Boardwalk Empire - Mr.Rossetti says "Reading is important!"

[@JvmCassandra]

Now I know where his vocabularies are from, “breadsticks with a bow tie”, “yesterday’s sausages”, “Kike midget” he is an educated man.

[@MikeyStugotz]

Bro! you have me dying right now. It's 11:11 too lmao

[@patsysolatzzo2962]

Nothing took me out faster than when he called Luciano short pants.

[@anthonytunstall2147]

​@@patsysolatzzo2962and told him go sit in a corner like a child 😂

[@patsysolatzzo2962]

@@anthonytunstall2147 hahaha such an excellent written character!

[@klaasklapsigaar1081]

Creeping around like a fukin dentist with ether 😂

[@jkbzz]

"He's a good man your sheriff, he's gonna keep on sheriffing." 🤣

[@HotBoxTrucking]

waiters gonna wait, taters gonna tate, sheriffs gonna sherriff

[@LeahDyson-kq4bd]

​@@HotBoxTruckingtaters gonna tate good one lol

[@hughmahn484]

For reference, $200 dollars is closing in on about $3000 a century later. Considering no one but other criminals got shot save for the waitress who got in the way of the assassination attempt, it was probably one of the best mutual partnerships the show saw.

[@TheAnxietyCloset]

$200 back in 1923 would be $3,471 today.

[@The_OneManCrowd]

@@TheAnxietyCloset $3500 almost to keep my yap shut? Works for me, I didn't see shit, officer.

[@HeartTheBacon]

another way to compare it is avarage salary for uskilled labor in 1930 was 45cents an hour.....so about 444 hours worth of salary

[@roystonlodge]

$36,000 a year for doing nothing.

[@bejoysen4468]

Didn't he set the old sheriff on fire?

[@BIRISHPM]

See Gyp wasn't such a bad guy, in fact one might argue, he was a model of civic virtue. He instituted a profit sharing program for the people of Tabor Heights and he was very concerned about the towns' literacy rate. Another good man, gone too soon.

[@Wis_Dom]

He was terrible!

[@alankidd9978]

He did kill an old man in the middle of the road

[@metal87power]

@@alankidd9978 Who hasn't killed an old man either with his/her thoughts or with bullets? You think that neglecting old people you pass by on the street is not harmful?

[@metal87power]

@@Wis_Dom Frankly, he was way better than the local government because he didn't steal people's money in taxation. He gave away his own money.

[@rewsterfewd1226]

Yea, our fathers laid bricks for a livin what do we know

[@YD-uq5fi]

Gyp answered the question about Bible Camp as though he had given it a lot of thought, but he was just lightning fast on his feet with a curveball question.

[@BirdGang6]

“First of all, thank you for coming, those of you who were curious and those of you who were escorted here” Lol

[@jacktheripoff1888]

"What about 3 and 1 camp?" "I don't know what that is." "Oil, what else !!!"

[@simonadebisi3619]

could of bin a wrench?

[@LLOOYYYDD]

See I come from Sicily....Sperlinga....We don't have this, what do you call, 3 in 1.....

[@kurtiskaskowski5386]

Simon Adebisi lol

[@ryanhenry4389]

"And a good day to you sir" puts a pool cue up his ass

[@kurtbarlow5408]

jacktheripoff1888 👏🏼😂

[@gomezcg]

sheriff keeps sheriffing haha

[@NYCentralSpotter1070]

Tell that the Sheriff who doused himself in gasoline and set himself on fire.

[@chrislevy3533]

What about shinebox

[@ryanhenry4389]

Pool cues keep chalkin, then get rammed up Vito's ass.

[@youbetternotplaythatnashee898]

@Vasilijan Nikolovski This shinebox looks like a pwetorican hooah, make me sick.

[@jasonantigua6825]

@@ryanhenry4389 I heard they found an 8 ball in his side pocket

[@leonino8838]

It would be awesome to watch Rossetti conduct a town hall type, Q & A session

[@ronyeahright9536]

I'd have to agree; $200/mo plus their regular pay for whatever work they do, is a real square deal. Adjusted for inflation, 200 bucks back then was the equivalent of nearly $3300 today.

[@burnbobquist8999]

As much as i hate Rosetti, he actually was smart enough to just bribe everybody. xD

[@filaphill]

I don’t think that’s considered a bribe, Gyp strong arm the citizens of that small town to either take the money or you’ll get what the sheriff got.

[@williehouff4944]

Gyp Rosetti Everybody's favorite bruttish knuckle dragging thug. Imagine if he had actually killed Nucky. That would happen been something...

[@nathand4500]

@@filaphill it part of a two-sided approach; strong arm the notional form of authority, have him on display and then offer a carrot with the implication of a big fucking stick if you don't comply. also, by accepting a bribe, they effectively become complicit and are motivated to keep each other in line.

[@Frosty98206]

Better than Barbecuing the whole Room.

[@MarioTransformer7001]

How could you hate him?

[@everwake2689]

Most people watching these clips imagine what it would be like to be one of these gangsters. Meanwhile, I'm fantasizing about getting a Double C note every month just for keeping my mouth shut.

[@JoeSmith-dl9ok]

Fuckin a

[@Altairific]

It's a "double c a piece"

[@MarkH10]

In English......

[@323guiltyspark]

@@MarkH10 $200. Which nowadays would be like getting $3095 a month.

[@SparkingRelativity]

In ny that’s called tax money. And you won’t be paying you bills with that. In modern times that is 🤣

[@nathancasso2127]

The look on her face when she found out bible camp was cancelled

[@Frosty98206]

"I'm Not Really Doing Questions & Answer's Right Now Dear"

[@AY-jy4xf]

😂 😂 ☠️

[@ryanrodriguez3672]

I was looking for this comment and found it so I didn't have to bring up the obvious 🤣🤣

[@SeeingEyeMultimedia]

😂

[@wleibsr]

Rosetti....."And I'm not really doing questions and answers now, dear" - still among the funniest lines ever delivered.....laugh out loud hilarious.

[@alcohol-freebeer3642]

This is probably broadly similar to what happens in some Mexican pueblos these days when the CJNG (or whoever) rolls into town and announces the exciting job opportunities for the locals which will be created by the opening of a new meth plant within the municipal limits.

[@brianmccarthy5557]

It's what happens in much of rural California as the narcotrafficantes are taking it over. Except they're the ones to get paid and their partners in the state government from Gavin Newsom on down expect higher taxes from ordinary citizens for the privilege of having drug dealers, pimps, child molesters and Satan worshippers take over the state. Gyp Rosetti was a minor league piker compared to them.

[@jacktheripoff1888]

"......because it's very important to read." "That reminds me Mr. Rossetti, I need that overdue book back you have by Upton Sinclair." "I don't remember what the book was about." "Oil, what else !!!"

[@jackpavlik563]

jacktheripoff1888 3 in 1?

[@kurtbarlow5408]

Underrated comment!

[@johng5617]

Coulda been a tool of some kind

[@The_OneManCrowd]

@@johng5617 A wrench.

[@John-sr2hr]

@@The_OneManCrowd how could a book be a wrench? (WHACK!)

[@YD-uq5fi]

Universal Basic Income! Gyp Rosetti was a full century ahead of his time!!!

[@Scorpio7500]

I wouldn't call it Universal lol

[@TheOtherBradBird]

UBI, because fuck it let's try magic I guess.

[@KamilleBidanApologist]

“He’s gonna keep on sheriffing” 😂😂

[@thebaddog4104]

He's gonna keep on sheriffin

[@haasman100]

Bible camp's cancelled, and I'm not really doing Q&A dear.

[@matthewdunham1689]

Haas'na Haas great line!

[@nickamenta12]

Haas Squadda that was the best line lmfao

[@nickamenta12]

The beat up defeated sheriff makes the scene

[@KINGJAMES-rp3ex]

LoL 😂😂 😂

[@eneseusm459]

why did she even ask that question lolz

[@Kalifornia-Screaming]

That is about $3000 USD per month in 2017. Not bad.

[@bassmaster867]

when the Jews left Egypt some were pissed off because they might have been slaves in Egypt but at least they had meat....

[@LRS905]

I'm Furio, gimme dose three sousand dooollars...

[@13Gangland]

@deenman23 As the old saying goes "History is written by the winners"

[@13Gangland]

@deenman23 Not unless they wanted to save themselves the embarrassment from writing how the slaves won. That saying should have weight to every single piece of history written down. There will ALWAYS be two sides to a story; yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

[@13Gangland]

@deenman23 Doesn't mean the rest of the world did. Either way, if you study history, then you know.

[@hugooliveira6579]

"A double c a piece".... "In English" Hahahaha

[@MrBlackout06]

I knew what he meant....

[@MrBlackout06]

$100 bill is occasionally "C-note" (C being the Roman numeral for 100, from the Latin word centum) or "century note"

[@one7decimal2eight]

@@MrBlackout06 ohhhhhhh Webster's dictionary ova here!

[@alejandrocrespo7633]

@@one7decimal2eight OHHHH! Dave Chappelle ova here!

[@uwehansen5060]

he is right. reading is important.

[@LLOOYYYDD]

Charles Schwab over here...

[@LLOOYYYDD]

Take out an entire fuckin' family??

[@liberaldriller9884]

There's no scraps in my scrapbook

[@SAOrules]

I read a book about antigravity i cant put it down they got redundant upper management, that bleeds off half the kick.

[@codyhutton7087]

He compromised

[@HookedOnSonics518]

Gyp Rosetti! Comin' to a town near you!

[@SteaksauceandRob]

Major points taken away from Mr Rossetti if you had to be escorted to the meeting

[@d.anthonyfrancojr.721]

This is the most terrifying "villain" on Boardwalk Empire!

[@williehouff4944]

Don't forget Mister Harrow. You got on the wrong end of his gun or his bad side. They'd find you in a couple days with lead poisoning of the head and chest...

[@Delightfully_Witchy]

I'm not sure Rosetti's villainy is debatable. The man did, you know, unwarrantedly murder innocent people helping him.

[@randallmarsh1187]

@@Delightfully_Witchy The 3 in 1 oil made his hand slip..............

[@ezeqeel8352]

Atleast Gyp took care of his parish.

[@rjmq433]

What a wonderful and caring guy. Always making sure he tells people the importance of reading!

[@juristuCDPC]

Oh, man, the Bible Club stuff made my sides hurt :)) Great actor!

[@Reservoirpuppies]

Your sheriff is a good man . He’s going to keep sheriffing

[@miggizle85]

$200 in 1920s would be about $2500. Just to be a little more exact.

[@kurtiskaskowski5386]

Yeah, you're right, just looked it up on the inflation calculator and 200 in 1922 is 2900 today.

[@kurtiskaskowski5386]

That's over 34,000(today) a year in untaxed cash. More than the average person takes home a year after taxes.

[@S0nyToprano]

More than enough for me to look the other way. I have very flexible morals if you pay me enough.

[@MiaLeonora]

He should become a teacher instead of a gangster... He would make a great teacher.

[@richardhart9204]

... some of us miss our calling.

[@1somerset]

Sheriff Ramsey may have been escorted there

[@pacampara123]

Now what would give you such a crazy notion? Yoouu silly. Maybe he was just curious!

[@spooneater9001]

Running the inflation calculator, $200 would run about $3,000 today. I'd sew my mouth shut for an additional $3k a month

[@morallybankrupt1461]

200 bucks a month back then was like winning the lottery! Hell I’d take it now!

[@SuperChuckRaney]

I know a guy Randy, that's part Indian, one of the California tribes. Accidentally like. (say it in your best Gyp accent) His Dad was in the Air Force, was stationed in Cali, met the Mom there. Turns out she's REALLY an Indian. Fast forward a couple decades .... Lil Randy is getting 5K a month cause of THAT'S how Indian the Mother is. Thru no fault of his own. ps Randy really is getting 5K a month from the tribe's casino.

[@YD-uq5fi]

I am soooooo glad that Bible Camp got cancelled and a Universal Basic Income program was instituted instead. Gyppy Baby was a full century ahead of his time!

[@Maw0]

Legends say, he's keeping on sheriffing to this day.

[@richardhart9204]

... if he knows what's good for him.

[@Maw0]

@@richardhart9204 I forgot about this comment.

[@Kruppt808]

and i'm not really doing questions and answers Dear........ LOL. Love Bobby. He got the temper and the comedy.

[@bretthess6376]

In 1925 (or so) $200 was worth about #10,000 today. Gold was $20 an ounce. A new car was $300-$500 for most models. Beer was a nickel. The average man earned about $2 a day. In many other countries, people would work for a penny or two an hour.

[@tramlad2]

He is such a brilliant actor, really got into the part,

[@BudsCartoon]

Sounds to me like he’s just doing a quick dumb dago accent in a bad suit

[@stonedcoldstunna]

@@BudsCartoon the emmy speaks for itself bozo

[@BudsCartoon]

@@stonedcoldstunna Do you really want me to run through a list of shows that have Emmys too? Emmys haven't been relevant since the 90s. I think Blackish has an Emmy.

[@devanman7920]

@@BudsCartoon he's supposed to dumb brash though. I thought he was great in the role I think most do.

[@Apemopo]

NOT BIBLE CAMP

[@ryanhenry4389]

Uncle Junior keeps on Sushi-ing

[@driplerthadripper]

Down Mexico wayyyyyy

[@faisalkamal4319]

Uncle june keeps on muffing

[@cl4ssic]

he could have been an amazing Negan...

[@paradisecityX0]

"Bible camp's cancelled", yet he says reading is important lol

[@takecareofyrshoes]

reading is important. you could read a science book instead of a bible and actually learn something.

[@damnson7046]

Nice fedoras both of yas

[@strobe9]

I usually read between the lines and occasionally lips.

[@michaeldiekmann6494]

There are other and better books

[@WhoopsieDayZ]

@ Would you openly say the same thing about other religions?

[@EarlMcManus2005]

200 dollars in those days is equivalent to 3500 dollars today.

[@nealkenth9759]

Lol love how they zoomed into the guy who got beat up and implied he was forced to come

[@UndeadEagle12]

keep on sheriffin' definitely top ten quotes

[@mishad1229]

@talkindurinthemovie The actor who portrayed Gyp Rosetti is Bobby Cannavale. In real life he is half Italian. His mother is Cuban and his father Italian. That's why his is so tan.

[@zainulzainul1880]

@shushishane The name Cannavale itself tells you abour his Italian forebears .

[@wynstonsmith7194]

This is one of my favorite scenes with Gyp!

[@3star2nr]

Librarians keep librarying

[@YD-uq5fi]

1923 : Italians take over a small American town. 2024 : Venezuelans take over an apartment building.

[@JaMaLnJoAnnA]

Anf he's gonna keep on sheriffing😄😄😄😄

[@Infidel-G]

"Double C a piece" 😂😂 "….he’s gonna keep on sheriff’ing" 😂

[@1048Kane]

Sounds like a good deal to me.

[@macleunin]

"I'm not really doing questions and answers Karen" He was having none of that lol

[@dunbarf2413]

Random guy: "Why do you need our names and addresses?" Thug mobster in a subtle intimidating manner: "Book-keeping...we like to know who we're doing business with." That thug mobster sounded exactly like a cop.

[@negativeproton4918]

Very articulate and generous for a gangster. $ 200 a piece was a lot of money back in the day. Hell even today

[@itsWelshy]

Thats around $3600 per month in 2023. I'm not being a hero and going against the mob, 3k a month for nothing sounds good to me.

[@Kruppt808]

I'm not really doing questions and answers right now dear lol

[@tastygravy6880]

And with that, Rosseti is running the show.

[@SeeingEyeMultimedia]

Bobby Cannavale earned that Emmy. Gyp was no joke!

[@matthewearlywine5535]

Bob Cannavale and Stephen Graham are awesome mob actors. Was excited to see them in mob roles along with the legends Paccino, Pesci and De Niro in ther movie "The Irishman".

[@javyalmo1895]

Imagine a capone and rosetti scene!!! ♥️♥️♥️ Some things are never meant to be.

[@skycorrigan6511]

And he's gonna keep sheriffing

[@junesilvermanb2979]

Sheriffs in the United States wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheriffs_in_the_United_States

[@hughjass1044]

Holy crap; getting $200 extra in a year would've been fantastic for most of these folks in those days. Getting it every month.... they hit the jackpot!

[@TheVanguard55]

Cooks cook

[@iborrada]

The sherif looks like he tried to argue at some point

[@pac6010]

Well when the other option is being beaten to death or leaving I guess $200 bucks ain't a bad choice. Thats back then too, thats like getting $1000 dollars a month now just for staying out of the way. Sounds like a square deal to me.

[@ancaro8771]

pretty sure 200$ bucks was MUCH MUCH more than 1000$ is today.

[@alanshaw6451]

9 years since your comment. How's life been treating you?

[@gerdbonk3582]

Inflation Calculator If in 1923 (enter year) I purchased an item for $ 200.00 then in 2022 (enter year) that same item would cost: $3,418.67 Cumulative rate of inflation: 1609.3%

[@pterojacktylus2475]

They say even to this day he keeps on sherrifing

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheriffs_in_the_United_States

[@MTCoblivsicas12345]

@TheIrishEnigma actually it would be in the lines of a cooperative they share profits, but still see making enough profit as the bottom line. If you could of asked Gyp what was more important money or people of Tabor Heights you know which one he would of picked. He was just paying them too keep their mouths shut and needed their address to find the people if they rat them out.

[@rht785]

a true humanitarian person ..

[@tomservo5347]

Yea, name and address so they know bad things will happen if they decide their morality is stronger than their kneecaps.

[@davidrobinson3434]

Had his life not been so tragically cut short, I believe Mr. Gyp Rossetti would have been a great president. He really knew how to incentivize the masses.

[@jasonantigua6825]

Be sure to write your names and addresses down so we know where to find you more like !

[@deathtoraiden2080]

Everyone going "wow, good deal!"... Yeah, that's what the name and address was for, bookkeeping. Not so the mafia knew who to visit to get their money back plus interest once their silence was useless to them.

[@whoknew2273]

Gyp the new Town Mayor just don't ask him for 3 in One lol

[@deenigeechte387]

47 years old, he was just a kid.

[@ray.shoesmith]

In 1924 the price of a new Model T Ford was $290

[@lastsigil7241]

1:20 "What is this?" You're being extorted! Hes all but, spelling it out for you.

[@dahbay5801]

Back during that time $200 was worth about $2500. that is a pretty square deal if you ask me.

[@gerdbonk3582]

Inflation Calculator If in 1923 (enter year) I purchased an item for $ 200.00 then in 2022 (enter year) that same item would cost: $3,418.67 Cumulative rate of inflation: 1609.3%

[@Sam_T1021]

did anyone other than tonino know what double c a piece means

[@everwake2689]

Hell, I'll take 200 a month right now.

[@joemckim1183]

The Sheriff is going to keep on Sheriffing.

[@SAOrules]

Gyp is a fine public servant

[@lolasivilo1136]

he's gonna keep on sheriffin...

[@Monk-ow3ok]

Rossetti introducing universal basic income 😂

[@Crazy_e193]

:47 when you friend forgets to code switch

[@noahhastings6145]

For those of you wondering: A double C note in today's money would be worth 200 dollars

[@gerdbonk3582]

Wrong. Inflation Calculator If in 1923 (enter year) I purchased an item for $ 200.00 then in 2022 (enter year) that same item would cost: $3,418.67 Cumulative rate of inflation: 1609.3%

[@00_00.1]

Random fact but for this season bobby cannavale won 2013 emmy for best supporting drama actor. He beat johnathan banks, aaron paul, and peter dinklage

[@MrLilfee]

book keeping lol

[@BIRISHPM]

John, clearly you missed my sarcastic tone.

[@sda2.095]

Not sure why “bible camp is cancelled” cracks me up so much

[@isaactorres5908]

They don't want outsiders coming into town..

[@craigkennedy432]

Maybe it because he answered it so quickly, and decisively, as if he knew this may be an objection

[@noahmijo]

Barbers keep cutting hair cooks keep cookin Tommy keeps bringing his shine box around…

[@wizkid8205]

The good old days

[@majuli8420]

Gyp is going to keep on Gypping.

[@c.a.1929]

$200 a month in 1923, that equals around $2870,- a month in todays worth and value! Not bad for keeping your mouth shut.

[@gerdbonk3582]

Inflation Calculator If in 1923 (enter year) I purchased an item for $ 200.00 then in 2022 (enter year) that same item would cost: $3,418.67 Cumulative rate of inflation: 1609.3%

[@Albukhshi]

I can just see him being president. I mean, here is Gyp Rosetti's likely campaign platform: -Universal basic income -Bringing business to local communities -Supporting public libraries and education -Doesn't take shit from the evangelicals -Strong armed forces -Respects the role of sheriffs and police, and isn't a fan of the FBI Man, a lot of politicians hould take notes from this guy! He's clearly a model for how a politician should be! (and yes, I'm being facetious. Can't believe that has to be explained).

[@sebastianlajos866]

200 dollars back then is around 3,500 dollars now.

[@tomasmccarthy3060]

We’re not really doing questions & answers now dear 🤣🤣🤣

[@faisalkamal4319]

nothing we could do gyp was made dear wasn't

[@tededuncan2306]

Bet a lot of these folks would have liked to have witnessed the beach scene.

[@husaynfr7300]

0:24 imagine someone corrected him by saying “My associated and I”