TikTok is a fun app for mindless scrolling, but this came across my feed yesterday, and it made me want to run my phone over with a lawnmower:
This video references Michael Imperioli, who stars in the recently-released second season of HBO’s The White Lotus. He just so happened to have also made a cameo in The Office as Sensei Billy, Dwight’s karate instructor. Clearly, that’s all of the Imperioli knowledge this person has.
And it got tens of thousands of likes. Ugh.
HAVE YOU NOT SEEN any episodes of The Sopranos? Christopher Moltisanti is arguably the second-most important character in THE greatest television show ever made!
Imperioli was also the star of some of television’s most iconic scenes, such as the *tragic* incident with Adriana’s dog:
Oh, and there’s also this gem when Chrissy and Paulie get lost in the New Jersey Pine Barrens:
Like… Do people nowadays just watch The Office on repeat and then binge whatever trendy show pops up on their social media feeds? Is that it? What IS that?
The only thing saving my mobile device from oblivion was the comment section, which absolutely had my back on this.
My favorite jewel of a comment came from user @laurenlamantia2, who said, “T they think I got started on the office.” So good.
Lauren, thank you for making me smile in such a taxing personal moment, and for inspiring the featured graphic for this post.
TikTok, and specifically those on TikTok born between the years 2002 and 2007, you HAVE to do better than this. I can’t be driven to insanity by dumb videos all the time. If you can’t get to Sopranos with Imperioli, at least give me Goodfellas or Bad Boys. Not some niche Office cameo.
Just trying to educate, that’s all. Imperioli is really good in White Lotus for what it’s worth.
*For the record, this is not a shot at The Office. I love that show so much.
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