Paulie Walnuts

Does anyone know how Paulie Walnuts got his nickname?

Paul is his first name. He got the "Walnuts" when he hijacked a truck that was supposedly electronics but turned out to be filled with walnuts.

HA! That's pretty funny. I never knew that.

Talk about having egg on your face.

Ya know how Big Pussy got his name??

Did he use to date Lucy Mancini?

No..... He used to be a cat burglar.

Cat burglar? Talk about having the blind man keep lookout. What windows were big enough for him to fit through?

I thought you were gonna say because he was a big whiner, and I would have thought that's because he played fantasy sports.

Doesn't he (Vincent Pastore) host some sports show on tv now?

Not that I've heard. Unless it's only a local New York program. I hope not. Talk about just taking any job. That would be too sad to watch.

I did a search and it only gives some radio show he does for Sirius.

The Wiseguy Show
Wednesdays 6 pm - 9 pm ET
Rebroadcast Saturdays & Sundays 4 pm ET
Join host Vincent "Big Pussy" Pastore and his posse for a celebration of life, the arts and meatballs, only on The Wiseguy Show. Produced by musician, actor and SIRIUS creative consultant "Little" Steven Van Zandt, The Wiseguy Show features prominent guests from the Italian-American community, humorous discussion of current events, movie reviews, skits, sex advice and interaction with SIRIUS listeners.

I could've sworn I saw commercials with him touting some sports-talk show.... he was sitting on a kind of bar stool and two hot lookin' babes surrounded him.

Ahhhhh..... maybe I'm losin' my mind.

You sure that wasn't you on your last date?

That wasn't even me in my last dream.

I'm (vaguely) remembering that the show had something to do with gambling.

Maybe it was this?

http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=4044834

I think Paulie's full name is Peter Paul Gualtieri. Sometimes he uses the alias "Mr. Walters" because in many Italian dialects, the "gu" makes the "w" sound, thereby making his last name sound like "Waltieri", which is close to Walters, and walnuts perhaps, but now I'm just reaching.

I always thought it was from the letters B.P. taken from his surname, Bonpensiero

Taken from the HBO website:

He made his bones with Johnny Boy Soprano's crew, and rumor has it he acquired his nickname because he was once a cat burglar. (The "Big" was appended to distinguish him from another wise guy with a feline moniker, Little Pussy Malenga.)

I thought that was a joke!

I remember seeing that on either Spike or the Travel channel.