Documentaries

[monet]

Pretty good.
It's long and dry but I like history.
I was a bit shocked at Joan Rivers.
She probably had sex with half the room.
Starts at 9:48

Jimmy the Weasel tells you how the Jews got Big at 12:50
He explains that they put their money in legit businesses (fronts), paid taxes and kept rolling it over.
Compared to the Italians who just buried the money in their basement.

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Pretty good.
It's long and dry but I like history.
I was a bit shocked at Joan Rivers.
She probably had sex with half the room.
Starts at 9:48

Jimmy the Weasel tells you how the Jews got Big at 12:50
He explains that they put their money in legit businesses (fronts), paid taxes and kept rolling it over.
Compared to the Italians who just buried the money in their basement.

Thanks for the reco Monet, I'm looking forward to watching it.

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Pretty good.
It's long and dry but I like history.
I was a bit shocked at Joan Rivers.
She probably had sex with half the room.
Starts at 9:48

Jimmy the Weasel tells you how the Jews got Big at 12:50
He explains that they put their money in legit businesses (fronts), paid taxes and kept rolling it over.
Compared to the Italians who just buried the money in their basement.

The main strength of this documentary, IMHO, was the archival news footage of mobsters interacting with reporters or government officials. For example, when Allan Glick and Lefty Rosenthal are getting interviewed by the press at Glick's Stardust property ("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWtgb3lsYiw&t=1955s") or Rosenthal calling out corrupt Nevada Gaming Commission Chairman Harry Reid (Reid had not yet become a Nevada Senator as you know) and his fellow board members at a 1979 Nevada Gaming Commission Meeting ("https://youtu.be/BWtgb3lsYiw&t=2770").
Thanks again for the reco Monet, I enjoyed watching it.
Most people have seen this, but it is a couple decades old now, and so it has a nostalgic quality like the even more nostalgic Mob on the Run:

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Of interest to those seeking an ultra-clear description of Phil Ivey's edge sorting escapades:

[monet]

Watched the Hot Shoe.
Good Information.
Thanks!

I'm working my way through the Banacek Series.
The episodes are really good.
I love the idea that he basically vultures the insurance companies and doesn't actually work for them.
The production quality of 70s TV Shows like this are amazing.
Really enjoying it.
The only problem with this show is they aren't very rewatchable after the big reveal.
Damn near mini movies though as the runtime is around an hour and fifteen minutes per episode.
My biggest gripe is that they don't need the driver and it's odd that he hired him away from Texas (Pilot Episode).
Someone, somewhere must have thought they needed the humor or maybe they were dumbing down the Italians.
Also, they didn't need to bring back the love interest in season 2.
Better to see Banacek womanizing someone new each week instead.
I love the Packard and seeing the 70s Boston Footage.
Spenser for Hire should have had a Banacek episode.

Season 1 Episode 4 is shot in Vegas.
Some really good footage.
Loved seeing how the surrounding area near the Stardust was all desert and parking lots.

[monet]

Oh yeah, I'm dumb, Peppard couldn't revise his Banacek role in any form because of the divorce agreement.
What a bitch lol.

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Watched the Hot Shoe.
Good Information.
Thanks!

I'm working my way through the Banacek Series.
The episodes are really good.
I love the idea that he basically vultures the insurance companies and doesn't actually work for them.
The production quality of 70s TV Shows like this are amazing.
Really enjoying it.
The only problem with this show is they aren't very rewatchable after the big reveal.
Damn near mini movies though as the runtime is around an hour and fifteen minutes per episode.
My biggest gripe is that they don't need the driver and it's odd that he hired him away from Texas (Pilot Episode).
Someone, somewhere must have thought they needed the humor or maybe they were dumbing down the Italians.
Also, they didn't need to bring back the love interest in season 2.
Better to see Banacek womanizing someone new each week instead.
I love the Packard and seeing the 70s Boston Footage.
Spenser for Hire should have had a Banacek episode.

Season 1 Episode 4 is shot in Vegas.
Some really good footage.
Loved seeing how the surrounding area near the Stardust was all desert and parking lots.

Sure no problem - glad you enjoyed Hot Shoe.
I watched an episode of Banacek a year or so back (he had to do some sort of forensics involving a train/railroad IIRC) and then before that a few episodes many years ago (reruns, not when it came out). The episodes I watched were quite good, just as you describe, and since I didn't see all the episodes, I think it would be great to watch some of the ones I haven't seen, and perhaps some that I did see since I forgot a lot of it due to the passage of time. It might have been MeTV where I saw that episode a year back, but it was definitely one of the over the air channels that I saw it. These over the air channels are great. They have a newer one (or at least new to me) called Antenna TV and I'm sure there are some great 70's series on this channel to enjoy at some point.

[monet]

Sure no problem - glad you enjoyed Hot Shoe.
I watched an episode of Banacek a year or so back (he had to do some sort of forensics involving a train/railroad IIRC) and then before that a few episodes many years ago (reruns, not when it came out). The episodes I watched were quite good, just as you describe, and since I didn't see all the episodes, I think it would be great to watch some of the ones I haven't seen, and perhaps some that I did see since I forgot a lot of it due to the passage of time. It might have been MeTV where I saw that episode a year back, but it was definitely one of the over the air channels that I saw it. These over the air channels are great. They have a newer one (or at least new to me) called Antenna TV and I'm sure there are some great 70's series on this channel to enjoy at some point.

MeTV is pretty good.
Banacek is a tough find.
I didn't want to buy the box set this time.
I searched around and found all the episodes on Bing Videos.
You have to filter through it, but I was able to see all 17 episodes without commercials in the last 5 days or so.
I really enjoy the chauvinism and footage from the 70s.
I don't know if this link will work for you but it's the pilot episode and will get you started if you have interest.
All the episodes are jumbled but they do currently work if you track them all down.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?v...A&&FORM=VRDGAR

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Sure no problem - glad you enjoyed Hot Shoe.
I watched an episode of Banacek a year or so back (he had to do some sort of forensics involving a train/railroad IIRC) and then before that a few episodes many years ago (reruns, not when it came out). The episodes I watched were quite good, just as you describe, and since I didn't see all the episodes, I think it would be great to watch some of the ones I haven't seen, and perhaps some that I did see since I forgot a lot of it due to the passage of time. It might have been MeTV where I saw that episode a year back, but it was definitely one of the over the air channels that I saw it. These over the air channels are great. They have a newer one (or at least new to me) called Antenna TV and I'm sure there are some great 70's series on this channel to enjoy at some point.

MeTV is pretty good.
Banacek is a tough find.
I didn't want to buy the box set this time.
I searched around and found all the episodes on Bing Videos.
You have to filter through it, but I was able to see all 17 episodes without commercials in the last 5 days or so.
I really enjoy the chauvinism and footage from the 70s.
I don't know if this link will work for you but it's the pilot episode and will get you started if you have interest.
All the episodes are jumbled but they do currently work if you track them all down.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?v...A&&FORM=VRDGAR

Excellent, thanks for the angle. One other thing about these over the air channels. BuzzrTV has a lot of the game shows from yesteryear. The Card Sharks episodes are especially great to watch since Bob Eubanks unloads on the contestants somewhat frequently. He told one guy that was wearing a Hawaiian shirt that if he saw him on the beach he would turn the other way and run IIRC (I forget exactly what he said but it was hilarious).

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Excellent, thanks for the angle. One other thing about these over the air channels. BuzzrTV has a lot of the game shows from yesteryear. The Card Sharks episodes are especially great to watch since Bob Eubanks unloads on the contestants somewhat frequently. He told one guy that was wearing a Hawaiian shirt that if he saw him on the beach he would turn the other way and run IIRC (I forget exactly what he said but it was hilarious).

I've always loved the comedy and excitement of Card Sharks.
One of my long-time buddies gives me shit over it all the time.
He says the show is dumb.
I always thought it was great when I was faking sick from school.
Kind of funny when they catch a Trey or King and lose.

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Excellent, thanks for the angle. One other thing about these over the air channels. BuzzrTV has a lot of the game shows from yesteryear. The Card Sharks episodes are especially great to watch since Bob Eubanks unloads on the contestants somewhat frequently. He told one guy that was wearing a Hawaiian shirt that if he saw him on the beach he would turn the other way and run IIRC (I forget exactly what he said but it was hilarious).

I've always loved the comedy and excitement of Card Sharks.
One of my long-time buddies gives me shit over it all the time.
He says the show is dumb.
I always thought it was great when I was faking sick from school.
Kind of funny when they catch a Trey or King and lose.

Yes, great point. Also, I don't think the rules allow you to declare the next card will be a tie in rank - for non-Aces and non-ducks, you must declare it to be higher or lower AFAIK (or no one has ever decided to do this and it is allowed, but I doubt it).