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I've been rewatching Wiseguy, which is better than I remember and I'm really happy to see episodes that I didn't have the chance to see before. Currently watching the last episode of Season 2, in which Vinnie's mother has returned early from her honeymoon in Italy because Vinnie has met a girl - hopefully the girl (Amber). Ma is an Italian immigrant, whose first husband died years ago. She's a devout Catholic, rather old-fashioned, and wants Vinnie to meet "a nice girl". (Vinnie's mom and step-dad say girl, not woman, though Vinnie points out that she's not a girl, she's a woman.)
So the day after Ma and her new husband get back to town, she goes to Vinnie's house in the morning while he's out to clean up and cook for him. Amber has spent the night and, thinking she's alone in the house, comes out of the shower wrapped in a towel and singing to herself. Ma hears her and turns from the stove just as Amber enters the kitchen. You can imagine what Ma is thinking!
Immediately segue to a sausage lying on a cutting board, being chopped into thin slices.
Not symbolic at all! I'm still laughing. (Also, funny - Ma doesn't yell at Vinnie, she gets disappointed at him. Very disappointed in his face.)
Wiseguy is so well-written and so well-acted. It's tempting to get the DVD set because I believe one was released that contains the Dead Dog Records arc, which is totally skipped in the streamed series, I think because of music rights complications. Lots of really fine actors as well, including Jim Byrnes, Kevin Spacy (before everyone knew, obviously), Annette Benning, Tim Curry, Jerry Lewis - I didn't realize he was such a good dramatic actor - and Stanley Tucci. With hair. I have to say, Stanley Tucci looks better now than he did 30 years ago. Too bad Ken Wahl retired from acting - he was great in this.
Also, last night I finally got to see the episode "Call It Casaba", which is famous in fannish circles but which I'd never seen before. Good comedy, good drama, and I told Irish that if someone told me entire chunks of dialog were ad libbed it wouldn't surprise me at all, because it's that natural-sounding. Jim Byrnes also gets to sing (and it's organic to the episode, not shoe-horned in).
ETA - Ma did come around but (I'm not at the end of the episode yet), I don't think things work out between Vinnie and Amber because if I recall correctly, he was still single in Season 3. (And completely absent in Season 4, which really hurt the series.) I hope Amber doesn't end up dead or something.
ETA 2 - Oh no! It's a cliffhanger! (And Amber's not dead but step-dad is shot and I suspect Amber will decide she can't handle being married to an undercover Federal Agent.)
So the day after Ma and her new husband get back to town, she goes to Vinnie's house in the morning while he's out to clean up and cook for him. Amber has spent the night and, thinking she's alone in the house, comes out of the shower wrapped in a towel and singing to herself. Ma hears her and turns from the stove just as Amber enters the kitchen. You can imagine what Ma is thinking!
Immediately segue to a sausage lying on a cutting board, being chopped into thin slices.
Not symbolic at all! I'm still laughing. (Also, funny - Ma doesn't yell at Vinnie, she gets disappointed at him. Very disappointed in his face.)
Wiseguy is so well-written and so well-acted. It's tempting to get the DVD set because I believe one was released that contains the Dead Dog Records arc, which is totally skipped in the streamed series, I think because of music rights complications. Lots of really fine actors as well, including Jim Byrnes, Kevin Spacy (before everyone knew, obviously), Annette Benning, Tim Curry, Jerry Lewis - I didn't realize he was such a good dramatic actor - and Stanley Tucci. With hair. I have to say, Stanley Tucci looks better now than he did 30 years ago. Too bad Ken Wahl retired from acting - he was great in this.
Also, last night I finally got to see the episode "Call It Casaba", which is famous in fannish circles but which I'd never seen before. Good comedy, good drama, and I told Irish that if someone told me entire chunks of dialog were ad libbed it wouldn't surprise me at all, because it's that natural-sounding. Jim Byrnes also gets to sing (and it's organic to the episode, not shoe-horned in).
ETA - Ma did come around but (I'm not at the end of the episode yet), I don't think things work out between Vinnie and Amber because if I recall correctly, he was still single in Season 3. (And completely absent in Season 4, which really hurt the series.) I hope Amber doesn't end up dead or something.
ETA 2 - Oh no! It's a cliffhanger! (And Amber's not dead but step-dad is shot and I suspect Amber will decide she can't handle being married to an undercover Federal Agent.)
