My grandfather wrote the original The Boardwalk Empire: the Nucky Johnson story in 1968.

@jamesstewart8377

7 ай бұрын

Here’s a cookie!

@SouthernMess

7 ай бұрын

@@jamesstewart8377 you sound salty..

@terror904

6 ай бұрын

Stop the cap

@SouthernMess

6 ай бұрын

@@terror904 stop what?

@terror904

6 ай бұрын

@@SouthernMess Stop lying 🤥

I grew up in South Jersey and loved "Boardwalk Empire". The history of Atlantic City is amazing and that Atlantic City railway, still runs today you can catch it in Cherry Hill, NJ. It runs right by home in Ashland NJ, near the Hi Speed Line

@susanang1732

2 ай бұрын

The book.is better and more accurate than the movie

Well I guess it's time to rewatch Boardwalk Empire 🎉

By far one of the greatest and my favorite shows to ever air. People dont know what there missing. Steve Buschemi killed it

@Varangian_Axe

15 күн бұрын

We all know what that filthy animal Blundetto did.

Most underrated show ever. A true classic. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts.

@charlesbaldo

Жыл бұрын

Liked it, last season was not so good.

@Jman417

Жыл бұрын

@@charlesbaldo last season was a fast forward to what happened to Arnold Rothstein. That's what made it bad. He was a very important character to the cast. I agree they could have told his death to us.

@charlesbaldo

Жыл бұрын

@@Jman417 I think it was because of the flashbacks to his youth. I understand they were trying to tell us how Nucky was created but it was done poorly. Plus they did kill off too many good characters. I would have liked to see Jimmy darmody in the whole series. Tommy darmody was a shocker though.

@F28aj

Жыл бұрын

Would have been better if they set in New York and focused more on real Stories and characters

@charlesbaldo

Жыл бұрын

@@F28aj Saw Terrence Winter explain that. He did not want another Al Capone story and was more interested in a Sopranos type drama fiction based in the 20’s than documentary. was his creation so be it.

I have just finished watching Boardwalk Empire. All five seasons. Really good. I couldn’t stop watching the episodes! I was hooked. Great characters. Loved the look of it too. Looked authentic. One of the best series I have seen. No doubt.

I just binged this show in an unhinged way. One of the best series I've ever seen. Season 5 almost ruined it though, ngl.

Great documentary. No excessive fluff and to the point!

On the whole it appears that Johnson did more good for his community, albeit at profit to himself, than modern-day politicians are doing for us, at least here in the UK.

@TiberiusX

Жыл бұрын

NJ politicians are amongst the worst in the US.

I love this show. It's special & rare. I remember watching it when it first aired. I tried to get people to watch it but nobody will so that's why it's special to me. Glad I bought the blu-ray complete series set when I did. They're starting to increase the value on them.

@LuciferMorningstar-zu1ud

7 ай бұрын

Which is weird because it was an extremely popular and successful show. Maybe it had to do with demographics because being in and from NJ, it was HUGE here. That’s all I heard about among entertainment discussions. But I mean overall it had high ratings and viewership across the US. Partly directed and produced by Scorsese, it’s hard to think it wouldn’t

I Loved, Boardwalk Empire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@Jman417

Жыл бұрын

Me too

@timothytietz9194

Жыл бұрын

the babes!!

@frankwilson4717

Жыл бұрын

@@timothytietz9194 Of Course! Those Were, Some Sexy, Women!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I personally think the real life of Nucky Johnson was interesting enough. Boardwalk Empire was a great idea bringing the characters of the mob world and prohibition together with loads of action, jazz and pizzazz. Still one of my favorite shows from the old HBO years.

@i.marr.6688

10 ай бұрын

@NomadicBrian.I.Agree It was the best of the HBO shows, My second favourite was I think the very first HBO shows, "OZ" It was first aired around 1996-97 some of the cast would appear in Boardwalk Empire,

@NomadicBrian

10 ай бұрын

@@i.marr.6688 OZ was a very good show.

@ajcastellon5903

9 ай бұрын

What's pissass?

@NomadicBrian

9 ай бұрын

@@ajcastellon5903 Working at the White House.

@MakerInMotion

9 ай бұрын

I appreciate that HBO commited to a full 5 season run with a proper conclusion despite the budget being a money furnace.

This is one of my favorite shows that I watch multiple times a year. The music and characters are legendary.

Nucky Johnson had one helluva ride! We should all be so lucky.

At 26:00 he talks about the boxing match in 1921. It was in Jersey city Jack Dempsey USA Vs Georges Carpentier, France , the first million dollar fight. Everyone was there! First major fight that had a large percentage of woman attending .

That series was a riveting show and I would gladly watch every episode again. Good presentation and thank you for the insightful narrative.

@caleb484

Жыл бұрын

For someone in the Adam Sandler click......Steve Buscemis performance was nothing short of amazing. Plus it's HBO....you know twas gonna be gold.

Boardwalk Empire -best TV series ever!!!! I wish HBO or another good network would make a show about Al Capone.

He used the tactics of Gaius Julius Caesar and kept the people close. Perfect application to the principles of Machiavelli

I really did love this series

Great video. It's not hard to be loved by people, it's not really that hard to be feared by people but it takes a special type of character to be both genuinely loved and feared at the same time.

An excellent job! thank you. Subscribed and gave a thumb up

From what you're saying, Nucky Thompson, eeh, Jonshon, was a hero. He was the Lord of his community, .He was the Irish "Godfather". And he definitely was, one of the Biggest of them all!!!

11:48 Nucky shaking hands with 'Chalky White.❤

what a great video, you've clearly put a whole lot of effort into it! so interesting to see what they stuck to and what they changed in the series

Glad Gyp Rosetti wasn't real.

Just subscribed. Keep this stuff coming. Do Chicago and Capone, you can use a lot of boardwalk empire for that too

I really enjoyed that intro for the city. Great job

Nucky's generosity reminds me of that of Tom Pendergast's in Kansas City, MO.

Great video. I am curious what your research showed regarding the biggest bootlegger in the nation George Remus who moved from Chicago to Cincinnati to run his empire. The IRS got Remus on tax evasion before using the same strategy to get Capone. F. Scott Fitzgerald used George Remus to base his Gatsby character after meeting him in Louisville, KY, where F. Scott's wife lived. They met at a hotel bar that still exists and is well worth visiting = The Seelbach (now a Hilton) Hotel/Bar. Also, have you looked into the history of Newport, KY? It was Vegas before Vegas and has a wild history of Remus Gang and Mob involvement. I'd be happy to chat with you about it as I have extensive knowledge of the whole end-to-end history spanning from Remus in the 1920's all the way to the USA's 2nd worst fire in 1977 at the Beverly Hills Supper Club (that was the 3rd time that establishment burned down.)

@philleotardo7016

9 ай бұрын

The basis for Gatsby was a man named Max Gerlach

@Bren688

8 ай бұрын

Was Remus the bootlegger who set himself up as a legitimate medical alcohol supplier then hijacked his own trucks. So he got alcohol for his distilleries plus a payout from the insurance companies?

glad i stumbled onto your channel. Think i'll hang around.

Such a fascinating man. I loved the way he lived his personal life. Well Done.

Interesting and informative. Excellent photography pictures 📷 enabling viewers to better understand what/whom the orator was describing. Class A research project!!! Special thanks to crooked mayor uncle " Nucky " & associates. Along with various criminal informants/citizens/law enforcement officials. Sharing personal information/criminal experiences making this documentary more authentic and possible. Along with the prohibition era laws not being enforced. Really put Atlantic city on the map. For well over a decade. Uncle Nucky made the correct decision to retire upon his release from prison. After all he still lived the life of a king 👑

ICONIC I ADORED THAT😢

@ladyhonor822

10 ай бұрын

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I’ve always found it really strange the picture of Nucky Johnson walking with Al Capone and Arnold Rothstein during the Atlantic City Conference of 1929. The odd thing is AR died in 1928.

Was amazing series 👏 story and actors 👏

He was good at spreading money around to the poor people and helping those who support him, unlike today’s politicians who just take and dump on the voters

A politician and a racketeer? Is there a difference?

I was born and raised in Atlantic City NJ and I never saw anythig honoring Nucky Johnson...The first time I ever heard of Nucky was on that tv show, Atlantic City really tried to erase this man's legacy!!!

I love how Hollywood killers take multiple steps holding the gun straight out at arm’s length instead of just shooting. As if their aim improves while walking. 😂

1st time i saw this show, is when i was 10, the first scene i remember is when nelson van alden starts hitting his back with a belt 😅, now as an adult i know how the criminal underwolrd works now, I probably wouldn't get it too much back then.

26:00 that picture is often considered a fake. They were all wearing winter suits an Johnson was wearing a summer suit.

@fidelaquino2657

Жыл бұрын

is that how he supposed to wear in a meeting? in a summer suit?

@charlesbaldo

Жыл бұрын

@@fidelaquino2657 just telling you what is rumored. Johnson was know as an articulate dresser. He even went as far as putting a flower in his lapel and garters to hold up his socks.

Smart man I love people..god bless

“Like most viewers on my channel”. 😂. Mine too mate

I love being a Jersey boy. Everywhere I go, there’s one form or another of rich history in this state. It’s a love/hate relationship between my state haha 😂

I can’t really disagree with how the Town was run. Yes, there is a level corruption, but you know what the leader truly cared about the people any cared about the city Maybe for his own selfish interests, but the end of the day the citizens were taken care of, and he stayed in power

I've never heard the name Enoch said like "Eenuck", mostly because of the way that it doesn't have a U in it, so here in England, where we only speak English, we tend to say it with an O.

@ReginaK2

9 ай бұрын

Nuck is a shortened version of the name Enoch. The is pronounced E…nuck. Not E… nock. In the US anyway

You've still got to be routing for him

Fuck that was a better ending than Boardman Empire

@crazychase98

10 ай бұрын

Ending was shit but rest of the show was good. No need for it to end the way it did it also made no sense

A sister of my Grandmother named Rose O'Neil moved to New Jersey from N.Ireland back around the 1930's or 40's and married into an Italian American family called Chiappanni (excuse the spelling). Not sure if they had any connection to mob families but I dare to dream lol

Look, I know this may sound strange but I really respect this guy. Nucky may have been a criminal but.. who doesnt love a Robin Hood story, eh?

You should do a video about Newcastle upon Tyne (Britain). Gangster viv Graham Good video just subbed 👍

Woodrow Wilson was dead at least 10 years by the time FDR decided to bring down Nucky… So that idea of Wilson teaming up with FDR to get Nucky is false history

Series died and went flat after they killed Jimmy off

@paisan8766

10 ай бұрын

Only if you’re a moron lol the seasons where they blended the story with history were incredible. Good crime shows kill off main characters. Period

@bennettroberts4155

10 ай бұрын

@@paisan8766 yea and they were boring as fuck

@brettevans258

10 ай бұрын

You missed the point then it was great from 3 on to 5s end

Cause nucky hurt her way more than the death of Jimmy

Thanks love your channel Waiting to watch EL CHAPO GUZMANN

What movie or show is used here aside from Boardwalk?

Heavy

'SIGN OF THE TIMES .. CONSPIRACY TO OVERTHROW THE MIND .. BEHIND EVERY FORTUNE .. THERE'S A CRIME' ..

@peterjewels

Жыл бұрын

🙌 the technique is tec 9 blast at any close encounters of the 3rd kind…

what is the source of these reenactments??

NUCKY WAS ONE HELL OF A GUY.

A criminal and a politician synonymous

Check out this video but start the video @1:18 time stamp representing where you should start at to see what I’m talking about ……doesn’t the red style awning wrapped around the top of the building kinda looks like a lobster 🦞 tail that’s been cooked/steamed now it’s ready to eat. Lobster 🦞

Is the narrator of this video on speed?

my grandfather built boats for both rum runners and treasury agents........

at 31:20, I am not sure why you state that Woodrow Wilson had any involvement with the FDR Administration, as he was long since dead at that time.

Nucky only one to take out Tommy Egan

@jsmith2747

Ай бұрын

I said the same thing😂😂

I don't remember them mentioning trains once in the whole show

@Jimmyconway77

4 ай бұрын

Watch it again and focus this time

Best mib oic since Gid Father

Alguém pode traduzir para o português esse vídeo por favor

Just a little ask from a viewer.. In the future can you pick a name and use JUST that name when talking about that person? The fact you kept switching between Enoch, Nucky, Johnson the entire time got super confusing.

You pronounced Kuehnle totally incorrectly, It was pronounced QUEN - lee accent on the first syllable. The first syllable is pronounced like a pool cue with an N. There is still a Kuehnle Avenue in Atlantic City. Give me a phone number and I'll gladly call you with the correct pronunciation of Kuehnle. In my collection, I have a post card of the Kuehnle Hotel in Atlantic City years ago. It was up near South Carolina & Atlantic Avenue, near the Pennsylvania Railroad depot. Born New York City on December 25, 1857, Louis Kuehnle (pronounced “coon-lee”) was the son of Louis and Katrina Kuehnle. I knew Nucky and Flossie Johnson. On August 1, 1941, Johnson, then 58 years old, married 33-year-old Swedish American Florence "Flossie" Osbeck, a former showgirl from Philadelphia, to whom he had been engaged for three years. I also knew the late Frank Farley. I'm almost 80 years old, And by the way, it was the Camden & Atlantic Railroad. I have a photo of the first train arriving in Atlantic City on July 4, 1854.

@susanang1732

2 ай бұрын

My grandfather was Secretary of the Senate for 26 years. My father told thet many deals were made in the catacombs under the State House in Trenton! He served for Democrats and Republicans until his Passing.I believe Minor was Gov at that time. People don't know the Gov Summer residence is at the National Guard property at sea Girt! I think it is still there as a historical home

Yay Monopoly

Well are country has been corrupt since the beginning of time.i mean for theost part people get into politics for a better life and more cash,how ever they gots to get it not all but most u got to grease the wheels to keep things moving and everyone got a ✋✋ out like it or not America the greatest country that hatried to hide the currptuon. Hell it's very interesting and good to know how we got were we did🇺🇲🇺🇸💪👍👍

Not “the blacks”😂😂 11:48

Not judging but look at the real pics of this guy does he look like a Johnson to you or have a Irish or Scandinavian heritage?

@NiKiMa023

8 ай бұрын

I think you’re literally judging. But other than that, what’s your point?

Board walk is much better than peaky blinders

Bring back machine politics

I know they put fiction in these somewhat true stories. But to have knuckys character killed off was bad. He lived up into his late 60s or seventies.

@904jagzsuck5

7 ай бұрын

It wasn't meant to portray the real Nucky to the T dude.

This was the worst show. After it ended, I never wanted to see another show because they never compared.

A good old republican proving all political parties are rackets and should be busted down as such.

your math is wrong @20:12 you say bookmakers pay 160 a week...but then you write down 600... then you multiplied it by 20... and then you multiplied it by 52... so you're way tf off

It's a Shame what direction the series took his character in season 5. It's ironic to me because I see boardwalk empire as the first public victim of the Harvey Weinstein scandal! I guarantee it's because of what he did to that actress during season one. When that started to come out they had to wrap it up quickly. I just find it ironic that they chose not be a republican to be the predecessor in a ring of child trafficking. When it's their own liberal people like Weinstein and the island visitors. Damn Shame they could have done it so much better to the story

I like when people say, JON-ruh. Actually, I hate it.

Board walk gives me bio shock vibes

Hr may have been bad in many ways. But when you have 2 of the biggist villians of the 20th century, Wilson and Roosevelt pissed off at you, maybe you're doing something right. "Had little tolerance for politicians he couldn't control" sounds about exactly right. It's certainly how he governed the democractic party, and supressed the republicans while in office

@plaidchuck

Жыл бұрын

Lol roosevelt a villian mmkay

You have Johnson in the title, last name was Thompson.

@dannyolsen5543

Жыл бұрын

Lol Johnson was his real last name

@ReginaK2

11 ай бұрын

🤭

@bradyking9778

9 ай бұрын

I’m guessing Gyp Resetti and Nelson Van Alden were real people as well?

Corrupt.

Wilson was diseased

The Democrats...

@killermarfidyoh138

10 ай бұрын

Expunge them....

@Theprimaryfocus

10 ай бұрын

@@killermarfidyoh138 agreed

Johnson is an intelligent version of trump. Imagine the trouble the USA would have been in if trumps I.Q. Was higher than his age!

@TiberiusX

Жыл бұрын

Just imagine, we'd be on the verge of war with Russia and China and have a corrupt guy who'd obviously been accepting bribes for decades.

I love Boardwalk Empire

Woodrow Wilson died in 1924 and there were rumors that he had been a vegetable even before 1921 and Roosevelt didn't become president until 1933. That's kind of peculiar that Woodrow Wilson asked president Roosevelt to go after nucky Johnson.

@jeremerathermel2405

Жыл бұрын

It wasn’t a rumor he had a stroke and was a vegetable that’s why people say his wife was the first female president because she had to sign papers for him and hide him so people wouldn’t know

@MrSimplyfantabulous

Жыл бұрын

That would make a good tattoo

@sexytrinny52

Жыл бұрын

😊😊😊

@charlesbaldo

Жыл бұрын

I think they meant Theodore not Franklin

@pan8a

Жыл бұрын

@@charlesbaldo Theodore died in 1919, FYI

do an episode on michael pitts charscter jimmy darmody please

James Boyd did most of Johnson's dirty work for him. He enforced the rules. Make sure the rackets were working on time, and make sure that Johnson got paid off of all of it

Put this into today's numbers. $1,352,000 per year using the mid decade as a mark 1925 is worth $24,223,822.63 a year today. today. A personal take not including the unknown revenue attributed to Mr. Johnson was $500,000. Again using mid decade as a mark and again accounting for the level of inflation and CPI in 1925 and the level of inflation and CPI in 2024, $500,000 per year in 1925 is worth $8,958,514.29 per year today. The only public official I know of who benefits from this level of graft is Joe Biden. Tell me I'm wrong and I will kiss your bare ass in the middle of Rodney Square in downtown Wilmington.