Bada Bing! It was a key location for events in the series, named for the catchphrase "bada bing", a phrase popularized by James Caan's character Sonny Corleone in The Godfather.
The popularization of the fictional Bada Bing club benefited the real-life go-go bar, Satin Dolls, where scenes were filmed. Tony's office is in one of the back rooms of the Bing, [ 6 ] and the DiMeo crime family often conduct their business either in the office or at the bar.
The use of Bada Bing as the name of the club and elsewhere in the series popularized the catchphrase such that it was added to the Oxford English Dictionary as an exclamation to emphasize that something will happen effortlessly and predictably.
Being a topless go-go bar selling alcoholic drinks, Bada Bing represents a deviation from reality insofar as real-world New Jersey state law prohibits topless or nude dancing in establishments that sell alcohol. The show frequently used the club for sexposition scenes. The Sopranos's brilliant solution is to situate most of its nudity in the Bada Bing!
The setting is a logical place to find Tony and his crew discussing business, and the naked women need no further motivation than they are "dancing" in the club. At Bada Bing! The office scenes, however, were filmed on a sound stage at Silvercup Studios. The popularity of the series and the notoriety of the Bada Bing! Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikidata item. Fictional strip club.
