Boss of the Boardwalk - Nucky Johnson

[@sc_r1ptv122]

Interesting hearing that Nucky was a big tough imposing man after the scene where Gyp calls him a 'breadstick in a bow tie' 😂😂

[@cornelius69]

@@slbo1575 youre a fictional character

[@leviclark3822]

One fictional character talking to a composite character...NUCKY THOMPSON is BASED on NUCKY JOHNSON...based on doesn't mean THE ACTUAL PERSON

[@sc_r1ptv122]

@@leviclark3822 whilst what uve said is true... It doesn't take away from my point at all. I simply shared an observation from one of the best scenes, in a great series. Pointing out that such a great line line like 'breadstick in a bow tie', wouldn't of even been used if the character was more similar in build to the real life person he's based on. So basically uve just made a wise ass comment but exposed you're indeed a dumb twat.

[@stitchgrimly6167]

They wanted Jim Gandolfini but he wouldn't do it. He would have been much more similar in stature.

[@davidbates7388]

@@leviclark3822, Yeah but Nucky Thompson was a real person & really did run Atlantic City!! Now I’m sure that they changed quite a few thing’s on the show BoardWalk Empire, but Nucky was based off of a real person who did a lot of the thing’s they have on the show!! Also they had so many more real characters on the show like Al Capone & Lucky Luciano, great show & a look back at American History💯

[@raincoast2396]

Compared to todays politicians, Nucky Johnson was an angel.

[@mikelamothesr.8998]

@, so pretty much on par with today's politicians then?

[@mikelamothesr.8998]

@tester2014tester2014, he was equal to and no worse than the elected officials we have today. mike

[@aroveranalysis9978]

@William W. Campbell-Shepherd IX do you feel this way still with people like de blasio handling COVID

[@michaelpennington4398]

You are 100% correct!

[@jkholtgreve]

All the old bosses were. We were much better off when we allowed the graft to benefit bosses and parties rather than corporations- back then $1mil might go to the community and $100,000 to the boss and his cronies. Now the politicians still get paid but $1mil goes to their corporate backers with $10,000 going to them personally and maybe the other $90,000 coming back to us little people.

[@maxwatson4545]

Watching this after seeing the whole series of Boardwalk Empire.

[@naybur74]

same..

[@ruseter84]

Of course BoardWalk Empire partly fiction partly non fiction. Capone was originally from NY and shipped to Chicago by his boss so he wouldn’t get killed. But I did like Season 1 & 2. Especially the WWI vet Nukie raised and the sniper he met at the VS

[@fgz7]

@@ruseter84 felt bad for homie missing that shot…. He didn’t give fuck what happened to him after that

[@TheJoeml85]

Boardwalk empire is one of the best shows ever i fan watch it over and over now they need to make a mafia series that has Luciano and all the old time mob guys

[@bennydemario4624]

Nucky Johnson and my grandfather { Vincenzo Polistina} were friends!!!

[@SirAuronthehonorable]

They finally gave Steve Buscemi the boss role. After years of being typecasted as a lackey, Steve got to be someone who commanded respect. Whats more is its a real story(with some liberties taken) and he had young actors DYING to be killed by Steve on set.

[@circa1993]

Très beau reportage mon grand père a voyager à Atlantic city depuis la France en 1922 et il a vendue de chaussure al Nucky Johnson RIP

[@ComicKish]

Who is boss of boardwalk in Atlantic City in 2023

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

I am.

[@AWard2184]

Boardwalk is true to an extent. For instance, Luciano and Lansky did work for Rothstein at one time. Nucky was a corrupt politician that got kick backs from casinos, brothels, bars, etc. Capone and Torrio did feud with O'Banion. The events with the fictional characters around these guys are made up to make the journey to the real-life events more interesting.

[@nawfsidereviews6029]

@JayoJay Al Capone was no trained accountant.

[@MastemaJack]

I'm trying to find out more about the history of the people in the show. But all I find are clips of the show

[@LolaMexica]

I enjoyed the documentary, but the audio was poor. There were times when the voice of the person speaking would fade out, and the music would get so loud that I couldn't hear what was said.

[@NS1.]

just think of all the people watching this and never seen Boardwalk Empire..I'm almost jealous of them in some weird way... I wish I could wipe my mind of it, and watch every season over again. I re-watched it again, and actually it was good because I caught a few things i missed the first time around. S3 w/ Gyp was great.

[@Mynamesalexa]

Season 2 Episode 3 A Dangerous Maid

[@ryanstewart4520]

I knew it would be a badass series, I only finished it last week after much "you need to see that!" from my friends. Wish I'd put it off longer!

[@friendswitdadealer]

I just started season 3 last week.

[@lifethrukodakslenses]

I want to watch it for the first time I’m really interested

[@keithharris9685]

Nucky appeared be a very infectious type of guy. He was the people's choice. I mean look at the guy, He had a very beautiful wife who was almost 20yrs younger. In the pictures together they took, she appeared very happy and devoted to him.

[@davidtryon1205]

Funny Richard Osbeck was my middle school gym teacher and football coach back in the 90s. My dad even had him as a teacher in the 60s. He was tough.

[@drnr2981]

They don't make 'em like that anymore.. What a storied life.

[@onlyme114]

Great Documentary. I enjoyed it. Thanks for putting it up.

[@paulsuprono7225]

Nucky Johnson obviously made a difference, in many peoples lives . . . and, if anything set the thumbprint for what it has become, today. It all started, with Nucky . . . . 🇺🇸

[@benelli6825]

Awesome one of the best things I’ve watched on KZbin!!

[@idiotsavant8419]

It would have been fantastic to live in the booming 20’s if you could live comfortably during the depressing 30’s.

[@nelsonirizarry1959]

good stuff Boardwalk empire

[@sue08401]

I just consider myself lucky to have had a condo in the Ritz. No matter what kind of day you had there was that something special walking into the building.

[@mikebrowne4679]

Steve buschemi did a great job

[@williamvines9857]

East coast destination! Early 1920. ATLANTIC CITY. forever

[@mjbachman3027]

Remus agrees

[@miz_logo_lee]

Weird to realize my ancestors probably knew him well. I found Atlantic City city listings (like an early version of yellow pages) and my family owned dozens of restaurants, hotels, auction houses and clothing stores.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

Bull crap

[@TheCHIEF092]

It would have been very cool to live in that time and experience the life in Atlantic City circa 1920's

It was a primitive shithole.

[@buttonmasher300]

The only problem with that is having to then live in the 1930's!

[@whysoserious6685]

Not for me as a black American unfortunately.

[@whysoserious6685]

@ Especially the segregation.

[@elveszettszikla]

Kenneth Myers especially if you had some Penicillin on you before they invented it just like condoms

[@777-pdf]

R.I.P Nucky

[@Molekulasti]

I must admit I've never heard of Nucky until Boardwalk Empire.

[@rubenvrioni]

@fredericmoreau3722yes

[@multitieredinvestor183]

I worked with “Pinky” Kravitz at the A.C. Press. I was a photographer there mid 50’s and 59-60.

[@JoeyWilliams89]

Volume on this sucks

[@uppercutgrandma4425]

This was really informative. Thanks to all

[@johnknowles6711]

Enjoyable.

[@nugefour1095]

Well done! Thanks!

[@musicislife2000]

man if I was from that era I would be hanging out with uncle nuck, Al Capone, and would of had a hell of a good time THE GREAT OLD DAYS RIP UNCLE NUCK

[@mrjackelbox4418]

Same

[@shellyhill2883]

Your related to him?

[@TedTucholski]

So Atlantic City went from Nucky to Nicky

[@ignatiushorstmann2526]

Pretty much. Nucky J and Nicky S

[@DGood73]

This full video was only added on KZbin about a month ago - a trailer teasing this documentary has been viewed 45,000 times.

[@Molekulasti]

Oh man, I thought there would be a few million views here.

[@Overlorddz]

Beautiful city it seems. Tragic to think that after the 60's organized crime in Atlantic City took a horrific downturn with Scarfo topdog

[@greghaddow1987]

Scarfo is a legend 😂

[@mkaijewett]

@@greghaddow1987 Little Nicky!

[@Piffhefner]

Scarfo wasn't in ac in the 60s lol

[@chickrepelant]

great video, was this hella quiet for anyone else?

[@RichardDickGrayson]

At 21:08 at Capone's right arm is Meyer Lansky... That picture was most likely taken, at the Atlantic City Conference of May 1929.

[@jaredrawlins9520]

The volume sucks!!!!

[@ziggymorris8760]

Amazing series.

[@robbrown6934]

Shame you can't hear it😣

[@ghighrolla711]

crappy audio. im an engineer if you want it cleaned up

[@propagandaplagarise7382]

Good stuff

[@yanxchick]

This video was made a couple of years ago, but it's just recently been put on youtube.

[@abdiazien4500]

there are only few people on earth who r capable of doing what nucky did amazing and smart

[@dazzawazza3578]

Only a few hundred mafiosi

[@terrybarr8635]

I learned about Nukky from of course the show, I 've gotten hooked on the show like everybody else but, I would've loved to meet'em though (A Great Man in every aspect of his life to me, he is an inspiration! R.I.P.)

[@thejoker4573]

He was a smart man in a corrupt world so i cant blame him for anything he survived to live to an old age and that with dealing with mobsters who wanted a piece of Atlantic City and corrupt politicians who are loyal to no one but themself or only to who where the money came from. In this lockdown i watched the whole sopranos series then the boardwalk empire series witch i had never saw before and boardwalk empire is way better then sopranos it really takes you to Atlantic city back in those days the women still had bush witch i like the details the striped suits hats the buildings the caracters lucky luciano meyer bugsy rothstein really takes you back to where organized crime started in America it was a masterpiece! Makes me want to watch it all over it again btw i dind know Capone was such a coke head lol

[@irobott3713]

5:00 First place winner in the Norman Fell look-alike contest.

[@geneoh5048]

Can't hear what anyone is saying. Terrible quality

[@michele2855]

Very interesting! I enjoyed this documentary mainly because it was not well polished. The slick productions are often one sided and inaccurate

[@Kblog777]

43:10 credits read by the beautiful sea performed by Ada Jones and Billy Watkins. Hmmmm, sounds like Billy Murray to me.

[@robertreisner6119]

Why in the gangerster photo showing Nucky and others on the boardwalk, displays Nucky wearing a summer suit and the others wearing winter suits.

[@johnv6806]

Because its fake. Also, what the hell is a winter or summer suit?

[@EdHays-x8f]

A Legend from Jersey. And to you clowns hating on here I hope we meet.

[@jkholtgreve]

Two reactions to the saltwater taps- a) Sounds very very pleasant as a consumer but b) sounds terrible from a maintenance perspective and, didn’t they have lead pipes? That couldn’t have been great long term.

[@alexanderchenf1]

Nucky for the Party Whip, Underwood for the President, and USA will rise again.

[@richardchabot3253]

C Alex .

[@ESSER68NJ]

In jersey standards he was a great man.. We need more of him on the street

[@franklinmcsweeney-ow2fx]

What’s interesting about the photograph is Capone was apparently 5’10’’, Johnson was 6’4’’ How are they so close in height?😮

[@jpstenino]

hey please learn to balance your audio

[@JackBarrett7]

The Capone picture was superimposed. Nucky was 6'4", Capone 5'11", theres not a 5" difference in height. The real picture had Capones brother in law on his left. Hearst was a degenerate pervert, but a powerful one..anyway, if Johnson didnt want the picture out, it wouldnt have gotten out.

[@omennemo8844]

Only one of your videos are City Confidential.

[@dawnbrown4431]

Historically…great!

[@naybur74]

Boardwalk Empire based a lot of people from the real story,but close enough to accurate history non the less.

[@TheKeyser94]

Johnson is a very unknown mob boss, because he was a politic, that is the reason because don't have millions of views. And no one realize that Enoch "Nucky" Thompson is Enoch "Nucky" Johnson.

[@cjgirard121]

The Al Capone pic is fake. Why is it in a documentary?

[@KRONIKBASS808]

thats why they changed his name to thompson its called poetic license.

[@lolababoy6397]

we need saga of broadwalk empire jimmy son take over business

[@dubvuchyea502]

And how do you figure a 12 year old kid with no connections would take business away from Lucky Luciano and Buggsy Siegal?

[@garethhill324]

I've met Nucky Johnson, I mean Steve Buscemi

[@tylerh5k]

It's a Hollywood/HBO production. Can't expect them to stay too close to the lines of the truth. Entertainment & diliusion, that's their aim.

[@geoffedwards-tb4kp]

What a charactor. Hes no bad guy, a ducker and diver. I bet he was more honest in a deal, done on a handshake than a lot of so called respectable tyoes. That fella alloweed Atlantic City to live its live until its current lease of. Life as gambling mecca and entertainment centre that fed clothed and housed all its sons and daughters. From its time as a quick city getaway by the sea with a great entertainment centre courtesy of the "commador" the back room boys, and Nucky Johnson. Who also fed and clothed the generations of people aurvived to this day in their hundreds of thousands! That really means something and is a real achievement tgat should have a memorial in the town. Regardless of their personality, the good transend those limitations.

[@mjbachman3027]

Remus agrees.

[@MrGolondrinaMan]

everything has a dark and a bright side, it's your choice to see only one side or the two of 'em together, everyone who criticizes freely should consider everything before write stupid comments

[@Molekulasti]

I thought there would be more views because of the show.

[@Yoyo-lr2sj]

I thought his name was Nucky Thompson.

[@copyorange]

Enoch Malachi "Nucky" Thompson = HBO Enoch Lewis "Nucky“ Johnson = Real Life

[@charles-y2z6c]

HBO boardwalk Empire was good, but the real Nucky was way more interesting

[@joejackson2437]

Cant hear whats being said

[@robertjones4082]

must b ur speaker system get realtec audio ya cheapskate

[@websurfer44]

Why did Atlantic city fall flat in the 90's? What could bring it back?

[@yaakovs7729]

Why did they change his name to nucky Thomson on boardwalk empire

[@GABRIELA-ACEVEDO.]

Because it was just based on him. They also didn't want the fans to know what was going to happen. Also there is no stories that the real Nucky killed or had someone killed.

[@sdot7941]

HBO loves screwing up the last season of great shows

[@Magneto4191]

I am still pissed made no sense

[@jonboy89ification]

loved the show one of the best ive ever seen actors were great and the women were crazy sexy as far as the corrupt politics goes its the same now as it was back then there all gangsters

[@michaeldougfir9807]

As a former and brief NJ resident, this is very interesting. It explains what all the noise about Atlantis City was about. That said, I can't tell you how glad I am to be back on the West Coast.

[@knowfuturejay22]

Where's Atlantis City located?

[@mommabear5059]

KnowFuture Jay the Bahamas

[@DYNODONNY]

@nathantim...Don't be jealous of us who've never seen it, be happy your not such a pop-culture "dinosaur/last typewriter" such as myself...but I DO think I'm gonna be able to view it from a historic-esque perspective?!?!

[@seanhooper1412]

isit over ,cause i just woke up???

[@amensupremera]

But why change his name....is it also a legal thing

[@gitugitugitok]

too much interview...waste of time showing those faces.cant they make it all straight showing the real thing n those guy can just hv the voice on back ground.

[@smittylikesto]

it would be badass if in real life he made alcohol illegal just to bootleg it.

[@pajamaparty01]

It's not a documentary, you're surprised?

[@geoffedwards-tb4kp]

Wow his last Nrs was a lovely woman for him to marry just b4 he got locked up. She was a pretty stunning young lady and a handsome woman later. She lived him aswell in photos they are kissing and by their body language they truly love each other. They trust enough to close eyes and kiss and hug in public, with no self doubt just genuinley caring for each other. Hed be dead if he was a bad dude.

[@Punza77]

Very poor audio and quite boring documentary. Was it made by a 1st year media student?

[@gabrielrodrigues300]

I would say people sang really weird nowadays.

[@dwightcurrie8316]

If you could manage to make the raspy old music even louder, this would achieve "Maximum Unwatchability", which I assume was the goal. Why else would the music be so much louder than the speakers?

[@no1guy825]

So, he looked nothing like Buscemi

[@davidwoodford9297]

Hasn't that picture been proved a fake?

[@MYacono]

Governor Christie's role model.

[@vambo13257]

douche

[@nacholibreri]

Most politicians today couldn't begin to tie the shoelaces of people like "Nucky" Johnson. Yes, he gamed the system. The world is corrupt - the only thing you leave is the things you do for others, especially those in need, when you are alive. And just a fashion note, Flossie Osbeck Johnson portrays more class and style in her most casual of photos than any of these so called "divas" of today. These so called "women in entertainment" today would do well to take a page from her "outfit of the day"!

[@keydraworldexplorer5389]

Kristina Karina so true. Women back in the day were classy!

[@Chihayamoon]

This is not City confidential

[@WiseGuy5674]

24 people did NOT like the "White God" comment.

[@WiseGuy5674]

Brian Popo 😂

[@mkaijewett]

WiseGuy5674 -- I'm one of those who don't like it. Racist bastards.

[@WiseGuy5674]

@@mkaijewett no shit...figures. All retards come out when called

[@ayemoneey1470]

I walked 7 miles from Somers point to Pleasantville. what a beautiful town Northfield is my only hope is to visit his grave site on my free time. N Atlantic City is still the Sin City Of The East!

[@ericlloyd7981]

Seriously, lets ask any human....and I mean an adult person, man or woman...in this day who has been through, gone or going through this exact same form of natural progression in politics, where the public or anywhere near this form of responsibility has become aware of your personal life,,,,before we can even come close to judging them as a pubic

[@henrybadd5866]

In Boardwalk Empire wasn't his name Tomson?

[@steveobeanz76]

Correction..the commdore created alantic city

[@smittylikesto]

well yea now we have all sorts of weird music but back then they sang so many songs with that same weird voice.

[@geoffedwards-tb4kp]

They vote him in, he makes allocates from the budget their roads, they ask for a job for their lad leaving school or a place in college for the brainy daughter who wants to be a member of the bar and local defense lawyer at that. They would help out if humanaly possible and worthy of help. They would in turn get rich making deals and overlooking all business. Payed to licence new ventures, if they needed to or not. Also can keep the police and prosecution away for a fee. He knew then all and was put in after the "Commador",( he looks a robust and rough fella the old Commador), to be liason and other seer for all possable businesd oppurtunities in the realm. Not going to say no to business and fellas wanting to hand money other to you at no real chance of discovery and no prosecution probs either.