@@acjohn6995 ABSOLUTELY. I even read Pileggi’s book after renting the movie on VHS when it came out. People always heap praise on Goodfellas, and rightly so, but I couldn’t agree with you more about “Casino”. Such a goddamn great film.
The lady she called " Paulie's Mom" is actually Scorsese's Mom in real life...she was in Goodfellas too. She played Joe Pecsi's character's mom in Goodfellas...she is in the scene when they stop to eat with the guy still in the trunk...she shows off her art work to the guys.
Can't you just make a measuring cup? But you're probably making mix in a big batch and just bat it down in the pan, yeah, that'd be hellish work making those muffins!
@@califinn I remember watching that scene with a friend and having them argue adamantly that it would be quite easy to have an equal amount of blueberries in each muffin; all you had to do was make the batter as thick as possible then pour it from a height of 5-6 feet into another bowl while adding the blueberries at the top of that height. She gave a whole 15 minute demonstration about it in the shower and everything, which I promptly ignored as I went back to laughing at her.
The old woman was not the actress who played Paulie Gualtieri's mother/aunt in "The Sopranos" (Nucci Gualtieri), she was Catherine Scorsese, Martin Scorcese's real life mother, who played Joe Pesci's mother in "Goodfellas".
that's was not Paulie's mother, that was Scorsese's mother once again making a little part in his movies! 👏👏👏 a nice suite of the plot with the mafia, the teamsters and the casinos in Vegas is Martin Scorsese's 2019 "The Irishman"! shall we jump right to it?
Joe Pesci is doing a Chicago accent. Not very common anymore, but it’s a distant cousin of the Wisconsin and Minnesota northern accent. Pescis character is based on the life of Tony “the ant” Spilotro, an enforcer for the Chicago mafia that had deep involvement in early Vegas. The Chicago “outfit” was a separate mafia from the NY based five families and had extensive activities in Midwest, Great Plains, and Southwest.
Al Capone, the most well-known "Outfit" boss, wasn't officially a made guy, not being Sicilian (he was born in Brooklyn, NY, of Neapolitan origin). Unless I'm wrong. Maybe he was, anyway. Chicago organized crime was much more openly violent and public than the Mafia proper, and the old-line bosses did not care for Chicago's bloody displays.
Exactly. Thanks to cable television and people going to universities out of state, accent are watered down. Chi-kay-go and other midwestern accents were stronger. Sadly, everyone wants to sound the same. Pesci’s accent was good for the guy he was.
Dick Smothers was part of a famous 1960s comedy duo with his brother, Tom (called “The Smothers Brothers”). They had a variety comedy tv show that was a huge hit for baby boomers, and led to some of the first show biz roles for people like Steve Martin, Super Dave, and Albert Brooks.
Joe Pesci’s character in the Lethal Weapon franchise was a little sleazy but generally a good sort. His character was a bit abrasive in Raging Bull but not really villainous. And he’s definitely a good guy in My Cousin Vinny. So that’s at least 3 But yeah he has been mostly typecast as the ruthless gangster type but apparently the sweetest guy in real life.
That's how it works, nice guys frequently play nasty characters, and the 'Hollywood hero' types are usually the ones who end up in career ending scandals.
Pauly's mom from the Sopranos is played by another actress. The old lady in Casino was also Tommy's mom in Goodfellas. She is also Martin Scorsese's mom in real life.
Nicky’s character was based on Anthony ‘The Ant’ Spilotro. Joe Pesci looks exactly like him. The scene when Nicky is walking down the courthouse stairs with his lawyer was a shot by shot reproduction of the actual event. The lawyer in the scene was the Ants actual lawyer playing himself. He went on to become mayor.😎
For those of you who follow aging ex-gangsters on UA-cam, the old hitman who shot John Nance (“Where ya goin, jagoff?”) was the late Frank Cullotta, of “Coffee with Cullotta.” He worked as a technical adviser on this movie.
This is my favorite mob film. Not completely accurate but great. Chicago Outfit ran Vegas around this time. Even when some casino workers saw Pesci in makeup for the first time they got an anxiety attack since they had personal dealings with the real Tony Spilotro. Plus Frank Cullotta (Frank Vincent’s character) didn’t kill him in real life. The real Cullotta is in the movie though since it’s his story. He’s the hitman who kills Stone in parking lot and the guy in Costa Rica. The guy who says “Where you goin jagoff?”
George Carlin prays to the Sun and Joe Pesci. Because the Sun is always there, and Joe Pesci with a baseball bat is a guy that can get things done. I agree!
I would love it if you guys reacted to Gotti (1996) starring Armand Assante. A lot of the Sopranos cast is in it. In my opinion, it's the best mob movie.
I second this. I grew up in and still live in Ozone Park, Queens. Gotti, despite his criminality, is still a revered figure here. The neighborhood was safe when he had the Bergin on 101st. Weird shit. But that movie was awesome. 1,000 times better than that Travolta Gotti abomination.
The little lady you mentioned that was Paulies mom was also in Goodfellas, where they got the knife from. That is actually Scorsese's mother who makes cameos in many of his movies.
"With Honors" is a really good movie story Joe pesci as a Harvard bum. Very heartfelt movie. Also, "My Cousin Vinny" and "Easy Money" are funny comedies where he's not a monster character or a crazy psychopath
Couldn’t really call him a good character in Home Alone! 😅 He’s a villainous crook looking to rob Kevin McCallister’s home. But he isn’t a psychopath like he portrays in other movies.
Hey, no dissing Dickie Smothers! He and his brother Tommy had a groundbreaking TV show "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" in the 1960s. The show was cancelled by CBS in its third season because Tom and Dick refused CBS's attempts to censor the show both in terms of content and guests. The closest current TV amalgam would be Saturday Night Live in terms of structure (skits, recurring characters, musical guests). Here's a documentary about the show: ua-cam.com/video/XY1HOZZStkk/v-deo.html
The lawyer to Nicky Santoro was Oscar Goodman, who was the real lawyer to the actual Tony Spilotro. Afterwards, he became mayor of Las Vegas, and later opened the Mob Museum, located in downtown Las Vegas.
Pesci's character (the real life Tony Spilotro) is from Chicago so that may be why he sounds different. And he did indeed stick a guy's head in a vice.
And the guy was stuck face down in the vice. Idk how true it is cuz I’ve heard conflicting accounts but it’s been said the pen stabbing did happen but at a car wash in Oak Park a few mins from my house on Harlem.
funny story the guys who die in the corn field are the spilatro and they're my cousins blood line from their moms side lol and we're related to elvis so the spilatros blood line get's infused with a elvis blood line and a creator of a biker gang called the DC eagles in chicago
I never thought of "Dick Smothers" in that way until now. Tommy & Dick Smothers were a comedy/musical duo in the '60s/'70s. They had a TV show called The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. You can probably find a bunch of their stuff on UA-cam.
Frank Vincent (Leotardo) helping beat Pesci's character was a bit of an inside joke. As Pesc'is character beat him up in Scorcese's Raging Bull and killed him in Scorcse's Goodfellas. This was like Frank's revenge in Scorcese's Casino.
not to mention, Vincent played Billy Batts in Goodfellas, and kills Joe Pesci with a bat in Casino - not sure if that was an intentional part of the inside joke, but it still works either way
@@beedubree2550 Well, Joe should have stayed with his shine box. Something he was really skilled at. You could see your reflection in your shoes. They were like mirrors.
Tony Spilotro and his brother Michael Spilotro wasn't beaten with Bats in a cornfield, he was beaten and kicked to death in a Chicago basement, then half ass buried in an Indiana cornfield where the property owning farmer found them a week later, 1986.
Really enjoyed your reaction. Still laughing at your reaction to "Dick Smothers." I'd been watching him and his brother Tommy from the early 70s and not once made the connection you did. Anyway I subscribed and will start digging through your catalog!
My favorite personal Easter egg is that the security guy that zaps the cheater with a cattle prod is Dick Warlock who played Michael Myers in Halloween 2! Pointless info but thought I’d bring it up since you reviewed Halloween 2. Cheers!
Everyone always blame ginger, but they also tend to ignore the first part of the movie where she was trying to let him down nice then flat out told him she wasn't interested. Not to say shes a sympathetic character, but rather everybody sucks here. But thats also the point of the story lol, they fucked it all up.
Dick Smothers & his brother Tommy were a comedy team that had a TV show in the early 70s, the Smothers Brothers Variety Hour. It was a very big thing at the time, they were household names.
A lot in this film happened, closer to reality than GoodFellas was. There's liberties, but generally this followed what was reported to have happened. The guy whacked in the parking lot at the end, that happened, Alan Dorfman, Teamsters Union Insurance Lawyer. Chicago Outfit was always quicker than most of the American Mafia to get rid of someone. Chicago being dangerous is not at all new, been like that for a very long time, closing in on a century.
Joe Pesci was in a couple of really good movies where he wasn't a heavy. My Cousin Vinnie and With Honors, and of course the Lethal Weapon movies after the first one..He was also more sympathetic character in Raging Bull.
Can we get American Gangster for y'all's next mafia/organized crime fix? It's super underrated, barely in the react space and overall great "based on true events" movie. Plus it's Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe and Josh Brolin directed by Ridley Scott no way y'all's dont enjoy it
Have you guys NOT SEEN MY COUSIN VINNY???? When you asked if Peschi has ever played a good guy made me think you have not seen it. IT IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST WATCH.
The actual monster that Joe Pesci portrays was terrifying in real life. The Chicago outfit was far different than the New York families as well. Incredible film.
Don't know if it's been mentioned, but Dick Smothers was one half of the comedy duo, The Smothers Brothers. They had an hour long spot in 1960s prime time TV.
And the message of this video is; 1. True love is a meat smoker. 2. When organised crime puts a bomb in your car walk away and work a regular job because raising your daughter is what's truly important.
Just because the mobsters were running Las Vegas out of Kansas City, doesn’t mean the mobsters were born and raised in Kansas City. Kansas City is just where they were living as they were running Vegas. None of them were supposed to have a Midwest accent.
In answer to the question posed by Mr Movies at 42 minutes, I've always felt that out of the main three, it was more Sam's fault than anybody else's. Sam's meant to be some kind of great leader and the Mob's number one guy in Vegas, but part of leadership is picking the right people to lead. Nicky and Ginger both had their parts to play in the fall of the Tangiers, but Sam's ego led him into making the wrong choices and sticking with them forever. Unlike the other two, who were creatures of emotion, Sam had the intelligence to know they would lead him to ruin, but he let his ego overrule his smarts. "I'm Sam Rothstein, I can change her." Ol boy saw the cartoon dollar signs in her eyes when he showed her the safety deposit box and handed her the key anyway. Ginger was always going to die of an OD no matter whose money she spent on her last buzz. Nicky was always going to end up in one of those holes out in the desert no matter which outfit's goons dug the hole. Sam had what we humans call "free will", and his choices mattered, he just made the wrong ones. Really, it's not even Sam's fault that the Tangiers was doomed from the start. Even if Sam paid off Ginger and let her run off with Nicky or Lester and found himself a good Lorraine Bracco out of Goodfellas type to settle down with, even if Sam had made Joe Bob the Assistant Head Director of Sanitation and gave him a mop and a good salary, the FBI would have still been wiretapping the bosses back East and heard the one guy running his mouth about the Tangiers skim operation.
One of those hitmen (the one who shot Artie in broad daylight) is the REAL Frankie, Nicky's friend. Prior to Nicky's death, the fed's got him and he turned govt informant.
He didn't invent sports betting. He brought previously separate sports and race books into the casino tho He wasn't the first just the first to bring it into a larger corporate own casino, the old Hilton
"Is Pesci always the crazy one?" No. The first time Bob and Joe (and Frank Vincent) worked together in the sublime Raging Bull it was Bob who played the crazy. They both put in the best performances of their careers too. Scorsese's best movie imo.
Yes Joe Pesci played a nice guy in the movie Gone Fishin' it is a hilarious movie starring Joe Pesci, Danny Glover, Rosanna Arquette, and Lynn Whitfield. You should watch it 😊
I gotta say lol having watched another couple's reactions channel for a while, watching your channel again is like watching geniuses 😂! This other popular channel is fun to watch but theyre so unbelievably slow and dont follow plots well at all.
The applause for your kids entrance always makes me laugh 🤣🤣🤣
how much you wanna bet that's from Married with Children?
I'm kinda glad they panned the camera up when she started playing with her nipples. Little bit awkward, ngl.
The old lady isn't Paulie's mom, it's Tommy's mom ( Joe Pesci's ) in Goodfellas. She is the real life mother of the director, Martin Scoresese.
And that was her actual reaction to the cursing
And when Scorsese was starting out she would bring homemade Italian food to the set for everyone. That’s why she’s always cooking in his movies.
Also the two hit men at the end were real mob hit guys. And they did the hit how they really would of done it.
Obviously she was referring to the character and the character's mother.
@@X2X2X438 would of?
For years I never realized the movie Casino was three hours long because it doesn’t feel like three hours when you’re watching it💯
That’s how you know what a masterclass in pacing looks like
I like Casino more than Goodfellas. Even more beautiful cinematography, lightning, wardrobe, plus the whole history of such a unique city.
@@acjohn6995 ABSOLUTELY. I even read Pileggi’s book after renting the movie on VHS when it came out. People always heap praise on Goodfellas, and rightly so, but I couldn’t agree with you more about “Casino”. Such a goddamn great film.
There's two parts.
The lady she called " Paulie's Mom" is actually Scorsese's Mom in real life...she was in Goodfellas too. She played Joe Pecsi's character's mom in Goodfellas...she is in the scene when they stop to eat with the guy still in the trunk...she shows off her art work to the guys.
I think she is in most of his movies.
Yep. She cooked meals for the cast and crew whenever she was on set.
Billy Batts
@@Buugzy 20 years.
Dick Smothers is one half of the Smothers Brothers, one of the most famous comedy duos of all time.
And while their act may seem tame by today's standards, their show was pretty radical for its time
Personally, I think Dick Smothers is an absolutely smashing name.
@@CopiousDoinksLLC She would have died if Dick Trickle had played in that movie.
Great name for a porn star.😁
Amazing that these 2 know zero about anything..imagine not knowing who Dick Smothers is
The "equal distribution of blueberries in every muffin" might be one of the funniest things ever, specially if you've worked in hospitality.
I don't care how long it'll take, I just want an equal number of blueberries in every muffin.
Can't you just make a measuring cup? But you're probably making mix in a big batch and just bat it down in the pan, yeah, that'd be hellish work making those muffins!
It's true too
@@califinn I remember watching that scene with a friend and having them argue adamantly that it would be quite easy to have an equal amount of blueberries in each muffin; all you had to do was make the batter as thick as possible then pour it from a height of 5-6 feet into another bowl while adding the blueberries at the top of that height.
She gave a whole 15 minute demonstration about it in the shower and everything, which I promptly ignored as I went back to laughing at her.
*chef defeatedly*: "do you know how long that's going to take"?
You two might love “A Bronx Tale” starring & directed by DeNiro
The acting in this film is top notch. This film is a favorite - thank you for the reaction.
The old woman was not the actress who played Paulie Gualtieri's mother/aunt in "The Sopranos" (Nucci Gualtieri), she was Catherine Scorsese, Martin Scorcese's real life mother, who played Joe Pesci's mother in "Goodfellas".
One's going east, and the other is going west. So what?
that's was not Paulie's mother, that was Scorsese's mother once again making a little part in his movies! 👏👏👏
a nice suite of the plot with the mafia, the teamsters and the casinos in Vegas is Martin Scorsese's 2019 "The Irishman"! shall we jump right to it?
Oh this a good one. Time for “DONNIE BRASCO”!!
Fuhgetaboutit!
Gangs of New York!
Yes please!!
It's a fugazi.
Donnie Brasco is an underrated mob flick.
That baby is so adorable lol...... Me a grown man my heart melts with how good you guys are with your kids.
Joe Pesci is doing a Chicago accent. Not very common anymore, but it’s a distant cousin of the Wisconsin and Minnesota northern accent. Pescis character is based on the life of Tony “the ant” Spilotro, an enforcer for the Chicago mafia that had deep involvement in early Vegas. The Chicago “outfit” was a separate mafia from the NY based five families and had extensive activities in Midwest, Great Plains, and Southwest.
Al Capone, the most well-known "Outfit" boss, wasn't officially a made guy, not being Sicilian (he was born in Brooklyn, NY, of Neapolitan origin). Unless I'm wrong. Maybe he was, anyway. Chicago organized crime was much more openly violent and public than the Mafia proper, and the old-line bosses did not care for Chicago's bloody displays.
Exactly. Thanks to cable television and people going to universities out of state, accent are watered down.
Chi-kay-go and other midwestern accents were stronger. Sadly, everyone wants to sound the same. Pesci’s accent was good for the guy he was.
Donnie brasco is amazing just like this and goodfellas based on a true story.
Dick Smothers was part of a famous 1960s comedy duo with his brother, Tom (called “The Smothers Brothers”). They had a variety comedy tv show that was a huge hit for baby boomers, and led to some of the first show biz roles for people like Steve Martin, Super Dave, and Albert Brooks.
And his character in this is based on Harry Reid a former (thank God) senator
They probably have no idea who Steve Martin, Super Dave or Albert Brooks are.
Have they heard of Johnny Carson or David Letterman?
Joe Pesci’s character in the Lethal Weapon franchise was a little sleazy but generally a good sort. His character was a bit abrasive in Raging Bull but not really villainous. And he’s definitely a good guy in My Cousin Vinny. So that’s at least 3 But yeah he has been mostly typecast as the ruthless gangster type but apparently the sweetest guy in real life.
That's how it works, nice guys frequently play nasty characters, and the 'Hollywood hero' types are usually the ones who end up in career ending scandals.
Pauly's mom from the Sopranos is played by another actress. The old lady in Casino was also Tommy's mom in Goodfellas. She is also Martin Scorsese's mom in real life.
@Poor Henry
Your mom's a mom.
I was going to make an edit but you already commented on it.🙃
She appeared in one scene in 'The Godfather Part III' too.
That kid entrance was an Oscar-worthy performance 🤣
Adorable.
Nicky’s character was based on Anthony ‘The Ant’ Spilotro. Joe Pesci looks exactly like him. The scene when Nicky is walking down the courthouse stairs with his lawyer was a shot by shot reproduction of the actual event. The lawyer in the scene was the Ants actual lawyer playing himself. He went on to become mayor.😎
I was reading the comment section to see if anybody else knew this movie is based in truth.
Well.. hes his height and build but facially they looked nothing alike tbf.
@@mikimiyazaki yeah, ok…have a cookie.
@@WiseGuy5674 have a tissue cry baby lol. What you cant take anyone disagreeing with you? Little girl.
@@WiseGuy5674 and you aint a wise guy either.
I have never seen Mrs. Movies laugh so hard as she did at Dick Smothers, that was hilarious 😂
Dick smothers, uh huhuhuhu. It said dick 😂
For those of you who follow aging ex-gangsters on UA-cam, the old hitman who shot John Nance (“Where ya goin, jagoff?”) was the late Frank Cullotta, of “Coffee with Cullotta.” He worked as a technical adviser on this movie.
That was Martin Scorsese’s Mom. She’s in all his films.
This is my favorite mob film. Not completely accurate but great. Chicago Outfit ran Vegas around this time. Even when some casino workers saw Pesci in makeup for the first time they got an anxiety attack since they had personal dealings with the real Tony Spilotro. Plus Frank Cullotta (Frank Vincent’s character) didn’t kill him in real life. The real Cullotta is in the movie though since it’s his story. He’s the hitman who kills Stone in parking lot and the guy in Costa Rica. The guy who says “Where you goin jagoff?”
George Carlin prays to the Sun and Joe Pesci.
Because the Sun is always there, and Joe Pesci with a baseball bat is a guy that can get things done.
I agree!
I would love it if you guys reacted to Gotti (1996) starring Armand Assante. A lot of the Sopranos cast is in it. In my opinion, it's the best mob movie.
I second this. I grew up in and still live in Ozone Park, Queens. Gotti, despite his criminality, is still a revered figure here. The neighborhood was safe when he had the Bergin on 101st. Weird shit. But that movie was awesome. 1,000 times better than that Travolta Gotti abomination.
The Family 2013 was a fun one
Oh hell yeah! Goodfellas is my favourite movie of all time but 1996’s Gotti is also IMO right up there as well. It’s that good.
Gotti has so many Sopranos cast members in it I feel like it should be Canon with the show.
What is the plot of this movie? P.S. Seems like Joe Pesci always plays +- same characters.
The first Pesci movie I saw was Home Alone. The second was My Cousin Vinnie. This and Goodfellas blew my teenaged mind...
The little lady you mentioned that was Paulies mom was also in Goodfellas, where they got the knife from. That is actually Scorsese's mother who makes cameos in many of his movies.
It's actually not Paulie's mom (or his aunt)
Tommy's mother in Goodfellas also. With the painting of the guy with the white beard and two dogs. 😀
If you guys aren't tired of gangster movies yet, give Donnie Brasco a look sometime.
I don't know any channels that have reacted to that underrated classic. It's truly a must.
I just watched it the other night for the first time and loved it
Fuggetaboutit
Dick Smothers is the "straight" half of The Smothers Brothers comedy team that was all the rage in the late '60s and early '70s.
"With Honors" is a really good movie story Joe pesci as a Harvard bum. Very heartfelt movie. Also, "My Cousin Vinny" and "Easy Money" are funny comedies where he's not a monster character or a crazy psychopath
With honors is a masterpiece. So... underrated. And pesci is brilliant in with honors
How could you forget his classic roles in the Lethal Weapon Series
@@jamesgentry13 yes!! Definitely that series too.... My bad
I forgot about this movie.
Joe Pesci play’s a good character in My Cousin Vinny, Lethal Weapon 3 and 4 and Home Alone. Should definitely give them a watch.
Couldn’t really call him a good character in Home Alone! 😅 He’s a villainous crook looking to rob Kevin McCallister’s home. But he isn’t a psychopath like he portrays in other movies.
Jim Breuer's "the Joe Pesci show". You're welcome.
The Wet Bandit
That old lady in the movie is actually scoreses mom ❤️
She has been part multiple Martin's movies
Hey, no dissing Dickie Smothers! He and his brother Tommy had a groundbreaking TV show "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" in the 1960s. The show was cancelled by CBS in its third season because Tom and Dick refused CBS's attempts to censor the show both in terms of content and guests.
The closest current TV amalgam would be Saturday Night Live in terms of structure (skits, recurring characters, musical guests). Here's a documentary about the show:
ua-cam.com/video/XY1HOZZStkk/v-deo.html
"Monster" is also an awesome movie, when it comes to character based story and acting :)
The lawyer to Nicky Santoro was Oscar Goodman, who was the real lawyer to the actual Tony Spilotro. Afterwards, he became mayor of Las Vegas, and later opened the Mob Museum, located in downtown Las Vegas.
Pesci's character (the real life Tony Spilotro) is from Chicago so that may be why he sounds different. And he did indeed stick a guy's head in a vice.
And the guy was stuck face down in the vice. Idk how true it is cuz I’ve heard conflicting accounts but it’s been said the pen stabbing did happen but at a car wash in Oak Park a few mins from my house on Harlem.
@@pab1381 I was wrong. I believe Spilotro's body was never found.
Ron Pickles? 4:45 Think you meant Don Rickles 😂😂😂
into the 2000's Lefty Rosenthal who this story was based on still ran a sports handicapping website from his home in Florida. He passed away in 2008.
funny story the guys who die in the corn field are the spilatro and they're my cousins blood line from their moms side lol and we're related to elvis so the spilatros blood line get's infused with a elvis blood line and a creator of a biker gang called the DC eagles in chicago
Yay! The real star of the channel showed up in this reaction!! 😆
Definitely gotta see Donnie Brasco...but The Irishman is great too. Another Scorsese epic with Di Niro, Pesci, Pacino
I never thought of "Dick Smothers" in that way until now. Tommy & Dick Smothers were a comedy/musical duo in the '60s/'70s. They had a TV show called The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. You can probably find a bunch of their stuff on UA-cam.
Pretty famous and influential duo ....
- *DONNIE BRASCO (1997)* 🍿
Dick has a brother. And in the 70's they had a TV show, The Smothers Brothers.
10:58 RIP Andreas Katsulas, the best Narn orator of Babylon 5.
It seems like Mrs hasn't seen Basic Instinct.
Frank Vincent (Leotardo) helping beat Pesci's character was a bit of an inside joke.
As Pesc'is character beat him up in Scorcese's Raging Bull and killed him in Scorcse's Goodfellas.
This was like Frank's revenge in Scorcese's Casino.
not to mention, Vincent played Billy Batts in Goodfellas, and kills Joe Pesci with a bat in Casino - not sure if that was an intentional part of the inside joke, but it still works either way
@@beedubree2550 that's what I said if you read the whole thing. I mentioned him killing him in Goodfellas.
@@beedubree2550 yeah they've talked about it. It was intentional.
@@beedubree2550 Well, Joe should have stayed with his shine box. Something he was really skilled at. You could see your reflection in your shoes. They were like mirrors.
The "bruises" on Sharon Stone were real scars from a car accident she was in when she was in her early twenties.
Scorsese's mom. Not Paulies mom. She appears on several Scorsese films.
Tony Spilotro and his brother Michael Spilotro wasn't beaten with Bats in a cornfield, he was beaten and kicked to death in a Chicago basement, then half ass buried in an Indiana cornfield where the property owning farmer found them a week later, 1986.
Paulie's mom is actually Scorsese's mom, he put her in many of his films.
Really enjoyed your reaction. Still laughing at your reaction to "Dick Smothers." I'd been watching him and his brother Tommy from the early 70s and not once made the connection you did. Anyway I subscribed and will start digging through your catalog!
what rock did she grow up under Tommy and Dick Smothers are world famous and had their own hour variety show in the 1960s
Pesci’s character is supposed to be from the Midwest, so he’s doing a Chicago accent.
My favorite personal Easter egg is that the security guy that zaps the cheater with a cattle prod is Dick Warlock who played Michael Myers in Halloween 2! Pointless info but thought I’d bring it up since you reviewed Halloween 2. Cheers!
Betting on red or black in roulette is less than a 50/50 bet, because 0 and 00 are green on the wheel.
Everyone always blame ginger, but they also tend to ignore the first part of the movie where she was trying to let him down nice then flat out told him she wasn't interested. Not to say shes a sympathetic character, but rather everybody sucks here. But thats also the point of the story lol, they fucked it all up.
The Ace character was so controlling he counted the blueberries in the hotel muffins. Imagine how he would be with his wife.
He tried to make a ho a housewife.
Dick Smothers & his brother Tommy were a comedy team that had a TV show in the early 70s, the Smothers Brothers Variety Hour. It was a very big thing at the time, they were household names.
Mom really did like Tommy best if she named Dick, Dick Smothers...
YES. They were huge on television, and they were huge in the music industry. Shame they are not remembered.
The FBI recently confirmed after Ace and Ginger were both informants for them. Makes you watch this film differently.
A lot in this film happened, closer to reality than GoodFellas was. There's liberties, but generally this followed what was reported to have happened. The guy whacked in the parking lot at the end, that happened, Alan Dorfman, Teamsters Union Insurance Lawyer. Chicago Outfit was always quicker than most of the American Mafia to get rid of someone. Chicago being dangerous is not at all new, been like that for a very long time, closing in on a century.
I highly recommend The Departed Deep Cover and Hoodlum.
Pesci was doing a pretty great Chicago accent here. (See also Da Bears classic SNL skits.)
Ace Rothstein=real-life Lefty Rosenthal
Nicky Santoro=real-life Tony "The Ant" Spilotro
Joe Pesci was in a couple of really good movies where he wasn't a heavy. My Cousin Vinnie and With Honors, and of course the Lethal Weapon movies after the first one..He was also more sympathetic character in Raging Bull.
Ok, you made up for it with the roll the dice motion and comment. 👍👍
Google the smothers brothers. I believe they had their own variety shoe in the 70's. On of them played the stand up bass.
Can we get American Gangster for y'all's next mafia/organized crime fix? It's super underrated, barely in the react space and overall great "based on true events" movie. Plus it's Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe and Josh Brolin directed by Ridley Scott no way y'all's dont enjoy it
Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour should be added to the playlist now, I guess. Dick and Tom are comedy legends
Beat me to it
Have you guys NOT SEEN MY COUSIN VINNY???? When you asked if Peschi has ever played a good guy made me think you have not seen it. IT IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST WATCH.
Anytime I make a large purchase to this day, my go to line is "So I spent a few dollars, so what?"
Oh how sweet was kiddy .You are such lovely family.
Kansas City was mentioned because it was the home of the Pendergast organisation. One of the people who came from that was President Harry Truman.
Dick Smothers. Right up there with Beeth Oven.
The actual monster that Joe Pesci portrays was terrifying in real life. The Chicago outfit was far different than the New York families as well. Incredible film.
Don't know if it's been mentioned, but Dick Smothers was one half of the comedy duo, The Smothers Brothers. They had an hour long spot in 1960s prime time TV.
And the message of this video is; 1. True love is a meat smoker. 2. When organised crime puts a bomb in your car walk away and work a regular job because raising your daughter is what's truly important.
Just because the mobsters were running Las Vegas out of Kansas City, doesn’t mean the mobsters were born and raised in Kansas City. Kansas City is just where they were living as they were running Vegas. None of them were supposed to have a Midwest accent.
“ Hammer time “ 😂
Excellent .
Such a great movie .. everyone delivers .. esp Stone , her best performance .
In answer to the question posed by Mr Movies at 42 minutes, I've always felt that out of the main three, it was more Sam's fault than anybody else's. Sam's meant to be some kind of great leader and the Mob's number one guy in Vegas, but part of leadership is picking the right people to lead.
Nicky and Ginger both had their parts to play in the fall of the Tangiers, but Sam's ego led him into making the wrong choices and sticking with them forever. Unlike the other two, who were creatures of emotion, Sam had the intelligence to know they would lead him to ruin, but he let his ego overrule his smarts. "I'm Sam Rothstein, I can change her." Ol boy saw the cartoon dollar signs in her eyes when he showed her the safety deposit box and handed her the key anyway.
Ginger was always going to die of an OD no matter whose money she spent on her last buzz. Nicky was always going to end up in one of those holes out in the desert no matter which outfit's goons dug the hole. Sam had what we humans call "free will", and his choices mattered, he just made the wrong ones.
Really, it's not even Sam's fault that the Tangiers was doomed from the start. Even if Sam paid off Ginger and let her run off with Nicky or Lester and found himself a good Lorraine Bracco out of Goodfellas type to settle down with, even if Sam had made Joe Bob the Assistant Head Director of Sanitation and gave him a mop and a good salary, the FBI would have still been wiretapping the bosses back East and heard the one guy running his mouth about the Tangiers skim operation.
@3:18 At least his name wasn't the other way around! 😂
God, I'm getting old. You kids don't know the Smothers Brothers or Don Rickles.
Joe Pesci played a nice guy in "With Honors" (1994)... and of course, "My Cousin Vinny" (1992)
That wasn't Paulie's mom. That's Martin Scorcese's mom in real life. She played Joe Pesci's mom in Goodfellas.
One of those hitmen (the one who shot Artie in broad daylight) is the REAL Frankie, Nicky's friend. Prior to Nicky's death, the fed's got him and he turned govt informant.
I just love how you guys are together
He didn't invent sports betting. He brought previously separate sports and race books into the casino tho He wasn't the first just the first to bring it into a larger corporate own casino, the old Hilton
"Is Pesci always the crazy one?" No. The first time Bob and Joe (and Frank Vincent) worked together in the sublime Raging Bull it was Bob who played the crazy. They both put in the best performances of their careers too. Scorsese's best movie imo.
And he played the more level headed third wheel cop in the lethal weapon movies
@@Hal2718 ahkay, ahkay, ahkay. He was great in that
He's a good guy in "My cousin Vinny."
Pesci was calm in the Irishman
Great Reaction Guy's To This Great Classic Movie
If you haven't seen "Green Book" yet, I feel it's worth viewing. Funny, based on a true story, and has a real life connection to "The Sopranos".
Is there anything more wholesome than the Dick smothers moment?!?
Her face when she did hammer time has me here forever
Joe Pesci was "My Cousin Vinny" and Leo in Leathal Weapon 2, 3, & 4
Her laughing at 'Don Rickles' and 'Dick Smothers' 😂
You gotta watch “Gone Fishin” Joe Pesci like you’ve never seen him before.
That’s a classic! Lol 😂👍
Never heard of the Smothers Brothers?
You guys should really watch a Bronx tale
Haha the applause sounds when ur guy's kids walk in makes me laugh every time
Yes Joe Pesci played a nice guy in the movie Gone Fishin' it is a hilarious movie starring Joe Pesci, Danny Glover, Rosanna Arquette, and Lynn Whitfield. You should watch it 😊
You GOTTA love a girl that would rather have a smoker over diamonds! She's a girl after my own heart😁.
Lol, "Dck Smothers" 10 min of laughing, "Meat Smokers"... not even a smile.
I gotta say lol having watched another couple's reactions channel for a while, watching your channel again is like watching geniuses 😂! This other popular channel is fun to watch but theyre so unbelievably slow and dont follow plots well at all.