I live in a Senior Living Facility. The patents of gentleman who lived had immigranted from Sicily. I made the mistake of saying he was Italy. He immediately corrected me in quite a gruff voice saying, "I am Sicilian!" I asked what the difference is and got a 30minite lecture. Wow!
Nobody’s perfect but the fact that Bruce took the dive when everyone who’s ever been in his spot would’ve ratted, says a lot. He owned his mistake and saw no need to destroy other lives to save his own.
Love the video Mr. Franzese! I love that the comments are always so respectful and full of real men and women and not keyboard warriors! God Bless everyone! Stay up and stay safe!
Loved the interview. I could LISTEN to these stories forever. Everything Bruce was talking about I remember it all. Rocket, horses, Wayne, THEN prison. I'm buying Bruce's book. It sounds good. Thx Mr. Franzese. Again.
Mr. Franzese, I mentioned buying Bruce's book, I should have told you I bought and have read about a quarter of the book so far, and can't put it down. Great , great book. Everyone who doesn't have Mr. Franzese's book BLOOD covenant,,, get it. You won't be able to put it down......
Michael your life lesson and advice are helping so much. I lived a life of crime in Ireland for so many years and now I am a reformed man with a steady job and a beautiful family all by the grace of God. I want to thank you so much for your advice and messages on these videos
thanks guys! you could sit there for hours telling stories and I would probably just be sitting in the room with you loving every minute of it listening. amazing!
they definitely can't say Michael Franze is a rat. I like how you gracefully bowed out of that life and nobody went down because of you. that another reason you've been blessed
We all face difficult difficult times. As we struggle with the difficulties of life, our strength often drains to its lowest possible level. During these times of weakness we must look to God for strength. He is able to overcome even the most devastating problems. This was from my devotional have a blessed day CREW!!!
Mike u are killing it (no pun) on these sit downs and just discussing your life that so many of us are so fascinated with.but hearing it from a straight to the point gentleman like u is way better than any movie so I want to thank u for this and also I hope all is good with your daughter mike u have a lovely family and much love and respect to u sir god bless thanks again keep em coming amen 🙏
Great guest micheal . Loved listening to Bruce's success stories seems like a great guy and a good friend .good luck on your forthcoming interviews and with your channel.God bless :)
Mr.Franzese the best EX-Mafia Member ever lived. Thank you for everything Mr. Franzese, you are very well appreciated. Greetings from Germany. 190 likes against 0, YOU are the best. More from sitdowns. Everyone on the Internet wait for the sitdown with The Bull.
Mr. Franzese, I hope all went well with your daughter. I lite a candle for her at Church and said many prayers for you and your wife as I am sure you both are so worried for her.
I really hope you keep on pushing these "Sit Downs" out. This was very interesting and I want to hear more. Either more about McNall or a new guest. This was some top quality stuff. :)
God bless you Don Franzese as always, and you too Mr McNall. Today Amanda is in the hands of trained experts, God bless her, my prayers are with her, and Jesus said 'Each day has enough troubles of its own', Paul said 'Be anxious for nothing'. So all my love. Excellent interview sir.
Mr. Franzese, I have just watched a 2011 clip with your wife and I am amazed! Perfect match! I got to say you and your family owe so much to this woman and you should talk more about this! What about a Sit Down with her? God bless you!
Thank you for the second part of your discussion with Bruce. Fascinating and multifaceted gentleman. He would make an ideal professor of business. Cheers from Castellammare!
He is , but this Man really needs to lose weight. I don't know how old he is ( my guess is about 65 or so) but he won't live long at that weight. He must be at least 80 pounds overweight.
Bruce seems like a very down-to-earth, intelligent, A-Class stand-up guy. Just like the host. Wonderful things you getting into Michael. Our Lord had truly blessed you in a unique way. Keep up the outstanding work! Thank you. 🙏
Dear Mr. Franzese and Crew: I just wanted to express how grateful I am for the content you're providing here on RUclips. I only found out about your channel yesterday and I've been trying to catch up ever since. Thank you, sir.
I'm from Calgary, I remember that game as a child. Felt even colder on that winter evening after we loss🤣. Good interview Michael. Bless up on the channel. Prayers for daughter🙏🏿💐
just fantastic! I remember going to the Forum walking by Bruce's Box and giving him the thumbs up! Always a really kewl guy with a smile! Great SIT DOWN thanks again Michael best wishes to U & you're Fam. :)
Proverbs 8:33 Hear INSTRUCTION, and be WISE, and, REFUSE IT NOT! In GRATITUDE, listening to the LESSONS LEARNED by others, every day I APPRECIATE your FOLLOW UP with your guests!
Glad your daughter is doing better Michael. Also, Bruce is such a nice and cool guy! Newbie from the interview with Larry Lawton and I’ve binged your videos the last 3-4 days!
You need to do a series of videos on the cartels, history, how hard you think the Cosa Nostra would have been bloodied by them if both existed at the same time at the height of their power etc
Great Sit-down... I always learn something new about myself from identifying with you and your guest today.... So my question today is how far are we viewers from a Sit-down with yourself and Sammy Gravano? Thanks again Mike for what you do and represent... Prayers to your family and daughter... God bless
Hello Mr Franzese, My name is Christian Alessi, I'm Sicilian, I'm 38, and a huge fan of yours. Ive been following you for the past couple of months ( I hope this message will reach you ). First and foremost I'd like to use this opportunity to wish all the best of good health to your daughter, as i recall in your previous video i watched, that she was supposed to undergo surgery It's the first time I've commented on your videos, but I wish i had done so on other occasions too. As a Sicilian, born and raised on that island, I know a lot about Mafia "as you can imagine ". It is part of our heritage, and it is part of our culture ( I don't mean in a crimal way but as attitudes : the good ones and the bad ones ). following Mr McNail's comment about the Sicilian Mafia being more ruthless than the American one, I would like to highlight the following: Cosa Nostra in sicily became as ruthless as it was, at the beginning of the 80's when the new Mafia overtook the old one. And It did it, by Killing and slaughtering everybody without any moral rule, and this was the beginning of the end of a society, that until then, had kept and preserved some glamorous side in it, of which we almost feel proud. Before the 80's only a few law enforcement officials had been killed in Sicily by the mafia, and the most remarkable cases are : Jo petrosino ( I guess at the beginning of the past century ), who was an American special agent sent to Sicily to investigate the Mafia "back then known as the black hand". The most notorious, the Ciaculli law enforcement slaughter in 1963. To note that The Boss who ordered this killing, was whacked in the same year, during the first big mafia war in Palermo, probably for that reason, which was not approved by the commission. As far as i can tell, maybe in America, you didn't have a mafia wing that oversee things like that, and you were able to keep things the way they were forged, until it's collapse. Because frankly speaking, the present so called mafia, is not as powerful as it was, and it will never be again as it was. The reason why ? you mentioned them in many of your videos. If you were a mafioso in the old times in Sicily you were seen like something cool, now if you're one, you're seen as a scumbag. Mr Franzese..you reflect all of good there could have been in it, people like you are no more. I admire and support your decision to walk away from that life. You deserve better than that. I'm happy that the fate rewarded you in the best possible way. I feel you deserve it all. Take care my friend
I would love to hear Bruce’s own podcast about his life! Now that would be awesome 👏. Imagine the stories! ❤️ your channel Michael! I really enjoyed this sit down but wanted more! 😁
I watched every video on youtube involved with you. It doesnt matter if its youre account,valuetainment or other youtuber, i saw it all some of them twice for instance the oxdord university one.
I love the Bruce sit downs, you could really do 3 or 4 parts, the Gretzky and Ismail deals was in my childhood is like it was yesterday. Great interviews looking forward to the Strawberry interview. Love the channel and keep it up
Thank you Bruce for sharing a story of your life. Love you and hope you top it off your life by getting to know Christ if you don’t know him already. But thank you!
Bruce McNall what a stand up guy,,took all the weight of the charges if everyone else could walk with no time...im happy he's got his life and family back and wish him all the best.
Was a great discussion to listen to. Have wondered how big is that regionalism within the Mafia. Some families seem big into the Sicilian part while others seem like they're influenced by other Italian regions
This guy, Bruce McNall is so down-to-earth. Such a nice conversation between Mr. McNall and Mr. Franzese. Thank you for this.
You can tell that Mike respects him. From what i can tell Bruce is the square version of Mike. Real recognize real.
I live in a Senior Living Facility. The patents of gentleman who lived had immigranted from Sicily. I made the mistake of saying he was Italy. He immediately corrected me in quite a gruff voice saying, "I am Sicilian!" I asked what the difference is and got a 30minite lecture. Wow!
Thank you for the explanation. I learn something new everyday.
@DagoPrince90 Is Sardinia considered part of Italy or are they different because it's an island?
Green Grove?
Better 30 minute lecture than a knife to the ribs.
@@rugger104 good one.
Im from Quebec and its great to ear the stories about Luc Robitaille!
I can listen to Mr Franzese talk all day long and never get tired. he is an amazing speaker and very humble in my opinion.
BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO RUclips. MICHAEL FRANZESE, CONGRATULATIONS MY FRIEND
I was waiting for part 2.Thanks. Hope everything is ok with your daughter.
I love Alpha Dog, an underrated gem
The moment I was looking forward to!
Nobody’s perfect but the fact that Bruce took the dive when everyone who’s ever been in his spot would’ve ratted, says a lot. He owned his mistake and saw no need to destroy other lives to save his own.
Love the video Mr. Franzese! I love that the comments are always so respectful and full of real men and women and not keyboard warriors! God Bless everyone! Stay up and stay safe!
Loved the interview. I could LISTEN to these stories forever. Everything Bruce was talking about I remember it all. Rocket, horses, Wayne, THEN prison. I'm buying Bruce's book. It sounds good. Thx Mr. Franzese. Again.
Mr. Franzese, I mentioned buying Bruce's book, I should have told you I bought and have read about a quarter of the book so far, and can't put it down. Great , great book. Everyone who doesn't have Mr. Franzese's book BLOOD covenant,,, get it. You won't be able to put it down......
Michael your life lesson and advice are helping so much. I lived a life of crime in Ireland for so many years and now I am a reformed man with a steady job and a beautiful family all by the grace of God. I want to thank you so much for your advice and messages on these videos
Such a blessing. Thank you for everything you have given us Mr. Franzese.
Almost a quarter million subscribers. Good for you Mr. Franzese. I admire that you did it your way.
thanks guys! you could sit there for hours telling stories and I would probably just be sitting in the room with you loving every minute of it listening. amazing!
Nothing but RESPECT for Mr.McNall, in ensuring the rest of his crew 'walked'. Thank you Michael for this sit down ;)
I really enjoy these interviews/sit downs and I really like how Micheal lets his guest speak and get their point across.
This Gold. Thank you for posting these valuable life lessons and stories.
Bruce seems like a really good dude, thanks for posting this Michael.
Great conversation, Bruce seems like such a good guy. Down to earth.
they definitely can't say Michael Franze is a rat. I like how you gracefully bowed out of that life and nobody went down because of you. that another reason you've been blessed
Outstanding interview, two really stand up guys. Michael my daughter and I wish the best for your daughter's recovery.
We all face difficult difficult times. As we struggle with the difficulties of life, our strength often drains to its lowest possible level. During these times of weakness we must look to God for strength. He is able to overcome even the most devastating problems. This was from my devotional have a blessed day CREW!!!
Mike u are killing it (no pun) on these sit downs and just discussing your life that so many of us are so fascinated with.but hearing it from a straight to the point gentleman like u is way better than any movie so I want to thank u for this and also I hope all is good with your daughter mike u have a lovely family and much love and respect to u sir god bless thanks again keep em coming amen 🙏
Two fantastic natural story tellers. :) love these stories. As always awesome content, great on so many levels .
Great guest micheal . Loved listening to Bruce's success stories seems like a great guy and a good friend .good luck on your forthcoming interviews and with your channel.God bless :)
Mr.Franzese the best EX-Mafia Member ever lived. Thank you for everything Mr. Franzese, you are very well appreciated. Greetings from Germany.
190 likes against 0, YOU are the best. More from sitdowns. Everyone on the Internet wait for the sitdown with The Bull.
Yeah youre right. He is so intelligent,charismatic and just a great guy.
The best and most autenthic RUclipsr on RUclips!
@Kate Mcbride I wonder if he gave himself a thumbs up too?
Shalom Michael. Ive been praying for Amanda your daughter. I hope everything went well with her surgery. I will keep praying 🙏
Shalom ❤️ 😇
Great show Mike good man in this one the both of ya ! Blessings to you Bobby a friend in TN
Mr. Franzese, I hope all went well with your daughter. I lite a candle for her at Church and said many prayers for you and your wife as I am sure you both are so worried for her.
I liked Bruce back in the 80s and 90s, what a nice guy! He dared to think outside the box!
Excellent sit down, what a great guy Bruce is.
rare talent to be so good at interviews! Also it's so nice to see how friendly you both are, and that's something that is not easy to fake.
From South Philly I respect the way u changed your life when u see it is about money ppl are heartbroken from where I am.....
I really hope you keep on pushing these "Sit Downs" out. This was very interesting and I want to hear more. Either more about McNall or a new guest. This was some top quality stuff. :)
God bless you Don Franzese as always, and you too Mr McNall. Today Amanda is in the hands of trained experts, God bless her, my prayers are with her, and Jesus said 'Each day has enough troubles of its own', Paul said 'Be anxious for nothing'. So all my love. Excellent interview sir.
...just when I thought I was out, he pulled me back in!
Fantastic sit down! I always knew Bruce as the Kings owner. Never knew about all the other history. Very interesting and likeable guy.
1st class talk, Bruce impresses and Michael always the same great guy !! All the Best !!
What a life this guy had! Truly amazing!
Mr. Franzese, I have just watched a 2011 clip with your wife and I am amazed! Perfect match! I got to say you and your family owe so much to this woman and you should talk more about this! What about a Sit Down with her? God bless you!
Wow! What a great "sit down"! Michael you are the MAN!
Part 2 Sit Down, loved it Michael, Bruce McNall delivers the goods about Canadian Hockey!
Both fascinating gentlemen. I could listen for hours. Thank you, Michael!
Thank you for the second part of your discussion with Bruce. Fascinating and multifaceted gentleman. He would make an ideal professor of business. Cheers from Castellammare!
"Stand-Up guy Bruce McNall: I'm glad he's your friend Mike. 'Salute!"
He’s a cool ass dude for sure. But I doubt he does much “standing up” lmao. Sorry jk
I see he's eating well.
@seems like a top drawer person like Mr. Mike
He is , but this Man really needs to lose weight. I don't know how old he is ( my guess is about 65 or so) but he won't live long at that weight. He must be at least 80 pounds overweight.
@@QuantumEffectResidue Yeh. It's gonna get worst the older he gets. I wish him the all the best.
Great interview. I’m glad to see there are still good people in the world. God bless
Hi Michael hope all is well. Really enjoyed listening to this conversation as well as the interesting back stories. Have a great day and God Bless.
i could listen to this all day. your the man!
Finally!!! I’ve been waiting for so loooooong
Very enjoyable, it was well worth the wait for part 2 of the sitdown with Bruce.
Bruce seems like a very down-to-earth, intelligent, A-Class stand-up guy. Just like the host. Wonderful things you getting into Michael. Our Lord had truly blessed you in a unique way. Keep up the outstanding work! Thank you. 🙏
Great interview, Michael. Thank you for doing this. Best of everything to your daughter.
Dear Mr. Franzese and Crew: I just wanted to express how grateful I am for the content you're providing here on RUclips. I only found out about your channel yesterday and I've been trying to catch up ever since. Thank you, sir.
Loved the Sit Down with Bruce McNall...both parts!
Looked forward to the 2nd sit down. Still have family in Sicily...love visiting.
I'm from Calgary, I remember that game as a child. Felt even colder on that winter evening after we loss🤣.
Good interview Michael. Bless up on the channel. Prayers for daughter🙏🏿💐
Brilliant interview. Interesting guy and can wait to see who you've got on next
Gosh I love these sit-downs, truly amazing stuff, keep up the good work Mr. Franzese!
I was looking forward to this thank you
Mike "Dont worry about it, then I'd end up in jail the next day." Haha love these story(Sit Down) can't wait for more.
"Gangsters don't die, we get chubby and move to Miami"
“Fuck it, the weather's nice and the price is much cheaper” 🔥
@Jason B thanks but try not to be as passive aggressive next time. 👍🏼
we dont die capisc jarran tyler ha ha ciao u picciottu
Chumby....how bout DAMN!
@@torreycollier2927 1111q
just fantastic! I remember going to the Forum walking by Bruce's Box and giving him the thumbs up! Always a really kewl guy with a smile! Great SIT DOWN thanks again Michael best wishes to U & you're Fam. :)
Sincere best recovery wishes for your daughter Mr Franzese.
Great second episode Michael! You and Bruce have some great chemistry together! Thanks again for the great content! And god bless Amanda! 🙏🙏❤️🙏🙏❤️
Proverbs 8:33 Hear INSTRUCTION, and be WISE, and, REFUSE IT NOT! In GRATITUDE, listening to the LESSONS LEARNED by others, every day I APPRECIATE your FOLLOW UP with your guests!
Boom been looking forward to part 2.
Any update on the Sammy The Bull 'Sit Down' @michael?
I could listen to Michael talk for hours and what an interesting person Bruce mcnall is
Glad your daughter is doing better Michael. Also, Bruce is such a nice and cool guy! Newbie from the interview with Larry Lawton and I’ve binged your videos the last 3-4 days!
You need to do a series of videos on the cartels, history, how hard you think the Cosa Nostra would have been bloodied by them if both existed at the same time at the height of their power etc
I like these sit downs much better then an interview great talk!
Great Sit-down... I always learn something new about myself from identifying with you and your guest today.... So my question today is how far are we viewers from a Sit-down with yourself and Sammy Gravano? Thanks again Mike for what you do and represent... Prayers to your family and daughter... God bless
Great sit down, looking forward to many more.
Patrick Bet-David who? I think Mr Franzese got something here! A Sit down with Mr Gravano will break records!
Why piss on PBD? You can learn from the both of them.
You just got mentioned on drive thru with Jim Cornette. You are everywhere, sir.
Great show! Keep up the good work Michael.
Lesson: greed is not good. He had everything, and it wasn't enough.
Thoroughly enjoyed your 'sit down,' with Bruce!
Hello Mr Franzese, My name is Christian Alessi, I'm Sicilian, I'm 38, and a huge fan of yours.
Ive been following you for the past couple of months ( I hope this message will reach you ).
First and foremost I'd like to use this opportunity to wish all the best of good health to your daughter, as i recall in your previous video i watched, that she was supposed to undergo surgery
It's the first time I've commented on your videos, but I wish i had done so on other occasions too.
As a Sicilian, born and raised on that island, I know a lot about Mafia "as you can imagine ". It is part of our heritage, and it is part of our culture ( I don't mean in a crimal way but as attitudes : the good ones and the bad ones ).
following Mr McNail's comment about the Sicilian Mafia being more ruthless than the American one, I would like to highlight the following:
Cosa Nostra in sicily became as ruthless as it was, at the beginning of the 80's when the new Mafia overtook the old one. And It did it, by Killing and slaughtering everybody without any moral rule, and this was the beginning of the end of a society, that until then, had kept and preserved some glamorous side in it, of which we almost feel proud.
Before the 80's only a few law enforcement officials had been killed in Sicily by the mafia, and the most remarkable cases are :
Jo petrosino ( I guess at the beginning of the past century ), who was an American special agent sent to Sicily to investigate the Mafia "back then known as the black hand".
The most notorious, the Ciaculli law enforcement slaughter in 1963.
To note that The Boss who ordered this killing, was whacked in the same year, during the first big mafia war in Palermo, probably for that reason, which was not approved by the commission.
As far as i can tell, maybe in America, you didn't have a mafia wing that oversee things like that, and you were able to keep things the way they were forged, until it's collapse.
Because frankly speaking, the present so called mafia, is not as powerful as it was, and it will never be again as it was. The reason why ? you mentioned them in many of your videos.
If you were a mafioso in the old times in Sicily you were seen like something cool, now if you're one, you're seen as a scumbag.
Mr Franzese..you reflect all of good there could have been in it, people like you are no more.
I admire and support your decision to walk away from that life. You deserve better than that. I'm happy that the fate rewarded you in the best possible way. I feel you deserve it all.
Take care my friend
My prayers go to your daughter 🙏
wish you and your country some safety!
If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless. (
Been waiting for this... Love all your content!
Good interview, many blessings 🙏 to you Michael and your family. As well to Bruce and his family.
Great interview. Have Bruce back for more.
I would love to hear Bruce’s own podcast about his life! Now that would be awesome 👏. Imagine the stories! ❤️ your channel Michael! I really enjoyed this sit down but wanted more! 😁
Great interview grew up with McNall and the whole hockey things great interview.
I watched every video on youtube involved with you. It doesnt matter if its youre account,valuetainment or other youtuber, i saw it all some of them twice for instance the oxdord university one.
I love the Bruce sit downs, you could really do 3 or 4 parts, the Gretzky and Ismail deals was in my childhood is like it was yesterday. Great interviews looking forward to the Strawberry interview. Love the channel and keep it up
I hope for a transformation, and to become as well spoken, and a distinguished gentleman, just as Michael! Love your Channel! 🙏🔥💪🏼
The rocket ismail story was the coolest... I really did wonder why he played in Canada and not in the NFL... awesome!!!!
Thank you Bruce for sharing a story of your life. Love you and hope you top it off your life by getting to know Christ if you don’t know him already. But thank you!
Bruce McNall what a stand up guy,,took all the weight of the charges if everyone else could walk with no time...im happy he's got his life and family back and wish him all the best.
Stand up guy, taking the brunt for his associates. Fascinating content Michael. Thanks.
Great series, I hope all is going well with your family, especially your daughter.
The best and most autenthic RUclipsr on RUclips!
It was great listening to you guys reminiscing.
I have a friend who used to be a dancer, he was an extra in Heaven's Gate. Loved Year of The Dragon.
Great video. I can listen to you guys for hours!
Mr. Bruce McNally Extremely Good Person! Amazingly Great Gentleman! A Kind Gods Soul!!
Was a great discussion to listen to.
Have wondered how big is that regionalism within the Mafia. Some families seem big into the Sicilian part while others seem like they're influenced by other Italian regions