Talk:Paulie Gualtieri

message: The article talks about 3AM - " On a restless night awaiting his biopsy results Paulie awoke at 3 a.m. and went to the Bada Bing! club. Just inside he had a striking vision of the Virgin Mary hovering above the stage."
I seem to recall back in season 2(?) that after Christopher gets shot and is in hospital, after a near death experience, he tells Paulie something about his time will come at 3AM and this really wound Paulie up at the time and we went to see a psycic.
Christopher's 'dream' is due to the fact that the Russian guy that Christopher and Paulie cut up in the back of Satriale's was cut up at 3 AM. --62.167.49.24 22:34, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: the 3AM thing

message: Isn't paulie's girlfriend Michelle played by Judy Reyes, who we only see in "From Where to Eternity" (episode 2.9).  I'll go back and check. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 22:55, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I'm right. It's about 20 minutes into that episode (I'm watching a recording, with ads, off the TV, so your timing may vary).  She wears a glittery green T-shirt.  I'll change the article accordingly. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 23:21, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Girlfriend

message: During the "Pine Barrens" episode, I seem to recall Paulie telling Christopher that he spent 4 years in the Army Signal Corps. This would seem to indicate that he completed his full term in the service. Comments?
When is it stated that Paulie left the Army on a Section 8? Also, is there any reference to the origins of the "Walnuts" nickname? I never heard a charaecter actually call him this until Episode 207, "D-Girl," when Christopher tells Amy she lies better than Paulie Walnuts.
The section 8 comment comes from Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti. Chris and Paulie talk about character arcs. Paulie describes his own personal arc, which includes "spent some time in the army, got section 8".RudyLucius 03:09, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section 8? 

message: Is there any 'in-show' evidence that Paulie has been promoted or is this an assumption based on Christopher's claims that he is a capo? I ask because when Tony was in hospital, Silvio took over as acting-boss, not Paulie, who would seem the more logical choice considering his alleged position.
I'm pretty sure there is no evidence at all of Paulie being underboss. Also, Underboss is a lifelong position. The only way to lose that title is to become boss or to be knocked off. So, if Tony wants to make Christopher his underboss he wouldn't name Paulie otherwise he would have to kill Paulie just to get Christopher the spot. Not to mention, is Paulie the person Tony would want running the show after he's gone? not so paulie is in his 6o's thus when chis will be ready to be underboss paulie will either be dead or retired.
There isnt any evidence at all. I was just looking at that, he isnt listed in that position even on the HBO Sopranos site.
I'm pretty sure Tony is actually underboss, he is technically "Acting Boss" even though he has always really held power.
Listed as underboss in DiMeo family structure here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DiMeo_Crime_Family and considering that Moltisanti is the Capo now. Paulie didn't become the acting boss after the shooting of Tony because Silvio was a close friend and actually acted to take the reigns with no objections. Tony was never an underboss. When they set up Junior as a lightning rod, Junior put Beppy Sasso as his underboss. Externally, people know Junior to be the boss of the Soprano Crime Family and Tony as the acting boss but internally, everybody knows Tony runs and has ran everything.
:Tony did tell Paulie that Chris, Pussy, and the newly-imported Furio would all be reporting to him (Paulie).  Sorry, don't remember the name of the episode, but I think it was the first episode of season 2.  Not sure if that means Paulie is a capo now, since Tony didn't use the title specifically when talking to Paulie.24.21.139.41 15:37, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, here we go.  The title of that episode is "Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office."24.21.139.41 15:37, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Paulie as Underboss? 

message: I did not interpret the espresso machine gift as an act of gratitude, but an act of fear, upon realizing that his future was in danger.  I believe the episode closes with him intensely lifting weights to toughen up, realizing that he was weakening in the eyes of Tony. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.33.219.252 (talk) 02:10, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not out of gratitude, out of fear 

message: There was an episode where Paulie told Tony that if he found out it was Ralph him who impersonated a cop and told his mom he gave oral sex to a cub scout, that "On his old man's grave" he would kill him, but in the episode where we find out his aunt is really his mother she tells him that she met a man in world war 2 that was Paulie's father. Did the woman he thought was his mother have a husband who died? The snare 06:39, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Paulie's father

message: Paulie's first names Peter Paul seem to be a witty nod to 'Goodfellas'. In one scene (is it at the wedding of Henry?) the camera moves around the room and in voice-over Henry talks about how almost everybody is named either Peter or Paul.
--62.167.49.24 22:37, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Although it still could be a nod to Goodfellas, it's not necessarily so. The basis of the humor in Goodfellas is rooted in the fact that Peter and Paul are extremely common names among Catholics, especially back in the day. Paulie Walnuts is also Catholic, so there you go. wikipediatrix 22:42, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name: Peter Paul, nod to Goodfellas 

message: As currently written, the article states in the summation of the Season Three episode "Pine Barrens" that Valery was "a former commando in the Chechen military." However, we cleary overhear Tony state that Valery was a commando who KILLED a number of Chechens. This re-inforced by Paulie's misunderstanding that Valery had killed "Czechoslovakians." Tony's statement, as well as the fact that Valery speaks Russian to himself, clearly imply that Valery was a commando in the Russian Army, NOT the Chechen Army or its guerilla faction.
This is a minor error, but at the same time a glaring one. Propose to change the wording to something along the lines of "a former commando in the Chechen wars," and will do so in a few days if no one objects.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.147.72.15 (talk) 18:23, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mistaken identification in section on Season 3 about Valery the Russian's military experience 

message: "He is violent, impulsive, and paranoid, but he is also fiercely loyal to Tony, making him a valued member of the organization."
Honestly, I'm not one to scream "citation needed" for every little thing, but unless I've watched some weird european cut of the Sopranos, I cannot see how anyone could come to the conclusion that Paul is fiercely loyal to Tony. Like every other episode he makes some remarks that undermine Tony authority. While digging around youtube to find some "evidence" I've found this compilation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdtFKsXhCUc. Obviously this isnt some major flaw in the article, but you know...calling Paul fiercly loyal just seems wrong --TheJohnW (talk) 21:07, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: You're entirely correct. I've replaced 'fierce' with 'ultimately'. Vaselineeeeeeee★★★ 21:30, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fiercly loyal 

message: This section says they killed Bonpensiero on Tony's boat. It wasn't Tony's boat the Stugots, it was a boat Tony said he was interested in buying. 67.60.231.114 (talk) 06:54, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero Murder