now 30 years later this guy has excelled and went viral and blew up he has plenty of money now im guessing with friends ,family etc. Michael won in life!
@@abk8310You can’t know that for sure. And 30+ years later he is still a Christian who partakes in many programs to help people. Curious if you follow his podcast?
That reporter, Bernard Goldberg, is still active today and looks exactly the same as he did in this interview 33 years ago. Michael Franzese is in his 70s now and looks even better.
@@williamshakespeare9815 - No, his eyes are softer, his voice is changed. He's found Christ I believe and his wife appears to have had a big road in it. That's God's love.
They never even dealt with the mob. I have, but I know less about it than a lot of these old school prosecutors. If you're in business with them at least as long as you're on their good side, they won't say a word about anything as far as omerta or who they are exactly. If you do something to get on their bad side, well I have no idea, never was.
@@BarryBull-mv5no it’s the lack of wars,You know how we always go first my brother,well the wells run dry and we drink outta other peoples because nobody would believe how mad our wee corner of the world can be,and it’s better the shite on someone else’s shoes even second hand 🏴🙏🏴🙏🏴
@@jeffmiller3499OC Shortz is clueless 😂. Come on. Nice enough guy but he thinks Castellano was a white collar racketeer and the DeMeo crew had hundreds of victims 🤷♂️
They still do stories like this, I just watched one last week on Cartels. They were also political back then too, that's nothing new. Fox was started by Murdoch to counter a perceived left wing bias by CNN. There are still news outlets who are not political though, like Reuters and Euronews, but most people want political bias in their news, hence why FOX and CNN are so popular.
He never pulled a trigger. But he was a get away driver on one hit and demanded at least one other be done. He actually wanted to be the shooter but Persico didnt wanna risk him doing it himself
@AlexLee360 there is zero evidence or informant testimony ever stating he personally killed anyone. The time he requested to be the triggerman he was denied because he made too much money for the family. Not every mob guy is a first hand killer
@alexd8871 he has alluded to the larry corroza murder vaguely on more than one occasion. He was killed for sleeping with and giving drugs to michaels sister. Multiple cooperaters have said michael was the driving force behind the murder and demanded it be done
I really think it's a lot simpler than many people. Michael fell in love with a beautiful woman and she was a Christian. He was gonna do whatever he had to do to not lose that.
Nah he saw all the powerhouse mafioso’s getting life in the prison from the racketeering Rico law & knew it was only a matter of time so he bounced out of that life
I read a book by Cami Franzeze and was amazed by her and her mother’s faith. Either from an interview I saw on a Christian show or book. Cami’s mom was praying for Micheal when he was dating her daughter Cami. As a Christian. Never doubt the power of prayer. Especially a mother and wife. It was only by the grace of God that he is alive and is still here telling his story. God really loves us.
The “make your bones” thing is not a universal hard wired requirement depending on your connections and predisposition. Franzeze was the son of a respected and powerful Capo. There are shooters and there are earners.
also depends on the family. I seen intel from snitches in the 60s they were saying Genovese was the most feared family because they were the only one where all the members "made their bones" but he said it in a different way.
@@Abcdefg-tf7cu How about being neither.But the ratting thing is about not betraying FRIENDS... since your ok with being a rat , I suppose your friends should be careful.
Yeah, and he's always saying things like, "Violence was part of the life, people." In response to those types of questions. I mean, is it really a question? It's pretty likely he did. He probably wasn't taking care of guys all over the place, especially as he was a big earner, but they all had to do whatever the boss tasked them with, and he had to prove himself and his loyalty.
@@shaquawnross1392 as long as he is not faking it, good luck to the man and his family, Hopefully do good for all the life’s he damaged when he was in the life, Try again lol Hope that’s ok
And sweems to have no remorse for all the damage caused. Just see the interviews witth gas station owners who were muscled out of their businesses and livelihood.
My dad was employed by NYC Department of Sanitation. He had a heart attack so he changed positions to weigh garbage trucks at the Fountain Ave landfill in Brooklyn. He was offered money to turn his head when certain garbage trucks came through with a questionable load. These were mob guys and my dad knew it. I married a Percico cousin that lasted 2 years before I moved home and remarried 3 yrs later. That was 47 years ago. My dad passed in 1990 never spoke about it.
@ Thank you so much. The mob guys used to call my dad Abe Lincoln for because he was honest to them. They knew he would never snitch because he made sure he didn’t see anything.
What's that even supposed to mean? The guy dropped his life, moved three thousand miles away, and lived a low-key life until all his peers got life sentences, got old, or died. The mob had bigger worries than one guy they'd have to allocate significant resources to catch, particularly around that time.
@@GMAV3RICK Tell him what? He died in prison at almost 90 years old. That's pretty good. Plus, he was murdered because he created many enemies, both within the Irish mob and with Cosa Nostra. Meanwhile, Michael tried to keep peace, when he was within and outside of the mob. Bulger ratted on the Italian mob with the intent of destroying it, not just because he had legal trouble. Michael wasn't doing it out of spite, he was facing legal trouble and tried not to incriminate anyone. Also, Bulger was at war with the Genovese family specifically. And it just so happened, he was a cripple in the same prison as a Genovese associate hitman. Even if he didn't rat on Cosa Nostra, he was going to die in that prison for having been at war with them anyway. If Michael intentionally and irreparably hurt an Italian mob family, and then got stuck in the same prison with them as a cripple, he'd be dead too. But he was never a massive target or priority because he was trying to not cause them any trouble or get in their way, and he was actively taking counter-measurers making it difficult for them anyway. And let's keep in mind the fact that Cosa Nostra was starting to fall apart at that time. They were more concerned with surviving and dealing with problems at their own doorsteps. Michael 100% would've been dead long ago had they wanted it enough.
@@GMAV3RICK Then don't write ambiguous comments that could mean a number of things related to history. And I didn't realize I was responding to a challenged reader.
@@benclaffey4804 there's every chance because apparently he did use certain things from real life because the real life jersey mobsters were caught on a government wiretap talking about how they notice things in the programme 😂
Best thing Franzese ever did (apart from renounce the Mob Life), was get rid of that beard/moustache combo. He almost looked like Borat in those days. He looks great now!
He was essentially on the level of a lot of soldiers. That he couldn't be made was more of a technicality. Look at Jimmy Burke, not made, but definitely well respected.
@@D.D.-ud9zt As far as I understand, that's not how that worked. There was an explicit distinction between Cosa Nostra and associates, regardless. The mob had a lot of really big associates, but they were never part of the family. Anyone who wasn't in the mob were used by the mob. They were never a part of it, no matter how useful they were. He was useful, and they let him get close because of that. Letting an associate get that close is what burned them, which is way it took more than being a criminal itialian to get into the mob, and why Henry Hill was never "essentially a soldier." They trusted him more than they should've, but they still didn't trust him like a made guy.
10:48 he gave one of the best performances of all time in himself in goodfellas, truly felt like the real guy y'know, he looks just like him too, insane.
“Did you kill anybody?” “Yeah mate I killed a ton o people”🤦 Asking someone if they have killed anyone has to be one of the dumbest questions you could ask a person. If they have its not like they can admit it to a reported as he’s being video’d.
Y’all act so bad if y’all was in that situation under specific circumstances, y’all would “snitch” or do what you would have to as well, Michael didn’t put anyone in jail. That’s why he’s still alive..
Joey Merlino right again. Michael talks very different today than he did in this interview. Things he says today contradicts certain things he’s saying in this interview.
@@edward7835 I believe Michael has turned his life around though now, when asked if he "offed" anyone, his answer is no longer "no". Though he once said to his family he never did. Michael now doesn't answer that question directly but says basically, "listen, when I joined the family I had to do many things what I was asked to do. I am not proud." He once implied he doesn't answer these type of specific questions as there no statute of limitations.
@@suzanneconnell1264 he wants you all to think he's killed because all of you think it's cool. He probably never killed anybody, he was a massive cash cow for the mob. If you run a mafia it would be meaningless and stupid to send your cash cow on a hit, you send the guys you know can do the job. He might have ordered one, but as far as being the trigger man... I just don't see it. The dude is a natural scam artist, he knows the ambiguity of not answering that question is good for his RUclips persona and overall business.
After seeing him today, and now watching this.. I kinda have this overwhelming feeling he IS the boss, then and currently. I just CAN NOT see how he "left the mob," as we know this happens by jail sentence or body bag. I'm telling you right now.. something seems really REALLY off about Michael Franzese, back them same as today. He has always been Wayyy to confident that he wouldn't be hurt. That tells me all I need to know. Ya ya, I hear him. It is because of "Jesus." His dad being who he was, the brains on Michael are well worth preserving, according to the mafia, NO WAY they are letting that brain ride out.. that brain is theirs! 😮
Love Bruce Cutler. Was a disgrace he wasn’t allowed to defend Gotti in the trial that took Gotti down. May not have changed the outcome, but the reasons for which he wasn’t allowed to lawyer are asinine
@vincedidiana5781 the justice system does whatever they want. It was just adorable that bruce acted like he didn't know. He prob a blast to go out with though!!
@@vincedidiana5781There's a sound legal reasoning to that decision. Cutler crossed the line from 'mob lawyer' (a lawyer who represents a lot of gangsters) to 'house lawyer' (being actively associated with the criminal activities of a client). This is also why there's a 'crime/fraud' exception to attorney-client privilege, though I don't think that was ever used against Cutler
“Waste Management” you seen those trash trucks all over the place and have on good authority they are Mob owned. Also listen to Joe Rogan with Joey Diaz, he explains how they shake shit down now and it’s all legal.
If frazese was never on the hook for murder, how much time was he facing when he ratted? Sometimes you can understand the guys facing life doing it, but he wasn’t facing that was he?
The truth is that if you not scared of those so called mob guys, they won't be able to harm you. It's the people that are scared of them are the ones who end up paying them street taxes and all but they don't talk about how many hit guys were killed while trying to kill someone.
Wait a minute is that cop the same one they used in the movie goodfellas? I think they used the actual investigator who locked up Henry and put him in witness protection
5:20 That is not true at all...That's how people used to see it but it's not true that you have to delete someone....You do have to prove yourself loyal, but it doesn't always involve that one aspect and it's ridiculous to think otherwise....
He's a great guy. Stop hating on people because they've doing better than you. God forbid you should celebrate another person turning his life around and finding success. God is on his side and so am I.
I never said he wasn’t a decent person. I read his book back in the day and stumbled across news articles and videos contradicting a lot of the story. How am I a hater for asking questions about a successful ex-mafia member turned podcaster? The videos of Michael and Sammy The Bull testifying in a senate hearing are interesting to me! I’m a fan of boxing. It’s disappointing to know that some of the legendary fighters threw fights for $. Had zero to do with Michael Franzese. Michael working with the feds takes nothing away from what he did in life and after he flipped! He didn’t put dozens of people in prison like other informants. As far as we know. You never see me putting “rat” in the Michael Franzese videos. If someone asks me if he was an informant, I can’t lie to them. There are news articles, documents, videos dating back to the late 1980’s. This is nothing new. I didn’t expect him to go on VladTV to deny what we all saw on video. That’s insulting the audience’s intelligence.
The professionalism of the media is really on display here. You won't find a TV-documentary like this anymore.
Except for the glowing review Dan Rather gives to pitch the story. I mean, he basically pumped up these disgusting criminals like they are glamourous.
@@Bruce_Petersthey are :)
Except for the agents who seemed to be positive both would be killed…They were wrong.
Not since 2014 when Obama legalized propaganda
@@gw593 the media coverage of their fear of death is the reason! Made it too hot.
You know somewhere Michael is watching this like “Cot damn! Where did he find this?!?!”
Hahaha😂
He didn’t bat an eye at this or any old irrelevant interview..😂 good one
Lol he'll figure a way to weasel outta this one too
Mike "I never ratted anyone out" Franzese. Cue the video of Mike testifying against Norbi Walters 😂
He snitched but says he didn't.
Videos from the past always the best
Mikey’s haircut, business in the front, party in the back.
i see you the man of culture 😂😂 gotta do another rewatch of supernatural now damn nigga you got me
Mafia mullet 😂
Usually mullets look pretty lame-ass, at least to me, but Michael really rocked that sumbitch. 😛
A mafullet 😂
Saul Goodman
now 30 years later this guy has excelled and went viral and blew up he has plenty of money now im guessing with friends ,family etc. Michael won in life!
This video shows he's liar that hides behind the Lords name
He sure did,
he won for sure
How so? Michael has lived for Jesus a long time. You can't fake it for 30 yrs@@abk8310
@@abk8310You can’t know that for sure. And 30+ years later he is still a Christian who partakes in many programs to help people. Curious if you follow his podcast?
Great content!! You rock, mobfax. Look at that NY skyline with the towers in the back
I just looked, I don't see them
NYC without the towers is always going to seem like something is missing
@@billrowan1957 06:50 in the video. When they interview the special agent
The skyline is so different now
That reporter, Bernard Goldberg, is still active today and looks exactly the same as he did in this interview 33 years ago. Michael Franzese is in his 70s now and looks even better.
Bernie looks ancient and Michael looks very good for his age.
Michael is such a great family man.
@@BridgKay He killed quite a lot of people.
Michael looks more of a mobster now than he did when he was in the mob lol.
@@williamshakespeare9815 - No, his eyes are softer, his voice is changed. He's found Christ I believe and his wife appears to have had a big road in it. That's God's love.
You got people in this comment section born after 2000 trying to say what Michael did and didn’t do lol. Take it easy fam.
How u know how old ppl are?
I'm from new York,everybody knows he's a 🐀
They never even dealt with the mob. I have, but I know less about it than a lot of these old school prosecutors. If you're in business with them at least as long as you're on their good side, they won't say a word about anything as far as omerta or who they are exactly. If you do something to get on their bad side, well I have no idea, never was.
cool story bruh..
You must be rat sympathizer Spencer
"I haven't seen any evidence of an Italian American mafia in America." 🤣🤣🤣 that's why he gets paid big bucks, to say that with a straight face.
the commission was busted like 30 years before. seriously his argument was so dumb everyone knew.
Smh that guy
Cutler, the world's foremost bullshit artist.
what murdaaaaa
You know there’s levels in life,levels in channels,MOBFAX just up the levels.
What in upload cheers 🍻🏴
30 years later Franzese is still eating off these old stories
Hello my fellow Scotsman.. what is it with us and mine storys think have enough reading digger about lyons n Daniels pmsfl 😂
@@BarryBull-mv5no it’s the lack of wars,You know how we always go first my brother,well the wells run dry and we drink outta other peoples because nobody would believe how mad our wee corner of the world can be,and it’s better the shite on someone else’s shoes even second hand 🏴🙏🏴🙏🏴
1991. The good old days.
Mobfax is the Godfather of mob content, brilliant channel.
It's top tier. Oc shortz is #1 imo
@@jeffmiller3499 Yer Baws.
@@jeffmiller3499OC Shortz is clueless 😂. Come on. Nice enough guy but he thinks Castellano was a white collar racketeer and the DeMeo crew had hundreds of victims 🤷♂️
Yes!
If you watch this video and and compare it with the way he is now, you can see that he developed himself into a big time speaker.
It’s crazy that that federal prosecutor pretty much played himself in goodfellas
And then has the gall to talk about how big Michael Franzese's ego is. Takes one to know one, perhaps.
@@btlarkin haha good point
and HE asked Scorsese if he could play the part !
Yeah he overacts in real life too
45,000 tons of industrial waste dumped in a residential neighborhood that is crazy. My goodness how is this area today ?
Michael was just as well spoken 30 years ago as he is today
When the news was actually news. 😆
They still do stories like this, I just watched one last week on Cartels. They were also political back then too, that's nothing new. Fox was started by Murdoch to counter a perceived left wing bias by CNN. There are still news outlets who are not political though, like Reuters and Euronews, but most people want political bias in their news, hence why FOX and CNN are so popular.
💯👍
@@JackCraft-tm9hjReuters is heavily biased for the left
Wrong, the jew news has always been liars... does the build up to ww2 ring a bell?
@@JackCraft-tm9hj CNN is tanking and FOX isn't news it's infotainment both featuring pure yellow journalism.
I’m gonna go get the papers. Get the papers.
Got Tony “2 times” over here trolling from the grave 😅
Two shots
Can you imagine that? You’re gonna get the papers?
what great actors!!
Henry Hill was NOT a member of the mob. He was an associate....
That doesn't make him any less dangerous.
@MrG-xm1up oh it absolutely does.
You cracked the code Ber-nerd we would never have known that without you.
This is a lot different than what he says today. Both answers coming out of the same mouth. I can see how he has crafted his image over the years.
If u notice....
When Michael says "No" to killing anyone, notice how he blinks when he says it!! He has became great at dodging this question!!!
He never pulled a trigger. But he was a get away driver on one hit and demanded at least one other be done. He actually wanted to be the shooter but Persico didnt wanna risk him doing it himself
@@brians7901oh please, he’s clearly killed people. But cannot ever say he did for obvious legal reasons
@AlexLee360 there is zero evidence or informant testimony ever stating he personally killed anyone. The time he requested to be the triggerman he was denied because he made too much money for the family. Not every mob guy is a first hand killer
@alexd8871 he has alluded to the larry corroza murder vaguely on more than one occasion. He was killed for sleeping with and giving drugs to michaels sister. Multiple cooperaters have said michael was the driving force behind the murder and demanded it be done
He was a racketeer, not a killer. He didn't have to kill. He made so much money for the mob, it was insane.
Hey look, its that guy from youtube.
Hey look, it's that guy who made millions for the mafia.
This contradicts Michael Franzese saying he left the mafia in 1997
What? He’s honest
@@Isntaphony-qd3hi as honest as shit
@@Isntaphony-qd3hi😂😂😂😂
Why would you believe he said he left it then when he told them at one point the allegation was just that....an allegation. Why believe him now?
I really think it's a lot simpler than many people. Michael fell in love with a beautiful woman and she was a Christian. He was gonna do whatever he had to do to not lose that.
Nah he saw all the powerhouse mafioso’s getting life in the prison from the racketeering Rico law
& knew it was only a matter of time so he bounced out of that life
Yeah as soon Rico law came out everyone was snitching or changing " careers"
Exactly this
It definitely was both. I ain’t religious but christian girls can be some keepers
I read a book by Cami Franzeze and was amazed by her and her mother’s faith. Either from an interview I saw on a Christian show or book. Cami’s mom was praying for Micheal when he was dating her daughter Cami. As a Christian. Never doubt the power of prayer. Especially a mother and wife. It was only by the grace of God that he is alive and is still here telling his story. God really loves us.
The “make your bones” thing is not a universal hard wired requirement depending on your connections and predisposition. Franzeze was the son of a respected and powerful Capo. There are shooters and there are earners.
The son of Sonny definitely made his bones, Sonny wouldn't have it any other way
From what I understand, there are violent tough guy types, and there are earners. Both are important and both are avenues into the club.
also depends on the family. I seen intel from snitches in the 60s they were saying Genovese was the most feared family because they were the only one where all the members "made their bones" but he said it in a different way.
Bobby Baccaliari never popped his cherry lol
Exactly correct.
I met him today.What a amazing guy has a powerful testimony.😊
After all these years Henry and Michael outlived them all..Henry is gone now..And Michael is still going strong.
Because they were rats and betrayed their friends to get out of jail.
@@lan9334 Have you ever been locked up.
@@lan9334 I'd rather be a rat and alive than a "good mobster" and six feet under
@@Abcdefg-tf7cu How about being neither.But the ratting thing is about not betraying FRIENDS... since your ok with being a rat , I suppose your friends should be careful.
You know Quasimodo predicted all this!
You've got the Hunchback of Notre Dame and The halfback of Notre Dame. You're gonna tell me you never thought about that?
@@trent3872 No!
😂😂
Egg whites and tomatoe
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Hun ...another steak San ova here .
It wasn't Gotti that Castellano was due to meet in Spark's, it was Frank DeCicco.
Exactly
Superb content as per 👌
Great content 👍🏻👍🏻
Never seen this before really good
The best of foods , the best of wines
That was what Gaspipe said
The words of Mr Gaspipe,
I'm opening a grocery store called Besta Foods. We're going to have our own wine called Besta Wines.
@@AnonYMous-wf3wq ahahaa🤣💀
The monies lol
I love how self and morally righteous the media and the government always act. They're a million times worse than the mob.
There was a time I mightve argued that point with you but not any more. The worst organized crime family in the country is the US Congress.
The government is the largest crime family out there.
Straight up
Stupid thing to say
@@garbi27 stool pigeon
Damn, look at Franzese! Such a cool dude
Interesting, here he clearly says he didn't kill anyone and more recently whenever it comes up he goes "well I don't have immunity so...
it's same thing. basically he probably killed someone but can't admit to it because there is no statue of limitations on murder
@@tomdemay6147like a marble statue? Did they chisel it?
Yeah, and he's always saying things like, "Violence was part of the life, people." In response to those types of questions. I mean, is it really a question? It's pretty likely he did. He probably wasn't taking care of guys all over the place, especially as he was a big earner, but they all had to do whatever the boss tasked them with, and he had to prove himself and his loyalty.
Michael's 80's-90's mullet-stache combo makes him look like the "Capo Di Trailer Parki" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣
🤣 🤣 🤣
Omg. I can't lol😂
Good stuff mobfax your the goat 🐐 💯
Michael wasn't a monster he was a racketeering Rockstar
Everyone seems to find God when the handcuffs go on,
He’d been in jail for years by that time try again
@@shaquawnross1392 as long as he is not faking it, good luck to the man and his family,
Hopefully do good for all the life’s he damaged when he was in the life,
Try again lol
Hope that’s ok
@@stanlyjohn9347 It's self-serving. The criminals pretend to be holy men to try to get away from responsibility and change their image.
@@lan9334 Do you know him?
And sweems to have no remorse for all the damage caused. Just see the interviews witth gas station owners who were muscled out of their businesses and livelihood.
My dad was employed by NYC Department of Sanitation. He had a heart attack so he changed positions to weigh garbage trucks at the Fountain Ave landfill in Brooklyn. He was offered money to turn his head when certain garbage trucks came through with a questionable load. These were mob guys and my dad knew it. I married a Percico cousin that lasted 2 years before I moved home and remarried 3 yrs later. That was 47 years ago. My dad passed in 1990 never spoke about it.
Did he take the money?
@ no. They had a lot of respect for my dad. He received a Christmas tip from them and other legit customers.
@NYCgirl927 great to hear! Sounds like a great guy, and I'm sure he was an amazing father too! RIP to him, I came into this world, as he left.
@ Thank you so much. The mob guys used to call my dad Abe Lincoln for because he was honest to them. They knew he would never snitch because he made sure he didn’t see anything.
@NYCgirl927 a man of honor. 🙏
Here after following Mike's YT account for a few years
5:11 "did you kill anybody?" Michael ~ blink, blink, adams apple swallow, "No."
sounds like a totally different person, the guy in this video I can believe was in organized crime.
Franzese leaving the mob just seemed a little too easy. No need for witness protection either. It certainly makes you wonder about “miracles”
What's that even supposed to mean? The guy dropped his life, moved three thousand miles away, and lived a low-key life until all his peers got life sentences, got old, or died. The mob had bigger worries than one guy they'd have to allocate significant resources to catch, particularly around that time.
@@Nicholas-ze5vv *Pfft, tell that to Whitey Bulger, pal.* 😏
@@GMAV3RICK Tell him what? He died in prison at almost 90 years old. That's pretty good. Plus, he was murdered because he created many enemies, both within the Irish mob and with Cosa Nostra. Meanwhile, Michael tried to keep peace, when he was within and outside of the mob.
Bulger ratted on the Italian mob with the intent of destroying it, not just because he had legal trouble. Michael wasn't doing it out of spite, he was facing legal trouble and tried not to incriminate anyone.
Also, Bulger was at war with the Genovese family specifically. And it just so happened, he was a cripple in the same prison as a Genovese associate hitman. Even if he didn't rat on Cosa Nostra, he was going to die in that prison for having been at war with them anyway.
If Michael intentionally and irreparably hurt an Italian mob family, and then got stuck in the same prison with them as a cripple, he'd be dead too. But he was never a massive target or priority because he was trying to not cause them any trouble or get in their way, and he was actively taking counter-measurers making it difficult for them anyway.
And let's keep in mind the fact that Cosa Nostra was starting to fall apart at that time. They were more concerned with surviving and dealing with problems at their own doorsteps. Michael 100% would've been dead long ago had they wanted it enough.
@@Nicholas-ze5vv No offense, but I’m not interested in reading a novel on YT. Just admit I’m right and call it a day, pal. 🤗
@@GMAV3RICK Then don't write ambiguous comments that could mean a number of things related to history. And I didn't realize I was responding to a challenged reader.
This is one of the ones
Bruce Cutler was the epitome of a Mob lawyer. "There is no mafia, John Gotti was not in the Mob, he's a godfather of he's nephews and nieces"
How dare he 🤷♂️😂🤷♂️
There is no mafia comment almost loses all his credibility.
@@Jrgoldenbearliterally
He was the best guy arooouuunnd
"He is a self employed businessman and a pillar of the community "
This when Mike first came home He was heavy in Hollywood Henry hill and Mike was kinda associated
😂😂😂😂😂 No they weren't
Colombo & Lucchese are two different families
@jaydentate6080 sure they were in them eye-tie special friends society of upstanding citizens and like minded civic individuals ya know?
@@bobcosmic Henry had affiliations with the Colombo and the gambinos I read his story
@@jaydentate6080 He spoke on in his book
The real barone sanitation
Nailed it lol
I bet you David chase got inspiration from this and named it from this.
@@benclaffey4804 there's every chance because apparently he did use certain things from real life because the real life jersey mobsters were caught on a government wiretap talking about how they notice things in the programme 😂
Best thing Franzese ever did (apart from renounce the Mob Life), was get rid of that beard/moustache combo. He almost looked like Borat in those days. He looks great now!
"Henry Hill. Mob Soldier." Bro wasn't even a Made guy. Bro was an Associate.
He was essentially on the level of a lot of soldiers. That he couldn't be made was more of a technicality. Look at Jimmy Burke, not made, but definitely well respected.
But to be fair, most everyday people had no clue how the mob worked back then.
@@D.D.-ud9zt As far as I understand, that's not how that worked. There was an explicit distinction between Cosa Nostra and associates, regardless. The mob had a lot of really big associates, but they were never part of the family. Anyone who wasn't in the mob were used by the mob. They were never a part of it, no matter how useful they were. He was useful, and they let him get close because of that. Letting an associate get that close is what burned them, which is way it took more than being a criminal itialian to get into the mob, and why Henry Hill was never "essentially a soldier." They trusted him more than they should've, but they still didn't trust him like a made guy.
Crazy to think cosa nostra was the most calm version of italian mafia, i cant imagine the stuff going down in italy
Well that would be exactly none of your business.
@americanrebellion5627 until they get outed like their kidnap base on the mountains
Well, they didn't have rules against killing police, women, and children, for starters.
10:48 he gave one of the best performances of all time in himself in goodfellas, truly felt like the real guy y'know, he looks just like him too, insane.
what is mind-boggling that Michael was in his 40s here. he looks so young!
He was in his 30s here
@ thanks for chiming in but he was born in 1951 and this video is from 1991 so he was 40. Even he said he was in his 20s in the 70s when he got made
@@anonymouss3009 the video said he was 39 this was probably before his birthday lol
“Did you kill anybody?”
“Yeah mate I killed a ton o people”🤦
Asking someone if they have killed anyone has to be one of the dumbest questions you could ask a person. If they have its not like they can admit it to a reported as he’s being video’d.
The Mafia wouldn't have been nearly as powerful without the help of government officials.
Sammy watching this thinking…see, I told you, Michael is a snitch!
So is Sammy. They all snitch lol
Sammy is a bigger snitch…They are all snitches.
Y’all act so bad if y’all was in that situation under specific circumstances, y’all would “snitch” or do what you would have to as well, Michael didn’t put anyone in jail. That’s why he’s still alive..
Michael is worried about his family and doing right. Sammy is a way bigger snitch btw.
@Mitchellnuno I agree. They aren't going away for a bunch of stupid shit and certainly not for someone calling them a snitch, stupid.
He cooperated with the government but it did not result in putting anybody else in the mob in prison. Well according to his book.
That's a lie
He ratted out dozens of his friends. Dozens.
Notice how none of the Dimeo people mentioned Kuklinski... interesting
8:42 Sonny was the underboss, not a captain.
He was the underboss much later in life (2000s), he was not Profaci's or Colombo's underboss
@@elmerofairoSonny Franzese was verifiably Joe Columbo's Underboss before he went to prison, and Columbo got whacked..
His position changed a lot over the years
Great content
Skinny Joey was right
There’s video of him testifying before the US Senate. Did people really need Merlino to verify he cooperated with the government 🤷♂️😂🤷♂️
Michael Franzese is still as smooth now and still making a living from his time in the mafia
Look at this gem!
Gotti’s lawyer: He’s the godfather to his friend’s children 🤣 24:01
12:43
Wife: "Miracles do happen. 🙏🏻😇"
Mike with the side eye: "You better don't say anything fuckin stupid right now.."
Why did he ever deny ratting? 😒
Cos that’s what rats do lol
Because telling people what they ALREADY KNOW is not "ratting".
10:10
They kinda look low-key similar… Tom Cruise and Michael Franzese
Joey Merlino right again. Michael talks very different today than he did in this interview. Things he says today contradicts certain things he’s saying in this interview.
Like what?
What things?
@@edward7835
I believe Michael has turned his life around though now, when asked if he "offed" anyone, his answer is no longer "no". Though he once said to his family he never did. Michael now doesn't answer that question directly but says basically, "listen, when I joined the family I had to do many things what I was asked to do. I am not proud." He once implied he doesn't answer these type of specific questions as there no statute of limitations.
@@suzanneconnell1264 he wants you all to think he's killed because all of you think it's cool. He probably never killed anybody, he was a massive cash cow for the mob. If you run a mafia it would be meaningless and stupid to send your cash cow on a hit, you send the guys you know can do the job. He might have ordered one, but as far as being the trigger man... I just don't see it. The dude is a natural scam artist, he knows the ambiguity of not answering that question is good for his RUclips persona and overall business.
After seeing him today, and now watching this.. I kinda have this overwhelming feeling he IS the boss, then and currently.
I just CAN NOT see how he "left the mob," as we know this happens by jail sentence or body bag.
I'm telling you right now.. something seems really REALLY off about Michael Franzese, back them same as today. He has always been Wayyy to confident that he wouldn't be hurt. That tells me all I need to know. Ya ya, I hear him. It is because of "Jesus."
His dad being who he was, the brains on Michael are well worth preserving, according to the mafia, NO WAY they are letting that brain ride out.. that brain is theirs! 😮
I believe the so called Gemini Twins (Senter and Testa) just got out of jail
Cockroaches 🪳 never die
They are opening their own funeral home business. Hey, always go with your best pitch.
Correct. The detective that arrested them is in disbelief. You can find it on you tube
just testa
Miracles do happen so do scams and cons and this is probably his best one ever 💯
48 hrs...blast from the past. Bruce cutler is so full of shit 😆
Good defence attorney though ! Lol
Love Bruce Cutler. Was a disgrace he wasn’t allowed to defend Gotti in the trial that took Gotti down. May not have changed the outcome, but the reasons for which he wasn’t allowed to lawyer are asinine
@vincedidiana5781 the justice system does whatever they want. It was just adorable that bruce acted like he didn't know. He prob a blast to go out with though!!
@AlexLee360 oh forreal.
@@vincedidiana5781There's a sound legal reasoning to that decision. Cutler crossed the line from 'mob lawyer' (a lawyer who represents a lot of gangsters) to 'house lawyer' (being actively associated with the criminal activities of a client). This is also why there's a 'crime/fraud' exception to attorney-client privilege, though I don't think that was ever used against Cutler
Didn’t know Maury made beards as well
😂😂😂😂😂
Barone Sanatation??? The sopranos
15:50
“Waste Management” you seen those trash trucks all over the place and have on good authority they are Mob owned. Also listen to Joe Rogan with Joey Diaz, he explains how they shake shit down now and it’s all legal.
Damn Michael looked so young!!! I watch his RUclips channel and the dude is great!! I bet he laughs when he watches this, seeing himself.
So uncle sam didnt collect on 14 mill and Michael is walking around dont take a genius to figure that one out
Italians sticking together to help each other gets labeled mafia
34 years later he is still alive and well
I follow Michael Franzese on RUclips.
And a Rat
That lawyer had a cameo in Goodfellas!
He was a prosecutor and not a lawyer .
@@FRED-sr4me ok sorry. 'the prosecuting attorney with the law degree' had a cameo in Goodfellas..
Damn some people are really born stupid, like a useless unwiped ass then their mouths open.
Boy, there will never be another Bruce Cutler! 🤣🤣
He absolutely killed
If frazese was never on the hook for murder, how much time was he facing when he ratted? Sometimes you can understand the guys facing life doing it, but he wasn’t facing that was he?
He got a 10 year sentence in 1986 and was released in 1989. He probably had 2-3 years left on his sentence.
Whoa, thats the FED from Goodfellas! WTF.
Michael is still here 30 plus years later doing interviews, God has really been with him all these years.
The truth is that if you not scared of those so called mob guys, they won't be able to harm you. It's the people that are scared of them are the ones who end up paying them street taxes and all but they don't talk about how many hit guys were killed while trying to kill someone.
40 plus years later dude
He went back to prison for another 3 years after this interview.
@@MattiasSvanberg1987 this interview was in 91 it's 24 that's 30 plus 🤦
@@MattiasSvanberg1987your old ass still can’t do simple math
Wait a minute is that cop the same one they used in the movie goodfellas? I think they used the actual investigator who locked up Henry and put him in witness protection
“He’s the God Father to his friend’s children!” PRICELESS!
5:20 That is not true at all...That's how people used to see it but it's not true that you have to delete someone....You do have to prove yourself loyal, but it doesn't always involve that one aspect and it's ridiculous to think otherwise....
Michael was a handsome young man... he's aging well.
He still looks fantastic. But he's gotta accept that he's gonna " age " overnight.
I never could stomach Bruce Cutler.
Well played Michael
I’m so proud of Michael for turning his life around. God, family, and country. ❤
hes a grifter lol
Dude his been consistent for decades give it a break lol@@deenman23
Money changes the game so the Colombo family didn't care because they saw that pay check
Things have worked out well for Mr Franzeese !
They still haven’t made the movie or series. Franzese still trying to cast Tom Cruise 😂
He's a great guy. Stop hating on people because they've doing better than you. God forbid you should celebrate another person turning his life around and finding success. God is on his side and so am I.
I never said he wasn’t a decent person. I read his book back in the day and stumbled across news articles and videos contradicting a lot of the story.
How am I a hater for asking questions about a successful ex-mafia member turned podcaster? The videos of Michael and Sammy The Bull testifying in a senate hearing are interesting to me! I’m a fan of boxing.
It’s disappointing to know that some of the legendary fighters threw fights for $. Had zero to do with Michael Franzese.
Michael working with the feds takes nothing away from what he did in life and after he flipped!
He didn’t put dozens of people in prison like other informants. As far as we know. You never see me putting “rat” in the Michael Franzese videos.
If someone asks me if he was an informant, I can’t lie to them. There are news articles, documents, videos dating back to the late 1980’s.
This is nothing new. I didn’t expect him to go on VladTV to deny what we all saw on video. That’s insulting the audience’s intelligence.
That poor lady living in DeMeo's dungeon! "The rent is cheap"!!!!
who knows maybe there's money in the walls or something
When youre dead youre dead 😂😂 its the way she said it
Did you kill anybody? - "No !" - Swallows. A true Christian.
The 90s were glorious times..its the last decade we had common sense. Thank god the country is waking up before we can't go back!
Wokeness
what are you talking about hahaaa weirdo
Yep!!
Crime was worse back then, just look at the stats
@@Flashyfinancieryou mean when eminem was being censored on the 90s