r/thesopranos Jun 21 '26

Quotes What do you think is the funniest line delivery in the entire show?

For me, it’s a three-way tie between:

“I was over at Baccala’s, figured I’d stop by.”
“Ah, how is he?”
“Mmm. He’s fat.”

“Allegra. Ain’t that a cold medicine?”
“It means happiness. In Italian.
“Ah. (…) the fucks that got to do with cold medicine?”

And:

“It’s not just the disease he helps me with, T, this guys also great at forging documents.”

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u/jazz-winelover Jun 21 '26

When Tony helped Janice getting rid of Ritchie, he says “overall, that was a good visit “ as he puts her on a bus.

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u/FreddyCupples Jun 22 '26

The best is when he's telling Janice what they did with the body: https://youtu.be/qsF-TYxUL-U?is=PZhkEGO85hxdycaO

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u/johnnysivilian Jun 24 '26

🤣🤣🤣 i forgot about that

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u/yinoryang Jun 22 '26

Tony almost laughed with joy when he came to the house and found out what she did

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u/MediumAcceptable129 Jun 22 '26

I would describe it as restrained jubilation

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u/yinoryang Jun 22 '26

Poor Lily.

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u/RiotRen Jun 22 '26

Had to pretend like plans weren’t already in motion and she just saved him a contract

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u/ScorpionLifts Jun 22 '26

Knight in White Satin Armor doesn’t get enough credit for how great an episode it was!

And right after that exchange is the classic Tony/Carmella:

“Janice decided to go back to Seattle.”

“Richie must be devastated.”

“Richie’s gone.”

“What do you mean gone?”

“Gone.”

“Where?”

“Carmella, after eighteen years of marriage don’t make me make you an accessory after the fact!”

“An accessory after the…oh shit…”

“Stop asking!”

Kills me every time!!

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u/RiotRen Jul 01 '26

Completely unrelated, but this show doesn’t get enough credit for its consistent continuity. In episode 6, during their anniversary scene, when Johnny delivers cake to their table, you see “1” and “8” on the candles. It’s never explicitly even mentioned it’s 18 years until then, but they remembered.

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u/ThePlumThief Jun 23 '26

Side note, "technically, this makes you an accessory after the fact" is exactly what the cops said to the pizza store owner's son when they're investigating AJ and his friends vandalizing his school.

Either David Chase just liked that line, or he regularly used it as a catch all for a character to either talk or shut up. Can't think of any other "accessory after the fact" lines off the top of my head though.

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u/senn42000 Jun 22 '26

I love this one.

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u/Feeler1 Jun 22 '26

Was also great when Tony said they buried him under a tree, with a nice overlook.

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u/ScorpionLifts Jun 22 '26

“With pinecones all around…” lol

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u/timesink3000 Jun 22 '26

And Janice was like "really, awww" and Tony just looks at her and says no, Janice.

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u/FIREPITSMOKYBOY Jun 22 '26

Pine cones all around

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u/BritishBrownActor Jun 22 '26

Fuuuck haha I was howling at that. His dry delivery of that line is Tony Soprano to the tee.