It's crazy how *Ralph* had the balls to tell that joke in front of so many witnesses and then acts as if he didn't say it when it gets back to *Johnny*
It's because if Ralph admitted it he could have been killed, thought there's a good chance Carmine would think of the money first there's a chance he would support the hit if he admitted he did.
@@gtalobbyqueue9452 I don't think it was phony, it's like that's his mood, he's happy about something then immedietally goes to his normal hate everything state
I always saw it as a nervous laugh, and the tapping like telling him to calm down. Cause Tony knows the rules and not to talk shit about another mafia guy’s wife, especially in front of many. That was very stupid of Ralph.
Patsy obviously had more qualifications to be the temporary capo then Christopher. But in the end patsy won and Christopher and Tony died. I like to imagine paulie became the new boss and patsy became underboss then Silvio woke from his coma to be Paulie's new consigularie.
Chaos ZT Patsy was the better choice. Also, if Christopher had not been related to Tony he would have been a pillar of the community, so to speak, during season one
John Doe Hence the 'I think I could' part. I'd surely be bored after a while, but I'm a strong man, mate. I think I would be able to resist the need to do something meaningful.
Patsy was a real mobster. Low-key, high earner, sensible, low-maintenance, honest, kept his mouth shut, loyal. Still they bumped Chrissy, you want to know the real beginning of Tony's downfall? This was it. Lack of judgement right here. Bumping Patsy would have kept everyone happy and given Chrissy something to aspire to, kept him honest and straight.
@@Stormertheboy Most criminals are extremely lazy, which is why they are criminals. They don't want to work. Folks like this just use the threat of pulling a trigger to take the fruits of hard work from someone else who actually did the work to create the value that is being stolen. What is easier than pulling a trigger?
The funny thing is it's actually Sil that held resentment for Chrissy getting bumped up to Captain, that's why he intentionally tells Patsy to steal from the construction site behind Chrissy's back a few episodes after this
your right, I’m on this episode now and thinking ahead I remember it being Patsy testing him however it was Sil, not having I’ll will towards Chrissy but to test his leadership knowing he wasn’t ready. He tried to tell Tony, but we know he is hard headed. So he showed him in that way to let Tony know Chrissy wasn’t ready for that level of leadership.
Well its because chris' rise came at his expense. Silvio is the underboss and he's been with Tony since the beginning so if anything happens to Tony he should be one of the best candidates to take his place, and unlike paulie for example, Silvio is generally loyal to Tony as shown when tonys in a coma and he forces him and vito to give carmela money. But none of that matters to Tony, all that matters is that Silvio "isn't blood" and chris is.
@@mappingshaman5280 Nah, to me Silvio is just a logical operator. He senses weakness, yet that weakness is being promoted. Thus, he tests how capable Chris truly is and resents the potential drama that could unfold from giving someone special treatment. I don't think it's anything to do with jealousy or protecting his own position, I think Sil just recognizes the problem Tony's creating and is pulling strings to expose it as one.
@@mappingshaman5280 na silvio becoming a capo would be a bump down, he has no desire for that shit, like we learn he had a shot to become acting boss before tony, but he's just a strategy guy, as Longknife above me says, its not jealousy, it's simply he know's its a nepotism promotion and that other guys would not look on it well creating some tension
The thing is, you should not expect to have to fight for every bean in a family. You take your cut and pass it up. That shit might make you rich but it won't make you trusted or loved. Which is often the difference between a bullet in the back of the head and a holiday home in Miami..
Patsy was irate. He knew he should have been placed in that position. He probably anticipated it really. Didn't help Patsys disappointment with Chris' stupid childish grin either. Patsy was always undermined I felt.
Every dog has his day though. Patsy's sun ends up engaged to Meadow. We didn't get to see the outcome of this, of course. But I imagine it would have opened up lots of opportunities for Patsy.
@@dublinsfaircityYour reply is funnier than the reply of the comment saying that Furio laughing is funnier than the joke itself itself...whatever happened there.
I almost had a no show job. I just had to show up to it. I would show up second shift, the bosses would leave about an hour later, I would go to break, and then leave, and get paid for the night. The other guys would cover for me.
Patsy was a sharp, loyal guy. Obviously, we'll never know but it would be my guess that he probably became consigliere after what happened to Silvio. Also, small point in this scene but it shows how amazing the writing was on all levels. When Silvio names Chris as acting captain, the first to congratulate him is the biggest slime of them all, Ralph, and it seems, at least in part, to be genuine. The obvious thing would be to show Ralph sneering at the success of anyone other than himself. But the writers always made sure to show that these characters were complex and, therefore, surprising and interesting.
Ralph knew Chris was Tony´s protege, his golden boy, Ralph was many things, but he wasnt stupid and he did have some respect for Chris, when speaking to Jackie Jr and Dino he praised him, told them youngns who they should emulate if they wanted to climb the ladder
Ralph was a really strange character. He was a complete psychopath, but he wasn't envious and he seemed genuinely happy when others were doing well and he didn't seem too ambitious to push others down either.
Patsy was brilliant. The way he hits little Paulie like his actual nephew. A reminder for all of us that sometimes we have to let the elders step in and handle business.
The reason he hit him was he gave a number of jobs he wanted. Patsy knew this would not be a negotiation, but an arbitration, so you keep your mouth shut on what you want in case Tony wanted to give Paulie more than 10 jobs.
@@Pass_The_Remote That may be so, but it was Patsy who authorized Paulie to start the negotiation so he should have let him conclude it, but the douche that he is he wanted to wait to see if Ralph would bite first. If he hadn't Patsy could blame it on Paulie, but now that it worked he stepped in so the record (wrongfully) shows that he concluded the deal.
It’s possible Patsy got the last laugh as he might have ended up Boss after Toney got wacked. Probably a better Boss than Toney as well. Dude was sharp and tough. Should have been the underboss under Toney, but Toney didn’t fully trust him because he wacked his twin. Chrissy had potential, but Patsy would have been a better choice. Chrissy might have even learned some things from Patsy, rather then continuing his toxic relationship under Paulie.
@@s..a893 no it doesn’t, it’s just called being fake or being a hater. I’ve known a decent amount of people in life who smiled in someone’s face but actually hated them behind their back it doesn’t take being a psychopath to do that. That word is so overused by people on the internet who aren’t qualified to give such a diagnosis.
In my opinion The problem with Chris was A. He was seemingly always relapsing and when he relapsed he'd go off the rails and B. He always felt like he had something to prove. Even when he was a captain and Tony essentially told him that he was the heir apparent, his mindset never changed. In his head he was always that guy from the first season who was trying to get made
It seems a lot of people think Ralph had no redeeming qualities. That's not true. He was by far the best dressed. He transcended his peers, except for maybe Silvio.
Also, for those who only watch Sopranos clips these days or those who forgot, Ralph shows obvious remorse when he talks to Father Phil, Episode 9, Season 4.
You're missing Christopher's whole 'movie player/writer' phase. The ultimate way is the whole Kevin Finnerty dream which plays off Tony telling Melfi he might be selling furniture on the highway.
***** Thank God they are part of it though. These highly intelligent, sophisticated, well spoken Mobsters are the one's keeping violence off the streets and stability within the Family.
Seriously? I always thought Ralph looked a bit ridiculous. Jonny Sack I agree with. They all dressed good though. Honestly my least favorite is Ralph, and of course a few of those tomato and pepper print shirts Tony would occasionally wear.
You can tell even Sil thought it was bullshit... I was in upper management and when people above me made me announce a bullshit new rule I would always use “ that’s the way certain people want it “
I never saw it that way. I always thought Sil was presenting it like "to anyone who thinks this is bullshit, too bad", and not as if Sil thought it was bullshit himself. I'm really not sure
@@jfontanez1838 dont forget the ''fuck that honor and loyalty'' line from tony to carlo, which made carlo flip. not only this comment but also in the car with tony adn bobby when tony tells carlo he should start suckin cock to bring in money for the family. tony was a terrible boss. only a matter of time before he got whacked, and i think he knew that after his last survival on the attempt on his life. thats why he was so mad all the time.
@@deathrager2404 the last attempt on his life was a feeble minded junior had nothing to do with how he was running the family and the 1st time he was only officially a captain
Thank god none of these guys are involved in crime, the ones who think Ralph the hardcore murdering greedy gangster who gives Chris a death stare right in front of the camera when Chris looks away, is genuinely happy because he 'gets along ' with Christopher. Christopher who would later dismember his corpse, then himself get murdered by Tony who he also 'Got along with'. These guys don't get along you dopey fucks they spend every second thinking about the best way to fucking kill eachother and climb the corpses to the top.
0:07 - The turning point of the whole series. It was hardly noticeable at the time. Who knew it would end up laying the groundwork for all out war between NY and NJ. However, this was a touchy subject and Toney’s crew had a habit of making fun of Jenny’s weight behind Johnnies back. They didn’t really do it maliciously as it wasn’t aimed at Johnnie. Just something they joked about, but they didn’t understand how dangerous the joke was considering Johnnie was willing to wack a Jersey crew member over. Anybody else it would have blown over.
If Chrissy passed on the job to Patsy as a sign of respect and acknowledgment but also let him know he’s not soft, he would have the respect of all the crews and maybe just maybe would have been considered future boss material.
For all of Tony's shrewdness in other areas of the "business" he demonstrated a poor ability to appoint effective or capable leaders. He passed over Patsy for Chris, who turned into a drug-addled liability. He gave Gigi a Captaincy. Gigi, though no fault of his own, was undermined by Ralphie and his crew and the stress killed him. He painted himself into a corner and had to give Ralph a Captaincy. We know how that ended. Bad job all the way around.
Tony’s ego. He really didn’t like the idea of having competent capos. He was so insecure that he surrounded himself with subordinates, not proper leaders who can carry things out on their own. Ralph and Richie may have been bad guys but they were also mature enough to not need Tony’s input and that’s why both of them gave him so much anxiety.
Great analysis. One of the subtle and great things about The Sopranos is that Tony is not a great mobster, not even all that good really. Certainly he's not a great leader. After the old Capone movies, The Godfather, Goodfellas, etc. we were so used to seeing mobsters that were great, or at least did something noteworthy, that we expected that is what we were seeing in Tony, but that's not really what The Sopranos is about. Makes the show even more interesting, imo.
@@sc1cash Sure, none of them was a saint to say the least. But among this whole Pygmy-thing from New-Jersey he's only one who kinda resembles an actual mafioso type (movie type, of course. IDK about real mobsters).
Look at Sil @ 2:05. Looks at patsy then LP then looks down and knows that this is bad decision to make chrissy a capo. That pause and all too. its was a terrible move.
thats also why sil backed patsy up on the tiles stuff. silvio never agreed with anything tony did for christopher, and sil def put chris in check multiple times.
In retrospect it bothers me tony was such a control freak , killing Ralph , killing Christopher , sending feech back to prison ...they could have used those guys in the war against New York
Ralph is disloyal, impulsive and only cares for earning, would be a terrible wartime capo, though admittedly a good earner if it wasn't war. Tony predicted Feech would eventually move against him as he resented being away for so long and couldn't take orders from someone his junior, so a big risk to keep around. The perennial heroin and alcohol addict Chris was actually the only one worth keeping around because he was at least 100% loyal, though unreliable.
He ended up giving more jobs anyways. Eugene, Patsy, Benny, Phil, Vito, Little Paulie, and a couple of others ended up getting no work jobs. Even Fin ended up with a no work job towards the end.
He ended up giving more jobs anyways. Eugene, Patsy, Benny, Phil, Vito, Little Paulie, and a couple of others ended up getting no work jobs. Even Fin ended up with a no work job towards the end.
I've just realised that Bobby's comment was a nod to Rocky Horror Picture Show. ("I can make you a man" has the line "A weakling weighting at 98 pounds/Will get sand in his face/When kicked to the ground"). Brilliant!
No ill-will? Little Paulie ran back to Youngstown to tell Uncle Paulie about the Ginny Sack joke...and Ralph would live to regret not dishing out those 10 jobs that Uncle Paulie wanted...
2:09 Chrissy chopped that hand off and it’s not because he didn’t like Ralph “Remember my friend Ralph Cifarreto?”that little interaction right there really show how deep the mafia is you really gotta put in work when told Chris was zooted on H still had to pull up when Tony call and chop his friend Ralph up they wasn’t close but you can see Ralph is not a hater like Paulie & really was happy for Chris if Paulie was there it would’ve been a 3 sec clip of him frowning 🤚
Yes I agree, Chris had it all, tipped for the top and mentored by the boss so early yet he just could'nt stay away from the distractions the lifestyle brought, a lesson in morals and work ethic I guess.
I love how the whole Ralph almost getting whacked arc started because of a Harry Potter reference
🤣
@Thomas Fiese haha I never thought about that 👍
It actually started with the "Poke-man" quip.
Wait what the reference?
No, he definitely said "Harry Podder" which I assume is the New Jersey bootleg version.
Sil's the very image of calm negotiation until someone starts sweeping the cheese out from under his feet
Are you talking about yours Sisters cheese?
He can be one sick fuck when he’s gamblin’
Silvio is literally the worst actor cringy asfff
But he said it himself he loves cheese at his feet
IM LOSIN MY BAAAAALLLLLLLLLLS OVAH HEAH
It's crazy how *Ralph* had the balls to tell that joke in front of so many witnesses and then acts as if he didn't say it when it gets back to *Johnny*
Cause he said it with Family i suppose.
There's so many changes for someone to rat him out to save their own ass.
It's because if Ralph admitted it he could have been killed, thought there's a good chance Carmine would think of the money first there's a chance he would support the hit if he admitted he did.
@@brennanc4321 again with. The money?
Let's agree that Ralph has more balls than brains. My opinion of him as a comedian just plummeted.
Ralph being genuinely happy for Chris always caught me off guard lol
chris was no threat to him he was the biggest earner in the family and chrissie was gettin a bump for a few months
He wasn't happy for him. Look at how fast his face changes after Chris stops looking at him. Instantly.
@@gtalobbyqueue9452 nice catch
@@gtalobbyqueue9452 I don't think it was phony, it's like that's his mood, he's happy about something then immedietally goes to his normal hate everything state
I think he was mostly happy about Patsy being passed over. Since he was giving him a hard time about the no show jobs.
Just realized, Tony not only laughed at Ralph's Joke, but he actually tap his shoulder in a one an only moment of approval, lmfao XD
Even funnier is the first one to ever make a fat joke about Ginny in the show was Paulie himself. Hilarious.
@@yuliangeorgiev I noticed that too ! Lmfaoooo
I always saw it as a nervous laugh, and the tapping like telling him to calm down.
Cause Tony knows the rules and not to talk shit about another mafia guy’s wife, especially in front of many.
That was very stupid of Ralph.
@@josecarranza7555 plus he said 'hey thats his wife'
Well now, that...that’s deplorable.
0:07 The most infamous joke in Jersey history...
what about when johnny was 2 seconds late when he walked i on the at the bing talking shit about his wife
It´s an off coloured remark!
john doe What's next? He can fuck her for a million?!
Ralph slept with Ginny?
There are millions of dollars at stake.
Good to see Chris got a promotion. You know what this means -- more soft drinks of choice!
FUNNY
OOHH!
I dont wanna seem like an assholw but i cant be seen in a place like this no more
Acting capo may even mean a slice of pizza with toppings!
Lol
Patsy 'Go ahead talk'
Also Patsy 'I'm talking here' ..
the humor of the Sopranos is at next level.
Little Paulie wasn't a made guy so he could only speak when told to
Little Paulie showed all his cards while negotiating also wasn’t a made guy to make demands like that.
2:14 You can see Pasty‘s face that he was expecting to be captain 😂😂
Yup Tony showed to much favoritism towards his family
Patsy obviously had more qualifications to be the temporary capo then Christopher. But in the end patsy won and Christopher and Tony died. I like to imagine paulie became the new boss and patsy became underboss then Silvio woke from his coma to be Paulie's new consigularie.
Will have to use that line "C'mon what's the real number?" next time I'm negotiating a pay rise at work.
Midgar2310 lol so have you had a chance to use? I would love to hear how it turned out
hahah, hell yeah
+
Midgar2310 Am I speaking in tongues here? 25 cents! Maybe we can do 50 cents.
"Dont gib me dat freakin gabagool numbah, gimme da real wan!"
@Charlie Gonzalez It's called a pay rise. Or just a raise.
"For the record, I had my guy go over the books." If you ever hear these words you are about to get your ass low-balled.
Much as I liked Chris, Patsy completely got ripped off here.
Chaos ZT Patsy was the better choice. Also, if Christopher had not been related to Tony he would have been a pillar of the community, so to speak, during season one
If he weren't related to Tony, no way he would have been a made man by now.
Philly's murder may also play some part in Tony passing him over.
For real, just a minute earlier Patsy was negotiating on behalf of Paulie’s crew for the no show jobs.
Aivottaja why do you think that? Wouldn’t he want to keep Patsy happy, considering?
When Ralph's arm came into scene to pat Chris, it's weird that Chris would later be dismembering and disposing of that arm.
Look at the big grin Ralph has for Chris, I guess degenerate junkies like to stick together.
jakep1979 Ralph was a junkie? I don't remember that.
***** He even admitted it to Johnny that he was doing alot of coke at the time he bashed that girl's head.
jakep1979 Oh, right. I thought by junkie you meant heroin addict. I didn't know you were extending the term to all drug users.
as if doing coke makes you better then heroin, they both have their destructive ways.
I love how Ralph says "speaking of 98 pounds..." and then says the mole is 95 pounds. 😂
3 pounds of hair on it.
@@Yakushiioh come on.
@@Yakushiiif we’re lucky
The mole problably took a shit and lost 2 pounds.
@@Yakushiithat’s some guys wife
I wish I had a "no-show job"
Eddie Mush Fuck, I think I could even settle for a 'no-work'
Simkim i just want a job
Simkim You'll be sitting there, might as well do something instead of wasting your time.
"No-show" job or a real job for me. "No-work"? Nah.
John Doe
Hence the 'I think I could' part. I'd surely be bored after a while, but I'm a strong man, mate. I think I would be able to resist the need to do something meaningful.
+Eddie Mush Vito has jobs he would like to give
"And we trust there will be no ill will."
Translation: We know you don't like it Patsy, but tough shit.
at least sil backed patsy up. respected the living shit outta sil for that.
Pasty has always been an outsider to the Soprano crew!!
Patsy (thinking): I think I'll go piss in Tony's pool again!
@@ricoinsane1930 only cause of his brother
This show would never have made it to a second season without ill will amongst friends of ours.
2:10 watch Ralphs smile completely fade when Chris isn't looking. Man I've watched this scene dozens of times and have never noticed that.
Oh shit, you’re right. 😮
Ohhhhh shhhhhhit. Eagle eye!
Kanye type smile
I believe that's because Ralph realized the way Patsy was looking at him at this moment.
Wow. Sharp eyes. Never noticed
"One no-show job goes to your twin brother, whatever happened there..."
WHATEVER HAPPENED THERE?!
Ill tell you what fucking happend!
the shooting. god rest his soul.
There YOU go
MAh? Jesus Christ.
Patsy was a real mobster. Low-key, high earner, sensible, low-maintenance, honest, kept his mouth shut, loyal. Still they bumped Chrissy, you want to know the real beginning of Tony's downfall? This was it. Lack of judgement right here. Bumping Patsy would have kept everyone happy and given Chrissy something to aspire to, kept him honest and straight.
You realize you are talking about murderers and thieves here, right?
@@JK-vc7ie The government is honestly not much better.
@@JK-vc7ie Discipline and hard work is consequential for everything even for breaking the law 😂
@@Stormertheboy Most criminals are extremely lazy, which is why they are criminals. They don't want to work. Folks like this just use the threat of pulling a trigger to take the fruits of hard work from someone else who actually did the work to create the value that is being stolen. What is easier than pulling a trigger?
@@dickriggles942 Exactly, that's why you never vote for a Democrat Democrats want more government. Not less.
0:40 go on tell him
1:19 IM TALKIN HEYA
because Little Paulie was there as a story teller, not as a negotiator
I was confused 🤷♂️, not gonna
lie 😆
Thank you for your service
The funny thing is it's actually Sil that held resentment for Chrissy getting bumped up to Captain, that's why he intentionally tells Patsy to steal from the construction site behind Chrissy's back a few episodes after this
your right, I’m on this episode now and thinking ahead I remember it being Patsy testing him however it was Sil, not having I’ll will towards Chrissy but to test his leadership knowing he wasn’t ready.
He tried to tell Tony, but we know he is hard headed. So he showed him in that way to let Tony know Chrissy wasn’t ready for that level of leadership.
Patsy and Silvio agree to steal floor tiles is the title of the video
Well its because chris' rise came at his expense. Silvio is the underboss and he's been with Tony since the beginning so if anything happens to Tony he should be one of the best candidates to take his place, and unlike paulie for example, Silvio is generally loyal to Tony as shown when tonys in a coma and he forces him and vito to give carmela money. But none of that matters to Tony, all that matters is that Silvio "isn't blood" and chris is.
@@mappingshaman5280 Nah, to me Silvio is just a logical operator. He senses weakness, yet that weakness is being promoted. Thus, he tests how capable Chris truly is and resents the potential drama that could unfold from giving someone special treatment. I don't think it's anything to do with jealousy or protecting his own position, I think Sil just recognizes the problem Tony's creating and is pulling strings to expose it as one.
@@mappingshaman5280 na silvio becoming a capo would be a bump down, he has no desire for that shit, like we learn he had a shot to become acting boss before tony, but he's just a strategy guy, as Longknife above me says, its not jealousy, it's simply he know's its a nepotism promotion and that other guys would not look on it well creating some tension
First thing im doing is getting wings in my hair like Paulie
Hahah! I forgot about that!
talk you later
@sneksnekitsasnek Oooooohhhhhhhh!!!!!!! You better watch how you're being fucking perceived!
I wonder if he has to let that dry in between coats?
@james blackburn .. I'm afraid to ask what the second thing is.
Ralph was more creative than Spielberg with the accounting..
Y me know if you need any more
The thing is, you should not expect to have to fight for every bean in a family. You take your cut and pass it up. That shit might make you rich but it won't make you trusted or loved. Which is often the difference between a bullet in the back of the head and a holiday home in Miami..
One of my favorites lines😂
Patsy was irate. He knew he should have been placed in that position. He probably anticipated it really. Didn't help Patsys disappointment with Chris' stupid childish grin either. Patsy was always undermined I felt.
Not to mention they whacked his twin brother...patsy had it rough yo.
Daniel Cundiff well he did piss in the boss's pool.
jakep1979 nobody knows that except the fbi
Patsy is a pimp, he never could have out fought Chrissy, until this day I didn't know it was Silvio all along...........
Every dog has his day though. Patsy's sun ends up engaged to Meadow. We didn't get to see the outcome of this, of course. But I imagine it would have opened up lots of opportunities for Patsy.
Love how Sil stares right at Patsy at 2:04 before he says it's Chrissy. Cold blooded
"It is so decreed." -Ralphie Cifaretto. You can tell he likes historical movies.
..gladiator fixation...
@@mikef6063 Radiator fixation..oh sorry that's Phil
@@me6271 that time he got his head blown up after a car rolled over it? Heh.. he was a funny pr*ck that Phil
He hated Gladiator.
That joke changed everything,Johnny Sack was the bridge between Tony and New York and that burned it into the ground.
Furio laughing at the joke is funnier than the joke itself.
This comment is funnier than Furio laughing at the joke itself.
@@captaindowntown7851Your reply is funnier than Furio laughing at the joke himself.
@@dublinsfaircityYour reply is funnier than the reply of the comment saying that Furio laughing is funnier than the joke itself itself...whatever happened there.
Paulie got a "no show" job, and Chrissie got a "nose show" job.
i see what you did there.
snorefest
+SmilingSynic It's like a natural canopy lol.
"you noticed he's the only muthafucca who can smoke a cigarette with his hands behind his back."
You can't make that up!
I have a no-show job. The problem is my paychecks are also no-show.
Thats funny shit!
I almost had a no show job. I just had to show up to it. I would show up second shift, the bosses would leave about an hour later, I would go to break, and then leave, and get paid for the night. The other guys would cover for me.
It's like, "I didn't actually lose my job. I know exactly where it is. Except when I go to where my job is, they got this other guy doing it now."
Imagine being a construction worker, coming in to work every morning and these absolute layabouts are there.
always wondered about that.
Patsy: "am the older guy sil and i got stepped over"
Sil: "its what tony wanted"
Patsy: "IT AINT WHAT I WANTED"
LOL
Rafael Diaz IN AINT THE WAY I WANTED IT
IM SMART
NOT LIKE EVERYBODY SAYS
@@surom123 LIKE DUMB IM SMART AND I WANT RESPECT
Patsy, why don’t you go pick up my friend at the airport?
Patsy, why don't you go run some mickey mouse nightclub.
Patsy was a sharp, loyal guy. Obviously, we'll never know but it would be my guess that he probably became consigliere after what happened to Silvio.
Also, small point in this scene but it shows how amazing the writing was on all levels. When Silvio names Chris as acting captain, the first to congratulate him is the biggest slime of them all, Ralph, and it seems, at least in part, to be genuine. The obvious thing would be to show Ralph sneering at the success of anyone other than himself. But the writers always made sure to show that these characters were complex and, therefore, surprising and interesting.
Ralph and Chris actually got along pretty well. They had fewer conflicts with each other than with Tony and Paulie.
+The Super Star Good point.
Ralph knew Chris was Tony´s protege, his golden boy,
Ralph was many things, but he wasnt stupid and he did have some respect for Chris, when speaking to Jackie Jr and Dino he praised him, told them youngns who they should emulate if they wanted to climb the ladder
As a true sociopath, Ralph knew how to play the game.
Ralph was a really strange character. He was a complete psychopath, but he wasn't envious and he seemed genuinely happy when others were doing well and he didn't seem too ambitious to push others down either.
Ralphie, "you know the funny thing about that Tone, i don't remember saying anything about Ginny."
"Always playing that blood relation card, Tony's little cousin"!
Kanguesso Kang tonys little favorite
“Fuck you !” 😡🖕
Sil: We trust there will be no ill will
Patsy: *Hea's some standahd operating procedja*
It won't be cinematic 😀
I love seeing Little Paulie get hit all the time. Patsy smacking him, "I'm talking here" 😂😂😂
I swear Little Paulie took more beatings over the course of that show than anyone....think about it
@@pauliegualtieri4314 I know. He can't catch a break. It's hilarious 😂
@@pauliegualtieri4314 beansie
I knew that was coming!
Patsy was brilliant. The way he hits little Paulie like his actual nephew. A reminder for all of us that sometimes we have to let the elders step in and handle business.
The reason he hit him was he gave a number of jobs he wanted. Patsy knew this would not be a negotiation, but an arbitration, so you keep your mouth shut on what you want in case Tony wanted to give Paulie more than 10 jobs.
@@Pass_The_Remote That may be so, but it was Patsy who authorized Paulie to start the negotiation so he should have let him conclude it, but the douche that he is he wanted to wait to see if Ralph would bite first. If he hadn't Patsy could blame it on Paulie, but now that it worked he stepped in so the record (wrongfully) shows that he concluded the deal.
Ralphie got a pat on the back from Tony for that joke.
It’s possible Patsy got the last laugh as he might have ended up Boss after Toney got wacked. Probably a better Boss than Toney as well. Dude was sharp and tough. Should have been the underboss under Toney, but Toney didn’t fully trust him because he wacked his twin. Chrissy had potential, but Patsy would have been a better choice. Chrissy might have even learned some things from Patsy, rather then continuing his toxic relationship under Paulie.
That’s true. He would have been a good underboss. Tony as boss, and sil stayed consigliere. Honestly patsy may have ordered the hit
Lol boss of what family? There was practically nobody left after Tony and NY got thru with the family
They probably all went to prison because of Carlo.
@@serendipitousslim1529 barese crew was still active
And low and behold there was some ill-will.
I'm talkin heeeeere!
tra789 Wenger out
AZK91 Emery in!
@@MB-fo2sk Illegals out.
Ralph is an absolute psychopath. Look at him go from grinning when Chris is looking at him to showing his real emotion when Chrissy looks away. 2:10
Jesus Christ I cant unsee this now its terrifying when you look at it in a different light.
you must be new to corporate merica !
It doesn’t take being a psychopath to smile in someone’s face and then frown behind their back.
@@southsidesaiyan8641 it kinda does
@@s..a893 no it doesn’t, it’s just called being fake or being a hater. I’ve known a decent amount of people in life who smiled in someone’s face but actually hated them behind their back it doesn’t take being a psychopath to do that. That word is so overused by people on the internet who aren’t qualified to give such a diagnosis.
2:11 Ralph smiles and then suddenly glares at Christopher
flyingboat well spotted
Jesus God... I'm dying
Ralph being 'genuinely happy for Christopher' according to some comments lol
@@geedee1264 it was the fucking cocaine
Man, imagine Ralph had Chrissy's nose.
The amount of coke tho..
Patsy was always smart. He should've been capo.
0:17 Furio laughing wildly at the joke
Also Furio, Season 3 - “ I like a woman, you can grab onto something”
Ginny was rubinesque
You grab onto Ginny, your hands will disappear
We don't have these fat jokes, they don't translate.
@@alainportant6412 Yeah, whoever heard of a fat italian
Furio loved that one
That joke translate well
jbot91 stupida fakin no show jobaa
In my opinion The problem with Chris was A. He was seemingly always relapsing and when he relapsed he'd go off the rails and B. He always felt like he had something to prove. Even when he was a captain and Tony essentially told him that he was the heir apparent, his mindset never changed. In his head he was always that guy from the first season who was trying to get made
Interesting point. Based on what you said, he had it all set up but yah he had to be the cocky edgy one.
C. That wasn't my kid she was carrying.
That Christopher Moltisanti’s a loose cannon.
It seems a lot of people think Ralph had no redeeming qualities. That's not true. He was by far the best dressed. He transcended his peers, except for maybe Silvio.
Also, for those who only watch Sopranos clips these days or those who forgot, Ralph shows obvious remorse when he talks to Father Phil, Episode 9, Season 4.
You're missing Christopher's whole 'movie player/writer' phase. The ultimate way is the whole Kevin Finnerty dream which plays off Tony telling Melfi he might be selling furniture on the highway.
***** Thank God they are part of it though. These highly intelligent, sophisticated, well spoken Mobsters are the one's keeping violence off the streets and stability within the Family.
his clothing style was impecable, same as johny sack....true style and elegant...really
Seriously? I always thought Ralph looked a bit ridiculous. Jonny Sack I agree with. They all dressed good though. Honestly my least favorite is Ralph, and of course a few of those tomato and pepper print shirts Tony would occasionally wear.
You can tell even Sil thought it was bullshit... I was in upper management and when people above me made me announce a bullshit new rule I would always use “ that’s the way certain people want it “
I never saw it that way. I always thought Sil was presenting it like "to anyone who thinks this is bullshit, too bad", and not as if Sil thought it was bullshit himself. I'm really not sure
"My uncles looking for at least 10" - yea ofcourse paulie would go head over heels for his demands
"these 10 no shows, they belong to my ma."
@@SiccDeville heh heh
Patsi was plannin tonys hit right from there
MrRav1247 absolutely right my friend tony completely fucked him over first he kills his brother now gets passed over smh tony made a bad call
@@jfontanez1838 dont forget the ''fuck that honor and loyalty'' line from tony to carlo, which made carlo flip. not only this comment but also in the car with tony adn bobby when tony tells carlo he should start suckin cock to bring in money for the family.
tony was a terrible boss. only a matter of time before he got whacked, and i think he knew that after his last survival on the attempt on his life. thats why he was so mad all the time.
@@deathrager2404 the last attempt on his life was a feeble minded junior had nothing to do with how he was running the family and the 1st time he was only officially a captain
Believe it or not, one of the most gangsta characters on the show was Patsy. I would have loved to have seen him more in the action and a bigger role.
That fake smile Ralphie gives chrissy at the end lol this show was good.
+Suicide_King it wasnt a fake smile......... chrissy and ralphie got along pretty well
You know they are sociopath psychos right? Constant competition and they would kill each other in a second if it meant they could get ahead.
might not have been entirely fake but that smile sure did melt very quickly the moment chris looked away
I think he was just kissing ass lol
Thank god none of these guys are involved in crime, the ones who think Ralph the hardcore murdering greedy gangster who gives Chris a death stare right in front of the camera when Chris looks away, is genuinely happy because he 'gets along ' with Christopher. Christopher who would later dismember his corpse, then himself get murdered by Tony who he also 'Got along with'. These guys don't get along you dopey fucks they spend every second thinking about the best way to fucking kill eachother and climb the corpses to the top.
Wasn’t Ralphie “cypher” in the matrix movie?
Joe Pantoliano. He’s also in Bad Boys and other movies.
0:07 - The turning point of the whole series. It was hardly noticeable at the time. Who knew it would end up laying the groundwork for all out war between NY and NJ. However, this was a touchy subject and Toney’s crew had a habit of making fun of Jenny’s weight behind Johnnies back. They didn’t really do it maliciously as it wasn’t aimed at Johnnie. Just something they joked about, but they didn’t understand how dangerous the joke was considering Johnnie was willing to wack a Jersey crew member over. Anybody else it would have blown over.
Tony "hey! that's somebody's wife!"
Goes from two to five jobs in just 15 seconds. Ralph was an honest and straight shooting businessman who always placed the family first.
Got respect Silvio for not laughing at Ralph’s joke. He KNEW this gonna be serious
Why bother letting them speak if the decision has already been made 😄
This is one of the few times Ralph and Christopher interact I mean I barely see them talk in the series
"Well if he did say it I didn't hear it, because he knows better than to say that remark when I'm around."
-Hypocrite Tony Soprano
90% of the words out of Tony's mouth were bullshit, the reason he was rich and powerful was he could get people to believe him.
*"When Ginny hauls ass she gotta make two trips".*
hippo soprano
That's not hypocrisy, that's just lying.
It's about the cards at hand
If Chrissy passed on the job to Patsy as a sign of respect and acknowledgment but also let him know he’s not soft, he would have the respect of all the crews and maybe just maybe would have been considered future boss material.
Patsy: "Go on, tell em..."
Patsy 10 seconds later: "I'm talking heeeya!"
Ralf sure is lucky no one told Johnny about that joke.
also he wouldn't of dared to say it with Tony in the room, he knows better then that.
Paulie told Johnny about the joke actualy, and Tony was there when Ralphie told it. Tony was sitting just next to him infact.
@@Lament-qm8ig lmfao, wooosh!
@@Lament-qm8ig actually it was 2 black guys who told johnny about the joke, and at the end of this season ralfy enters the witness protection program.
@@Lament-qm8ig what's wrong with you
@ I was only trying to be helpful. I don't like wrong facts, but I'm sorry if you are offended by that. That was not my intention at all.
Patsy had Tony killed
For all of Tony's shrewdness in other areas of the "business" he demonstrated a poor ability to appoint effective or capable leaders. He passed over Patsy for Chris, who turned into a drug-addled liability. He gave Gigi a Captaincy. Gigi, though no fault of his own, was undermined by Ralphie and his crew and the stress killed him. He painted himself into a corner and had to give Ralph a Captaincy. We know how that ended. Bad job all the way around.
Tony’s ego. He really didn’t like the idea of having competent capos. He was so insecure that he surrounded himself with subordinates, not proper leaders who can carry things out on their own. Ralph and Richie may have been bad guys but they were also mature enough to not need Tony’s input and that’s why both of them gave him so much anxiety.
Great analysis. One of the subtle and great things about The Sopranos is that Tony is not a great mobster, not even all that good really. Certainly he's not a great leader. After the old Capone movies, The Godfather, Goodfellas, etc. we were so used to seeing mobsters that were great, or at least did something noteworthy, that we expected that is what we were seeing in Tony, but that's not really what The Sopranos is about. Makes the show even more interesting, imo.
I watch ONE video and next thing i know, I'm basically watching the whole show on UA-cam! LOL!
..' ..Jersey is a small state, if Ginny moves in..she could flip it over...'😂
Two guys could fuck who?!
1:27 I don’t think Ralph gives a shit about Paulies happiness
Pat Should Had The Crew😤
Notice Ralph's eye twitch when Patsy asked if he wanted too keep him happy! Hilarious!
Ralphie's eye flutter @1:26
Never noticed until now - Sil wasn't laughing at the mole joke. He probably was the only person there (well, one of very few), who wasn't laughing.
Doesn’t mean anything though-Sil’s up to his neck with hookers, according to Chrissy🤣
@@sc1cash Sure, none of them was a saint to say the least. But among this whole Pygmy-thing from New-Jersey he's only one who kinda resembles an actual mafioso type (movie type, of course. IDK about real mobsters).
Ralph looks legitimately happy for chris idk why ive always found that intresting
Little paulis a nobody rankwise ...he talks out of turn so patsy cuts him off. The rank is never forgotten
Look at Sil @ 2:05. Looks at patsy then LP then looks down and knows that this is bad decision to make chrissy a capo. That pause and all too. its was a terrible move.
ucfkid67 True...he knew deep down it should have been Patsy.
thats also why sil backed patsy up on the tiles stuff. silvio never agreed with anything tony did for christopher, and sil def put chris in check multiple times.
Death Rager your right i just thought of that sil did back patsy with the job too fuck chris over i think sil didnt like chris either
I love the X Factor pause he does when announcing it though.
Notice how Tony sits right next to Ralph and LOL's at his joke, and then afterwards acts surprised when Jimmy Sac asks about it.
Because in his mind it was a case of "Who the FUCK had the balls to pass this shit on to him?"
Keep in mind that after hearing the Ginny joke, Tony patted Ralphie on the back.
there was alotta wine that night.
He was doing alot of coke too
Well that’s uhhh... that’s deplorable.... who told you this???
In retrospect it bothers me tony was such a control freak , killing Ralph , killing Christopher , sending feech back to prison ...they could have used those guys in the war against New York
Ralph is disloyal, impulsive and only cares for earning, would be a terrible wartime capo, though admittedly a good earner if it wasn't war. Tony predicted Feech would eventually move against him as he resented being away for so long and couldn't take orders from someone his junior, so a big risk to keep around. The perennial heroin and alcohol addict Chris was actually the only one worth keeping around because he was at least 100% loyal, though unreliable.
I love the way Sil gave Ralph the floor to talk numbers when it had already been set in stone what he was going to have to give up
He ended up giving more jobs anyways. Eugene, Patsy, Benny, Phil, Vito, Little Paulie, and a couple of others ended up getting no work jobs. Even Fin ended up with a no work job towards the end.
He ended up giving more jobs anyways. Eugene, Patsy, Benny, Phil, Vito, Little Paulie, and a couple of others ended up getting no work jobs. Even Fin ended up with a no work job towards the end.
Chris was one of my favorite characters
I've just realised that Bobby's comment was a nod to Rocky Horror Picture Show. ("I can make you a man" has the line "A weakling weighting at 98 pounds/Will get sand in his face/When kicked to the ground"). Brilliant!
Whenever tony leaves he just goes home and go to bed.
Chris was no Capo
You would need 2 no-show jobs for Ginny Sack.
what she needs is her own zipcode
She walks into the Esplanade, she could tip it ova
No ill-will? Little Paulie ran back to Youngstown to tell Uncle Paulie about the Ginny Sack joke...and Ralph would live to regret not dishing out those 10 jobs that Uncle Paulie wanted...
Sil sounds like he went to the Tony Soprano School of Dramatic Breathing in this scene
2:09 Chrissy chopped that hand off and it’s not because he didn’t like Ralph “Remember my friend Ralph Cifarreto?”that little interaction right there really show how deep the mafia is you really gotta put in work when told Chris was zooted on H still had to pull up when Tony call and chop his friend Ralph up they wasn’t close but you can see Ralph is not a hater like Paulie & really was happy for Chris if Paulie was there it would’ve been a 3 sec clip of him frowning 🤚
He told him to say it then slapped his chest and said "I'm talking here"
Yes I agree, Chris had it all, tipped for the top and mentored by the boss so early yet he just could'nt stay away from the distractions the lifestyle brought, a lesson in morals and work ethic I guess.
Boy, that Ralph fellow's a riot! It's always nice to enjoy a good joke; it brings people together.
As if Patsy didn't have enough anger towards Tony.
I’ll tel you what a goldmine is, those Shineboxes!
The way I saw it, Ralph congratulated Chris as a sneer to Patsy, who demanded no show jobs from him which he didnt want to give much.
I wish they did more with the guy who went over Ralph's books. He was my favorite character on the show.
I’d love to have a no-show and no-work job and be able to afford expensive Italian dinners
Join the Mob then
The furio always needs to make a cappuccino
Christopher was Tony's biggest weakness and problem
That mole joke lingered throughout the whole series.
Twas a big mole...