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I love listening to NO EXCUSES while riding the subway home from work THANK YOU both for the great work

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

TY MICHAEL

When my Dad met my German/Irish Mom in 1952 there were no Italians on Staten Island lol. He had to go nose to nose with her oldest brother and there were 5 others. He gained respect and was the most beloved Uncle to all the cousins.

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

GREAT STORY

I grew up in Brooklyn. I’m 6-7 years younger than Michael. My dads family came from Italy and first moved to 4th avenue. Largely Irish soMe Norwegian. Kids were not allowed to play with my dad. Why? Italian. They called him “ an N turned inside out”. Irish and Italians hated each other. And frankly I even saw it in the 70s. I had some issues. My grandmother would say Irish no good lol. Later moved to Bensonhurst. Bit Italians and Irish did not mix. If you want to see how Italians were treated when we came here watch the move Cabrini.

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

DAVE SAID PERFECTLY

@DaveOriginallyfromBrooklyn

Ай бұрын

@@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES thanks michael hope you’re well

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

@@DaveOriginallyfromBrooklyn YOU AS WELL DAVE

@Snorky_88

Ай бұрын

It's true. Same thing happened to my grandmother and grandfather. They wouldn't rent to italians. Some big irish goon owned a few apartment buildings in Brooklyn. He would not rent to my grandparents. They had to move into a garage with 4 kids instead.

In a British documentary called Crime inc. Joey Cantalupo told the story about Joe Colombo's father being killed for messing with another made guy's daughter or wife and that they cut off his manhood and put it in his mouth and he was found like that in 1928. The segment is on KZread.

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

TRUE

Mike, when you say " fabric of the neighborhood" it reminds me of what my Dad would say. Born 1924 Parrott Pl next to VM Hospital, 1938 moved to Bath Ave until 1952, then Staten Iland(lol).

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

MY MOM WAS BORN IN 24 ALSO

Great show Mikey and RJ. Mikey, I really like how you give the exact locations of where things were and happened. For those of us who are from Brooklyn or even know Brooklyn, it makes it so real because I can visualize exactly where you are talking about. You are the only one who gives such detail.

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

AL THAT IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR THANKS

Great show guys! Mikey I really enjoy hearing the old days, neighborhood stories! And as always very informative! Thanks brother

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

29 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Mikey, RJ I hope you guys are well. Enjoyed listening to you reminisce Mikey. Could listen to your stories all day. 👍

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

TY BEE

I’m an X-ray text and I used to work with this older tech that worked at same hospital where they brought Colombo. He said he had a whole floor basically to himself and his bodyguards and everyday he would have to X-ray him and his men n fam would bring in tons of food n gifts for staff

@bobbylupo1571

Ай бұрын

They were super generous n classy he said offering cash tips which he couldn’t accept (supposingly)

@flipmode45

Ай бұрын

HIPPA 😂 😝 That’s a awesome story

@user-xv4wy2uh4v

23 күн бұрын

So the government pumped him full of radiation - daily Makes sense.

Very interesting change and an interesting part of Italian American culture , done with integrity and insight . Peter, Glasgow, Scotland.

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

TY PETER

Thanks again from Ontario Canada 🇨🇦

@BangEmBeatZ

Ай бұрын

London in the house

@BangEmBeatZ

Ай бұрын

Ontario that is

Great show again lads

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

Thanks for listening

There was a boycott by the League of Chemical Bank because they would provide loans to Italians as a policy. It resulted in $2 million of withdrawals in a week. It’s a crippling amount in 1970 for a regional bank.

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

GREAT INFO TY !!

@user-wv1vj8tw2c

Ай бұрын

Wouldn’t provide loans.

Gallo had an open contract on him before the League even started.

Michael, as to how Italians were perceived here’s a story from Chicago. My Mom and her brothers (Polish) were warned by Grandma not to mingle with the Italians on Taylor Street(circa 1940), Al Capone and all that, even though they lived very close by on 17th Street. Long story short…I ended up with two Sicilian Aunts. 😂 Salute 👍🏻

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

23 күн бұрын

TY DAVID KEEP IT COMING

Paulie Vario and his crews once were major supporters of the ICRL allegedly.

Great video with lots of great historical information. Had no idea the protests and boycotting went that deep. Thanks for this content.

I grew up around family of Cosa Nostra. All the Italian people in our neighborhood were loved. Hey Mikey, I'm Irish! There was no animosity between Irish and Italian around us that I was aware of. It's different in Detroit I guess.

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

THAT IS GREAT TO HEAR TY

There was a show on tv taking about the camera case the shooter had that had a built in compartment too hold a handgun We all know that’s some cia ingenuity

Wow incredible episode. Love hearing these neighborhood stories. One day I’ll put some dough aside to sign up for patron. Waiting for the KZread videos is killing me!

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

Part 3 comes out in a couple days. Stay tuned! Did you watch part 1?

Hey Mike, I remember the respect that whole area had for Joe colombo. My uncle was on 84th and 14 ave..Too bad for him ,those were good days

I could listen to your memories all day! I still think you should write a book…. Maybe I’m the nudge you need to do so…so I will keep on saying it! Much respect! ❤😊❤

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

Maybe one day! TY FOR YOUR SUPPORT

Colombo's father Anthony was found garroted in the back seat of his car with his girlfriend in 1938......

Hey Mike, I really enjoy your podcast. You mentioned the name Vitaly have cousins in Brooklyn with that last name regarding the shooter of Joe Colombo. Sammy said in his podcast that the shooter had a camera that hid the gun and this is a CIA type of weapon system so he thinks they did it, what do you think? Rumors say also, it was Joe Gallo.

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

NOT THE MOB IN MY BOOK

@user-wv1vj8tw2c

Ай бұрын

Johnson had a Rolex camera that he had rented with a check that bounced from a camera shop in Boston days before. The camera may have housed the gun, but maybe not. Johnson was with, according to a number of eye witness accounts, a young attractive black female that handed Johnson the gun right before he shot. The camera was recovered but did not have film. The FBI buried the photograph of the girl that was provided to them by Greg Scarpa Sr., and in the FOIA it states they chose not to share it with the NYPD to protect their informant, in other words, the young black girl was with the FBI. The NYPD through other sources was aware that the young girl was from New Brunswick like Jerome Johnson and they managed to track her to Georgia. However, despite the car outside of the house in Georgia having Jersey plates, the two officers who said they saw now said they couldn't identify her. But let's focus on Johnson for a second, he was shot three times while being handcuffed immediately after he shot Colombo, yet his shooter was never officially identified or prosecuted. Unofficially it was said Colombo's bodyguard Chubby Roselli shot Johnson, but Chubby was never questioned, or prosecuted. Not to mention EVERYTHING happened on camera and the FBI confiscated all of the footage and has buried it for over 5o years. What are they hiding? You think they'd bury this footage to protect Gallo? That's laughable. And why wouldn't Gallo claim credit. He bragged about being part of the barbershop quartet tat killed Albert Anastasia. Why not claim Colombo? Just has importantly, Pete the Greek, Gallo's bodyguard with him everyday, cooperated and claimed Gallo wasn't involved. And Gallo's brother Albert, "Kid Blast" also cooperated and never claimed Joey Gallo was involved. 50 years of cooperating informants and NO ONE in the mob claims this hit. The Gallo or Gambino theories were government propaganda to obscure the truth. Colombo's assassination was a black opt executed by COINTELPRO.

@user-wv1vj8tw2c

Ай бұрын

Bolex Camera. It autocorrected.

For anybody that cares there is a documentary about that it was Nicholas pileggi Mario puzo or something like that but it's called an essay on the mafia and they go through the whole Italian right civil League crap and the shooting of Joe Colombo very very interesting AN ESSAY ON THE MAFIA IS WHAT IT'S CALLED

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

IT IS CALLED THE OFFER GREAT SHOW TY

@andrewashcraft-hi4ot

Ай бұрын

Yeah I've herd of that one this one is from back in that time. It's called an essay on the Mafia and it shows old footage . And Nick and some other older guy do it check out

You Are guys the best !!!

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

TY ERIC

Andy Jr said his father told him not to go that day

Michael is spot on with names and locations . Great job

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

TY TONY

And you'll end up in a cell because you are who you are And you'll take a lot of good people with you . Duck John learn to to duck ..... My favorite quote from the Armand Assante gotta movie

@alisonmclean3754

Ай бұрын

Beautiful quote

So the Italian civil rights league died out , or as they might say in NJ "It died on the vine "

The Gallos didn't belong in the Mafia. That's a clear case of just being Italian got him in. You can see the "I don't give a fuck" in his face. Basically that guy just seems like a outlaw, bandit type of street dude.

Micheal you bring back so many memories of growing up in Bensonhurst when we did. Thank you. Interesting perspectives. My father said remember “ THEY ARE OUR BAD GUYS”. People don’t realize how they policed our neighborhoods. My feelings are that back then every new culture that migrated to New York were abused by the cultures that were there before them. People can’t get along with their own culture many times how can we accept a new group of people who are different and may be taking away their jobs.Good video Micheal and RJ.

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK OTHERS OUT THERE BASH OUR NABE..TY

@Bensonhurstbabyboomer

Ай бұрын

@@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES An answer to anyone who bashes Bensonhurst back than. YOU NEVER LIVED IT!!

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

@@Bensonhurstbabyboomer TY

Happy summer, Mikey! Wishing the best to you and yours. Costello did what Gotti was accused of. He put himself directly into the spotlight. You're a great example of Italian pride.

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

TY GABBY

I never seen anything about Joe Gallo selling Junk. He had a relationship with the blacks from being in prison with them. Great show

@jasongray5103

Ай бұрын

Do your homework on Leroy Nicky Barnes.

@pauld4123

Ай бұрын

@@jasongray5103 yeah he taught Nicky Barnes how to organize his guys like a mob family in prison, but they never had dealings after that. Barnes hooked up with matty Madonna not Joe Gallo

@jasongray5103

Ай бұрын

@@pauld4123 joe gallo was a boss. He would've never touch drugs, but the connection was set up by him. He told Nicky who to go see.

@dannyf3135

Ай бұрын

@@jasongray5103Joe ( Crazy Joe) Gallo was a Boss? If that is who you’re referring to he was never a boss. He was a renegade of an upstart group that included his brothers and many others but he wasn’t making any Columbo Famiky decisions. He was making Gallo Crew decisions and look where it got him. Joe N Gallo of the Gambinos was a Consigliere if your referring to him.

@dannyf3135

Ай бұрын

@@pauld4123Nicky Barnes actually hooked up with Frank Madonna first Marty’s brother but yes your right he aligned with Matty Madonna. Not much is known about Frank Madonna but I’ve heard Nicky Barnes say as much himself

Man, great episode. The cultural context is priceless! The Italian mob didn't exist in a vacuum of pure criminality.

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

CORRECT

Great video, thank you, I love to hear mob stories.

I remember we all had the 1 Keychain

My aunt was married to Joe gallo and was their when he died

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

TY VINCENT

I remember that day very well. The two clubs that were always beaming with guys kidding around, breaking balls, Lincolns up down all day was know non exsistant. Somber was the mood. Then it happened, the guys that were on the corner closed up shop and disappeared. No money for me that day, i used to clean and get rid of the trash.

Mikey i would love to no about John Gotti's relationship with Carmine Agnello who went on to marry John's daughter.I heard a few things but i rather hear it from you brother.You and RJ are dynamic,keep up the good work.

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

TY MELVIN

Thanks for the freebie

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

TY MEG

Great video from someone in the life I love Mikey’s saying you can’t unprick your finger

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

TY MY FRIEND

Interesting video 👍 informative

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

10 күн бұрын

Glad you liked it

SALUT & CIN CIN TO LA FAMILIGLIA!

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

GRAZIE

Was the boss of bosses... - In the Italian translation A term used for the boss of the family It seems to me from everything I've heard over the years, that it would refer to the head of a family As opposed to the media saying its the head of all the Italian crime family's As if all the crime family's were united as if they were all loving and united as one 😂

I love ur videos r j

Great video Michael! Thank you! I know you're very knowledgeable about Cosa Nostra history and I'd like to ask you about a couple of old timers if you don't mind? I'd like to e-mail you if that's ok?

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

SURE NICK MDNOEXCUSES@GMAIL.COM

@nicholasroberts9618

Ай бұрын

@@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES Thank you!

Hey Mike do you know if Senior reached out or rewarded Romuel Pietzec after he declined to testify against him? Or was letting him live the reward itself

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

NOT THAT I HEARD

Great sho fellas.

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

TY SCOTT

Hope all is well😉

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

WIUTH YOU ALSO MARK

The irish guys had all the civil service jobs too. Italians could not get these jobs in the old days.

Hey mikey just watched sammy show he said on it i cant get rid of that fly pisses me off lol i dont think the fly ever going away lol

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

HE IS RIGHT LOL

Jack ruby was controlled by the Chicago outfit. great show as always gents

Hey 👋 RJ and MIKEY xx

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

HELLO TRACEY

@traceygamwell8792

Ай бұрын

@@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES how are you my bestie. I sent RJ an email the info you wanted xx

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

@@traceygamwell8792 TY YOUR PHOITO WILL BE SENT OUT

@traceygamwell8792

Ай бұрын

@@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES I can’t wait. Thank you so much my best friend xx

@traceygamwell8792

Ай бұрын

@@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES Mikey. How did I get so fortunate to have a best friend in you ? I am truly blessed xx

Jack Ruby did to cover really how Kennedy got shot love and he was Jewish.. ❤

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

HELLO ELLIOT

@elliotness7193

Ай бұрын

@@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES lts a actually hyman sugar and the biography of Mickey Cohen how Kennedy got and not saying he was not good president. I never got along the Polish people lol and have nothing against certain Irish people.

Chris Colombo makes mention of who shot the man who shot his Father on a podcast with Michael franzese

@user-wv1vj8tw2c

Ай бұрын

Chubby Roselli is believed to have shot Johnson while Johnson was being handcuffed in a sea of NYPD. Chubby got a pass on killing Johnson because the FBI needed a pass on killing Colombo. Video exists of the entire incident, both shootings but the FBI has refused to release it. 50 years after the shooting and the FBI still refuses to release the video. Why? Because it was a mob hit? No.

Interesting take on this. Something completely off-topic, a question: As you are from Sicilian ancestors, did you ever here talk about the Targa Florio?

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

YES AND NO

Plus he got the word mafia cut out of the godfather script

Always a throwback Cantaluppo Realty then the club a few doors away then the famous breakfast neighborhood spot another door away Puritan then of course Tommaso's all inches away.

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

I MISS TOMASSO'S AND THE GREEKS IN THE DINER GOOD PEOPLE

A fun in a camera. It was the government

That sounds like mind manipulating or some kind of training, because for that guy to think he could survive after that and to whom it was done and where it was. To me during that time, no sane black person not even gangsters would put their family in harm's way. The connection they had, wow they would learn everything, and eventually THEY WOULD FIND YOU!

Mikey Great One again... Newspapers 85th and 18th by the Optimo by the Train Station, then Sea Breeze right across the street get the best Seafood in the neighborhood and the Chandelier Spot a few doors away one stop shop! 201 Dyker J.H.S. Graduate lol. Dyker Prime Area always was.

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

WE HAVE A SHOW TOMORROW ABOUT THE NABE ON PATREON ,SUDAY WILL BE A LIVE JUMP ON

6:08 Who's the gay in Arizona Michael is on about?

Great video Mike looking forward to part 3.have you considered the CIA may have killed him because mob infiltrated of the civil rights movement was a threat that they wouldn't tolerate?also I think a guy named chubby visilo or something like that killed Jerome Johnson.

@darkstar92772

Ай бұрын

I was thinking that Jerome Johnson might have been part of MKULTRA. It’s the only thing that makes sense to me.

Joey Gallo was killed because he disrespected Russell Bufalino at the Copa…😊

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

LOL

Every smart Italian has a Jewish friend

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

TRUE

It was Gallo Mike give me a break

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

OK TAKE A BREAK

5:49 chubby rosillo alledgedly shot johnson. Thats what the scarpa files said anyways. A lot of gossip among the wiseguys sayin they didnt think he had the balls to do it but it was witnessed by the Gawk and several others

@user-wv1vj8tw2c

Ай бұрын

The real question is how, assuming Chubby did it, he was able to do it in a sea of NYPD blue, in front of photographers and videographers, and then avoid any prosecution whatsoever. No one has ever seen an autopsy of Johnson, and I suspect, that it wasn't just Chubby that shot Johnson, but likely someone else, a shooter sent to silence a shooter. Although Johnson may have believed he had an exit route, those behind him were not going to allow it. Colombo's assassination was no mob hit. It was a well orchestrated COINTELPRO back opt to eliminate Colombo who had become a danger to the status quo. Too much legitimate power too quickly.

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

@@user-wv1vj8tw2c AGREE

This is propa Cosa Nostra not fantasy

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

TY

Wow Mike Ceasar vitale old school he was murdered with wife patty

Cleary he had a case of cognitive dissonance. Something was wrong with his brain to be a mafia boss and acting like a activists. 1 extreme to the other.

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

GOOD POINTS

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Hey Mikey love still bud

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

TY JAMES

Mikey kid

@SHINEZ1431

Ай бұрын

Yo Muggs 👊 🤝💯

@muggsysegal

Ай бұрын

@@SHINEZ1431 shinz

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

HELLO MY FRIEND

@muggsysegal

Ай бұрын

@@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES ♥

Hi Mike I took a quick look at gravanos show last night and he was on about religion now and can't print what i thought but that channel is just blocked now as him finding religion 😂😂😂😂

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

HIS IS MONEY .NO GOD

24:53 -the Irish and Italian were treated the same way . The were vehement discriminated on

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

2 күн бұрын

100 PERCENT

Joe Colombo was a nationalist hustler way before Al Sharpton - paved a road map for Sharpton's race bating and shakedown games!

@E.C.2

Ай бұрын

Nothing wrong with acknowledging your Race exists.

@arthurlerro3147

Ай бұрын

Disagree voicing his opinion against the US government not group, race or nationality of people.

@user-wv1vj8tw2c

Ай бұрын

The League wasn't just against discrimination with Italians. It was for everyone. In fact, in you look at any of the League meetings you'd be surprised as to how many woman, black, and Jewish people attended. 200 captains of the league, those in charge of a chapter, were black or Jewish. This was Colombo's real threat politically that he was uniting Italians, Blacks, and Jewish people against the government. This was viewed as subversive and dangerous to the Justice Department and the Nixon administration. And for that, Colombo was eliminated.

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

@@user-wv1vj8tw2c VERY TRUE

First!

Jerome was in the Pen with Crazy Joe But then You Have Remember Carlo did Not want the publisty ,

@user-wv1vj8tw2c

Ай бұрын

Jerome Johnson was never in custody with Gallo. He was never in custody period. Despite having a rap sheet with arrests from NY to California, and for multiple rapes. Despite this he never went to jail.

@user-wv1vj8tw2c

Ай бұрын

There’s absolutely no proven connection between Johnson and Gallo. Zero. If you have evidence to point to please do so.

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

@@user-wv1vj8tw2c TY

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

@@user-wv1vj8tw2c AGREE

Maybe they should sold pasta and ricotta......cause thats all I'm eating over here every nite mikey ...pasta and ricotta every night pasta and ricotta!!

@MikeyScarsNOEXCUSES

Ай бұрын

LOOL LOL