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 I 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 forever done living in the hospital was never fun some people were cool but not everyone

you never know who you're lying in a room with. So I broke

a broomstick in half and let it groove with the concrete in the bathroom floor. It had a new tip...

Speak softly loud and hold me warm against your heart.

I hear your words, the tender trembling moments.

Welcome, everybody, another episode of Hollywood Godfather podcast.

And I have a very special guest tonight. This guy was in my

background of my life during Kansas City in the 70s when I was dealing with the teamsters to get

a 72 million dollar loan, not realizing he was part of the task force backing up the FBI.

I'm going to let him introduce himself, and this should be an interesting show.

This is a one-on-one with me and my new friend Gary.

Gary, welcome. All right, Johnny, welcome. Thanks,

thanks a lot for having me on your show. I really appreciate it. That is interesting how

our lives caught paths crossed, and I didn't even know it, and you didn't either. No, I mean,

you know, that's what's wild about the world in itself. It's so small. But with, when I started reading and listening to some of your stuff, I was, you know,

at mothers, I was hanging out in Kansas City during that time, which is wild.

And you were in Kansas City most of your life, right?

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