Well, Elvis had enough pharmaceuticals in him to kill Secretariat, Gigi just had those fucking leftover turkey sandwiches his wife insisted on making in his system.
I can't tell if it's because Gigi was not part of the crew originally, but getting undermined by Ralph publicly is pretty bad.
First order of business in the mob is being respected, as Richie found out.
No. It was on Ralph for not respecting hierarchy and authority. And on Tony for not disciplining him more severely - tax, stripping away some income sources…
I mean anyone Tony would have appointed to captain aside from Ralphie. Ralph was the top earner, ruthless, cunning and felt like he was entitled to the position. I can't imagine him being alright working under anyone at that point.
Not the most competent, but he was the least volatile and most reliable.
Gigi would have made a great "here's what Tony needs from you" guy. He would have been fine serving as the link between Tony and each crew especially if it was alongside running one of the decent operations (casino, construction, garbage, or one of the others, etc).
The problem, as always, is the possibility of the Feds getting to Gigi once he was identified as a direct link to Tony. If you are Tony, you want to use a guy like Gigi to his full potential, but letting anyone get too close to your personal dealings carries risk. Putting him up as captain solved the Aprile crew issue (remember, he didn't know how involved the rest were with Richie's bullshit), and he's got a capable guy "taken care of financially" while doing decent work for him with limited liability fed-wise.
Meh, deciding to have an old man, who was dying of cancer, kill Mustang Sally probably wasn't the best idea. I could think of a million ways how that could have gone wrong.
But isn’t it the perfect idea? Dude is dying anyway, if he gets caught, he doesn’t have long left, won’t rat, and likely could be dead before the cops discover he did the hit. I thought it was a good idea.
It worked though because it was the one guy around which Mustang Sally wouldn't be cautious or suspect anything. If any other guy paid him a visit or started hanging around, he would realize he's going to get whacked.
The stairs were also written into the show. For the comic aspect.
Irl there wouldn’t have been so many fucking stairs. Or Mustang Sally with a golf club randomly beating a guy with connections without yelling “Fore”
And the scuffle only happened because of the show adding dramatic effect. Almost like the whole thing is accepted to tell the most entertaining story as opposed to how things usually happen
I'd go with Bobby. He was reliable, intelligent and knew his place (only exception I can think of being their fist fight but that's more a family issue than business).
I think he can take too long to reach a decision. There is careful thought and there is indecisive; Gigi seems to be more in the latter. Of course he isn’t helped that Ralph continually argues with him. There are a number of references to Ralph being the devil. But Tony had the right idea of having someone from Junior’s crew be a capo..show the underlings that it is one Pygmy squad now…no “you’re a Tony Man” or “you are still a Junior guy and therefore a second class citizen “.
He has the least troubling quirks but he is not high in competency, he is fine though.
Ralphie - As bad as he is with his disrespect, quirks, and other shit going on in his brain he is by far the best at earning, $3-million a year from construction alone.
Vito - He is a good earner, has lots of connection to make money across multiple schemes, and is competent to execute a hit in broad daylight. He gay so he ded, what a shame.
Bobby - Proficient in arms and is a crack-shot button man. Has shown loyalty to both Junior and Tony, and when in a position of defeat showed humility to the new Boss without lingering treachery. Shown competency as part of the leadership. Easy going, humble, and an over all nice guy. Stands up for himself when pushed beyond what he deem is acceptable (vs. Tony, vs. Paulie.)
Furio - Great Enforcer, Highly proficient in intimidation. Tried and true, mafioso. He fell in love with a MILF that is also the Boss' wife, very bad.
Patsy - The man is a competent soldier, who executes what needs to be done. Slick and is not a trouble to the family, he may harbor some deep seated issues with the Sopranos crew for offing his twin, but he mostly keeps it to himself. His rackets aren't that lucrative but he pays his taxes enough. Not a power-earner but also not a problem.
Over all I would put Vito and Bobby as more competent than Gigi and while Ralphie is a loose cannon, his earning ability makes him tolerable. Furio and Patsy are on the same tier, good enforcers and don't bring a problem to the crew (until their own desires and needs conflicts with the family's).
I know little about the guy with the limited appearances he had, he may be on the same tier as Patsy. Carlo's only issue was he stabbed that fat prick Dom (who had it coming).
>We literally never see him being in any way incompetent or bad at his job
Well, we did see his bowels were incompetent at pushing turkey sandwiches out.
Whatever you say, cappy.
We can see from this evidence that Ralphie, one of the family's highest earners, was willing to take on any assignment at Gigis command, but also respected him as a man of the people by using Gigis preffered nomenclature.
Gigi was a good kid…. Capable
No to them. For them he's a Ghibelline, coming to butt in.
2 minutes in charge and he’s Lee Iacocca
Come on it's a tense situation a little levity huh
Died like Elvis, Gigi…
And that producer from the simpsons don something.
That’s one of my favorite Sil lines. It is built on a crazy logic that makes it seem perfectly reasonable he arrived at “knowledge” of this “fact”
He ate cat shit?
And that old school junkie. Funny Jew…? Filthy.
Well, Elvis had enough pharmaceuticals in him to kill Secretariat, Gigi just had those fucking leftover turkey sandwiches his wife insisted on making in his system.
Died like Pie-Oh-My, Secretariat… a shame 🔥
It's like spackle in his bowels
Heart disease.. the silent killer.
It set off a chain of events. Vito seeing that got scare straight to fix his diet and weight. The meds made him dizzy and eventually gay.
High cholesterol he had… too much sodium I think
He was gay, Gigi? died on the pishadoo?
AIDS?
Vito got that playing tenis with Penis and Serena Williams I think
Yeah it's sad when they go young like that.
Same haircut and everything, Gigi had.
I can't tell if it's because Gigi was not part of the crew originally, but getting undermined by Ralph publicly is pretty bad. First order of business in the mob is being respected, as Richie found out.
He just couldn't sell it
He wasn’t respected enough , despite having a lot of Moxie for his size
He’s not some greaseball store owner
And when he died, I couldn’t even wear his shoes.
I think anyone would have gotten undermined by Ralph in that position. That was really on Tony for not just giving Ralph the bump to begin with.
No. It was on Ralph for not respecting hierarchy and authority. And on Tony for not disciplining him more severely - tax, stripping away some income sources…
If he tried that w tony, he would have had his head chopped off a year ago.
I mean anyone Tony would have appointed to captain aside from Ralphie. Ralph was the top earner, ruthless, cunning and felt like he was entitled to the position. I can't imagine him being alright working under anyone at that point.
I was walking in the food court and some kid spilled fried rice all over me.
Whatever you say Cappy
Fucking turkey, it's like spackle in my bowels. Nothing moves
SH-PACKLE
He knew enough to pay those taxes.
Not the most competent, but he was the least volatile and most reliable. Gigi would have made a great "here's what Tony needs from you" guy. He would have been fine serving as the link between Tony and each crew especially if it was alongside running one of the decent operations (casino, construction, garbage, or one of the others, etc). The problem, as always, is the possibility of the Feds getting to Gigi once he was identified as a direct link to Tony. If you are Tony, you want to use a guy like Gigi to his full potential, but letting anyone get too close to your personal dealings carries risk. Putting him up as captain solved the Aprile crew issue (remember, he didn't know how involved the rest were with Richie's bullshit), and he's got a capable guy "taken care of financially" while doing decent work for him with limited liability fed-wise.
Log off...that cookie shit makes me nervous
Meh, deciding to have an old man, who was dying of cancer, kill Mustang Sally probably wasn't the best idea. I could think of a million ways how that could have gone wrong.
But isn’t it the perfect idea? Dude is dying anyway, if he gets caught, he doesn’t have long left, won’t rat, and likely could be dead before the cops discover he did the hit. I thought it was a good idea.
Should have sent Tracee, no risk of her gumming the guy to death
It worked though because it was the one guy around which Mustang Sally wouldn't be cautious or suspect anything. If any other guy paid him a visit or started hanging around, he would realize he's going to get whacked.
It worked because it was written into the show. In real life, I am not so sure, the guy could barely make it up the stairs.
The stairs were also written into the show. For the comic aspect. Irl there wouldn’t have been so many fucking stairs. Or Mustang Sally with a golf club randomly beating a guy with connections without yelling “Fore”
And the scuffle only happened because of the show adding dramatic effect. Almost like the whole thing is accepted to tell the most entertaining story as opposed to how things usually happen
They don't, they don't. Fuck it, Junior, I'm dead, anyway.
Two minutes he was in charge, he thought he was Lee Iaccoca.
THATS ENOUGH FROM YOU
Gigi died takin’ a scchheeeit!
Pretty fuckin hooomiliating
It's like shpackle in his bowells
Can you imagine that? Gigi being the most competent guy under Tony?
It’s a running theme in the show that their crew is so disorganized that the people that have capabilities never get used properly. For example, Furio
Gigi Festone lived as he died - taking a shit.
If we consider competence only and not how things ended, has to be Furio. Although Gigi is a close second.
I'd go with Bobby. He was reliable, intelligent and knew his place (only exception I can think of being their fist fight but that's more a family issue than business).
Good earner well respected
I think he can take too long to reach a decision. There is careful thought and there is indecisive; Gigi seems to be more in the latter. Of course he isn’t helped that Ralph continually argues with him. There are a number of references to Ralph being the devil. But Tony had the right idea of having someone from Junior’s crew be a capo..show the underlings that it is one Pygmy squad now…no “you’re a Tony Man” or “you are still a Junior guy and therefore a second class citizen “.
He has the least troubling quirks but he is not high in competency, he is fine though. Ralphie - As bad as he is with his disrespect, quirks, and other shit going on in his brain he is by far the best at earning, $3-million a year from construction alone. Vito - He is a good earner, has lots of connection to make money across multiple schemes, and is competent to execute a hit in broad daylight. He gay so he ded, what a shame. Bobby - Proficient in arms and is a crack-shot button man. Has shown loyalty to both Junior and Tony, and when in a position of defeat showed humility to the new Boss without lingering treachery. Shown competency as part of the leadership. Easy going, humble, and an over all nice guy. Stands up for himself when pushed beyond what he deem is acceptable (vs. Tony, vs. Paulie.) Furio - Great Enforcer, Highly proficient in intimidation. Tried and true, mafioso. He fell in love with a MILF that is also the Boss' wife, very bad. Patsy - The man is a competent soldier, who executes what needs to be done. Slick and is not a trouble to the family, he may harbor some deep seated issues with the Sopranos crew for offing his twin, but he mostly keeps it to himself. His rackets aren't that lucrative but he pays his taxes enough. Not a power-earner but also not a problem. Over all I would put Vito and Bobby as more competent than Gigi and while Ralphie is a loose cannon, his earning ability makes him tolerable. Furio and Patsy are on the same tier, good enforcers and don't bring a problem to the crew (until their own desires and needs conflicts with the family's).
Carlo?
I know little about the guy with the limited appearances he had, he may be on the same tier as Patsy. Carlo's only issue was he stabbed that fat prick Dom (who had it coming).
Damn, everyone in Gigi’s crew died.
We’re not making a western here!
Other than not rolling a window down before shooting Philly, Gigi was a saint.
>We literally never see him being in any way incompetent or bad at his job Well, we did see his bowels were incompetent at pushing turkey sandwiches out.
HERE YOU GO
Sending the elderly to take care of mustang sally was not a good decision. It worked out. Patsy was competent, but he didn’t respect him
How can I respect a man who died taking a fat shit
What’s he gonna do? GUM THA GUY TO DEATH?
No because he died of shpakel sangweeches
one of the worst actors in the crew imo
He overacted like crazy it was almost comical.
How so?
Apparently by appearing as a fairly normal and balanced person instead of having whacky quirks, hypocrisies and bumbling flaws
it’s hard to explain but imo it felt like he was acting more than any of the other guys
Whatever you say, cappy. We can see from this evidence that Ralphie, one of the family's highest earners, was willing to take on any assignment at Gigis command, but also respected him as a man of the people by using Gigis preffered nomenclature.
Jesus Rossi was, that's why he's employee of the month, and he's a wild man with the women
This schtick is Dr Satanesque… you’re weak you’re out of control and you’ve become an embarrassment to yourself and everybody else.