he s a gangster but he s a man in therapy so you think right from the very start of the very first episode you re going to get, you know, therapy speak, tell me about your childhood. but not until seven episodes into it we fine gel ate a glimpse of tony soprano as a little kid. in that scene here s young tony, his dad comes looking for tony s dad. tony dad hops in a car and takes off with the uncle. tony himself, the kid, ends up missing the school bus. and while he s not at school he ends up finding his dad and uncle and seeing what they were up to, basically sneaks up on them. and what he sees is his dad and uncle beating the bejesus out of this guy on a street corner. and this happens episode 7. and it s two more seasons, season 3 of the whole series when you get another flashback of tony as a little kid with his dad. and this time once again young tony is not supposed to be there, he has snuck in. but his dad goes to collect from a local butcher and the dad not only beats
we ll be watching her. on a day where i needed it. thank you, my friend. thank you. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. really happy to have you here. so have you watched the sopranos? if not, hit pause and watch all seasons and then come back in a couple weeks and start this again. the first season of the sopranos is 13 episodes long. the sopranos obviously is one of the greatest achievements ever in american drama, in contention for one of the greatest television shows ever made in any country on any subject. but in season one of the sopranos you have to get through like half the whole season, i think you have to get to the seventh episode or something before you get anything that seems like it is a back story on your lead character. so, i mean, here s a story about a man in therapy, yes, he s a gangster, but he s a man in therapy. you think right from the very start of the very first episode you re going to get, you know, therapy speak, tell me about yo
Id like to quote if i might of mr. Burns but in the he says this is the most compelling yet produced on the seminal event in the history of american race relations. It tells us a lot of how he came to being, who we are and what we can and will be. Barnes tale of innocence lost to greet, corruption and lust for power. Barnes shows the stability of the black community that was slowly and methodically undermined by the destruction of innocence that white workers have long accepted. This is where this book really begins to achieve its unfolding power. Burns tells the story. I pasted the last part. [ laughing ] it was really great and thats why i cut it out. [ laughing ] i am really sorry. I havent planned this. Before we begin, id like to sit a few personal things about harper. In 1977, when we move to this location, harper wrote an article in the post about this for the sunday paper. At midnight saturday night we waited anxiously for the paper to be delivered. What a thrill. Harper was th
Country, in fairfax, virginia with todays turkey trot. Well check back in with our main man in a minute. But we have a very special cohost from the boxing ring to the big screen. A tv icon from taxi to whos the boss, now to the stage, the one and only the tony danza who has a song i feel like im going ten rounds. This is the song, hold me closer, tony danza. The classic that blew up the charts in the late 70s, elton john sang this about you . Well, you know, elton and i go way back. The truth of the matter is, ive never actually come clean about this. Shouldnt talk about it. When you first heard that song, did you think tony danza or is that just the rest of us being you know how it is. On friends, phoebe said i like that song, elton johns song about tony danza. I said, what are you talking about . I have incredible experiences with this. I was in philadelphia, walking to a restaurant with a friend of mine and three young girls came up to me. I thought theyan they got around me and the
Country, in fairfax, virginia with todays turkey trot. Well check back in with our main man in a minute. But we have a very special cohost from the boxing ring to the big screen. A tv icon from taxi to whos the boss, now to the stage, the one and only the tony danza who has a song i feel like im going ten rounds. This is the song, hold me closer, tony danza. The classic that blew up the charts in the late 70s, elton john sang this about you . Well, you know, elton and i go way back. The truth of the matter is, ive never actually come clean about this. Shouldnt talk about it. When you first heard that song, did you think tony danza or is that just the rest of us being you know how it is. On friends, phoebe said i like that song, elton johns song about tony danza. I said, what are you talking about . I have incredible experiences with this. I was in philadelphia, walking to a restaurant with a friend of mine and three young girls came up to me. I thought theyan they got around me and the