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Hey, let's take some calls.

Let's go to Randall in Maryland.

Randall, how you doing?

I'm good, Mark.

Do you remember a theater critic that used to be on W.O.R. in the mornings by them O'Brien?

Jack O'Brien.

Yes, yes.

He was actually a big writer for the Daily News of the World Telegram of one of those things. And, uh, Jack O'Brien, yeah, he used to, his show was called Critic Circle. I actually knew the guy, uh, it was very late in his life. Not the nicest guy in the world. I never really liked him, but go ahead. Well, he, about Sinatra. he had some kind of feud or he hated sinatra

well uh jack o'brien he was this guy could have a feud with anybody if you met him for two

minutes you'd hate the guy i mean he just uh not a nice guy you'd argue about anything and everything

can i can i tell you my you know the man i didn't, but can I tell you my favorite Sinatra quote?

Go ahead.

Is it when he was pressed about this mob connections early on, right?

He says, hey, the checks were always good.

Well, all right.

You know, well, it's too much to get into the whole mob thing he wasn't the

mob singer he was made out to be he loved the mob he romanticized it he chased after these mobsters

he loved hanging out with him uh there were other guys in the music other famous singers who were so mob connected

way beyond sinatra but sinatra liked to play it up a lot. Let's go to Dave in Chicago. Dave, how you doing? Good morning, Mark. I'm doing very well. Thank you. Mark, I have a couple of Frank Sinatra questions, if I may. Go ahead. I know he had a record label called Reprise Records.

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