SNL Re-Imagines The Sopranos Gang As 1980s High School Greasers

Parodying TheCW network’s famous-TV-shows-as-high-schoolers trend, Saturday Night Live created a fake show for the network that sets the The Sopranos characters as high schools together in the 1980s, effectively turning the HBO show into a John Hughes movie, with requisite “Oh Yeah” song from Ferris Bueller.

Tony and the gang got into arguments over Paulie’s Flock of Seagulls hairdo and neon green glasses and threaten the school principal after he asked them to tone down their language. As he does later in life, Tony sees a shrink (the guidance counselor) who tries to explore his troubles with science projects and girls. Even back in the 80s, Tony’s sister Janice wanted some money. In high school apparently, she’d bug him for some cash to get a soda from the machine.

TV Guide’s review of the show seems to notice the chronological inconsistencies, mainly that… umm… how could the gang have possibly attended school in the 80s when they are much, much older than that?

Naturally, at one point, Tony’s propensity for violent outbursts rears its ugly head.

Watch below, via NBC:

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