Paulie later calls Chris and they agreed to "bury the hatchet," and split the tab. The psychic asks Paulie to leave, and the old gangster finally snaps, throwing a chair at the empty space where the ghosts are supposed to be and yelling a homophobic slur in their general direction. In "Kennedy and Heidi", Paulie is left surprisingly grief-stricken when Chris is killed, reflecting that their arguments over money and respect were trivial and that he should have been nicer to him in life. One particularly memorable character is Paulie Gualtieri, also known as "Paulie Walnuts." A member of the Soprano crime family, he rises through the ranks from a soldier to an underboss. While the character is certainly lovable for being funny and having a lot of emotional depth in later seasons, he's also a racist, sexist, homophobic dinosaur who runs his mouth and says some awful things. His ignoring the cat means that either he's learning to live with it, or, more likely, he's completely unaware of his own demons. The fact that it appears in his final scene is just a reminder that Paulie will never know peace. The staunch Catholic even enlists the help of a psychic, leading to one of the greatest, funniest scenes in television history. Paulie and Feech both resort to violence, assaulting the other's gardeners. Right before the execution is carried out, Paulie tells Pussy "you were like a brother to me," at which point Tony adds, "to all of us.". If there's one thing Paulie takes more seriously than his Italian heritage, it's entertaining the children of the neighborhood. What I do know is that it sure looks like Paulie Walnuts almost annoyed the boss to death, because even the hell Christopher envisioned was better than listening to Paulie continue to rant. The actor would have turned 80 this month. The two are constantly at odds, and being forced to try and survive together is a perfectly particular divine punishment. In the first season finale, "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano," Tony tells his crew that he had been in therapy for almost a year when Paulie reveals that he too had seen a therapist, from whom he "learned some coping skills." He is depicted killing nine people, the largest total of any character on the show. The tanning is just one of Paulie's many little peculiar traits, and it makes him a much more three-dimensional character than the average TV or movie mobster. While being served in a major coffee shop franchise, Paulie laments the commercialization of Italian culture and cuisine. 2:45. Paulie also gets into a dispute with Michele "Feech" La Manna over their rival landscaping companies. The tanning is just one of Paulie's many little peculiar traits, and it makes him a much more three-dimensional character than the average TV or movie mobster. This leads to Chris and Paulie almost starting a fight and later, Paulie tells the rest of the guys that it's over between the two of them. He ends up stabbing the guy that gave him a nut-shot after his partner shoots him, and then continues to roll around on the bloody kitchen floor, clinging to his crotch and groaning. [10], Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "How Tony Sirico's Criminal Past Prepared Him To Play Paulie Walnuts On 'The Sopranos', "Will Tony Flip? His method of taking Pussy to a bath house and trying to get him to undress for a steambath lacks subtlety and drives Pussy into hiding. His hair is almost always perfectly swooped, his face clean-shaven, his clothes pressed and ironed. Paulie refuses to pay, and Father Jos retaliates by refusing to allow St. Elzear's gold hat to be used in the festival. He's not a wild card like Tony's nephew Christopher (Michael Imperioli), whose weird choices usually end in disaster, but rather is just sort of an oddball. Tony is in a coma after being shot by Uncle Junior (Dominic Chianese), and the whole crew turns out to visit him in shifts. That's all. At the recommendation of his mistress, Pauline goes to see a medium in Nyack, New York. Many of the made men on "TheSopranos" never made it to the end of the series, but somehow Paulie outlasted them. Suffocated with a pillow in her apartment after she caught him searching her bedroom for cash. [8] Paulie's grandfather and Tony's paternal grandparents were from the same province in Italy. Not only is Paulie completely off-base because Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, not Korea, but his advice would make zero sense even if it was relevant. His ignoring the cat means that either he's learning to live with it, or, more likely, he's completely unaware of his own demons. He explains that when he was in the Army, he won the "chin-ups" three times in a row, and he used to be fit as a fiddle. With his wingtip hair, bronzed complexion, and pinkie ring, there's no mistaking Paulie, played by real-life former gangster Tony Sirico, for any other mobster. Janice receives minor neck injuries. Prince Matchabelli is actually a luxury perfume line. He ends up stabbing the guy that gave him a nut-shot after his partner shoots him, and then continues to roll around on the bloody kitchen floor, clinging to his crotch and groaning. A party is thrown at the Bada Bing when Paulie is released, but his wavering loyalty only serves to accelerate his marginalization. Actor Tony Sirico, best known for starring as Paulie Walnuts on The Sopranos, has died at the age of 79. After waving a hand in exasperation, he complains to Pussy, wondering how Italians missed out on the market for espresso, pointing out how it is just one of many Italian foods that non-Italians profit from. While on the phone, Tony tells Paulie that the guy they're pursuing is an ex-commando who killed sixteen Chechen rebels with the Interior Ministry. Whether that was a result of Paulie's antagonistic ramblings, the chaos going on in Tony's coma dream, or it's all just a coincidence, we'll never know. By the sixth season, Paulie's crew is one of the most powerful crews. She had become impregnated by a soldier identified only as "Russ" during World War II. The psychic knew the names of Paulie's victims because that's how the episode was written. Enter Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri! It may be cruel but it really does sum up a lot of Paulie Walnuts' character. It's not dignified, but hey, a man's gotta eat. When given control of the Soprano crew, Paulie oversees all of Tony's old business dealings, including the Paving Union, extorting drug dealers, the pump and dump scams, charging HMOs for fake MRI expenditures, fencing stolen cars, a phone card scam, gambling, loan sharking and the crew's front businesses: Barone Sanitation and Massarone Construction. Unfortunately, there are still quite a few gangsters lurking about, and Paulie gets into a nasty fight with one of them bearing a massive knife. Paulie Walnuts attends a session with a spiritual medium. The scene is difficult because it's easy to understand everyone's feelings and frustrations; Paulie is being this hard on Chrissy because he loves him. "It is with great sadne Paulie suggests that his luck at having been diagnosed early was a reward for good deeds in his life, and Tony agrees with him. Unfortunately for Paulie, that is not how the Catholic Church works. Shot by Paulie after suffering blunt force trauma from a brick thrown at his head by Chris after a brief argument with them. Being a mafia enforcer can be violent business, and Paulie knows that just as well as any of the other wiseguys. I brought you something from my Ma!" Paulie and Christopher try to kill a member of the Russian mob, but their target escapes, leading them on a chase through the snow-filled Pine Barrens of New Jersey. I said 'how long did it take for the guy to come.'" He is clearly influenced by Sun Tzu's The Art of War, as he passes this recommended reading onto Paulie. With an ongoing war between the New Jersey and New York crime families, Tony and Paulie attend a sit-down with the New York crew, who agree to a truce to end their war. He's involved in quite a few murders over the course of the series, but the most poorly executed one happens to be the most entertaining. "[3][4] Paulie begins the series as a soldier, later becoming a caporegime in the DiMeo crime family. It's not dignified, but hey, a man's gotta eat. Apparently not. After Christopher's death, the soldiers and associates in his crew are transferred back to Paulie's crew. After Christopher is shot and his heart stops, he has a vision of hell that he tells Tony and Paulie about upon waking. This meant that Pussy, Chris, and Furio Giunta amongst others, report to him. Paulie followed him to warn him not to be screwing around on Adriana, because "if I can find you, so can yourfiance." He ends up escaping and Paulie andChristopher try to catch him but end up getting lost in the woods themselves. His father was non-existent, his real mother turned out to be a nun, the woman who raised him was his aunt and he never quite forgave her for lying, and so he's just a sad, lonely old man. It's just an excuse to be racist and write someone off for being different, which unfortunately Paulie proves to be pretty good at. Seeing Paulie go from consummate badass to crying baby in a matter of seconds is pretty funny, but his bleating of "my bawls!" This understandably freaks Paulie out, and he starts looking for some kind of spiritual answers. It's not the right thing to do, but it's the Paulie thing to do, and it's a great demonstration of how sometimes characters in this series show love by being hurtful. Of course, he is best known for his big mouth, short temper, and rudimentary intelligence. Funny, foul, and loyal, Paulie Walnuts is the one of the most entertaining gangsters in an already very entertaining show about gangsters. Valery, who is later revealed to be a former Russian military commando, is still alive and knocks both Paulie and Chris to the ground with a shovel. He eventually was inducted into the DiMeo crime family, becoming a close associate of Johnny Soprano and helping to mentor his son Tony. Christopher has a serious heroin habit, and after showing up to Tony's mother's wake high, messing up his mob duties, and sitting on Adriana's dog and killing it, everyone has had enough. The cat really creeps out Paulie, who believes they're cursed creatures, and he begs Tony to get rid of it. Paulie's grandfather, who emigrated to the United States in 1910, is from Ariano, a municipality in the province of Avellino, in Italy's Campania region. In the episode "From Where to Eternity", Chris is in the hospital recovering from the bullet wounds caused by Matthew Bevilaqua and Sean Gismonte's failed assassination attempt. Nathan Sharp is a writer from outside Toronto, Ontario. The go-to source for comic book and superhero movie fans. Often talked about as a reputed psychopath with no heart-feelings, Paulie is highly paranoid and often refers to the supernatural things he experiences, like dj vu, seeing the Virgin Mary, and especially his constant fear of death, either natural or probable. Paulie may have been a . Other tasks he performs are retrieving a stolen car (with Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero), torturing a hotel co-owner so the crew can own 25% of the business, and extorting a soccer coach by giving him an unwanted free TV. He's initially furious, and demands to know why he both kept it and painted him like a general. Paulie becomes more demanding of his regular payments and subjects Chris to a humiliating random strip search for wires. The next morning, they are rescued by Tony and Bobby Baccalieri, with Tony disappointed at Paulie's failure to complete such an easy task. The story starts out friendly, but after Chris embarrasses him in front of the guys, Paulie calls Chris "Tony's little favorite.". The two practiced killers immediately wrap him in a rug and head out to the woods to get rid of the body; the problem is that the Russian is still very much alive. Paulie bangs on Christopher's door in the middle of the night and shakes the younger man down. This iconic Paulie Walnuts quote is a perfect example ofthe show wanting the audience to laugh at Paulie rather than with him. Despite a prostate cancer scare and plenty of close calls, Paulie managed to survive until the very end. Instead, Paulie wants to show Christopher his Big MouthBilly Bass, an animatronic singing fish that was weirdly popular in the early 2000s, when "The Sopranos" was filmed. The shy and reserved Bobby Baccalieri is hesitant about playing Santa for the kids, forcing Paulie to stand and reprimand him, saying: "The boss of this family told you you're gonna be Santa Claus. Sometimes Paulie's need for attention, validation, and love can be so intense, it can drive a man into tachycardia. P eter Paul GualtieriPaulie Walnuts to his colleagues and friendshas been a loyal soldier in his Northern New Jersey crew for decades, yet he never gets his due, or more accurately, what he believes he's due. In "Walk Like a Man", Paulie's nephew, Little Paulie, is beaten by Chris and thrown out a second-story window. Despite him being a smoker, he is also a jogger who seems to care about his health. The guy was an interior decorator!" This news sends Paulie into an emotional tailspin, in the grips of which he severed his ties with Nucci and does not attend Dotty's funeral. After all, indiscretions and being caught can be deadly for a mobster, and there isn't a ton of trust between Christopher and Paulie. Tony largely decides to have Vito killed because Paulie's attitude mirrors the lack of respect his underlings would feel for him letting Vito live free, although Phil Leotardo makes it a moot point when members of his family beat Vito to death. Then we get to Paulie, and he has a very different kind of pep talk for Christopher: This gets things a bit heated, and Paulie is reminded that this is supposed to be a "non-judgmental" intervention, but Paulie isn't having it. HBO's The Sopranos is a fan-favorite crime drama named after the family of New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano. This habit of repeating jokes happens a number of times throughout the series. The actor, who appeared in all six seasons of The Sopranos. Tony had ordered the painting burned, but Paulie explains: "But I told the guys, the chance to hang a picture of you on my wall? Here are ten of Paulie's funniest moments: This first example comes from later in the series, occurring at the start of the fifth season. In the season 5 episode "All Due Respect," Tony visits Paulie at home and discovers the painting. He looks terrible!" Paulie responds, "as of her wedding date, anything that touches her p*ssy is off limits. Skin cancer isn't really a concern for the gangster, since very few people in his line of work live long enough to worry about something like that, and he wants to make sure he looks good. Sometimesthe audience is left laughing at him and not with him, and sometimes he's deeply frightening. I know getting kicked in the nads hurts, but seeing that tough persona crumble is comedy perfection. Following this realization, Paulie once again devotes himself fully to Tony and the Soprano family, reclaiming his status as a top earner. Tony takes Paulie with him on a business trip to Italy. He killed sixteen Czechoslovakians. One of the first times we see Paulie with his shades on and foil reflector in full glory is in the season 2 episode "House Arrest," where he gets to tanning while Tony smokes a cigar after they witness a car accident across the street. As such, there are a ton of amazing Paulie moments in "The Sopranos," all made possible by the larger-than-life Sirico and his authentic performance. Whether it be about film, television, or video games, Nathan loves a good discussion and has written hundreds of articles for Screen Rant. All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers. As such, Tony has become something like a brother to Paulie, and he defers to Soprano with a tremendous amount of respect. When Vito's homosexuality is later revealed, Paulie is outspoken in his condemnation and desire to see Vito killed. In the season 3 episode "Second Opinion," he tracks Christopher to a run-down motel, where he's cheating on hisfiance Adriana (Drea de Matteo) with a random woman. That's why dinosaurs don't exist no more.". Chris becomes clinically dead for a few minutes after his heart stops. 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