I really don’t give a hoot if you believe me, I am telling you I never heard of this idiot until he croaked. I have heard of the show, but never partook of a single episode. The most recent thing I watched on TV is Nashville. Italian criminals don’t interest me, I am not from the East Coast like you.
I never heard of the AH either and like you never saw one second of the sopranos.
Well, aren't you special. Had you watched the show, you would have seen a Shakesperean drama set in present day in a well-to-do suburb of New York, and all the machinations of power, lust, money, violence, fear and love, played by a superb cast -- Gandolfini the most subtle and intelligent actor among them -- especially so since he was not about violence in real life and was known for his kindness and generosity, including to wounded troops.
The point of the show was very much about the futility of power, money, violence, fear and lust, and the parent-child relationships that form us or warp us.
But maybe you folks don't have those issues out West? If you do, now who's the "idiot"?