Sure you don't mean trombone?

Speaking of Carmela's constant denial, there's always her questioning the education being provided to her son by his schools.

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"You asked for it, you got it!"

How about when Tony is in the throes of depression at the end of season one?  He hasn't gotten out of bed in days, hasn't showered, hasn't shaved and he's hiding under the covers in a dark bedroom.

It wasn't casually so much as making an offhand remark while everyone else was gossiping.  If I remember correctly, she immediately realized "oh shit" once it was out of her mouth.  I think it's more deplorable that Carmela, who promised Meadow she wouldn't say a word and knows how her husband's "business" deals with…

I love the Blundetto/Moltisanti table, where everyone is miserable and only seem to enjoy sniping at each other.

"Our families probably knew each other!"

There's also the scene in "Christopher" where Furio gets all pissed off about Christopher Columbus and how much he hates northern Italy.

I'm sure this will turn out wonderful…

*I'm sure someone will do this better justice (with quotes and all that), but Phil Leotardo really does establish himself a penny-pinching sonofabitch from the start. The thing is - and I don't know if this is funny or tragic - his is a character that is totally believable.
 
"Feels off-kilter.  Reclines strange, too"
 
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Dammit Hyman!  The "mums" line is my favorite of hers from the entire series, I was just about to post it.

I've always been a fan of her response to Tony's "We should be able to settle this like adults!" from a few episodes ago:

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It's funny, anyone thirty years old or younger (including myself) sees it as a realistic portrayal of arguments and fights with their significant others, while people older than that tend to see it as far-fetched lunacy.

I don't find him boring, but I didn't realize until rewatching some of these season five episodes how much he was the kind of guy that was looking for a woman to take care of him more like a mother.  And Meadow, perhaps subconsciously, was all too ready to do that after years of watching Carmela do the same for Tony.

"I am reminded, again, of just how little I like Finn, who is kind of a boring lump. I know that’s the point. But still."

You need a midget with a trombone to follow you around these days.

Exactly.  Paulie is another father figure, and after Junior is in the nuthouse, the person most directly tied to who his father was in his prime.  The second half of season six sees Tony either lashing out at the father figures in his life (Paulie, Hesh) or unwillingly being faced with what they were (Dickie, Johnny…