tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14773652.post6824187110290453882..comments2023-09-09T09:43:48.263-04:00Comments on Reading Under the Covers: Quote of the DayBella Standerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299907503543643337noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14773652.post-3322198279421198192008-07-08T11:28:00.000-04:002008-07-08T11:28:00.000-04:00Oh my god! If I tried to pitch that as a movie, I...Oh my god! If I tried to pitch that as a movie, I'd be laughed out of the office. It's so incredibly preposterous. I particularly love the touch - him turning himself in, riding up to the police station on his Yamaha scooter. Hilarious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14773652.post-8582694500610657322008-07-07T18:36:00.000-04:002008-07-07T18:36:00.000-04:00My father told me very little about his life; fort...My father told me very little about his life; fortunately he was more forthcoming to reporters. From a 1971 <A HREF="http://moviecrazed.com/outpast/stander.html" REL="nofollow">NY interview</A> by Guy Flatley:<BR/>" I never thought I'd see the day when people would look back with nostalgia to Prohibition. That was a horrible time: gangsters sitting in front row seats, getting drunk and puking. That was my generation--we got drunk and made love in automobiles."Bella Standerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09299907503543643337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14773652.post-34358844829192052712008-07-04T01:33:00.000-04:002008-07-04T01:33:00.000-04:00But He Was Good to His Mother is entertaining, but...<I>But He Was Good to His Mother</I> is entertaining, but doesn't go into much depth. I liked <I>The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Gangster in America</I> much better. <BR/><BR/>That's a great story about your dad. That generation--the things they knew and did, and never talked about. Drives me nuts with curiosity. Someday I'll get back to researching which Jewish mob boss my great-aunt was involved with. My mother met him once, briefly, but she couldn't remember his name, only that he was very well-known at the time.Christine Fletcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17350760019997430843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14773652.post-49678297655333951512008-07-04T00:35:00.000-04:002008-07-04T00:35:00.000-04:00My thought exactly, Doreen. I thought of you as so...My thought exactly, Doreen. I thought of you as soon as I read that bit. <BR/><BR/>And Christine, now I want to read BUT HE WAS GOOD TO HIS MOTHER. (Though surely Mafiosi are good to their mothers too? Maybe Rockaway could write a sequel.) In 1980, I gave my father a copy of THE RISE & FALL OF THE JEWISH GANGSTER IN AMERICA. I thought he'd appreciate it, but he said he'd read all the primary sources. Now that I think about it, he probably <I>knew</I> some of the primary sources.Bella Standerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09299907503543643337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14773652.post-32047777085414336382008-07-03T22:33:00.000-04:002008-07-03T22:33:00.000-04:00Damn! This is really going to give a bad name to R...Damn! This is really going to give a bad name to RV parks.Doreen Orionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12026294659806001562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14773652.post-73159376914059711862008-07-03T20:51:00.000-04:002008-07-03T20:51:00.000-04:00On my shelf is a non-fiction book called: But He W...On my shelf is a non-fiction book called: <I>But He Was Good to His Mother: Lives and Crimes of Jewish Gangsters</I>, by Robert Rockaway.<BR/><BR/>Good though they may have been, though, I don't think any of these guys turned himself in on the advice of his mother...Christine Fletcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17350760019997430843noreply@blogger.com