Mobster - "Goodfella" Paul Vario

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  • Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
  • Paul Vario was a mafioso, a capo, and later the consigliere of the Lucchese crime family. He also has the distinction of being Henry Hill’s teacher/father figure on the mobster way of life. A fictional character played by actor Paul Sorvino based on Vario was featured in the film Goodfellas..

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  • @TheShowgunofHarlem
    @TheShowgunofHarlem 9 лет назад +2555

    *Paulie may have moved slow, but that's only because Paulie didn't have to move for anyone...*

    • @mdcraig62
      @mdcraig62 7 лет назад +85

      Sho'Nuff, The Showgun of Harlem he had a great system for the garlic.

    • @midguardz
      @midguardz 7 лет назад +124

      He definitely moved with Henrys wife.

    • @vcl6741
      @vcl6741 7 лет назад +20

      Sho'Nuff, The Showgun of Harlem do you think Paulie moved slow with Karen

    • @TicklerDude
      @TicklerDude 7 лет назад +13

      Sho'Nuff, The Showgun of Harlem Never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut.

    • @whoopygoldspit8755
      @whoopygoldspit8755 7 лет назад +6

      Sho'Nuff, The Showgun of Harlem haha hell yea great scene.

  • @JC839
    @JC839 4 года назад +591

    Paulie looks like the guy in a white van your parents warned you not to take candy from

    • @matthewmorales6568
      @matthewmorales6568 3 года назад +9

      That's funny

    • @ouailelbakkali6223
      @ouailelbakkali6223 3 года назад +4

      Underrated comment

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 3 года назад +19

      Speaking of that, I was thinking; why the hell would Karen Hill want to screw Paul Vario? Henry was no prize, but he was sure a lot better looking than that fat, bald sweaty slob!

    • @andygill8539
      @andygill8539 3 года назад +3

      Henry hill sold he's friends out

    • @plasticweapon
      @plasticweapon 3 года назад +1

      ehhh...not really.

  • @rodneymckeown1875
    @rodneymckeown1875 6 лет назад +315

    "Don't put too many onions in the sauce."

    • @roscoehayes
      @roscoehayes 4 года назад +9

      "Don't put too much onions in the sauce."

    • @lionelhutz5137
      @lionelhutz5137 4 года назад +30

      "I didn't put too many onions in the sauce, I put three small onions and two cans..two big cans"

    • @jonathansilva3453
      @jonathansilva3453 3 года назад +4

      We're not running white castle here.

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 3 года назад +6

      Gotta add da pork! That's da flavor!

    • @Grogansweep14
      @Grogansweep14 3 года назад +3

      @@lionelhutz5137 3 onions? That’s too many onions

  • @terrencekelsey2061
    @terrencekelsey2061 4 года назад +139

    Paulie didn't move slow when Karen called him for some loving.

    • @ethnicleanserberg7975
      @ethnicleanserberg7975 3 года назад +29

      He was straightening Karen out, straightening Karen out.

    • @G_Moreno89
      @G_Moreno89 3 года назад +9

      She needed income

    • @ne2ifowl429
      @ne2ifowl429 3 года назад +2

      @@G_Moreno89 Henry provided her

    • @jamescullen2448
      @jamescullen2448 3 года назад +2

      Haha brilliant 🇬🇧🇬🇧🤝

    • @MrPink2024
      @MrPink2024 3 года назад +4

      I heard Paulie was smashing her every chance he had. 😻

  • @mattpope1746
    @mattpope1746 6 лет назад +180

    Ironic that a mobster so concerned with privacy and keeping a low profile would end up as a key character in the definitive book and movie about the New York mob.

    • @themack1363
      @themack1363 3 года назад +26

      Lol if he somehow had a glimpse into the future he would’ve wacked Jimmy, Henry and Tommy in a heartbeat LOL

    • @oceanwaves83
      @oceanwaves83 2 года назад +1

      @@themack1363 so true!

    • @bluecollar825
      @bluecollar825 2 года назад

      Thats far from the definitive book on the NY mob, movie yeah I agree 👍

    • @davidleonard7439
      @davidleonard7439 2 года назад +4

      He came up during a time when, the Italian Mafia wasn't quite yet "glorified" as it was by the 1970's. Big Paul was born in the early-mid 1900's, so it makes sense that, a whole lot wasn't found, said or spoken ABOUT him....however, what people did know about him, was that he was an important figure to the mafia.

    • @ramerefauntleroy4881
      @ramerefauntleroy4881 Год назад

      Like he had a choice

  • @robertthomas2601
    @robertthomas2601 8 лет назад +556

    Paul Sorvino sure did him justice, didn't he? The real Paulie looked like someone that stalked women in a van. Maybe he just took bad pictures. Because the guy was powerful as hell.

  • @controversialchristian2378
    @controversialchristian2378 5 лет назад +1053

    I'll just go get the papers, get the papers.

    • @larrywenzel5269
      @larrywenzel5269 4 года назад +5

      Controversial Christian haha

    • @troykozlow127
      @troykozlow127 4 года назад +10

      If gonna get the papers get the papers!!!!

    • @kocain313
      @kocain313 4 года назад +5

      @Bill Turner yes very tru but in tv and movies concerning these individuals there is an element of truth that they expand on the rest is indeed fake indeed fake

    • @matthewrogers8778
      @matthewrogers8778 4 года назад +12

      Jimmy2X

    • @subulaji1
      @subulaji1 4 года назад +2

      Shouldn't your name be Jimmy two times?

  • @danielday1306
    @danielday1306 4 года назад +48

    In a documentary on Hill, an FBI agent stated that Vario literally exuded a vibe of menace; more than any mobster he'd ever met.

    • @wrestleguy24
      @wrestleguy24 Год назад +3

      I saw that video, and the picture they showed of him was just chilling.

    • @Shadyganleymawn
      @Shadyganleymawn Год назад +1

      ​@@wrestleguy24Sounds interesting, any chance you could send me a link?

  • @MustangMike012
    @MustangMike012 4 года назад +218

    I can see why Hill's wife would go for a handsome guy like Vario. Quite the catch. Nice going Karen...

    • @vimy1589
      @vimy1589 3 года назад +23

      he was a "big" man ...

    • @Frnk_3
      @Frnk_3 3 года назад +39

      He was ugly. They all were in real life. Even in the movie Ray and Bob were the only good looking ones.

    • @ImranAli-tm3rq
      @ImranAli-tm3rq 3 года назад +89

      Women tend to go for social status rather than looks.

    • @adrianchannelle8651
      @adrianchannelle8651 3 года назад +8

      His power made him attractive. Lookup Phyllis McGuire and Sam Giancana...who also banged Marilyn Monroe.

    • @MrPink2024
      @MrPink2024 3 года назад +14

      I bet Paulie didn't pull out.

  • @Andrewsafb71
    @Andrewsafb71 9 лет назад +35

    "Oh? You tried to fuck the girl I'm having an affair with who is married to my friend and coworker that I like more than my own kids and known for several decades? I'm going to turn you into our enemies because you fucked up!"

  • @abeedhal6519
    @abeedhal6519 7 лет назад +902

    Paul Vario sure is a mysterious crime figure. Not much is known about him. One thing is for sure though. He never had the makings of a varsity athlete.

    • @JerryC25
      @JerryC25 6 лет назад +9

      Nack Jicholson lol

    • @thefixer8765
      @thefixer8765 6 лет назад +4

      Nack Jicholson lol

    • @danielboyadjian9337
      @danielboyadjian9337 6 лет назад +14

      Nack Jicholson what the fuck did I just say about you saying that

    • @nightmover101035
      @nightmover101035 6 лет назад

      Nack Jicholson
      Thanks for the laugh!!!!
      Love reading the comments!!!!

    • @CobraChipper
      @CobraChipper 5 лет назад

      Nack Jicholson Lmfao 😂😂😂

  • @lsd8497
    @lsd8497 Год назад +15

    I absolutely loved Paul Sorvino as Paul Vario. He really looked like a boss with authority.

  • @skeltonknaggs1600
    @skeltonknaggs1600 4 года назад +153

    Scorsese's Vario in Goodfellas was a big teddy bear, grandpa, not the psycho, that Vario really was

    • @LibertyFascism
      @LibertyFascism 3 года назад +19

      They all looked like creepy trash because they all were creepy trash.

    • @skeltonknaggs1600
      @skeltonknaggs1600 3 года назад +23

      @@LibertyFascism My brother's best friend was almost beaten to death with a baseball bat by one of them bastards!! He was on the phone in a bar, and mentioned a name of someone that owed this piece of shit $400. This was in Brooklyn. The wiseguy was acquitted of course!! The slime was whacked less than a year later

    • @namedoesntmatter9330
      @namedoesntmatter9330 3 года назад +2

      @@skeltonknaggs1600 gotta say sounds like a different breed of folks in the north east. Down here in the south east life is slow but people are just as quick to kill you and dump your body somewhere deep in the woods.

    • @skeltonknaggs1600
      @skeltonknaggs1600 3 года назад +4

      @@namedoesntmatter9330 So What!! It is pretty understandable why people are different in different environments.. Raised in Brooklyn, I knew when to be stone quiet, which was my nature anyway. The only difference between the South and the North sounds to me, is where the body is dumped

    • @skeltonknaggs1600
      @skeltonknaggs1600 3 года назад +1

      @@TheBadElf Scorsese is a chicken shit. Goodfellas was a theatrical story. Listen to the FBI Supervisor, talk about Jimmy Burke, then look how Scorsese portrayed Burke, the difference is night and day..

  • @jasonallen3678
    @jasonallen3678 6 лет назад +294

    They made Karen out to be like a Love struck Insecure victim, when she wasn't nothing but a typical Jazabel .

    • @TheGrowler55
      @TheGrowler55 4 года назад +36

      Total skank.

    • @DooBees-ub1me
      @DooBees-ub1me 4 года назад +4

      Jason Allen Care run.......a skank from the tank

    • @CelticsNation
      @CelticsNation 4 года назад +17

      The Alpha Matt Such an ignorant comment. You’re assuming almost all of the women on earth are sluts when you haven’t even met a fraction of the women alive. You know what they say when you assume.

    • @Levi-hd5db
      @Levi-hd5db 4 года назад +6

      CelticsNation most women today are, it’s both their nature and how this society conditions them

    • @mikesteele5729
      @mikesteele5729 4 года назад +9

      @@CelticsNation Oh he's just an incel who even got turned down by his right hand.

  • @garyevans3421
    @garyevans3421 4 года назад +80

    Let’s all leave together. That way we don’t go staggering out one at a time like a bunch of hobos.

  • @SkrewBaII
    @SkrewBaII 8 лет назад +443

    The guy who hated phones. See. Paulie didn't want anybody to hear what he was saying, and he didn't want anyone else to hear what he was being told.

    • @lionelhutz5137
      @lionelhutz5137 8 лет назад +46

      Paulie never had to move fast for anybody

    • @treystephens4490
      @treystephens4490 7 лет назад +10

      Joshua Morrris Don Vito didn't use phones either.

    • @Zach-Fetters
      @Zach-Fetters 6 лет назад +6

      Trey Stephens he's a fictional character....

    • @delstanley1349
      @delstanley1349 6 лет назад +2

      +Joshua Morris> But Vincent Gigante was real. Vario's family, The Luccheses and Gigante's family, The Genoveses were allies against John Gotti's Gambinos after the hit on Big Paulie Castellano. They may have communicated by smoke signals!

    • @pilsudski36
      @pilsudski36 6 лет назад +10

      Paulie was smart.

  • @toddadams5010
    @toddadams5010 6 лет назад +65

    Its kind of funny how these guys are treated like lovable rogues,yet all their thievery probably drove prices for goods and services through the roof

    • @BrianSmith-yq7ys
      @BrianSmith-yq7ys 3 года назад +3

      Allot of it was based on credit card fraud before they built jfk airport

    • @emmashalliker6862
      @emmashalliker6862 3 года назад +2

      Be a little more worried they're were violent psychopaths.

    • @Lousy_Bastard
      @Lousy_Bastard 3 года назад +2

      Yes people think they were great men but I bet if those kind of people were on the receiving end of the mob they wouldn't think they were so great, any person with a shread of morality knows these people were scum of the earth.

    • @bluecollar825
      @bluecollar825 2 года назад +3

      They weren't treated as lovable rogues irl, I never heard anyone other than a mob associates speak highly of the man. And all the businesses he shook down in his part of town sure as hell didn't view him in that light.

  • @dennismcclain1931
    @dennismcclain1931 8 лет назад +219

    Henry Hill had a long life considering the psychopaths he was associated with.
    I find it difficult to believe that Henry claims to have not killed anyone as I don't think Paul Vario, Tommy De Simone and Jimmy Burke would have had Henry so closely associated with them and witnessing their various murders without Henry being required to do a killing in their presence.
    But then Henry was was smarter than many give him credit for to omit certain facts to the FBI while ratting out his buddies but giving them enough to get in the witness protection program.

    • @vaclevsta
      @vaclevsta 5 лет назад +47

      Hill was a low-level mob associate, his only responsibility was to earn. You think Morrie ever whacked anybody?

    • @sashachitownvillegas6850
      @sashachitownvillegas6850 4 года назад +8

      Dennis McClain hes a pathological liar

    • @Poedequin
      @Poedequin 4 года назад +4

      Deep Kumar B S u don’t want to mention anything u weren’t already convicted for

    • @evyatarhadar8325
      @evyatarhadar8325 4 года назад +9

      Henry was full of shit about a lot of things. Guy was a complete mess for the rest of his life too.

    • @skeltonknaggs1600
      @skeltonknaggs1600 4 года назад +20

      Hill wasn't as close to these guys as the movie described. He was more of a follower. Hill made his bones with the 1967 air France robbery, which netted somewhere in the neighborhood of $500,000

  • @thedangerwich5476
    @thedangerwich5476 7 лет назад +410

    when I learned that the real paulie was sleeping with hill's wife it almost ruined the film's character for me. that's just low down and dishonorable.

    • @davidgaron453
      @davidgaron453 5 лет назад +15

      Not really, goes back to Rome and the Emporer. If the Emperor came to your house and had eyes for your Wife he could sleep with her if he wanted to. Logic is this, Caesar was above all to all! Loyalty had to be earned for Political Favors and this is one of many ways. Ambitious Men would do anything to get power plus he was Caesar, he gets what he wants..Simple!

    • @75aces97
      @75aces97 5 лет назад +133

      If they had any honor they wouldn't be racketeers in the first place, though.

    • @txrcnoob
      @txrcnoob 4 года назад +81

      Remember Henry had women he was sleeping with as well even set them up with apartments ect. Nobody in that life is innocent.

    • @Mr-ep2qi
      @Mr-ep2qi 4 года назад +10

      Pine oil heaven bro Issa movie the real guys were all degenerates lol

    • @rohidnablayy6060
      @rohidnablayy6060 4 года назад +5

      thecharter1 I think it applies to all that looking at another members wife or being sexually involved with another members wife is forbidden.

  • @ajmaeenmahtab8456
    @ajmaeenmahtab8456 2 года назад +8

    OLD mafiosos were calm, rational and weren't flashy and arrogant.

    • @jeffsmith3747
      @jeffsmith3747 2 месяца назад

      There is no such thing as a calm and rational mafioso, they are ALL flashy and arrogant.

  • @faustfood
    @faustfood 8 лет назад +45

    I can't believe how complete and well done these posts are in less than 10 minutes! bravo .

  • @tod3msn
    @tod3msn 4 года назад +13

    Very good review of Paul Vario. Some internet stories have old timers saying that Henry Hill was disrespected by Vario and Tommy DeSimonne and now I know the story. Hollywood took a brilliant nice guy actor Ray Liotta, good looking guy, to play Henry as this “cool dude” but he was not at all that way. He was even as good looking as Ray Liotta. Henry was an ordI Ray looking guy who had great survival instincts and knew when his time was over in the mob. He also knew Paulie Vario and Tommy DeSimmone were not his friends.

  • @MattMuscle-wo4ne
    @MattMuscle-wo4ne 5 лет назад +79

    Goodfellas holds a special place in my heart because of the presence and relationship between rob de Niro and Ray. They portrayed as much realism as they could to create a masterpiece. Typically America wanted to show these guys actually better than they was. Karen needed money, so a low profile affair took place, Henry couldn’t argue especially cheating himself, he also needed the financial backing and when he didn’t get enough from his own crew he got hooked on making profit from drugs. In the end relying on other people got him in trouble he made a mistake and had no choice but to rat. If you listen closely it took 2 years for the main boss to be sentenced more than enough time to kill Henry. Henry had brought too much attention on himself and the crew he knew the only way was to rat having lost the trust and respect of Jimmy Burke. I really wish we knew a little more, had more images and details but Henry has brought us most of this info which we wouldn’t have had if he hadn’t have been a snitch. They’d have killed him and not battered an eye that’s how it was. Yes Karen was a slag but she did what she had to do and was also angry with Henry. Incredible insight still. Goodfellas was based on facts but much of which was improvised. Robert De Niro and Ray played they’re part so well it was brilliant.

    • @gillydey9764
      @gillydey9764 2 года назад

      And he wasn't .

    • @heathennation9448
      @heathennation9448 2 года назад

      Some know who Ray was suppose to be portraying but in reality, it was definitely not Henry lol

    • @R0YDEME0
      @R0YDEME0 2 года назад +1

      Goodfellas was very inaccurate on many accounts actually...

    • @matthewschwartz6607
      @matthewschwartz6607 Год назад

      @@R0YDEME0 - Really? HOW? Hill himself said that it was like 90% accurate. It followed the book to a Tee.

    • @themeerofkats8908
      @themeerofkats8908 Год назад

      @@matthewschwartz6607 Henry must have not been an honest man.

  • @davidshamiri1448
    @davidshamiri1448 3 года назад +14

    The real Vario is a lot less likeable looking than Sorvino

    • @jeremymadden8008
      @jeremymadden8008 3 года назад +1

      My 6 year old daughter was obsessed with the movie “The Greatest Show” with Hugh Jackman as P.T. Barnum….I showed her and actual picture of Barnum and she cried.

  • @GSXK4
    @GSXK4 3 года назад +5

    Having mob guys picketing the FBI is one of the silliest things I've ever seen.

  • @alanshadastrokeanddiedinho2897
    @alanshadastrokeanddiedinho2897 3 года назад +10

    Michael Franzese, who was named in the film; Goodfellas, even though he was from a different crew, stated that Henry Hill was a lost soul.

    • @lionelhutz5137
      @lionelhutz5137 3 года назад +9

      Hill was an alcoholic, a degenerate gambler and a drug addict. Goodfellas made him look good.

  • @grf15
    @grf15 4 года назад +52

    I find it fascinating that no one suggested that Karen might have been coerced into the affair with Paulie. He was her husband's boss. With a snap of his fingers Henry would have been a dead man. The threat, implicit or explicit would always exist. Karen might have been terrified of saying no. Alternatively, Paulie being the boss could be extremely generous with gifts or other favors and what could Henry do? He's not going to confront Paulie, now is he?

    • @mariolisa2832
      @mariolisa2832 2 года назад +6

      Very well said

    • @pipeflush
      @pipeflush Год назад +1

      Nah she was just a skank at the moment

    • @jaylenlenear7850
      @jaylenlenear7850 Год назад +5

      While possible there's no sign this was the case and women really are attracted to tall high status figures which Paulie certainly was. Consider tony soprano; he wasn't a looker but banged every chick he wanted because of his status (the real life cast mentioned finding him attractive sue to how well he played Tony)

    • @Seisoks
      @Seisoks Год назад

      ​@@jaylenlenear7850 yup. Just like man wanna bang thick chicks regardless or their skin color or fairness, many woman like big guy with authority and money. Also, we dont know what is inside their affair, husband probably apporove. Swingers are wild at those time.

    • @Unknown-individual
      @Unknown-individual Год назад

      Or maybe, just maybe. She just wanted to have sex with someone else other than her husband.

  • @yoshidadaimyo3507
    @yoshidadaimyo3507 6 лет назад +9

    None of these documentaries tell you much you won't already know by watching Goodfellas and reading Wiseguys.

  • @rayhanes1347
    @rayhanes1347 4 года назад +7

    This dude was scary looking. In his mugshot he couldn't care less

  • @fredcopps
    @fredcopps 10 лет назад +31

    I can, literally, come up with interesting mob topics all day. Enough to fill 10 whole seasons of Mobsters on the Bio channel. So forgive me for being overbearing. You have an awesome channel. I'm a mafia buff, so I really do appreciate what you've contributed to the RUclips universe. They should pay you for what you've put together.

  • @Donnie8888
    @Donnie8888 3 года назад +48

    In Goodfellas, they made him look as if he was the boss of a family.

    • @owenb8636
      @owenb8636 3 года назад +39

      Well if you're an associate, the capo is the highest member you'll ever meet. You're seeing things from Henry's POV

    • @anthonymartinez3084
      @anthonymartinez3084 3 года назад +1

      @@owenb8636 exception was donny brasco because the bonnanos not only thought he was a good earner but every family is different with how they introduce

    • @paullayfield
      @paullayfield 3 года назад

      @@anthonymartinez3084 in the Bonanno movie they imply that they were involved with the JFK assassination. Don't know how accurate that is but it doesn't seem too far fetched

    • @MrBoothyboy1988
      @MrBoothyboy1988 3 года назад +1

      No they didnt. He was clearly a capo

    • @spaceman081447
      @spaceman081447 3 года назад +1

      @@paullayfield
      RE: "in the Bonanno movie they imply that they were involved with the JFK assassination."
      Frank Sheeran, in his book I Heard You Paint Houses, from which the movie The Irishman was made, claims that the mob was involved with the JFK assassination. In addition, he claims to have personally killed Jimmy Hoffa and "Crazy Joe" Gallo.

  • @kevingiven3463
    @kevingiven3463 6 лет назад +16

    Thanks for the insight. Goodfellas is one of my favorite movies from my favorite director!

  • @robsantiago3453
    @robsantiago3453 6 лет назад +18

    He jumped out the tree. And come at me with a chain saw. I have the right to defend myself paul

    • @LonelyGamr
      @LonelyGamr 4 года назад +1

      Oh man. That sopranos episode made me laugh for ages.

  • @johnlewisbrooks
    @johnlewisbrooks 6 лет назад +40

    I have read some of the stories about this "Paulie" character. It just blows my mind that this guy may have been one of the top criminals in the world and the FBI didn't even have his name because he was so quiet. He hated telephones, talked as little as possible, and would do things like make sure he had a gun and was ALWAYS facing a window in a public place.

    • @jaylenlenear7850
      @jaylenlenear7850 Год назад

      What's the importance of facing a window

    • @johnlewisbrooks
      @johnlewisbrooks Год назад +6

      @Jaylen Lenear To see who was coming and going. Always having his back watched.

    • @jaylenlenear7850
      @jaylenlenear7850 Год назад

      @@johnlewisbrooks ah ok. I feel like that's make him easier to kill too tho

  • @numbchomskull
    @numbchomskull 6 лет назад +71

    People would routinely put a dipstick into Paul Vario's hair to check his oil. Vario didn't sweat, he just excreted grease.

  • @MrBastilleDay
    @MrBastilleDay 10 лет назад +33

    3:05 "You're a real jerk Henry....I gotta toughen you up."

  • @richardhill9549
    @richardhill9549 3 года назад +7

    Never knew Paulie was promoted to a consigliere. In Goodfellas he comes across as a harmless nice jolly fat guy who loves frying sausages while his associates take liberties with him. Brilliant film though.

  • @kingmoomoo4207
    @kingmoomoo4207 5 лет назад +23

    You wana see helicopters?Ill show you helicopters😂🤣

  • @Jhihmoac
    @Jhihmoac 9 лет назад +9

    If Henry Hill hadn't brought him out in the open, we probably would've never known about this guy...Thankfully, not all of them were in the spotlight like Capone, Anastasia, Columbo, or Gotti...

    • @Bloodlettersandbadmen
      @Bloodlettersandbadmen  9 лет назад +1

      +Crazcompart True! No one would ever had known about him outside of his neighborhood.

  • @usachef100
    @usachef100 9 лет назад +115

    If I had gone from rags to riches!!!........

  • @spunk1212
    @spunk1212 6 лет назад +42

    Ever since I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster...

    • @B38132
      @B38132 5 лет назад +1

      Don't get marry

    • @marktuminello5919
      @marktuminello5919 4 года назад +1

      What do you think most politicians are

    • @ChrisOhMy
      @ChrisOhMy 4 года назад +2

      "As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster." Fixed it for everybody's sake. Can't stand wrong quotes. No excuse when there's the ole Google thing ova dare

    • @doppelbanger5797
      @doppelbanger5797 3 года назад

      Ever since I remember I always wanted to get the papers, get the papers

    • @dsargsyan23
      @dsargsyan23 2 года назад

      dont get pinched

  • @TheScouseassassin
    @TheScouseassassin 10 лет назад +20

    For a guy 'off the radar' and so careful he spent a lot of his adult life in clink!

    • @Bloodlettersandbadmen
      @Bloodlettersandbadmen  10 лет назад +7

      That is where most wind up in the end.

    • @maartendrubbel4852
      @maartendrubbel4852 3 года назад +3

      He has been doing crimes since age of 11, got 7 months back then. 4 years at the end of his life, and 2 more some time before that. I think, if a gangster could choose, they would all take 7 years prison considering he became 73 😂 The guy made millions

    • @starsiegeplayer
      @starsiegeplayer 3 года назад +1

      Cost of doing business, I guess.

  • @chapter4444
    @chapter4444 4 года назад +3

    Offered immunity but refused to cooperate. My man

  • @gusbreal
    @gusbreal 5 лет назад +15

    He was played beautifully by Paul Sorvino.

  • @MrHungloww
    @MrHungloww 6 лет назад +58

    LMAO uncle Pauly was smashing hills wife.😂

  • @intergalactic242
    @intergalactic242 5 лет назад +125

    Dam!!! The movie didn't portray that he was banging hills wife,, and Tommy wanted some of that action, while hill was in prison, that's messed up,

    • @ChrisOhMy
      @ChrisOhMy 4 года назад

      @Rabbi Coomershekel McPornstien Ohhhhhh!

    • @DWilliam1
      @DWilliam1 3 года назад +1

      Hill didn’t want to look like a punk.

    • @1sepriani
      @1sepriani 3 года назад +1

      That lightly touch on it

    • @bobjohn1234
      @bobjohn1234 3 года назад +7

      So much for loyalty in the mob,banging hills wife.these lot are all lowlifes

    • @user-de8xc3tf1g
      @user-de8xc3tf1g 3 года назад +1

      @@bobjohn1234 I think it’s because hill wasn’t a made guy and he wasn’t Italian 🤷🏻‍♂️ but who knows

  • @covertbandit0114
    @covertbandit0114 4 года назад +36

    You are an amazing narrator! Great pacing, as well as solid visuals. You deserve much more recognition sir.

  • @TheFoodieCutie
    @TheFoodieCutie 5 лет назад +10

    “What we know about him comes from two sources... his record and the movie goodfellas.” Lol

  • @alexanderdavid8441
    @alexanderdavid8441 7 лет назад +135

    i didn't know kevin from the office made youtube videos

    • @firepilot4870
      @firepilot4870 6 лет назад +1

      Alexander David exactly what I was thinking!!

    • @Diaz_DallasChevy
      @Diaz_DallasChevy 5 лет назад +4

      I’m laughing so hard at this comment. I cannot stop. My wife is asking what’s so funny and I can’t stop laughing.

    • @ShawnSmith183
      @ShawnSmith183 5 лет назад

      I laughed when I read that

    • @SousTerre1
      @SousTerre1 5 лет назад +3

      In between making chilli.

  • @coldhands2802
    @coldhands2802 3 года назад +8

    John Gotti didn't kill Tommy himself. According to many high ranking members and associates it's said that John probably never actually killed anyone. He always had someone do it for him.

    • @NiktheEnglishGreekCypriot
      @NiktheEnglishGreekCypriot 2 года назад +1

      Gotta didn’t kill Tommy. Al d arco testified who killed him. It was babe vario and another soldier whose name I’ve forgotten

  • @SpinningbacKFisT
    @SpinningbacKFisT 7 лет назад +8

    This channel is truly a gem.

  • @TheTamtam76
    @TheTamtam76 8 лет назад +273

    7 months for truancy...jesus times have changed..

    • @RB2331
      @RB2331 7 лет назад +14

      I am shocked that the 'system' didn't look out for these kids more ...7 to 10 months ....and you know the older kids beat you and other horrible acts from staff ....damn ....when they get out they become animals ....and if paulie had a better structure he could've been a guy who owned a few car dealerships and made a good living had a good family made wise investments but No he had to be a criminal ! sad

    • @justmyopinion4584
      @justmyopinion4584 7 лет назад +3

      They are no better now they are actually worse

    • @Squre
      @Squre 7 лет назад +15

      Being a rich criminal is better than a poor honest man.

    • @james575730
      @james575730 7 лет назад +9

      Squre not better than a middle class honest man

    • @Squre
      @Squre 7 лет назад

      It depends on how rich.

  • @michaelcapporta8222
    @michaelcapporta8222 6 лет назад +10

    Definitely Goodfellas Paul and Jimmy the gentleman when I was 13 years old I used to hang out with Jimmy Jr

  • @gerberbernstein7360
    @gerberbernstein7360 5 лет назад +13

    Frank Dileo as Tuddy, was Michael Jackson's manager at one time. He had the idea for the hyperbaric chamber photo.

    • @winchesterdude5368
      @winchesterdude5368 3 года назад

      I was related to him, met him when I was just a little kid

  • @femioyekan8184
    @femioyekan8184 7 лет назад +38

    Vinny?
    Don't put too many onions in the sauce.

  • @EthelCaseyAnnabelle
    @EthelCaseyAnnabelle 4 года назад +4

    Very well narrated. Am fascinated by this subject. I met Henry once at a pub i was working at. Very interesting man.

  • @enocmartinez7047
    @enocmartinez7047 8 лет назад +6

    Paulie died a true gangster.

  • @a.sullivan2893
    @a.sullivan2893 6 лет назад +27

    I had no idea that he had an affair with Karen Hill! Wow... I'm not sure why I'm shocked, but I am! Thanks for the video!

    • @Professicchio
      @Professicchio 2 года назад

      There are subtle hints in Goodfellas actually, for example: when Paul and Jimmy go to see Henry (now staying with his lover) in order to convince him to go back to Karen, Paul says that he will have a word with Karen himself to pacify things as he "knows how to talk to her".
      One wonders how and when the two got that close? 😂

  • @339gabriel
    @339gabriel 2 года назад +10

    RIP PAUL SORVINO

  • @saintdamien8290
    @saintdamien8290 5 лет назад +5

    Really cool how barely nothing is known about him compared to other mafia members.

  • @efilperpenfuhrer
    @efilperpenfuhrer 9 лет назад +6

    Hoho! I got busted at the age of eleven like Vario. I always remember the cop's car door not working correctly. Only now, I'm happy to say I steered clear of that kind of business and am doing fine with an honest job, a beautiful woman, and kid. Anyway, you're documentary style of delivery really knocks me out. Take care.

    • @Bloodlettersandbadmen
      @Bloodlettersandbadmen  9 лет назад

      Thank you my friend. By the way, good call in life choice. Thanks for watching and Merry Christmas t you and your family.

    • @efilperpenfuhrer
      @efilperpenfuhrer 9 лет назад

      *****
      Nope. I's all in your silly lmfao head, Justin MC. Lots of guys have gotten into trouble in their youth--nothing to do with mafia--and steered clear of trouble after getting caught. Where I lived (Newfoundland) as a kid, there was no mafia.

    • @efilperpenfuhrer
      @efilperpenfuhrer 9 лет назад +1

      *****
      P.S. What got me into the back seat of a police car in '72 was because of a B&E and arson. And that's not bullshit. Not bad for an eleven year old. Ha ha! But the law forced me to meet face to face with the owner. He was a sweet, gentle old man who forgave me and asked me to help clean up the mess. (I lit up his garage.) What a lesson I learned. He is always in my mind. As for the mob, I did know some of them when I later moved to the main land in the 80's. My older brother became friends with one of them. I met the guy.. I didn't like him at all. A JACK OFF!!

  • @vickihill2721
    @vickihill2721 7 лет назад +8

    These guys are loyal to no one but themselves and their greed. Could give 2 craps about “their crew” or corrupting young kids to grow up and be violent criminals. In the end their best friends are the one who kills them

  • @steel2aj
    @steel2aj 6 лет назад +3

    Paulie in the Goodfellas movie, I like. But the real one is scary and disgusting.

  • @racher4593
    @racher4593 Год назад +1

    I love how they filled this cast with good-looking guys to play men, who in life had been as about as handsome as a foot.

  • @BENNY_MAC
    @BENNY_MAC 4 года назад +9

    I hope someday Bloodletters starts posting videos again. Amazing content!

  • @fredcopps
    @fredcopps 10 лет назад +3

    Giuseppe "The Clutch Hand" Morello, was an originating member and leader of the mafia when it was still referred to as "The Black Hand". When you talk about this guy, your talking about the birth of the Mafia in New York. In fact, his family is the Borgata that ended up evolving into the Genovese Crime Family. For obvious reasons, a doc about this guy would be INCREDIBLE... And Ground Breaking

  • @gemininosaga
    @gemininosaga 3 года назад +14

    They toll Henry “why are you so quiet?” He said, “what ya want me to tell you? That my wife Karen two times me?” Karen replied. “Shut up you always talking.” But it sounds nicer in italiano.

    • @jobu1372
      @jobu1372 3 года назад +3

      Did I ever tell you about my painting?

    • @NunYurbis
      @NunYurbis 3 года назад +6

      @@jobu1372 One dog looks one way, one the other way, and the guy is there like "what do you want from ME?"

    • @riotgrrrl5924
      @riotgrrrl5924 3 года назад +2

      One dog looks west the other east. So what.

    • @lionelhutz5137
      @lionelhutz5137 3 года назад

      You mind if i take this knife 🔪 t's paw, it's hoof got stuck in the grill and I got to hack it off, I can't just leave it there, ma, it's a crime.

  • @Gl6619
    @Gl6619 4 года назад +5

    Mr Gribbs was the mobster Pauly was taking about when he was mentioning “Gribs” who he said was doing life just for talking to a guy when he was telling Henry to stop dealing drugs,

  • @JamezMorrizProjectz
    @JamezMorrizProjectz Год назад +1

    Pauly might have moved slow, but that’s only because Pauly didn’t have to move for anyone.

  • @vcl6741
    @vcl6741 7 лет назад +161

    Do you think Paulie" moved slow" with Karen.. .

    • @MikeGreenwood51
      @MikeGreenwood51 5 лет назад +15

      He got slower and slower untill he ceased moving.

    • @newhire4915
      @newhire4915 5 лет назад +4

      Slow & easy

    • @Christie2939
      @Christie2939 5 лет назад +4

      Bullshit he knocked the bottom out of it 😘

    • @deltaskelta9346
      @deltaskelta9346 5 лет назад +18

      He went slowly up the Hill😂

    • @koeman1873
      @koeman1873 4 года назад +2

      @@deltaskelta9346 lol

  • @thespookycrewsb-sides7328
    @thespookycrewsb-sides7328 7 лет назад +7

    And people get mad at Henry for ratting on everyone... Meanwhile Paul got Tommy killed...

  • @fanboy2015
    @fanboy2015 6 лет назад +20

    Loved Goodfellas since I saw it back in 1990. Never knew of Paulie hooking up with Karen. IFirst I hear of this.

    • @johnnyfeev
      @johnnyfeev 4 года назад +3

      You kinda got hints. Like when Paulie told Henry to go back home to Karen, he said I’ll talk to her, I know how to talk to her, especially her.
      Also Karen told Henry while in Prison, Paulie won’t take my calls, Henry said Forget about Paulie, he’s on probation

  • @SkrewBaII
    @SkrewBaII 8 лет назад +11

    @Blood Letters Thank you good sir for the time and effort my friend. Your channel honestly keeps me out of trouble during this time in my life has been more than eventful.I enjoy watching your videos you're on point and know your stuff. Thank you sir!

  • @lisastundatarpat
    @lisastundatarpat 8 лет назад +306

    250 lbs more like 350

  • @mikefisher4834
    @mikefisher4834 3 года назад +2

    Fun fact: The one who played Paul Vario in Goodfellas also played one of the grandpas on the show Grounded for life He was the moms dad💯

  • @gahctep
    @gahctep 10 лет назад +12

    Great job you do on these videos my friend,
    Very interesting to find out about these
    lesser known but equally deadly mobsters
    and a welcome change from endless Gotti
    biopics, Keep em coming.

  • @mrman2136
    @mrman2136 9 лет назад +20

    who's gonna be the one to tell him how daft that hat looks?!

  • @sandro5535
    @sandro5535 4 года назад +4

    As I see it the three best gangsters I think so far (got a lot more to learn before proper judgement) were Carlo Gambino, Lucky Luciano and this guy. They all had a different tactic. Carlo hid in the open, Lucky shared his profits with high profile and Paulie was under the radar.

  • @southerncalifornia4534
    @southerncalifornia4534 2 года назад +2

    He was a nice guy, when i met him, i knew him as just an old man when I was in MCC NY in the first half of 1986, on 9 South. He called to me one day, and asked me questions about my case, i would have no clue who he was until 10 years later

  • @ludehead
    @ludehead 7 лет назад +11

    Now I gotta turn my back on you....

  • @tutshuttle
    @tutshuttle 10 лет назад +39

    Well done....very interesting info about Karen Hill.....

    • @Bloodlettersandbadmen
      @Bloodlettersandbadmen  10 лет назад +4

      Thanks for watching.

    • @robryan5457
      @robryan5457 5 лет назад +4

      She would up in Worcester MA in the late 90s. Working in a strip club called Pudgys as a cook

  • @vcl6741
    @vcl6741 7 лет назад +83

    Seemed like Karen was sick of kosher meat and decided to try out Italian sausage...

    • @vcl6741
      @vcl6741 7 лет назад

      Bulimic Joey Merlino hahahahahahahahahah

    • @petercofrancesco3457
      @petercofrancesco3457 6 лет назад +2

      SIX0 four I understand Karen didn't want Kosher meat ,she wanted Italian capicola. Maybe she liked sausage in the can also! A tutte salami !

    • @numbchomskull
      @numbchomskull 6 лет назад +2

      You know what they say about Italian sausage: It doesn't last long.

    • @controversialchristian2378
      @controversialchristian2378 5 лет назад

      @Yōkai No, he wasn't a looker, was he?!!
      Karen, why don't you just finish with that made man, possible rapist and killer, who could kill you and your husband with impunity??!!

    • @user-mt5cm5xp2o
      @user-mt5cm5xp2o 5 лет назад +1

      She already had Italian sausage when she married Henry. He was half Irish/Italian. Mother was Italian, Father was Irish. We all know those guinea women love some Pork tenderloin and potatoes. As for Karen the Jew broad, she enjoyed Half Italian Sausage Half Pork tenderloin. But she also tried 100 percent Italian sausage.

  • @ralphanthony1811
    @ralphanthony1811 6 лет назад +12

    I cant believe karen would do something like this . I think that pissed me off more than tommy trying to get the same action . Unbelievable

    • @minorsnow5306
      @minorsnow5306 5 лет назад +1

      Ralph Anthony. Yeah she a pulled sharon stone too.

    • @el34glo59
      @el34glo59 5 лет назад +2

      Pissed u off more than Tommy trying to rape her? Idk about all that. But yeah it's still fucked up.

    • @dakotahoover2948
      @dakotahoover2948 4 года назад +1

      What kind of fucking gang are you in? If you let give your girl too another man and let him fuck her she isn't your girl anymore and 2 you're a fucking bitch.

    • @DMalltheway
      @DMalltheway 2 года назад

      Well Henry was also cheating on Karen regularly.

    • @ralphanthony1811
      @ralphanthony1811 2 года назад

      @@DMalltheway but its Henry's associates thats f-up

  • @flintironstag2381
    @flintironstag2381 6 лет назад +2

    The only mistake Paul made was being the membership director of Colombo's Italian league.That put the spotlight on him.

  • @jason41482
    @jason41482 7 лет назад +70

    ohhh you popped ya cherry

  • @steveturowski7659
    @steveturowski7659 8 лет назад +3

    Now this guy done it right.He kept a low profile and kept his mouth shut.

  • @nitekilla
    @nitekilla 9 лет назад +39

    Great video. Paulie was a low-key powerful capo of a huge crew. He was truly a wiseguy, a "goodfella" Aside from your Italian pronunciation, your documentaries are great man, but I've already told you that. For the record it's pronounced Nicholas Pile-G like you're pronouncing the letter G.

  • @3rdcoastghost
    @3rdcoastghost 5 лет назад +7

    He died in a federal prison in my hometown of Fort Worth, literally in my part of town. @8:45

  • @joekerr1255
    @joekerr1255 3 года назад +2

    Apparently the guy was completely different from how he was portrayed in the movie

  • @RacerC45
    @RacerC45 2 года назад +2

    You forgot that in Goodfellas his name was changed to Paul Siscero, and in the movie he was calm and humble.

  • @adrianchannelle8651
    @adrianchannelle8651 3 года назад +6

    I guess he got away with screwing Karen Hill since Henry was not "made" 😂

    • @acepastrana8088
      @acepastrana8088 3 года назад

      Exactly, he cant bang made guys or else he is getting whacked

  • @emt5330
    @emt5330 4 года назад +3

    Carmine Tramunti was known as Gribbs, not Gibbs. That's who Paul Sorvino was referring to in the scene after Henry got out of jail.

  • @orlandonoriega4211
    @orlandonoriega4211 3 года назад +3

    Hey Mike Tyson I've been trying to reach out to you I know you grew up in Brownsville you don't got any stories about Paul vario Jimmy Burke or something

  • @davidkess2405
    @davidkess2405 4 года назад +1

    Mobster - "Goodfella" Paul Vario... fantastic video...Bloodletters & Badmen

  • @kittykatt7996
    @kittykatt7996 9 лет назад +2

    Wow my mouth is dropping.... Learn something new every day

  • @MobHeataEnt
    @MobHeataEnt 6 лет назад +5

    8:56 They say that about every monster passed the age of 50 by 1990. I’ve even heard it for John the Eagle Riggi.

  • @MikeGreenwood51
    @MikeGreenwood51 5 лет назад +7

    Paul Vario Died in Prison May 3rd 1988 of respiratory failiur. Age 73.

  • @elphaba4674
    @elphaba4674 4 года назад +3

    He had a good system for cooking the garlic...he would take a razor and slice it into thin pieces and it would like liquify in the pan in a little bit of oil...it was a good system.

  • @kattrakee
    @kattrakee 3 года назад +2

    Great informative and interesting posting . Thank you !!

  • @Scorpions824
    @Scorpions824 4 года назад +1

    Paul Sorvino played Paul Cicero who was based on real life mobster 'Paul Vario'