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    Image of bigspike bigspike
    10/14/09

    In reply to Al Martino, Godfather Singer, Dead at 82
    We will remember his olive oil voice and his guinea charm.
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    Image of AndIAmTellingYou AndIAmTellingYou
    10/14/09

    @bigspike: Oh Johnny, how all the girls swooned.
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    Image of Awesome X Awesome X
    10/14/09

    In reply to Al Martino, Godfather Singer, Dead at 82
    He was a good godson.
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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    10/14/09

    In reply to Al Martino, Godfather Singer, Dead at 82
    "The last of the show business legends"? What, Tony Bennett's not a crooner?
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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    10/14/09

    In reply to Al Martino, Godfather Singer, Dead at 82
    "The last of the show business legends"? What, Tony Bennett's not a crooner?
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    Image of D2theMatthews D2theMatthews
    10/14/09

    In reply to Al Martino, Godfather Singer, Dead at 82
    Somewhere up there, some angel choir producer is in for a rude awakening.
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    Image of Airvault Airvault
    10/14/09

    In reply to Al Martino, Godfather Singer, Dead at 82
    "You can act like a man!"
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    Image of Sproing Sproing
    12/08/08

    In reply to Sinatra's Humiliating Godfather Tell-Off, Retold In $700 Book
    Should've gone for the snubnose tucked behind the toilet tank.
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    Image of Baroness Baroness
    12/08/08

    In reply to Sinatra's Humiliating Godfather Tell-Off, Retold In $700 Book
    after that I said to Sinatra, 'Listen, it wasn't my idea.'

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    ...He said, and his voice was almost kind, 'Who told you to put that in the book, your publisher?'


    You cut out this bit that makes it clearer:

    "And then the most astounding thing happened. He completely misunderstood. He thought I was apologising for the character of Johnny Fontane in my book. "


    Puzo should have said, "Yes! They did! Bastards. Seeya Frank!"

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    Image of VoxPopuli VoxPopuli
    12/08/08

    In reply to Sinatra's Humiliating Godfather Tell-Off, Retold In $700 Book
    I like that Puzo got in his passive-aggressive last word by saying that Sinatra didn't look him in the eye, and didn't even look up, while he was berating him. Says a lot. Wuss.
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    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    12/08/08

    In reply to Sinatra's Humiliating Godfather Tell-Off, Retold In $700 Book
    And after repeated retellings, "It's not personal, Sonny. It's strictly business."
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    Image of dado dado
    12/08/08

    In reply to Sinatra's Humiliating Godfather Tell-Off, Retold In $700 Book
    The Reverend "Bacon" Sharpton said the same thing to Tom Wolfe.
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    Image of Kid Twist Kid Twist
    12/08/08

    In reply to Sinatra's Humiliating Godfather Tell-Off, Retold In $700 Book
    Sinatra. Another pezzonovante.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    12/08/08

    @Kid_Twist: Don't be a chiacchierona, you.


    (Have you ever seen or heard such a beautiful word?)

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    Image of metroville metroville
    12/08/08

    In reply to Sinatra's Humiliating Godfather Tell-Off, Retold In $700 Book
    "Time...mercifully dimmed the humiliation of what followed..." and yet it was Time that reminded everyone of the fact that Puzo wasn't as skilled a writer as one might have assumed.


    It's a irony worthy of...well, of a Mario Puzo novel--which is itself also ironic.

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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    12/08/08

    In reply to Sinatra's Humiliating Godfather Tell-Off, Retold In $700 Book
    The writing in photographers' books is usually crap, but this sets a new low for bad writing. And Einstein pulling a knife on Capone? Sounds like a "controversial" New Yorker cover cartoon!
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    Image of LedburyLongshot LedburyLongshot
    12/08/08

    In reply to Sinatra's Humiliating Godfather Tell-Off, Retold In $700 Book
    "What hurt was that here he was, a northern Italian, threatening me, a southern Italian, with physical violence. This was roughly equivalent to Einstein pulling a knife on Al Capone. It just wasn't done."


    Ah yes... that old chestnut.


    For reals... anyone have a fking clue what the hell he's talking about with the Einstein/Capone crap?

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    Image of SarahHeartburn SarahHeartburn
    12/08/08

    @LedburyLongshot: It's a veiled reference to the time Marie "Muggs" Curie used her brass knuckles on Dutch Schultz, I believe in a dispute over the half-life of radium 224.
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    Image of GW06 GW06
    12/08/08

    @LedburyLongshot: Yes. Sinatra's family came from Northern Italy, hence his blue gypsy eyes. Northern Italy is way less mobbed up than Southern Italy and obviously, Sicily. This has always been a source of tension - Northern Italy thinks of itself as the more cultured, civilized part, with Southern Italy being a bunch of gun-toting mobsters. There are also class issues involved . Puzo is saying Sinatra was ticked off enough to ignore all that and threaten Puzo, who I am assuming was descended from Southern Italy or Sicily, with violence FIRST, and that was embarrassing and unexpected.


    *All generalizations contained therein were probably outdated in the 1940s and may have only existed in La Cosa Nostra's head.

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    Image of VoxPopuli VoxPopuli
    12/08/08

    @SarahHeartburn: Now that was funny.


    I rather liked the Einstein-Capone reference - it put the confrontation into perspective and doesn't really require deep analysis.

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    Image of britneyspearstears britneyspearstears
    12/08/08

    @SarahHeartburn: Nailed it!
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    Image of britneyspearstears britneyspearstears
    12/08/08

    @GW06: Thank you for addressing this.


    I remember overhearing an argument between our Italian in-law's during my childhood. My aunt's boyfriend called my Grandmother's 3rd husband--a distant relative of the Mayor of Chicago--Sicilian. I've never seen him more upset...

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