TV's Most Guido Moments

Pre-dating Jersey Shore by several years, A&E's reality series documenting the exploits of legendary mob boss John Gotti's wife Victoria and her three sons ranked among the first to stir pop culture interest in the over-the-top Guido Italian stereotype, and faced harsh criticism for glorifying a lifestyle obtained through "blood money."

Also, it was terrible.  Film.com once said about the show "Victoria Gotti has the warmth of an ice pick and her sons the charm of, well, thugs."  So pick your poison.

Judging by all the sketches he's done, Jimmy Fallon seems to have a particular obsession with Jersey Shore. 

Earning not one, but two appearances to date, Jimmy Fallon's brilliant parody "The Jersey Floor" perfectly encapsulates the guido lifestyle (and somehow manages to make Tina Fey even hotter).  See for yourself:

Over six seasons, it's impossible to pick just who pushed the most toward the point of near-parody Italian culture, though we're looking strongly at Christopher Moltisanti and Silvio Dante.  I mean great cannoli, the hair!

Of course, at least more than The Sopranos, we have the decency to end our train of thought on a less jarring and fade-to-black conclusion than

What? FOX tried to capitalize on an existing trend by marketing one of their shows around a popular series from another network, like when Bones went to investigate a murder at the Jersey Shore, complete with Guidos and Guidettes?

Next you'll tell us they're plotting a J.J. Abrams sci-fi mystery with Jorge Garcia.