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Random Rankings of 2020

Edgy MD
Jun 30 2020 09:37 PM

TOP ITALIAN STALLION CHARACTERIZATIONS ON TV, 1975-1995



1. John Travolta as Vinnie Barbarino in ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ, ๐˜’๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ

2. Henry Winkler as Arthur รขโ‚ฌล“Fonzieรขโ‚ฌย Fonzarelli in ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜บ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด

3. Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani, ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด and ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ

4. Tony Danza as Tony Banta in ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜น๐˜ช

5. Timothy Van Patten as Mario "Salami" Pettrino in ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ

6. Eddie Mekka as Carmine รขโ‚ฌล“The Big Raguรขโ‚ฌย Ragusa in ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ & ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ

7. David Naughton as Billy Manucci in ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ' ๐˜๐˜ต

8. Michael Parรƒยฉ as Tony Villicana in ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ

9. Joey Lawrence as Joseph "Joey" Russo in ๐˜‰๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ

10. Scott Valentine as Nick Moore in ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜›๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด

11. Ralph Macchio as Jeremy Andretti in ๐˜Œ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ด ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ

12. Jere Burns as Kirk Morris in ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฏ

13. John Mengatti as Nick "New York" Vitaglia in ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ

14. Adrian Zmed as Officer Vince Romano in ๐˜›.๐˜‘. ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ

15. Glenn Scarpelli as Alex Handris in ๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜›๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ



(Thirty feet of shit)



100. Scott Baio as Chachi Arcola in ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜บ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด and ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช

LWFS
Jul 01 2020 01:33 AM
Re: Random Rankings of 2020

[Gesticulates wildly, mugs to nobody in particular]

-Tony Danza from WHO'S THE BOSS

Frayed Knot
Jul 01 2020 06:51 AM
Re: Random Rankings of 2020

Ahh yes, a revival of the IREDs. The Isaacs Ratings (Rankings?) of Esoteric Distinction were a creation of the late Newdsay columnist Stan Isaacs who would run a column once a year listing his rankings on various

topics generally involving matters of no importance whatsoever, which is of course what made them good. His only repeating category each year was his ratings of chocolate ice creams.







As to this leadoff list specifically, that you are familiar with all those characters is either very impressive or very sad.

MFS62
Jul 01 2020 08:22 AM
Re: Random Rankings of 2020

On the currently top rated TV show around the world, NCIS, Michael Weatherly as Tony DiNozzo. (His episodes are still in re-runs in the US)

Later

Benjamin Grimm
Jul 01 2020 08:29 AM
Re: Random Rankings of 2020

I never saw Dear John, but I know who Jere Burns is (Win Duffy on Justified, among many many other roles) and he doesn't seem very Italian. Nor does the name "Kirk Morris".



I was trying to think of someone you missed. It took a while, but I came up with Jared Leto as Jordan Catalano on My So-Called Life.

batmagadanleadoff
Jul 01 2020 08:35 AM
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Tony (Robert Blake) Baretta was very Italian.



So was Frank (Vincent Gardenia) Lorenzo from All in the Family. But no so Italian-Stallionish.

Johnny Lunchbucket
Jul 01 2020 08:54 AM
Re: Random Rankings of 2020

16. Lee Mazzilli as "Lee Mazilli" in New York Mets

batmagadanleadoff
Jul 01 2020 11:26 AM
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Lee Mazzilli, guest actor on Tony and Tina's Wedding



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Mets memorabilia. I have this button, somewhere. The button has a white background with red and green lettering, the colors of the Italian flag. The button below looks orangeish, though, in this photo.



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