Bringing The Sopranos and vinyl toys full circle...
Club Daikaiju's office used to be on the upper floor of The Party Box's building, on 17 South in Lodi, right next to Satin Dolls, where the "Bada Bing" scenes are filmed.
Sometimes we would sit outside, taking a breather from painting, assembling, and bagging kaiju to watch the traffic. On any given weekend, at least once every half hour or so there would be some out-of-towner risking death by braking in front of Satin Dolls to see what the place looked like. After a brief squall of horns, they'd either speed up again or pull into The Party Box's parking lot, where they would usually gawk at the plaque they had hanging outside the door.
At one time there was construction going on 17 in that area, and there were signs up that looked as if they were written in crayon that read, "Please slow down, my daddy works here."
We always felt there should be a sign in front of Satin Dolls that read, "Please slow down, my mommy works here." (Obvious, I know, but still funny.)
I've only seen two or three episodes of The Sopranos. I should watch it because most of it takes place in my back yard. I'll probably catch up on DVD eventually.