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

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

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

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

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

hospital was never fun some people were cool but not everyone welcome everybody it's time for another Hollywood Godfather podcast. And this is an exciting

show for many reasons. We actually, with our guests, which I'll introduce right after Jeannie,

first of all, Jeannie, our gorgeous co-host.

Ah, nice. Thank you. Hello.

We're doing the show tonight that we've been prolonged, believe it or not, indirectly by one of my oldest friends who I don't talk to anymore, Bobby De Niro.

Because he did a thing called Ultronites, and they kept postponing it.

And normally, I know Barry Levinson and I would have called him, he directed it.

And Nick Pilegy, this is part of a trilogy that he's been talking about for years about

after Goodfellows, after Casino, this was his big movie.

And we're going to be talking about that with the guy who interviewed me here about our show,

Costello, Eric Shaw.

How are you, Eric?

Good.

Johnny, great to be with you, Jeannie.

Hi.

Wonderful to be with you today.

We're thrilled to have you here. I've been

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