QUESTION FOR ALL FORUM MEMBERS:

[maxiestern11]

QUESTION FOR ALL FORUM MEMBERS:
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You can pick only one! Which mobster was:
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The smartest?
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The savviest mobster?
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The most vicious?
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The most gentlemanly?
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The most likable?
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The worst, the one you hate most?
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The richest?
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Who had the best career?
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Who did the most jail time?
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That you’d be if you were gonna be a mobster?

[Eline2015]

Looks like typical gangsterbb post

[maxiestern11]

Your not interested? Lol ok

[Confederate]

QUESTION FOR ALL FORUM MEMBERS:
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You can pick only one! Which mobster is:
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The smartest? Wiseguy
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The savviest mobster? B.
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The most vicious? Saul Cohen
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The most gentlemanly? FriendofFamily
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The most likable? Willychichi
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The worst, the one you hate most? Groucho
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The richest? Unknown
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Who had the best career? Hairy Knuckles
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Who did the most jail time? Cabrini Green
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That you’d be if you were gonna be a mobster? Pogo The Clown

[maxiestern11]

Lol

[Rat]

Always kinda felt like Paul Castellano was ahead of his time in realizing they needed to move on from the street rackets

[z23]

QUESTION FOR ALL FORUM MEMBERS:
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You can pick only one! Which mobster was:
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The smartest?
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The savviest mobster?
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The most vicious?
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The most gentlemanly?
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The most likable?
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The worst, the one you hate most?
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The richest?
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Who had the best career?
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Who did the most jail time?
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That you’d be if you were gonna be a mobster?

I would submit that anyone who "successfully" fit into any or all of those categories would be someone no one ever heard of. If they were successful in Cosa Nostra, Ndrangheta or Camorra while living and carrying out the tenets of those organizations, then I would imagine they would exist way below the radar screen and be virtually unknown. Unless they turned and revealed what they knew. Buscetta comes to mind. In fact I would say he fits in more than a few of the listed categories. But that was after he revealed himself to Judge Falcone. I would also submit the answer to these questions exists in Italy and maybe Canada as well as other international locations by extension but not in the U.S. All questions except for the question "Who did the most jail time." The answer to that is also international but I am sure the U.S. has more than a few strong candidates.

[Grouchy Sinatra]

The smartest?

Arnold Rothstein.

The savviest?

Lansky.

The most vicious?

Scarpa.

The most gentlemanly?

Roselli.

The most likable?

Angelo Bruno

The worst, the one you hate most?

Scarpa

The richest?

Well there's a quantitative answer here somewhere because someone was the richest. Most researchers say Al Capone but Fat Tony is listed in many honorable mentions, but of course that was probably Chin's money. I've read that Chin's relatives are doing pretty well today. We're talking the 80's construction boom in Manhattan.

Who had the best career?

Accardo. Wealthy himself and just a couple of nights in jail. No prison. Died old and naturally.

Who did the most jail time?

Good question, actually. Are there any made guys who literally spent most of their lives behind bars in both juvi and prison?

That you’d be if you were gonna be a mobster?

Michael Spilotro. Having a mobster brother getting me acting gigs and I end up in the shallow grave with him.

[maxiestern11]

Lol.... some funny choices! On Accardo I agree! I agree on Scarpa also

[johnny_scootch]

Slowly turning into GBB. Please stop with these completely pointless threads.

Go start a fantasy mafia family just don't do it here.

[Ivan]

The most likable?

Nicky Scarfo, no contest

[z23]

QUESTION FOR ALL FORUM MEMBERS:
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You can pick only one! Which mobster was:
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The smartest?
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The savviest mobster?
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The most vicious?
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The most gentlemanly?
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The most likable?
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The worst, the one you hate most?
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The richest?
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Who had the best career?
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Who did the most jail time?
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That you’d be if you were gonna be a mobster?

I would submit that anyone who "successfully" fit into any or all of those categories would be someone no one ever heard of. If they were successful in Cosa Nostra, Ndrangheta or Camorra while living and carrying out the tenets of those organizations, then I would imagine they would exist way below the radar screen and be virtually unknown. Unless they turned and revealed what they knew. Buscetta comes to mind. In fact I would say he fits in more than a few of the listed categories. But that was after he revealed himself to Judge Falcone. I would also submit the answer to these questions exists in Italy and maybe Canada as well as other international locations by extension but not in the U.S. All questions except for the question "Who did the most jail time." The answer to that is also international but I am sure the U.S. has more than a few strong candidates.

I neglected to mention in my previous post that my comments are my personal opinion based on sheer speculation. My opinion could far off base and I could have possibly misunderstood the question/s.

[Lupara]

Who did the most jail time?

There can be only one. Sonny Franzese.

(Although Carmine the Snake Persico would be a very close contender). The Colombos are specialized in doing time.

The smartest mobster would be someone who a. didn't get himself killed and b. never got caught. Basically someone we may not have heard about.

[JIGGS]

Always kinda felt like Paul Castellano was ahead of his time in realizing they needed to move on from the street rackets

Big paul didnt start that and the mob never moved on from street rackets even when big paul was boss of all gambino Bosses. The big paul benefitted from the street guys who were working the legit world angle from way before. If anything big paul fucked it all up on account a his greed. Putting a scope on the construction, concrete, meat and chicken industry. Mob might have lasted longer in the garment district if the gambinos had spread the wealth amd not monopolize trucking with consolidated.

JIGGS

[JIGGS]

The smartest?

#1. JOE ADONIS

Plus TOMMY LUCCHESE, FRANK COSTELLO, CARLO GAMBINO, TODDO MARINO, PHIL LOMBARDO, JERRY CATENA, STEVIE COOGAN, JOE ARCURI, ANIMAL FERRARA.

The savviest mobster?

#1. JOE ADONIS
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The most vicious?

#1. VITO GENOVESE

plus LUCKY LUCIANO, RICHIE THE BOOT, CHIN GIGANTE, FUNZI TIERI, RAY DECARLO, TOMMY EBOLI, BUSTER ARDITO, TONY BENDER, TONY THE SHEIK, VINNY MAURO, VIC PISAURO, TONY PRO, BOBBY MANNA, THE PRISCOS, FORMULARI BROTHERS, JOEY SAZEECH, CHARLEY SALZANO, PRE WEE DEFILLIPPO, ALBERT ANASTASIA, TOMMY THE BLOND, CARLO GAMBINO, FRANK DAPOLITO, DAN MARINO, JIMMY DOYLE, JOHNNY DIO, CARMINE GALANTE, JOE BONNANO, BIG PAUL, JACKIE CERONE, JAMES TORRELLO, MAD SAM, JAMES COONAN, LUIS WEBER, GASPIPE CASSO, NICKY SCARFO, LOUIS LEPKE, CAPONE, RICCA, ACCARDO, JOEY CLOWN, MILWAUKEE PHIL, SCORES OF OTHERS.

The most gentlemanly?

#1. JOE ADONIS

Plus JIMMY NAP, FRITZY, FISH CAFARO, CARLO FROM WORCESTER, TONY BENDER, CHUCKIE DELMONICO and PADDY MACK.

The most likable?

#1. JOE ADONIS

plus JOHN J. GOTTI, WILD BILL, CRAZY JOEY GALLO, ANDY RUSSO, GIUSEPPE "JOE" GUGLIELMO, MATTY HORSE, and BOBBY RAO.

The worst, the one you hate most?

#1. THE WEST SIDE
#2. LUCCHESE FAMILY
#3. JUNIOR GOTTI CREW
#4. BONANNO FARM TEAMS (Kid gangs).
#5. PETER "Silver Spoons; Petey Munster" TUCCIO (Fuck him!)

The richest?

TOMMY GAMBINO? PATSY CONTE? THE ZIPS? NO IDEA BROTHER. IT COULD BE VICTORIA AGNELLA FOR ALL I KNOW.


Who had the best career?

RIGHT NOW ITS THE KING OF QUEENS. TOUGH TONY.

Who did the most jail time?

#1. KAYO WHO WORKED FOR TONY PRO.

THEN MAYBE SNAKE OR SONNY. GENE GOTTI AND JOHNNY CARNEG ARE UP THERE.
BOBBY MANNA WILL EVENTUALLY BE #1.

That you’d be if you were gonna be a mobster?
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In a fantasy world where the law is absent:

#1. JOE ADONIS.

Plus JIMMY NAP. JOE SHEP. MIKE LASCARI. SARO. PEPE. THE DOTO GUYS.

In the real world ya wanna be like the italian stealth bomber. "DOWNTOWN JIMMY" MESSERA. Or BEN TURPIN. Staying out of sight. Out of mind. Off the radar. Like how BARNEY operates now. Not even a pin drop. So the J.E. Hoovers can say look how great were doing our jobs?

JIGGS