TMV LOVES satire (we don’t do enough of it on this site, although some of the news stories we quote seem as if they are satires). And there IS some good stuff out there. So here are two great ones — satires on The Sopranos, via You Tube.
First, here’s Mad TV’s look at what The Sopranos will look like once it goes into syndication and the swearing and extreme violence are edited out by:
Second, here’s a great satire/duplication of The Sopranos’ wonderful opening credits and theme…but this time with scenic New Jersey replaced by scenic Baltimore, Maryland:
You can read more about the REAL The Sopranos by CLICKING HERE. You can find out about the DVD sets (TMV is almost finished with the first season and he will collect and study the acting in all) by CLICKING HERE.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.