Cut To Black: A Sopranos Sitdown

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What more could be said about The Sopranos? Well, frankly quite a bit! Join seasoned Sopranos vet Jim Scampoli and Sopranos virgin (yes they exist) Jakob Burrows as they embark on a journey through all 6 seasons of The Sopranos starting with episode 1. Whether you have seen them all multiple times or you are just now getting around to it, there will be adventure, excitement and plenty of gabagool. Interact during the live recordings on our Youtube channel or send comments and thoughts to [email protected]

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06.11.2022

We have a very special discussion for you all this week! We are going all the back to The Sopranos pilot (“Those goddamn ducks”) but we are discussing it in comparison to the original script! Between the path of the ...

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06.11.2022 From Script To Screen – The Sopranos Pilot \| Cut To Black We have a very special discussion for you all this week! We are going all the back to The Sopranos pilot (“Those goddamn ducks”) but we are discussing it in comparison to the original script! Between the path of the ...
05.22.2022 The Offer S01E01 Pilot Discussion – Cut To Black Paramount+ has released a new television series chronicling the making of one of the greatest movies in cinema history, THE GODFATHER. Jim and Jakob have discussed all of the Sopranos and recently the Godfather films so we get together to ...
05.02.2022 Sopranos Actors In Commercials – Cut To Black Jim and Jakob watch and react to the finest commercials featuring the cast of The Sopranos! It’s hard out there for a working actor sometimes so the degree of quality is quite a range, but come along for the ride! ...
12.30.2021 The Art Of Self Defense \| A Cobra Kai Cut To Black Jim and Jakob are here with a CROSSOVER EPISODE! We watch the film “The Art Of Self Defense” in relation to two of our favorite shows, THE SOPRANOS and COBRA KAI! That makes no sense, you say? Just listen, we ...
12.11.2021 Casino \| Cut To Black: A Sopranos Sitdown Jim and Jakob get together to watch another mob movie classic, “Casino”, and it’s comparison to the Sopranos. Directed by Martin Scorsese in his eighth collaboration with Robert Deniro, it tells the story of the mob’s role in building Las ...
11.14.2021 Watching The Sopranos (for the first time) after Many Saints of Newark \| Season 1 We’re doing something different this week, inviting Jakob’s Girlfriend ™ to the studio to start The Sopranos from the very first episode, with the unique perspective of someone who watched The Many Saints of Newark before ever seeing the show. ...
10.02.2021 The Many Saints Of Newark Reaction & Review \| Cut To Black: A Sopranos Sitdown It’s finally here! The long awaited Sopranos prequel film, The Many Saints Of Newark is here! Join Jim and Jakob as we discuss the film, our reactions, our expectations and of course things we loved and things we didn’t love. ...
09.18.2021 The Many Saints Of Newark Trailer 2 Breakdown & Reaction Jim and Jakob get together to discuss the latest trailer for the upcoming Sopranos prequel film, “The Many Saints Of Newark”. We take this last opportunity to process our excitement and wonder at what this upcoming film will bring and ...
09.04.2021 The Godfather CODA – Cut To Black: A Sopranos Sitdown Jim has never seen The Godfather 3, so he might as well watch The Godfather CODA: The Death Of Michael Corleone which Francis Ford Coppola looks at as the definitive cut! The bastard stepchild of the Godfather trilogy is looking ...
07.07.2021 The Many Saints Of Newark Trailer Breakdown & Reaction Welcome to Cut To Black! A Sopranos Sitdown! Jim and Jakob are back to discuss the new trailer for The Many Saints of Newark (A Sopranos Story), their expections, hype level and most importantly, their FEAR.
12.11.2020 James Gandolfini – The Christmas Dad – Cut To Black Tis the season for more James Gandolfini! We delve back into the career of James Gandolfini, this time co-starring with Ben Affleck, Catherine O’Hara and Christina Applegate! Talk about a recipe for success! Or absolute failure, either one. So grab ...
12.02.2020 James Gandolfini – The Prison Warden – Cut To Black We are doing a dive into the career of one James Gandolfini, that’s right, Tony Soprano himself! But he isn’t always Tony Soprano or even Kevin Finnerty, this time he is Colonel Winter the warden of the military prison at ...
11.06.2020 The Godfather 2 – Cut To Black: A Sopranos Sitdown We are back to discuss one of the most celebrated sequels of all time! The Godfather II! Obviously a great movie, but does it’s reputation hold up? Is it better than the original? Join Jim and Jakob to discuss this ...
10.15.2020 The Godfather – Cut To Black: A Sopranos Sitdown It’s us, Jim and Jakob! We are back to discuss The Sopranos! This time through the lens of the first Godfather film and I’m not sure if you have heard but The Godfather is a great movie! Get your macaroni ...
07.25.2020 Fear City: New York Vs. The Mafia – Cut To Black Jim and Jakob are back to discuss the new Netflix Docuseries, Fear City: New York vs. The Mafia, that’s right we have some new mob entertainment to enjoy and we get to discuss the series as a whole and how ...
04.03.2020 Sopranos Sitdown – Retrospective – CUT TO BLACK We told you we would be back! Jim and Jakob are checking in to reflect on the Sopranos as a whole and read some feedback from you dear listeners! Thank you so much for everyone that took the time out ...
03.23.2020 Made Women: A Sopranos Rewatch Podcast Cut To Black checking in to let you know about a new Sopranos podcast called “Made Women” hosted by Drea De Matteo (Adrianna La Cerva) and her close friend, entrepreneur & New Jersey native Chris Kushner, as they give you ...
03.08.2020 The Irishman (2019) \| The American Mafia (1975) Welcome to Cut to Black: A Reel History Special. This is a crossover between two of our Shows What You Know podcasts! On Cut to Black we discuss The Sopranos; on Reel History we dig into the historical context of ...
02.27.2020 Sopranos Sitdown S06E21 – “Made In America” – Cut To Black We have finally done it, we have made it to the end. Jakob Burrows can now say that he has seen every single episode of “The Sopranos”, he can no longer be spoiled and he wants to shout it from ...
02.20.2020 Sopranos Sitdown S01E01 REVISITED – “The Sopranos” – Cut To Black Before we get to the end, we must take a look back to where it all started! Jim and Jakob revisit the pilot and while looking back we discuss the series as a whole as Jakob gears up to finally ...
02.14.2020 Sopranos Sitdown S06E20 – “The Blue Comet” – Cut To Black It is really starting to sink in that we are coming to the end. Jim and Jakob’s journey through the Sopranos is almost at that final Cut To Black, but before that we have a superb episode that sees tensions ...
02.06.2020 Sopranos Sitdown S06E19 – “The Second Coming” – Cut To Black Christopher Moltisanti is now dead, who’s next!? One of Phil’s guys makes things too personal with the Soprano family and Tony responds, while AJ’s recent progress takes quite a down turn. Jim and Jakob are hurtling towards the final CUT ...
01.31.2020 Sopranos Sitdown S06E18 – “Kennedy and Heidi” – Cut To Black Well, we are certainly coming up on the end of The Sopranos! This episode we bid farewell to someone that has been with us from the beginning and we follow Tony as he desperately wants to share with someone that ...
01.23.2020 Sopranos Sitdown S06E17 – “Walk Like A Man” – Cut To Black AJ is depressed dealing with the fallout of his cancelled engagement, Tony is pushing him towards the college life with some unintended results. Paulie and Christopher are doing what they do as their feud continues and Chris tries to maintain ...
01.16.2020 Sopranos Sitdown S06E16 – “Chasing It” – Cut To Black A grown man made a wager, he lost, he made another one, he lost again, but that isn’t the end of the story when that man is named Tony Soprano. Tony Soprano is on a gambling kick and mostly coming ...
01.09.2020 Sopranos Sitdown S06E15 – “Remember When” – Cut To Black We are back with episode 15 of season 6 as Tony is yet again feeling pressure from the sins of his past as he and Paulie have to lamb it as the feds are closing in. Not only that but ...
12.27.2019 Sopranos Sitdown S06E14 – “Stage 5” – Cut To Black Jim and Jakob are back, sorry for any delays but we are savoring these last few episodes as we are quickly coming up on the end of The Sopranos. This episode we get some big updates on Chris’s film “Cleaver”, ...
12.04.2019 Sopranos Sitdown S06E13 – “Soprano Home Movies” – Cut To Black Here we go, the home stretch, the final Sopranos season premiere of the run. Jim and Jakob go on a ride that starts with the past coming back to haunt Tony in the form of a tossed gun and hollow ...
11.28.2019 Sopranos Sitdown S06E12 – “Kaisha” – Cut To Black This is it! Just in time for Thanksgiving we have the Season 6A finale that spans the holiday season! Jim is pretty down on this episode as he has issues trying to separate it from being a “season finale”, we ...
11.22.2019 Sopranos Sitdown S06E11 – “Cold Stones” – Cut To Black The Sopranos Season 6A is winding down and it seems like we have seen the last of poor Vito, meanwhile Carmella has an awakening overseas. Join Jim and Jakob as we gear up for the home stretch and head toward ...
11.14.2019 Sopranos Sitdown S06E10 – “Moe n’ Joe” – Cut To Black Vito is struggling with living the civilian life, Johnny Sack is facing the repercussions of living the gangster life while Tony just has fun shitting on his sister Janice and his brother-in-law Bobby. What’s your opinion? Email us at [email protected] ...
11.05.2019 Sopranos Sitdown S06E09 – “The Ride” – Cut To Black Everyone is chasing that feeling, whether it be an amusement park ride, a drug fix or just the rush you get when you are committing crime, we all have our things. Tony is still dealing with every day being a ...
10.25.2019 Sopranos Sitdown S06E08 – “Johnny Cakes” – Cut To Black AJ is getting tired of living vicariously through his father’s lifestyle and thinks about taking the next step, Vito tries to be himself and Tony could possibly be a new man. What’s your opinion? Email us at [email protected] or tweet ...
10.17.2019 Sopranos Sitdown S06E07 – “Luxury Lounge” – Cut To Black Rusty still needs to get whacked, Chris is off to Hollywood with Little Carmine to have a sitdown with Ben Kingsley and Artie Buco is going to Artie Buco. Jim and Jakob, your warm and convivial hosts are back to ...
10.09.2019 Sopranos Sitdown S06E06 – “Live Free Or Die” – Cut To Black Word is out about Vito’s secret and the Soprano family has to react, but has Tony’s outlook on life made him a kinder, gentler gangster? Meadow and Finn gonna Meadow and Finn and Carmela is still worrying about her financial ...
09.22.2019 Sopranos Sitdown S06E05 – “Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request…” – Cut To Black Ok, we are out of the coma world, we are out of the hospital and we are back in the suburbs of New Jersey and back into the universe of The Sopranos. What a better way to signify this than ...
09.13.2019 Sopranos Sitdown S06E04 – “The Fleshy Part Of The Thigh” – Cut To Black Jim and Jakob are back! After a small stay at the “Inn At The Oaks”, we were able to break out and come back to reality and get back to discussing THE SOPRANOS! Apologies about the delay, but you know ...
08.30.2019 Modern Times – Die Hard Meets Fake News NEW PODCAST ALERT! In Blank Meets Blank we invent a new TV show every episode, starting with two random hat drawings and ending with a pilot, a first season summary and a fantasy cast. This is something we’ve been working ...
08.09.2019 Sopranos Sitdown S06E03 – “Mayham” – Cut To Black Can we get some mob violence on this show!? Why of course we can, we can start right out with it this week as a matter of fact! Tony is still in limbo, wondering if he just might be Kevin ...
08.05.2019 Sopranos Sitdown S06E02 – “Join The Club” – Cut To Black Who am I? That is the question that Tony Soprano is currently grasping with as he lays in a hospital bed with a gun shot wound to the gut, meanwhile the other Tony is stuck in Costa Mesa with someone ...
07.27.2019 Sopranos Sitdown S06E01 – “Member’s Only” – Cut To Black We are back to dig into Sopranos Season 6! Jim and Jakob are here to discuss the episode “Member’s Only” where we get to spend some more time with Eugene a soldier in the Soprano family as well as catch ...
07.07.2019 Sopranos Sitdown S05E13 – “All Due Respect” – Cut To Black We are here to deliver our SUPER-SIZED discussion of the Sopranos Season 5 finale, “All Due Respect”! Tensions continue to heat up between Jersey and New York as Tony doesn’t want to eat shit from Johnny and Phil Leotardo is ...
06.30.2019 Sopranos Sitdown S05E12 – “Long Term Parking” – Cut To Black What Empire Online calls the greatest Sopranos episode ever is finally here for us to discuss! Tony and Carmella are coming to an agreement to get back together, Christopher and Adrianna will never be the same and the drama in ...
06.16.2019 Sopranos Sitdown S05E11 – “The Test Dream” – Cut To Black It’s about time we really get inside the mind of one Tony Soprano, and what better way to do that than a 20 minute dream sequence!? This is vintage David Chase as he gives us not what we want, but ...
06.11.2019 Sopranos Sitdown S05E10 – “Cold Cuts” – Cut To Black Is Tony Soprano a likable person? Does Tony Soprano spread nothing but misery to the people he loves? Season 5, episode 10 “Cold Cuts” tries to answer these questions and we may not like the answer. What’s your opinion? Email ...
06.02.2019 Sopranos Sitdown S05E09 – “Unidentified Black Males” – Cut To Black Sorry about the delay but Jim and Jakob are back with some more Cut To Black! Picking up with Season 5, we check in with episode 9 as we get a further glimpse into the lives of Meadow and Finn ...
05.10.2019 Sopranos Sitdown S05E08 – “Marco Polo” – Cut To Black This week we get to be a fly on the wall and hang out at a Soprano family gathering to celebrate Hugh De Angelis’s 70th birthday! A surprise party that Junior Soprano couldn’t help but ruin, as the mafia family ...
05.01.2019 Sopranos Sitdown S05E07 – “In Camelot” – Cut To Black Tony has a run in with his Dad’s old goomah that threatens the image he has of his father, Christopher’s self awareness is on complete display and Uncle Junior courts death to get out of the house. What’s your opinion? ...
04.24.2019 Sopranos Sitdown S05E06 – “Sentimental Education” – Cut To Black Tony B’s hard work is finally paying off, Carmella has a new relationship budding and everything is headed for a wonderful happy ending! Right!? What’s your opinion? Email us at [email protected] or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please subscribe and review on iTunes ...
04.17.2019 Sopranos Sitdown S05E05 – “Irregular Around the Margins” – Cut To Black As he faces the possibility that he may have skin cancer, Tony must also deal with his intense feelings for Adriana. Translation: Tony blew his load all over the sun visor What’s your opinion? Email us at [email protected] or tweet ...

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