INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER I will be reading and rereading Woke Up This Morning....These
rollicking gabfests... bring together nearly everyone on screen and off who made the series a
creative and cultural landmark. The freely offered admiration expressed by so many for their
missing comrade and unofficial cast captain Gandolfini makes these stories about playing
tough guys all the more tender. ?New York Times Essential for fans with a revelation on every
page. ?Kirkus Reviews A spectacular tell-all...the ultimate book on The Sopranos made by the
people who lived it. ?Publishers Weekly Expanding on their hit Talking Sopranos podcast with
exclusive interviews for the book with the cast crew producers writers directors and
creators stars Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa deliver the definitive oral history of
the landmark television series and streaming hit The Sopranos. Packed with untold stories from
behind the scenes and on the set they're spilling all the secrets. Who made the phone call
that got HBO to launch The Sopranos? What's the significance of all those eggs? And what the
hell ever happened to the Russian? Michael Imperioli Steve Schirripa and the entire cast and
crew of The Sopranos have all the answers?and they're revealing where all the bodies are
buried. Inspired by the incredibly successful Talking Sopranos podcast The Sopranos stars
Michael Imperioli (Christopher Moltisanti) and Steve Schirripa (Bobby Baccalieri) finally
reveal all the Soprano family secrets in a surprising funny and honest new book. Woke Up This
Morning is the definitive behind-the-scenes history of the groundbreaking HBO series that
became a worldwide cultural phenomenon ushered in a new Golden Age of Television and to this
day continues to be one of the most binged shows of all time. Michael and Steve tell all the
incredible stories that The Sopranos fans have been waiting to hear for over twenty years. The
book covers the entire history of The Sopranos series from the original concept pitch and
casting to the infamous cut to black?and answer many of the thousands of fan questions sent to
the podcast as well as dispel some widely propagated myths and reveal things no one outside
the show would even know to ask.
