The likes of Patrick Bet-David, Vlad and even Joe Rogan should take a lesson from George Knapp doing this interview. More flow, more interesting questions, much less interruptions and he doesn't talk shite where he hasn't researched enough. Frank seems a lot more relaxed and more forthcoming than he has been in previous interviews. Just my opinion but only saying what I'm seeing and listening to.
I agree as well. Vlad and Patrick Bet David need to learn how to do proper research. They ask questions they really should know the answers to. That doesn’t mean they shouldn’t ask for elaboration, but they flat out had no clue leading them to ask some questions that embarrass them. PBD especially asked some questions as if he had decided to interview Frank just the night before. Have some respect for those who have given you their time. You can still have a great interview based on previously discussed topics and get someone to open up even further. All these TH-camrs with these damn interview platforms and few do the work to sharpen their skills.
I can immagine this guy being super smart in his days and really tough. You can tell he is very sharp and got the tick even at his age. I heard he passed away. Very interesting interview.RIP Sir
See kids, this is what it sounds like when a professional interviews someone. I'm not the least bit surprised that the best interview of this guy I've ever heard is conducted by the legendary George Knapp! Hands down, bar none.
THIS George should be on Coast to Coast radio EVERY night instead of that WORTHLESS TOOL George Norry. I cant stand that insipid bastard. Worst talk radio host ever and I KNOW that Art Bell couldnt stand the guy because he was so lame.
Wish I had discovered this man and his stories before he passed. He knew so much about the Mob life. And tells it without adding fluff. I pray he found God and begged forgiveness before he died.
Hands down my favorite interview of a former mafia member. Maybe not book smart but Frank was one very intelligent guy. Intelligent and sociopathic...vicious combination.
Love Franks way of explaining things,Right to the Point, Direct,Calm,no Dramatic Descriptions....No Showboating or extra emphasis on His power or lack there of...🙏🏻😇🙏🏿
Rest In Peace Frank Cullotta Truly the End of an Era. Frank was a legend. Not many in that life get to survive to old age. I really hoped he would pull through and live a bit longer but it wasn't meant to be. I really enjoyed the TH-cam LiveStream/Pod-Cast "Coffee with Cullotta". You will be missed Mr.Cullotta
Way before he got copd Oh frank why did you have to smoke cigars. I just quit. I kinda understand because I been so stressed to the point Where I constantly smoked . I wish he didn’t get Covid-19 Even with that goofy vaccine I tell u . Good guy though
"If I knew it by then I'd invite 50 more people." And then this evil laugh comes in and here's me thinking "Oh I bet I know what he actually means by that lol"
The two guys that were with Tony on that job, were Milwaukee Phil and Chuck Nicoletti. They were as cold a hit team as the outfit had in the early 60's. Tony participating in that hit was probably what got him made.
Did you ever hear the story where Joe Pesci called Frank a rat on the set of Casino? Frank took him to the side and said,"you are an actor, but you've got to remember that I was an actual mobster. If you ever say that about me again we are going to have a problem. Got it? He said Pesci started kissing his rear end after that.
@@northface484 Of course the story I told was told to us by Frank. I admit it is possible he was lying. How can I know for sure Frank was telling the truth?
Criminality never pays. Life is short, so do good ,don’t hurt people. Choices made determine who you are. Same old story, chose the life, screwed people over and then become a rat. Don’t put yourself in a position to hurt people and you won’t have to be a rat. That life sucks. Constant stress isn’t cool, hurting the ones you love isn’t cool. None of it is cool, just pain and negativity.
R.I.P ………Frank you seem like a genuine guy and one you could work with in your kind of business ……great interview sadly missed by your family and friends …not missed by your enemies……were ever you are stay happy ……RIP
14:30 Tony A. aka Joe Bats(nickname from Capone when Tony was his driver and he would beat people with a bat) Tony's house was burglarized while on vacation in Jan 1978 and over the next few month at least 10 but probably more well known burglars were all killed. Word on the streets was kill them all.....that way we'll know for sure to get the right person.
You can see him struggling for breath even then. BTW: There is a famous story of Tony trying to drown a kid at the public pool when he was 12. The police knew this man was a nut job since he was a very young man.
The way he just offhandedly talks about putting a guy's head in a vice, the eye popping out and the guy screaming, and makes that casual motion with his hand about cutting the throat tells you everything about who's being interviewed. No matter what terrible thing the guy being tortured did, the people dispensing mob justice weren't any better. This guy coldly talks to the guy's wife to lure him out to his death. And makes it clear, it was about breaking the rules, not about the civilians who got killed by the offender.
Interesting trivia about Tamara Ran'ds murder. Apparently the .22 rounds that killed her were also a match to the rounds that killed Sam Giancana. My hunch is that is at least one reason why Tony Spilotro was rumored among others to have been Giancana's assailant.
You know what would be kind of funny...if Frank didn't just provide the work car and guns, was actually in on the Scavo brothers hit, and talked his way out of it. Sometimes fact is stranger than fiction...
memory probably got worse over time. he never made himself out to be a big shot, always admitted to being an underling, and always admitted he was never made. so i think he was lying. he has been a criminal since he was a teenager so i dont think he really committed things to memory like a normal person would have because it was just an average occurrence
Either he has a cold, sound equipment less or his voice changed over the decades, He sounds different in his prescribed you tube with adam. Wanted to see want he was like the younger he was and how age matured him.
They finally caught up with him. If there is a hell hes in it. Set up his own partners to get heads crushed in a vice. Then ratted on the guys that did it. Now thats a snake.
Pretty sad figure really. A life filled with violence, murder and turning innocent peoples lives upside down with the consequences of his thinking leading up to his violent actions.
Frank is the one who's life is always somewhat at risk, yet his face is shown for the entire interview while the interviewer hides his all the way through.
Great interview. Not a single bit of braggadocio or BS. Very humble, very down to earth is Frank and the interview is pure gold. Casino to me was a more fascinating story than goodfellas was. It never made any sense to me that they didn’t try to kill Lefty again after the car bombing. I dk it was Tony because Tony would have finished the job. I also think Tony didn’t have much of a reason to kill Lefty because they stayed out of each other’s business. Lefty had a successful life long after he left Vegas. The gaming control board would never let Lefty operate another casino and he brought too much heat. The ironic thing is that Lefty was a brilliant oddsmaker and casino manager who could have done it on his own without connections. This is the first I heard of Lefty being a degenerate gambler though
Half truths. In 1971 tony was sent to LasVegas by Phil. Frank was in and out of prison until 1978. In 1979 when Frank slapped around Lou Eboli (a made man) Joey Lombardo went to Frank and told him, "When are you leaving for LasVegas" The only good thing that happened to Frank Cullotta was helping in the movie Casino.
Nicky Gorman - Tony did a bar job with him before he started robbing bank money carriers- when Tony robbed the bar with Gorman , Gorman saw Tony in the rear in front of an overcoat and hat on a coat rack screaming “ get on the floor you jagoff” ( Tony didn’t wear his glasses on the suggestion of Gorman) Gorman had to get it together because he was bent over laughing so hard-
Not cool to disrespect a dead man. Frank Has asked for forgiveness and has made amends with the lord. Have some respect ... one day you’ll be work food ... worry about yourself.
Frank was really discreet about the subject in this interview 25:49 about why Tony nailed Rosenthal's wife. The honest answer was Tony couldn't help himself. Tony was hug like an elephant's trunk. When it came to those kinds of opportunities, it overrode anything thing his brain was telling him.
Frankie Frankie Frankie. lol 😂 Vegas was a great place because we knew where we stood and even my wife said she felt safer in Chicago and Vegas when the guys were running things.
Great interview, by far the most natural at ease I’ve seen Frank answering questions. RIP.
Nice Interview!!!!
Thanks for the upload great footage on both Frank interviews I seen so far.
Random Asshole: "Whawha wa wa whawha"
OG George Knap: "Hey shut up man we're talking."
R.I.P Frank.
For a thief and murderer Frank was a likable guy. Of course I can say that because he never stole from me or killed someone I cared about.
@@vanmoody Anyone Frank killed had it coming to them...That's the price to pay for deciding that life style...
@@alexscott730 Frank is resting nice
Culotta sure had a lifelong passion for wearing women’s glasses. Rest in piece you fruitcake
He is frying in the pan, snitching murdering scumbag
Excellent. Best interview I've seen with Frank Cullotta.
Frank seemed happy and jovial in this interview. RIP Frank!!
But did he exude sexuality?
He was a piece of shit criminal. You pathetic loser!
"When he nailed the Jew's wife" LOL!
The end when George tells that guy to Shut Up! Had me rolling
The likes of Patrick Bet-David, Vlad and even Joe Rogan should take a lesson from George Knapp doing this interview. More flow, more interesting questions, much less interruptions and he doesn't talk shite where he hasn't researched enough. Frank seems a lot more relaxed and more forthcoming than he has been in previous interviews. Just my opinion but only saying what I'm seeing and listening to.
I quite agree
They are all amateurs compared to George!
Frank here talks much more freely and lively. In his later years and interviews he’s very stoic and almost dead.
I agree as well. Vlad and Patrick Bet David need to learn how to do proper research. They ask questions they really should know the answers to. That doesn’t mean they shouldn’t ask for elaboration, but they flat out had no clue leading them to ask some questions that embarrass them. PBD especially asked some questions as if he had decided to interview Frank just the night before. Have some respect for those who have given you their time. You can still have a great interview based on previously discussed topics and get someone to open up even further. All these TH-camrs with these damn interview platforms and few do the work to sharpen their skills.
Vlad tv too
This is really good, good description of the M&M murders, etc
That was a fantastic interview. You could tell Frank was telling the truth. Very interesting and thought provoking.
I can immagine this guy being super smart in his days and really tough. You can tell he is very sharp and got the tick even at his age. I heard he passed away. Very interesting interview.RIP Sir
yes he did
he's a cold blooded, murdering thug. why should he rest in peace?
See kids, this is what it sounds like when a professional interviews someone. I'm not the least bit surprised that the best interview of this guy I've ever heard is conducted by the legendary George Knapp! Hands down, bar none.
THIS George should be on Coast to Coast radio EVERY night instead of that WORTHLESS TOOL George Norry. I cant stand that insipid bastard. Worst talk radio host ever and I KNOW that Art Bell couldnt stand the guy because he was so lame.
@@jaysantos536 ha
@@jaysantos536 damn right
Wish I had discovered this man and his stories before he passed. He knew so much about the Mob life. And tells it without adding fluff. I pray he found God and begged forgiveness before he died.
He did
Wouldnt make any difference.....when your dead..youre dead. You cease to exist, you dont go anywhere
I saw thee years ago but he was so interesting that im watching him again .in my book hes most interesting then all of them
He is very diplomatic in his answers
¡¡Now This is how you answer "Potentially Self-Incriminating" questions!!💯💯💯
R.I.P.⚱️
Awesome. Thanks!
Once he said popped out his eyes. I say to myself 40 Dogs.. Casino.. 🤣
Tony dogs and Charlie M
Hands down my favorite interview of a former mafia member. Maybe not book smart but Frank was one very intelligent guy. Intelligent and sociopathic...vicious combination.
He was an associate
mobsters = parasites.
@@barrybarnes96 Thank you for your uh, opinion. NEXT!
Rip buddy you what you had to do to survive in your life. Ty for sharing your story to us fans ..
After leftys death he was outed as an informant.
Great early interview. Thanks👍
I miss Frank's videos 😨
George, you are the man when it comes to interviews. great interview, did Frank fill in any holes about those times or was all this known to you?
Do you really think George reads the comments?
He never did an honest days work in his life “ A disgrace to Italians
jealous
@@antojp6129 What's there to be jealous of?
@@antojp6129lol.
Great interview! Is that Knapp w/Culotta?
Love Franks way of explaining things,Right to the Point, Direct,Calm,no Dramatic Descriptions....No Showboating or extra emphasis on His power or lack there of...🙏🏻😇🙏🏿
It's good to see Frank looking so jovial and happy. I've never seen him in such good spirits. Shame he's gone. RIP Frank.
Yeah so pleasant how he offhandedly described murders and torture.
Rest In Peace Frank Cullotta Truly the End of an Era. Frank was a legend. Not many in that life get to survive to old age. I really hoped he would pull through and live a bit longer but it wasn't meant to be. I really enjoyed the TH-cam LiveStream/Pod-Cast "Coffee with Cullotta". You will be missed Mr.Cullotta
When I hear this accent, all I can say is... "Da Bears"!
Did you see where on his podcast he had a Packers chair? He said it was given to him and he wanted to clarify he was not a fan. lol
Hardcore Chicago accent lol
He has a slight resemblance to Ditka with grayer and longer hair and glasses
Great interview !
RIP Frank 🙏 I learned about you way too late.
Are you still modeling clothes, Miss Roxy?
RIP Frankie,sleep well
I know Michael f . Didn’t care for doing an interview with him , I wonder what the back story is …
His best interview
Way before he got copd
Oh frank why did you have to smoke cigars. I just quit.
I kinda understand because I been so stressed to the point
Where I constantly smoked . I wish he didn’t get Covid-19
Even with that goofy vaccine I tell u . Good guy though
3:18...The famous entertainer he's talking about is Wayne Newton.
He’s talked about that on his recent interviews. Said he’d eat at the upper crust once a week & spend 4K
I'm at 4:00 and still no mention of Wayne Newton.
Wasn't some other big name person having a beef with Wayne Newton years ago? Maybe not a mob guy but somebody well known?
@@GaryMcKinnonUFO 30:18.....typo
@@alexscott730 Thank you kind sir.
"If I knew it by then I'd invite 50 more people." And then this evil laugh comes in and here's me thinking "Oh I bet I know what he actually means by that lol"
He meant if he'd known his wedding ceremony would be free, he would've invited more guests. It's pretty simple.
What the hell was that neighbor talking about!? 🤣
You can tell by the way he talks he had had a few Chicago dogs pass through his vocal cords.
the old man’s eating pasta while guys eyeball popping out and cutting his throat. they were cold blooded
The two guys that were with Tony on that job, were Milwaukee Phil and Chuck Nicoletti. They were as cold a hit team as the outfit had in the early 60's. Tony participating in that hit was probably what got him made.
My childhood friends….teens together….same neighborhood/school….memories of my yesterdays💙
Rest Easy Frank!!! ☕
“Hey look! They’re f*cking agents Frankie!!! Hundred dollars to whoever hits it!”
-Tony ‘The Ant’ Spilotro
Where they going to land? On the fairway
He aged a lot in 18 years, he was an interesting guy for sure.
Lmao the interviewer got a little brave there at the end. Talking to the pedestrian like that because he's gotta former mobster in front of him.
Right😂😂😂
Did you ever hear the story where Joe Pesci called Frank a rat on the set of Casino? Frank took him to the side and said,"you are an actor, but you've got to remember that I was an actual mobster. If you ever say that about me again we are going to have a problem. Got it? He said Pesci started kissing his rear end after that.
@@vanmoody I think you might be confusing that with Gianni Russo. Unless both of those guys said brought out the same response from him
@@vanmoody That sounds like Bullshit...
@@northface484 Of course the story I told was told to us by Frank. I admit it is possible he was lying. How can I know for sure Frank was telling the truth?
Frank looked better as he got older, he was funny looking in pics of him middle aged
He always looked like an old man, even in photos from the 70's-80's (I don't remember seeing photos of him young but I'm sure they exist).
Please forgive my spelling of your last name
Criminality never pays. Life is short, so do good ,don’t hurt people. Choices made determine who you are. Same old story, chose the life, screwed people over and then become a rat. Don’t put yourself in a position to hurt people and you won’t have to be a rat. That life sucks. Constant stress isn’t cool, hurting the ones you love isn’t cool. None of it is cool, just pain and negativity.
Low level criminality ratrely pays - high level crimanlity is highly rewarded and you can do what you like if you are good at it.
Great interview Frank !!!! R.I.P. You are so missed
Missed? I don't think everyone would agree with this statement.
I'm a nobody but at age 77 I wish I could have met and shook
The hand of Mr. Culotta. Rest in peace 👍
I saw all of these im watching repeats he was very interesting
20 years ago he still was in pretty good health
I swear when I listen to Tony , all I hear is Dennis Frantz , the actor
Best interviewer ever and best guest
R.I.P ………Frank you seem like a genuine guy and one you could work with in your kind of business ……great interview sadly missed by your family and friends …not missed by your enemies……were ever you are stay happy ……RIP
You’re an idiot! He was a scumbag criminal!
I love you Dad, I miss you ;(
Sorry to hear about your father. Will you get with Adam to tell your side of the story ? I’m sure people want to know.
❤
May God have Mercy on his soul.
14:30 Tony A. aka Joe Bats(nickname from Capone when Tony was his driver and he would beat people with a bat) Tony's house was burglarized while on vacation in Jan 1978 and over the next few month at least 10 but probably more well known burglars were all killed. Word on the streets was kill them all.....that way we'll know for sure to get the right person.
WTF is wrong with the cameraman ?
You can see him struggling for breath even then. BTW: There is a famous story of Tony trying to drown a kid at the public pool when he was 12. The police knew this man was a nut job since he was a very young man.
The way he just offhandedly talks about putting a guy's head in a vice, the eye popping out and the guy screaming, and makes that casual motion with his hand about cutting the throat tells you everything about who's being interviewed. No matter what terrible thing the guy being tortured did, the people dispensing mob justice weren't any better. This guy coldly talks to the guy's wife to lure him out to his death. And makes it clear, it was about breaking the rules, not about the civilians who got killed by the offender.
I think he's the only guy outa Chicago to get his story out there with his passing we lost something special history wise
Nice! Never seen him so animated and young on video
That interviewer lowkey a OG too 😂🤣 55:25
watched this years ago never forget frank videos god bless
Interesting trivia about Tamara Ran'ds murder. Apparently the .22 rounds that killed her were also a match to the rounds that killed Sam Giancana. My hunch is that is at least one reason why Tony Spilotro was rumored among others to have been Giancana's assailant.
Joey Hanson did NOT kill giancana. I think roselli did
You know what would be kind of funny...if Frank didn't just provide the work car and guns, was actually in on the Scavo brothers hit, and talked his way out of it. Sometimes fact is stranger than fiction...
What’s crazy is the black stone rangers have a blood gang in LA and they’re over here talking to a mafia dude. Crazy
Interesting how his story changes in places over the course of time in different interviews.
memory probably got worse over time. he never made himself out to be a big shot, always admitted to being an underling, and always admitted he was never made. so i think he was lying. he has been a criminal since he was a teenager so i dont think he really committed things to memory like a normal person would have because it was just an average occurrence
Be specific, like what?
The only thing I can find he said different is Lombardo ordered him the Vegas vs Lombardo asked him to move. People just want to tear others down
Rest In Peace Frank. This is an awesome interview. Up there with Patrick’s interview
RIP frank..love the stories
He was a stand up guy Rest In Peace
He was a rat, the OPPOSITE of a stand up guy!! 🐀
Who is this man?
Either he has a cold, sound equipment less or his voice changed over the decades, He sounds different in his prescribed you tube with adam. Wanted to see want he was like the younger he was and how age matured him.
He has a normal Chicago accent in this video. In later videos, he plays it up a lot, more like playing a character
They finally caught up with him. If there is a hell hes in it. Set up his own partners to get heads crushed in a vice. Then ratted on the guys that did it. Now thats a snake.
Pretty sad figure really. A life filled with violence, murder and turning innocent peoples lives upside down with the consequences of his thinking leading up to his violent actions.
Frank is the one who's life is always
somewhat at risk, yet his face is shown
for the entire interview while the interviewer
hides his all the way through.
we all know who the interviewer is, he is a legend in vegas.
@@artfasilGood boy.
@@bikersoncall ?
Great interview. Not a single bit of braggadocio or BS. Very humble, very down to earth is Frank and the interview is pure gold. Casino to me was a more fascinating story than goodfellas was. It never made any sense to me that they didn’t try to kill Lefty again after the car bombing. I dk it was Tony because Tony would have finished the job. I also think Tony didn’t have much of a reason to kill Lefty because they stayed out of each other’s business. Lefty had a successful life long after he left Vegas. The gaming control board would never let Lefty operate another casino and he brought too much heat. The ironic thing is that Lefty was a brilliant oddsmaker and casino manager who could have done it on his own without connections. This is the first I heard of Lefty being a degenerate gambler though
Half truths. In 1971 tony was sent to LasVegas by Phil. Frank was in and out of prison until 1978. In 1979 when Frank slapped around Lou Eboli (a made man) Joey Lombardo went to Frank and told him, "When are you leaving for LasVegas" The only good thing that happened to Frank Cullotta was helping in the movie Casino.
Franks best interview I think
I think he looked most sexual, here; too
Looks like. George Knapp doing the interview.?
George Knapp is fantastic!
thats him alright
55:15 George tells guy to shut up we are trying to do something here . Best part of the interview.
Michael J Fox working the camera??
OOOOHHHH!!!!
Nicky Gorman - Tony did a bar job with him before he started robbing bank money carriers- when Tony robbed the bar with Gorman , Gorman saw Tony in the rear in front of an overcoat and hat on a coat rack screaming “ get on the floor you jagoff” ( Tony didn’t wear his glasses on the suggestion of Gorman) Gorman had to get it together because he was bent over laughing so hard-
This is better than that vlad TV crap
this interview shows how charismatic he could be
Who is this guy?
@Erich Von Wachter Funny how? Like a clown? Does he amuse you??
If any of Frank's murders are similar to those in Casino- very disturbing.
Whoever was interrupting the interview at the end had no idea how close the has come to the end!
RIP....one of the last of the real gangsters
Loved Frank's show RIP Frank
I remember those little brown bottles of Coke they had a black screw on lid
He was probably testing you to see if you would go for it again
I grew up around Ohio and Leavitt. C-notes
Is that you bubbles? (Trailer park boys)
Not cool to disrespect a dead man. Frank Has asked for forgiveness and has made amends with the lord. Have some respect ... one day you’ll be work food ... worry about yourself.
55:21 the reporter got into character and began to think he was the gangster
Or he thought he was going to send Cullotta after him if he didn't shut up.No warning-Just "Shut Up!" LOL
That's o.g. George Knapp
Frank was really discreet about the subject in this interview 25:49 about why Tony nailed Rosenthal's wife. The honest answer was Tony couldn't help himself. Tony was hug like an elephant's trunk. When it came to those kinds of opportunities, it overrode anything thing his brain was telling him.
It almost doesn't even seem like Frank!
RIP Frank Cullotta... ☹✌
🤣🤣
This is not Frank Culotta...
Frankie Frankie Frankie. lol 😂 Vegas was a great place because we knew where we stood and even my wife said she felt safer in Chicago and Vegas when the guys were running things.
A true badass