Now that you mentioned it. That was a good part of the movie. I wonder if that really happened?

I read the book and Joe made a passing remark , how he didn't even have a Christmas tree .So his mob friends , bought him a Christmas tree . The problem is , Joe was watching his watch and wanted to get home to his family and was sorry how he made the remark about not having a tree .@@davidmorris9596

Well Lefty was being a true brother, on the aspect.

@@davidmorris9596 It did happen, just not how the movie showed it. From what I've found, two members of Donnie's crew showed up at his apartment shortly before he was going to leave for home to make sure he wouldn't be alone. If they had looked in the trunk of his car and seen the presents, they might have killed him.

And when Lefty gives him a Christmas present of 500 squazools and then takes it back 🤣🤣

🙏

Hope you re better now

If that's the case,you know it the best - no one can argue with it. Be courages and do whatever you feel it's necessary for yourself,brother ! This life Here is only one small part of the story !!

Get better brotha

I hear you. The scariest time in my life was waking up after neck surgery and was totally paralyzed. It's impossible to explain it and wouldn't wish it on anyone.

I got the Blu Ray dvd which contains an extra 20 minutes!

It was fucked up though because Sonny Black was found murdered with his hands cut off come on because he brought law enforcement within the families missing they shook his hand that was his punishment. Sonny Black love Donnie like a brother, and so did Lefty

I agree, it sucks that Sonny Black was killed, and I think it spoke highly of him that he still liked Donnle and did not blame him for doing his job. Yes I know he was a criminal and he killed people but human psychology is not so black and white.

I think that was said about the $500 to show how little the FBI took care of him. $100 bonus a year for putting your life on the line everyday. Crazy.

He loved his job

@staffordchock6399 I went and watched the 2 part interview Michael did with him. He believed in what he was doing. When it came to Lefty, he said dude was a stone cold killer and generally hard to be around in general. With Sunny he said sunny had asked him if anything ever happened to him if "Donny " would look after his kids. Sunny was killed over "Donny" and Lefty wasn't. Crazy shit.

@staffordchock6399 so basically yeah didn't seem he was overly bothered by everything.

Dont matter if he did for his morals, civic duty or whatever, the 500 bucks from the fbi was an insult in many ways.

He comes across as one of these people, like Jordan Belfort, they'd do well in any job role

He's the real deal

Interesting Mikey scary life S well,,,,,how did ye enjoy my country Scotland. I hope you got to my hometown Edinburgh and did some sightseeing ,,go up To 5e castle where I worked on leaving school lol I’m from the town centre Grassmarket and my mum was born outside the castle in a close called k8ng James court,,,top of lawnmarket,,,,I know every nook and cranny of Edinburgh and a lot of the paper gangsters in it,,,lol,,,wish I’d known you I’d have given you a real tour 😂 straight facts,,,,my dad was an American Airman in 1958 married my mum had four of us and was killed shot dead by a nut in Houston Texas 1967,,,,,,,age 29,,hence my mum took us back to Scotland where her family was from,,anyway I hope you enjoyed your time in Scotland,,we are a classic bunch fear nobody either lol. We are all about banter and hospitality and having a laugh ,,,, thanks for all your videos very interesting indeed god bless you and your family ,

He's not facinating ....he's an idiot

1600 isn't worth it either

Giving him any kind of monetary compensation was flat-out insulting. After an accomplishment like his they should reward an agent with a big promotion or a choice assignment, or some kind of special Executive-level recognition of his accomplishment leading to bigger professional opportunities. One wonders if the corrupt politicians in charge of the Bureau were jealous of Joe, or afraid of him. If so, it would seem that not much has changed in that organization since the days of Closet Queen Hoover.

"That $500 had to have felt like a gut punch." It's illustrative of the total out-of-touch cluelessness of the FBI's leadership. Looking at how that agency conducts itself nowadays, I wouldn't blame Joe Pistone if he has come to regret the day he ever set foot in the FBI Academy.

People regret workin fo da MOB as well.

Black Knew He Wasn't beaten ♟️by Some Mere Happy Go lucky Asshole. He was Beaten lika Man. & by being Caught he'd prefer A Guy like Joe 2 Do it. Nobody Else. Cause That's how Deep Their & lefties friendships Went. ❤️

Wait wasn't Donny the movie about the evil bunny?

Yeah, best movie with Al Pacino, for sure... The best part in this movie, "Donnie brasco" is.. Al Pacino, is nothing.. Not a boss.. Not even close a boss.. But he played amazing performance.. Big respect, mstr Al Pacino🎩🎩🎩

Check out the show Gangland undercover man. It’s different circumstances because the guy who went undercover was a former criminal, however he successfully infiltrated 3 different motorcycle clubs. His name is Charles Falco, he was a big time Meth cook/dealer and when he got caught he was facing like 20 years. He had ZERO experience ever going undercover obviously but even more impressive was he had no experience with or knowledge of the outlaw motorcycle club life. He was able to basically transform into a believable biker and then successfully infiltrated 3 of the worst types of clubs in the world. He helped bring down the Vagos after being under for multiple yrs I believe. After the Vagos were brought down, he went into witness protection. While in Witsec, he did a part time gig with the ATF working for an agent who was also undercover and so Charlie was able to get patched into the Mongols MC. Before being in too long with them, other UC agents were at risk in other chapters. The Op came to an end early and so the Mongols were done. Him and His ATF handler had been doing stuff with the OUTLAWS MC. The icing on the cake is both Charlie and his ATF agent handler were able to become full patched members of the Outlaws. They not only became members but they did so by convincing a big outlaw president to let them go from being former Mongols, to allowing them to start their own chapter for the Club…Smh. So you wanna talk about craziest operations ever?! Charles Falco is a legend if you ask me.

True. Good comment.

Well if Mr. Franzese doesn't get a chance to respond. Just wanted to say Madison, Wisconsinites are praying for your mother and anyone else in your family that's been affected by this upsetting news. I'm guessing Michael with our faith would say or feel the same way.

@@lmelch100 Very Much Appreciated. I'm from the Milwaukee area and have spent a lot of time in Madison. Thank You!

I am thinking of you and your family all the way from Vancouver, Canada 🙏🏻

Sounds like fun! Donnie Brasco is one of my favorite movies!!!

Your a f king Cornball. You f king Herb James Elliot.

He knows how to become your buddy. :) Great experience though

Straight up Herb you are James Elliot.

He is a businessman first and foremost. If Michael just kept on saying how terrible the mob is on every single video, no one would watch this channel

Good question.

Well we already know what happened to pretty much every made guy in his close vicinity. It's safe to say if he had been made, that would encompass the whole family. I'm also thinking they would have closed the books for at least 20 years, nationwide.

They might not want to fuck with him either or some of them

If the name went around to every family its a chance they might find out about him

The Bonannos would've been kicked off the commission. The men who sponsored Joe would've been clipped. Other made men he had worked with extensively would've been clipped. The crew which Pistone had belonged to would've been isolated and evaluated, which would've lead to more guys getting whacked or flipping to the Feds. A bloodbath, in short.

Wow, really? Be good to hear Michael elaborate on who knew what. Can't get enough of this stuff.

Colombo....is the right spelling 😮

​@@AnthonyMcInerney-vl5bfjoe has his own podcast on spotify and his audiobook is on KZfaq, both excellent

Joe's story is he had an argument with two guys in the Colombos and left

Oh of course-every community needs a scapegoat.

He must have been getting paid a regular salary the whole time as well.

Whatever!

@@rong2912Of course he was.

Not to mention the money the FBI had to spend on relocating Joe's family and paying for that to keep going. Also they had to give Joe money every month so he could kick it upstairs on the pretense he stole and sold jewels.

It sounds good but look at who Pastone is. Anyone who believes he would risk his reputation, life, and the FBI's credibility doesnt know the man. Is it possible, sure. But if he did and it came out every case he testified on and every prosecution would be destroyed.

In his book, Joe Pistone claims did become quite close with Sonny Black in real life but in the film they made it look like Lefty Two Guns was the guy he hung out most of the time, probably because Al Pacino was a much bigger star than Michael Madsen and demanded most of the face time!

Yup....he said he could talk with him about all kinds of things!! They would sit in their underwear watching cartoons eating cereal😅😅. Now that's brotherhood

@@davidmorris9596 That's when you know you've made it to the inner circle!

He doesn’t HAVE to be a bit of a psychopath. That’s ridiculous. Some people are really good at acting/playing the part.

​@@Matt-cw1mvPsychopaths excel at acting careers and are attracted to government positions of power.

Sonny had to know he was a dead man the minute the FBI showed up and informed him "Donnie Brasco" was an FBI agent. Lefty too for that matter.

I agree. However, these days they probably don't need many undercover agents in the mob because a lot of the mob guys will become informants. Keeps the undercovers safe and the feds don't care if an informant is taken out, they just get another.

Could you imagine? He probably had the time of his life. Lots of good memories

I think he got his satisfaction from making progress within the family. But from a standpoint of the investigation.

From the book, I certainly didn't get the impression he enjoyed being a mobster. He hated Lefty, that's for sure, hated to be around him

Maybe Pistone did murder, there is no way for us to know. He was living life like a mobster to the fullest and loved it.

@@chodagreat7876 How do you know that he loved it?

@@AK-74K Instead of showing up at his family's home with his wife and children, he rather only used it to stash illegal items. He prefered staying in NY with his mob friends.

So how do military deployments and other professions that keep a man gone more days a week than they are home fit in with you estimate what male provider is supposed to be?

​@@daschmidtzessentially the same. Can't be a good father when you're not around. Regardless how you glorify the job or "working to provide".

I agree 100 percent but I think how much danger he put himself into he kinda deserves it but you’re right he definitely walked away with a lot of money

So far he has kept that hidden pretty well then. I have a hard time believing you though, or maybe i'm just being a bit naive ;-) But on a more serious note, i am not buying into that yet. I mean, he was not flashing it and if he saved it somewhere, where is it now? And how come nobody has noticed up until now?

He was undercover with high level mobsters and drug dealers. I don’t think he could fake dirty deals and committing crimes. He probably had to do it for real to gain credibility with them. So I wonder how many crimes he was involved in where he split the take with his mafia partners, didn’t document the evidence, just to have that credibility? Then, because it’s off the record, he would probably just keep his share, or split it with his FBi superiors to cover his back. When he was doing specific deals to gather evidence then those would be the times when everything is accounted for by the FBI as evidence.

Lol Donnie Brasco doesn't get to keep the illegal money he was making. He has to turn that over to the FBI.

​@@cletusjones9411as an undercover you are allowed to commit certain crimes though