Gorshin "cameo" in Sopranos' prequel movie

[Jim Akin]

After a recent rewatch of The Sopranos, I decided to check out the 2021 prequel movie, The Many Saints of Newark. I dragged my feet on watching it because it got lukewarm reviews, and I think the critics were right. It's not great.

One scene amused me, though: In the midst of (real-life) race riots in the summer of 1967, two punks who'll eventually become Tony Soprano's lieutenants take advantage of the chaos by boosting a TV. They break the window of an appliance shop where a handful of sets are displayed, all tuned to The Dean Martin Show and Frank Gorshin's performance of his song "The Riddler." There's no audio from the TVs and the sets are only shown for a couple of seconds, but if you've seen the clip below, it's unmistakable.

[Ben Bentley]

Yes indeed! I saw the Prequel movie last year for the first time also and smiled when I saw Frank on screen.