I heard it was a gambino capo he was with. Can’t remember the name.

I asked this question a while back cant find the damn thread... but i think ur thinking of Bobby Cabert he was gambino skipper that Pesci was hangin w and hes the actual gangster who said that scene that won him an Oscar in Goodfellas the “Funny How” scene at the Bamboo.. i read Pesci either told Scorsese the story and he told him to use it or he improved it and Marty was blown the fuck away...

Altho the capo i think Pesci was with was Joe Dente of the Genovese? Altho in that Jersey Boys movie it was Gyp DeCarlo...PB would know im pry dicking this up, but i know for Bobby Cabert the Gambino skipper is who he got that scene from bc he was a fuckin lunatic

Joe Dente.

That was the name. Without a doubt. Thank you Mikey. I don't remember the specifics just remember reading some piece alleging that Pesci was pretty much "with" him, whatever that means. The article was about how actors from mob neighborhoods used to have sponsors in the mob who helped them get work. Supposedly Burt Young had one, too.

Interesting mikey, oak.

So it was safe to say that joe Pesci was fully connected!!