Woke Up This Morning
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Woke Up This Morning

The Definitive Oral History of The Sopranos

Michael Imperioli, Steve Schirripa

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Woke Up This Morning

The Definitive Oral History of The Sopranos

Michael Imperioli, Steve Schirripa

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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"I will be reading and rereading Woke Up This Morning....These rollicking gabfests... bring together nearly everyone, on screen and off, who made the series a creative and cultural landmark. The freely offered admiration expressed by so many for their missing comrade and unofficial cast captain, Gandolfini, makes these stories about playing tough guys all the more tender." — New York Times

"Essential for fans, with a revelation on every page." — Kirkus Reviews

"A spectacular tell-all...the ultimate book on The Sopranos, made by the people who lived it." — Publishers Weekly

Expanding on their hit Talking Sopranos podcast with exclusive interviews for the book with the cast, crew, producers, writers, directors and creators, stars Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa deliver the definitive oral history of the landmark television series and streaming hit The Sopranos. P acked with untold stories from behind the scenes and on the set, they're spilling all the secrets.

Who made the phone call that got HBO to launch The Sopranos? What's the significance of all those eggs? And, what the hell ever happened to the Russian?Michael Imperioli, Steve Schirripa, and the entire cast and crew of The Sopranos have all the answers—and they're revealing where all the bodies are buried.

Inspired by the incredibly successful Talking Sopranos podcast, The Sopranos stars Michael Imperioli (Christopher Moltisanti) and Steve Schirripa (Bobby Baccalieri) finally reveal all the Soprano family secrets in a surprising, funny, and honest new book. Woke Up This Morning is the definitive behind-the-scenes history of the groundbreaking HBO series that became a worldwide cultural phenomenon, ushered in a new Golden Age of Television, and to this day continues to be one of the most binged shows of all time.

Michael and Steve tell all the incredible stories that The Sopranos fans have been waiting to hear for over twenty years. The book covers the entire history of The Sopranos series from the original concept pitch and casting to the infamous cut to black—and answer many of the thousands of fan questions sent to the podcast, as well as dispel some widely propagated myths and reveal things no one outside the show would even know to ask.

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A
Abbott and Costello (television show), 249
Abraham, Phil, 89, 232–233, 332, 404–405, 462–463, 482
Abruzzo, Ray, 439–440, 456–457, 469
AC/DC, 383, 386–387
Actors Studio, 40, 41, 170
Additional dialogue replacement, 466–467
Adler, Alisa, 32
Adler, Jerry, 32, 83
Adler, Stella, 433
A&E, 466
Aerosmith, 160
Affleck, Ben, 320
After Hours (movie), 40
Aiello, Danny, 161
Aiken, Eileen, 171–173, 452
Albrecht, Chris, 20, 24, 26, 27, 47
Aldredge, Tom, 420–421
Ali, Muhammad, 345–346
All My Children (television show), 401
Allen, Woody, 14–15
Altman, Robert, 455
Anagnos, Bill, 476–477
Analyze This (movie), 8
Andy Richter Controls the Universe (television show), 257
“Angel Baby,” 394
Angela, Sharon, 171, 180, 452
Angels with Dirty Faces (movie), 270
Angie (movie), 57, 126
Animal Factory (movie), 328
Anthrax scare, 200–201
Aston, Susan, 187, 348, 449–450
Avildsen, John, 174, 175
B
Bacall, Lauren, 455–457
“Back in Black,” 386
Bad Day at Black Rock (movie), 97
Bad Seed (movie), 28
Baldwin, Alec, 171, 445, 452
Balk, Fairuza, 430
Bang the Drum Slowly (movie), 217
Barrow, Bernie, 337
Basketball Diaries (movie), 14
Batali, Mario, 483–484
Baum, Bruce, 317
“Be My Baby,” 380
Beck, Judith, 458–459
Becker (television show), 257
Bega, Leslie, 424, 426–427
Bender, Jack, as director on The Sopranos, 217, 397–399
Berenger, Tom, 40
Bergen, Polly, 333
Berghof, Herbert, 433
Bernstein, Kristin, 284
Bernstein, Lorraine, 314
Big Daddy’s Rules (Schirripa), 322
Bloomberg, Michael, 280
Blue Bloods (television show), 180, 320
Bogart, Humphrey, 35
Bogdanovich, Peter
as actor on The Sopranos, 45–46, 416
as director on The Sopranos, 415–416
Boiardo family, 94
Bon Jovi, Jon, 346
Bonnie and Clyde (movie), 48
Borino-Quinn, Denise, 184
“Born to Be Wild,” 380
“Born to Run,” 298
Bowery Boys, 249
Bracco, Lorraine, 97, 114, 139, 148, 280, 350, 477
award nominations, 38–39, 42
background of, 38–39
Bogdanovich, Peter and, 45–46, 416
casting in The Sopranos, 23–25
Chase, David and, 43, 45, 47
“Employee of the Month” episode and, 212, 214–216
favorite episode of, 224
Gandolfini, James and, 43–45
in Goodfellas, 38, 40–43, 46, 48
Melfi role preparation, 42–43
Brand, Josh, 381
Broadcast News (movie), 320
Broadwalk Empire (television show), 150, 248
Bronchtein, Henry, 184
as director on The Sopranos, 158–159, 399–400
Brooklyn College, 337
Brooklyn Rules (movie), 252
Bruestle, Martin, 286
as director of The Sopranos, 140–141
music on The Sopranos and, 380–389, 393, 395
Bucossi, Pete, 78–79, 88, 223, 401–403, 472–473
Bullets over Broadway (movie), 52
Bunker, Eddie, 328–329
Buñuel, Luis, 372, 446
Burgess, Mitchell, 74–...

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