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 stashed it behind it toilet in case I ever had to use it. Because one day Dolores had a chat with me. Says she got words someone was coming after me.

Speak softly loud and hold me up against your heart.

I hear your words, the tender trembling moments.

Welcome everybody. It's time for another Hollywood Godfather podcast, and I'm happy to say he's not a relative, but I wish he was my cousin. This guy, Chris Russo, you probably know him as Mad Dog, we did a show a few weeks ago.

I'm walking down the street.

People are y'all out the window.

Man, I heard you on Mad Dog.

I heard John Mad Dog.

I mean, that's the power of series radio.

And he's with us today.

Chris, I want to introduce you to Pat Pichorelli, my co-writer,

who wrote the book, Hollywood Godfather.

Wow.

And the three of us are here.

Hello, Pat.

How about it, buddy?

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