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Re: Tony Sirico and The Colombos
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This is from Wikipedia Before turning to acting, Sirico was reportedly a mob associate of the Colombo crime family serving under Carmine "Junior" Persico and had been arrested twenty-eight times. There is a Sopranos reference to this fact when Paulie says "I lived through the seventies by the skin of my nuts when the Colombos were goin' at it."In 1967, he was sent to prison for robbing a Brooklyn after-hours club, but was released after serving thirteen months. In 1971, he plead guilty to felony weapons possession and was sentenced to an "indeterminate" prison term of up to four years, of which Sirico ended up serving twenty months. In an interview in Cigar Aficionado magazine, Sirico said that during his imprisonment, he was visited by an acting troupe composed of ex-cons, which inspired him to give acting a try. According to a court transcript, at the time of his sentencing, he also had pending charges for drug possession. Sirico appeared in a 1989 documentary about life, The Big Bang by James Toback, in which he discussed his earlier life. Other interesting articles From Sing Sing To Bada Bing!Tony Sirico's real-life training for his "Sopranos" role There's a good reason Tony Sirico is so convincing as the menacing Paulie Walnuts on "The Sopranos." Because before becoming an actor, Sirico was a mob-connected thug who dealt speed, packed a loaded Beretta, and was once actually declared a "danger to society" by a New York judge. In fact, according to court records that read like a David Chase script, Sirico was a feared shakedown artist who preyed on Manhattan nightclubs and who once gave this description of his extortion technique: "You hit them over the head with a baseball bat, and they come around." After a dispute with a disco owner, Sirico once warned, "I'm going to come back here and carve my initials in your forehead. You better learn a lesson, you better show me the respect I deserve." A Bellevue Hospital psychiatric report from that period concluded that Sirico suffered from a "character disorder." The court records obtained by The Smoking Gun involve Sirico's 1971 conviction for felony weapons possession, a crime for which he was sentenced to a maximum of four years in prison. Sirico ended up serving 20 months in places like Sing Sing, and has, to his credit, avoided trouble since (if you don't count clipping Pussy last season). We've included the felony affidavit filed against Sirico (who was born Genaro Sirico) and the marvelous transcript from his sentencing, which includes an entertaining narrative offered by prosecutor Gerard Hinckley--it's a must-read for "Sopranos" fans. TSG's favorite section involves a botched police tail of Sirico that ends with the future Mr. Walnuts's auto deftly forcing the unmarked car--Bada Bing!--into a traffic divider. Tony sirico affidavit http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/tony-sirico-felony-affidavitSirico sentencing transcript (15 pages) http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/sirico-sentencing-transcript
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Re: Tony Sirico and The Colombos
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A young Tony Sirico. He looks like a fucking rapist..
The whole thing is how strong you are and how much power you got and how fucking mean you areāthat's what makes you rise in the mob. Every day's a fucking struggle, because you don't know who's looking to knock you off, especially when you become a captain or boss. Every day, somebody's looking to dispose of you and take your position. You always got to be on your toes. Every fucking day is a scam day to keep your power and position."
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Re: Tony Sirico and The Colombos
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Re: Tony Sirico and The Colombos
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If I remember correctly, Ken Gallo pretty much shit all over Tony Sirico and said he was basically a moron. I get the feeling the most complicated crime he ever committed was holding up a gun and saying 'give me your money'. to be honest, ken gallo also looks like a moron to me
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Re: Tony Sirico and The Colombos
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A young Tony Sirico. He looks like a fucking rapist.. Lol! I'd take a wide berth around the guy back in the day, but yeah, I bet he's a few sandwiches short of a picnic.
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Re: Tony Sirico and The Colombos
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wasn't it rumored he also took part in someway with a murder in L.A? like helped clean the scene or something. idk
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Re: Tony Sirico and The Colombos
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Re: Tony Sirico and The Colombos
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I read in the NY post one time where Joe Coffey said Sirico was trying to extort a shop owner and he called the cops...Coffey was waiting for him,and when Sirico came and got tough Coffey came out and punched him in the nose, and Sirico was bleeding all over a white shirt he was wearing..When he went to be arraigned the judge asked him what happened to his nose, Sirico said he fell..Coffey called him a stand up guy !! Why does it seem Coffey was literally doing this to every major mob guy, and every associate or connected guy? He seemed to have some sort of interaction with anyone and everyone in organised crime in the 70's.
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Re: Tony Sirico and The Colombos
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If I remember correctly, Ken Gallo pretty much shit all over Tony Sirico and said he was basically a moron. I get the feeling the most complicated crime he ever committed was holding up a gun and saying 'give me your money'. Gallo was like 3 years old when Sirico was mobbed up! What the fuck does he know? i would say it is very possible he knows less then some and a lot more than you?
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Re: Tony Sirico and The Colombos
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If I remember correctly, Ken Gallo pretty much shit all over Tony Sirico and said he was basically a moron. I get the feeling the most complicated crime he ever committed was holding up a gun and saying 'give me your money'. Gallo was like 3 years old when Sirico was mobbed up! What the fuck does he know? i would say it is very possible he knows less then some and a lot more than you? He certainly does, but he's a chronic liar, it's been proved time and time again, that's why nobody takes him serious.
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Re: Tony Sirico and The Colombos
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If I remember correctly, Ken Gallo pretty much shit all over Tony Sirico and said he was basically a moron. I get the feeling the most complicated crime he ever committed was holding up a gun and saying 'give me your money'. Gallo was like 3 years old when Sirico was mobbed up! What the fuck does he know? i would say it is very possible he knows less then some and a lot more than you? He certainly does, but he's a chronic liar, it's been proved time and time again, that's why nobody takes him serious. Nobody as in the person who quoted him earlier to prove a point? Or the ones who hire him to do interviews and write books.
I've walked along the red canal of mars I've known kings and king makers Poets painters and paupers I've danced danced on the rings of Saturn Still your pilgrim soul is the only thing that ever mattered
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Re: Tony Sirico and The Colombos
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He's wrote one book, his own biography His blog doesn't get any views either. I'll say it again nobody takes him serious. well when a publisher offers you a royalty deal to share your life with the rest of us, please let me know and I will be first in line to get your signature. I am sure it will smell nice as I use it for kindling in my fire place.
I've walked along the red canal of mars I've known kings and king makers Poets painters and paupers I've danced danced on the rings of Saturn Still your pilgrim soul is the only thing that ever mattered
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Re: Tony Sirico and The Colombos
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He's wrote one book, his own biography His blog doesn't get any views either. I'll say it again nobody takes him serious. well when a publisher offers you a royalty deal to share your life with the rest of us, please let me know and I will be first in line to get your signature. I am sure it will smell nice as I use it for kindling in my fire place. You said books, not a book. Of course someone wanted to publish it, he's a former mobster turned FBI informant, he's got stories to tell, just a shame he over exaggerates and makes things up. Which is why literally nobody views his blog anymore.
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Re: Tony Sirico and The Colombos
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He's wrote one book, his own biography His blog doesn't get any views either. I'll say it again nobody takes him serious. well when a publisher offers you a royalty deal to share your life with the rest of us, please let me know and I will be first in line to get your signature. I am sure it will smell nice as I use it for kindling in my fire place. You said books, not a book. Of course someone wanted to publish it, he's a former mobster turned FBI informant, he's got stories to tell, just a shame he over exaggerates and makes things up. Which is why literally nobody views his blog anymore. That and he sometimes comes across as a drooling retard. Have to say his book was entertaining though. Can't take that away from him. It was basically a parody, I almost lost it when he introduced Peter North into the story
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Re: Tony Sirico and The Colombos
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well when a publisher offers you a royalty deal to share your life with the rest of us, please let me know and I will be first in line to get your signature. I am sure it will smell nice as I use it for kindling in my fire place. For a new guy who admittedly knows very little you're quick to sarcastically dismiss the (correct) postings of a respected veteran on the boards. Not going to help your learning curve very much. Though whether you benefit from this advice or Tommy's I'm sure concerns Tommy as much as it does my self. That is to say, not overly.
MORGAN: Why didn't you fight him at the park if you wanted to? I'm not goin' now, I'm eatin' my snack. CHUCKIE: Morgan, Let's go. MORGAN: I'm serious Chuckie, I ain't goin'. WILL: So don't go.
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