non admin making ceremony

[Pogo The Clown]

Thomas Marotta making Anthony Delmonti (who was wearing a wire) in a motel room. Afterwards he tried to sell him some counterfeit food stamps.


Pogo

[yatescj7781]

what about the making ceremony held by artie nigro. making guys strip down to their underwear then wearing robes while they make them?

[Wiseguy]

what about the making ceremony held by artie nigro. making guys strip down to their underwear then wearing robes while they make them?

I actually think that's just good thinking on their part. Makes it virtually impossible to record a ceremony. Of course, Arilotta flipped anyway but at least they didn't get Nigro or DeLuca on tape. Theoretically, you should be able to trust a guy you're about to make but I guess you never can be too careful nowadays.

[Frank]

Vito on the Sopranos liked that idea too.

[gohnjotti]

what about the making ceremony held by artie nigro. making guys strip down to their underwear then wearing robes while they make them?

I actually think that's just good thinking on their part. Makes it virtually impossible to record a ceremony. Of course, Arilotta flipped anyway but at least they didn't get Nigro or DeLuca on tape. Theoretically, you should be able to trust a guy you're about to make but I guess you never can be too careful nowadays.

And if they get a hard-on, it's another reason not to make them.

[johnny_scootch]

what about the making ceremony held by artie nigro. making guys strip down to their underwear then wearing robes while they make them?

We know the Genovese family does this...I've heard that the Decavs also do it. Could be even more families than that.

[JeremyTheJew]

Personally I find the Merlino making Natale ceremony to be the most ridiculous. Fratianno, Louis Tom Dragna and Bompensiero making Rizzitello in the car was pretty bad. And Fratianno wandering into the Calandra-Liberatore ceremony was also pretty embarrassing. Especially considering those last two were in the 1970s when in theory certain traditions should have held more importance.

Adam

who was made in a car? was louis tom dragna ever admin?

what happened w calandra - liberatore ceremony? and wht wasn't Fratiano involved if he was obviously around to walk into it

[Pogo The Clown]

Dragna was was Acting Boss. MIke Rizzetello was made in the car. Frattiano helped the Cleveland guys conduct the ceremony.


Didn't Vinny Basciano hold a making ceremony where he made people strip down or was that just for a meeting of the Capos?


Pogo

[Adam]

Personally I find the Merlino making Natale ceremony to be the most ridiculous. Fratianno, Louis Tom Dragna and Bompensiero making Rizzitello in the car was pretty bad. And Fratianno wandering into the Calandra-Liberatore ceremony was also pretty embarrassing. Especially considering those last two were in the 1970s when in theory certain traditions should have held more importance.

Adam

who was made in a car? was louis tom dragna ever admin?

what happened w calandra - liberatore ceremony? and wht wasn't Fratiano involved if he was obviously around to walk into it

As Pogo mentioned, Rizzitello got made in a car by Dragna, Bompensiero and Fratianno. Brooklier and Sciortino were in jail at the time so Dragna was acting. All three of the guys doing the induction you could classify as FBI informants(although Dragna gets a little fuzzy on how much of an informant he was.)

The Calandra-Liberatore ceremony is weird because the way it's described is that Licavoli and Lonardo were getting ready to make Liberatore and Calandra at if I remember correctly some restaurant in Cleveland and Fratianno who was visiting just kind of wanders in uninvited and they're like "Yeah you can be part of the ceremony cause we don't remember how it all goes." But Fratianno was not supposed to be there. It fits with my interpretation of Fratianno as a guy who just kind of weaseled(hah!) his way into a lot of situations without really accomplishing or contributing a lot.

Adam

[gohnjotti]

Dragna was was Acting Boss. MIke Rizzetello was made in the car. Frattiano helped the Cleveland guys conduct the ceremony.


Didn't Vinny Basciano hold a making ceremony where he made people strip down or was that just for a meeting of the Capos?


Pogo

According to Dom Cicale, Vinny Basciano did that regularly for capo's meeting. Cicale testified that his job was to collect the capo's cellphones, gold chains, and pinky rings to ensure the chunks of gold weren't hiding microphones.