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A Goomba's Guide to Life
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 814.6
EAN: 9781400046393
Edition: 1st
ISBN: 1400046394
Label: Clarkson Potter
Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: October 15, 2002
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Release Date: October 15, 2002
Studio: Clarkson Potter
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Editorial Review:
Attention would-be paesans: Can’t distinguish “gabagool” from “pasta fazool”? Not sure how to properly accessorize your track suit with gold chains? Does the phrase “go to the mattresses” make you sleepy? Now Steven R. Schirripa, The Sopranos’ own Bobby Bacala, exposes the inner mysteries of this unique Italian-American hybrid in A Goomba’s Guide to Life so that anyone can walk, talk, and live like a guy “from the neighborhood.”Über-goomba Steve Schirripa shows how being a goomba made him what he is today, offering lessons learned on his own journey from Bensonhurst to Vegas, and to his current gig as Bobby Bacala on one of TV’s most popular shows. Along the way, he shares secrets that will help you get in touch with your own inner goomba. You’ll learn what music to enjoy (Sinatra, yes; Snoop Dogg, no), what movies to watch (Raging Bull, yes; Titanic, never), which sports to follow (baseball is good; golf and tennis, fuhgeddaboudit), and even tips on goomba etiquette. Ever wonder how a real goomba gets the best seat in the house? (Hint: It involves tipping, jewelry, and intimidation.) Schirripa even includes goomba do’s and don’ts (never, ever criticize a goomba’s mother or her gravy; always wear more jewelry than you think you need).With knockout photographs of Schirripa and his compares, and insider information on how to think goomba, speak goomba, cook and eat goomba, and even how to behave at goomba weddings and funerals, A Goomba’s Guide to Life will show any wiseguy wannabe how to sing like a Soprano.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A fun, relaxing read.
Shirripa's book is a humorous and light read. You won't even notice how quickly pages are turned reading it.
The book features some details about Steven's personal ife and career, but mostly focuses on the explanation of a mystic personality - 'goomba'. Although is is a fairly stereotypic depiction of Italian-Americans, some points are exaggerated.
But, relax, sit on a limp sofa and read it.
Rating:  - It all makes sense now.
One of the best friends I ever had was a guy from "the neighborhood" (actually Long Island) who was so obviously Italian-American (and a fair slice Colombian too, if the truth be telt) that he seemed to be a parody of his own lifestyle.
Little did I know, he wasn't a self-parody...he was simply A WORLD-CLASS GOOMBA.
I had grown up understanding this to be an insult...and under some circumstances, it is...but the truth is that those guys who live The Good Life as gangsters ... Read More
Rating:  - oh my gawd
I am a big Sopranos fan, but I am a little fed up withe stereotypes represented in the reviews. EVEN THE SOPRANOS has more depth when speaking about Italian culture than whoever is writing here, and I am loathe to believe they could be Italian-American.
Rating: - I love dis a book
As T would say this book is #1.
Bada a bing!
Rating: - This Is Like My Bible
A Brief "Goomba 101..."
What are goomba Italian-Americans?
The terms goomba (also can be seen spelled goombah or goumbah) and guido are both synonymous terms used to describe a certain very ethnic Italian-American which usually resides in small New Jersey and New York neighborhoods known as "GuidoLands." When you take all of the children and grandchildren of Italian immigrants from all the different regions and throw them together, you have your Little Italy neighborhoods in America, ... Read More
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