Yeah, I'm Italian as well and had to watch the show the first time to see what all the fuss was about. Then I DVR'd the whole damn series because they're nothing like your "normal" Italians and there is no way everyone can think that's how we are in real life. Ronnie was a beast, Sammi is smokin, Pauly was funny, Snickers was a lush whore that didn't ever ACTUALLY get any, and Mike is a closet fag.