Mooney DashCam: The "Goodfellas" diner where Jimmy Conway finds out Tommy DeVito was murdered

 

[VIDEO] Mooney DashCam is another YouTube channel that has become something of a guilty pleasure as of late. He has a knack for visiting various sites around New York, New York where infamous events took place. In this case he's visiting a film setting a now closed diner in Queens.

This diner was seen in two parts of the movie, one part is referenced in the title. Jimmy Conway and film protagonist Henry Hill are waiting at the diner, Conway goes out to the phone booth and finds out that their hotheaded associate Tommy DeVito was in fact murdered (or "whacked" in mob parlance). Conway and Hill expected DeVito to be a made man in the mob and because of his role in the murder of another made man he paid for that with his life.

I don't want to get too much into it, just go watch Goodfellas. If you like gangster movies or crime drama it's worth it.

Another scene that took place in the diner was when Hill had been arrested by police and seeking support from his former mob associates. He meets with Burke there again and Hill gets a paranoid feeling from Burke. He realizes that the moment that you're killed in that life usually it's the ones you trust the most who'll do you in. So with this scene Burke wants Hill to go on some run into Florida, Hill realizes there is a good chance we might not come back from Florida alive. This leads to him flipping on his former associates.

It's too bad this diner is no longer in business, they could play off on the reference to Goodfellas. And Mooney DashCam looks inside the place and sees it's largely the same from how it looked in the movie. It's almost as if it just closed yesterday.

In 2018 the diner was reportedly destroyed due to a fire. As you see here it remains standing just not open for business.

#TheOffer

[VIDEO] Earlier today former mobster Michael Franzese reviews the Paramount Plus mini-series The Offer. Franzese describes a dual storyline regarding NYC mob boss Joe Colombo and the Italian Civil Rights League and the making of the classic film The Godfather.

I've seen the first four episodes of this ten episode series and it has me riveted. There is some drama and there is some comedy. The stories are compelling even if some dramatic license was used.

For example reading up, it's unlikely that Al Ruddy - this series is based on his story about the making of The Godfather - and Paramount Pictures CEO Robert Evans had a falling out because Ruddy went around Evans. Though it makes for a dramatic story a producers dealings with studio executives and their corporate overlords.

Other drama included some of Ruddy's personal life, the casting of the main characters for the movie from Vito Corleone to Michael Corleone. Of course using the house used for the wedding at the beginning of the movie, in this series' universe Joe Colombo intimidated - the guy lost control of his bladder he was so scared - a homeowner after he backed out of allowing his home to be used in the movie.

As far as the Italian Civil Rights League they were against the film believing that it depicted Italian Americans in a horrible light. Instead the Colombo led organization had a change of heart and no longer opposed the film however Ruddy and crew still had to contend with NYC politicians who still didn't want this film made.

I would recommend watching this series and especially if you're a fan of one of the greatest movies ever made. And I just saw the movie for the first time, usually I just have difficulty watching this movie. It moves a bit too slow, however, the film works for the most part. And consider the real life behind the scenes moves to get this major motion picture produced.