2008 Election Coverage

Clinton Taps Husband for a Sopranos Finale Parody Clip

June 21st, 2007

Hillary Clinton took a whack at humor Tuesday, casting herself in the role of mob boss Tony Soprano in a clever online spoof of the HBO series’ now-infamous final scene.

The video parody — which also stars Bill Clinton and one of the more memorable members of “The Sopranos” cast — was posted at hillaryclinton.com to announce the end of her “choose my campaign song” contest.

The winner by popular acclaim was French-Canadian Celine Dion’s “You and I (Were Meant to Fly),” a syrupy song used in a 2004 Air Canada ad campaign.

But while the song choice wasn’t terribly interesting, the clip of the former president and his wife sitting in a suburban diner playing The Clintanos was burning up the Internet.

In the video, Hillary Clinton arrives at a diner near the Clintons home in New York and starts flipping through the tabletop jukebox as Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin” plays.

The former president ambles in. Hillary says she ordered “for the table.”

Bill looks down woefully at a basket of carrot sticks.

“No onion rings?” he asks.

Chelsea is late. She’s outside, parallel parking.

From the counter, actor Vincent Curatola, who played New York boss Johnny (Sack) Sacramoni, gives the couple a long, ominous glare.

Bill shrugs, then asks how the campaign is going.

“Well, like you always say, focus on the good times,” Hillary says.

As the senator is about to tell her husband who won the song contest, the screen goes black.

Then a link appears to a page announcing the winning song and asking for more donations “before the upcoming FEC deadline.”

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