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In the first season, Paulie is a vital member of Tony's crew. He executes a Colombian drug dealer and steals a large quantity of drugs and cash from his hotel room. Other tasks he performs are recovering a stolen car (with Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero), torturing a hotel co-owner so the crew can own 25% of the business, and extorting Meadow's soccer coach by giving him an unwanted free TV.
Phil Leotardo says everyone thought Vito looked like John Travolta when he married Phil's cousin Marie. Paulie Gualtieri refers to Vito as "Bluto" (The large and portly nemesis of Popeye; John Belushi’s character in Animal House). Paulie Gualtieri refers to AJ as Van Helsing.
When, without Tony's approval, he, Patsy, and Artie attempt to break up the protest, Little Paulie and several others are injured. Ralphie threatens the protest leader, Professor Del Redclay, that he will make it known that Iron Eyes Cody , a popular Native American figure, was actually an Italian-American.
Sirico, best known for his performance as the wise-cracking Paulie “Walnuts” Gualtieri, died on Friday July 8 at the age of 79. Sirico, best known for his performance as the wise-cracking ...
Genaro Anthony Sirico Jr. (/ s ɪ ˈ r iː k oʊ /; July 24, 1942 – July 8, 2022) [2] was an American actor who portrayed Paulie Gualtieri in The Sopranos. Born in Brooklyn to an Italian-American family, Sirico had a tumultuous early life marked by multiple arrests and periods of imprisonment for crimes including robbery, assault, and extortion.
Also in the scene where Finn confirms Vito's sexual preference, the table and the seating of the crew around the table suggest The Last Supper in placement, as well as mood, as "betrayal" is an oft-repeated suggestion by Christopher, Paulie among others. Silvio tells Tony that Paulie has "gone Mau-Mau" on the subject of the necessity of killing ...
Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero is portrayed by Vincent Pastore.Big Pussy was a longtime close friend and mob enforcer for Tony Soprano, and was also shown to be close friends with fellow DiMeo crime family mobsters Paulie "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri, Silvio Dante, and was once a close friend to Tony's uncle Corrado "Junior" Soprano.
Christopher refers to Vito Spatafore as "La Cage aux Fat." La Cage aux Folles is originally a French comedy play later turned into a movie about gay lovers. An American film remake of it is the 1996 The Birdcage. Tony says he saw CSI when Carlo starts talking about techniques that could track Vito.