMerlin
@KMacMerlin 3 месяца назад
@@phil-Leotardo.171 it was just his time Phil
@seankinsellasean
@seankinsellasean 3 месяца назад
Team animal 🦒 🦓 🦁
@hectormiranda2428
@hectormiranda2428 3 месяца назад
​@@phil-Leotardo.171it's sad when they go young
@CovertRadio
@CovertRadio 3 месяца назад
"WHEYS CHAULWHAUL - WHEYS CHAULWHAUL!! - IT'S WEST... CALDWELL"
@ThisHandleWasTheOnly1Available
@ThisHandleWasTheOnly1Available 3 месяца назад
The least authentic Sopranos character
@ВикторГайдаржи-ъ2б
Honestly, I actually can see Steve Buscemi as cold blooded murderer, but not the the type people used to see, he`s not full of gangster/mobster kind of bravado, he`s cool, collected, smart, but sadistic and dangeruos. Somehow I got a feeling that he`s not used to a gun, but rather to something more sharp, stealth and quiet like knives or to bare hands strangulation, like he actually can and loves to use people`s anatomy against them, camouflaged by his curiosity for massage. I can See Steve Buscemi`s Tony Blundetto as some mix of Mister Pink from Reservoir Dogs and Elijah Woods` character from Sin City - some nerd at the first look, but with glance of the real beast he is seen in his eyes.
@bryanhernandez2045
@bryanhernandez2045 3 месяца назад
The only thing about Tony B that I liked and what I think should have been more focused on was his resentment towards Tony S. Otherwise he doesn’t seem like a gangster and more importantly none of his motivations are believable. The hilariously weak friendship with Angelo that led ultimately to his own death after avenging Angelo’s was awful. And to be honest Steve Buscemi seemed bored with the role.
@ShaunHopkinsAVFC
@ShaunHopkinsAVFC 3 месяца назад
Am I the only one who kept saying “Shut the fuck up Donnie,” every time he was on the screen? I don’t hate him as Tony B., but that reaction is just ingrained into me now. 😂😂
@rjm7166
@rjm7166 3 месяца назад
Or, you’re out of your element Donnie.
@markdubois3614
@markdubois3614 3 месяца назад
I disagree with most of this. He only added to the show I think.
@New_Creature_
@New_Creature_ 17 дней назад
I can't believe he punched kim, who was clearly a teenager
@TheMisterGuy
@TheMisterGuy 2 месяца назад
That intro was packed with good jokes. Well done! I have to agree, two things really stuck out to me even on my first viewing of the series. That fight with Kim that came out of nowhere is one. The other is the assassination attempt on Phil. He blows the element of surprise by shooting the wrong person, then he...leaves, I guess? Even though Phil is right there and has seen his face, he doesn't shoot Phil, he just goes home and starts packing.
@scottporchik96
@scottporchik96 2 месяца назад
No way!!! He fits in perfectly.
@shawnmiller2182
@shawnmiller2182 22 дня назад
RIP Henry Ford. Big Entrepreneur
@JohnMoog-ug6bk
@JohnMoog-ug6bk 3 месяца назад
You’re expecting too much logic from an unstable, impulsive sociopath. That’s the paradox of OC - they’re expected to follow rules, but if they were inclined to follow rules, they’d follow societal rules like not murdering people.
@Nystariii
@Nystariii 3 месяца назад
In society they're expected to follow rules that gain them nothing. In OC they're expected to follow rules to gain prestige among their community and monetary gain. I get your point though.
@kbtken
@kbtken 3 месяца назад
Tony B related to the crew as a kid childhood friend when he got out of prison. A lot of people when they have a traumatic experiences stop maturing past that point. The show makes a point to show that when people would die they were instantly forgotten so it isn’t surprising that Tony B would be forgotten as soon as they knew he was going to do his time quietly. The plot angle of the old gangster getting out of jail ready to make up for lost time was covered by literally every other character that got out and they covered every age range.
@MoebiusChungus
@MoebiusChungus 3 месяца назад
Im glad im not the only one who always felt Blundetto was shoehorned into the show. I think it feels especially worst when established actors like John Favreau are part of the show as themselves, but an arguably more famous actor like Buscemi is a gangster. For a character I always felt was strangely added to the show was Benny Fazio. Sure he was more natural then the animal, but I truly couldn’t understand where this guy just enters from stage left and is now some trusted associate. Outside of the meme stuff, why was Benny allowed to get leeway for breaking protocol when he was running scams from Artie’s restaurant, when we all know that in earlier seasons Tony would’ve sent someone flying through a door or a desk for doing something so obviously stupid.
@Papadopollus
@Papadopollus 3 месяца назад
Guy did 20 years in the can and wasn't even made
@phillbr51
@phillbr51 2 месяца назад
"Hello fellow mobsters" - LOL. He'd be wearing a tee-shirt that said "organized crime gang".
@DonSeriously-is9lb
@DonSeriously-is9lb 3 месяца назад
Pretty sure this whole arc of the story is a pivot since the actor that played Tony s mother died when she did. I’m sure they had the whole story figured out with the mother alive for whole series or at least until she died just in the show. They had to create new angles and arcs to help make later seasons of the series….
@WunderChancellor
@WunderChancellor Месяц назад
This is what happens when Sopranos video essayist run out of things to yap about.
@TheShadowOfHumanity
@TheShadowOfHumanity 2 месяца назад
He is literally the only character I didnt want to die in the show. I was hoping Tony S would get killed off as I thought since I first saw him that he was the greasiest unlikable guy. He is just a giant fat baby. At least Animal was interesting and oddly charismatic.
@kitharrison8799
@kitharrison8799 3 месяца назад
I agree with most of this. The writers and producers clearly shoe-horned in the entire character of Tony B to accommodate a great movie star in a great TV show and they did so extremely badly. Like a winning football team whose owner signs a big star player to sell tickets and replica shirts, and tells the coach to play him in every game regardless of form or tactics.
@EddieHenderson92
@EddieHenderson92 Месяц назад
David Chase f@@@ed up with this character, When Buscemi signed on, he was told that he would be around for two seasons, but Chase changed his mind and killed him off at the end of season 5. The problem is that they had to rush the storyline with him being done with the life to be like oh never mind, I want back in the life.
@Orlando_Steve
@Orlando_Steve 3 месяца назад
I agree that Steve Buscemi should not have been cast in that role. It wasn't believable.
@joelashadali
@joelashadali 3 месяца назад
Him at his prison homecoming party wearing the Miami Vice look (Shoulder pads,rolled up sleeves and all) is absolutely priceless. And well worth his not being a great character. I personally liked him.
@andykolb6502
@andykolb6502 2 месяца назад
Tony B is the Reason why Season 5 is one of my favourites!! Steve Buscemi is a National Treasure !
@Zee3po
@Zee3po 3 месяца назад
I agree with you here. Buscemi definitely felt like a guest appearance and he just couldn't pull off the character even from a physical standpoint. On the other hand I thought his portrayal of Nucky Thompson in Boardwalk Empire as kind of a crook/politician/gangster worked because he was never portrayed as the tough guy. That's not him.
@aaravkumar8376
@aaravkumar8376 3 месяца назад
Steve Buscemi had no business in the show.
@scrow7752
@scrow7752 3 месяца назад
Big time agree, character seemed really low resolution/ham fisted in how he was written, like he belonged in a 1930s crime movie.
@CornelioLazarus-sg4gx
@CornelioLazarus-sg4gx 2 месяца назад
Actually the Feech La Manna story was confirmed to be short since its conception. Pure Kino explains it in his What Was the Problem with Feech La Manna video.
@worstcasescenario5242
@worstcasescenario5242 3 месяца назад
I always thought it would've been epic if Joe Pesci was Tony B. I agree that Steve Buscemi didn't fit
@D3athL1vin
@D3athL1vin 3 месяца назад
I had to search for meaning regarding this guy too, I have a lot of similar frustrations about how disconnected his arc feels. I think his main purpose was to make the viewer reflect on how Tony S is partially responsible for his actions There's certain scenes that feel like symbolism more than literal actions. The time when Tony B gets mad at both of his sons because one of them stole something from AJ's room, he says it's both of their faults, because the other one should be there to stop his brother from doing stupid shit big parallels to not only what ended up happening to Billy, but even the original incident that got Tony B locked up. Maybe if he had more time to pay attention to blundetto shit could have been avoided
@JcoolV
@JcoolV 3 месяца назад
I completely agree. I kind of forgot but I definitely first time watching the show felt pretty much all the same things you've put forward here about Tony.B/Steve's performance.
@danielkelly3065
@danielkelly3065 29 дней назад
"He was funny lookin'" "Funny looking how?" "You know, just funny lookin'"
@konorsrartsh5971
@konorsrartsh5971 3 месяца назад
Personally I love how weird he is, he does stick out and that’s why I like him. He looks creepy and he’s off filtered and I love the weird posture and the way he shoots or smokes cigarettes it adds so much character to him
@Potatus75
@Potatus75 22 дня назад
I have only two issues with the Blundetto storyline. He's never mentioned previously, just like Ralph. The second issue was that Tony ended up going to war with Phil anyway after killing Tony B.
@ricobonifacio1095
@ricobonifacio1095 27 дней назад
When he played Mr. Shush from Things to do in Denver when dead probably got him the part. Check out that movie, its great.
@thecardoski
@thecardoski Месяц назад
I'd already seen Steve as a hitman in 'Things to do in Denver when you're Dead', he has that scary weirdo vibe. He was fantastic in Boardwalk Empire.
@ThatGuy-zt6po
@ThatGuy-zt6po Месяц назад
Stephen Graham the guy who played Al Capone from Board Walk Empire would have been perfect for this role.
@GoReacts
@GoReacts 2 месяца назад
His performance always felt more natural than others, some of the mobsters are a little bit more Hollywood, he feels grounded
@AM1465
@AM1465 Месяц назад
It was odd he didn't finish off Uncle Philly at the time but he had no need to pursue it. He'd already had his revenge by killing someone he loved.
@kangell21
@kangell21 3 месяца назад
I've always thought he was cast specifically because he goes against the stereotype of a mob guy.
@agentcooper6361
@agentcooper6361 3 месяца назад
Omg I can't listen to these at work any more. I can't hold the laughter in... 😅
@mrd3016
@mrd3016 3 месяца назад
He's English.
@brash2394
@brash2394 Месяц назад
Buscemi always seems miscast to me because the first time I saw him was in spy kids 😂
@boxmad5523
@boxmad5523 Месяц назад
I think him feeling “slightly off” actually added to the character and his story
@budwhite9591
@budwhite9591 3 месяца назад
David chase: “Bundetto being apart of the soprano glorified crew it wasn’t an offer. It’s my position. Are we done here?”
@gnarfarmer
@gnarfarmer 8 дней назад
People can hate on the character all they want, steve buscemi OOZES talent
@rocksoliddude1
@rocksoliddude1 День назад
i liked his character
@georgem7195
@georgem7195 15 дней назад
I agree, ever since seeing that animal, I can’t even say his name, for the first time I always had this feeling like he didn’t belong on the show, it was almost forced. Maybe that was Chase’s idea, but in my opinion they could’ve casted a much better suited actor for the role.
@D2attemp
@D2attemp 3 месяца назад
I think Steve Buscemi was great in his role. But I do feel that the writing could have been better. I especially agree with the point you made about how he left Phil alive. That basically guaranteed he would have a painful horrific death, spared only due to Tony’s mercy kill.
@upstating
@upstating 3 месяца назад
My rebuttal to the first part of your thesis: Boardwalk Empire Buschemi was gangster as hell in that series.
@RayFinkle05
@RayFinkle05 10 дней назад
He did 20 years in the can and he kept his mouth shut and in this house Tony Blundetto is a hero. End of story!
@alexanders562
@alexanders562 3 месяца назад
"Hello fellow mobsters" I never was quite able to place it, but it is true, Steve B does not seem like an edgy, prison hardened, fire bomb.
@jice201
@jice201 Месяц назад
There was a lot of plot holes in the animal character. However I didn’t think Steve Buscemi didn’t fit in or didn’t play the character extremely well. Steve Buscemi is a great actor that perhaps the look of the character might not fit what they were going for but being that he was such a great performer. I think he pulled it off.
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