The Sopranos Episodes 1 - 4

I do not have cable, and had never seen an episode of the Sopranos before they released the first season on DVD. I have now watched (and capped) the first 4 episodes and am totally hooked. Tony Soprano is a New Jersey wise guy with so many problems between his immediate family and "The Family" that he begins to suffer anxiety attacks, and sees a shrink. The premise is brilliant, and should provide enough material for several successful seasons, because we are able to see three unique sides to a very colorful character. This is what TV could be without censorship and commercials.

For this first set of images, I have done the three women most important to Tony, his wife, his daughter and his shrink, and the nudity so well described by Scoopy in his review (see the Dec 13th issue). I will be doing the other 8 episodes in the near future, and will number sequentially from beginning to end for additional exposure by the same people.

I mentioned a couple of days ago that Traffic seemed like a shoo-in for a Best Picture nomination, and had the inside track for Best Picture, judging from the publicity campaign. Remember I based all of those guesses on various historical factors and the opinions of other people. (I haven't seen Traffic). I am now starting to think that the express train to Oscar City may get derailed.

Exit interviews of opening night audiences were extremely disappointing. The movie scored lower than "B" from four of the six demographic groups analyzed by CinemaScore, scoring strongly only with males 21-34, and even there only an A-.

I'm still convinced that Soderbergh will get a Best Picture nomination, but I'm now wondering if the public disappointment with Traffic will re-direct the nomination to Erin Brockovich instead.

On the other hand, audiences were equally unimpressed by Cast Away, which scored no "A's" at all, and which scored B+ only from people under 21. That hasn't stopped people from pumping $110 million into the movie already in about ten day. (So they like it enough to see it, but ...... ?) If a similar phenomenon happens with Traffic - if it is a mega hit - that should overcome any other popularity factors.

Still no Oscar buzz for "Autumn in New York", but I'll keep you posted.

Fucked if I know what that has to do with Kate Winslet in Quills, but here is the big ol' gal. By the way, Winslet and Rush are terrific in their scenes together, as you might expect from two great professionals.

Really enjoyed Mr. T's addition to the Susan Napoli saga. Came this close to making fun of the Penthouse folk when I sent in Sweet Sue's scans, 'cuz they wrote up her history to indicate she was a student at Northern Illinois University. Yeah, and Dyanna Lauren is a medical student at UCLA. To find out they weren't bullshitting us was worth the price of admission to Saturday's Funhouse. Waydago, T.

Today we are back to vidcaps, this time from a tape PETScan brought in, called The All-Pet Workout Tape. The boy said there was a Pet named Susan in it; and it sho nuff turned out to be the Napoli dudette. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) Capped about 75% of her exposure, including the most graphic of her poses. PETScan points out this is not so revealing a Penthouse tape as others he has seen, but I thought it quite the entertaining opus. Worth the rental if'n you get the chance.

Four others on the tape you boys might recognize.

Jami Dion shows up and shows off. A real cutie, this one, with a seriously nice bod. I see from The Bare Facts that Jami has done some porno stuff under the name of Dahlia Grey. Appears she does only girls in these movies, which prompted me to express real confusion to PETScan. I mean, let's say your natural talents lie in the field of clothing removal. And let's say someone offered you $100,000 to hump someone on camera; I can imagine being poor enough and hungry enough to give it a whirl. But if the deal was I had to do someone of the same sex?? Sorry, not this boy; just not worth the money, no matter how much. So why is it, I asked, about half the Pets who go into porno do members of the same sex exclusively, as if that were somehow better, more pleasant or more acceptable? I thought it very odd. But then PETScan pointed out that these Pets were agreeing with me in doing the nasty only with females of the species, that it IS better and more pleasant. Dude, I see your point.

Natalie Lennox is perhaps the best and most revealed of the Pets on this tape. Her bod is seriously muscular, with narrow hips and very hard thighs. Turns out she was one of the female cast members of the old American Gladiators, a kind of Survivor meets WWF of some vintage. I can see why she was on it but her nom de guerre (Lace) is a bit misleading. Cast Iron would be a better moniker for a woman of her build.

Robin Brown is the most buxom of the Pets in this tape and the only one who hasn't appeared in one kind of movie or another. This is PETScan's favorite of the bunch, which sorta tells you the kind of women he finds attractive. One more of Robin Brown

Julie Strain is the best known of the Workout participants. Until I saw this tape I was underwhelmed with Ms. Strain's screen presence, largely based on the couple of Andy Sidaris movies I have watched. But in this tape she displays a warm and playful personality in addition to her other, obvious charms. Leave it to Sidaris to fuck up a perfectly good wet dream of a girl.

The last of the women is the late Leslie Glass, my personal favorite of the Pets I have seen in stills or on screen. There was this Woody Allen line in the days before he started to boff his wife's daughter and was still funny; as he watched a pneumatic blonde dancing he stated, "I would sell my mother to Arabs for that girl" (I believe he was speaking Biblically here, as in the other of Jacob's sons selling Joseph into slavery. Anyway, it was his damn line, not mine, so don't go flaming my ass for it). So, modified to avoid offending anyone of an ancient and noble heritage, THAT is how I felt 'bout Ms. Glass. Sorry, Mom. Could never get enough of Leslie; this tape has too little for my tastes but these are a fraction of her images on it.

Okay, it's PETScans turn tomorrow; scans prompted by New York Nights (1994) and this here Penthouse tape. Get to work, boy.

Here's Rose (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)

Camilla Overbye-Roos

From "Time Under Fire"

He also did "Just Married"

From "Innocent Blood"

SYMPTOM: Beer unusually pale and tasteless.

FAULT: Glass empty.

ACTION: Get someone to buy you another beer.

FAULT: Mouth not open, or glass applied to wrong part of face.

ACTION: Retire to gent's room, practice in mirror.

FAULT: Glass being held at incorrect angle.

ACTION: Rotate glass so that open end points toward ceiling.

FAULT: Improper bladder control.

ACTION: Stand next to nearest dog, complain about her house training.

FAULT: You are looking through bottom of empty glass.

ACTION: Get someone to buy you another beer.

FAULT: You are being carried out.

ACTION: Find out if you are being taken to another bar.

FAULT: You have fallen over backward.

ACTION: Have yourself lashed to bar.

FAULT: You have fallen forward.

ACTION: See above.

FAULT: Bar has closed.

ACTION: Confirm home address with bartender.