I was thinking the same thing as Turnbull and DC.
In Goodfellas, he seemed nothing more than a local one city-mobster, like Sonny in A Bronx Tale.

But in reality, he almost became boss of one of the Five families. Impressive.

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See, we can act as smart as we want, but at the end of the day, we still follow a guy who fucks himself with kebab skewers.