An acquaintance of mine lives in Los Angeles and rubs elbows with the Hollywood types. He spoke with someone associated with "The Sopranos". Now, this is a rumor, not fact, but the word is that the character of Feech LaManna was written out of the season during filming because Robert Loggia had a lot of trouble memorizing his lines. I don't know if that's true or not, but it's an interesting tidbit.