DicKtionary - G is for Gangster - Arnold Rothstein

G is for Gambler, relying on luck,
Or insider knowledge, to make a quick buck
G’s also for Gangster, you know what I mean?
And combining the two was Arnold Rothstein.
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[@TimeGhost]

We move from crooks in 18th century France to the father of all 20th century American godfathers. Rothstein was the first premiere, but many followed... who's your favourite mobster?

[@patrickjanusz887]

h

[@NormanMStewart]

Well, does Fat Tony count? (not a dick -- he was fictional)

[@Captaincinquo]

I rather like Tilly Devine, or Kate Leigh. Australian gangsters who might even put the US ones to shame!

[@patraicemery]

i think we know who H is

[@LentaChorum]

Jimmy Conway, Being able to pull off the Lufthansa heist with ease.

[@Ihrgoth]

Give your cat a treat for being so well behaved while photobombing the video.

[@guidor.4161]

I think he/she didn't believe Indy's story....

[@VayleGW]

I still think Philippe Pétain is perfect for this series, having both a number of good and not so very good things he has done.

[@cwovictor3281]

Certainly a divisible person, a great fit for the series.

[@theredboar3844]

Whats the not so very good things? Surrendering?

[@cwovictor3281]

The generals didn't surrender, the government did. Pétain ran Vichy France because he saw cooperation with Hitler as the only way to save French lives.

[@VayleGW]

basically, how much of a dick was Pétain in his cooperation with the Nazi regime, and how does that compare with his other achievements.

[@josephlukies8124]

T is for traitor?

[@FroxyCz]

L for Victor Lustig: probably the greatest con artist ever. This is the guy who managed to sell the fucing Eifell tower. Twice! :D He did a lot of stuff in his life. All of them really ballsy.

[@phloebs]

me mudder did it

[@jonasmejerpedersen4847]

where is that from?

[@charlescrowell4981]

He toyed with hearts and mind of the nation, with all the cunning of a cat burgler. The great gatsby, 1919 black sox scandle.

[@unclekebab5291]

4:10 CAT

[@TimeGhost]

We're aiming for going viral... cat videos rule... right? ...or is that over? We're getting old :-/ Or is KZbin getting old? Cats? So many questions...

[@WayneMoyer]

It will never be over. This is the internet. When DARPANET was created it was a cat who jumped over the mini computer and landed on the keyboard starting it all.

[@poiuyt975]

@@TimeGhost I wonder how many extra views you'll get because of that cat :)

[@angelicagaldos]

Gorgeous cat.

[@justinwilliams5253]

Sick gangster rhymes at the beginning bro...

[@jamesharmer9293]

Tomás de Torquemada, Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition.

[@thexalon]

Let's face it, you can't Torquemada anything!

[@alberto-gj5oi]

So Rothstein is still alive.. apparently hosting the youtube channel TimeGhost History!..uncanny resemblance..

[@gawaineross4656]

This is fabulous, Indie. I stumbled across this by accident.

[@TimeGhost]

A happy accident then!

[@austingray8325]

I swear that my girlfriend is related to this man. He was her great uncle and I knew about him from her grandfather's story of the World Series

[@benjaminmaxwell9025]

Austin Gray huh

[@UltimaSigmarAlonso]

Lies deception

[@DarthVader-yq5iz]

@@UltimaSigmarAlonso every day, more lies

[@Phiteros]

I recommend doing an episode on King Leopold II of Belgium. Under his rule, numerous atrocities were committed in the Congo, earning the name "the Congo Horrors".

[@davidlogansr8007]

Well, if nobody else nominated Kenesaw Mountain Landis I will! We both know the History and you apparently have the research already, so there’s that!

[@onbedoeldekut1515]

Ta fer this, Indy. I am very interested in learning what's the brand and model of the wedge-shaped axe behind you. The other reminds me of an old Japanese? Satellite guitar I first learned on (except for the control plate).

[@TimeGhost]

That guitar is a Burns Flyte from the mid 70s. It was a British company. On the left is an Italian Eko bass from the early 70s. Short scale and uses flat wound strings but sounds amazing.

[@plutobills5359]

My supervisor Ira rothstein grandfather and he told me everything about him and pictures of him

[@gehtdianschasau8372]

5:50 Nothing is to complicated for Indy to expain. He can try to proove me wrong, but he`ll most likely fail.

[@bwminich]

A Maryland Racetrack: Pimlico, home of the Preakness Stakes?

[@sirkowski]

King Leopold II of Belgium, for his crimes against humanity in Congo.

[@user-hr1iy4nz4s]

he didnt kill any humans thou

[@El_Gringo89]

These are great

[@wobbenbuffet3286]

When do we get indy playing bass and guitar

[@fobusas]

This series is too good to end soon. Hope it continues past the number of letters in Latin alphabet!

[@davidlogansr8007]

Hope they just roll it over and do it all again! There are so many people in history to report on that it could be a separate channel! Hint Hint! Idi Amin Dada comes to mind as well!

[@pagodebregaeforro2803]

It ended before the alphabet

[@echo_9835]

I love the shirt.

[@angelicagaldos]

Now I'm a bigger fan now. Thank you gorgeous kitten who photo bombed.

[@TimeGhost]

Thank you!

[@angelicagaldos]

@@TimeGhost you're very welcome.

[@dashcroft1892]

3:10 Liquor bootlegger ... lascivious, non?

[@TrickiVicBB71]

Boardwalk Empire is an awesome show

[@joelfransson7885]

I like the supriced cat in the background

[@persallnas5408]

The cat is like "he is at it again".

[@benjaminallaire4494]

L is for Louisiana Huey long

[@Claytone-Records]

That cat’s something I can’t explain.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

That cat looks like such a derp. :') Also, should we really count bootlegging against the guy since the profitability of bootlegging inadvertently led to the reversal of prohibition - which prolly shouldn't have been a thing in the first place?

[@dernettemann9413]

Is it just me or does that pillow have a picture of Jean-Claude Van Damme on it?

[@dernettemann9413]

Indiana Neidell absolutely epic

[@Hermo83]

I was about to ask the same becasue I can't unsee it!

[@troynov1965]

I would be more worried about someone having me killed for wearing a Lionel Ritchie T-Shirt.................Egads Man!!

[@patwiggins6969]

"so I can take the time to write and film this crap". LMFAO

[@puglosipher1666]

He resembles Indy a lot

[@TimeGhost]

Maybe Rothstein wasn't shot after all...

[@puglosipher1666]

O_o

[@michaeldzado3541]

Keep up the great history specials. Here are 2 possible candidates: Andrew Jackson - Great achievements, however credited with ruining Davey Crockett's reputation and negative Indian policies which led to the Trail of Tears. Thomas Edison - Great inventor, cheated Nikola Testla out of $50 K and taking credit for other people's patents.

[@shawngilliland243]

I agree with Edison, though not Andrew Jackson - that man saved the US from British invasion at the Battle of New Orleans.

[@dashcroft1892]

Shawn Gilliland the War of 1812 was already over and the Treaty of Ghent signed when AJ mopped up the raiding Red Coats.

[@arvidsky]

Where can I get my own Van Damme pillows? Those are amazing!

[@sandervr10]

I don't think that kitty is chrasing there ,looks like he fully settled....

[@CrackaJackFlash]

That Lionel Richie shirt is top tier.

[@hellonearth-thehistoryofwa1270]

i go one, indys cat, it be fun!

[@9doe212]

8:20 neVEr 4Get all the lil UpCominG Next wave Gangsters of them Generations Ago WORKED 4ROTHSTEIN Lucky, Lanski and lil LEPKE got their starts WorKinG for Honest Abe Rothstein.... Boss 2Da Bosses....

[@JagerLange]

I'd like to see an entry for Huey Long (hear me out, Kaiserreich fans) because I personally have encountered so much conflicting opinion about his life and legacy that I think it would at least make for an interesting debate even if he was cleared of dickishness (which he might be).

[@jagapatto]

My wife will love that you have a cat.

[@jagapatto]

I was right. She's howling.

[@gcircle]

That cat though

[@StrangerOman]

Heh, kitty :3

[@medieverse]

I like your cat.

[@rimmersbryggeri]

Swedish King Gustav Vasa and his sons could score quite high. Especially Erik XIV and Karl IX

[@maremaarten]

Can you make one of Robespierre? And your Italian, German, Turkish and Austrian generals WW1? von Falkenhayn perhaps, or that Isonzo front asshole? And empress dowager Cici? Or those who started the Opium Wars? And Stalin?

[@erraticonteuse]

Kennesaw Mountain Landis deserves to be on this list if only because of what he did to Jackie Mitchell.

[@JenniferinIllinois]

Am I the only one that was mesmerized by Indy's shirt? Hehehe...

[@jdnk]

As a wrestling fan, fixing sports mainly makes them more entertaining so it should be a point in his favor

[@jcfarmer5479]

The more things change, the more they stay the same...

[@stop-the-greed]

The cat is thinking who is he talking to

[@tomjustis7237]

4:10 I swear the kitty actually looks like he (she?) is paying attention to the story.

[@ecophreak1]

R is for Roundheads - Oliver Cromwell

[@JamesTobiasStewart]

Comment for the algorithm. Behold my engagement.

[@v.e.7236]

This series has been very entertaining, as I go through the alphabet w/ you. Your DICK scale is very clever and always gets a laugh from my neices and nephews - all young adults now - as I invite them to join along when I watch. Good family fun.

[@TimeGhost]

We're glad you enjoy it

[@coolmanfight1827]

i love your cat, and what is your cat name?? And what gender is your cat?

[@jemmytaveras]

I have a candiate for the T, S:and V S is for Stalin , T is for Trujillo and V is for Vlad Dracula

[@shawngilliland243]

Right on, not enough people know about Trujillo these days.

[@Quesoeighty]

Indy Neidell is a G.

[@Garret1Fabregas]

Why von Clausewitz has Jean-Claude Van Damme for head??

[@JagerLange]

The other horse was betting on races.

[@adamsnook9542]

Indy's so getting kneecapped for doing this video.

[@miwoj]

V is for Van Damme

[@richardzippler3330]

This guy looks like Indy grandfather

[@Jane20121985]

Lionel Richie...yeah...

[@Barrysmooth]

Looks like your wearing a Ron Jeremy shirt

[@alexkauff]

And Jean Claude Van Damme dressed as Napoleon pillows.

[@tomservo56954]

Worse...Lionel Richie

[@LovroZimak]

M is for Metal. Varg Vikernes.

[@estellebrandt6892]

Z is for Zuma

[@hsryu5569]

Chun Doo Hwan pls

[@hsryu5569]

He massacred Korean people and tortured student protesters advocating for democracy in South Korea

[@kwameasante5888]

I is for independence :Gandhi

[@Lycos-ARG]

Are you kidding? Gandhi?!!

[@kwameasante5888]

look it up he was a major dick

[@poiuyt975]

@@kwameasante5888 Mediocre, but yes he'd be good for these series.

[@shawngilliland243]

YES! Mohandas Gandhi was a big dick.

[@indianajones4321]

S is for Somalian Mohammad Farrah Aidid

[@RipRoaringGarage]

Wow...somebody else remembers Mr Big? I am by far NOT a fan...I actually kind of thoroughly dislike them, but they had some good guitarists over the years and a funny song about not liking sex. Also, they did the Power Rangers intro song for the movie....

[@AsukaLangleyS02]

I mean without this guy Martin Scorsese would be out of a job

[@UltimaSigmarAlonso]

Gheghis khan

[@M1Abroooom00msSepV3]

Not First

[@rotempeer-raviv4859]

Save N for Netanyahu!

[@MrTohawk]

M is for the Mouse and its inventor Walt Disney

[@WayneMoyer]

He was the nicest guy of all time. Besides he isn't dead. His body or brain is cryogenically preserved.

[@benjaminmaxwell9025]

Wayne Moyer oh right

[@benjaminmaxwell9025]

Imagine the day that he does actually come back to life that would be so scary

[@CarrotConsumer]

Wayne Moyer That's a myth

[@sparetime2475]

S is for Stalin

[@gehtdianschasau8372]

4:15 Nobody at that time could have possibly been an all time best at their sport. Nowadays, an athlete has a team, ensuring the right workout, diet, motivation,... he may have had great statistics, but this was against opponents when it all was far more amateurish. this is kinda like saying that the nukes that fell on Nagasaki and Hiroshima are the most dangerous type of nuklear bombs, because they caused the most casualitys, so far. Also we haven`t lived trough most of the time the universe has left, and we have no records of most of it`s past. Also: knowing the things alcohol and tabacco does to people, how is heroin dealing a crime, while Marlboro and Jack Daniels are allowed to profit from addiction?