Hi, runf. When I read your post, of course I had to put the tape into my VCR and check that scene . It also sounded to me like Clemenza was indeed saying what you thought. He really mumbles and it's easy to miss, so I'm guessing that you have sharp ears or very good speakers on your TV .

You now have me so curious that I checked the Godfather script that's provided online courtesy of this site's web master. Alas, what Clemenza says is not there. I hope the experts can post here and help us out. In mob parlance, I've heard of "wacking" people, "bumping them off," "rubbing them out," making them "sleep with the fishes" and "wear cement shoes," but I've never heard of "giving a guy the Exlax." Was Exlax even around in 1946?

P.S. Interestingly (to me, anyway ), when I rewatched that scene on my VCR, I picked up a bit of "sound trivia": In addition to the main dialogue (which is between Sonny and Tom), there is also a softer conversation between Clemenza and Tessio. While Tom says, "If we lose the old man, we lose our political contacts..." Clemenza's line from the beginning of the scene ("...it's a lot of bad blood. Sollozzo, Philip Tattaglia, Bruno Tattaglia; Garbone...") is repeated verbatim in the background. This is just like the re-using of an identical shot of Michael walking down the hallway during the hospital scene, only this time the "recycyling" was aural instead of visual.