Paulie Gualtieri Signal Corps, where he was eventually drummed out through Section 8 (discharged because of psychiatric reasons). Afterwards, he spent more time in and out of prison on various criminal charges. He eventually was inducted into the DiMeo crime family, becoming a close associate of Johnny Soprano and helping to mentor his son Tony. Paulie got his nickname "Paulie Walnuts" after hijacking a truck in the early 1990s which he believed was filled with television-sets, but only contained walnuts. His surname is taken from real life DeCavalcante crime family mobster Frank Gualtieri, who served under Vincent Palermo. In the episode "From
Paulie Gualtieri Cadillacs. During the first and second seasons, he drives a green 1996 Cadillac Seville SLS. He drives a beige 1998 Cadillac DeVille in the third season (which was stolen in "Pine Barrens.") He drives a beige Cadillac Eldorado until the end of the fifth season and a beige Cadillac CTS in the sixth season. One of his cars plays the "Speak Softly Love" ("Love Theme from "The Godfather"") as the melody for the car horn ("Nobody Knows Anything"). Paulie appeared in a commercial for Aftonbladet, advertising that the tabloid was being sold with a free "Sopranos" DVD each week in