His greatest achievement was putting equal amounts of blueberries in every muffin.

@nealjabr7916

2 жыл бұрын

U know how long thats gonna take?

@pedromolina9558

2 жыл бұрын

Lmfao

@criscase6632

2 жыл бұрын

And he didn't care how long it would take

@dx3385

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@MoejiiOsmanTV

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

He should have taken the food and beverage job.

@garrettwilson2626

3 жыл бұрын

Especially without going on television.

@jessemonster7292

2 жыл бұрын

@VAcreeper2020 my thoughts exactly, he WANTED TO GO ON FUCKIN' TELEVISION!! 📺

@chrissaenz6213

2 жыл бұрын

You're a funny guy.

@tiffanyh1274

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@shack7631

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrissaenz6213 Funny how? Do I amuse you?

I worked for him in Boca at a bar and restaurant called croc's the summer before I went to law school. I was working there the night of the OJ Simpson slow white bronco chase. He always tipped the staff directly, especially on slow nights. He said if you can survive a summer as a restauranteur in south Florida you might be accused of being a genius. This was back when the business was much more seasonal. Good boss. DeNiro came into the bar one night that was a fun night. Also watching and listening to this reminds me how fucking smart he was. He really was the smartest guy in the room.

@Robert-tj3qq

21 күн бұрын

Swindler

@jk-76

16 күн бұрын

​@@Robert-tj3qq Smart swindler

@cheryl-bn4zh

6 күн бұрын

That is so neat!! Can you tell us more about him? Did you ever meet his son or daughter? How long did you work for him?

@Venmaylove

10 минут бұрын

​@@cheryl-bn4zhI am his daughters cat. She's a fantastic swimmer and swimming coach. Feeds me gourmet. The other cats live like regular schmucks. Thank you, Stephanie.

This guy is extremely street smart. Knows how to keep his mouth shut. Made more money than most of us will see in a lifetime. Very old school. Great interview.

@PS987654321PS

Жыл бұрын

Keeping your mouth shut doesn’t help the working class. It only helps rich people. He’s more of a self serving cretin than a man of integrity and honor.

@thomasrussell4674

10 ай бұрын

@@PS987654321PS I don't blame individuals like this for the background they come from, but you are absolutely correct that the supposed "values" of organised crime are the complete opposite of any that would actually help working class people. It's no wonder that Hollywood tries to make people idolise the mafia because it tries to turn people from a community into competing selfish individualists.

@Gabriel-br4qe

7 ай бұрын

@@PS987654321PS as were the mobsters he hanged out with

@sashazab3710

6 ай бұрын

What you talking about? You talking like commie parteigenosse in my country 33 years ago. Every smart person, spetialy who knew very much about politics, criminals and big money world should very good thinking before open mouth. Who had mouth without brains in world of influence and money have many problems

@tron9137

6 ай бұрын

He also was a FBI informant code named "Achilles."

You can tell he's always in control of what he's saying. He expected every line of questioning and had an answer. Most were non answers. Very highly intelligent person

He's perfected the art of talking without actually telling you anything!

@altagraciaadames3483

Жыл бұрын

Einstein street smarts. And Frank moved like a killer himself

@garysimpson3592

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a Politician never a straight answer.

@caeserornothing

Жыл бұрын

Ted Bundy was also a master at that

@sashachitownvillegas6850

11 ай бұрын

absolutely ! he's a smart guy. there's an old quote from him from the 70's a reporter asked him" how do you stay in shape ?"& he said" by keeping my mouth shut".

@TonyFontaine1988

8 ай бұрын

Becausr he was a jew

Keeping his mouth shut about his ex-wife shows a lot of class.

@Clintsessentials

4 ай бұрын

💯💯💯

@Mr100741

3 ай бұрын

Keeping his mouth shut about the Drug Addicted slut he was married to and her affair with Tony Spilotro was simply self preservation. Just like in the entire interview Rosenthal was taking no chances of saying anything that would piss off the Chicago Mob again.

@uncleg1623

3 ай бұрын

Is she still alive???

@casandrabullock9497

3 ай бұрын

​​@@uncleg1623No she died in 1982. She was in LA and was probably given a hot shot of coke and Valium. It was within a month of Franks botched car bomb. ( I think the people back home were cleaning house if you know what I mean) Frank loved Geri very much. Very sad. RIP Geri and Frank.

@freemason4979

3 ай бұрын

He was spot on about the organized crime figures

I want an equal amount of blueberries in each muffin.. an equal amount

@joeysausage3437

2 жыл бұрын

Do you know how long that's going to take?

@brandonbrooks898

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeysausage3437 I don't care how long it takes. An equal amount.

@veronicamitchell9378

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeysausage3437 I don’t care, an equal amount.

@veronicamitchell9378

2 жыл бұрын

Look at this, I have no blueberries yours is falling apart.

@Esther-ix8bb

2 жыл бұрын

@@veronicamitchell9378 Madness, complete chaos lol

Lefty is articulate , but he is definitely holding back in this interview against the mob.

@shack7631

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. It's what he doesn't say is more interesting. Nice deflect calling the state officials the real orginised criminals.

@tfe423

2 жыл бұрын

Yea i thought the same thing . Comes across as very intelligent and knows how to answer questions without really answering them .

@bluesky6985

2 жыл бұрын

@@shack7631 They are criminals. Government is the biggest organized crime there is.

@bluesky6985

2 жыл бұрын

Like denying the skim that everyone knows was happening

@lprophit

2 жыл бұрын

he already got blown up once ! give the man a break..

Lefty lives in my head rent-free. I’ve read the book twice and seen the movie a dozen times, one of my favourite movies ever

@fungus_am0nguz644

2 жыл бұрын

What other interesting stories does Lefty has on that book?? hehe sell it to me, im up for a good bio book.

@patrickbateman9204

2 жыл бұрын

What is it about “The Irishman” you find so appealing? I’m not being condescending I’m genuinely curious as a huge Scorsese fan. Seems like it’s a love it or hate it movie and I hated it tbh. Curious what elements of it you found so entertaining? Not insulting your taste, just genuinely curious.

@zachhi89

2 жыл бұрын

@@patrickbateman9204 I hated the Irishman movie

@patrickbateman9204

2 жыл бұрын

@@zachhi89 Misread your comment, oops. Agreed I hated it with a passion, the scene where De Niro “beats up” the shopkeep… cringe.

@miamitten1123

2 жыл бұрын

@@zachhi89 is the book 📖 that good?

Only a connected guy could be this smooth. 💯

@Spookieham

24 күн бұрын

The vast majority of connected guys were pretty well functioning morons. Lefty was much smarter than the rest of them.

He was portrayed as an insanely sharp man with extreme discipline who had a heart.

@Gabriel-br4qe

Жыл бұрын

@@ohio tbf the point was to make the casinos as profitable as possible for the skim and his methods were surely effective

@JoeRogansForehead

Ай бұрын

He didn’t want to be known as a violent criminal. Even being friends with Tony apilotro is a bad look , even when you try to stop him the whole movie .

A far more intelligent, cunning and nuanced individual than the fictional character portrayed by DeNiro. A very shrewd and creative operator.

@ThisHandleWasTheOnly1Available

2 жыл бұрын

De Niro is a ninkampoop in real life. He doesn't have the necessary IQ to even attempt to portray someone that intelligent.

@yoyo762

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThisHandleWasTheOnly1Available De Niro would have to rise to achieve ninkampoop level.

@mikeprima6914

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThisHandleWasTheOnly1Available maby a nitwit but he is very rich atleast his bankaccount is bigger than ours

@smwrbd

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThisHandleWasTheOnly1Available raging bull, taxi driver, cape fear...

@richmonroe203

2 жыл бұрын

More charisma too.

I spoke to Mr Rosenthal once. No nonsense, no BS kinda guy. No joking all business.

"Organised crime did exist in Las Vegas. I knew them all. They were the Gaming Control Board, County Commissioners, two local court judges and one Supreme Court Justice " Rosenthal nailed it. He told truth to power. He understood who really control this world.

@GEricG

Жыл бұрын

Let's not mistake ourselves though - it's not like the mob were acting in anyone's best interests either though. It's the ordinary guy in the street that loses out. Saying that though - if you or I got our house robbed, we'd be expecting the full weight of the law to be wheeled out against the perpetrators.

@tonyducks1121

11 ай бұрын

Exactly. Harry Reid was the biggest gangster Vegas ever saw.

@daveb2280

9 ай бұрын

@aaroncincotta6305: True back then. True today.

@jerrymylove1754

8 ай бұрын

Organized crime didn’t just exist in Las Vegas. Organized crime literally built that city. It’s interesting to note that the Chicago outfit negotiated Las Vegas territory with the New York families. Chicago said you can have Atlantic City but we want Las Vegas.

@glovesoffofficial1382

2 ай бұрын

Sounds like Johnny Carson interviewer

Highly impressed on how he presents himself! Smart, Articulate, and Cool as ice.

@billl1127

2 жыл бұрын

And convincingly full of shit.

Really sharp guy you can tell he answers all the questions very carefully

This guy has so much class. I bet his kids love him.

@paulden3158

Жыл бұрын

Or hated

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

5 ай бұрын

Never around, how's that going to work.

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

5 ай бұрын

He says that verbatim 3:00

He changed the way blueberry muffins I made to this day he’s in the blueberry muffin Hall of Fame

"But in the end, we f***** it all up, it should have been so sweet too, but it turned out to be the last time street guys like us were ever given anything that f****** valuable ever again"

@casandrabullock9497

3 ай бұрын

Very true!

22 күн бұрын

Instead, it was given to guys like Joe Biden...

@unfgreen

15 күн бұрын

Great line

I worked for FR in the early 80's at the Hacienda Hotel. FR was a true people person. Memories are truly forever. RIP FR!

@goldshieldinthedark

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I heard from an ex-dealer from Vegas that FR was actually really nice person. 👌

@davidjohnson5146

2 жыл бұрын

@FlyingMonkey916 I was a 21 and craps dealer for a couple of years. Then I was a floor person in the pit.

@jasonantigua6825

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidjohnson5146 Man I bet you could tell a few stories!

@goldcoastslim2117

2 жыл бұрын

i also worked for him at the stardust hotel !

@davidjohnson5146

2 жыл бұрын

@@goldcoastslim2117 Merry Christmas! How are you doing. Very Nice. What an experience you had i am sure. What years did you work there

What an example of being articulate and eloquent. Such a seasoned professional.

Well rehearsed & well delivered !

This was an excellent interview. Just listening to him speak, you can understand why he was so successful. Street smart, intelligent, cunning, polite, and plays with his cards very close to his chest. Good job by the interviewer by asking relevant questions and smart enough to stop talking and just listen.

Street smart,intelligent.Guy never gave up information,after everything. betrayed by friends,Blown up. literally bombed and still remained solid.RIP Frank Rosenthal

@jayrush4076

Жыл бұрын

💯💯

@tylerrebik7700

Жыл бұрын

After his death, it was revealed he was a top-tier FBI Informant.

@sonnyooo338

4 ай бұрын

@@tylerrebik7700this isn’t confirmed but suspected i have mixed feelings about it

Great interview thank you for posting.

He's a class act about saying something negative about the mother of his children

@mneugent7658

Жыл бұрын

Oh he definitely "said" she was banging Spilotro. But you're right, he did it in a classy way.

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

5 ай бұрын

He slept w her before Lefty ever even met her.

@clezellwesley5823

5 ай бұрын

Mother of their child dum ass

Incredible interview well-done wish it was a lot longer

My family owned the barbershops at Caesars Palace, The Dunes, Stardust, and Desert Inn at this time and It was a fun time being a kid I could only imagine how it was for my uncles and father.

@jasonantigua6825

2 жыл бұрын

You need to get in touch with me! My family supplied those barbers!

@DOOMSDAYD-KILLS-EVERYONE

2 жыл бұрын

Can I buy some stuff off your family

@billyballs6677

2 жыл бұрын

You just made that up

@khristionlouvatin6874

2 ай бұрын

@@billyballs6677I really hope he is not lying on the internet

Frank seems like an Intelligent and Classy Gentleman!

@eyenfinityface-thecosmiclo2717

3 жыл бұрын

Classyness, intelligence and self-awareness of ones own ignorance seems to be a hell of alot scarcer today (classyness for sure). 🖖

@balancedactguy

3 жыл бұрын

@@eyenfinityface-thecosmiclo2717 Yes!...and Common Sense seems to be lacking along side all that too!.

@henryharris3431

3 жыл бұрын

He beat his wife

@balancedactguy

3 жыл бұрын

@@henryharris3431 You mean like you saw in the Movie?

@DaxSports1

2 жыл бұрын

@@balancedactguy No they didn't show that at all. He beat her cheated on her. And he wasn't just kind of an asshole to his staff like Deniro was. He was A HUGE ASSHOLE TO HIS STAFF. And even worse HE WAS AN FBI INFORMANT ALL ALONG.

The fact that he chose to marry a woman with so much baggage while trying to blend in and then do a TV show poking the local est. in the eye tells me he is human and got caught up in the lights.

@billl1127

2 жыл бұрын

Funny how brilliant men lose all sense of intelligence when it comes to women

@badapple9482

2 жыл бұрын

@@billl1127 You can be smart but you can't be smart about everything, somethings have to be learned.

@erichaynes7502

Жыл бұрын

@@billl1127 Yep, I can attest to that lol. In your 20's it's understandable but after age 30 men should know better..but most don't..heck, most NEVER learn.

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

5 ай бұрын

Hot people are either extremely selfish/self absorbed, or completely insane. RARELY seen anything else!

@marknewton6984

5 ай бұрын

​@billl1127Yeah, very funny!😮

He's so spot on about organized crime and who the players are.

Fucked everything up.... He should've just took the food & beverage title..🤣

Excellent interview! Very well read individual!

I have never looked at a blueberry muffin the same since seeing Casino.

Wow!! I am just seeing this! He was as sharp as a sword! Many would say he was dirty back in the Vegas mob days!! But make no mistake about it, modern day execs are old time Lefty Rosenthal's of today. This was a great interview. The man is very articulate and carefully words his answers.

I worked under Gordon when Eric at the Concord hotel in the Catskills I never saw a man command such authority with no fear of anything whatsoever it was absolutely something to witness

@mikeywhispers1588

2 жыл бұрын

Whose Gordon and Eric?

@hrafnofthule5962

4 ай бұрын

@@mikeywhispers1588the goofers.

A big round of applause for what he said about organized crime in Las Vegas. They are the true mafia to this day.

There is a part of the puzzle many people do not know. Allan Glick ("clean face") was good friends with Frank Balistreri's son (the lawyer). Allen Glick was the face of the Stardust, in return for the $60 million Teamsters loan. Frank Balistreri made Glick sign over %10 to each of his sons to take effect 3-5 years up the road. Frank Balistreri hired Lefty to oversee the Casino-he hired several other Milwaukee hoods as well. Meaning Frank Balistreri of Milwaukee was the Don behind the skim, not a New York other East Coast family. That fact remains hidden.

He still wouldn't be as bad as people who are running big corporations now, take the Pharmaceutical companies this man wouldn't have anything on those executives.

@moparone7962

2 жыл бұрын

Yes sir, they lost money from the doctors not prescribing pain killers as they used to 10 years ago. So they make money from a forced vaccine, govt paid. Also, some of the major news shows pushing the vacs are sponsored by, wait for it..... Pfizer.

@j.p2213

2 жыл бұрын

@@moparone7962 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@1800aubrey

2 жыл бұрын

Sackler family, same breed

@joonaslehtonen7965

2 жыл бұрын

Even though he had all the characteristic of big pharma ceo. It was reported that all dealers sort of stood at attention everytime he walked over, he regularly put dealers on line and barked at them for slight and imaginative reasons. He re decorated and modeled his office four times in a row - he let the carpenters tear of everything they installed four times in row until he was satisfied, he fired people who said "good morning mr Rosenthal" because he felt they were obnixous cause they dared to talk to him. This was what he did inside his own company to his workers. Imagine what he did to his competitors.

@darkridearts

2 жыл бұрын

100%

What a piece of work

De Niro captured the framework of this gentleman, without making him a caricature, or by today's habits, a sort of meme.

Great interview, thanks for sharing.

To think : he could have had the Food & Beverages job without going on television !

1994 at his home in Florida

@dougstyles

2 жыл бұрын

The fake plants give it away🤣

Turns out after his passing that he was a major informant for the FBI.

The same amount blueberries in every muffin

Assuming this was filmed around 1994 the picture quality is great. Will get a million plus views eventually, great interview.

@BigHorseFilm

3 жыл бұрын

It's surprising, it was most likely filmed on VHS or a similar tape, (Perhaps film but that feels unlikely) It really looks like a modern digital type format. Little noise and good quality / frames, as well as the color tones all make it look much more modern than the mid 90s.

@gregorysweer9951

2 жыл бұрын

Lol I have some VHS that I recorded with my camcorder 1984 85 the picture quality is still superb

@darkridearts

2 жыл бұрын

Betacam broadcast had better quality than vhs.

@charlesandrews2360

2 жыл бұрын

Bulldog John Drummond long time crime reporter in Chicago did that interview.

I wish there was more to this interview. It should be at least another half hour. I have never found any other interview with him.

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

5 ай бұрын

Have you seen tapes of his TV show? He never juggled, tho.

DeNiro's performance was spot on.

Lefty is as old school as it got... Respect

Very intelligent man in how he speaks an carrys himself. Got class..

Absolute gentleman the good old days

I cant comment because i gota pick up the papers pick up the papers🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@brentramsey

Ай бұрын

Jimmy 2 x! Epic!

In the Nick Calabrese testimony, he mentioned that Michael Spilotro had access to explosives and used them on occasion. Since he was in Vegas at that time, he probably had a hand in it.

He jump on my ass once after getting down trying to see my hole card while I was dealing 21 at the Stardust casino in 1973.

@benallmark9671

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting, what other good stories ya got from those days ?

@sparkymcplumpthepolydactyl2079

2 жыл бұрын

I saw that scene in Casino too

@takerdust

2 жыл бұрын

how were the Blueberry muffins?

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

5 ай бұрын

Well, he was right...

@khristionlouvatin6874

2 ай бұрын

@russell9206 I hope your not lying on the internet

love the interview. he steered everything away from the actual mafia and told the truth that the politics/ gov were the real gangsters...lol. The police, the gaming commission.. classy guy. Who ordered the bomb? he has no idea...lol.

@plasticweapon

2 жыл бұрын

frank balistrieri.

@Cum007

2 жыл бұрын

@@plasticweapon P

@billl1127

2 жыл бұрын

Not going to blame the mob. Doesnt need any more visits.

@STONESGAM

Жыл бұрын

@@plasticweapon That's highly like it was Frank. I'm guessing maybe he would have had to get the okay from Chicago on that first though.

@BrainDamageComedy

Жыл бұрын

the one who ordered the bomb was found buried with his brother in an indiana cornfield

Old school gentleman, not a word out of place. Would of loved to say in private with him and heard his real story.

@E-Kat

Жыл бұрын

" Kind of " does not have a place in intelligent conversation. So, plenty of words out of place. 👎 I'm not going to benefit from listening to this pointless conversation with man who thinks he's above everyone else. One can tell this in the very first few minutes; this emanates from him and I'm not impressed .

Excellent interview with a legend.

Of course he knows who tried to kill him.

@russellseilhamer4552

2 жыл бұрын

I still wonder why Tony didn’t try to do this some other way. I think if Tony wanted Lefty dead, he would do it in a more brutal and direct way, Lefty would not have been alive. Maybe I’m wrong but I don’t understand why he’d have to blow up Lefty’s caddy

@STONESGAM

2 жыл бұрын

Frank Balistreri is likely the person who tried to kill him. He was the Milwaukee Mob boss. He was known for using car bombs. He was a key guy in the skim and was involved in the Teamsters giving the financing for the Casino. He was heavily tied in with the Chicago Outfit and probably would have needed an okay from them but he wanted Rosenthal gone and car bombs were his style. He obviously didn't do it himself maybe Spilotro or someone else set it up. It says this on his Wikipedia as well and that the FBI suspected him.

@patobantan420

2 жыл бұрын

@@STONESGAM Frank Cullota said he thought it was Milwaukee

@STONESGAM

2 жыл бұрын

@@patobantan420 Yeah. I have heard that over and over since I'm from Milwaukee.

@lovelondon806

2 жыл бұрын

The bombing was never authorised but I suspect I know who lit the fuse… and so do the powers that be

3 jackpots in an hour? nevermind the sir, just get them moved.

De Niro was 'gonna try'... to everyone that says De Niro does the same character everytime... he got him really well... his mannerisms and the rhythm to how he talks... De Niro got his 'character' really well

@zackmac5917

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree. After Goodfellas, I kind of just expected DeNiro to just play a similar character. But he got this one down really well. Amazing performance.

One of the lone survivors of that era .

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

5 ай бұрын

Dead since 2008, I think, what do you mean?

He’s an FBI informant he never denied it

@jk-76

16 күн бұрын

Prove that.

This was about 25 years ago, because the announcer said " recently a movie came out about you and your life, etc. Casino was released in 1995.

@ddmarty

2 жыл бұрын

I thought it was "...a movie is about to come out...and De Niro is going to play you" to which Lefty says "He's going to try." I'm thinking if the movie were already out, he'd already have an opinion. But that's just my opinion.

@ronlen5688

5 ай бұрын

1994

Probably the wisest wiseguy ever.

@caligulapontifex5759

3 жыл бұрын

He's up there, but Meyer Lansky was better in my books.

@galoon

3 жыл бұрын

@@caligulapontifex5759 Lansky was the king of the skim--until, as he said, bigger gangsters than him came on the scene!

@Revolver1981

3 жыл бұрын

He wasn't a wiseguy you fool.

@giannirusso8406

2 жыл бұрын

He and his ex wife were both FBI informants.. that’s why he never did serious time.

@quinnrivera5075

2 жыл бұрын

Lansky , Lefty, Murray the Camel Humphreys from Chicago. Brilliant men.

What a smart classy guy this man was. RIP.

I love the way he talks - a lesson in how to conduct yourself

@redskins17084

2 жыл бұрын

Dead on

@joed2818

Жыл бұрын

Very relaxing voice and demeanor

Very well spoken and intelligent earner this guy right here. Not bad not bad at all. God Bless you always

This was a very intelligent man, he wasn't stupid by any stretch. Very clever, very street smart. Which explains why he was never touched after he escaped his car explosion and kept his mouth shut until the day he died. It's pretty obvious that Franks refusal to co operate with the feds kept him alive at out of the cross hairs of the Chicago mob.

@djslowtunes

10 ай бұрын

Then why was it said he was a top echelon of an FBI informant

@Predators--cz2fb

7 ай бұрын

@@djslowtunes That's the key thing. It was SAID. Just because it was said that doesn't instantaneously make it true. If I said you beat your girl and you didn't would that automatically make you a woman beater? Obviously it wouldn't. What we know as the truth and what we simply know as rumor are two different things. The FBI never made any acknowledgment that Frank Rosenthal was ever on any FBI program that I am aware of and never gave evidence in a Chicago court against the mob during the family secrets trial. And Rosenthal KNEW what was going on in certain Vegas Casino's with the skim. However it was world wide news that fellow mobsters such as Frank Calabrese and Frank Cullota WERE protected by the FBI. I think if Leftie was too we would have known about it by now. It's not like it matters anymore since they are all dead now.

Extremely interesting and informative.

He didn’t “come out” and sell his story until Tony Accardo was dead and Joey Aiuppa was locked away for life!💯

@safpsy

2 жыл бұрын

He did not receive any money for talking to Nicholas Pileggi

A evasive collection of half truths

Smart guy answered the questions very elegantly

I didn't know until just a week ago after watching the whitey Bolger for the tenth time. Lefty was an FBI informant.

@daniels.2720

2 жыл бұрын

Just like Whitey was...

@colinmclaughlin9047

Жыл бұрын

@@daniels.2720 Just like hundreds of them were. The 80s rico indictments had everyone flipping on everyone. Italians wish they could have had the NY FBI in their pocket like Whitey did Bostons.

Frank looked 60 yrs. old in 1960.

Liars tend to blink more because lying is stressful. ... People tend to blink more rapidly when they become nervous or when they hear or see something unpleasant

This is the difference between a street thug like some of the low level mob guys were vs a gangster / criminal with some class and eloquence to them. He didn’t even have a bad word to say about his ex wife

@colinmclaughlin9047

2 жыл бұрын

Some class act. After his death, it was disclosed by Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jane Ann Morrison that Rosenthal had been a top echelon informant for the FBI, and his wife Geri was also an FBI informant

There was skimming. That’s why they put him there.

@DixiePokerAce

2 жыл бұрын

It was considered "leakage".

I want the same amount of blueberries in each muffin!

Great interview! He said a lot without actually saying. A very smart man indeed! No matter what his job was, I have to respect him in that, he would not talk bad about his ex wife. He truly loved her, and it clearly shows. I moved to Las Vegas right when everything was coming down. My daughter attended a private school right behind Bertha's and sometimes I dropped her off in their parking lot so she could walk across the park to her school. I remember the Bertha's robbery well because of that. The mob has never left Las Vegas, they only appear in suits and ties and call themselves corporate. Just my opinion... I know one thing, Las Vegas was very safe for people living here back then, at least all the way until the bosses gave Spilatro permission to start robbing houses. "Casino" is one of the most factual movies ever made!

@shack7631

2 жыл бұрын

That's the thing bosses didn't give Spilatro permission to rob houses. Spilatro's job was to look after Lefty and keep the skim going. Spilatro being the street gangster that he was started up his own rackets and brought unwanted attention to the mafia in Las Vegas, which was the last thing the bosses wanted. As a result Spilatro ends up in a shallow grave in a corn field. He could have live a comfortable life making sure nothing happened to Lefty and taking his cut of the skim.

@alanfox691

2 жыл бұрын

@@shack7631 According to people in The Mafia at that time The Corn Field insicdent is not 100% accurate shall we say. apparently it started out in a basement of a house in a unnamed Chicago suburb & then the body's where transported there after death to The Vorn Field that is. The Surse has his own You Tube Channel & has bid a review of Casino the movied some time ago now where he talks about how factual the movie actually is but he only talks about the facts he actually knows about the subject of the movie not about what he dose not know. This man was in The New York Mafia as was his father & only got in to the life to help his father he now lives in California he reached Capo in The Colombo crime family & had involvement in a gass tax frod in the 80's so this guy was connected at the time. Keep Safe.

@EarlSmith2469

2 жыл бұрын

I remember Tony Spilotros black cadillac parked downtown with a sticker on it saying organized crime pays (in so many words) that was eons ago.

@colinmclaughlin9047

2 жыл бұрын

After his death, it was disclosed by Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jane Ann Morrison that Rosenthal had been a top echelon informant for the FBI, and his wife Geri was also an FBI informant

@EOINCHANNAN

Жыл бұрын

Why don’t u just say you’re talking about Michael franseze🤦

I am looking at photos of Lefty all over the net. I swear to you he looks younger here than he did in the 60s and 70s. Its TRULY wild!! He used to comb his receding hairline back and now that its forward, he looks younger now than he did in 1965. My mind is blown! Even the photo as hes adjusting his tie in 1961.

@colinmclaughlin9047

2 жыл бұрын

There is no "now". He died in 2008, this interview is old.

@Godshonestruth

2 жыл бұрын

@@colinmclaughlin9047 I am aware of that. Now meaning 2008. My comment still stands.

@erichaynes7502

Жыл бұрын

A lot of makeup, lighting, soft lens, hair stylist, nice shirt. Just like Vegas it's fugazi.

I immediately recognized the voice of the interviewer: John Drummond. A long time Chicago crime reporter who specialized in covering the Chicago mob. He had a cameo in the movie (as a reporter) in the movie The Fugitive.

Fascinating interview!

I used to go to the bar/restaurant they are talking about. It was in Boca raton Florida and he was always there. Nice guy.

You don't buy me out. I buy you out.

whats wild is how he spilled these stories while continuing life without going into witsec

Very clever man Not many professional gamblers survive to live comfortably

If he had moved to New Jersey, Uncle June definitely would have told Frank that he had the makings of a varsity athlete.

I never seen anyone blink so much! 🤣

30 blueberries per muffin ..not 29. I have a boss like that.

I always say, I liked Vegas better when the mob was running it! At least they’d buy you a steak dinner after they finished with you. Today? TFB!!

These edge gamblers who consistently beat the game/sportsbook/house are always ridiculously clever people. It's fascinating, they kind of remind me of those genius level IQ kids that do bad in school because it so easy to them that it's boring and they just refuse to engage with it. These guys could probably be doing any super high paying legit job they set their minds to, but yet they choose to try make a living beating a game that's set up to be unbeatable.

@Browncoyote

2 жыл бұрын

I agree mostly. The game is rigged. "Get up and fight."

@jfamo3552

Жыл бұрын

You understand that you cant break in. There are loads of people of incredible capability that are seen a mile off and will never break in legit. Why do you think the italians or any crime family did what they did.. originally? Because they would never be allowed in to the waspy structure that existed here from the 1600s. Anywhere there is power..it is ubiquitous. That's why you see investment bankers with a brother in the CIA and as family tied in to law enforcement or the military or some political office. Supposedly we live it or democracy but it doesn't function as it appears

@magnificentmuttley2084

Жыл бұрын

Hey Zim, I agree with you completely. With the words you used there you might just as easily have been describing Meyer Lansky. Another genius, particularly when it came to gambling.

@tannerlane9669

4 ай бұрын

Not unbeatable but I get what you mean

That he is alive is a miracle he made the mob millions

I look at this video one year after my first post and am stilled awed by this man's intelligence. I wish I had half his brain.

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

5 ай бұрын

Minus the stupidity of trying to make a drug addicted ho into a wife and mother, I guess...

Class act, off the charts smart, superb gambler, smooth operator.

@erichaynes7502

Жыл бұрын

Frank was a scumbag who tried to come off as classy.

@tonytaranto7886

Жыл бұрын

No doubt

Start back to the beginning watch his eyes .as he speaks he is actually blinking out in morse code what he tells us in 45 seconds is absolutely out of this world

@yung223s5

Жыл бұрын

What is it bro not everyone knows morse code😂

@familylifetoo9541

5 ай бұрын

​@@yung223s5 love your comment made me lol😂

What a classy guy, the way he answers each question and conducts himself. He was connected which helped his position in Vegas but he will never say so. Even after being blown up. Stand up guy

If he was born today he woulda been a legal citizen betting on his phone

What a good Dad to not bad mouth the mother of his children.

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

5 ай бұрын

Too bad he didn't pick a decent chick...just an evil, selfish mother. He'd have been a billion times better off w a plain lady.

@JackF99

7 күн бұрын

WTF he beat her and cheated on her.