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Silvio Manfred Dante is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos, portrayed by Steven Van Zandt. He is the consigliere and right-hand man to Tony Soprano in the DiMeo crime family . John Magaro portrays a young Silvio Dante in the 2021 prequel film, The Many Saints of Newark .
"The Blue Comet" is the 20th episode of the sixth season of the American television series The Sopranos. Written by series creator and showrunner David Chase and Matthew Weiner, and directed by Alan Taylor, it originally aired in the United States on HBO on June 3, 2007, two weeks after the preceding episode.
In the penultimate episode "The Blue Comet", Patsy is nearly killed by two men sent to murder Silvio Dante. Patsy manages to hold them off, but Silvio is badly wounded and put into a coma, while Patsy runs into the woods fleeing for his life. Patsy later celebrates his son's engagement to Meadow Soprano with Tony and his family.
When Dante Greco offers to set a timer to remind Tony to take his medications, Silvio derisively comments "Nurse Betty over here." Talking to Tony, Phil Leotardo refers to Rusty Millio as "the mayor of Munchkinland." When Tony takes a nap with Carmela he says "Smells good. Downy Fresh".
Christopher's line "The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive" is from Bruce Springsteen's song "Born to Run," a pop culture reference made more apropos by the presence of Steven Van Zandt (as Silvio Dante), longtime guitarist in Springsteen's E Street Band. Van Zandt also sings backing vocals on the "Born To Run" track.
Adriana then turns up the Bon Jovi song "You Give Love a Bad Name" as "paisan pride." When Adriana asks what "experts" Christopher discussed the Visiting Day demo with, he names Hesh and also Silvio, who he says used to own "rock clubs in Asbury". Steven Van Zandt is a Springsteen side-man and a key figure in the Asbury music scene.
The song "Please Mr. Postman", by The Marvelettes, is playing when Tony, Silvio, Paulie, Carlo, Walden, and Bobby discuss Tony's trip to Vegas and their respective drug experiences. The song "Suspicious Minds", by Elvis Presley, is playing in the back room of Satriale's while Tony meets with Patsy and (later) Little Carmine.
line in the Marco Polo pool scene as having humorous delivery that expressed "[f]rustration, pathos, sarcasm, love and affection" all at once. [ 3 ] Italian studies professor Franco Ricci noted the symbolism in the scene where Uncle Junior watches La dolce vita on television, as La dolce vita has a "plot about unrequited love and impossible ...