May 16, 2025 • 7 mins
Steve Schirripa talks with Mendte in the Morning about the upcoming ‘Sopranos night’ hosted by the Somerset Patriots minor league baseball team and the Schirripa bobblehead you can get for attending.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, as I said a while ago, a huge Sopranos
fan like everybody else in the world. And I'm so
excited to talk to Steve Sharipa. It's quite an honor, sir.
Thanks for being here today.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Hey, Larry ry Pal, thank you to talk to you.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
It's good to talk to you. Are you going to
the NIXT game tonight?
Speaker 2 (00:18):
I sure am. I will be there, my friend.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Yeah, they gotta win tonight.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
The Knicks will wrap it up tonight. That's my prediction.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Oh give me, give me by how much so I
can lay a bet.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Listen now, I that I don't know, but they they
they will win tonight. They will win tonight.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
I think they win pretty much.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Looking forward to it. I'm a die hard Nick guy,
you know.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Yeah, I think if you went to the game dressed
like Spike Lee, They're gonna win.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Yeah, there you go. Spike Lee's the mascot. You know.
The Knicks don't have a mascot. That's the mascot. You know.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
Well, you got a lot of sporting events coming up.
You've got the next game tonight. This is amazing. This
thing they're still doing at the Somerset Patriots, which is
the new York Yankees double a affiliate. It's like Steve
sharipa day, You're going to be there. How long are
you going to be there that day?
Speaker 2 (01:15):
No, I'm going to be there for you know, the
whole night, the whole game. And it's uh, we did
it last year at Soprano Night. They show clips and
food specials and I'll be on the concourse taking pictures.
We throw out the first pitch. It's a bobblehead night,
first thousand fans getting Steve Shripp and I have a
famous Wiena dog, Willie. He'll be there and uh, I
(01:39):
love your dog, Willie. Bobblehead night, so we'll be there,
and uh, it's a lot of it really is a
lot of fun. And uh we got a Q and
A and we got all kinds of different deals going
on over there. So if you go to Somerset Patriots
dot com, you see a lot going on. A really
last year we did over seventy five hundred people. We
(02:00):
expect about the same this year, and only this year
you get a bobblehead. So it'll be a lot of fun.
I'm a big I'm also a big Yankee.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Fan, so I'm just so impressed. How long you're going
to be there, because many times when celebrities go to
these things, they make an appearance and they're gone. You're
going to be there, and you're so accessible people can
come up to you and talk to you.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Right, Larry, I'm not a celebrity. I'm a regular guy
with a good job. That's it. I don't consider myself
a celebrity. I'm a regular guy like everybody else. I
just happen to do this for a living. And yes,
they could come up to me and take a picture,
and then it'll be uh. I'll be there the whole evening. Honestly,
I'll say the whole time. I hate bringing my family
(02:41):
and friends. We'll be up in the box up stairs
and come back down and it really is a good night.
They have Karen's last ZD and onion rings for the
table and smoke a ja peppers and they got some
good stuff going on. And Willy last year was great.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
And by the way, WILLI dog is an Internet sensation
and I think he has people want to come to
see him. He's the cutest dog ever.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
There's nowhere that I don't go. Every single day. People
ask me, you know, as I walk here, walk around
New York. Where's Willy? Where's Willy? Where's the dog? The
people love this dog and it's amazing. I mean, he's
six years old. He's just a funny, funny, really nice dog.
So you know, people, he's got a lot of fans
(03:31):
out there.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Have you seen the bobblehead yet? Did they get the
essence of Sharipah?
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Oh yeah, oh yeah. We had to approve it. My
wife approved it. It looks pretty good. I'm actually skinnier
in the bobblehead, so I like that. But yeah, it
looks pretty good. It's a good one. But sometimes you
see a bobble head, you go, who's that guy that?
You'll know? It's me.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
Hey, I'll tell you what. My wife loves Hallmark movies.
I know a lot of people that they won't even
take services if they don't have the Hallmark channel on there.
And now this is it seems strange on its face,
but I guess it makes sense. You're doing a couple
of Hallmark movies. You've already finished one, you've got another
one coming up in November.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
It was November and it came out in Valentine's Day.
It was a Valentine's Day and it was like a
bucket listing. Honestly, you know. My agent called and I said,
I'd love to do a you know, a Hallmark movie.
And it came and I did it and we had
a lot of fun. It was a great cast, you know,
no shooting, no yelling, none of that stuff. This everything's nice.
(04:40):
And now which this is an exclusive because they're not
going to announce it until Monday on the Today Show.
But I'm doing one in Buffalo. I start shooting it
next week, a Buffalo Bill's Christmas movie. Oh, they did
The Kansas City Chief this year, Buffalo Bill. There's a
lot of the cast will be in it, a lot
(05:01):
of the players will be in it. So I'm going
up to Buffalo for a few weeks to shoot that.
So I'm looking forward to that.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
That's really exciting. Hey, real quick, let's get this in too.
Are you're going to be at Sony Hall in New
York on August sixteenth? Tell us about that.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Yeah, we do a show me Michael Imperiali at Vintie
Pastor's Conversation with the Sopranos. We show clips and slides
and behind the scenes stories, a Q and a meet
and greet. We go all over the country. Matter of fact,
we're starting a ten city UK tour in February. So
we've been doing that for a number of years. It's
(05:35):
a you know, if you're a soprano fan, you don't
want to miss it. It's August sixteenth. We'll be a
Monclair in New Jersey, November twenty ninth and in Philly.
So we do that. That's a lot of fun. We
you know, do theaters all around. If you're a soprano fan,
you'll find out things that you never knew about the show.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Hey, listen, before I let you go, I would love
to talk to you about a little bit of politics.
What do you think looks like Andrew Cuomo's got might
have this thing wrapped up? How do you feel that
about Andrew Cuomo is the mayor of New York City.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Well, he's the best of the worst. That's all I
can tell you, because there's no one here, you know
what I mean. The Blasio was the worst mayor in
the history of New York City. He destroyed the city. Right,
he's a communist? This mine. What's the guy's name, Mandannie?
Who's the other guy?
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Your mom? Donnie?
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Yet Okay, he's a flat up communist. He's a fool.
He's throwing out the low rent hike and the younger
kids think that that's gonna help. He's a complete fool. Andrew,
who I know is the best of the worst, is
I can't believe there's no one going to be able
to beat him, and he's gonna win. And at least
he's a politician. I mean, at least he knows what's
(06:46):
going on. I mean, Adams has no clue, so that
that was a complete joke.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
So doom Larry, Yeah, yeah, No, he's right. It's a
shame that we're in this situation. Thanks so much. It's
great to.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Talk to him, honestly, I mean with him, I mean,
how could New York City not have someone that could
step up? You know, Listen, Bloomberg was a great mayor.
Rudy before he went off the rails, was a good mayor.
You know, they cleaned up the city twenty years. We
had this city on what was on top of things,
you know, and then the Blasio came in and destroyed us,
(07:21):
and and Adams didn't have the brains to pull us
out of it.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
Steve, Yeah, perfect, Steve thanks a lot. You can see
him at the seven cent Patriots. The New York Yankees
double a affiliate game Saturday, May thirty first, six thirty five.
They're gonna play in case you care. The Akron, The
Akron Rubber Ducks,
Well, as I said a while ago, a huge Sopranos
fan like everybody else in the world. And I'm so
excited to talk to Steve Sharipa. It's quite an honor, sir.
Thanks for being here today.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Hey, Larry ry Pal, thank you to talk to you.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
It's good to talk to you. Are you going to
the NIXT game tonight?
Speaker 2 (00:18):
I sure am. I will be there, my friend.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Yeah, they gotta win tonight.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
The Knicks will wrap it up tonight. That's my prediction.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Oh give me, give me by how much so I
can lay a bet.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Listen now, I that I don't know, but they they
they will win tonight. They will win tonight.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
I think they win pretty much.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Looking forward to it. I'm a die hard Nick guy,
you know.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Yeah, I think if you went to the game dressed
like Spike Lee, They're gonna win.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Yeah, there you go. Spike Lee's the mascot. You know.
The Knicks don't have a mascot. That's the mascot. You know.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
Well, you got a lot of sporting events coming up.
You've got the next game tonight. This is amazing. This
thing they're still doing at the Somerset Patriots, which is
the new York Yankees double a affiliate. It's like Steve
sharipa day, You're going to be there. How long are
you going to be there that day?
Speaker 2 (01:15):
No, I'm going to be there for you know, the
whole night, the whole game. And it's uh, we did
it last year at Soprano Night. They show clips and
food specials and I'll be on the concourse taking pictures.
We throw out the first pitch. It's a bobblehead night,
first thousand fans getting Steve Shripp and I have a
famous Wiena dog, Willie. He'll be there and uh, I
(01:39):
love your dog, Willie. Bobblehead night, so we'll be there,
and uh, it's a lot of it really is a
lot of fun. And uh we got a Q and
A and we got all kinds of different deals going
on over there. So if you go to Somerset Patriots
dot com, you see a lot going on. A really
last year we did over seventy five hundred people. We
(02:00):
expect about the same this year, and only this year
you get a bobblehead. So it'll be a lot of fun.
I'm a big I'm also a big Yankee.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Fan, so I'm just so impressed. How long you're going
to be there, because many times when celebrities go to
these things, they make an appearance and they're gone. You're
going to be there, and you're so accessible people can
come up to you and talk to you.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Right, Larry, I'm not a celebrity. I'm a regular guy
with a good job. That's it. I don't consider myself
a celebrity. I'm a regular guy like everybody else. I
just happen to do this for a living. And yes,
they could come up to me and take a picture,
and then it'll be uh. I'll be there the whole evening. Honestly,
I'll say the whole time. I hate bringing my family
(02:41):
and friends. We'll be up in the box up stairs
and come back down and it really is a good night.
They have Karen's last ZD and onion rings for the
table and smoke a ja peppers and they got some
good stuff going on. And Willy last year was great.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
And by the way, WILLI dog is an Internet sensation
and I think he has people want to come to
see him. He's the cutest dog ever.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
There's nowhere that I don't go. Every single day. People
ask me, you know, as I walk here, walk around
New York. Where's Willy? Where's Willy? Where's the dog? The
people love this dog and it's amazing. I mean, he's
six years old. He's just a funny, funny, really nice dog.
So you know, people, he's got a lot of fans
(03:31):
out there.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Have you seen the bobblehead yet? Did they get the
essence of Sharipah?
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Oh yeah, oh yeah. We had to approve it. My
wife approved it. It looks pretty good. I'm actually skinnier
in the bobblehead, so I like that. But yeah, it
looks pretty good. It's a good one. But sometimes you
see a bobble head, you go, who's that guy that?
You'll know? It's me.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
Hey, I'll tell you what. My wife loves Hallmark movies.
I know a lot of people that they won't even
take services if they don't have the Hallmark channel on there.
And now this is it seems strange on its face,
but I guess it makes sense. You're doing a couple
of Hallmark movies. You've already finished one, you've got another
one coming up in November.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
It was November and it came out in Valentine's Day.
It was a Valentine's Day and it was like a
bucket listing. Honestly, you know. My agent called and I said,
I'd love to do a you know, a Hallmark movie.
And it came and I did it and we had
a lot of fun. It was a great cast, you know,
no shooting, no yelling, none of that stuff. This everything's nice.
(04:40):
And now which this is an exclusive because they're not
going to announce it until Monday on the Today Show.
But I'm doing one in Buffalo. I start shooting it
next week, a Buffalo Bill's Christmas movie. Oh, they did
The Kansas City Chief this year, Buffalo Bill. There's a
lot of the cast will be in it, a lot
(05:01):
of the players will be in it. So I'm going
up to Buffalo for a few weeks to shoot that.
So I'm looking forward to that.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
That's really exciting. Hey, real quick, let's get this in too.
Are you're going to be at Sony Hall in New
York on August sixteenth? Tell us about that.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Yeah, we do a show me Michael Imperiali at Vintie
Pastor's Conversation with the Sopranos. We show clips and slides
and behind the scenes stories, a Q and a meet
and greet. We go all over the country. Matter of fact,
we're starting a ten city UK tour in February. So
we've been doing that for a number of years. It's
(05:35):
a you know, if you're a soprano fan, you don't
want to miss it. It's August sixteenth. We'll be a
Monclair in New Jersey, November twenty ninth and in Philly.
So we do that. That's a lot of fun. We
you know, do theaters all around. If you're a soprano fan,
you'll find out things that you never knew about the show.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Hey, listen, before I let you go, I would love
to talk to you about a little bit of politics.
What do you think looks like Andrew Cuomo's got might
have this thing wrapped up? How do you feel that
about Andrew Cuomo is the mayor of New York City.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Well, he's the best of the worst. That's all I
can tell you, because there's no one here, you know
what I mean. The Blasio was the worst mayor in
the history of New York City. He destroyed the city. Right,
he's a communist? This mine. What's the guy's name, Mandannie?
Who's the other guy?
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Your mom? Donnie?
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Yet Okay, he's a flat up communist. He's a fool.
He's throwing out the low rent hike and the younger
kids think that that's gonna help. He's a complete fool. Andrew,
who I know is the best of the worst, is
I can't believe there's no one going to be able
to beat him, and he's gonna win. And at least
he's a politician. I mean, at least he knows what's
(06:46):
going on. I mean, Adams has no clue, so that
that was a complete joke.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
So doom Larry, Yeah, yeah, No, he's right. It's a
shame that we're in this situation. Thanks so much. It's
great to.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Talk to him, honestly, I mean with him, I mean,
how could New York City not have someone that could
step up? You know, Listen, Bloomberg was a great mayor.
Rudy before he went off the rails, was a good mayor.
You know, they cleaned up the city twenty years. We
had this city on what was on top of things,
you know, and then the Blasio came in and destroyed us,
(07:21):
and and Adams didn't have the brains to pull us
out of it.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
Steve, Yeah, perfect, Steve thanks a lot. You can see
him at the seven cent Patriots. The New York Yankees
double a affiliate game Saturday, May thirty first, six thirty five.
They're gonna play in case you care. The Akron, The
Akron Rubber Ducks,
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