Ladies and gentlemen, coming to you from New York, New York, it's the Hollywood Godfather

podcast. And now, here are your hosts, Gianni Russo, Patrick Piccarelli and Megan Haran.

Good evening, everyone, and here we are Hollywood Godfather podcast.

Another show, I love it.

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We are close to it.

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welcome me thank you pat he was first then me how you doing how's everybody i'm just hanging

out good good good you know i don't know what you were thinking about talking about tonight but i

have an idea i mean uh i was was fascinating, you know, when we

started on this book, by the way, folks, we have a book that Johnny fails to mention every week.

Johnny's very shy, you know, you understand that. It keeps a very low profile, it's a very humble

guy, so I'm going to have to jump in. We have a book. It's called Hollywood Godfather,

my life in the moviesies in the Mob.

And when I first started doing this book with Gianni, I was having a great time.

I mean, the man's life is absolutely fascinating.

But one of the most interesting parts of it was going from your childhood, which we've discussed

and your illness.

How does a kid from little Italy by way of selling pens on the street on Fifth Avenue wind up in Miami?

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