Another "Sopranos" co-star is headed to primetime comedy. Steve R. Schirripa, who plays Bobby "Bacala" Bacallieri, Uncle Junior’s right-hand man and husband of Janice Soprano on the HBO series, has inked a talent deal with Touchstone TV.<br />
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Under the pact, Schirripa, who is regularly typecast as a goomba — a stereotypical Italian American — is set to star as one in a comedy based on his book "A Goomba’s Guide to Life." A search is under way for a writer to adapt the book — a humorous look at the cliches about Italian Americans — for the small screen.<br />
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Schirripa was honored iin 2001 when he was inducted into <a href="https://www.briansbelly.com/halloffame/bacala.shtml"><strong>The Brian’s Belly Heavyweight Hall of Fame</strong></a>.<br />
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