Original geschrieben von: Turnbull
One of the reasons that the "cannoli" line is in the film may be because the woman who played Clemenza's wife was Richard Castellano's real-life girlfriend. No doubt he pressured FFC and Puzo into giving her a line of dialog ("Don't forget the cannoli"), hence Clemenza telling Rocco to take the cannoli


The "Don't forget the cannoli" line was later added in the studio to make a reference to the famous line. You don't see Clemenza's wife saying it.