Six Degrees of Paulie Walnuts

Not one, but TWO people I know have recently done commercials with Paulie Walnuts (Tony Sirico), from The Sopranos!  Is the universe trying to tell me something?

First, my boyfriend, David could be seen rejecting Walnuts’ fake cash in this Denny’s commercial:

(So proud!  I love the “moment” from 0:17 to 0:19).

And now, my hilarious friend Billy from Harvard Sailing Team is playing the adorable goofball (not a stretch) in this Mini Cooper ad:

Mom, do you have something you wanna tell me?  Like, maybe you’re filming a commercial for Dannon with Paulie Walnuts?