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While everyone's looks change at least a bit as they age, if you look at the facial features of the guy that enters the diner and sits at the counter, there's NO mistaking that it IS, in fact, Steve Perry and has been verified by the Nat'l Press. I think a few people on this blog have some egg to wipe off their face! Case Closed! LOL




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dncott (6 hours ago) Marked as spam
As per Fox News this morning ... "That was Journey lead singer Steve Perry who played the ostensible hitman in the last scene of "The Sopranos." While his record, "Don't Stop Believing" was playing, it was Perry who entered the diner, sat at the counter, and then visited the men's room. A nice touch

Did you not see the episode?

In the already infamous conclusion of "The Sopranos," the camera ominously panned to a number of background actors populating the diner where the family sat down for its last televised meal.

Seldom have nameless extras been so integral to such a historic moment in television. Depending on your perspective, they could be viewed as either red herrings meant to distract bloodthirsty fans waiting for an explosive finale - or as Tony's potential killers who struck at the instant the screen abruptly went black.

Paolo Colandrea, a 47-year-old owner of a pizza joint in Penndel, Pa., played the mysterious man wearing a Member's Only jacket sitting at the bar. He was shown going to the bathroom - a way station of assassination to fans of "The Godfather."

When a relative of Colandrea's picked up the phone at his pizza shop, he exclaimed: "You're trying to get in touch with him? Everyone's trying to get in touch with him!"

But if Colandrea's character was there to kill Tony Soprano, the actor who played him isn't saying.

"I do have an idea, but I cannot really talk," Colandrea said Monday. "I have papers signed that I can't make any comments on that."

Colandrea, who was born in Naples, auditioned for the role after a casting agent stopped for a bite at his shop. He claims to know definitely his character's intent and what happens following the episode's conclusion, but won't divulge it. (A bit of trivia: Colandrea's character wears a Member's Only jacket; the first episode of the final season was titled "Member's Only.")

Most have read the ending as deliberately ambiguous, leaving myriad reasonable conclusions for the audience to decipher. Colandrea's perspective, though, would have it that there's an answer to the puzzle worth hiding.

Colandrea mentions the possibility of a "Sopranos" movie, which was discussed and eventually dismissed by Chase and the show's producers years ago. Chase has said he's almost certainly not going to make a "Sopranos" film. (Chase is currently in France and unavailable for comment.)

Others imagine the blackout signifies Tony's death, coming in a flash. As Tony told Bobby Bacala while fishing earlier in the season: "You never see it coming." In this scenario, Tony perishes having seemingly reached a level of peace; he chooses Journey's optimistic "Don't Stop Believin'" on the juke box, not Frank Sinatra's backward-looking "My Way."

The final scene was shot at Holsten's Old-Fashion Ice Cream Parlour in Bloomfield, N.J. Jimmy Spadola, a local of Bloomfield, also played an extra in the final scene.

He watched the episode with friends and family on a newly installed flat screen TV, which threw doubt into the abrupt black screen that finished the finale.

"Everybody screamed: 'Jimmy, your cable! What did you do? What did you do?'" Spadola said. "You know something? I think that's exactly what David Chase wanted."

http://www.centredaily.com/entertainmen ... 22587.html

I actually watched that mindless show hoping that fat slob would have his brains spread all over the diner. No such luck. While the episode sucked, I do NOT remember anyone that even resembled Perry being in that scene. HOTS, I think you see what you want to see....whether it be a 4 foot high stack of pancakes, a 19 and a half inch dildo or Steve Perry.

Yeah, that's the craziest thing I've ever heard. That last scene was shot MONTHS ago. Steve Perry was notified and gave clearance for the song to be in the episode LAST WEEK after David Chase told him how the scene unfolded. And that guy looked nothing like Steve, other than maybe Steve's nose.

Just watched again on youtube. Ain't him. Not even close. The dude has no chin. Goes from nose to neck only.

RPC13 wrote:Yeah, that's the craziest thing I've ever heard. That last scene was shot MONTHS ago. Steve Perry was notified and gave clearance for the song to be in the episode LAST WEEK after David Chase told him how the scene unfolded. And that guy looked nothing like Steve, other than maybe Steve's nose.

No, the creator was in contact with Perry and the band a long time ago relating to this, Perry only gave his approval last week.

Playitloudforme wrote:Just watched again on youtube. Ain't him. Not even close. The dude has no chin. Goes from nose to neck only.

Please post the link Playit. I don't watch the Sopranos and want to see it.

Naw, I never watched the show. I pulled the last scene up and read the comments.

You're right St. John. I wanted too much for it to be so, lol. Gotta admit, it would have been great?I thought that they might have made him up somewhat.

heardonthestreet wrote:Naw, I never watched the show. I pulled the last scene up and read the comments.

You're right St. John. I wanted too much for it to be so, lol. Gotta admit, it would have been great?I thought that they might have made him up somewhat.

When he was walking toward the camera, I kind of thought it could be him, but when he was going toward the restroom, the shoulders were too broad. SP isn't as big as that guy.

Is the final scene on youtube? Please post the link. SP has been an extra on a t.v. show before - I think he said it was "Roswell" - so, it would've been pretty neat to have him in the last episode during the playing of DSB!

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Playitloudforme wrote:Just watched again on youtube. Ain't him. Not even close. The dude has no chin. Goes from nose to neck only.

Please post the link Playit. I don't watch the Sopranos and want to see it.

Ain't him, but darn, not too far off.

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[quote="Rick"][quote="RPC13"]Yeah, that's the craziest thing I've ever heard. That last scene was shot MONTHS ago. Steve Perry was notified and gave clearance for the song to be in the episode LAST WEEK after David Chase told him how the scene unfolded. And that guy looked nothing like Steve, other than maybe Steve's nose.[/quote]

No, the creator was in contact with Perry and the band a long time ago relating to this, Perry only gave his approval last week.[/quote]


You're right. (My original was worded badly).

What I meant to say was that without the song in the scene, there would really be no reason to have Steve Perry as an extra in the scene. And since the song was only approved last Thursday, they wouldn't have had time to shoot the scene with Perry in it, after the song was approved, to get it on air three days later. I don't know if that's any clearer.

Sorry for the misunderstanding.

His hair has been long for longer than that too.

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

ohsherrie wrote:

Playitloudforme wrote:Just watched again on youtube. Ain't him. Not even close. The dude has no chin. Goes from nose to neck only.

Please post the link Playit. I don't watch the Sopranos and want to see it.

Ain't him, but darn, not too far off.

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Ain't too far off??????? Are you kidding??? Yuck!

What about the guy that's sitting in a booth across from Tony. I could only see a little bit of him, but that guy looks more like SP to me. Can you copy & paste that picture???

Oh well! I had him started on a brilliant TV career, lol. Oh the possibilites.

donnaplease wrote:

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

ohsherrie wrote:

Playitloudforme wrote:Just watched again on youtube. Ain't him. Not even close. The dude has no chin. Goes from nose to neck only.

Please post the link Playit. I don't watch the Sopranos and want to see it.

Ain't him, but darn, not too far off.

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Ain't too far off??????? Are you kidding??? Yuck!

What about the guy that's sitting in a booth across from Tony. I could only see a little bit of him, but that guy looks more like SP to me. Can you copy & paste that picture???

Hell, that guy looks like George Bush.

donnaplease wrote:
Ain't too far off??????? Are you kidding??? Yuck!

Yeah, I know, I just meant if you could suspend disbelief long enough to envision that they had him in makeup, you could see where someone might think it's him, thus starting this weird rumor.

It's different watching the moving video than a still shot. But still, there's no way it's him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN1-3rX9XKk

Hurry to watch it... HBO is taking it down left & right.