Mobster - "Goodfella" Paul Vario

Paul Vario was a mafioso, a capo, and later the consigliere of the Lucchese crime family. He also has the distinction of being Henry Hill’s teacher/father figure on the mobster way of life. A fictional character played by actor Paul Sorvino based on Vario was featured in the film Goodfellas..

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  • @TheShowgunofHarlem
    @TheShowgunofHarlem9 жыл бұрын

    *Paulie may have moved slow, but that's only because Paulie didn't have to move for anyone...*

  • @mdcraig62

    @mdcraig62

    7 жыл бұрын

    Sho'Nuff, The Showgun of Harlem he had a great system for the garlic.

  • @midguardz

    @midguardz

    7 жыл бұрын

    He definitely moved with Henrys wife.

  • @vcl6741

    @vcl6741

    7 жыл бұрын

    Sho'Nuff, The Showgun of Harlem do you think Paulie moved slow with Karen

  • @TicklerDude

    @TicklerDude

    7 жыл бұрын

    Sho'Nuff, The Showgun of Harlem Never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut.

  • @whoopygoldspit8755

    @whoopygoldspit8755

    6 жыл бұрын

    Sho'Nuff, The Showgun of Harlem haha hell yea great scene.

  • @JC839
    @JC8394 жыл бұрын

    Paulie looks like the guy in a white van your parents warned you not to take candy from

  • @matthewmorales6568

    @matthewmorales6568

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's funny

  • @ouailelbakkali6223

    @ouailelbakkali6223

    3 жыл бұрын

    Underrated comment

  • @retroguy9494

    @retroguy9494

    3 жыл бұрын

    Speaking of that, I was thinking; why the hell would Karen Hill want to screw Paul Vario? Henry was no prize, but he was sure a lot better looking than that fat, bald sweaty slob!

  • @andygill8539

    @andygill8539

    3 жыл бұрын

    Henry hill sold he's friends out

  • @plasticweapon

    @plasticweapon

    3 жыл бұрын

    ehhh...not really.

  • @terrencekelsey2061
    @terrencekelsey20614 жыл бұрын

    Paulie didn't move slow when Karen called him for some loving.

  • @ethnicleanserberg7975

    @ethnicleanserberg7975

    3 жыл бұрын

    He was straightening Karen out, straightening Karen out.

  • @G_Moreno89

    @G_Moreno89

    3 жыл бұрын

    She needed income

  • @ne2ifowl429

    @ne2ifowl429

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@G_Moreno89 Henry provided her

  • @jamescullen2448

    @jamescullen2448

    3 жыл бұрын

    Haha brilliant 🇬🇧🇬🇧🤝

  • @MrPink2024

    @MrPink2024

    3 жыл бұрын

    I heard Paulie was smashing her every chance he had. 😻

  • @rodneymckeown1875
    @rodneymckeown18756 жыл бұрын

    "Don't put too many onions in the sauce."

  • @roscoehayes

    @roscoehayes

    4 жыл бұрын

    "Don't put too much onions in the sauce."

  • @lionelhutz5137

    @lionelhutz5137

    4 жыл бұрын

    "I didn't put too many onions in the sauce, I put three small onions and two cans..two big cans"

  • @jonathansilva3453

    @jonathansilva3453

    3 жыл бұрын

    We're not running white castle here.

  • @retroguy9494

    @retroguy9494

    3 жыл бұрын

    Gotta add da pork! That's da flavor!

  • @Grogansweep14

    @Grogansweep14

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lionelhutz5137 3 onions? That’s too many onions

  • @robertthomas2601
    @robertthomas26018 жыл бұрын

    Paul Sorvino sure did him justice, didn't he? The real Paulie looked like someone that stalked women in a van. Maybe he just took bad pictures. Because the guy was powerful as hell.

  • @Bloodlettersandbadmen

    @Bloodlettersandbadmen

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Robert Thomas Paul Sorvino is the best!

  • @lisastundatarpat

    @lisastundatarpat

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Robert Thomas they guy who played him in goodfellows was intimidating and cool

  • @wheelingguy8335

    @wheelingguy8335

    5 жыл бұрын

    LMFAO

  • @xivwords5448

    @xivwords5448

    5 жыл бұрын

    Robert Thomas wonen care about power above all

  • @ronaldsprowal9978

    @ronaldsprowal9978

    5 жыл бұрын

    He really does

  • @danielday1306
    @danielday13064 жыл бұрын

    In a documentary on Hill, an FBI agent stated that Vario literally exuded a vibe of menace; more than any mobster he'd ever met.

  • @wrestleguy24

    @wrestleguy24

    Жыл бұрын

    I saw that video, and the picture they showed of him was just chilling.

  • @Shadyganleymawn

    @Shadyganleymawn

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@wrestleguy24Sounds interesting, any chance you could send me a link?

  • @mattpope1746
    @mattpope17465 жыл бұрын

    Ironic that a mobster so concerned with privacy and keeping a low profile would end up as a key character in the definitive book and movie about the New York mob.

  • @themack1363

    @themack1363

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol if he somehow had a glimpse into the future he would’ve wacked Jimmy, Henry and Tommy in a heartbeat LOL

  • @oceanwaves83

    @oceanwaves83

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@themack1363 so true!

  • @bluecollar825

    @bluecollar825

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thats far from the definitive book on the NY mob, movie yeah I agree 👍

  • @davidleonard7439

    @davidleonard7439

    2 жыл бұрын

    He came up during a time when, the Italian Mafia wasn't quite yet "glorified" as it was by the 1970's. Big Paul was born in the early-mid 1900's, so it makes sense that, a whole lot wasn't found, said or spoken ABOUT him....however, what people did know about him, was that he was an important figure to the mafia.

  • @ramerefauntleroy4881

    @ramerefauntleroy4881

    Жыл бұрын

    Like he had a choice

  • @lsd8497
    @lsd8497 Жыл бұрын

    I absolutely loved Paul Sorvino as Paul Vario. He really looked like a boss with authority.

  • @79Tomasso

    @79Tomasso

    7 ай бұрын

    Best character

  • @John_on_the_mountain

    @John_on_the_mountain

    4 ай бұрын

    Sorvino is also a much better looking man lol

  • @Andrewsafb71
    @Andrewsafb719 жыл бұрын

    "Oh? You tried to fuck the girl I'm having an affair with who is married to my friend and coworker that I like more than my own kids and known for several decades? I'm going to turn you into our enemies because you fucked up!"

  • @mordekaicohen6721

    @mordekaicohen6721

    9 жыл бұрын

    Exactly

  • @robbie1079

    @robbie1079

    7 жыл бұрын

    AndrewsA-F-B21 he tried to rape her. Big fuckin difference

  • @garyevans3421
    @garyevans34214 жыл бұрын

    Let’s all leave together. That way we don’t go staggering out one at a time like a bunch of hobos.

  • @lisetteeliseparis7070

    @lisetteeliseparis7070

    3 жыл бұрын

    Always did love that line.

  • @abeedhal6519
    @abeedhal65197 жыл бұрын

    Paul Vario sure is a mysterious crime figure. Not much is known about him. One thing is for sure though. He never had the makings of a varsity athlete.

  • @JerryC25

    @JerryC25

    6 жыл бұрын

    Nack Jicholson lol

  • @thefixer8765

    @thefixer8765

    6 жыл бұрын

    Nack Jicholson lol

  • @danielboyadjian9337

    @danielboyadjian9337

    6 жыл бұрын

    Nack Jicholson what the fuck did I just say about you saying that

  • @nightmover101035

    @nightmover101035

    6 жыл бұрын

    Nack Jicholson Thanks for the laugh!!!! Love reading the comments!!!!

  • @CobraChipper

    @CobraChipper

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nack Jicholson Lmfao 😂😂😂

  • @MustangMike012
    @MustangMike0123 жыл бұрын

    I can see why Hill's wife would go for a handsome guy like Vario. Quite the catch. Nice going Karen...

  • @vimy1589

    @vimy1589

    3 жыл бұрын

    he was a "big" man ...

  • @Frnk_3

    @Frnk_3

    3 жыл бұрын

    He was ugly. They all were in real life. Even in the movie Ray and Bob were the only good looking ones.

  • @ImranAli-tm3rq

    @ImranAli-tm3rq

    3 жыл бұрын

    Women tend to go for social status rather than looks.

  • @adrianchannelle8651

    @adrianchannelle8651

    3 жыл бұрын

    His power made him attractive. Lookup Phyllis McGuire and Sam Giancana...who also banged Marilyn Monroe.

  • @MrPink2024

    @MrPink2024

    3 жыл бұрын

    I bet Paulie didn't pull out.

  • @controversialchristian2378
    @controversialchristian23785 жыл бұрын

    I'll just go get the papers, get the papers.

  • @larrywenzel5269

    @larrywenzel5269

    4 жыл бұрын

    Controversial Christian haha

  • @troykozlow127

    @troykozlow127

    4 жыл бұрын

    If gonna get the papers get the papers!!!!

  • @kocain313

    @kocain313

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Bill Turner yes very tru but in tv and movies concerning these individuals there is an element of truth that they expand on the rest is indeed fake indeed fake

  • @matthewrogers8778

    @matthewrogers8778

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jimmy2X

  • @subulaji1

    @subulaji1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Shouldn't your name be Jimmy two times?

  • @dennismcclain1931
    @dennismcclain19318 жыл бұрын

    Henry Hill had a long life considering the psychopaths he was associated with. I find it difficult to believe that Henry claims to have not killed anyone as I don't think Paul Vario, Tommy De Simone and Jimmy Burke would have had Henry so closely associated with them and witnessing their various murders without Henry being required to do a killing in their presence. But then Henry was was smarter than many give him credit for to omit certain facts to the FBI while ratting out his buddies but giving them enough to get in the witness protection program.

  • @vaclevsta

    @vaclevsta

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hill was a low-level mob associate, his only responsibility was to earn. You think Morrie ever whacked anybody?

  • @sashachitownvillegas6850

    @sashachitownvillegas6850

    4 жыл бұрын

    Dennis McClain hes a pathological liar

  • @beatlz

    @beatlz

    4 жыл бұрын

    Deep Kumar B S u don’t want to mention anything u weren’t already convicted for

  • @evyatarhadar8325

    @evyatarhadar8325

    4 жыл бұрын

    Henry was full of shit about a lot of things. Guy was a complete mess for the rest of his life too.

  • @skeltonknaggs1600

    @skeltonknaggs1600

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hill wasn't as close to these guys as the movie described. He was more of a follower. Hill made his bones with the 1967 air France robbery, which netted somewhere in the neighborhood of $500,000

  • @faustfood
    @faustfood8 жыл бұрын

    I can't believe how complete and well done these posts are in less than 10 minutes! bravo .

  • @Bloodlettersandbadmen

    @Bloodlettersandbadmen

    8 жыл бұрын

    Thanks my friend.

  • @el5letras1

    @el5letras1

    7 жыл бұрын

    you should also do some cartel videos

  • @skeltonknaggs1600
    @skeltonknaggs16004 жыл бұрын

    Scorsese's Vario in Goodfellas was a big teddy bear, grandpa, not the psycho, that Vario really was

  • @LibertyFascism

    @LibertyFascism

    3 жыл бұрын

    They all looked like creepy trash because they all were creepy trash.

  • @skeltonknaggs1600

    @skeltonknaggs1600

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@LibertyFascism My brother's best friend was almost beaten to death with a baseball bat by one of them bastards!! He was on the phone in a bar, and mentioned a name of someone that owed this piece of shit $400. This was in Brooklyn. The wiseguy was acquitted of course!! The slime was whacked less than a year later

  • @namedoesntmatter9330

    @namedoesntmatter9330

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@skeltonknaggs1600 gotta say sounds like a different breed of folks in the north east. Down here in the south east life is slow but people are just as quick to kill you and dump your body somewhere deep in the woods.

  • @skeltonknaggs1600

    @skeltonknaggs1600

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@namedoesntmatter9330 So What!! It is pretty understandable why people are different in different environments.. Raised in Brooklyn, I knew when to be stone quiet, which was my nature anyway. The only difference between the South and the North sounds to me, is where the body is dumped

  • @skeltonknaggs1600

    @skeltonknaggs1600

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TheBadElf Scorsese is a chicken shit. Goodfellas was a theatrical story. Listen to the FBI Supervisor, talk about Jimmy Burke, then look how Scorsese portrayed Burke, the difference is night and day..

  • @SkrewBaII
    @SkrewBaII8 жыл бұрын

    The guy who hated phones. See. Paulie didn't want anybody to hear what he was saying, and he didn't want anyone else to hear what he was being told.

  • @lionelhutz5137

    @lionelhutz5137

    8 жыл бұрын

    Paulie never had to move fast for anybody

  • @treystephens4490

    @treystephens4490

    7 жыл бұрын

    Joshua Morrris Don Vito didn't use phones either.

  • @Zach-Fetters

    @Zach-Fetters

    6 жыл бұрын

    Trey Stephens he's a fictional character....

  • @delstanley1349

    @delstanley1349

    6 жыл бұрын

    +Joshua Morris> But Vincent Gigante was real. Vario's family, The Luccheses and Gigante's family, The Genoveses were allies against John Gotti's Gambinos after the hit on Big Paulie Castellano. They may have communicated by smoke signals!

  • @pilsudski36

    @pilsudski36

    6 жыл бұрын

    Paulie was smart.

  • @MattMuscle-wo4ne
    @MattMuscle-wo4ne5 жыл бұрын

    Goodfellas holds a special place in my heart because of the presence and relationship between rob de Niro and Ray. They portrayed as much realism as they could to create a masterpiece. Typically America wanted to show these guys actually better than they was. Karen needed money, so a low profile affair took place, Henry couldn’t argue especially cheating himself, he also needed the financial backing and when he didn’t get enough from his own crew he got hooked on making profit from drugs. In the end relying on other people got him in trouble he made a mistake and had no choice but to rat. If you listen closely it took 2 years for the main boss to be sentenced more than enough time to kill Henry. Henry had brought too much attention on himself and the crew he knew the only way was to rat having lost the trust and respect of Jimmy Burke. I really wish we knew a little more, had more images and details but Henry has brought us most of this info which we wouldn’t have had if he hadn’t have been a snitch. They’d have killed him and not battered an eye that’s how it was. Yes Karen was a slag but she did what she had to do and was also angry with Henry. Incredible insight still. Goodfellas was based on facts but much of which was improvised. Robert De Niro and Ray played they’re part so well it was brilliant.

  • @gillydey9764

    @gillydey9764

    2 жыл бұрын

    And he wasn't .

  • @heathennation9448

    @heathennation9448

    2 жыл бұрын

    Some know who Ray was suppose to be portraying but in reality, it was definitely not Henry lol

  • @R0YDEME0

    @R0YDEME0

    Жыл бұрын

    Goodfellas was very inaccurate on many accounts actually...

  • @matthewschwartz6607

    @matthewschwartz6607

    Жыл бұрын

    @@R0YDEME0 - Really? HOW? Hill himself said that it was like 90% accurate. It followed the book to a Tee.

  • @themeerofkats8908

    @themeerofkats8908

    Жыл бұрын

    @@matthewschwartz6607 Henry must have not been an honest man.

  • @jasonallen3678
    @jasonallen36786 жыл бұрын

    They made Karen out to be like a Love struck Insecure victim, when she wasn't nothing but a typical Jazabel .

  • @TheGrowler55

    @TheGrowler55

    4 жыл бұрын

    Total skank.

  • @DooBees-ub1me

    @DooBees-ub1me

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jason Allen Care run.......a skank from the tank

  • @CelticsNation

    @CelticsNation

    4 жыл бұрын

    The Alpha Matt Such an ignorant comment. You’re assuming almost all of the women on earth are sluts when you haven’t even met a fraction of the women alive. You know what they say when you assume.

  • @Levi-hd5db

    @Levi-hd5db

    4 жыл бұрын

    CelticsNation most women today are, it’s both their nature and how this society conditions them

  • @mikesteele5729

    @mikesteele5729

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@CelticsNation Oh he's just an incel who even got turned down by his right hand.

  • @alanshadastrokeanddiedinho2897
    @alanshadastrokeanddiedinho28972 жыл бұрын

    Michael Franzese, who was named in the film; Goodfellas, even though he was from a different crew, stated that Henry Hill was a lost soul.

  • @lionelhutz5137

    @lionelhutz5137

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hill was an alcoholic, a degenerate gambler and a drug addict. Goodfellas made him look good.

  • @toddadams5010
    @toddadams50105 жыл бұрын

    Its kind of funny how these guys are treated like lovable rogues,yet all their thievery probably drove prices for goods and services through the roof

  • @BrianSmith-yq7ys

    @BrianSmith-yq7ys

    3 жыл бұрын

    Allot of it was based on credit card fraud before they built jfk airport

  • @emmashalliker6862

    @emmashalliker6862

    2 жыл бұрын

    Be a little more worried they're were violent psychopaths.

  • @Lousy_Bastard

    @Lousy_Bastard

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes people think they were great men but I bet if those kind of people were on the receiving end of the mob they wouldn't think they were so great, any person with a shread of morality knows these people were scum of the earth.

  • @bluecollar825

    @bluecollar825

    2 жыл бұрын

    They weren't treated as lovable rogues irl, I never heard anyone other than a mob associates speak highly of the man. And all the businesses he shook down in his part of town sure as hell didn't view him in that light.

  • @tod3msn
    @tod3msn4 жыл бұрын

    Very good review of Paul Vario. Some internet stories have old timers saying that Henry Hill was disrespected by Vario and Tommy DeSimonne and now I know the story. Hollywood took a brilliant nice guy actor Ray Liotta, good looking guy, to play Henry as this “cool dude” but he was not at all that way. He was even as good looking as Ray Liotta. Henry was an ordI Ray looking guy who had great survival instincts and knew when his time was over in the mob. He also knew Paulie Vario and Tommy DeSimmone were not his friends.

  • @ajmaeenmahtab8456
    @ajmaeenmahtab8456 Жыл бұрын

    OLD mafiosos were calm, rational and weren't flashy and arrogant.

  • @jeffsmith3747

    @jeffsmith3747

    28 күн бұрын

    There is no such thing as a calm and rational mafioso, they are ALL flashy and arrogant.

  • @thedangerwich5476
    @thedangerwich54767 жыл бұрын

    when I learned that the real paulie was sleeping with hill's wife it almost ruined the film's character for me. that's just low down and dishonorable.

  • @davidgaron453

    @davidgaron453

    5 жыл бұрын

    Not really, goes back to Rome and the Emporer. If the Emperor came to your house and had eyes for your Wife he could sleep with her if he wanted to. Logic is this, Caesar was above all to all! Loyalty had to be earned for Political Favors and this is one of many ways. Ambitious Men would do anything to get power plus he was Caesar, he gets what he wants..Simple!

  • @75aces97

    @75aces97

    4 жыл бұрын

    If they had any honor they wouldn't be racketeers in the first place, though.

  • @txrcnoob

    @txrcnoob

    4 жыл бұрын

    Remember Henry had women he was sleeping with as well even set them up with apartments ect. Nobody in that life is innocent.

  • @Mr-ep2qi

    @Mr-ep2qi

    4 жыл бұрын

    Pine oil heaven bro Issa movie the real guys were all degenerates lol

  • @rohidnablayy6060

    @rohidnablayy6060

    4 жыл бұрын

    thecharter1 I think it applies to all that looking at another members wife or being sexually involved with another members wife is forbidden.

  • @yoshidadaimyo3507
    @yoshidadaimyo35075 жыл бұрын

    None of these documentaries tell you much you won't already know by watching Goodfellas and reading Wiseguys.

  • @davidshamiri1448
    @davidshamiri14483 жыл бұрын

    The real Vario is a lot less likeable looking than Sorvino

  • @jeremymadden8008

    @jeremymadden8008

    2 жыл бұрын

    My 6 year old daughter was obsessed with the movie “The Greatest Show” with Hugh Jackman as P.T. Barnum….I showed her and actual picture of Barnum and she cried.

  • @kevingiven3463
    @kevingiven34636 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the insight. Goodfellas is one of my favorite movies from my favorite director!

  • @GSXK4
    @GSXK43 жыл бұрын

    Having mob guys picketing the FBI is one of the silliest things I've ever seen.

  • @grf15
    @grf154 жыл бұрын

    I find it fascinating that no one suggested that Karen might have been coerced into the affair with Paulie. He was her husband's boss. With a snap of his fingers Henry would have been a dead man. The threat, implicit or explicit would always exist. Karen might have been terrified of saying no. Alternatively, Paulie being the boss could be extremely generous with gifts or other favors and what could Henry do? He's not going to confront Paulie, now is he?

  • @mariolisa2832

    @mariolisa2832

    Жыл бұрын

    Very well said

  • @pipeflush

    @pipeflush

    Жыл бұрын

    Nah she was just a skank at the moment

  • @jaylenlenear7850

    @jaylenlenear7850

    Жыл бұрын

    While possible there's no sign this was the case and women really are attracted to tall high status figures which Paulie certainly was. Consider tony soprano; he wasn't a looker but banged every chick he wanted because of his status (the real life cast mentioned finding him attractive sue to how well he played Tony)

  • @Seisoks

    @Seisoks

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@jaylenlenear7850 yup. Just like man wanna bang thick chicks regardless or their skin color or fairness, many woman like big guy with authority and money. Also, we dont know what is inside their affair, husband probably apporove. Swingers are wild at those time.

  • @Unknown-individual

    @Unknown-individual

    Жыл бұрын

    Or maybe, just maybe. She just wanted to have sex with someone else other than her husband.

  • @fredcopps
    @fredcopps10 жыл бұрын

    I can, literally, come up with interesting mob topics all day. Enough to fill 10 whole seasons of Mobsters on the Bio channel. So forgive me for being overbearing. You have an awesome channel. I'm a mafia buff, so I really do appreciate what you've contributed to the KZread universe. They should pay you for what you've put together.

  • @Bloodlettersandbadmen

    @Bloodlettersandbadmen

    9 жыл бұрын

    Alfredo, I agree:)

  • @covertbandit0114
    @covertbandit01144 жыл бұрын

    You are an amazing narrator! Great pacing, as well as solid visuals. You deserve much more recognition sir.

  • @alexanderdavid8441
    @alexanderdavid84417 жыл бұрын

    i didn't know kevin from the office made youtube videos

  • @firepilot4870

    @firepilot4870

    6 жыл бұрын

    Alexander David exactly what I was thinking!!

  • @Diaz_DallasChevy

    @Diaz_DallasChevy

    5 жыл бұрын

    I’m laughing so hard at this comment. I cannot stop. My wife is asking what’s so funny and I can’t stop laughing.

  • @ShawnSmith183

    @ShawnSmith183

    4 жыл бұрын

    I laughed when I read that

  • @SousTerre1

    @SousTerre1

    4 жыл бұрын

    In between making chilli.

  • @MrBastilleDay
    @MrBastilleDay10 жыл бұрын

    3:05 "You're a real jerk Henry....I gotta toughen you up."

  • @chadpainterspallete620

    @chadpainterspallete620

    4 жыл бұрын

    You wasted 7 aprons on this guy

  • @MrPink2024

    @MrPink2024

    3 жыл бұрын

    *Paulie didn't waste any rubbers with Karen.*

  • @robsantiago3453
    @robsantiago34536 жыл бұрын

    He jumped out the tree. And come at me with a chain saw. I have the right to defend myself paul

  • @LonelyGamr

    @LonelyGamr

    4 жыл бұрын

    Oh man. That sopranos episode made me laugh for ages.

  • @Jhihmoac
    @Jhihmoac8 жыл бұрын

    If Henry Hill hadn't brought him out in the open, we probably would've never known about this guy...Thankfully, not all of them were in the spotlight like Capone, Anastasia, Columbo, or Gotti...

  • @Bloodlettersandbadmen

    @Bloodlettersandbadmen

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Crazcompart True! No one would ever had known about him outside of his neighborhood.

  • @richardhill9549
    @richardhill95493 жыл бұрын

    Never knew Paulie was promoted to a consigliere. In Goodfellas he comes across as a harmless nice jolly fat guy who loves frying sausages while his associates take liberties with him. Brilliant film though.

  • @usachef100
    @usachef1008 жыл бұрын

    If I had gone from rags to riches!!!........

  • @SOS-School_Of_Survival

    @SOS-School_Of_Survival

    5 жыл бұрын

    Get the papers get the papers

  • @chrisd4655

    @chrisd4655

    5 жыл бұрын

    I kinda want the other way

  • @kingmoomoo4207
    @kingmoomoo42075 жыл бұрын

    You wana see helicopters?Ill show you helicopters😂🤣

  • @rayhanes1347
    @rayhanes13474 жыл бұрын

    This dude was scary looking. In his mugshot he couldn't care less

  • @TheScouseassassin
    @TheScouseassassin10 жыл бұрын

    For a guy 'off the radar' and so careful he spent a lot of his adult life in clink!

  • @Bloodlettersandbadmen

    @Bloodlettersandbadmen

    10 жыл бұрын

    That is where most wind up in the end.

  • @maartendrubbel4852

    @maartendrubbel4852

    3 жыл бұрын

    He has been doing crimes since age of 11, got 7 months back then. 4 years at the end of his life, and 2 more some time before that. I think, if a gangster could choose, they would all take 7 years prison considering he became 73 😂 The guy made millions

  • @starsiegeplayer

    @starsiegeplayer

    3 жыл бұрын

    Cost of doing business, I guess.

  • @gusbreal
    @gusbreal5 жыл бұрын

    He was played beautifully by Paul Sorvino.

  • @jackjamesgodsell9586

    @jackjamesgodsell9586

    8 ай бұрын

    Until he died in 2022.

  • @johnlewisbrooks
    @johnlewisbrooks5 жыл бұрын

    I have read some of the stories about this "Paulie" character. It just blows my mind that this guy may have been one of the top criminals in the world and the FBI didn't even have his name because he was so quiet. He hated telephones, talked as little as possible, and would do things like make sure he had a gun and was ALWAYS facing a window in a public place.

  • @jaylenlenear7850

    @jaylenlenear7850

    Жыл бұрын

    What's the importance of facing a window

  • @johnlewisbrooks

    @johnlewisbrooks

    Жыл бұрын

    @Jaylen Lenear To see who was coming and going. Always having his back watched.

  • @jaylenlenear7850

    @jaylenlenear7850

    Жыл бұрын

    @@johnlewisbrooks ah ok. I feel like that's make him easier to kill too tho

  • @numbchomskull
    @numbchomskull6 жыл бұрын

    People would routinely put a dipstick into Paul Vario's hair to check his oil. Vario didn't sweat, he just excreted grease.

  • @MrObelisk2290

    @MrObelisk2290

    4 жыл бұрын

    Like George McFly

  • @scottdaley1672

    @scottdaley1672

    4 жыл бұрын

    They don't call them grease balls for nothing.

  • @JFmK-sh5nh

    @JFmK-sh5nh

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's racist.

  • @MrHungloww
    @MrHungloww6 жыл бұрын

    LMAO uncle Pauly was smashing hills wife.😂

  • @seekn.destroy4064

    @seekn.destroy4064

    5 жыл бұрын

    Banging her every chance he got

  • @deltaskelta9346

    @deltaskelta9346

    5 жыл бұрын

    I thought he was over the Hill 😂

  • @SpinningbacKFisT
    @SpinningbacKFisT6 жыл бұрын

    This channel is truly a gem.

  • @EthelCaseyAnnabelle
    @EthelCaseyAnnabelle4 жыл бұрын

    Very well narrated. Am fascinated by this subject. I met Henry once at a pub i was working at. Very interesting man.

  • @femioyekan8184
    @femioyekan81847 жыл бұрын

    Vinny? Don't put too many onions in the sauce.

  • @kris3139s

    @kris3139s

    4 жыл бұрын

    Just 3 small onions

  • @DMBRNGR-nm8wd

    @DMBRNGR-nm8wd

    4 жыл бұрын

    This is no good

  • @brandonmedina494

    @brandonmedina494

    3 жыл бұрын

    I didn't put too many onions, Paul

  • @chapter4444
    @chapter44444 жыл бұрын

    Offered immunity but refused to cooperate. My man

  • @spunk1212
    @spunk12126 жыл бұрын

    Ever since I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster...

  • @B38132

    @B38132

    4 жыл бұрын

    Don't get marry

  • @marktuminello5919

    @marktuminello5919

    4 жыл бұрын

    What do you think most politicians are

  • @ChrisOhMy

    @ChrisOhMy

    3 жыл бұрын

    "As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster." Fixed it for everybody's sake. Can't stand wrong quotes. No excuse when there's the ole Google thing ova dare

  • @doppelbanger5797

    @doppelbanger5797

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ever since I remember I always wanted to get the papers, get the papers

  • @dsargsyan23

    @dsargsyan23

    2 жыл бұрын

    dont get pinched

  • @BENNY_MAC
    @BENNY_MAC4 жыл бұрын

    I hope someday Bloodletters starts posting videos again. Amazing content!

  • @intergalactic242
    @intergalactic2425 жыл бұрын

    Dam!!! The movie didn't portray that he was banging hills wife,, and Tommy wanted some of that action, while hill was in prison, that's messed up,

  • @ChrisOhMy

    @ChrisOhMy

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Rabbi Coomershekel McPornstien Ohhhhhh!

  • @DWilliam1

    @DWilliam1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hill didn’t want to look like a punk.

  • @1sepriani

    @1sepriani

    3 жыл бұрын

    That lightly touch on it

  • @bobjohn1234

    @bobjohn1234

    3 жыл бұрын

    So much for loyalty in the mob,banging hills wife.these lot are all lowlifes

  • @user-de8xc3tf1g

    @user-de8xc3tf1g

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bobjohn1234 I think it’s because hill wasn’t a made guy and he wasn’t Italian 🤷🏻‍♂️ but who knows

  • @coldhands2802
    @coldhands28023 жыл бұрын

    John Gotti didn't kill Tommy himself. According to many high ranking members and associates it's said that John probably never actually killed anyone. He always had someone do it for him.

  • @NiktheEnglishGreekCypriot

    @NiktheEnglishGreekCypriot

    Жыл бұрын

    Gotta didn’t kill Tommy. Al d arco testified who killed him. It was babe vario and another soldier whose name I’ve forgotten

  • @Donnie8888
    @Donnie88883 жыл бұрын

    In Goodfellas, they made him look as if he was the boss of a family.

  • @owenb8636

    @owenb8636

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well if you're an associate, the capo is the highest member you'll ever meet. You're seeing things from Henry's POV

  • @anthonymartinez3084

    @anthonymartinez3084

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@owenb8636 exception was donny brasco because the bonnanos not only thought he was a good earner but every family is different with how they introduce

  • @paullayfield

    @paullayfield

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@anthonymartinez3084 in the Bonanno movie they imply that they were involved with the JFK assassination. Don't know how accurate that is but it doesn't seem too far fetched

  • @MrBoothyboy1988

    @MrBoothyboy1988

    3 жыл бұрын

    No they didnt. He was clearly a capo

  • @spaceman081447

    @spaceman081447

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@paullayfield RE: "in the Bonanno movie they imply that they were involved with the JFK assassination." Frank Sheeran, in his book I Heard You Paint Houses, from which the movie The Irishman was made, claims that the mob was involved with the JFK assassination. In addition, he claims to have personally killed Jimmy Hoffa and "Crazy Joe" Gallo.

  • @fredcopps
    @fredcopps10 жыл бұрын

    Giuseppe "The Clutch Hand" Morello, was an originating member and leader of the mafia when it was still referred to as "The Black Hand". When you talk about this guy, your talking about the birth of the Mafia in New York. In fact, his family is the Borgata that ended up evolving into the Genovese Crime Family. For obvious reasons, a doc about this guy would be INCREDIBLE... And Ground Breaking

  • @gerberbernstein7360
    @gerberbernstein73605 жыл бұрын

    Frank Dileo as Tuddy, was Michael Jackson's manager at one time. He had the idea for the hyperbaric chamber photo.

  • @winchesterdude5368

    @winchesterdude5368

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was related to him, met him when I was just a little kid

  • @339gabriel
    @339gabriel2 жыл бұрын

    RIP PAUL SORVINO

  • @lisastundatarpat
    @lisastundatarpat8 жыл бұрын

    250 lbs more like 350

  • @sherryl5356

    @sherryl5356

    6 жыл бұрын

    lisa stunda at least

  • @jovialpie584

    @jovialpie584

    6 жыл бұрын

    tons.

  • @jasonallen3678

    @jasonallen3678

    6 жыл бұрын

    Exactly. I was like 250 (Fogetaboutit)

  • @controversialchristian2378

    @controversialchristian2378

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@jasonallen3678 250 on a good day! Btw, I loved his trendy hat in the 60s.

  • @MikeGreenwood51

    @MikeGreenwood51

    5 жыл бұрын

    70lbs = 5 stones 140Ibs = 10 stones. 280lbs = 20 stones. 350lbs = 25 stones.

  • @TheTamtam76
    @TheTamtam768 жыл бұрын

    7 months for truancy...jesus times have changed..

  • @RB2331

    @RB2331

    7 жыл бұрын

    I am shocked that the 'system' didn't look out for these kids more ...7 to 10 months ....and you know the older kids beat you and other horrible acts from staff ....damn ....when they get out they become animals ....and if paulie had a better structure he could've been a guy who owned a few car dealerships and made a good living had a good family made wise investments but No he had to be a criminal ! sad

  • @justmyopinion4584

    @justmyopinion4584

    7 жыл бұрын

    They are no better now they are actually worse

  • @Squre

    @Squre

    6 жыл бұрын

    Being a rich criminal is better than a poor honest man.

  • @james575730

    @james575730

    6 жыл бұрын

    Squre not better than a middle class honest man

  • @Squre

    @Squre

    6 жыл бұрын

    It depends on how rich.

  • @vickihill2721
    @vickihill27216 жыл бұрын

    These guys are loyal to no one but themselves and their greed. Could give 2 craps about “their crew” or corrupting young kids to grow up and be violent criminals. In the end their best friends are the one who kills them

  • @TheFoodieCutie
    @TheFoodieCutie5 жыл бұрын

    “What we know about him comes from two sources... his record and the movie goodfellas.” Lol

  • @SkrewBaII
    @SkrewBaII8 жыл бұрын

    @Blood Letters Thank you good sir for the time and effort my friend. Your channel honestly keeps me out of trouble during this time in my life has been more than eventful.I enjoy watching your videos you're on point and know your stuff. Thank you sir!

  • @Bloodlettersandbadmen

    @Bloodlettersandbadmen

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Joshua Morrris You're welcome.

  • @efilperpenfuhrer
    @efilperpenfuhrer9 жыл бұрын

    Hoho! I got busted at the age of eleven like Vario. I always remember the cop's car door not working correctly. Only now, I'm happy to say I steered clear of that kind of business and am doing fine with an honest job, a beautiful woman, and kid. Anyway, you're documentary style of delivery really knocks me out. Take care.

  • @Bloodlettersandbadmen

    @Bloodlettersandbadmen

    9 жыл бұрын

    Thank you my friend. By the way, good call in life choice. Thanks for watching and Merry Christmas t you and your family.

  • @efilperpenfuhrer

    @efilperpenfuhrer

    9 жыл бұрын

    ***** Nope. I's all in your silly lmfao head, Justin MC. Lots of guys have gotten into trouble in their youth--nothing to do with mafia--and steered clear of trouble after getting caught. Where I lived (Newfoundland) as a kid, there was no mafia.

  • @efilperpenfuhrer

    @efilperpenfuhrer

    9 жыл бұрын

    ***** P.S. What got me into the back seat of a police car in '72 was because of a B&E and arson. And that's not bullshit. Not bad for an eleven year old. Ha ha! But the law forced me to meet face to face with the owner. He was a sweet, gentle old man who forgave me and asked me to help clean up the mess. (I lit up his garage.) What a lesson I learned. He is always in my mind. As for the mob, I did know some of them when I later moved to the main land in the 80's. My older brother became friends with one of them. I met the guy.. I didn't like him at all. A JACK OFF!!

  • @enocmartinez7047
    @enocmartinez70478 жыл бұрын

    Paulie died a true gangster.

  • @Bloodlettersandbadmen

    @Bloodlettersandbadmen

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Enoc Martinez That he did. Thanks for watching.

  • @mrman2136
    @mrman21369 жыл бұрын

    who's gonna be the one to tell him how daft that hat looks?!

  • @Bloodlettersandbadmen

    @Bloodlettersandbadmen

    9 жыл бұрын

    You just did:)

  • @saintdamien8290
    @saintdamien82904 жыл бұрын

    Really cool how barely nothing is known about him compared to other mafia members.

  • @thespookycrewsb-sides7328
    @thespookycrewsb-sides73287 жыл бұрын

    And people get mad at Henry for ratting on everyone... Meanwhile Paul got Tommy killed...

  • @ludehead
    @ludehead7 жыл бұрын

    Now I gotta turn my back on you....

  • @Gl6619
    @Gl66194 жыл бұрын

    Mr Gribbs was the mobster Pauly was taking about when he was mentioning “Gribs” who he said was doing life just for talking to a guy when he was telling Henry to stop dealing drugs,

  • @jason41482
    @jason414826 жыл бұрын

    ohhh you popped ya cherry

  • @swazy_7313

    @swazy_7313

    4 жыл бұрын

    Toof

  • @regularassyoutube2581

    @regularassyoutube2581

    4 жыл бұрын

    You "broke" your cherry

  • @michaelcapporta8222
    @michaelcapporta82225 жыл бұрын

    Definitely Goodfellas Paul and Jimmy the gentleman when I was 13 years old I used to hang out with Jimmy Jr

  • @vcl6741
    @vcl67417 жыл бұрын

    Do you think Paulie" moved slow" with Karen.. .

  • @MikeGreenwood51

    @MikeGreenwood51

    5 жыл бұрын

    He got slower and slower untill he ceased moving.

  • @newhire4915

    @newhire4915

    5 жыл бұрын

    Slow & easy

  • @Christie2939

    @Christie2939

    5 жыл бұрын

    Bullshit he knocked the bottom out of it 😘

  • @deltaskelta9346

    @deltaskelta9346

    5 жыл бұрын

    He went slowly up the Hill😂

  • @koeman1873

    @koeman1873

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@deltaskelta9346 lol

  • @mikefisher4834
    @mikefisher48343 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: The one who played Paul Vario in Goodfellas also played one of the grandpas on the show Grounded for life He was the moms dad💯

  • @gahctep
    @gahctep10 жыл бұрын

    Great job you do on these videos my friend, Very interesting to find out about these lesser known but equally deadly mobsters and a welcome change from endless Gotti biopics, Keep em coming.

  • @Bloodlettersandbadmen

    @Bloodlettersandbadmen

    10 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Gordon. I shall.

  • @chrisberry7547

    @chrisberry7547

    5 жыл бұрын

    Love watching these video's. Please keep them coming.

  • @steel2aj
    @steel2aj6 жыл бұрын

    Paulie in the Goodfellas movie, I like. But the real one is scary and disgusting.

  • @a.sullivan2893
    @a.sullivan28936 жыл бұрын

    I had no idea that he had an affair with Karen Hill! Wow... I'm not sure why I'm shocked, but I am! Thanks for the video!

  • @Professicchio

    @Professicchio

    2 жыл бұрын

    There are subtle hints in Goodfellas actually, for example: when Paul and Jimmy go to see Henry (now staying with his lover) in order to convince him to go back to Karen, Paul says that he will have a word with Karen himself to pacify things as he "knows how to talk to her". One wonders how and when the two got that close? 😂

  • @kattrakee
    @kattrakee3 жыл бұрын

    Great informative and interesting posting . Thank you !!

  • @3rdcoastghost
    @3rdcoastghost5 жыл бұрын

    He died in a federal prison in my hometown of Fort Worth, literally in my part of town. @8:45

  • @fanboy2015
    @fanboy20156 жыл бұрын

    Loved Goodfellas since I saw it back in 1990. Never knew of Paulie hooking up with Karen. IFirst I hear of this.

  • @johnnyfeev

    @johnnyfeev

    3 жыл бұрын

    You kinda got hints. Like when Paulie told Henry to go back home to Karen, he said I’ll talk to her, I know how to talk to her, especially her. Also Karen told Henry while in Prison, Paulie won’t take my calls, Henry said Forget about Paulie, he’s on probation

  • @sethj5741
    @sethj57416 жыл бұрын

    Great videos. Thanks

  • @sandro5535
    @sandro55354 жыл бұрын

    As I see it the three best gangsters I think so far (got a lot more to learn before proper judgement) were Carlo Gambino, Lucky Luciano and this guy. They all had a different tactic. Carlo hid in the open, Lucky shared his profits with high profile and Paulie was under the radar.

  • @tutshuttle
    @tutshuttle10 жыл бұрын

    Well done....very interesting info about Karen Hill.....

  • @Bloodlettersandbadmen

    @Bloodlettersandbadmen

    10 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching.

  • @robryan5457

    @robryan5457

    5 жыл бұрын

    She would up in Worcester MA in the late 90s. Working in a strip club called Pudgys as a cook

  • @wescollins2981
    @wescollins29814 жыл бұрын

    St. John's cemetery has a who's who of famous mafiosi graves. Luciano, gambino , gotti , genovese, dellacroce ect ect....

  • @TraumfresserBMofficial
    @TraumfresserBMofficial Жыл бұрын

    Pauly might have moved slow, but that’s only because Pauly didn’t have to move for anyone.

  • @southerncalifornia4534
    @southerncalifornia45342 жыл бұрын

    He was a nice guy, when i met him, i knew him as just an old man when I was in MCC NY in the first half of 1986, on 9 South. He called to me one day, and asked me questions about my case, i would have no clue who he was until 10 years later

  • @ralphanthony1811
    @ralphanthony18115 жыл бұрын

    I cant believe karen would do something like this . I think that pissed me off more than tommy trying to get the same action . Unbelievable

  • @minorsnow5306

    @minorsnow5306

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ralph Anthony. Yeah she a pulled sharon stone too.

  • @el34glo59

    @el34glo59

    5 жыл бұрын

    Pissed u off more than Tommy trying to rape her? Idk about all that. But yeah it's still fucked up.

  • @dakotahoover2948

    @dakotahoover2948

    4 жыл бұрын

    What kind of fucking gang are you in? If you let give your girl too another man and let him fuck her she isn't your girl anymore and 2 you're a fucking bitch.

  • @DMalltheway

    @DMalltheway

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well Henry was also cheating on Karen regularly.

  • @ralphanthony1811

    @ralphanthony1811

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@DMalltheway but its Henry's associates thats f-up

  • @steveturowski7659
    @steveturowski76598 жыл бұрын

    Now this guy done it right.He kept a low profile and kept his mouth shut.

  • @gemininosaga
    @gemininosaga3 жыл бұрын

    They toll Henry “why are you so quiet?” He said, “what ya want me to tell you? That my wife Karen two times me?” Karen replied. “Shut up you always talking.” But it sounds nicer in italiano.

  • @jobu1372

    @jobu1372

    3 жыл бұрын

    Did I ever tell you about my painting?

  • @NunYurbis

    @NunYurbis

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jobu1372 One dog looks one way, one the other way, and the guy is there like "what do you want from ME?"

  • @riotgrrrl5924

    @riotgrrrl5924

    3 жыл бұрын

    One dog looks west the other east. So what.

  • @lionelhutz5137

    @lionelhutz5137

    2 жыл бұрын

    You mind if i take this knife 🔪 t's paw, it's hoof got stuck in the grill and I got to hack it off, I can't just leave it there, ma, it's a crime.

  • @emt5330
    @emt53304 жыл бұрын

    Carmine Tramunti was known as Gribbs, not Gibbs. That's who Paul Sorvino was referring to in the scene after Henry got out of jail.

  • @kaleidoscopedancegroup8952
    @kaleidoscopedancegroup89528 жыл бұрын

    Poor old Vario..bet he wasnt happy when he was ratted on,at such a mature age

  • @davidgill3356

    @davidgill3356

    3 жыл бұрын

    Better than getting a life sentence at 30 I guess.

  • @MikeGreenwood51
    @MikeGreenwood515 жыл бұрын

    Paul Vario Died in Prison May 3rd 1988 of respiratory failiur. Age 73.

  • @racher4593
    @racher4593 Жыл бұрын

    I love how they filled this cast with good-looking guys to play men, who in life had been as about as handsome as a foot.

  • @flintironstag2381
    @flintironstag23816 жыл бұрын

    The only mistake Paul made was being the membership director of Colombo's Italian league.That put the spotlight on him.

  • @adrianchannelle8651
    @adrianchannelle86513 жыл бұрын

    I guess he got away with screwing Karen Hill since Henry was not "made" 😂

  • @acepastrana8088

    @acepastrana8088

    3 жыл бұрын

    Exactly, he cant bang made guys or else he is getting whacked

  • @MobHeataEnt
    @MobHeataEnt5 жыл бұрын

    8:56 They say that about every monster passed the age of 50 by 1990. I’ve even heard it for John the Eagle Riggi.

  • @RacerC45
    @RacerC452 жыл бұрын

    You forgot that in Goodfellas his name was changed to Paul Siscero, and in the movie he was calm and humble.

  • @arturokarl8022
    @arturokarl80226 жыл бұрын

    Love all these videos

  • @elphaba4674
    @elphaba46744 жыл бұрын

    He had a good system for cooking the garlic...he would take a razor and slice it into thin pieces and it would like liquify in the pan in a little bit of oil...it was a good system.

  • @jamessparks5966
    @jamessparks59664 жыл бұрын

    I'd love to see some pictures of him when he was a kid, teenager and young adult.

  • @davidkess2405
    @davidkess24054 жыл бұрын

    Mobster - "Goodfella" Paul Vario... fantastic video...Bloodletters & Badmen

  • @joekerr1255
    @joekerr12552 жыл бұрын

    Apparently the guy was completely different from how he was portrayed in the movie