# "The Sopranos" are filming... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sopranos-are-filming/395693 "2007-03-13T01:31:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sopranos-are-filming/395693/1 "2007-03-13T01:31:49Z")
…literally yards from my office tomorrow AM! [http://dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070312/UPDATES01/703120386](http://dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070312/UPDATES01/703120386) Who? Me? Excited?? 😃 VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sopranos-are-filming/395693/2 "2007-03-13T02:01:46Z")
That is cool. Will you be able to go outside and watch them? ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sopranos-are-filming/395693/3 "2007-03-13T02:06:14Z")
The weather is supposed to be nice(ish) tomorrow, so I think visibility would be good. Our office is lousy with Sopranos fans, so I have a feeling it’s going to be a big draw. Also, it’s going to murder the commute - Routes 10 & 202 in NNJ are big traffic arteries. I’m leaving early 😃 VCNJ~ [QUOTE=AuntiePam] That is cool. Will you be able to go outside and watch them? [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sopranos-are-filming/395693/4 "2007-03-13T12:04:52Z")
So far - a whole lotta hurry up and wait (typical). 😃 I did see David Chase. Right now they’re unloading equipment. A crew guy wouldn’t tell us who was going to be there today, but said “it would definitely be worth walking over again later”. Whee! VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sopranos-are-filming/395693/5 "2007-03-13T12:12:34Z")
[QUOTE=Veuve\_ClicquotNJ] The weather is supposed to be nice(ish) tomorrow, so I think visibility would be good. Our office is lousy with Sopranos fans, so I have a feeling it’s going to be a big draw. Also, it’s going to **murder** the commute - Routes 10 & 202 in NNJ are big traffic arteries. I’m leaving early 😃 VCNJ~ [/QUOTE] Bolding mine… Of course it will be murder, it’s the Sopranos! ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sopranos-are-filming/395693/6 "2007-03-13T12:24:02Z")
[QUOTE=brownie55] Bolding mine… Of course it will be murder, it’s the Sopranos! [/QUOTE] Bada-Bing! (because it’s the Sopranos!) 😃 VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sopranos-are-filming/395693/7 "2007-03-13T12:50:37Z")
Sorry – it should be \*“The Sopranos” is filming \* (name of show, takes singular verb) – since they’re fictional characters, you can’t do _The Sopranos are filming_ (group of people, takes plural verb). twicks, who ordinarily stays out of the business of correcting the grammar in thread titles, but is so bothered by this for some reason ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sopranos-are-filming/395693/8 "2007-03-13T12:53:00Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Sorry – it should be \*“The Sopranos” is filming \* (name of show, takes singular verb) – since they’re fictional characters, you can’t do _The Sopranos are filming_ (group of people, takes plural verb). twicks, who ordinarily stays out of the business of correcting the grammar in thread titles, but is so bothered by this for some reason [/QUOTE] Uh - thanks for sharing my enthusiasm. 🙂 VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sopranos-are-filming/395693/9 "2007-03-13T13:10:06Z")
[QUOTE=Veuve\_ClicquotNJ] Uh - thanks for sharing my enthusiasm. 🙂 VCNJ~ [/QUOTE] I knew it was obnoxious – thus the (insufficiently) self-deprecating sig … sorry … ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sopranos-are-filming/395693/10 "2007-03-13T13:20:01Z")
They filmed part of _The Wire_ right near my house last year. I know what you’re thinking: “MOVE!”. I didn’t get to go see it, though. It was during work hours. ---
**Author:** ![Whiteknight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whiteknight/32/4962_2.png) [@Whiteknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiteknight)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sopranos-are-filming/395693/11 "2007-03-13T15:14:23Z")
I just read a news article yesterday that said that apparently the Sopranos wanted to film the final scene of the series at the ice cream shop of my childhood in Bloomfield, NJ. The town decided to deny the filming permit however, based on the show’s negative portrayal of Italian-Americans, of which there are obviously many in that area. ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sopranos-are-filming/395693/12 "2007-03-13T15:16:37Z")
I believe Bloomfield recanted (actually, the township attorney apparently said there was no legal basis for them to reject the permit that had already been issued. Phil Leotardo (Frank Vincent) has been sighted today - more later 😃 VCNJ~ [QUOTE=Whiteknight] I just read a news article yesterday that said that apparently the Sopranos wanted to film the final scene of the series at the ice cream shop of my childhood in Bloomfield, NJ. The town decided to deny the filming permit however, based on the show’s negative portrayal of Italian-Americans, of which there are obviously many in that area. [/QUOTE]