Sears Portrait Studio Will Never Be The Same.

... and then there was the time we decided it would be a good idea to head on down to Sears Portrait Studio to have a house photo done. So we did. They didn't all make the final cut, though. Here are two of the deleted scenes.

In this first one, JJV, Nick, Ray-Ray, Richie and I decided on a prop theme. As the photographer, used to snapping babies and families, watched in horror - we looted through her prop chest and came up with some doozies. I think Ray-Ray still has the camisole.



This next one affectionately became known as "The one where Ray looks like he has down syndrome". If it were not for that fact, I think this would have been the one we selected for the framed portrait.



And finally, here is the one we chose to have blown up and framed. It hung in our front hall and greeted our guests for 3 years. Guests who usually then shook their heads and said things like "You guys are sooooooo retarded". This became known as the Goodfellas pose, although I look more frightened than mean. Venditti looks like, well, Venditti. Nick pulls off the "mean Greek" look fairly well, and Ray-Ray and Richie also look convincingly menacing.



Those were good days, boys. Thanks for the memories.