I 95 is the major interstate that runs from Maine to Florida

Thanks Carstonio, I knew I had seen it somewhere

in the movie "Road to Perdition", Paul Newman used the quote "this is the business we've chosen "

Was that an original quote by Roth or was it something Meyer Lansky had once used?

In Mexico during the first Big Brother in the country, one of the assignements was to reenact 8 GF scenes because of its 30th anyversary!
Unfortunely I only saw the GF's last scene with the door closing and a bit of the scene with Hagen and the Don after Sonny's dead . Because the house was short of men(many were kicked out)they used one of the girls.

In the Mexican commercials there is also many references of the Godfather with people that look like Vito.

Thanks! I thought it was a clue to where the Simpsons lived, but it's obviously not a clue at all!

Here's one from Cheers: Sam is retired from the dating scene, but a younger man challenges him to a babe-off. So Sam pulls out a strongbox with his tools--hair gel and his Members Only jacket. As he puts the jacket on, he uses the "I thought I was out, but they pulled me back in."

I fount TWO today from politics.

First one is local to my state. Tangent: David Yepsen of the Des Moines Register is a self-important ass who acts like a pezzonovante every four years at caucus time. Anyway, he has a regular column and was explaining how the newly re-elected governor replaced his old chief of staff who is best known as a political operative:

"Cacciatore's departure signals that the governor no longer needs a campaign "wartime consiglieri" by his side and is opting for a policy wonk like Gleason instead."

The second one you'll all recognize:

There's new talk of Rudy Giuliani running for governor, and his Mafia shtick at last month's Republican Governors Association confab did little to snuff it out. Giuliani kicked off the meeting with a speech that he began by adopting Marlon Brando's gravelly Godfathervoice. "Nice of all youse guys to have me here," he said, "the families representing all the different states and territories."

(Doesn't get the quote exactly right but we'll let it go.)

As the guvs laughed, he segued into a witty stump speech. "As U.S. attorney, I used to listen to so many tapes of men talking like that. The only part of The Sopranos that makes me happy is that it begins with Tony Soprano driving to New Jersey. It gives me false pride that I sent him there."

Please dont tell me im the only one who didnt know bout this but- Slash from Guns n Roses did a Godfather theme song SOLO!! Anybody else hear it?! its crazy, im finding all this new stuff.LOL
its overwhelming.

I learned that a while back here on the BB. I have not heard it, but am curious. I'd love to hear it. As long as Axle (sp) doesn't sing, I imagine it would be good!!!

TIS

I've heard it, not bad. No vocals. Never officially released but easy to find on one of the download services... not that I would ever do that

There's a new Intel ad touting the Pentium as the ultimate multimedia machine. The scene is dozens of performers from various media sitting in a waiting room. An Abe Vigoda lookalike turns to another performer and asks, "Are you Italian?" Now, Tessio didn't say that in GF1, but the actor looks exactly like Vigoda in that movie.

I quickly scrolled over this entire topic before, and from all glimpses I got I couldn't find a single mention of Analyze This (correct me if I'm wrong).

*Vito's shooting scene is reacted by Billy Crystal as the Don and Robert DeNiro as Fredo, as part of Crystal's dream
*after he tells DeNiro about this, Robert says: "I was Fredo? Don't think so"
*a meeting of all the NY families is hosted, when Billy Crystal acts as DeNiro's consiglieri, saying "baddabeep baddabap Betty Boop"

and there are some more small references to GF

on of the better references in You've got mail I think is when a musical piece just like the GF2 theme "A New Carpet" by Nino Rota is backing up a sequence of shots that suggests a quick time change, all of this after an entire dialogue about 'The Matresses'. The music there is very "Godfatherish" and it never occured to me before...

On a stand-up comedy show on cable, I saw a guy do a Brando satire. (Sorry, I can't remember the name of the comedian.) He mimicked Brando's saggy facial expressions from GF1, dressed in a bathrobe and ate Cracker Jack straight out of the box. Adopting a Vito vocal rasp, he ruminated on the popcorn's artificial ingredients. He pulled a kazoo out of the box and played the Love Theme on it.

I guess u didn't check my earlier post, cuz i mentioned it right off the bat. Plus, Crystal saying "You broke my heart Jelly, you broke my heart."

Anthony Hopkins did his Marlan Brando impression from the Godfather a few months ago on the Late night show with Conan O' Brien.

Also, in an animated show called Harvery Birdman, a whole show is a spoof of mob stuff and one of the characters is given a cigar and nicknamed "The Godfather".

Here's a link that will show you all of the Godfather refrences that you'll ever want to see.

On the album "I Am Santa Claus" by the Bob Rivers Comedy Group, a Vito type pens "A Letter to Santa" warning Kringle to stay out of the Family territories. Here are the lyrics: http://www.twistedtunes.com/player/lyrics.asp?SongID=17

Southpark Cartman did One day I'm going to ask you a favor line

Don Corpuzzi, did I do something wrong here? I clicked the link but all I got was a long list of IMDB films. As I clicked them I just got the film info no detailed GF reference

FH

Yes, I got the same thing.

Here's one for anyone on this side of the ocean. The night before last the BBC repeated The Royle Family Christmas Special from 2000. In a scene in the kitchen Anthony and Emma ask Darren to be godfather to their soon to be born baby. Anthony then refers to him as "Don Darren" and does a terrible Brando impersonation using the "gonna make him an offer he can't refuse" line.

Last night on Survivor Thailand, while strategizing on which person to eliminate, one contestant warned another to "keep your friends close and your enemies closer"...

Saladbar,
I just saw this movie and it's hillarious! How the man delivered that line made it even funnier. Did you watch "Waiting for Guffman?"....same director of "Best In Show."

From Seinfeld:

the Bris episode:
-"Never go against the family Elaine"-Jerry
-"Look how they massacred my boy" (Jerry pointing to his circumcised thumb)
-"Never take sides against the family, Jerry" (Kramer)

-at the end, Kramer is the new godfather w/ a mom and dad w/ baby kissing his hand....Elaine, Jerry, George are like Kay gettting the door shut on them...with the Godfather music in background.

other episodes:
-Jerry in reference to Newman being in his home
"In my home, Elaine! Where I sleep, where I come and play with my toys."

-George in reference to breaking up or something, "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in."

-the new Blistex commercial
2 men in a Vito-like office talking about being a man and protection.

Sorry if these have been mentioned already.

Artice today about FFC expanding vinyard uses the obvious:

"Godfather" director's wine empire grows

PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) - He's making landowners offers they can't refuse as he sets out to prove that he's not just a grape-growing movieman but a world class winemaker.

Francis Ford Coppola, the director of "The Godfather" films as well as a prominent Napa Valley winemaker, is expanding his Niebaum-Coppola Estate, hoping to put his stamp on the future of the U.S. wine industry. The plot of this real-life drama has Coppola giving famed French chateaux a run for their money.

This is the most obscure political one yet! Zev Chavets, NY Daily News, on presidential candidate John Edwards:

I dunno I haven't met the guy yet (for an Iowa political activist that's saying a lot; so far I've met Dean, Gephardt and Kerry without hardly trying). Anyway the whole article is at http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ideas_opinions/story/48793p-45864c.html

Pizza Hut has a commercial with a brown paper bag being opened up and instead of a fish, it's a pizza.

They don't say anything but I'm sure they got the idea from GF.

Sanford and Son had two references on two different episodes:

Lamont made a direct reference to the scene in the Godfather when Michael got hit by the thunderbolt.

In another episode, Fred was going to make an offer no one could refuse... with his fists.

That's a true story.

I have it on Kazaa... It's very awesome.

We have newspaper people on the payroll, right, Tom?

"The new Trib came about because, according to well-informed sources in the business, The N.Y. Times made the Post an offer it could not refuse. Either the Post sold its share in the Trib for $75 million, or the Times would launch its own rival for the juicy expat and English-speaking market. In short, The New York Times (despite already making an annual $15 million profit on its Internet venture) saw an opportunity."

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