Paulie was the driver. Fredo said he didn't mind getting the car this time. I think Fredo acted as his father's bodyguard which was probably his regular job in the family. It was one where the Don could keep a watch on this one son of his whom he probbaly did not have much hope for.

When I think of Fredo, I think about Mikey in the TV series American Chopper. He and Fredo are relatively harmless guys, apparently not that bright, show little interest in the family business, but are thought of fooindly by their respective fathers.

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