Meyer Lansky: The Mob's Accountant

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[@Biographics]

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[@6aliph77]

Dutch Schultz, John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd

[@spacealienrissley]

Milwaukee crime family

[@waynehighfield2094]

Great video team!!

[@6aliph77]

@@waynehighfield2094 yea great video

[@hustlen4129]

It’s crazy he basically never got caught doing anything bad. Being able to retire from the mob after being in the game so long is unbelievable

[@delstanley1349]

Several times in the early days when his name really did come up the feds thought it was about "Socks" Lanza (shown at 9:58) who ran the docks for the Luciano family.

[@davekennedy6315]

And he had US law enforcement all over him, absolutely desperate to hit him with a huge sentence that would ensure he spent the rest of his life behind bars. They never gave up trying. When you see footage of Lansky in his later years he just looked hounded and sad. I know that he had been a major gangland figure and therefore HAD to have done terrible things, but he had gotten out of that life and just wanted to retire and be left alone. He even had the press following his every move (and was always polite when turning down their attempts to interview or talk to him) No criminal could still be active under these conditions. Israel should have let him stay but were blatantly under heavy pressure from the US to extradite. The US government were also all over his finances, desperately looking for his hidden millions (no doubt trying to pull a 'Al Capone' on him to put him away for tax evasion) I hope that even with all that pressure he had a good relaxing retirement with his family. He out lived his former gang associates, escaped prosecution and died a natural death. There's not too many organised crime figures that you can say that about.

[@LSSYLondon]

Him and Michael Franzese and Frank Rosenthal are the only guys I can think of that left the Mafia successfully.

[@davekennedy6315]

@@LSSYLondon Franzese is one that always puzzled me. His own father was on the verge of taking him out at one point as he'd become too much of a draw for the police (Michael really played up the role of Yuppie Don/Mafia Price and obviously enjoyed the attention far too much for someone in his position) I dont understand how he was allowed to live or how he actually left the Mob, as that was unheard of at the time. His story doesnt make sense as he's also since gone on to talk openly about his time in the Mob. He also didn't spend much time in prison either. None of this makes any sense as this would guarantee a bullet behind the ear.

[@Michael-590]

@@davekennedy6315 I never heard of Michael Franzese. Is there any documentaries on him?

[@F4Wildcat]

Shoutout to Anatol Yusef , who played Lansky in Boardwalk empire. And did an AMAZING job

[@jackbrowning8013]

For sure! He was great. Also a shout out to that whole cast really!

[@rustincohle9678]

that show was fucking awesome

[@mr.throwback4875]

Loved how subtle he was...

[@JoeKnowsWorst]

yep, that show was great, especially Stephen Graham, the amazing british actor who played Al Capone better than anyone has, he’s fantastic!

[@seanbrazell6147]

What a fantastic show that was! Helped me through the difficult period in my life when The Sopranos was as done as Tony was dead in the finale. 🙊YES. 🙈HE DIED. 🙉HE DID. 🤫I'll hear no more of it! 😉

[@ethanramos4441]

“All you have to do is recognize an opportunity” Meyer Lansky

[@jennaberlinberg2757]

you should do Arnold Rothstein next. he was the mentor of Lansky, Bugsy, Lucky Luciano, and many others of the young Prohibition mob generation, and basically laid out the first business-oriented organized crime system in new york.

[@sadderbythecloud]

First person to ever rig a major sports event too

[@stephenbaker9645]

@@sadderbythecloud Yeah. A baseball game was a factor and eventually it cost him his life after he stepped on the wrong foot.

[@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs]

Dutch Schultz Abner Zwillman

[@NIKMMUSIC]

@@stephenbaker9645 no. he got away with the rigging. he was killed nearly 10 years later for a poker game which he never paid up for

[@foosbooze263]

He used to run molasses out of Canada.

[@raymondjones8]

Ive always respected Meyer Lansky; he was born tough, had no fear of anyone. Lucky Luciano tried to roll him as a kid, Lansky, who was half Luciano’s size, was game enough, which is why they become friends.

[@claudehall7889]

Able to retire and die of old age without going to prison while everyone knows his name Greatest mobster ever

[@davekennedy6315]

Definitely! He was the brain behind Lucky Luciano and The Syndicate. I'm sure that in his youth he must have been dangerous in his own right, but with age he had the sense to stay in the shadows. The greatest and most successful criminals/gangsters stay low key and in my opinion Meyer Lansky and Carlo Gambino are the finest examples. Both lived their lives relatively free and both died natural deaths, pretty much unheard of in organised crime.

[@mixerD1-]

More like "the guy they never woulda suspected of informing"...

[@davekennedy6315]

@@mixerD1- i know that informing often is the secret to a long criminal career, but Lansky would have been killed decades before he actually passed. It was no secret where he was living (the police and press saw to that!) so he would have made an easy target if there were even suspicions. Lansky kept schtum.

[@mixerD1-]

@@davekennedy6315 The only guys who dont get locked up are the well protected snitches. The guys who blabbed so much they were too valuable to lose. Same with the IRA....in the end they were so infiltrated they had to disband because theyd all snitched each other out.

[@zachsimon9475]

Carlo Gambino.

[@owenparris7490]

I love how Lansky just went and beat the crap out of Nazis! The fact that he was Jewish just makes it more satisfying.

[@donaldmikulec4332]

The FBI kept tabs on Lansky right up to his death. They could not make any cases against him, but they were ble to make cases against people who met with him. His wife was interviewed for CBS News 60 Minutes in the mid 80s. The interview was very interesting as Lansky was one of the few mobsters to die a natural death and not be assasinated. In the GodFather 2, the character of Hyman Roth was based on Myer Lansky.

[@gwnifer3355]

then moe green is based on bugsy?

[@misorodzinak8829]

@@gwnifer3355 yes

[@anotherjewishsharpnicholas9425]

The Godfather characters based on Siegel and Lansky are very different from what they were like in real life. Basically, they are opposites. They were used as tools for the other characters. It's a sore point of the writing.

[@jellysharkbat]

Mob history is fascinating. Simon, you should consider setting up a playlist going over the Mafia's golden era and its big (and/or interesting) players and moments!

[@mmagik23]

This would be dope

[@karlmauk3941]

@@mmagik23 I think you mean it would be crack cocaine

[@jdubskiwright2380]

Yea I'm waiting for the john Gotti episode

[@wiiretime3704]

My dad use to see meyer lansky In the 1970s on south beach said he would walk around with a little dog and was so unsuspecting you would never notice him

[@kevstacey8639]

You forgot to mention that when he'd meet you for the first time he'd ask you if you gamble, and if you said you didn't, he'd advise you, "Don't start."

[@uniquechannelnames]

Was this some sort of contemptuous comment, or was he just against gambling or vice in general?

[@kevstacey8639]

@@uniquechannelnames I think he said it because he had a conscience - he'd met you and was now going to feel bad for you if you did gamble, as opposed to the anonymous punters he profited from without ever meeting. Or you could take it as a sign that he liked you.

[@dudepool7530]

I actually, technically, worked for the mob for like, 2 weeks when I was 19. I was an under the table dishwasher at a restaurant/bar/club (it was 5 floors) they laundered money through. Because of this, I actually managed to get away with yelling at a sterotypical mob guy. Talking to him in the bar about my pay, we were being very very loud. Finally he shouts "ARE YOU FUCKING YELLING AT ME?" to which I replied "YEAH, THE BANDS LOUD AS HELL". We had a good laugh at that. So grateful he had a sense of humor, and realized this was the case. I might have died before there was ever a youtube.

[@dudepool7530]

Also funny, and it just dawned on me, this "place of business", was diagonally across the street from the local courthouse. Yup. That was a thing lmao.

[@harrietharlow9929]

@@dudepool7530 Nothing if not convenient. lol

[@harrietharlow9929]

Very cool that you worked at a mob place. And very glad that mob type had a sense of humor.

[@mraj8372]

Boardwalk Empire is an amazing show. It depicts this guy through out.

[@mothy6k]

started the show many years ago and never finished it. now i wanna start it over again and finish it lol

[@mraj8372]

@@mothy6k Do! It's f'ng incredible. I highly recommend.

[@paulinotou]

@@mothy6k The last season was disappointing, but it closes loose ends.

[@gopet400]

@@paulinotou the last season was good but suffered the same thing games of thrones suffered from. Rushed endings and 2 missing seasons that would help everything make sense

[@mikentx57]

I always been fascinated by Meyer Lansky. He seems to have dealt fairly with everyone and never tried to cheat others out of their money. I always felt he would have made a great neighbor.

[@darkknight9367]

I've waited so long for this one. Thank you.

[@MartaWomack]

I actually knew Meyer Lansky when he lived in Miami. He was a neighbor in the same large apartment complex and lived in an apartment overlooking the pool. I was 15-16 way back then and Lansky was the nosey neighbor type who always complained to the manager about the kids doing normal kid things. He complained to my father about taking me into the rec room to play a game of pool & they both got into a heated argument about it. When my father found out who he was, he turned ashen. A month later we moved.

[@mixerD1-]

At the back of it all....ya just know why he never got indicted....

[@FALslayer]

Woah no way? What was Manhattan like back then? Was it really mob ruled?

[@FALslayer]

@Jeff ro yeah I guess, I'm from the UK so the gangs and OCGs are very different. Have no respect for civvies especially the ones that do day light hits.

[@sketcharmstrong8491]

Yeah I remember that neighborhood. He complained as well when I used his personal water closet....what a bastard.

[@420greatestqueen]

Which building in Miami Beach?

[@tonyanthony5105]

I now would like to see a Business Blaze with Simon wearing a wig, maybe Joe Dirt style if they go cheap on the wig

[@lestatangel]

In Kool-Aid colors

[@benjaminforman8901]

I've seen a picture of him as a younger man with hair. It wasn't a Joe Dirt mullet, but it was definitely hippy/"gap year" long. Made me like him even more. 😁

[@barrymanutts8223]

Your gay

[@laurajacobi6748]

@@barrymanutts8223 *you’re

[@rajivradha]

Always a pleasure to listen to you. Great work.

[@FatRonaldo1]

Can’t tell you how long I’ve been waiting for this one!

[@JoeKnowsWorst]

Love your videos and love mafia-related documentaries, so super excited for this!

[@Davbea03]

I've been waiting for this one for ages 👌

[@killerwolf1619]

Amazing vid. You should do Lucky Luciano next

[@jennyanydots2389]

But there hasn't been enough time for you to have watched it yet. You fugging liar. Apologize.

[@killerwolf1619]

@@jennyanydots2389 all his vids are amazing didn't need to finish it

[@GoGetYourShinebox]

Or Carlo Gambino, the boss of bosses. Paul Kelly, Albert Anastasia, Vito Genevese, Frank Tieri, Roy Demeo or Vincent Gigante also have fascinating stories.

[@jennyanydots2389]

@@killerwolf1619 You seem like a person who has eaten pubic hair for free before

[@elijahlawson4365]

@@jennyanydots2389 i ate a fist full for a free mcdonalds breakfast,i regret nothing

[@sodapop83]

lee strasberg, famous theater teacher (and al pacino's mentor) played hyman roth based on meyer lanski in godfather II

[@syreallewyatt5048]

Wasnt aware he was a theater teacher, kewl, nice info. I thought he was really good once he added the "illness tic" towards the end

[@jacko250]

He would make for a good Biographics video too!

[@sodapop83]

@@jacko250 i agree, it would. he worked in the famous Actors Studio with so many big shots - including Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Montgomery Clift, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Jane Fonda, Julie Harris, Paul Newman, Ellen Burstyn, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Geraldine Page, Eli Wallach, and directors Frank Perry and Elia Kazan

[@jacko250]

@@sodapop83 Konstantin Stanislavski is another who’d make for a great vid Also both James Dean & Elia Kazan from the list you just wrote had fascinating lives that would make for interesting videos for certain

[@sodapop83]

@@jacko250 i agree. i'm worried tho... acting performances these days are not hooking me up much, i'm watching almost excusively only old movies. and binge watching dick cavett interviews. another one who they should do a bio on is sir laurence olivier ^.^

[@anthonywindom8398]

I spent half my childhood at 502 North 39th Council Bluffs Iowa. Right next door to the playland speedway. We always knew that my dad's house started it's life as an old school pre-fab house like a Jim Walter home but what none of us knew until I was in my 30's was that our house was one of five pre-fab houses on the block and they were all bought new by one person Meyer Lansky !!! Wasn't sure it was the same Meyer Lansky until we did a lil bit of digging and found out playland speedway started it's life as kind of a Coney Island for the Midwest and rumor has it there was every kind of vice there you could think of and the man who built it all was Meyer Lansky...

[@robertwalker-smith2739]

In 2015, the Tampa Tribune reported that Lansky's heirs in the Tampa area were seeking restitution from the Cuban government for the confiscation/nationalization of the Habana Riviera. I have been unable to locate any information on the current status of this.

[@adishadzo9896]

You should make a video on Lucky Luciano too.

[@GhillieSuitGang]

Dude love the casual criminalist BUT YOU NEED TO PUT ALL YOUR SERIES INTO A PODCAST, can’t turn off my screen on the tube man

[@Sinn0100]

The mobsters of the 1920's/1950's knew how to dress. They were the sharpest dressed organized crime outfits ever conceived. If that style ever made a comeback I would be all over it. Plus I could get a shoulder holster for my CCW and carry it under my long designer trenchcoat. That would set the entire ensemble off...

[@matthewjones8798]

Good one Simon 🤙

[@threeballedtomcat9380]

Very well done, informative and entertaining upload. Great work.....

[@terrylacey2631]

your vids are great i never miss one keep up the good work thumbs up from canada

[@goneutt]

The real legend is that he was unkillable because he had all the account numbers in his head. I would presume he offloaded the numbers later in life, but for his time as the accountant his death would have a bounty for his murderer as large as the amount left over.

[@Mrgunsngear]

Thanks

[@bennyblanco8314]

i love the gypsy jazz at the end! speaking of gypsy jazz can you do a video on django reinhardt?

[@jamesgragg7014]

The CC on this channel is awesome, thanks from the deaf community

[@michaelwilliams369]

Came here because there is a movie about Meyer Lansky coming to theaters soon starring Harvey Keitel as Lansky.

[@thegunslinger1363]

Could you do a video on Major General Smedley Butler? A two time receipt of the Medal of Honour.

[@ffxiarcadius]

it was 3 medals of honor, but he declined one . . He saved America in '33, but really just delayed the inevitable

[@wisemanpasta374]

Great video! Would be great to see you do one about Carlo Gambino

[@JamesSmith-rh4is]

There is a quote about Lansky: “He could have been the chairman of General Motors if he went legitimate.”

[@sebaseba6710]

Pretty interesting video Simon

[@traveleraz8269]

As you read your script, all I could think of was that Godfather 2 was pretty spot on.

[@zachaliles]

Whoever directed that must have watched Godfather first.

[@Jaxksworld]

He was the only one to make it out to the end, he played it smart the whole way to his last day.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

2:15 - Chapter 1 - Early years 4:05 - Chapter 2 - A new mafia 6:40 - Chapter 3 - Rolling the dice 9:10 - Chapter 4 - Mobster vs Nazi 11:20 - Chapter 5 - Lansky in cuba 14:15 - Chapter 6 - Bigger than US Steel 16:55 - Chapter 7 - Later years - Chapter 8 -

[@allenscott9836]

Dude.... It's not even 20 min long. Who are u helping w this?

[@TheToonMonkey]

You forgot to mention him getting gunned down at the airport on Michael's orders.

[@alhakeem7176]

It's just wonderful 👏🏻👏🏻

[@Jay-wo9vk]

You didn't go bald, your hair just morphed into a glorious beard

[@TheEvilCommenter]

Good video 👍

[@joebertolini1228]

Love the videos great for podcast form. Can you make a video on John Paul Jones?

[@Hartful13]

Great stuff! Would like to see you do some Philly Mobsters including Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo. That story is wild.

[@reneegalvan7]

Please make more videos like this

[@parkerj1900]

Smoothest intro so far!

[@JayRocArt]

Now I'm imaging Fidel pulling up with an army of Gorillas instead of guerrillas 😂😂

[@dudepool7530]

And now Im imagining a bunch of Optimal Optimus', with the CIA screaming "TRUCK NOT MONEY" at them lmao.

[@pilgorehotz8041]

Love the Monk music!

[@josephrossi6775]

Video suggestion: Admiral Yi sun sin

[@AeneasGemini]

I admire the man, but his story always make me sad. Betrayed by his own government and didn't live to see the end of the War that he basically won by himself. Hands down greatest Admiral in history, probably in the top five military commanders of all time

[@josephrossi6775]

@@AeneasGemini Bro he is the Hannibal of the sea

[@josephrossi6775]

@@mangonel 😂😂😂

[@morphy_]

Extra credits channel have a series about him. It's a great watch.

[@josephrossi6775]

@@morphy_ Ohh yeah I just saw it

[@HistoryBuff534]

Continue the series about the Roman emporers please

[@Unknowngfyjoh]

Are you ever gonna do a video about Meyer Lan.... Hey great!

[@anthonylombardo4545]

I've been asking for months I wanted him to cover him on buissness blaze because Lansky is a legend in his own rights

[@menelikpendragon2040]

Could you guys please do a video on both Rabi`a Al-Adawiyya and A`isha Al-Ba`nuiyya. You guys are doing amazing work!

[@carlh.knappen6081]

His lover, Zali de Toledo once said:“The Meyer Lansky that I knew was multi-faceted and went by a moral code that he strongly believed would help fight injustice.His handshake was of more value than any written agreement.“It is interesting,the name Meyer is German and the name Lansky is Polish.

[@Jake-oo5ek]

Could you try and do some more former mob members perhaps the chin gegante thanks !

[@octaviopla5506]

Make a video of tupac shakur

[@johnthomas2657]

I would love to see a video on lucky luciano. He's been mentioned in several videos.

[@tonypintarelli877]

Best ad read ever! LOL

[@danielladwein2570]

Can we have an episode about prions, prion diseases, or megaviruses? I enjoy these kind of videos.

[@nathanielleack4842]

Did they not already do madcow?

[@danielladwein2570]

@@nathanielleack4842 hmm they did.

[@tonyanthony5105]

Isn’t this Biographics?

[@danielladwein2570]

@@tonyanthony5105 Yes. But they make these kind of videos too

[@lestatangel]

How about one where Porno makes you go blind?

[@jacobbugsybudoy1474]

This is the first time i see a bald guy promoting a hair grower product. Hahahahaha..

[@Kaiserland111]

Whaaaaat? I watched a video from Bald and Bankrupt in which he went to Grodna, Belarus just for the heck of it, and it's this tiny hamlet that has one trains stop and not much else. Kind of wild that I just watched that and now this guy is from there.

[@rsmith6366]

OMG, my great aunt Eileen's husband Stanislau Kievra was born in Grodno! He fled to England during ww2, serving as a type of warden. However, after the war he wasn't allowed to stay (as his homeland was behind the Irok Curtain), but he couldn't return either (the fleeing and all). Therefore he had to go to Argentina (living alongside other Polish husbands to English women) where he spent almost the rest of his trying to return (despite being married to an English woman). He managed to get back to England a few years before he died. They had a daughter, but she died very young, and that was that. Eileen was also a oenpsl of the written, editor, and Publisher Lee Fitzhugh Harkins; a Choktaw Native American Man, although I don't know whether they stayed in touch after her daughter's death, he died 10 years later.

[@iandhr1]

"Hyman Roth always makes money for his partners. One by one, our old friends are gone. Death, natural or not, prison, deported. Hyman Roth is the only one left, because he always made money for his partners."

[@JiveDadson]

"Rug joints", not "carpet joints".

[@Jari-95]

Could you please make a video about Michiel de Ruyter?

[@BurchMike1]

It's been widely stated that Mr. Meyer would never sanction a hit on Yom Kippur.

[@Avocado740]

Or on the Sabbath! Respect!

[@pamelamays4186]

The alleged "bigger than U.S. Steel" quote appeared in a film that Simon's never watched, The Godfather 2.

[@shawnellesmith]

Lucky Luciano please?

[@hetalianotaku7103]

Those with the most power are often the ones who don’t seem to be.

[@Josh-tj9tj]

At first glance I could’ve sworn that was Vince McMahon. Lol

[@HUNGUSind]

Living in the S/W corner of Arizona, many resending go to Los Algodones, MX. for our dental appointments. About 5 years ago, I went to my Dentist’s office. The waiting room was full, so I decided to wait on a bench in front of the office. A few moments after sitting down, a spindly woman of years sat down next to me and we waited together. She she excessively lean….practically skin and bones. She appeared to be older than rock. Even at her age she was wearing tight, tight pants and high heals. Her hair was bleach blond and down below her shoulders. Her face was white as snow and heavily coated with colorful eye makeup and generous application of lipstick so red…it stops traffic. I thought this old doll must have been hot back in her day. I could see she was still trying to hang on to what she once had. She was easy to talk to and some how our conversation drifted around to old mobsters. After quite a bit of conversation I told she that I mean no offense, but Meyer Lansky was always my favorite. He was a total gentleman and the consummate businessman. For a second she seem stunned. Suddenly she shrieked like a little girl on the school. The threw her arms around my neck, kissed me and thanked me profusely. She said that in her younger days, she had been Meyer Lansky’s girlfriend. What a shock! We sat and talked about Lansky for quite a while. I guess it could be said that I met Meyer Lansky by proxy!!!

[@jman079707970]

Biographics is AWESOME! I love history! It’s like a drug to me, the more I learn, the more I want! If you see this, pls hire me!

[@maxart3392]

You didn't mention that he was actually listed among the personel in his hotel Riviera: as a dishwasher.

[@wildborr5290]

Yes! More mob content plzzz

[@kathyastrom1315]

I read a great book called Havana Nocturne that parallels the stories of Lansky and Castro in ‘40s and ‘50s Cuba.

[@russellfitzpatrick503]

Great book, opened my eyes to a lot that the US government would like to have kept quiet about

[@laughingoutloud5742]

Thanks for the heads up!!

[@Fourwedge]

Love monster videos!

[@stephenelliott4056]

BEN! Ben Siegel!! He hated “Bugsy”

[@robertsalmon6893]

Myer Lansky never went to prison because he was a FBI informer, that's why everyone else did but he didn't.

[@mixerD1-]

Makes sense. Usually the guy who dodges every bullet is the rat that's least expected.

[@ginnrollins211]

Same with Frank Rosenthal.

[@dudepool7530]

I cannot come across the word "Informer", without this getting stuck in my head lmao. "Informer, ya' no say daddy me Snow me I go blame A licky boom boom down 'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane" Yup, Im not stuck in the 90's.

[@blksheep176]

Is there proof? Because you can find evidence of lucky Luciano telling in a heroin case as a kid but I’ve never seen any evidence of Lansky informing. Thought he was just a smart Jew that avoided mob membership and consequences.

[@timothy4011]

Carlo Gambino? The feds don’t get everyone guys. The “good guys” don’t always win.

[@blueberrypirate3601]

What did Simons summit look like before disaster struck?😃

[@briandoss9232]

I never even thought of the fact that the Mob would of been busting up Nazis as much as they could during WW2.

[@LukesYuGiOhChannel]

When do we get a Simon Whistler episode?

[@timsteele972]

Great video! Poor recording volume.

[@anthonylombardo4545]

His son my great uncle Paul Lansky has an amazing story despite his father's career he became an air force officer after graduating West Point went on to work for NASA.

[@nuggets0717]

That’s badass! What a life he must’ve had

[@MichaelSmith-qd1mj]

The photo you used for Salvatore Maranzaro is incorrect in this video

[@andrewdegozaru74]

Hi Simon, how about an episode on John DeLorean?

[@SouthernOregonOrgani]

its so cool finding out this is a real person after having watched Board Walk Empire

[@samsonhiggins2608]

I named my triplets after him, Lucky & Bugsy, lmao

[@caryconley536]

Do a video on William E. Boeing!

[@dudepool7530]

"The Mobs Accountant" *Tax company ad plays first* Seems kinda appropriate.

[@wendychavez5348]

As an aspiring tax accountant, I like this guy. Mostly.

[@dantebillups616]

Do Jeffrey Epstein

[@eggsaladsamich7396]

Some1 already did

[@jamesd5366]

@@eggsaladsamich7396 was it simon?

[@JonnyMReck]

Better yet - interview Jeffrey Epstein because he didn’t kill himself

[@dantebillups616]

@@eggsaladsamich7396 I’m asking biographics to do one lol

[@johnreece5540]

Do one on Nick Hodges of History Buffs

[@anthonylombardo4545]

Finally a video on my great-grandfather I wish you had reached out prior to making this

[@lestatangel]

LMMFAO

[@anthonylombardo4545]

Seriously my grandma wrote the book on him daughter of the king growing up in Gangland. Her name is Sandra Lansky Lombardo look it up

[@hiddensense4459]

@@anthonylombardo4545 Did you guys move to AU?

[@anthonylombardo4545]

@@hiddensense4459 nope still in Florida

[@johnwright291]

Meyer always said that he crapped out in Cuba and I believe that is absolutely true. His son who was crippled from birth ended up living in a Medicare run nursing home. That pretty much sums it up.

[@Jay-n262]

Check out the new Trailer Lansky. It looks really good.

[@dr2stroke611]

odd how the ' Bugs and Meyer Mob' got its name when Benjamin hated the name 'Bugs'

[@jamesclendon4811]

That occurred to me too, but then I realized that I only "knew" how much he hated the name from the Warren Beatty movie, so who knows what the truth was.