Ah, those Italians huh?...

They've given us pizza, mouth-watering Italian cuisine in general, Michelangelo, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Donatello, some of the world's best wines....Oh, and Western civilization. We have a lot to thank this Southern European nation for.

So here's one more little joke I found amusing that made me smile. Hopefully some of you will too.
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Do you know what Italians refer to as the 'rougher' and poor neighborhoods in the North and in Southern Italy and Sicily?


The Spaghetto

Ennio Morricone great film composer, some of those old cowboy scores he's done is what i would listen to he I had put in some work lol

Frank Capra. Francis Ford Coppola of course. Fellini, Scorsese. There's tons. And why, in only that, movies?

Touch on any major advancement made by mankind through the ages;; medicine, food, government, land development, the "arts," etc., etc., etc., Italy (and all Italians by proxy) share in that rich history.

I would think and hope that ALL peoples of the world would be proud of their heritage. I know that as an Italian, I'm fiercely proud and admittedly defensive for my tribe. As it should be, no?

Agreed. I’m also a proud Italian. Robert Davi is another great Italian character actor.

The venetians have got alot rich history, haven't had the privilege to visit it yet

Definitely. For crooners how bout Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Jerry Vale, Tony Bennett, Sergio Franchi, Perry Como, Jimmy Roselli, Vic Damone, Bobby Darin, etc., etc., the list is never ending. More great entertainers; the great Jimmy Durante, Frankie Avalon, Freddie Cannon, James Darren (real name Ercolani), Johnny Desmond (real name DeSimone), Dion DeMucci, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Connie Francis, Buddy Greco.....I'm fuckin getting tired here! LOL

Opera; how about Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, the famous Enrico Caruso, and Mario Lanza? To name just a handful

Comedians? LOL "Abbott & Costello"Jimmy Durante, Dean Martin & Lewis

A very rich and storied history indeed.

Bobby Darin that's a name, passed away far too young

. Tony Lo Bianco Is another that comes to mind from The French Connection, Seven Ups, and FIST

I have been to Venice as a child with my family, and also with my wife years later. It's a beautiful and magical "floating city on the water"

For that matter other "must sees" are Tuscany region, including of course Florence (Firenze), magical Lago di Como, the City of Rome of course, Genoa, etc. Its truly never ending in beauty and mystique.

For me, because of my heritage, all of the south also means so much to me. Napoli, Calabria, Sicily (especially Northwestern Sicily). Beauty in whichever direction you turn your head.

Beef or Pork Braciole, succulent meatballs, marinara or red meat sauce, al dente Linguine with fresh little neck clams on the half shell in garlic, veal scallopini francese, veal marsala wine sauce with giant sliced mushrooms, tender bistecca alla pizzaiola, Rigatoni Primavera style with fresh sautéed vegetables, stuffed clams oreganato, fried calamari con fra-diavolo on the side.........anybody hungry yet? I'm starving! LOL

"There are two types of people in the world; Italians, and those who wish they were Italian"

Well said TKJ. Bravissimo! LOL

You's greazeballs done with your circle jerk yet? Buncha Don Colognes.

Know what alicecooper had for breakfast?

Potatoes.

Know what alicecooper had for lunch? Potatoes. And God invented whiskey so we wouldn't take over the world!

And I didn't see Stallones name yet. Tisk risk. OK, carry on all you fine Italians. Go Columbus!

I can't remember which book but that reminds me of one of my favorite lines "If they ain't from Brooklyn they're farmers".

Yep. Robert Oswaldo Cassotto (if I remember correctly). I loved him. Grew up listening to him. He died tragically very young. 39 I think or so

Yeah, he had a good movie career also.

NY I was about to recommend quaaludes, or booze, or a trip to Sedona:-).

I'm throwing Bill Conti into the ring, what a legend.

I don't follow what you're saying? What do you mean?

I saw the post where you lost your shit.

That has been deleted.

I never saw FIST but I heard Stallone is redoing it. Maybe a series, I can't remember. Not sure where his Scarpa project is at.

You calling people of Italian ethnicity on this forum "Greaseballs" isn't very nice, now is it Alice Cooper?

So when I saw that blaring insult (I don't know if you meant it as an insult, but it was nonetheless). I quickly took exception to that (as I should, no?), and that is why I responded the way I did in turn.

But after thinking about it, I deleted it myself because two wrongs don't make a right. Correct?

Still, I don't know in what vain you made that ethnic slur, in jest or to actually be insulting, but as I said up top. It wasn't very nice.

It meant nothing and the second part was a mickey Featherstone reference.

Nevermind the self deprecating potato remarks I threw in about myself. Jeezus dude chill out.

Fair enough. I accept what you say as innocent BS. But you gotta understand that term to us Italians is a highly charged word. It's a VERY insulting word.

. Absolutely. Loved watching French Connection and the Seven Ups as a kid

Lol, yeah me too!

Also Al Lettieri who played Sollozzo on n The Godfather and the villain in The Getaway with McQueen

great actor too. Sollozzo he played to the hilt

Walden on The Sopranos was named after him. Don't get him started.

In-law to one of the Ebolis, right? Didn't he bring the GF actors to one of the Ebolis houses to teach them to talk the talk, right before things went bad for Tommy?

. He was a great actor. Died pretty young. I think the year GF2 came out

Aprilia, Ducati, Gilera, Piaggio, Alfa Romeo , Fiat, Lancia, Abarth, Ferrari, Pagani, Lamborghini, Maserati.

Let's us not overlook the service of brave Italian Americans like Marine John Basilone, the only recipient of both the Navy Cross and the Medal of Honor in the history of the US Navy and who gave the last full measure of duty to his country when he died at the battle of Iwo Jima.

Very true. There's. many other war heroes also. they ARE def to be remembered.

I'm sure you had as many war heroes in your family as you did Wiseguys. You're the gift that keeps on giving NYMafia and in your own words let me quote you again "I live in NYC. I know more guys than you got hair on your head and balls. I grew up with them. I got more wiseguys in my family than you can shake a stick at. And I'M TELLING YOU straight out, guys are getting buried with time today. I don't know if you've ever done even a single day in your entire life in the can, but I have. And I can tell ya straight up its no picnic."

You're the Real Deal Bro. A man's man. I don't know how YOU'RE not the Boss of one of the Five Families yet!

Remo Franceschini is another I respect too. Great well respected cop

He was considered jerk by the FBI, and he ruined a case by leaping up on a table in a social club being raided and yelling out things that were picked up on a listening device, including them calling Castellano "The Pope" That tipped them off that there was a listening device there. The case agents could not believe what a jerk he was.

On a better note for those of you who are Italian, former cop Frank Serpico will finally be honored. It was announced today by incoming Mayor Eric Adams. Serpico helped expose the rampant out of control NYPD back in the 1970's and was ostrasized and almost killed by his fellow cops for doing so.

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-yor...12-q5ft5wafwjbq3fauszvdxmkjcu-story.html

. Who the hell is Freak Serpico? There is a Frank Serpico but not “Freak” lol

Auto spell, I corrected it. Are you angry because your father was one of the men he exposed?

. Usually I never respond to you because it’s simply not worth it. I mean nobody respects you on here and thank you for proving why nobody does.

I have enough respect, if you or your degenerate friend louie don't, I could care less.

. FIST is pretty good. Basically a Jimmy Hoffa story. Yes the Scarpa film with Stallone I heard about a few years back