Becky Glaser returns as our special guest!!!
It’s the 50th Anniversary of “The Godfather” and we review it!
In this episode we talk about:
Becky’s alternative middle name
Godfather’s Pizza and other pizza chains
Trying to go to Italy next month, but neglecting to order a new passport
Sammy’s water drinking habits
Milkshakes and other dairy products that mess with us
Erik’s thoughts on The Godfather before reading about it or watching it
Our parents guide our paths and thoughts when we’re kids
A brief synopsis of the movie
Marlon Brando: An American Icon
Being above the law (a.k.a a gangster)
Like father like son
Young Al Pacino and James Caan
Marrying into a mob family
Kids have trouble watching dialogue based movies these days
Singers with ties to the mob
Horse heads in beds
Robert Duvall as Tom (the lawyer)
Other iconic gangster movies
Francis Ford Coppola
Sammy goes outside to pee
Moving from Casinos to the drug business
The brothers
Don Vito Corleone is shot
Why do people in movies always try to hide the body?
The baker and the hospital scene
The pregnant Corleone sister who gets beat up by her non-mob husband
An eye for an eye
The death of Sonny Corleone
The new Godfather that kills his Godson’s father
Diane Keaton as Michael’s wife
Death is currency in The Godfather
The corn pasture scene with Vito Corleone
Michael hides out in Italy
Gangsters with class
Erik reminisces about Scarf Juggling and that one Criss Cross song
Dolly notices something hilarious during the wedding scene in the movie
Singing at weddings: American vs European weddings
The dancing “cop” at the courthouse
Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone’s story
Movies that have quoted from The Godfather
Marbles in Marlon’s mouth
A country drive with “Marinara sauce” guy
Happy wife, happy life
The new show about the making of The Godfather: The Offer
Wine in pitchers vs bottles
Cannoli
And much more…
