Why Do The Sopranos Fans HATE Joseph Gannascoli?
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- Joseph R Gannascoli played Vito Spatafore on The Sopranos - a supporting character who was a mobster in Tony Soprano's crew. There have been some strange stories online regarding Gannascoli. Apparently he has a beef with the rest of The Sopranos cast and fans have had bad encounters with him. Let's investigate.
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you know CineRanter, real upstanding come from behind typa guy
Got to be honest, sounds like you're a homophobe. Don't let your religion get the best of you, you still have you're own mind.
Cineranter was going to upload 1 big vito video. He comprimised and made it multiple videos instead
Vito's dreams melted like thinly sliced garlic in oil
Change your smoke alarm batteries
Him scamming out Sopranos Tour Bus tourists is pure top-earner energy.
Top earner energy 😂🤣💀
Not even Ralph with a 100 kids in the ICU could outearn THE Construction Tycoon!
He was a top earner, but proved to be a bottom receiver in the end.
😂😂😂 👏
He tried to sell me poppers he got from AJ
If Joseph Gannascoli wanted to pursue that lifestyle, he should have done so quietly
He did, didn't he ?
@@paulie-Gualtieri. it was just a joke tho.
@@thedude2916it's what sil says to Tony in reply to the lifestyle comment lol
He was gay, Joseph Gannascoli?
He did, then he put it in drive.
I dislike him because he is not upfront but rather a come from behind kind of guy
Yeah that's what Vito did.
I could care less...basically
i always get caught by these
@@TheOblake2yeah… I don’t know. He can’t be a part of our social club anymore. That much I do know
@@Jwhitspecialty Social club? He's gotta go.
hoo! he’s a fuckin’ captain now! you don’t talk to him like that!
fuckin parade float 🥪
Captain of a good ship lollipop
His brasciole wasn't even long enough to get to Adrianna.
It's alright, Chrissy threw a sandwich at him. An acceptable apology.
It’s not “hoo” what are you an owl?
It’s *”OHH!”*
I hated him like a brother in law
😂😂😂😂😂
That "BEWARE OF JOE GANNASCOLI" warning from the Sopranos Tour Bus review almost makes it sound like it could be a haunted hayride.
Cleaver: The Ride
Sorry, but you can only ride The Ass Muncher if you've got a fireman's mustache.
@@shaggysnax01 you gotta wait for dat
LOL
@@shaggysnax01 you oughta know sweetie
Joseph Gannascoli? Captain of the good ship lollipop?
He’s a come from behind kind of guy, very allegorical
You oughta know sweetie
Fuckin parade float....
And greaser of the union guys
Vito spatafore is an aysssmuncher😂
Vito is just an amazing method actor. Still in his role after all these years.
It's a fucking joke!
Lol :D
He was here!
LOLOL You win the internet today sir
Ha
"He was gay, Joseph Gannascoli?"
Noo! Are you listening to me?
you oughta know sweetie
He ain't welcome in our social club no more, that's for sure
He ain't welcome in our social club no more, that's for sure
He's a married, WITH A GOOMAH!
Spotted him in New York one time, hanging out in a gay bar. He was dressed up like one of the village people, told me it was all just a joke. But seemed like a cool dude and good dancer.
you leaving out the best part
DemonicRobots?...what tha fuck are you doin!?
VITO???? THE FUCK YOU DOIN'?
I worked on an independent film project with him and he was very generous with his time and was very budget friendly. All of my experiences with him have been great. The Joseph I know is a good guy.
Yeah, this is the first I'm hearing of this. In every interview I've ever seen of him, he seems like a nice guy. I also can't fault a person for trying to milk as much as possible out of their most well-known role.
He’s nice as long as he’s getting paid
@@IshbikesTurns out people don’t like to work for free
In this house Joseph Gannascoli is a hero, end of story!
Joey was a saint.
His problem is that people only remember him as Gino and not Vito duh.
@SportsLegalAnalysisFL Agreed. Jokes aside, I think this actor is super talented, but that was just such a weird thing. Like they couldn't find any other talented actors to play the role of Vito?
Historically James Gandolfini always said Gannascoli was nothing more than a glorified extra. Plain and simple.
That’s harsh coming from a guy who didn’t have the makings of a varsity athlete.
Sunday night while filming the Sopranos James left a box of Mallomars next to Gannascoli to film his scene & upon returning it was f@cking empty! You don't think James knew it was him?!!
considering how pleasant gandolfini has been said to have been, that is definitely a jab and a half.
If Gandolfini did say that, he was wrong.
I once met Gannascoli while vacationing in New Hampshire. I had lost my phone at the bed and breakfast where I was staying. He said, "When I lose mine, I always backtrace my steps."
😅😂😂😂
I never saw Joe in person. My Father sold a camera to James Gandolfini. As for me, one day I walked right past the actor that played Bobby. I recognized him, and he noticed, and in that moment, I loved him like a brother in law.
The best Sopranos comments leave you wondering what is real and what came out of some script Christopher wrote.
But you didn’t say hello to Bobby because shyness is a curse!
@Dan_Ben_Michael That's wrong again Dan, you're forgetting. You're forgetting the answers. I didn't stop him because it was in NYC and in NYC you don't just say "hello". Dan, do you even know what the difference is between an elephant and a tiger?
I love how smoothly CR drops quotes and references 😂
He’s gotten good at it🤣
same here, he is a master at it
This video was god tier for that
This is why I fucking love this channel
Enough of that! This is UA-cam not Jack Lalanne!
20 years I wanted a picture with Vito, I compromised, he sold me a signed grilled cheese for $90
He seems like a nice guy, just like a lot of old guys living in the past. It happens to us all, as I am aging, I am starting to think back and wondering what I could had done better, differently or even not do at all. We all want to be young again and relive our youth, but we gotta let it go in the end.
Wisdom
I'll never let it go "in the end"; it makes you impacted.
The key is to keep it. Letting it go and you might as well just walk into a old storage.
Lol he’s not. He is a genuine bastard
He’s not. I mean, he definitely lives in the past but he’s been an angry ungrateful prick for the 20 or so years including when he was on the show.
i was once seeing a girl who used to work at a popcorn shop in brooklyn and vito started making a scene and asking for a discount because “he was a sopranos star” and drove her almost to tears, she was 17 at the time btw
Sounds like a charming fella…
@@DaveSCameron sounds like a lump of washed up shit
Just a kid
He's a stand up guy, i messaged him and about 10 other cast members on Instagram once while i was drunk and he was hilarious and answered messages quicker than my real life friends or family. The only other response i got was a ❤ on my message from Bobby. So as far as im concerned he is the nicest cast member 😂 in this house Joseph is a hero! End of story!
Cool lol😂
@@djwalkerfemaledj maybe thought you were a flambe?
@@djwalkerfemaledj bit of fun! 🥂🤓
@@PeterTX fucking nauseating 🤠
You’re lucky, he’s usually a pain in the arse! Just check out his interviews 😂😂
I met him accidentally, about 6 years ago in Queens, NY. I was working as a health inspector at the time. My job took me and my assistant to a gay bar and restaurant, where we were investigating reports of contaminated gabagool being served to patrons. As we were walking to the kitchen through the crowded establishment, Mr Gannascoli appeared directly in front of me. He was dressed in leather like a member of the Village People. He even had chaps on.
Did you tell him to say "Hi" to his wife?
The lengths he goes to for his practical jokes, funny guy Joe is.
F*** was he Doin?!!
No he "dident"..
It was hid blood pressure medication it messed with his head
I met him in Syosset LI at a street fair. He shook my hand but seemed like he just wanted to be left alone which I think Is fair. He wasn’t rude about it
He had a baseball game he wanted to attend and he hates being late to the national anthem.
He’s a married man!
He was growing mushrooms out his ass😂
@@jakep1979was he catching or pitching 😅
@@jakep1979yea, apparently it’s bat night
We can't have him in the comments section no more. That much I do know.
The comments section?! He's gotta go!
@@Proletarian187 Think about it...the sudden weight loss?
@@miaouew AIDS?
Aids!?
@@TheIronEngineNobody's got aids and I don't want to hear that in the comment section ever again
He opened a Soup restaurant in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn named Soup as Art. He would sit in the restaurant in his chefs jacket and seemed like a pleasant enough guy. I can vouch that the soup was really quite good. I spoke with him a few times and had a pleasant and cordial conversation each time. I was sad to see he closed the restaurant.
NO SOUP FOR YOU!
Its not hard to make fuckin soup. Seriously.
@@Thebibsi guess that wasnt the point
Cineranter should troll him in an interview dropping Vito references
(Have bodybuilding show on TV in backround) ask him if he wants extra sugar on his funnel cake, or is he sweet enough? Have the interview in a giant closet. And cineranter can wear a security guard uniform, or dress up like one of the village people- a motorcycle outfit, w the leather hat and vest. Chaps too
@@theramplocalI don't know whether to laugh or be creeped out.
The rest of the Sopranos cast:
"We can't have him in our social club no more. I mean, that much we do know."
Social club? HE’S GOTTA GOOOOOO!!!
@@theunknownatheist3815U GONNA TAKE CARE OF HIS KIDS HUH?? AFTER HE’s GONEE
Hate him?! I loved him like a brother in law.
Whatever happened there
WHATEVER HAPPENED THERE??!!
This radio talk show had a contest, which listener could get the coolest famous person to call in to morning the show. The winner won a cruise or something.
The guy who played Vito called in to try and win it on behalf of himself.
I'm dead. This killed me. Lmao.
I don’t see nothing wrong with that
@@geneeverett33 It was a gay cruise. 😆😆
When he's pressuring tour bus people to buy merchandise does he first say : "my brother's right over there" - all creepy and shit ?
I did The Sopranos tour years ago. Joseph did the thing selling cheap merch from his car at the start of the tour. I can’t remember what I paid for the New Jersey number plate I bought for some reason, but he was friendly and posed for pics and seemed touched when my dad told him how much he enjoyed his performance as Vito. Tour guide gave the impression they were mates. Maybe we were just lucky, and he had the good doughnuts that day.
Hit the "Like" button before the crank wears off!
hahahaha!
little mfucka he’s going tony… he’s going big time
Fvck it! Let's go down to the shore.
He was greasing the union
It’s just.. How much more betrayal can I take?
Syracuse tanked again
Very funny dom…..
One of my favourite scenes in the sopranos is the one where Vito has taken an outdoor job and is mentally calculating when it is time to start his lunch. So relatable.
I did the Sopranos tour in 2013. Takes you to lots of locations used on the show including stopping at Satin Dolls (aka Bada Bing) to have a beer. As a huge fan of the show, I loved every minute of it.
At the end of the tour, Joe was standing at the rear of his car selling photos and merch. I opted to buy a couple of signed photos from the show and to have my friend take a photo of me with Joe. He's in full Vito mode in the photo, one arm around my shoulder, his other hand pointing at me as if to say "this guy right here!". As far as I remember, he charged me a total of $20 which I thought was a pretty fair price.
I only exchanged a few words with him as I completely got that he only has a limited amount of time to make his money at the end of each tour. He seemed fine to me and I don't begrudge him the opportunity to make some money off his time on the greatest show ever made.
I was just delighted to get to actually meet someone from the show and I still cherish that photo to this day. There's been a few times over the years since when I've been chatting to people in bars and the subject of The Sopranos comes up. It's always funny to see their faces when I pull out my phone and show them a pic of me with Vito!
He's gonna get a note from his doctor explaining this behavior.
Sal please… It’s just a joke..
@@unclephillymyayeah. Right. Say hello to your wife for me
0:45 "So James Gandolfini wacked up my money & spread it around huh? 5 bosses $33,000 a pop? Not a bad days pay.” 😂🤣
One time in 2007 i was in long island. I was eating pretzels with my fawtha while walking down the street. However,ive never met that fanook.
Maybe u're a flambè?
@@nurkenrustem6044 "Eating pretzels with my fawtha" that sounds like a code word, secret passages you hear near the toilets of a construction site!
@@jakep1979 So that's what AmericanAlex actually meant when he said he has to grease unions!
The Tennis player? US Open?
You were just there out of respect for your fawtha.
*Sells overpriced Sopranos autographs, and acts rude towards fans*
Joseph Gannascoli: It's a f*ckin' joke!
Gay character played by a homophobic actor, now THERE’S an image…
Hey, he's a captain now! You don't talk about him like this!
Captain? Of the good ship lollipop?
Cmon my ass the man was a fking disgrace!
@@borisantonov149, this is wrong! It will have to be resolved.
Wow. A bit of a contrast to Steve Schirripa/Bobby Baccalieri
...The man has the patience of a Saint.
Watched him take picture after picture with fans at a Yankee game about 10 years ago.
Typical Northeastern Italian guy with a big heart, looking to share his success and joy with others.
I love him like a third cousin-in-law.
It was his blood pressure.😮
What's sadder is the guy who played Johnny Cakes committed suicide.
Because Joseph likes broads and wouldn't go to the gay pub?
I think these people go about in pity for themselves
Yeah, I'd agree.
Really?
@@johnclay2716 Yeah they're almost human.
I saw Joseph Gannascoli at a grocery store in Bedford in 2021. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.
The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked gayly at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly...
@@FlyingFishProductionsit's a meme, pal 😂
This copypasta makes me laugh like a baby every time
This was great
Wow! This guy here.
LOL
He's a psychic celebrity chef now. You don't talk to him like that.
I just laughed out loud.
I met him once at trade show in Vegas. He was a nice guy.
Me and my cousin met him in Long Island and he was mad cool..let my cousin take a pic and all and no he didn’t charge nor was he trying to sell us anything
I wonder if it was chopped…..
@@unclephillymyayou mean chalked lol
Aids!
NOBODIES GOT AIDS!!! I DONT WANNA HEAR THAT WORD IN HERE AGAIN😤
Nobody has AIDS!
Nobody's got AIDS. I don't want to hear that word again.
How many more betrayals can he take!!!??
He’s a fking disgracee!!!
This is absolutely wild. Real life Vito grifting people like he got run out of town lol
He should have tried to capitalize off of his Gino character, charging for autographs at bakeries and donut shops.
He was the mind and force behind the S6 vito+Johnny Cakes storyline? But then he gets mad when people make jokes about Yonkers, and says he likes brawds??
... I dunno...
You know Quasimodo predicted all of this.
Who what now? Nostradarmus
Definitely can't wait till part 2, this guy Gannascoli doesn't appear to have the makings of a varsity actor he's a real come from behind kinda guy 😂
If he were not famous, none of this behavior would be considered "weird". This is normal civilian behavior.
I met him on the tour bus in New York, he was selling stuff from his car. Was upfront about the costs and he couldn’t have been a nicer guy.
Asking if bringing his wife somewhere is like bringing cake to a wedding is wild lmaoo
The references are genuinely one of the funniest aspects of this channel, I find myself laughing to them quite often. But, given the fact you're talking about his real life antics, the constant references make it seem like you're not being serious and made me question several times whether you were joking or not. Like an April's fool prank.
It’s spelt Aprile.
CineRanter loves him like a brother in law…
the (constant) references are really needy, especially in that slightly goofy voice. Just turning the video off now after what seems like the 22nd dialogue quote in 5 minutes
I am also from Australia and did the sopranos location tour when I was in NYC in 2014. That was my exact experience with him. It’s bizarre seeing this video 10 years later and so many similar experiences 🤦🏻♂️
#metoo
I am from North Jersey. My buddy used to manage Satin Doll's (The Bada Bing). During the day the Sopranos tour bus would come through and people would take pictures and buy t shirts and such. Apparently they had had problems with Gannascoli coming in and trying to sell merch. He had been told (like the drug dealer in Adrianna's club) that he was not welcome there, and there was a time and place at the end of the tour where he WAS allowed to approach customers. My buddy walked up to him and basically said you know better and get out. Joseph responded with "Hey I gotta eat too!" My buddy looked him up and down and said "I think you've eaten enough!" and walked him out. 😂 . Anyhow, I never heard these other stories, but knowing that one for years and hearing these, it all tracks! Great video and love the references you sprinkled in like salt bae! If you ever do another video I'd be happy to reach out to my buddy if you want a firsthand story from a horse's mouth. All the best.
Your buddy sounds like a douche
Cant be mad at him for trying to make a living. He probably gets annoyed with fans thinking they own him or something. Especially being he got paid jack
No residuals? Can you imagine? On a show that big? He got peanuts basically. Imagine having to get out there and make a dollar and constantly have to deal with weirdos or get the gay jokes for his portrayal..he's probly dealt with a lot just trying to make a living
Old rule always true. "Never meet your idols." Even if they aren't really your idol, they will never be as good as you may expect them to be.
I just read the two oral history books about the Sopranos(the Vanity Fair one and the Talking Sopranos one), and neither book has him speak about it at all while featuring every other actor. They also never mention him. Not damning, but a little sus
Edit: they bring up the character in passing only
It's weird cause he wasn't on Talking Sopranos but they always seemed to speak highly of him.
Oral you say! Catching or pitching?
Maybe because it was Steve S who was instrumental in poisoning fans against Joey G in the first place. There were others that Talking Sopranos left out for reasons that relate to the podcast hosts.
@@Jondave I think it's plausible
Steve S does not like him at all, just like Michael Imperioli has issues with Vincent Curatola (Johnny Sack). Given how they invented less important character on TS it is clear some personal animosity played a role in who they invited.
Looks like the kinda guy that would blow up your downstairs bathroom just for a good laugh.
Will you take it easy over there, Judge Roy Bean.
I have met Joseph in person more than a few times. Always nice and I got his cookbook when he was in a restaurant I happen to like a lot.
i'll tell you one thing and I'm not ashamed to say it, my estimation of Joseph Gannascoli as an actor just fucking plummeted.
Don’t worry Vito has a letter from his Doctor saying he is not a f#g 🤣🤣
The whole gay Vito sub-plot was the only bad part of the show. It seemed so forced and had nothing to do with the rest of the story. I've re-watched The Sopranos several times and just skip through those parts.
Did a little research - most supporting actors were paid bet $20k-$30k, Gannascoli was in 39 episodes so @ $25k each he would of made total $975k. Sopranos does not pay residuals. So that's not so much for being infamous.
Sure, just a million for few years hey!?!😂😂😂
@@DaveSCameronActors are independent contractors, so he’d have to pay 100% of the tax burden. It’s still 6 figures, but it’s not enough to live your life off of.
@@kman9884 I’m not so sure about your tax brackets but you can’t make his huge salary vanish into it entirely..
Don’t forget about the tale of Jim Paying entire cast out of his own pocket when they were on the losing end of a season contract too, there’s no excuses..
So he's the Lonely Virgil of the sopranos? He did make a cameo for my nana and he seemed to genuinely want to please the customer
This makes it seem like Vito Spatafore is actually just pretending to be a guy named Joseph Gannascoli.
He got mad when I confused him for a young John Travolta.
Fuckin slander you ask me....
He was at my favorite liquor store in Long Island, selling his vodka, giving out autographs 😂.
During the final season of Sopranos, he used to gonon Howard Stern all the time. He came off as a nice, humble guy. Grateful of the success the show afforded him. And not homophobic. But, then, I was surprised when James Gandolfini died, he gave several interviews to the media about it. The other cast members of The Sopranos were angry, as they claimed he barely knew the man, and that James wasn't particularly fond of him. My guess: a substance abuse issue. He NEEDS to make money to keep out of withdrawal, and gets cranky to say the least when the money isn't forthcoming from fans.
Joe G: Get yourself a sandwich, any kind you like…that’ll be $20
Don't forget about the soft drink of your choice
This is how the actor that played Vito is like in real life? How much more betrayal can I take?
Joseph Gannascoli never had the makings of a varsity scammer
We cant have him hanging around our social club, that much I do know.
If the actor really developed Vito's gay plot then we know that his genius move of "breaking standards and giving a political nod to liberal actors from big Hollywood" failed miserably. Today he is frustrated and remembered for being the guy who sucks dicks on the biggest show in history.
This is quite sad. People sell out in the art industry and it takes a heavy toll, even for those who are successful. Those who don't can end up in a very dark way.
That's the story I heard. He thought by going all in on that gay storyline that it was gonna be a career maker for him acting wise. Instead he pissed off the rest of the crew and gets ragged with gay jokes related to the show to this day. 😂
Why isn’t he living off his Attack of the Clones money?
That pool cue...I wonder if it was chalked.
Would be funny if Gannascoli showed up in the comments on this video trying to sell stuff.
“I signed that poorly photocopied photo of me with Jimmy Gandofini’s arm in the background. That will be $50!”
I must admit, I kind of figured he was a a hole in real life. And I always had a dislike for his character on the show. He played the character a little too well for me.
Not surprised at all
In a show that is seemingly so well witten - I've always been shocked that he was basically an extra and then he was a main character as if the audience wouldn't notice....
All Finn saw that morning, at the construction site, was Vito crawling under the Security Guard's zipper fly for warmth.
ALL I KNOW IS YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE EARNERS - THAT'S WHY YOU GOT THE TOP TIER POSITIONS!
Back in 2008 we had a benefit for a cousin of mine who tragically got hit by a car and lost his life. Joe was there selling personalized signed photos of him sitting outside or Satriales. I bought one signed to my father and I. I always wondered how much of the money he made that evening was actually donated to the benefit. He seemed like a personable alright guy
It was his blood pressure medication
Nobody's buying his merch? It's over for the little guy.
I wonder if the problem is he was part of something so big. And he's trying to relive that and can't and he feels what kind of stuck in a way that he is never going to here come that big ever again and maybe you can't deal with it personally
I don't know what I like more. A good number of comments claiming "I met him in real life and he was nice" or all the people absolutely roasting him with Sopranos reference.
They found a cue ball in his side pocket
Time to hit the road to Mentuchen eh Dom!?
@@jakep1979my mistake. Carlo's lipstick was on Vito's.......
@@charlesstilesmysterydinersfn Why you!
@@Thebibs just when I thought I was out they pull me back in.
I saw Joe Gannascoli at a grocery store in New Jersey yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying. The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter. When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
And then everyone clapped
Some thing that always annoyed me about this guy was that I heard a story about how he refused to work on a project with the actor who played Matt Bevilacqua-the kid, who was also in a Bronx tale, apparently, that kid did some kind of robbery and his accomplice like killed a cop or something and he ended up going to prison for a few years.
Anyway, when he got out he started, you know trying to act again and apparently This Vito Fuck didn’t wanna work on the project with him because of that and I thought what an asshole, the kids trying to turn his life around and do legitimate work and you’re fucking him over so I thought that made him kind of a dick hole.
Anyway, $4 a pound.
@CaptainTrips560
Cops sign up to get murdered?
After Vito died on the show, he was on NJ 101.5 (Craig Carton and Ray Rossi at the time) shilling pool cues, very awkward interview. Then they laughed at him and his "stupid pool cues" when he got off the phone
I've met Mr. Gannascoli and found him to be a very warm & genuine, guy. Funny too.
Yeah? Maybe you are a flambé..
My niece met him by accident in the U.K. she didn’t know who he was, as she never saw the series. She said he was a nice guy.
heeeey I just realized he wasn't on those reunion shows and I don't recall him guesting on the Talking Sopranos podcast. This gives a good idea why.
I met Gannascoli once. I was coming out of a public restroom and I noticed the sun was blotted out. He tried selling me Yankees tickets and when I turned him down, he grabbed my arm and said something about pool cues I can’t even repeat here. Luckily I got away when I told him someone was giving out free Jhonny cakes and he waddled off like a bat on a hill