Bada Bing Bada Bing Bada Bing! is a fictional strip club from the HBO drama television series "The Sopranos." 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 club benefited the real-life go-go bar where scenes were filmed. The Bada Bing is loosely based on "Wiggles", a strip club owned by New Jersey mobster Vincent Palermo before it was shut down. Strippers at the Bada Bing were portrayed by extras including Elektra, Justine Noelle, Kelly Madison Kole, Luiza
The Sopranos (The Sopranos episode) production being shot on a weekly basis, HBO acquired an abandoned auto parts store in Kearny, New Jersey which became Satriale's Pork Store for use in future episodes. David Chase won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series for his work on this episode and a Primetime Emmy Award for Joanna Cappuccilli for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series. It was also Emmy-nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for David Chase. The Sopranos (The Sopranos episode) "The Sopranos", also known as "Pilot", is the