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When I started this web page I assumed at some point it would
draw some media attention, but I never dreamed it would catch
the interest of NBC News! A few days before the third season
premier I received an E mail from a producer at NBC's Today Show.
They were doing a story on the Sopranos and how some people feel
that the series casts a negative image of Italian-Americans.
They wanted to feature some of the locations used in The Sopranos
and wanted me to accompany them. While we visited several locations,
the finished story ran about 3 minutes and only contained a few.
We were fortunate that on the day we visited the "Soprano
House" in Essex County they happened to be filming. These
photos were captured from video tape so the quality is not the
greatest. If you missed the original broadcast this will give
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The morning started out with the producer and production crews
filming me working on the web page here in my "hide away".
As amateur radio is also one of my hobbies my work area contains
most of my radio and computer equipment. |
Our first stop was at the Great Falls in Paterson. The day was
cold and windy so it wasn't the kind of day that anyone wanted
to be there! |
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Our camera man was insistent on getting just the right
angle so he ventured out onto the rocks about 20 feet from the
actual water falls. If you've ever visited The Great Falls than
you can appreciate why I mention this! |
I suspect that the camera man was trying to duplicate the "drive
by" scenes used in the opening montage as we did a drive-by
in front of Pizzaland in N Arlington. I'm certainly no competition
to Tony Soprano, but this is a pretty poor picture! |
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The Record
On February 19, 2001 Virginia Rohan, who happens to be a big
Soprano Fan, was kind enough to mention this site in her daily
column. For as long as The Bergen Record keeps it on their server
you can read the original story via this
link. The text version is also on this site - here!
Jeff Page, a.k.a. The Road Warrior also mentioned
this site in his column about The Wilson Giant, one of the locations
used in The Sopranos opening montage. You can view his comments
here! |
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About.Com
Jackie Craven who writes the architecture section on About.Com
contacted me about using some material in a section he's working
on. Check out these two interesting links!
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E Online
Much to my surprise we were also mentioned in an interesting
article written by Kimberly Potts on E Online. This is definitely
an entertaining article worth checking out! 30
Things You Better Know About The Sopranos! |
