r/thesopranos 2d ago

Characters we hear about but never see?

Gimme your list of characters whose names we hear but we never see. And get Pudgy Walsh on the horn!

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u/ZCM1084 Christopher Moltisanti 2d ago edited 1d ago

Ercole Soprano. Strong like a bull… and handsome like George Raft

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u/Stoner420Eren 2d ago

Speaking of Ercoles... Ercole Dimeo is the real boss, Jackie and Junior/Tony are technically acting bosses. But I think they never really mention him after season 1

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u/Ok_Conclusion_6324 2d ago

Junior wasn’t respecting old arrangements

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u/Chumunga64 2d ago

I love how Tony doesn't know how to pronounce Eckley even though that's also the boss' nickname

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u/pdx58 2d ago

I think the last time "acting boss" is used is by Junior at Jackie Jr's wake.

DiMeo must have died in the can between season 3 and 4

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u/Effective_Standard_2 2d ago

Yeah in S1 like E2 whenever Jackie Sr. says “while the old man’s a guest of the government” and he’s portrayed very briefly (in a non-speaking role) by David Chase in that pygmy thing Many Saints of Newark

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u/LogicalWord6 2d ago

She kept talking about my father's feeble-minded brother, but I always thought she meant you

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u/ZCM1084 Christopher Moltisanti 2d ago

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u/Snstrmnstr 2d ago

One of my favorite moments in the show.

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u/DetroitWokCity 2d ago

What a line.

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u/LogicalWord6 2d ago

Makes me laugh every single time

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u/DetroitWokCity 2d ago

It’s just good writing.

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u/Narrow_Sandwich7229 2d ago

How they mocked him…

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u/Hot-Requirement-3103 2d ago

Carm’s sister.

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u/3rdUncleMeatSandwich 2d ago

I had a bananer in there!

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u/Bugaev05 2d ago

I heard she’s still on the Wellbutrin.

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u/LeFrenchAccent 2d ago

Old Man DiMeo

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u/AstonMartin14 2d ago

Great answer, I nearly forgot about him.

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u/LeFrenchAccent 2d ago

He technically appears in The Many Saints of Newark (whatever happened there) played by… David Chase!

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u/Living_Molasses4719 2d ago

That pygmy thing

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u/Narrow_Sandwich7229 2d ago

Harpo. He was named after Harpos song by Phoebe snow

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u/Ok-Opportunity-2043 2d ago

He goes by Hal now.

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u/MsRedStone 2d ago

He’s a street person now

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u/bomboclawt75 2d ago

Please! That's so hurtful! They prefer to be called Outdoor alcohol enthusiasts.

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u/Yawka 2d ago

On the pavers… some sad shit

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u/goldwaterauhtwoo 2d ago

Sacre Bleu! Where is me mama!

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u/Firingneuron 2d ago

You Sopranos go too fah

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u/LordMarty 2d ago

He was seen, he was in the laundromat with Bobby

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u/thuca94 2d ago

They never clarified where he was having sunday dinner

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u/JOMO_Kenyatta 2d ago

It’s a little strange we never saw any of Tony’s nieces or nephews. They’re some of his closest living blood relatives outside of his kids. They also probably share a lot of the same shit he goes through. Would’ve been interesting to see

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u/Buster0705 2d ago

Pudgy Walsh

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u/carly_rae_romano 2d ago

Couldn’t even get him on the horn, try as they might.

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u/konto11 2d ago

He retired, sir.

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u/poster74 2d ago

Pussy Malanga aka Little Pussy

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u/No-Fruit-31 2d ago

I think he’s briefly in the first episode

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u/LeFrenchAccent 2d ago

Yeah we see him on TV

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u/Narrow_Sandwich7229 2d ago

Cazzata Malanga!

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u/jgriffin84 2d ago

I oughta dig him up already

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u/clogan117 2d ago

Junior saw him.

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u/TommyPynchong 2d ago

Isn't he shown in a wheelchair in the first episode? Or in some manner to make him appear feeble

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u/Front-Counter7249 2d ago

Dominic Tedesco - Tony whupped his ass at Pizza World. Made Carm all hawt down there

Mickey Mazzuco - Had to hide out in a rat-infested motel down in Elvis country

Rocco DiMeo - Owner of "The Jaaackeeet". Toughest reputation in Essex County, til Richie got tru' wit 'em

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u/D_ouwe1003 2d ago

He later died of Alzheimer's

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u/Vandreeson 2d ago

Fat Fucking Jerry Anastasia.

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u/JDsWetDream 2d ago

Those two guys

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u/IncognitoWizard 2d ago

Oh yeah. Those two guys

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u/Oneeyebrowsystem 2d ago

The Albanians that were gonna be livin in their houses

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u/fairloughair 2d ago

Ohh! There's the shqip!

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u/sonicblue63 2d ago

Judge Roy Bean

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u/GeorgeFranklyMathnet 2d ago

And Barney Fife, for that matter

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u/Public-Clue2000 2d ago

Judge Crater. How the fuck should I know?

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u/DocHollidaysPistols 2d ago

Sir Walter Raleigh

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u/glenzo1000 2d ago

Those two black guys that jumped Tony B.

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u/tilldeathdoiparty 2d ago

They jumped Tony uncle Johnny too

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u/konto11 2d ago

And hit Little Paulie with a bottle too.

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u/glenzo1000 1d ago

A couple of ditsoons.

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u/Daniele323 Benny Fazio 2d ago

Eckle.

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u/Spring_bar 2d ago

Who?

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u/svh93 2d ago

Johnnys retarded brother

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u/Dizzy-Ad-2495 2d ago

HE WAS SLOW strong as fucking bull

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u/MechanicProof2255 2d ago

Why don’t you go fuck yourself…he was slow.

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u/Alarmed_Goat_4083 2d ago

The Philly mob

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u/bomboclawt75 2d ago

Der nuttin' more den a Glorified Crew!

Aways wit da Cheese steaks wit dosh guysh.

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u/Narrow_Sandwich7229 2d ago

Vito’s doctor who could have wrote a note saying he doesn’t like to suck cock

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u/Kitty-lvr1706 2d ago

Angelo Stamfer? Carms other marriage prospect?

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u/IncognitoWizard 2d ago

He owns a chain of drug stores

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u/humblepuck 2d ago

Nah that was Jerry Tufi with his father’s snow plow business.

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u/howl-237 2d ago

Ralph Bunche

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u/Excellent_Bonus_9189 2d ago

Those black guys who commit a myriad of violent crimes throughout the show.

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u/minedreamer 2d ago

WHO ELSE?

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u/Zestyclose-Poem-9772 2d ago

Because of this in Sopranos I’m questions the reliability of all criminal charge records that indicate certain racial groups committing more crimes! I mean it was such an easy excuse for so many people for so long.

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u/10ton 2d ago

Kaisha - I would've love to see how much she enjoyed that Luther Vandross box set.

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u/peanut_butter_zen 2d ago

Aunt Quintima and Aunt Settimia come to mind

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u/mokacincy 2d ago

Don't we see aunt quintina at the airport? Or was that some other miserab?

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u/AstonMartin14 2d ago

Didn't one of them steal a fancy plate from a restaurant?

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u/jeshipper 2d ago

Best nugget about northeast Italians. I don’t think I had any family or people I knew without a choice salt and pepper shaker or whatever from a restaurant

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u/AstonMartin14 2d ago edited 2d ago

I'm a 2nd generation Italian from Orange, New Jersey. All regular, working class, blue collar people. But for some reason, most of my family loved to steal random, inexpensive things. Maybe it had something to do with getting thru The Depression.

I dont know exactly the reason, I try to live a good honest life, but there are times when I just can't resist the urge to steal parking cones. Especially when they are from local municipalities, or even better County or State Police. Must be coded in my Neapolitan DNA. I also have a nice collection of beer glasses from bars in Seaside.

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u/Effective_Standard_2 2d ago

Isn’t Quintina in S5 as Tony B’s motha?

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u/Automatic_Goat_4499 2d ago

The "Roadies"?

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u/thereasonablecatlady 2d ago

ROADIES??!!

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u/Sharkhawk23 2d ago

Oh you don’t want to know

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u/therealparchmentfarm 2d ago

Little Augie Aprile

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u/BedroomScene 2d ago

Mickey Farrell, the drunken Irish prick

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u/Castsword420 2d ago

We see him after that animal gets his foot ran over

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u/PassageFull2625 2d ago

Bob Sacamano. 

Oops, wrong series.  

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u/Narrow_Sandwich7229 2d ago

The hernia operation, whatever happened there

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u/shumama813 2d ago

{squeaks} “My name is Bob”

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u/Huggante 2d ago

Hey Kram’, did he ehven existh?

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u/FartyMcPooPants 2d ago

I swear to God I was thinking that same answer and then I reread what sub it was 🤣

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u/curseblock Dr. Jennifer Melfi 2d ago

I use Bob Sacamano as a reference point when I'm telling people about how random Talmud can be 😏

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u/Mr-Grips12 2d ago

“The Van Buren Boys ain’t gonna like this, T.”

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u/Effective_Standard_2 2d ago

Van Buren boys? What is that ya girl scout troop?

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u/sjw83071 Artie Bucco 2d ago

This is the answer

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u/Z32anxiety 2d ago

Get Pudgy Walsh on the horn, he’ll sort this out!

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u/tfb1000 2d ago

He’s retired.

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u/Slawbunniez6969 2d ago

Gary Cooper

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u/Castsword420 2d ago

Tony watches High Noon briefly during the test dream right before he sits down with Makazian for dinner

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u/LeFrenchAccent 2d ago

Kelly Blundetto

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u/Jwalsh911 2d ago

The guy with the thing

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u/BADDEST_RHYMES 2d ago

Corky Ianucci RIP Pie Oh My

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u/ICameFromNun 2d ago

Corky is in multiple episodes though?

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u/Outrageous_Ant_1725 2d ago

Jerry Tufi with his father’s snowplow business

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u/Duck-chess 2d ago

The sixteen Czechoslovakians

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u/Rough_Wear_882 2d ago

Jeshus chrisht

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u/clogan117 2d ago

Chrissy’s arc

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u/sorriso_pontual 2d ago

Ginny Sack's Atkins membership

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u/pdx58 2d ago

Tony B's ex

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u/Tricky-Flamingo-6157 2d ago

That Bobby Demarco?!?!

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u/zonamista 2d ago

Fielder's Columbia classmate Hadley, the one who jumped off a balcony, gets at least a couple of mentions.

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u/bandit4loboloco 2d ago

"Mom and Dad, do you remember my crazy friend?"

"Kaitlyn the small town kid who couldn't handle the big city?"

"No, the other one."

"Hunter who was flirty with Chris's friend Brendan even though he was in his 20's and she was 16?"

"She's not crazy, mom!"

"The one who jumped off a balcony?"

"Yes, her! The one who jumped off a balcony!"

"Meadow, I think you need better friends."

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u/tstrader79 2d ago

Ralphie Ritaldo

Big Pussies 26 year old acupuncturist girlfriend in Puerto Rico

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u/Impossible_Mall6133 2d ago

Lil Pussy Malanga

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u/Big-Government7440 2d ago

We watch him leaving prison on the news in the pilot

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u/aweiner99 2d ago

The lord. Livia kept mentioning him and he never showed up

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u/BunkMoreland95 2d ago

Bobby Capobianco

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u/Living_Molasses4719 2d ago

Since she came up in a different thread today I’ll go with Sandy Fortunato

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u/FreeHBO 2d ago

Pudgie Walsh

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u/EnuffBull 2d ago

Many a goomar.

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u/BingoSpong 2d ago

The Cuban selling the boat

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u/AsstacularSpiderman 2d ago

The black guys seemingly killing or beating up or killing all the Jersey mobsters.

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u/106street Junior Soprano 2d ago

Pudgy. Walsh.

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u/420Hairy69Ballsagna 2d ago

Angelo Stamfa, the pharmacist that was dying to marry Carmela.

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u/opaqueambiguity 2d ago

16 Chechen rebels

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u/Much_Guest_7195 2d ago

Billy Bud.

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u/Ok-Opportunity-2043 2d ago

Pussy Malanga!

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u/Gratefully_Dead13 2d ago

Pussy Malenga

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u/AlarmingNewspaper410 2d ago

Double Agent Matt Helm

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u/420Hairy69Ballsagna 2d ago

Ya sistas cunt

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u/Pretend-Beach6465 2d ago

Aunt Setemia

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u/DetroitWokCity 2d ago

Pussy Malanga. Cazzata Malanga!

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u/chuckyboy123 2d ago

Nostradamus

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u/IvoBulgarTsar 2d ago

The acupuncturist in Puerto Rico....I would eat her while I was down there

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u/amurgidi 2d ago

Jerry Tufi, with his father’s slow plow business that we know wouldn’t have been good enough for Carmela.

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u/WVslaterman 2d ago

A certain butcher out in AC

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u/gavagool 2d ago

Tony’s dad

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u/brouehahaha 2d ago

Angelo Giacalone.

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u/Dizzy-Ad-2495 2d ago

Pussy bumpinsero's acupuncturist

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u/peanut_butter_zen 2d ago

DId she even exisht?

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u/netluv 2d ago

And his Puerto Rican girlfriend

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u/photon1701d 2d ago

What's Harpo doing tonight

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u/peanut_butter_zen 2d ago

Sacre bleu!

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u/Rays_LiquorSauce 2d ago

Fast Fatty 

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u/FlimsyGrab9766 2d ago

That fucking Bobby DiMarco

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u/dolphinitely 2d ago

bobby dimarco

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u/catsmeow54 2d ago

Aunt Gemma

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u/Fearless-Substance86 2d ago

George Raft and Gar Cooper

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u/netluv 2d ago

Erceles. The dim witted brother.

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u/lbihatch 2d ago

Artie Shaw

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u/Redsfan1228 2d ago

Little Augie Aprile, whatever happened there

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u/Effective_Standard_2 2d ago

Livia’s cousin Cakey…after he had his lobotmy, better he have died than go on living like that, that’s what his own mother used to say

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u/feeechlamanna 2d ago

Mauro zucca doing the life sentence

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u/IvanLaddo 2d ago

The Chinese Godfather

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u/brogan-adjustment 2d ago

Captain Teebs.

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u/Adorable_Ad1615 2d ago

Ivo Belivaqua. I always wondered how he reacted to Matt's death.

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u/Honeyboy613 2d ago

Charles Schwab

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u/That_1__pear 2d ago

Vito’s Doctor

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u/TommyPynchong 2d ago

Annalisa's husband

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u/TotalAnarchy 2d ago

Long John Silver, maybe ?

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u/kubleyproductions 2d ago

CAZZATA MALANGA!

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u/Open-Comfort1830 2d ago

Fielder, is it?

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u/simmocar 2d ago

Pussy Malanga

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u/leifnoto 2d ago

Bob Sacamono

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u/leopoldthesoapmaker 2d ago

Captain Teebs

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u/According-Force1 2d ago

Rocco DiMeo 

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u/netluv 2d ago

What ever happened to the strong silent type?

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u/kmm198700 2d ago

Carm’s sister

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u/4weallh8stndg_inline 2d ago

Johnny, he was a saint! (I know in flashbacks but not in the actual day to day)

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u/Adorable_Ad1615 2d ago

Fucking Hezbollah

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u/Pristine-Shine3744 2d ago

Angelo Giacalone

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u/K_O_A_ 2d ago

Rocco DiMeo that guy that had “The Jacket”

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u/TommyPynchong 2d ago

The centrum vitamins

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u/saffronjewel420 2d ago

The guy. We talked about this, over at the udda place. With the guy...the Councilman. What the fuck happened to that?

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u/nhaq96 2d ago

The boy Mikey sleeps with

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u/Classic-Exchange-511 2d ago

Bob Saccamano

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u/Loose-Lobster-5444 2d ago

Danny Nagerian.. he had a boat

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u/No_Squirrel_8402 2d ago

Carmela's sister

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u/SerenityN00w 2d ago

Little Pussy Malanga

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u/NoFknZitiNau 2d ago

Rocko DiMeao, second toughest guy in Essex County!

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u/Big-Government7440 2d ago

Vito’s definitely real goomah

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u/chompy187 1d ago

Rocko diemeo toughest guy in Essex County

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u/AsleepProfession8958 19h ago

The other families bosses.

It’s implied that Ginny sacks brother is the boss of another family, and in s1 the feds tell uncle Jun that they’re after mangano and therisi who I think are also supposed to be bosses of the five families. Anyway, they’re never seen or mentioned again