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He later secured a recurring role as the nephew of Richie Aprile, Vito Spatafore, in the season two episode "The Happy Wanderer". Along with Dan Grimaldi playing identical twins Patsy and Phillip "Philly Spoons" Parisi and Saundra Santiago playing identical twins Jeannie and Joannie Cusamano , it was one of the three times that the show used a ...
Vito Spatafore: Beaten to death with a pool cue by Dominic "Fat Dom" Gamiello and Gerry Torciano on orders from Phil Leotardo. Dominic "Fat Dom" Gamiello : Stabbed to death by Carlo Gervasi while being held by Silvio Dante in the back room of Satriale's.
Vito Spatafore is played by Joseph R. Gannascoli. Vito was a soldier in the DiMeo crime family and a subordinate of Tony Soprano. He was married to Marie Spatafore, who was a second cousin to high-ranking member of the Lupertazzi family, Phil Leotardo, and had two children, Vito Jr., and Francesca.
When Vito leaves for the leather bar, Marie Spatafore is watching the movie Imitation of Life. This is an allusion to the double life Vito is living as a gay man. Christopher suggests that Tony wouldn’t be able to refuse a request from John on the day of his daughter’s wedding, as depicted in The Godfather. Tony then corrects him that it is ...
Vito says Junior "Marvin Gayed" his nephew, a reference to the murder of the singer Marvin Gaye by his own father. As a comment on A.J.'s long hair, Paulie Walnuts addresses him as " Van Helsing ," (a reference to the vampire hunter in the 2004 film ) and Rosalie Aprile greets him as " Fabio " (the model and advertising spokesperson of the '80s ...
The movie Junior watches is Paths of Glory, a 1957 war movie directed by Stanley Kubrick. When Junior says Pussy Malanga is prank calling his house Tony says they will get FBI director J. Edgar Hoover to investigate. Tony jokes that it's the Year of the Rat, although that would not come until 2008–09. Tony calls AJ "Joe College."
Joseph R. Gannascoli, who plays Gino the bakery customer in this episode, returns in season two as Vito Spatafore, a soldier in the Aprile crew. Gannascoli, Saundra Santiago and Dan Grimaldi are the only actors to portray two roles in the series. Santiago portrays twins Jeannie Cusamano and Joan O'Connell.
Junior is shown watching the movie Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison. During the scene in which Carmela approaches Tony about finances, the movie playing on the television is Rio Bravo, a 1959 Western starring John Wayne, Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson. In the scene that Tony is watching, Martin and Nelson sing a duet, "My Rifle, My Pony and Me".