Mob Facts
Giuseppe Esposito was believed to be the first member of the Sicilian Mafia to emigrate to the U.S. He came to New York in 1890, after murdering almost a dozen landowners and the two leaders of his province.
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Mob Facts
Giuseppe Esposito was believed to be the first member of the Sicilian Mafia to emigrate to the U.S. He came to New York in 1890, after murdering almost a dozen landowners and the two leaders of his province.
WTF is going on? Is this a whatif episode…whatif Toni was a salesman instead of a mob boss?
I don’t watch the Sopranos (no cable) but I thought it was funny that the NYTimes had an editorial about the show today.
what a strange episode. I did tell Wilfred last week that I saw Anthony going all Michael Corleone over this. Well, we’ll see….
Not that I have many episodes to compare with, but that was pretty bizarre.
every once in a while they have dream sequences.
This was weird…the voice of his kids was the same, but the wife’s voice was different.
He dreamed he lived an upstanding life, but then was caught in a situation where he was mistaken for a criminal and then had to revert to crime to get a room for the night.
Pretty deep stuff, but also not a lot of action or comedy tonight.
BooMan,
Where did you get that Mob Fact from?
Also, most mob historians trace the so called Italian mob in the US to the Five Points Gang of 1880’s – 1890’s NYC.
here.
But wasn’t the dream/hallucination sequence better when he thought Cusimano? had a young Italian girl house sitting.
When Tony was taking anti-depressants.
well, the house sitter was eye candy, but I liked the moral ambiguity of tonight’s dream.
next week is gangsta week….back to basics…a fight for control…can’t wait.
I hate the Sopranos. For the real mob is so much more interesting, in a gruesome sort of way.
Mob History quiz,
1, What pivotal event in Chicago followed the death of Sicilian League President, Mike Merlow?
2, What famous New York Mobster was present for Merlow’s funeral, in Chicago?
3, Who were the “Murder Twins?”
4, Was Hymie Weiss Jewish?
5, Richard “The Iceman” Kuklinski worked at the “Murder Factory” behind the Gemini Bar in Brooklyn for what “made” mobster in charge of the operation, who’s first name was also “Rick?”
An easy quiz.