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The Hollywood Godfather Podcast

S16E294: Season 16 - Episode 294 - Mailbag Edition: Listener's Questions

The Hollywood Godfather Podcast

GRI Entertainment

True Crime, Film Interviews, Tv & Film, Books, Arts

4.6818 Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, Gianni dives into listeners' questions taking us back to the golden area of the Tropicana, sharing vivid memories of the time he spent in the iconic venue. He recalls unforgettable moments watching legendary superstars like Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. Wayne Newton and Elvis Presly light up the stage.. He also answers questions revealing his second favorite film role and reflecting on the life of legendary Connie Francis. Have questions or ideas for future episodes? Write in, and let's keep the conversation going! Go tohttps://www.allstarwine.com/brands/Don-Corleone-Organic-Italian-Vodkahttps://www.giannirusso.com/https://hollywoodgodfatherpodcast.com/https://corleonefineitalian.com/Follow us on...instagram.com/@hollywoodgodfatherinstagram.com/@realgiannirussoinstagram.com/@Jeaniehollywoodgodfatherpod See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

My name is Gianni Russo, aka Carlo, the infamous son-in-law from the godfather.

0:07.0

I'm now known as the Hollywood Godfather, and this is my story.

0:13.0

Before all of the wins in my portfolio, I was a little boy diagnosed with polio.

0:19.0

Experimenting with cures, I tried everyone. tried everyone felt everything in my right but my left was

0:24.3

numb walking with a limp like will i ever run once again or is this it am i for ever done living in the

0:32.4

hospital was never fun some people were cool but not everyone. Welcome everybody. It's time for another Hollywood Godfather

0:40.3

podcast, and I have my gorgeous co-host, Jeannie Raymond, here. Hello, everyone. How are you, my love?

0:50.0

I'm great. How are you? I'm here. That's more important.

0:55.4

That's exactly right. We're both above ground. So many people are dying. I lost another

1:01.6

guy, Tony LaMianco, and now Jack Jones. I can't believe everybody's dying. I know.

1:10.7

It's rough to be in your 80s.

1:14.2

You know, it's funny that you say that because you, you, when you get your age,

1:19.9

you just see a lot of people that, that are leaving us. And I went to my class reunion and I was

1:25.8

just shocked at the people, you know, my age that were gone.

1:31.4

And I just think, oh, gosh, the things you're missing out on, you know.

1:35.9

That's funny. I never had a class reunion.

1:41.3

That's funny.

1:42.5

I know.

1:43.1

I still want to get my friend that was uh that worked in at state

1:49.1

street as a parking cars and keep trying to talk him into to coming and talking to us one day because

1:57.1

i know please i'll go past room again get a hold of a bunch of the people that worked at State Street

2:04.5

and have a little reunion. I think that would be hilarious. The story. Yeah, the stories we were just

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