Just because the Sopranos finale occurred twenty-eight years ago (I believe it aired the same week the first “National Lampoon’s Vacation” movie came out) doesn’t mean we should ever, ever stop parodying its memorable final scene. It was just, sooooooo ridiculous, am I right, people????
Take it away Writer’s Guild president Patric Verrone, on the eve of David Chase’s Lifetime Achievement Award:
“We had to give this award to David Chase following the remarkable run of ‘The Sopranos.’ Not doing so would be to deny him the closure that –,” said WGA West president Patric Verrone, in an effort to spoof the quick-cut ending of last year’s “Sopranos” finale seg.
Oh snap! David Chase was all like, I’m ending my show on an ambiguous, stylistic note, but WGA president was all like fine, I’ll give you an award, but I’m stoppin’ in mid sentence too!
For the record, I found the quote actually pretty amusing, though I think it’s passed time to lock up Sopranos finale parodies in the same vault as Dramatic Chipmunk responses and “Brokeback Mountain” mashups. Who’s in charge of making sure this happens? Alfred E. Newman?
Until next time, this has been, THIS WEEK IN SOPRANOS FINALE SPOOFING.
