Buddy Cianci - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

  • BUDDY—The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Mayor, an EMMY award-winning documentary directed by Cherry Arnold and narrated by James Woods, is about the life and times of Buddy Cianci.
  • The Prince of Providence, a book by Mike Stanton (ISBN 0-375-50780-9) details Cianci's life, from childhood, to mob-busting prosecutor, to mayor, to conviction.
  • Politics and Pasta: How I Prosecuted Mobsters, Rebuilt a Dying City, Advised a President, Dined with Sinatra, Spent Five Years in a Federally Funded Gated Community, and Lived to Tell the Tale, a book by Vincent "Buddy" Cianci with David Fisher (ISBN 978-0312592806), is Cianci's memoir.
  • "Buddy" Cianci: The Musical, an off-Broadway musical created by Jonathan Van Gieson and Mike Tarantino. The musical incorporates much of the material from The Prince of Providence.
  • On the animated sitcom Family Guy (set in Rhode Island), Chris attended Buddy Cianci Junior High School; one episode was even named "Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High".
  • He has made guest appearances as himself on the television show Providence.
  • He has a brand of tomato sauce, "Mayor's Own Marinara Sauce," the proceeds of which benefit Providence school children.

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