Good evening, everyone, and welcome to Hollywood Godfather podcast.

What show is this, guys?

What numbers this one going?

Oh, my goodness.

I think, I believe this is 72.

Wow, I love it.

72.

To be 72 again.

Anyway.

Yeah, the good old days.

One day I'll be 72.

I'm very excited about tonight's mentor show because this guy, I heard about him numerous times from Costello and different people, and then got to know him and spent the last 40 years of his life together.

I met Costello as I always did at the Waldorf, on a Monday after the weekend,

and he said, I need you to travel to Chicago this Thursday, and I'll set it all up for you.

You're going to go to the Palmer House Hotel, arrive there by noon, and meet Sidney Corshack.

Now, for the people who don't know who's Sidney Corshack, he has a

reputation of being Mr. Fixit, for the attorney for the mob and the unions and all of Hollywood.

Lou Wasserman's attorney, Steve Wins attorney. I mean, the guy was really a legitimate fix

it for all the unions, all the arbitrations

for the studios. And I, you know, I heard of him a lot. So I arrive in Chicago, go to the

Palmer House, and I have an envelope that Costello gave me, he said when you meet Sydney give him this

envelope and let him open it in front of you and when I gave him the envelope there was

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