Although not avid TV watchers normally, the wife and I have been watching the Sopranos every Sunday since the new season aired. Now that our daughter is reaching the age where cartoons, etc, interest her, we’ve also seen the Heffalump movie about 5 times.
I’ve noticed some similarities between the characters.
Sopranos: Silvio Dante
Notable traits: Looks grumpy, advises Tony Soprano
Winnie the Pooh: Rabbit
Notable traits: Looks grumpy, advises Pooh
Sopranos: Paulie Walnuts
Notable traits: unstable, irascible, tends to kill people just for the heck of it.
Pooh: Tigger
Notable traits: unstable, irascible, tends to pounce on people just for the heck of it.
Sopranos: Bobby Baccalieri
Notable traits: whines a lot
Pooh: Eeyore
Notable traits: whines a lot
Sopranos: Christopher Moltisanti
Notable traits: Youngest of the Capos, tends to be on the naive side
Pooh: Roo
Notable traits: Youngest of the Pooh crew, tends to be on the naive side
Sopranos: Dr. Melfi
Notable traits: calm, collected, helps Tony with his problems, yet seems a little appalled by him
Pooh: Kanga
Notable traits: calm, collected, helps Pooh and gang with their problems, yet seems a little appalled by them
Sopranos: Carrado “Junior” Soprano
Notable traits: cranky, old, gives bad advice that gets others into trouble
Pooh: Owl
Notable traits: cranky, old, gives bad advice that gets others into trouble
Sopranos: Arthur Bucco
Notable traits: kind of a timid nebbish, but friendship with Tony keeps him alive
Pooh: Piglet
Notable traits: kind of a timid nebbish, but friendship with Pooh keeps him alive
Sopranos: Tony Soprano
Notable traits: heavyset, leader of his gang, solves problems his own way
Pooh: Winnie the Pooh
Notable traits: heavyset, leader of his gang, solves problems his own way
It gets worse when you start seeing your co-workers as Dora the Explorer characters. I sat in a two day meeting across from a guy who is a dead ringer for the Grumpy Old Troll. Same color hair and never smiled.
Q and Four both love Lumpy. Try the Piglet movie. It’s very gentle and it’s segmented so you can watch 20 minutes and turn it off in a nice graceful place.
I will mail you $5 if you sing the backpack backpack song at your next meeting.
P.S. — will definitely pick up the Piglet movie — as cool as Lumpy is, we need some variety in A.A. Milne programming at the house.
You don’t know how much self restraint it took me not to break out with, “I’m the Grumpy Old Troll Who lives under the bridge. I’m the Grumpy Old Troll Who lives under the bridge.” I really wanted to ask him if I solved his riddle can I not only cross his bridge but will he sign up for what I need him to sign up for?