Boardwalk Empire - Jimmy At Meyer Lansky's Game

Jimmy visits Meyer Lanksy's card game to talk business.

[@REDACTED-1]

I love how Jimmy doesn’t even flinch when Bennie screams in his face. He just casually asks “The hell was that?”

[@anotherrealm6176]

he did bro.... he did flinched

[@mistermonologue2442]

@@anotherrealm6176 Barely. More like he looks down quickly to see if he's getting stabbed.

[@Frosty98206]

"He does funny thing's Sometimes"

[@dunbarf2413]

Jimmy has stared death in the face more than a few times during WW1 ...that kooky kid is nothing.

[@johnpatrick9610]

@@dunbarf2413 So very true.

[@avbferreira8986]

I love how Luciano talks yiddish to Meyer who repsonds in Italian

[@SJRD18]

I believe that was based on life and actually pretty common. I remember James Cagney had to speak Yiddish in a movie and coaches were hired. Turns out he didn't need them. He spoke Yiddish from growing up with Jewish friends in NYC. Irish, Italian, and Jewish kids grew up playing together in NYC and just picked up each other's languages.

[@SimplyLimbo]

Europeans do that all the time.

[@justinbaronofsky360]

I love the goofball song playing lmao....I'm the guy who eats butt hole at midnight....I'm.the guy who smells his finger yummy

[@SJRD18]

Jewish Meyer Lansky and Italian Lucky Luciano became friends when they were children - this is in real life. Irish James Cagney spoke Yiddish so well he shocked the Jewish studio heads.. Carney grew up speaking Yiddish with his Jewish friends in NYC. Sure, there was division. There also wasn't.

[@gmagic8188]

I have the background as lanskey

[@BirdGang6]

I thought it was genuinely endearing that Lucky spoke to him in Yiddish and Meyer replied in Italian

[@mmodnao]

I KNOW RIIIGHT! LOL!

[@davidemelia6296]

'He's crazy ...' "Yeah, but what can you do?"

[@Lotrfan99]

For anyone wondering what Lucky said to Meyer in Yiddish, he said something along the line of "that boys a little crazy"

[@atlwalton597]

what do u speak

[@ImpatientWreck]

Yup, Crazy little kid. Lansky responds in italian, what can you do?

[@sbakernyc5761]

and Meyer replied "what can you do?"

[@C0leman]

lol Meyer "YES. YES?!" - Whenever things get out of hand he always says that, it's great.

[@marp00n]

ColemanCulture look up "ass pizza"

[@nigabastard1268]

Kind of annoying actually

[@janetsminten8196]

@@nigabastard1268 Nobody asked you.

[@willg7279]

It’s a ny thing

[@edramsay9280]

I love when he does that.

[@ChicoEscuela]

The Lucky and Meyer pairing was great, this should have continued in a separate series.

[@adamtheagent3978]

Love that idea

[@jordanharris868]

they could have had a spinoff series called The Commission, HBO really dropped the ball with the whole Boardwalk series focusing too much on GOT back then but it was an insane cash cow so i get it

[@joejoerunya8908]

@@jordanharris868they could’ve went all the way to Castro’s takeover and Benny going to Vegas etc. Missed a big opportunity

[@Becca-bm8rt]

I love how Meyer sets his teacup down at 1:10, cause he can tell he's going to have to hold these two apart in a second.

[@freddybeer]

That's how BRILLIANT Boardwalk Empire is!

[@phaiz55]

Gotta hold them back because they both want to know who fucked his mom better.

[@sroevukasroevuka]

Jimmy would have fd his world up bad.

[@Daniel-md5dg]

@@sroevukasroevuka Charlie even backs away lol

[@yellowcottagetales]

Well, the actor does know the script, lol. Just teasing.

[@googleboy2go]

I like Meyer Lansky's character --- strictly business --- always running the numbers.

[@Luvie1980]

Yes!!! Why does he say that after he asks someone a question?

[@jefffromjersey52]

Luvie1980 Yes is a good way to establish common ground with a person. its a Sales trick.. get the person to say yes a couple times, to almost anything.. doesn't even matter what it is... at the end, its easier to CLOSE the deal, cause they are almost conditioned to saying YES to YOU...

[@anthonyanderson9303]

Which is why he was one of the few gangsters to live to old age and never get caught. To me that makes him the GOAT of all these guys.

[@GoGetYourShinebox]

@@anthonyanderson9303 He was extradited I think

[@BirdGang6]

He worked organized crime for more than 50 years and the only arrest in his record was for illegal gambling. Probably the smartest man in the history of organized crime!

[@Xallarxo]

I like lucky's accent "she begged for itt"

[@foresight87]

I like the way Lucky (the Italian) speaks Yiddish to Myer (the jew) and then Myer replies in Italian.

[@c.r.whitlock285]

"The pups have grown fangs gentleman"

[@kilpatrickkirksimmons5016]

C.R. Whitlock Torrio had the right idea. Step aside before you get moved aside. It helps that he himself taught this lesson (the hard way) to Colossimo.

[@LeeLe412]

I love how tiny Lansky, who barely reaches their shoulders, has to hold them off from killing each other

[@Tobeyonehello]

I like how in this point in the series, they send Benny away when theyre about to talk about business, but in the latest episodes he sits in and contributes. Bugsy rising.

[@elementengine]

And eventually gets shot in the face.

[@Tobeyonehello]

Jonathan Faron True enough. But at least he got to live a boss life most people could only dream of. Five years of Bugsy Siegel's life > 20 years of anyone elses.

[@Potatoshaneko]

Not really, Bugsy was a complete dick head and it was his bullshit mentality that got him whacked.

[@rhoadsgilbertfan4125]

No one who wanted to live ever called him Bugsy to his face. He got hit because he was skimming the Flamingo building $. He was a businessman, just like Meyer, but he was an absolute psychopathic killer to go w it. The fact that he had Benny behind him is why nobody ever fucked w Lansky.

[@Ruosteinenknight]

@@Tobeyonehello Yeah, very few mobsters get the luxury of living old age in this line of work. Lansky and Luciano both lived to ripe old age. Oldest living one is John "Sonny" Franzese who is whopping 102 years old. According to his son Michael even in modern era old geezers are rarity among mobsters.

[@dumbo663]

This show portrayed how Meyer Lanksy lived a long and fulfilling life, He had ambition but he pursued it not by making enemies but my being diplomatic. He never gets into a fight with anyone and whenever he meets someone new be it enemies like Nucky he still strives to show some respect and courtesy

[@nicholasghoulson9949]

I love that James kept hold of his cigarette when he stood up

[@Mr-ep2qi]

lmao gangsta

[@xsammyx101x]

i believe the translation is Luciano (in yiddish): "the crazy (shit/fuck being the most likely i couldnt find a translation) Lansky (in itailian): "what can you do?" they are adorable

[@Bklyngurl85]

In Yiddish it's. "That boy is crazy."

[@Oallright]

The best thing about this show was Lucky and Meyer's relationship. Very eye opening, even for people who knew of them before this show. Their performances are fantastic too.

[@garrisonthad]

1:38 Lansky learned that sneaky, fake smile from Rothstein.

[@matthewriley7826]

“He does funny things sometimes.” He’d do another funny thing when he went in the middle of the Nevada desert to build a city.

[@brianmccarthy5557]

It was already thriving there with LA gamblers. It had been since they started building Hoover Dam in the 1920's. Being the best water in the area it had been a railroad and wagon stop. Bugsy's importance was bringing in Mafia money. Only he stole from his friends.

[@firestrikerii810]

He didn’t build he city. Billy Wilkerson built the city

[@firestrikerii810]

@@brianmccarthy5557No it wasn’t thriving there

[@firestrikerii810]

@@brianmccarthy5557no

[@OrangeHand]

It's no wonder Lansky lives to a ripe old age.

[@jefffromjersey52]

He always was the smartest one in the room, how many times did he talk his way out of an Execution.. at least 2x

[@DuncanWLievi]

+Jeff from Jersey plus the one where chalky almost killed him. very impressive

[@JOHNSTIER23]

Jeff from Jersey was great

[@Kblog777]

Orange Hand He's an old head on young shoulders.

[@nickgonzalez5015]

Jason Voorheese fr, Anne frank lived quite a while haha

[@jldmistery6840]

In Boardwalk they did such a great job in the friendship of Luciano and Meyer Lansky, it was wonderful to see!

[@trillgates2452]

"She begged for it."

[@MikeB-uo2fv]

"When you run the numbers, it starts looking very attractive 😁"

[@jrmfigg7]

Stephen Graham, Jack Huston and Anatol Yusef are all quality British actors doing a great job in this show in their American roles. Loving Anatol's new 'Yes? Yes?' catchphrase starting to develop.

[@firestrikerii810]

No

[@christopherc938]

No

[@johnwhite4090]

"That thing if yours this mornin, I'd have said yes to that"

[@dsn1964]

1:40....I love it when Meyer keeps them from fighting.....then looks at Jimmy and has that shit-eating grin on his face....(lol)......"May I call you Jimmy"? Gotta love Meyer.

[@gino456123789]

YES!? YES!?

[@SirClerihew]

0:41 Michael Pitt's reaction to Bugsy is priceless.

[@dwightlove3704]

0:41 yes it was

[@NPA1001]

Anatol should be a major star, he was superb as Meyer Lansky in this.

[@headphoneactivist]

that smile @1:40 gives me chills. truly one of the best actors in the series.

[@juristuCDPC]

When asked about Bugs Bunny's accent, Mel Blanc said he tried to use some New York gangster accent. Years after reading that bit of trivia, and having English as my second language, I finally notice the accent on Lansky :)

[@zaengo]

i really love that. it establishes how in sync they are.

[@forzachris]

This character who plays Lansky is a great actor

[@irishmacky8773]

"He doezz funny things sometimes"

[@bbradley92]

I love how Meyer hands the money to Benny, because Benny needs money to buy the one pound of Halva, thus fulfilling Meyer’s craving for it. Absolutely brilliant, master class writing. I’m still in shock from it.

[@julianjdogg]

loool

[@dwightlove3704]

Why didn't Darmody punch Benny in the mouth

[@sgtzomie7877]

Whats Helv

[@parevek]

@@sgtzomie7877 halva is a sweet powdery dessert. depending on where u get it from, its orgasmic

[@matthewmorris5893]

The Halva here is meant to symbolize Halva. Brilliant stuff.

[@bjornervig3795]

Dang... Really needed that Luciano/Lansky spinoff with comedic Looney Tunes Siegel.

[@sg-hunter]

i like how lansky acts. hes got the brains and the strategy to make long term business work. hes not hardheaded like jimmy or lucky and hes not afraid to get his hands dirty like rothstein. hes like a businessman gangster.

[@jennaluc6732]

Lucky may have been a hot head in his youth (he was about 22 at this time ?) but he matured, you see that in the show. In season 5 he is totally in control, not showing any reaction even when Benny is kidnapped, and totally controlling Nucky and the situation. (Same thing with Narcisse..)I think they wanted you to see the way Luciano grew up and progressed compared to Capone and Jimmy. Also Luciano was Sicilian.. so he would always have a bit of a temper!

[@GORILLA_PIMP]

Your comment is 10 years old but man i really like it I read it 5 times lol I agree 1000%!!

[@firestrikerii810]

@@jennaluc6732Bruh he didn’t mature

[@firestrikerii810]

⁠@@jennaluc6732He didn’t control Nucky and the situation. They didn’t want you see how Luciano grew up and progressed

[@firestrikerii810]

@@jennaluc6732Bruh that’s no excuse. He acted like a child and had no growth. Season 5 made him mature for no reason

[@DonCapoeira]

The guy playing Jimmy looks more like Bugsy.

[@bhokuamaas2062]

Yea, and the actor who played bugsy didn't have that type of personality

[@cnote2458]

It's hard to pick a favourite in this show. Or which actor performed there character the best. But Anatol Yusef portrayal of Meyer Lansky has surely got to be near the top on both.

[@daGant94]

meyer always answers his own questions "im running a business? yes"

[@dangerfindertreasureseeker8905]

The actor who plays Meyer would make a decent Joker.

[@cosingapalpatine7675]

If it's an all-midget cast, I suppose.

[@yawgmoth5662]

......Why does everyone always say "actor X would make a good Joke!" as if playing the Joker is the pinnacle of acting ability.

[@my88110]

Yawg moth I was thinking exactly the same thing. Clearly any actor with sharp facial features, and looks good with slicked back hair has the credentials.

[@UrbanSpaceman100]

Yawg moth its a hell of a challenging role which almost did Jack Nicholson and actually did Heath Ledger in, who Jack Nicholson actually warned...

[@hawdarkshooter]

Mad hatter would better

[@hyperelliptik]

Crazy how the IRL Lansky was supposed to be 19 years old in 1921, when this is set. 19!? Amazing. The actor Anatol Yusef was 31 then, btw. I think.

[@darkahnubis]

Jimmy kicks the desk so calmly.

[@gocubsgo721]

That creepy smiles Meyer does @1:40 always get to me lol

[@wolfeyes9357]

Meyer and Lucky always had a deep respect and a caring for each others well- being! This carried throughout their lives!

[@nastynate6711]

Meyer was the best secondary character

[@Kblog777]

Cool, thanks for that. Really taking an interest in this era of music since I started watching BE.

[@TheDiegoo17]

Please put Meyer Lanskey in more scenes such a charasmatic actor

[@HerrBerg87]

"gentleman, im running a business here! yes?....YES?" that was nice.

[@burnbobquist8999]

We rarely see Meyer being angry and even more rarely we see him screaming at someone and the way he screams "GENTELMAN I RUN A BUISNESS HERE YES?" is so funny. xD

[@gwej]

may i call you jimmy? jimmy! hahaha lansky@s my favourite

[@MiaLeonora]

I think I just fell in love with Benny. What a troll lol!

[@jimdoe3288]

1:19 She begged for it 🤣

[@richiefranklin76]

0:37 "BOO BOOKADABOOKADA" Benny is obviously related to Howard Stern

[@batfamilyclonewars1929]

This Bugsy is a Boss character and he made Jimmy flinch

[@sidbullet1]

+deadhead686 Bugsy Siegel was not a "dago" he was Jewish...

[@Kardaszpm]

Jimmy should have been a cop or detective or something. A kid like that who has killed so many people at a young age, to where he is numb to murder, should never stop being a soldier.

[@mauricio460]

You're right. Or at most an enforcer but not a gang leader nor a "business man". Even Mickey Doyle had more acumen for businesses than Jimmy.

[@nomadjensen8276]

A cop and a soldier aren't the same thing, the only thing in common is both carry a gun as part of their daily routine. I find being an actual soldier in war(not peacetime) is honorable. Being a cop is basically the same as being a gang enforcer/ money collector to the legal mafia aka The US Govt. Like the difference between a lawyer and a catfish, ones a scum sucker the other is a freshwater fish.

[@ryano6015]

Easily my favorite scene from the show

[@polocartel3660]

"When you start to look at the numbers, it becomes very attractive..."-Lansky

[@Madmok128]

One of the most entertaining scenes in the series

[@GORILLA_PIMP]

Man so many good scenes in this series lol

[@BamOfLutes]

That's the sign of a deep New York City friendship. My friends and I do similar with each other's native languages.

[@terranceaddison4599]

Sometimes i feel lansky is everyones father

[@rasputinsghost]

i love how lucky and meyer speak yiddish and italian!!

[@jonathanwassok3764]

Halva is good

[@kushit3]

luciano's face @1:30 lol

[@Gootothesecond]

I loved when the young gangster, Lansky, Luciano, Jimmy, and Capone started to form up and when Nucky, Rothstein, and Torrio realized it, I would've loved to see them carry that storyline longer but it may or may not have been cliche.

[@krispongcd37]

Lansky is the man

[@Drelam]

Meyers mannerisms in this scene reminds me of AR, I suppose that was done on purpose but its a nice detail with the whole "student and teacher" dialog.

[@user-zp5ql2xi2s]

Gentlemen! Gentlemen!!! I’m running business here yes!! Yes!!? -Little Meyer.

[@jondrosi9960]

all the younger mob bosses in making. capone luciano meyer an bugsy all need more air time

[@thetributemaster1469]

Hard to believe that the real Lansky lived to 1980's and Luciano lived to like 1960's...You'd think they wouldn't have lasted that long...

[@thetributemaster1469]

wow...how old was he?

[@thetributemaster1469]

thanks...some age..

[@saghabe9197]

The Tribute Master John ''Sonny'' Franzese from the Colombo family. Born 1917 - Still alive ( Age 98 )

[@thetributemaster1469]

crazy haha

[@johnwhite4090]

+Sag Habe lmao for some reason that made me laugh

[@michop21]

that face is hilarious 1:33

[@donutsdulce]

1:40 What a creepy smile 🤣🤣 Why?! Meyer, you're such a sexy gangster, why do you make this creepy smile 🤣🤣🤣😱😱😱

[@GoGetYourShinebox]

Because he’s a gangster, they’re evil lol

[@jonathanturbide2232]

It's because Meyer was this low key awkward guy that is not used to charm or act that way with people he does business with, that weird smile is to show that he was stepping out of his comfort zone/usual demeanor to convince Jimmy.

[@lebarosky]

After somebody shot Rothstein in the eye in the mid 20s Lansky started Murder Incorporated, among other ventures.

[@NT-fo3me]

"When you run the numbers, it starts looking very attractive" "A lot of money in that white powder"

[@devanvieira9174]

Man I was so looking forward to this dynamic, Charlie & Jimmy as Frenemies, the growing family-man fellowship between Jimmy & Capone, Brothers in Arms with Harrow, Angie would still be alive. He was just as much in the center of the show as Nucky and i honestly believe it would have and should have added 2 or 3 more seasons, even his kid son was compelling. Ugh Michael Pitt why did u have to be a pain in the ass and get yourself killed off 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@darkwing1128]

I read that too, but I also read that the plan was always to have that happen to his character to build Nucky’s character.

[@freddybeer]

I heard that rumour. Pitt was a dick so they wrote him out. BUT Terence Winter always said it made perfect sense for Nucky to whack out Jimmy, the man who told him he couldn't be half a gangster anymore. AND I met William Forsythe, who played Manny Horvitz, and I asked him about Pitt's behaviour. Forsythe said it's nonsense. He has no idea where that rumour came from. He told Winter the series would suffer from killing off Darmody. So, who really knows, eh?

[@firestrikerii810]

@@freddybeerFalse. The rumors are true and Michael Pitt was an asshole

[@firestrikerii810]

@@freddybeerForsythe is factually wrong and covering it up to make it seem like Pitt had no problems

[@firestrikerii810]

@@freddybeerAll false and that’s not even remotely true

[@bethesda423]

God his smile...

[@ThePistons4life]

wow a young Bugsy Siegel....fucking crazy...this show will go on FOREVER...they can do so much with it

[@tshwgal]

I don't remember off the top of my head, but the HBO site lists the music for every episode. I checked it and then found the whole song here on YT.

[@XanyKaos]

Ah! Thanks for that!

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

Just when Jimmy couldn't possibly become any cooler, he is a card shark.

[@tshwgal]

I just realized that at the beginning of the scene, Benny is looking out the window with binoculars. Ha! What's he up to? Based on the historical character, I'd say checking out girls or looking for anyone who's up to no good and might "need" to be shot are good possibilities.

[@K--jd3gj]

1:40 whats up with that smile

[@isaachaze1]

lol, that's one of the most helpful replies i've gotten on youtube :). you made me think of peanut brittle, and now i want some. what you're describing sounds good too

[@ARKHAMASYLUM-qc7bw]

Benny like a boss

[@yawgmoth6568]

"BRRYOW BYOOKKA BIKKA" -Benjamin Siegel 1923

[@advance9343]

He does funny things sometimes xD

[@nobodyguy4524]

People like benny are the ones dyin earlier than others

[@arielquelme]

"She begged for it "😭😭😭

[@amirjon]

brilliant dude. great find. just read how he was very violent...remember how he shoots the newspaper boy for no reason..

[@Gingerkinz86]

I miss Jimmy

[@jasonantigua6825]

Heroin is a very good business

[@tonylovesducks2501]

A Pound of Halva is Turkish Delight. For everyone who is asking ^^

[@Albukhshi]

Man, to think that when Benny left the room, the total number of kids in the room dropped down to just two.

[@Danko_Sekulic]

Meyer is all business 👍

[@B166ER-]

1:18 "She begged for it!"

[@maximus6452]

She begged for it 😂

[@SaiyanZ3]

0:36 Lmfaoooo

[@ZackKolin]

Meyer called him Benny.... Is that Benny Siegel? from the last season? Aka Bugsy Siegel? I never noticed he was in the earlier seasons

[@SaiyanZ3]

Zachary Kolin Ya same guy.

[@ZackKolin]

***** Very nice! Good job Boardwalk lol

[@GoGetYourShinebox]

They also had other real gangsters from that time like Owney Madden, he made a brief appearance.

[@FightingIrish595]

"She begged for it" no lucky you followed her around for days and she played you like a fiddle because she knew you were out to get jimmy. And you were a dead man (in this show) if alderman didn't indirectly save your ass

[@DonDaBomb89]

FightingIrish595 Van Alden*

[@FightingIrish595]

yeah it must have spell checked on my phone

[@DonDaBomb89]

FightingIrish595 it happens

[@ARKHAMASYLUM-qc7bw]

FightingIrish595 she still begged for it

[@joejoerunya8908]

I love the details about them being in a crappy office but Luciano, Lansky and Bugsie are all dressed nice. Gotta keep up appearances, no matter what. Rothstein taught them to dress like businessmen

[@K--jd3gj]

1.40 lanskys smile is terrifying