What You Didn’t Know from Watching Goodfellas 

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“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to know this”

RIP Liotta; and thanks for making this movie a work of art

In the 80's, Henry used to go on the Howard Stern show a lot, usually drunk, and I was always amazed that no one whacked him for it.

For anyone who cares Henry Hill’s children wrote a book called on the run and it’s very very good. They talk about things that were happening during the events of Goodfellas and for years after the events of Goodfellas. Highly recommend.

Hill didn't receive military honors at his funeral because of criminal record. Veteran services are almost always revoked if the veteran is convicted of a felony.

Ray Liotta finally made it into The Sopranos universe. He did great in The Many Saints of Newark

I'm ex military so when i read wiseguys my interest peaked about him being in the military. I asked some of the CSs in the navy what would happen if they took the left over food and tried to sell it to restaurants for half price. They laughed and said they'd be doing a lot better financially.

Henry Hill went out as a Wack Packer on the Howard Stern show

I knew Tommy DeSimone from the neighborhood. I wasn't his friend, but we did spend time at a bar for drinks and laughs. I never suspected he was a monster or seen him act like a bully. I worked with Burke's son too. The word on the street after all these years is, Hill was not a killer. He was a 'hang around' and inconsequential to the gang. Like myself, a nobody.

Paulie had this wonderful system. He used a razor blade. He cut the things Goodfellas didn't tell us so thin, they liquified in a little olive oil.

One of the amazing things is the scene where Hank bashes that guy's head in! Ray Liottas mom died shortly before that scene was filmed and he brilliantly used that as fuel for the scene! The result is one of the greatest outbursts of anger ever caught on camera when he walks up and beats the holy hell out of that poor sod lol!

As someone who knew Tommy Desimones sister, according to her the reason why Tommy was such a lose cannon was due to the fact he had a brother and an uncle in the mob who were killed because they were suspected informers. To prove to others he wasn’t like them Tommy would go overboard with violence to show others he was not like them. Once he established that persona it was hard to turn it off. Even his own family was afraid of him.

2 corrections 1 henry got kicked out of the army 2nd the FBI does not operate the " witness protection program" US Marshall office operate it

One of my favorite scenes when Karen drives to Henry and calls him out in front of his friends. Just love that scene

Any chance of doing a video made up purely of people doing impressions of de Niro stamping on Billy Batts' head?

The military gun salute is still a thing. My father got one in 2021. You just have to ask for it and a local veterans' association will do it in full uniform and all honors. It just has to be requested for a registered veteran.

great video, but there is one error i need to correct. Points shaving on college basketball was the idea of Carmine Lepertazzi Sr. The year was 1951, Kentucky versus CCNY, no one beat the spread. Its all well documented in the true crime documentary, The Soprano's. i highly recommend it

I really wanted one of those yellow sweaters that fell off the truck everyone was wearing...

I look forward d to when/if you start making videos on The Departed 😊😊😊

Given the disparity in appearance of Tommy DiSimone and Henry Hill , if you switch the casting of Joe and Ray , you get an entirely different , and more accurate depiction of what these non fictional characters were really like . Nothing against Mr DeNiro , but Jimmy Burke was more Frenchie size then Conway size . Just saying .

RIP Ray Liotta. Gone but not forgotten. He made that movie for me. I love Bobby deNiro and Joe Pesci but Ray stole the show in my opinion. Really great voice for the "storyteller" voiceovers and his look was perfect for that era of mobster.

I had no idea he passed, RIP Ray Liotta.

Thanks for these

Henry Was Plugged Beyond Belief 😮 That’s The Life

Ray Liotta is amazing in this and other things. Somehow, an underrated actor

"The papers...the papers"

"I'm An Average Nobody. I Get To Live The Rest Of My Life Like A Schnook."

Does anyone know the fight and or fighters in pic 1:34. Yes it’s a pic, movies are still frame shots

The only mentioning of the points shaving was by Morrie seconds before his exit.

When Karen throws his keys out the window lol “not without your keys you’re not” great acting! You end up hating Karen she does so well!! Her contribution on The Sopranos is legendary too! Great actress!!

They also don't tell you that Paulie and Karen were having an affair as well

Would really appreciate your take on Blood In Blood Out

7:28 the most important thing you said was his height. It’s an egregious cast choice and I really can’t be convinced otherwise. Joe’s portrayed WAS aggressive but it’s bc we have no benchmark. It feels like little man’s syndrome. That’s not the depiction in historical literature of the mobster. He was imposing bc of his enormous 76 inch frame. The fact that he had a weapon was irrelevant at that point. And that’s kind of the idea. Joe doesn’t seem intimidating AT ALL without a weapon. He’s just a loose cannon. He also ruins the times ppl actually choose to stand up to him. Billy Batts chirping him is an entirely different story. In the movie it feels like he’s jawing a small kid still. But you have to remember… Tommy is an absolute unit at this point. He was small when billy saw him before having spent 15 years in jail. This matters. Billy was a made man. But one could think that he’s talking shit bc Tommy is small regardless of his status. The reference of spit shine plays into this. That’s a flaw of the movie. Now imagine a violent and murderous mobster who is a full on loose cannon with the body frame of Jon Jones.this portrays effectively how off limits made guys are. Bc Tommy could end billy NO problem with his bare hands for FAR less. You get the sense billy was kinda asking for it bc it doesn’t come across how unbelievably brazen this is. In fact when you break it down, most of the movie dynamics shift when you account for the danger and fear of a more imposing portrayal of Tommy. I never ever got the sense ppl were afraid of Tommy in the movie including hill. And I think it’s one of the few mistakes Martin makes. We’ll never know how well Joe compensated but it’s good reason why it wasn’t broadcasted in any physical way really that Joe was much smaller than the rest of the actors. Also while I’m sure tommy did mrder others, there’s no records of them officially. To be honest, I never bought the spider story reading Wiseguys for all the above reasons. That scene never felt compelling bc it was again little man’s syndrome. Spider looks bigger than tommy haha without the weapon , you had the feeling the kid might actually have a change. In real life, Tommy would have removed his head clean off his body in one punch haha There’s NO way he would tell him any variation of go fck yourself. He’s asking for the beating off a lifetime. Whereas the movie makes Tommy look like a wild card hair trigger but his real danger was himself not so much the gun.

I didn't see a mention about the late Paul Sorvino who passed in July 2022. May he and Ray Liotta RIP

It's not until I read Greg and Gina Hills's biography that Henry Hill wasn't a hero, as Henry's book and the film made Him out to be, he was a complete bastard.

ugh, this isn't TikTok... no part 2s! lol .... love these videos though!

The movie is an adaptation of Nick Pileggi's true-crime "Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family", and Henry Hill is the centerpiece of the book. Naturally Hill could not ever admit to participating in a murder, so in the movie he is portrayed as a peacemaker of sorts, or at least the guy trying to talk other guys out of committing murder. Reading the book gives you a non-whitewashed look at who Hill was (he does not, of course, even in the book's quotes from him, admit to murder).

It was the egg noodles and ketchup that did him in...

so i felt the need to make this comment in short i found ya channel by random and i must say as a mob movie fan im really loving ya vids yea bro you won a sub here

Military gun salute is still a thing

Ed Macdonald went to Boston university as a undergrad and played on the team for a bit. Ed went crazy after hearing that. And went on a mission to put them all in jail.

Henry's prosecutor was a Boston college alumni...why it got so much attention.

You got a great voice.

Listen to old Howard Stern shows if you want to know the real Henry. You'll question everything he's ever said after that.

My big brother was born on the same day as the luftansia heist.11 of December 1978 Scotland.

5:36 He was only in the military a short period until he was kicked out.

Does anyone know where Henry lived in Omaha during witness protection? Thanks.

You are a funny guy, Movies consigliere

Why wasn’t Ray casted in the Irishman!?

The real Henry Hill wasn't a hotshot or anywhere near the top. lol

I don't know what would make you think full military honors aren't a thing anymore but they definitely are.

3:56 "all of the sudden" haha

According to former mob capo, Frank Franzese, Henry was never a big player like the movie made him out to be. He was a relatively small fry, but decent earner with a drug and alcohol problem. That's probably why he never got killed.

Every time hill was relocated, any tickets on his record were erased and he'd start racking them up all over again.

“Dimunitive” Lol

I think the "Mad Men" were probably even worse than the "Made Men" back then. "Thank you for smoking" was a Good Movie.

Tommy was crazy but likable

More sparkle👏

An associate can have A LOT of power. Overall, they can become more powerful than a made man or more important.

21 gun salutes are still done for military members lol

That the coke was real... it was real in Copland as well... love ya ray

RIP Ray and Paul 🙏🙏

Goodfellas one of the greatest mafia movies ever!!

The 21 gun salute at a military funeral is still a thing. Your research in something so simple and public casts doubt on the credibility of your whole video

Thanks

Around 4;50 it's claimed Henry was "Hot Shit" in the Mob..HE WAS N'T . Henry was not a well respected mobster or huge earner. Becoming hooked on drugs was a perfect example of that.

Actors aside, I'm the world's ONLY real-life link between The Sopranos and Goodfellas. I was the double for James Gandolfini on The Sopranos and the shoe shine boy at Maury's Wig Shop at the time of the infamous "Now Go Home And Get Your Fuckin Shine Box" bar scene. Henry's real girlfriend's name was Linda. She was a heck of a lot prettier than Gina who played her and was the Saturday receptionist at Maury's. Things you didn't know? I've got lots of 'em!

R.I.L to all those that no longer here 💞🦾🦾

I'm full of grit and charm... Street smarts is where I'm lacking

Heb jij wel eens dat je, na dat je lekker hebt zitten poepen, dat je terwijl je je billetjes aan het afvegen bent dat je dan per ongeluk met je vinger door het WC-papier drukt en dat er dan een klein beetje (of misschien wel een beetje veel) bruine smerige en ietwat onfris geurende bruine smurrie op je vinger zit? En als dat zo is, wat doe je dan? Ruik je er alleen even aan? Of lik (of knabbel) je het er direct van af? Of smeer je het op een katoenen zakdoek, zodat je er op een later moment nog even lekker aan kan snuffelen? Het voordeel van het op een zakdoek smeren is dat je de bewuste zakdoek ook aan een bevriende hardloper uit Itrecht uit zou kunnen lenen. Dat is natuurlijk wel een bijzonder aantrekkelijke gedachte voor je, schat ik zo in.

Funny how

“Played by” “Played by” “Played by”why are you like this

Is it a common practice in the mafia to attack phone booths?

"all of the sudden"?

TRES Cool

He was a military?

All of a sudden**

Wrong. The point shaving scheme was Maurys idea. Didn't you read the book ?

I believe Sopranos took some ideas from goodfellas

My favorite movie about snitching lol

When I was younger I honestly didn’t notice that the actress who plays Karen Hill in Goodfellas, Lorraine Braco, is actually a very attractive woman.

Street smarts yes, bullying yes, charm definitely not

Mickey Featherstone and his wife went into the Witness Protection Program and it seems they became model suburbanites.

It was just a movie. Most movies don't capture what actually happened when based on actual events. That's why they are called entertainment, not documentaries. They are strictly to entertain. I'm sure Henry Hill loved Ray Liotta cast as him as Hill was not a good looking guy.

some kid is gonna watch this try n talk to sone gangsters about it n get robbed n the process

You consider Goodfellas to be relatable? The very reason I don't like Goodfellas, or most of Scorsese's films is because I cannot relate to the protagonists at all. They seem to be motivated by their own self gain to the point where they will exploit the vulerabilities of honest people without hesitation for profit. I can't relate to that, even if there were no crime involved.

Henry Hill used to call the Howard Stern show, drunk everytime he'd fall off the wagon, and kinda spill his guts...then "Paulie" would call in EVERYTIME and HARASS the 💩 out of him

Every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord. Bible prophecies are continuing to be fulfilled. Life and love are miracles from God each day.

Henry wasn't a thug, he was a thief.

These mob movies make me wish I was alive during those times haha you could get away with anything 😂

"Stunner" Lorraine Bracco??

Played by the late Ray Leyota? This is a 90s film, he wasn’t old when he played this role 😂 he died like 20/30 years later

"Played by stunner Lorraine Brocco?" Stunner? That's a stretch dude.

Great thing about this story is most people don’t know what really happened so Scorsese had the freedom to add and take out things for effect.‘I’ve heard Other monsters talk about Hill and explained he was much different the. He came across in the movie. In real life they said he was a pathetic character, had problems with drugs and alcohol and was nothing like Ray Liotta. Great cast but very miscast if you were trying to be it realistic. Liotta was much better looking then Hill but he was not as miscast as DeNiro and Peace. DeNiro was supposed to be a good deal older then both Hill and a Tommy but Pesce is around DeNiro age while Liotta is about 15 years younger.

5:51 it’s a thing It will be always be a thing

Street smarts and charm??

These people succeeding had nothing to do with street smarts or grit. Unless by grit you mean the willingness to carry out extreme violence on their own and outsiders alike. So other gangsters and regular civilians were subject to their violent tactics. Everything is secondary to the threat of force and that is how organized crime is successful.

As far as Henry in the military, I have a news flash for ALL of you... for a LONG, LONG time, the military was taking just about ANYBODY. Thieves, crooks, drunks, addicts, morons, wife and child beaters, you name it. There were a LOT of guys that didn't give a shit about anything but themselves. As far as Henry Hill goes, as time goes by, I am beginning to think that putting Ray Liotta in that role really was putting a silk hat on a pig. Not only was Henry Hill not loyal, he was totally caught up in number one. I honestly don't think he was that bright, either.

I find it weird that they didn't kill him Perhaps they came to some sort of agreement I mean they killed Tommy. Why wouldn't they kill a snitch