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The Hollywood Godfather Podcast

S16E296: Season 16 - Episode 296 - CLASH OF THE TITANS: MIKE TYSON vs. JAKE PAUL & JACKIE GLEASON'S TIMES with TOOTS SHORE

The Hollywood Godfather Podcast

GRI Entertainment

Society & Culture, True Crime, Tv & Film

4.7811 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we dive into two fascinating stories from completely different worlds. First, we unpack the buzz surrounding the fight between boxing legend Mike Tyson and social media star-turned-fighter Jake Paul. Then we shift gears to explore the golden age of New York nightlife, focusing on the legendary friendship between Jackie Gleason, the king of comedy and Toots Shor the iconic restaurateur. From boxing rings to barstools, this episode is a knockout of stories and nostalgia! Subscribe to never miss a show every week. Don’t forget to rate and review!!For all things Hollywood Godfather go to https://hollywoodgodfatherpodcast.com/

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0:00.0

My name is Gianni Russo, aka Carlo, the infamous son-in-law from the godfather.

0:07.0

I'm now known as the Hollywood Godfather, and this is my story.

0:13.0

Before all of the wins in my portfolio, I was a little boy diagnosed with polio.

0:19.0

Experimenting with cures, I tried everyone. tried everyone felt everything in my right but my left was

0:24.3

numb walking with a limp like will i ever run once again or is this it am i for ever done living in the

0:32.4

hospital was never fun some people were cool but not everyone welcome everybody it's time for another Hollywood Godfather podcast. And we're really

0:43.1

etching up to 300 hours. I can't believe we have 300 hours up. Thanks to all of you who listen

0:50.1

in. Let me introduce Jeannie Rehman, my co-host. Thank God for her.

0:57.1

Hello.

0:57.4

All the glamour to the show. Oh. Well, hi Gianni and hello to you out there. Thanks for

1:05.4

joining us. Tonight we have an interesting show because I have a lot of people have always asking me about

1:14.6

Tuts, somebody just stopped me on the street the other day because they listen to the show regularly.

1:19.4

But we'll get into that.

1:21.0

The interesting thing is that both of us, without even asking, watched that fight the other night.

1:29.3

How did you get involved with the fight?

1:31.7

You know, I was invited by some friends to go and watch the fight.

1:35.7

And I'm not much into boxing.

1:38.0

However, I did go, I was in Las Vegas,

1:42.4

walking through a casino, and a guy came up and was talking to me and a friend

1:47.4

and said, hey, I've got an extra ticket to go see Mike Tyson.

1:51.2

Do you want to go?

1:52.5

And my friend said, absolutely, she'll go and kind of shoved me and off I went.

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