Most Hated FBI Agent in the Mafia- Joe Pistone aka Donnie Brasco

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  • In an undisclosed location, Joe Pistone and Patrick Bet-David talk about the Mafia and how Joe Pistone went undercover for 6 years as an FBI agent infiltrating the two largest mafia families in New York.
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  • @raeezpyne5149
    @raeezpyne5149 Před 4 lety +8129

    Plot twist his actually a mobster that infiltrated the FBI

    • @frankiepalmisano4272
      @frankiepalmisano4272 Před 4 lety +166

      Raeez Pyne that would be amazing

    • @raeezpyne5149
      @raeezpyne5149 Před 4 lety +216

      @@frankiepalmisano4272 we can have a second interview how he explains how the mob went silent for 3 decades to overthrow the government with secret agents all to find out rudi Juliana holds the position of a boss for his cintribution to the organization

    • @cvsp3rlxc921
      @cvsp3rlxc921 Před 4 lety +69

      If only the feds didn’t already bust in and get stand up men on Rico charges. I’d love if this was the reality. Fuck Donnie Brasco.

    • @spencermorningstarphotos
      @spencermorningstarphotos Před 4 lety +96

      The Departed starring Leonardo di Caprio

    • @petergeramin7195
      @petergeramin7195 Před 4 lety +17

      @@raeezpyne5149 What?

  • @jamesroper4952
    @jamesroper4952 Před 4 lety +284

    That's a really blue suit.

  • @ForeverBennett
    @ForeverBennett Před 4 měsíci +23

    It's amazing that Pistone is still alive. He's an amazing man.

  • @andrewcomments5812
    @andrewcomments5812 Před 2 lety +372

    Joe is ICE COLD. He's definitely one of the most badass feds of all time. Major respect to him, his work, and his wife too!

    • @baltimorebikelife7134
      @baltimorebikelife7134 Před rokem +1

      😂🤦‍♂️💪🏾🔥🙏🏿🙏🏿

    • @adamirishconundrum851
      @adamirishconundrum851 Před rokem

      Joe isn't telling how the Bonanno family trusted him for so long. He must have set them up with scores where the FBI put him in the lead for a break in with recovered stolen shit. He didn't just shy away from crimes. He set them up like a mf.

    • @hightechhippie
      @hightechhippie Před rokem +4

      He still things he is in the mob. This guy! He’s a TopG

    • @leontinetarlton
      @leontinetarlton Před rokem +1

      nfgjnftd

    • @linart25
      @linart25 Před rokem +4

      Joe never lost that mob vernacular and accent. It just shows how embroiled he got into that deep cover operation.
      In the movie Joe says to his wife: "I am not like them, I am one of them." That speaks volumes. One hell of an agent.

  • @williamkz
    @williamkz Před 2 lety +931

    "Long term deep undercover... everybody can't do." Massive understatement. The self-discipline to do what Joe Pistone did is almost beyond comprehension.

    • @jebidiahnewkedkracker1025
      @jebidiahnewkedkracker1025 Před 2 lety +34

      There was a dude that penetrated the Hell's Angels....That is pretty impressive too. (Granted, the Italian mob "wrote the book" on American gangsterism, but given the reputation of the Hell's Angels as a criminal organization, that is nothing to scoff at either. The MOST IMPRESSIVE feat would be a dude with platinum blonde hair and piercing blue eyes penetrating either the Bloods, Crips, or MS-13's higher echelons😂😂)

    • @seahawks366
      @seahawks366 Před 2 lety +6

      For real its so crazy what he did

    • @Foenem521
      @Foenem521 Před 2 lety +33

      Women are great at living double lives. A woman would be great at this.

    • @Say_No-2_Animal-Abuse_
      @Say_No-2_Animal-Abuse_ Před 2 lety +5

      @@Foenem521 lol not me. I have a temper. Stupid question. Isn't he afraid of getting clipped? Interviews & movie cameo's? He's in the Witness Protection, but he's just "out there." I realize, those guys are Dead, but, still. Lol🤨

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  • @florencewallis7416
    @florencewallis7416 Před 4 lety +2372

    You can't tell me he didn't make any money on the side during that six years

    • @partytimetonight7997
      @partytimetonight7997 Před 4 lety +74

      Florence Wallis he still rich

    • @Firstnameunknownfr
      @Firstnameunknownfr Před 4 lety +260

      He can’t talk about it

    • @orestodomundo6652
      @orestodomundo6652 Před 4 lety +11

      First name Last name lmao

    • @user-tw8yo6rr5p
      @user-tw8yo6rr5p Před 4 lety +180

      FBI gave him $500 dollars after 6 years undercover!

    • @peterarmstrong6730
      @peterarmstrong6730 Před 4 lety +82

      @Daquan Wilson, Hollywood bollocks. To sell the movie. If the FBI, thought he'd kept 300k he have been locked up. He got 500 dollars because, that's all you get.

  • @Knuckle_Sandwich_Hand_Wraps
    @Knuckle_Sandwich_Hand_Wraps Před 9 měsíci +8

    ‘A wiseguy’s always right, even when he’s wrong, he’s right’.

  • @davescott1491
    @davescott1491 Před rokem +37

    An American hero with incredible courage and character. What he did was remarkable.

    • @flightofthebumblebee9529
      @flightofthebumblebee9529 Před rokem +4

      I agree. People love mob films (myself included) but they're awful people that destroy people's lives. Joe Pistone makes this very clear in his books.

  • @grayson0916
    @grayson0916 Před 5 lety +2577

    He’s currently undercover as Stevie Wonder

    • @robdee81
      @robdee81 Před 5 lety +66

      He alters his appearance for the rare occasions he surfaces, he still has a half million price on his head.

    • @michellesoto9458
      @michellesoto9458 Před 5 lety +16

      Know that Steven Wonder is Not Blind and Never Was Blind and is Not Blind... It was all for show LIE'S that's what the music industry does!!!

    • @robdee81
      @robdee81 Před 5 lety +16

      Medicine time deary , take a deep breath everything will be all better soon.....

    • @grayson0916
      @grayson0916 Před 5 lety +19

      M S is that what the voices tell you?

    • @willsmith9595
      @willsmith9595 Před 5 lety +4

      Who is going to pay on it?

  • @mgottpt
    @mgottpt Před 4 lety +747

    Christian Bale - “I’m the greatest method actor of all time.”
    Joe Pistone - “Hold my beer.”

    • @elliemathews6884
      @elliemathews6884 Před 3 lety +20

      Haha exactly

    • @royalty_the1892
      @royalty_the1892 Před 3 lety +23

      He don't drink tho and he's in so deep he would say: Hold my jewelry

    • @jamiekelly6851
      @jamiekelly6851 Před 3 lety +5

      Christian Bale isn't really method, nor would be say that lol.

    • @mgottpt
      @mgottpt Před 3 lety +4

      Jamie kelly Oh, are you Christian Bale?

    • @sketch3744
      @sketch3744 Před 3 lety +18

      @@jamiekelly6851 While Bale is indeed a method actor, I very much doubt he would tout himself as the greatest. I think it's pretty widely accepted that Daniel Day Lewis is far and away the greatest method actor of all time and in argument for just str8 up greatest actor of all time. Bale's not dumb enough to fuck with that shit lol.

  • @GerardVaughan-qe7ml
    @GerardVaughan-qe7ml Před rokem +7

    "You can't commit acts of violence if you're undercover". How times have changed.

  • @gentryism
    @gentryism Před rokem +27

    Great interview. I love the questions. I also appreciate that you let Joe answer fully. Today it seems that most interviewers do all the talking. Well done!

  • @paolop8093
    @paolop8093 Před 4 lety +1358

    This guy is 80 years old, he talks and looks about 60 years old

    • @AJManol
      @AJManol Před 4 lety +4

      Nando RIGHT?

    • @prosocceronlineasmteam8622
      @prosocceronlineasmteam8622 Před 4 lety +95

      Same with Micheal Franzese who is a former mob guy, he looks 40 whilst he is in his seventies.

    • @liang-3084
      @liang-3084 Před 4 lety +14

      Csabee hes in his late 60s

    • @MarshyDitch
      @MarshyDitch Před 4 lety +6

      Liang - nitpicking

    • @briannotafan3368
      @briannotafan3368 Před 4 lety +25

      his memory is very sharp for 80 i hope im 1/2 as good at 80 if i make it

  • @cyrilsneer9550
    @cyrilsneer9550 Před 5 lety +2146

    Lucky he's wearing those sun glasses otherwise people would recognize him

  • @stevebaker6711
    @stevebaker6711 Před 11 měsíci +21

    Joe Pistone should got at least 55 grand and an Oscar for keeping that character for 6 years not 55 hundred. What a story. Great stuff.

    • @GOdi-fw1zr
      @GOdi-fw1zr Před 3 měsíci +2

      Movie said he got $500 not 5500

    • @henrycooper4213
      @henrycooper4213 Před 3 měsíci

      I hope he’s made more public speaking and consulting since.

    • @jackr5407
      @jackr5407 Před 2 měsíci

      @@GOdi-fw1zr He said he got the 5k for winning an award

  • @andreHK8
    @andreHK8 Před 2 lety +140

    Man, when he said, I am not dying for a gangster. I am dying for you because your a citizen. @ 57:10. This man is truly remarkable!

    • @angelsantiago8455
      @angelsantiago8455 Před rokem +5

      He is def lying hes not dying for anyone

    • @kristoffernilsson6043
      @kristoffernilsson6043 Před 11 měsíci

      @@angelsantiago8455 Let me correct you, he doesnt want to die, but he rather die for what is right than letting the maffia run the country over, thats a moral code that most of us wish we had but wouldnt dare put in action, you should be damn happy that a guy like Joe Pistone did what he did, cause you sure couldnt.

    • @upfrontspeaker77777
      @upfrontspeaker77777 Před 10 měsíci +3

      A snitch only looks after itself

    • @mvasio
      @mvasio Před 9 měsíci +4

      @@upfrontspeaker77777A snitch is someone who gets caught and rats to save their own ass. This is completely different. If you listened to the whole interview, it’s basically just a grown up game of cops and robbers and Joe has no intention of losing.

    • @BayMarti
      @BayMarti Před 9 měsíci

      @@upfrontspeaker77777 he ain't no snitch he is a rat, he was a fed not a snitch
      show some respect, he was working for your country

  • @craiggould9899
    @craiggould9899 Před 4 lety +415

    Is Mr pistone wearing those glasses due to the interviewers suit lol.

  • @linart25
    @linart25 Před rokem +22

    Joe never lost that mob vernacular and accent. It just shows how embroiled he got into that deep cover operation.
    In the movie Joe says to his wife: "I am not like them, I am one of them." That speaks volumes. One hell of an agent.

    • @Jates
      @Jates Před 10 měsíci +4

      In the beginning he said he grew up in an Italian neighborhood so that’s probably just who he’s always been, maybe the reason the FBI even picked him for this job

    • @bluecollar58
      @bluecollar58 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Lol , grew up in the same neighborhood.

    • @youcanthandlethetruth8873
      @youcanthandlethetruth8873 Před 4 dny

      ​@@Jates They picked him exactly because he was an Italian American in touch with the culture, he spoke the dialect and grew up around Italian criminal figures. He was perfect for the job.

  • @Bgarza05
    @Bgarza05 Před rokem +14

    Patrick really is a great interviewer asking the best questions everyone wants to know while also being respectful.

    • @blaisemacpherson7637
      @blaisemacpherson7637 Před 8 dny

      He was great the one thing that was so weird was all the talking about Giuliani that made no sense. He even said at the end that he would like to talk to him. The only reason anyone ever talks to Rudy is because his drunk ass owes them money and he can't pay them.

  • @Bangbangbigelow
    @Bangbangbigelow Před 2 lety +26

    This guy’s wordplay has to be off the charts to go inside and undetected for 6 years, insane

  • @Neodreth
    @Neodreth Před 3 lety +391

    Asking Joe if he reunited with Lefty really cracked me up. Joe reuniting with a guy like Lefty after what he did and knowing that he had six weeks to live and nothing to lose is like having a death wish.

    • @Jas2153
      @Jas2153 Před 3 lety +43

      That was such a stupid question.

    • @jebidiahnewkedkracker1025
      @jebidiahnewkedkracker1025 Před 2 lety +17

      Was "Lefty" the character played by Al Pacino in the movie? (I was under the impression he got "whacked"...You know for letting an FBI AGENT get that deep into "That thing of theirs"....Al Pacino certainly played the role as if he knew he was going to "swim with the fishes")

    • @samgyen8186
      @samgyen8186 Před 2 lety +5

      @Paul Knowles false! Because deep down in his heart! He loved lefty! If he had one wish!,he would wish lefty was here with him!

    • @Degenerate999
      @Degenerate999 Před 2 lety

      @Paul Knowles what about his position?

    • @krystin_stand4truth
      @krystin_stand4truth Před 2 lety

      lefty lived for 2yrs after his release from prison.

  • @novagerio
    @novagerio Před 10 měsíci +9

    All honour and respect Joe. You are one of the truest unsung heros in the US.

  • @timsexton
    @timsexton Před 9 měsíci +3

    Stellar interview on both energy & content. Many thanks to Joe Pistone & PBD for getting it done.
    *_TRUST !!_*

  • @jvoit3021
    @jvoit3021 Před 3 lety +460

    This is the smartest agent ive ever seen, the way he has an understanding of how life is supposed to go is incredible. He's spot on

    • @user-jy1xr1nh8s
      @user-jy1xr1nh8s Před 2 lety +53

      And got 500 $ and crappy medal as reward for all the danger and excellent work he did . Rubbish . Very unfair .

    • @DaveSCameron
      @DaveSCameron Před 2 lety +3

      He isn't quite as cool as school, he enjoyed the Life a little bit too much..

    • @silence-humility-calmness
      @silence-humility-calmness Před 2 lety +18

      @@user-jy1xr1nh8s unfair and unsustainable ,whats even more ridicules is that an actor playing his act makes big bank ,gets tons of attention and is never even in danger

    • @MrBgood84
      @MrBgood84 Před 2 lety

      Ehhh I don't believe his Tony Mirror story. Saying he checked him with nobody around but yet his story had no substance.

    • @MikeSJr-wi1rb
      @MikeSJr-wi1rb Před 2 lety +4

      He got more than.500$, under the table!

  • @vrcmf3172
    @vrcmf3172 Před 3 lety +115

    This guy was undercover so long. He became a wise guy

    • @ForeverBennett
      @ForeverBennett Před 4 měsíci +6

      Balls of steel!

    • @johnnyo8299
      @johnnyo8299 Před 3 měsíci +3

      That's why J. Edgar Hoover didn't like undercover work because agents could become corrupted

  • @joemurray5570
    @joemurray5570 Před 2 lety +31

    Great interview. Amazing story. Agent Joe Pistone must be tough as nails. It obviously takes a lot of balls just to be a regular Joe doing what you have to do coming up in organized crime, but to do it while being an undercover agent is absolutely amazing to me.

    • @joemurray5570
      @joemurray5570 Před 2 lety +1

      I mean, I’m sure that not everybody gets to be a “made guy”. They only make the best of the best. Well, Joe Pistone must have been the best of the best since he was about 6 months away from getting made. But he did it as an undercover agent.
      Then too, look at what Sonny said about him as he was voluntarily going to the sit down where he knew he would be killed. He tells the bartender that he’s going to a sit down that he may not come back from. He calls his girlfriend and tells her that if she sees Donnie: “tell him I loved him and I’m glad it was him, he was just better than us.”
      That’s not acting. That’s not a front put up by an undercover. That just proves what a great guy Pistone is and what an amazing job he did. 🙏🏻

    • @beesea105
      @beesea105 Před 10 měsíci

      U call him tough... I call him a great fraud. How he can say he has no remorse for sending many to jail forever and man losing his life who had him in they home around family and viewed him as family. JUST BECAUSE HE FBI AGENT DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT JOE PISTONE IS A HEARTLESS SCUMBAG

    • @blaisemacpherson7637
      @blaisemacpherson7637 Před 8 dny

      That was a major problem with the movie them because they made it out like Joe was conflicted there was that scene where he was like no I'm not becoming like them I am them. But if this interview is accurate he truly was acting and playing a part.

  • @patrickskehill5589
    @patrickskehill5589 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Al Pacino actually looked quite like Lefty, actually surprised me just how much. Great interview from PBD again.

  • @strawberryloli
    @strawberryloli Před 6 lety +134

    "Only one person saves your life: You." Truer words have never been spoken.

    • @Lerian_V
      @Lerian_V Před 6 lety

      but gun control tho

    • @tomfromeriej4611
      @tomfromeriej4611 Před 6 lety +3

      strawberryloli NO, Jesus still saves and saved mine!

    • @DerDudelino
      @DerDudelino Před 5 lety

      Which is probably true. This was an age before you had SWAT teams on standby in every city and the gangsters had Tommy Guns versus police officers with mostly revolvers.

    • @muriloninja
      @muriloninja Před 5 lety +1

      Meanwhile, leftists want you to depend on that reaction. I'm with Joe Pistone on this one! Save your own ass!

    • @Ken-iu2zp
      @Ken-iu2zp Před 4 lety

      Are you Korean or Chinese?

  • @pfftdammitchris
    @pfftdammitchris Před 3 lety +240

    when the joe pistone guy was confronted about his $5500 reward for his 6 years of life risking effort and said "look, you dont do this for money". i think this speaks a lot about why he was so successful in his role and that his mind set was in the right place. someone who was looking forward for a huge money reward probably would have quit in the middle of their 6-year undercover mission

    • @dmac7403
      @dmac7403 Před 2 lety +29

      You don't think he kept a lot of the money he made? if so your niave .

    • @MikeSJr-wi1rb
      @MikeSJr-wi1rb Před 2 lety +14

      He got way more than 500$

    • @Jay-vr9ir
      @Jay-vr9ir Před 2 lety +3

      It is tax payer's money , also gov't workers don't get Christmas bonuses .

    • @chhansen9813
      @chhansen9813 Před 2 lety +4

      $500

    • @chhansen9813
      @chhansen9813 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Jay-vr9ir They also are almost impossible to fire

  • @ozdorothyfan
    @ozdorothyfan Před 7 měsíci +6

    While he's not the only instance of a police undercover agents out there this guy really is something special. The stress of living that life for 6 years and surviving to talk about it is simply incomprehensible to most.

  • @8188jlpc
    @8188jlpc Před rokem +7

    fascinating! great interview

  • @o.portista
    @o.portista Před 8 měsíci +6

    A great interview to be honest, one of the best I've seen, Had watched it a few years back, and re-watched it a few weeks ago, and what a great context and perspective we get from here, from the iconic Pistone and the Donnie Brasco legend. Really shows how much he had to endure personally, and to get rewarded with almost to nothing, and risk with such a sacrifice. True legend.

    • @thomasmorris2245
      @thomasmorris2245 Před 2 měsíci

      I watched this a few years ago or one like it - amazing story

  • @2036livy
    @2036livy Před 4 lety +35

    There were so many times this interviewer assumed what Joe was going to answer and answers for him and kept rolling on and rambling instead of letting Joe talk

  • @unapologeticcook7168
    @unapologeticcook7168 Před 4 lety +26

    I appreciate that there is zero ad while watching this.

    • @Beck-Stein
      @Beck-Stein Před 3 lety

      He added commercials now. lol

    • @David98004
      @David98004 Před 2 měsíci

      Either jail break your phone or pay YT premium!

  • @djtakesnorequests
    @djtakesnorequests Před rokem +13

    This was a great interview. As a father and husband, thank you for asking more questions about his family life.

  • @graemehuia5964
    @graemehuia5964 Před rokem +51

    It was quite sad how he described Sonny Black handing over his possessions to the barman just before his final meeting.
    He walked into that meeting knowing his fate.

  • @thomasliberti1917
    @thomasliberti1917 Před 4 lety +821

    Waiting for Pistone, Franzese, Gravano and Giuliani in the same room. That would be interesting.

    • @norbywalters
      @norbywalters Před 4 lety +75

      without the interviewer tho pls

    • @kylemorse6644
      @kylemorse6644 Před 4 lety +13

      Thomas Liberti Add Cullota to that list and it would be epic.

    • @ceeceety2320
      @ceeceety2320 Před 4 lety +5

      @@norbywalters Now that would be something!

    • @FlaviusBelisarius-ck6uv
      @FlaviusBelisarius-ck6uv Před 4 lety +47

      Assuming a fight didn't break out, that'd be mighty interesting.

    • @eyestoenvy
      @eyestoenvy Před 4 lety +16

      ..... and both Bill & Hillary

  • @RagingBullNuts
    @RagingBullNuts Před 4 lety +69

    He’s so good he’s undercover during the recording of this video.

  • @pr1smYT
    @pr1smYT Před rokem +18

    One of the best Mafia movies ever made, and yet a lot of people haven't watched it.

    • @conversationstranglersteve9873
      @conversationstranglersteve9873 Před rokem +1

      Donnie Brasco and A Bronx Tale are two really underrated mobster flicks. You always hear Godfather 1 and 2 or Goodfellas, Casino etc. which are great movies, but those two gems don't get enough recognition.

    • @JoshSmith-cy2he
      @JoshSmith-cy2he Před rokem

      What movie

    • @ForeverBennett
      @ForeverBennett Před 4 měsíci +2

      They should re-do it as a Netflix series and truly milk it for everything rather than do a compressed movie version. I liked the film, but I think it could be an even better series.

    • @Aenigmakil
      @Aenigmakil Před 14 dny

      ​@@ForeverBennettagree and have it more closer to reality

    • @Aenigmakil
      @Aenigmakil Před 14 dny

      ​​@@conversationstranglersteve9873I'd say it's better than Casino. I still need to see Bronx

  • @markhoppe9897
    @markhoppe9897 Před rokem

    Great freaking interviews this one and Michael's!! I stumbled into them watching auditing america on you tube. Great job interviewing these guys bro!!!

  • @samuraihardware7435
    @samuraihardware7435 Před 4 lety +860

    Bloody hell will you let him speak instead of keep interrupting.

    • @patrickthometz6365
      @patrickthometz6365 Před 3 lety +10

      Amen Samurai!

    • @HistoryFacts10
      @HistoryFacts10 Před 3 lety +30

      Foreal, fuckin annoying

    • @stephhernandez4477
      @stephhernandez4477 Před 3 lety +28

      He didnt pull that with Sammy The Bull and he was sitting ALOT Farther from Sammy compared to this Interview.

    • @americanbobtail1
      @americanbobtail1 Před 3 lety +18

      Because he is a know it all New Yorker. There is one way to handle this type. At the very beginning you state that if they interrupt you, talk over you, etc. the conversation will end immediately and do not ever contact me again. It's amazing how quiet and cordial they get once you confront them.

    • @patrickthometz6365
      @patrickthometz6365 Před 3 lety +26

      @@americanbobtail1 you sound like a know it all yourself.. what us New Yorkers call a fucking douche bag.

  • @kagisophiri6329
    @kagisophiri6329 Před 4 lety +49

    Why has Netflix not produced a Donnie Brasco series? Like they did with Narcos & El Chapo? What about the 5 Families?

    • @martinlutherkingjr.5582
      @martinlutherkingjr.5582 Před 2 lety +2

      It costs money, why don’t you do it

    • @jebidiahnewkedkracker1025
      @jebidiahnewkedkracker1025 Před 2 lety

      HEY!!! 😠 As a white Anglo Saxon Protestant, I demand a series be done on BIKERS first sport....Oh, wait....This just in....I have been informed that Sons Of Anarchy has fulfilled that wish....Never mind.😂😂😂😂

  • @Doreana48501
    @Doreana48501 Před 10 měsíci

    Everytime this interview shows up I watch it. Great questions Great responses. Captivating interview.

  • @aarontopping868
    @aarontopping868 Před 6 měsíci

    Wow, this is one of the best interviews I have ever watched.

  • @jimm6626
    @jimm6626 Před 3 lety +27

    Amazing how some of those pictures of Lefty look like Pacino's character, I thought it was Pacino

    • @amandahallman1091
      @amandahallman1091 Před 3 lety +5

      I noticed that too, they nailed it choosing Pacino.

    • @georgefromjungle5211
      @georgefromjungle5211 Před 3 lety +1

      @@amandahallman1091 They have similar voices too, Pacino nailed Lefty Rugerrio's personality.

  • @yuanyao3963
    @yuanyao3963 Před 3 lety +161

    This man shows being fearless, intelligent and having no attachment at the same time... how powerful is that

    • @mikenyc1501
      @mikenyc1501 Před 3 lety +6

      The whole time undercover, he had a wife and 3 kids. His children were born before he went undercover.

    • @susanarsoniadou3588
      @susanarsoniadou3588 Před 2 lety

      There many who show bravado but once you chase them they run for the hills
      Total bastard dastards.

    • @christophertaylor9100
      @christophertaylor9100 Před rokem +13

      I think you have to be at least a little bit crazy to pull that off

    • @Herc11355
      @Herc11355 Před rokem +4

      Some might say he's a Psychopath. The no attachment part.

    • @nicholasdambrosio3591
      @nicholasdambrosio3591 Před rokem +2

      I would say he’s just as bad as any gangster to be this much of a ruthless psychopath.

  • @raverwater1
    @raverwater1 Před 2 měsíci +1

    that was a wonderful interview 👏👏 thank you Mr. Pistone🇺🇸

  • @aneclectisistsmind4946
    @aneclectisistsmind4946 Před rokem +7

    i absolutly love this interview! great job PBD!

    • @user-pq5hq6rd2j
      @user-pq5hq6rd2j Před měsícem +1

      No, he talks over joe constantly and does shut up. I love Joe and bet Davis ruins this

  • @JoseMolina-rk2hh
    @JoseMolina-rk2hh Před 5 lety +52

    I've watched this interview 3 times and each time I am more amazed, impressed and shocked.
    The Joe Pistone and Michael Franzese interview are fantastically insightful.

    • @michaelperez265
      @michaelperez265 Před 5 lety

      Would love to see michael f. Meet joe piece of shit pistone

    • @piereb1748
      @piereb1748 Před 5 lety +1

      Michael Perez ?why the hatred of pistone?M."Franzese"-i dont know the correct spelling-said himself that even tho the power n money u mite gain from that life is naturally attractive,it is filthy and filled with ugly or desparate people.it isnt only their own that are killed,but those that are "associates"or less.mob mentality is a cop out.there r intelligent charismatic guys like Franzese that make it seem impressive but he himself has left despite his respect for his father.Franzese mentioned Brasco but i dont recall any grudge against him.both men highly intelligent and both fit well into and profitted from the mob.mayb u r a wanna be gangster,too simple to live well within the law ,and so u fall for the seeming glamour of gang life

    • @latifahjose5987
      @latifahjose5987 Před 5 lety +1

      Jose Molina so the goverment Made money using the Maria (vending machine) with the two FBI’s

  • @sagarsreddy6037
    @sagarsreddy6037 Před 3 lety +862

    Lefty would have killed the interviewer just because he is not letting joe pistone talk..

    • @maxpaws3977
      @maxpaws3977 Před 3 lety +40

      Complete opposite.
      Lefty thought Joe Pistone talked too much already.

    • @kbellardino
      @kbellardino Před 3 lety +1

      Fart in ur mouth

    • @hornylorney8150
      @hornylorney8150 Před 3 lety +1

      Gatt it

    • @ledung2832
      @ledung2832 Před 3 lety

      Maybe..this interview has recorded?..don’t need letting?

    • @carljohnson1334
      @carljohnson1334 Před 3 lety +11

      In 6 yrs he made a lot of mob money and kept it.he just won’t say it.

  • @dizzitoast
    @dizzitoast Před rokem +6

    What an amazing interview. This was a lesson on how to interview someone. He had so much insight.

    • @user-pq5hq6rd2j
      @user-pq5hq6rd2j Před 24 dny

      What? Bet Davis doesn't stfu. He speaks at least 50 % of the interview. I kept forwarding when BP was talking and I'd forward a minute a time at least

  • @myrnaleon8464
    @myrnaleon8464 Před rokem +2

    What a great, fascinating story. Thanks for the superb entrainment.

  • @artificialintelligence732
    @artificialintelligence732 Před 4 lety +460

    Who is rewatching Donnie Brasco after this? 👍

    • @jurgen-fritz
      @jurgen-fritz Před 4 lety +9

      Artificial Intelligence - I watched it with my son a couple days ago. I wanted to watch it before I watched anything about this guy. My son and I didn’t too much care for the movie personally. I think this interview was better

    • @AlehandroSosa
      @AlehandroSosa Před 4 lety +5

      Before this 😂

    • @FreeRadical222
      @FreeRadical222 Před 3 lety +7

      Every month what a fucking douche!

    • @chrizindica956
      @chrizindica956 Před 3 lety +7

      Forgetabouit!

    • @luis84cardenas
      @luis84cardenas Před 3 lety

      I watch for the first time yesterday

  • @smalltownsessions2072
    @smalltownsessions2072 Před 2 lety +24

    Listening to him speak makes you realise how much Johnny Depp nailed the role

  • @samanthamcgahan2066
    @samanthamcgahan2066 Před 2 lety +1

    Straight up and honest - this was fascinating!!

  • @jtteliani2929
    @jtteliani2929 Před 3 lety +59

    Interviewer: so how did you feel about that
    Joe: well I wa--
    Interviewer: WOW hypothetically let's say you know a girl named Marie. Let me tell you about Marie's life story for 5 minutes then not really ask a question

  • @desertweasel6965
    @desertweasel6965 Před 3 lety +155

    Donnie " Me and Sonny go to the meeting and no one else"
    Interrupting Interviewer " So, Lefty wasn't there"?

  • @BulldogBadger
    @BulldogBadger Před 3 měsíci +2

    Poor Joe had to wear shades just to cope with looking at that bright blue suit! 😎🤣

  • @michaelroncone1252
    @michaelroncone1252 Před 5 měsíci

    Great interview, fascinating!

  • @grantmiller414
    @grantmiller414 Před 4 lety +51

    I’ve watched your interviews on CZcams with Sammy Gravano, John Alite and, just now, Joe Pistone. These are by far the best interviews regarding the the mob that I’ve ever seen. And among the best interviews I’ve seen or listened to anywhere on any subject. In my book, you’re among the best in your field.

  • @vespasian1695
    @vespasian1695 Před 4 lety +15

    This man is interviewing one of the most interesting and bravest men of our time, and he keep interrupting and trying to correlate the movie with real life. LET THE MAN SPEAK

    • @gbfreire
      @gbfreire Před 4 lety +1

      Exactly. I was thinking the same.
      Pretty annoying - let the guy complete a phase.

  • @malcolmcarter1726
    @malcolmcarter1726 Před rokem

    What a guy! As someone who is on the other page with the law, Ive still always respected the 'opposition!'
    You can see why he did so well. Total dedecation to his job, and patriotism for his country. Respect!
    I really enjoyed watching this video. And just look at Pistone as he is now!
    He looks super fit and well, and carries his years very well indeed. One sharp dude. God bless.

  • @GordiansKnotHere
    @GordiansKnotHere Před měsícem

    Very fine line and a very interesting conversation...
    Joe played a very cool hand.

  • @probablecausetocheckhard-drive

    Donnie Brassco is a brilliant film. Sort of film you can watch multiple times

  • @peterpana3176
    @peterpana3176 Před 4 lety +272

    "I ain't dying for a gangster" this guy's more gangster than gangster's

    • @geraldgaddy367
      @geraldgaddy367 Před 4 lety +14

      You are correct. And the reality is these people are selfish and don't really care about there own family. They are not just doing their job, they are addicted to the thrill and will leave there family behind at any cost. Even if it tears them apart.

    • @geraldgaddy367
      @geraldgaddy367 Před 4 lety +3

      @DuchessDiz No comment because it's complicated since I've been a targeted individual for 20 years. However, I do have a percentage of Italian in me but it's not significant or important. Take care?

    • @your_belief_vs_everything
      @your_belief_vs_everything Před 4 lety

      Please.....lmfao. but he'll die for the ultimate shakedown artist, the FBI? What a clownish comment. I feel sorry for your naivete.

    • @capitalg1415
      @capitalg1415 Před 4 lety +2

      Ain’t nun gangster about being undercover

    • @mikeafhgaefiuawhgewahrgare4257
      @mikeafhgaefiuawhgewahrgare4257 Před 4 lety

      @@your_belief_vs_everything rofl exactly what I thought. By the way mr. Targeted individual, whom do you think is targeting you? Would it be intelligence agencies or a fucking street gang/crime family? You're all over the place. Take your fucking meds.

  • @deepelements
    @deepelements Před rokem

    Such a fascinating interview thx

  • @barbaracastelli9695
    @barbaracastelli9695 Před 3 měsíci

    Great interview!! Best interest of this podcast of the Mafia.

  • @josephzinck5680
    @josephzinck5680 Před 6 lety +44

    Phew baby, this has become one of my top 3 favourite channels

  • @obliviox
    @obliviox Před 5 lety +12

    1:04:17 patrick the “interruptor” bet david the guy said let me finish after an hour of being interrupted and cut off he finally got sick of it lol

  • @Stayput1208
    @Stayput1208 Před rokem +28

    We need a guy like that in the politics. He can’t be corrupted.

  • @MidwestFarmToys
    @MidwestFarmToys Před 4 měsíci

    Great interview

  • @tyecook9630
    @tyecook9630 Před 4 lety +260

    I bet this was very interesting but I couldn't get more than 5 minutes into it because that interviewer was driving me nuts. He's more impressed by his own questions than Joe's answers.

    • @eddyukimclinton4882
      @eddyukimclinton4882 Před 4 lety +2

      Agree a little bit

    • @ryanb1874
      @ryanb1874 Před 4 lety +1

      Yea but let's face it, Joe is a reporter, there is no emotion, no personal nuance. It is annoying but, i think "Joe" 's lack of humanity is pathetic....His wife probably wouldn't have been anymore happy if he hadn't chosen this "life".

    • @freddyfox5002
      @freddyfox5002 Před 4 lety +5

      I got 7min in. Thought it was just me, but the comment section agrees.

    • @SilkyLew
      @SilkyLew Před 4 lety +8

      @@ryanb1874 huh?

    • @DJDNDK
      @DJDNDK Před 4 lety +3

      it annoyed me too. I just focused on joe's stories instead. His answers were very interesting to me.

  • @iliketocode6986
    @iliketocode6986 Před 3 lety +23

    how can this guy be alive. mad respect.

    • @PlanetDip
      @PlanetDip Před rokem

      the fbi is most likely involved in his yearly security somehow.

  • @anthonygratton422
    @anthonygratton422 Před rokem +2

    Bro, Patrick is one of the coolest guys . I don't look up to people much but I would for sure take advice from him and learn what he knows. Salute to Patrick

  • @gord2358
    @gord2358 Před rokem

    This video was fascinating.

  • @jbvap
    @jbvap Před 3 lety +17

    Donnie Brasco’s one of my favorite LCN movies, to be undercover in one of the 5 families for 6 years boggles my mind. I can’t imagine living a double life like that.

  • @ATLgamingZ6
    @ATLgamingZ6 Před 4 lety +21

    Back in college a dude from the CIA came to speak to a group of student's. Dude str8 up said. Their isn't one guy on this planet that made a billion dollars without breaking the law in some way corporate or street.

  • @SimonasVitkus
    @SimonasVitkus Před 3 měsíci

    I love this interview

  • @AneTix101
    @AneTix101 Před 4 lety +44

    Damn, Lefty and Al Pacino look so damn similar.

  • @Jayarea5
    @Jayarea5 Před 5 lety +17

    Boy the casting job for Lefty was no brainer! Guy looks exactly like Pacino !

    • @panbandits
      @panbandits Před 4 lety +1

      i at times had to rewind and see if they were using pics of Pacino , awesome casting on that one .

  • @richardroberts6817
    @richardroberts6817 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I've watched a couple of his interviews, and Patrick is a great interviewer. You can tell he does his homework on whomever he's talking with.

  • @whiteroses47
    @whiteroses47 Před rokem +13

    Wow, Patrick! What an amazing interview and you probed him well with some great questions! Joe Pistone is indeed loyal and devoted to the FBI. But not that it isn't impossible, I seem to find it hard to believe that within those 6 years of being Donnie Brosco, and only seeing his wife every 4-6 months during that time, that he didn't have a girlfriend on the side. His wife is an ace and truly deserves a medal! And, it's a shame that the FBI didn't pay Joe more money for his phenomenal loyalty and dedication.

  • @EliteClinicalResearch
    @EliteClinicalResearch Před 6 lety +1230

    Wow this is incredible. I love these Mafia interviews

    • @regkray9872
      @regkray9872 Před 6 lety +20

      GUNz THE WEST COAST KING . I say your not tough enough to pull the trigger

    • @EliteClinicalResearch
      @EliteClinicalResearch Před 6 lety +5

      Jimmy Burke probably true

    • @tobiasvanhengel3281
      @tobiasvanhengel3281 Před 6 lety +36

      he was fbi and very succesfull in putting criminal scum in jail. so he's no snitch he's a hero

    • @solomanvendi2970
      @solomanvendi2970 Před 6 lety +19

      GUNz THE WEST COAST KING he infiltrated the mob convinced them all he was one of them thats a wiseguy, u better wise up or you will be pickin up ur naby teeth

    • @davidallenspeaks9548
      @davidallenspeaks9548 Před 6 lety +25

      GUNz THE WEST COAST KING No dumbass he was not a snitch nor an informant. He was a police . FBI .

  • @aaronhall1080
    @aaronhall1080 Před 2 lety +286

    This was by far one of the most entertaining interviews you've done. The stories were great, the vibe was perfect, and I felt he was almost always honest with his answers. I'm kinda iffy on how he felt about the compensation, whether or not he ever saw someone get killed, or if he really wasn't emotionally involved. But that in itself made the interview better for me because it left me wondering. Hell of an interview, my man. 👌🏾

    • @jodyjoe757
      @jodyjoe757 Před 2 lety +8

      Well said. All of my thoughts without me having to write it!

    • @Wanker527
      @Wanker527 Před 2 lety +6

      “Almost always honest” 🤣

    • @joshuadurham1257
      @joshuadurham1257 Před 2 lety +1

      He is gets the awarded for $500,000 & development justice gold medal standards to bring undercover agent as the FBI investigation against these guys from the mob. Well done!!!!

    • @JohnDoe-vx9bo
      @JohnDoe-vx9bo Před rokem

      Yeah, I don't respect this dude for not being honest about certain things like you mentioned. If I got what he got for his service, I would have flipped the fuck out. This dude has a welcome mat strapped to his ass for the FBI......I can't respect that. Or the fact that he lies about the emotional part. Fuck his movie and fuck his stupid book.

    • @PlanetDip
      @PlanetDip Před rokem +6

      Admitting to being emtionally involved would make him weak and would also make him a target by the FBI themselves. I also agree he must have done some wacky shit with the group like perhaps an orgy or some other vile stuff. Because the mobsters were in such disbelief that he was an agent, even shouting in court that Brasco should be in jail.

  • @robertgreco5827
    @robertgreco5827 Před rokem +1

    Mr Pistons. Great job. Thank you for your service. My Dad came from Italy, proud honest, patriotic, great citizens. Joe has balls.

  • @WhatAboutBob516
    @WhatAboutBob516 Před 2 měsíci

    Love this guy's interviews

  • @Glaamdring
    @Glaamdring Před 4 lety +684

    This Joe Pistone guy looks like a really interesting guy. Too bad I couldn't hear a goddamn thing over that interviewer's suit.

    • @AlehandroSosa
      @AlehandroSosa Před 4 lety +38

      😂😂😂😩 every damn thing about him is loud! His suits loud his voice is loud. Even his neck looks loud

    • @AlehandroSosa
      @AlehandroSosa Před 4 lety +31

      So that's why Donnie is wearing those swimming goggles, loud suit hurting his eyes.

    • @johngullo9420
      @johngullo9420 Před 4 lety +6

      You gotta wear sunglasses for this video.

    • @bomgodd
      @bomgodd Před 4 lety +16

      That suit is pimp tho.

    • @aimeereal5122
      @aimeereal5122 Před 4 lety +5

      Dreadpirate I thought it was a talking blueberry. I need sunglasses too.

  • @JM-hm3pj
    @JM-hm3pj Před 6 lety +38

    I honestly love this channel. The amount of work that goes into making these videos are just awesome. And it makes learning so much better than sitting in a class.

  • @jkvtrucking
    @jkvtrucking Před rokem

    Bro love your videos ❤️✊️

  • @robertsivori3171
    @robertsivori3171 Před rokem

    Amazing podcast! 👏

  • @bogeyman1273
    @bogeyman1273 Před 5 lety +21

    This dude is still in character!!

  • @chrismoore7359
    @chrismoore7359 Před 4 lety +36

    This guy loved every minute of playing the role of gangster back in the day! Who wouldn't?

    • @terrancep9694
      @terrancep9694 Před 4 lety +3

      Charles Moore I agree! Well, at least some of it. I mean: money, beautiful women, & power

  • @What-df2jc
    @What-df2jc Před 6 měsíci +3

    You also have to realize that he was undercover at a time where different factions in the Bonanno family were plotting take control by wiping out the capos of another faction inside the same family.
    It could have turned into an all out mob war inside the family.
    But it ended pretty much once Sonny Black and Joe Massinos side wiped out three of the leading capos on the other side, all at once.
    Joe was close to Sonny Black while this was all going on which made his work even more dangerous because that power struggle could have went the other way but luckily it didn’t.
    So Out of all the agents who have went undercover in Cosa Nostra, he did it at time when the mob didn’t think twice about killing guys for certain reasons. 6 years that deep at that time in inside that particular mob family is crazy.
    He’s very lucky he made it out alive.

  • @jdhoffhines3205
    @jdhoffhines3205 Před 11 měsíci

    Thanks!

  • @GeorgeSquare
    @GeorgeSquare Před 5 lety +34

    I've never understood how Mafia don's can have massive contracts out on these guys heads, but dudes online can find them and line them up for interviews pretty easy.

    • @DGREAL
      @DGREAL Před 4 lety +2

      there was no internet back in a day, that is why today, it is not possible.

    • @brandonblackfyre5783
      @brandonblackfyre5783 Před 4 lety +1

      They might be able to find them but most likely they have some kind of sercurity or something to stop that from happening. They choose to go too this interview and probably have a spot for them to meet up at.. somewhere safe. Like when Sammy the Bull recently did the Interbiew he said he scoped the place out and did all the resrarch on the interviewer before he went.

    • @captaincaveman2040
      @captaincaveman2040 Před 4 lety

      They have to take precautions. It's a dangerous way to live.

  • @FreeJerusalemFilm
    @FreeJerusalemFilm Před 4 lety +61

    The interviewer forgot himself in the blue suite, feeling he should be interviewed

    • @seanmiller4559
      @seanmiller4559 Před 4 lety +4

      I think it's the way it was edited with quick cuts.

  • @donchichi10
    @donchichi10 Před rokem +15

    Obviously he can’t tell it on screen, but he did get emotionally attached to some people and part of the lifestyle. It’s understandable after 6 years, it’s very possible

  • @dannyoneill5516
    @dannyoneill5516 Před 2 lety +2

    "DONNIE YOU WANNA KILL ME WITH THAT DRAFT!?"

  • @dipankarmohanty
    @dipankarmohanty Před 4 lety +160

    Incredible amount of mental toughness from his wife. To add taking care of 3 kids amidst the tension and the car accident. I mean, wow.

    • @ceeceety2320
      @ceeceety2320 Před 4 lety +6

      @Mark Sesum Absolutely!

    • @maxr8392
      @maxr8392 Před 4 lety +11

      @Mark Sesum Men were men back then how it should be

    • @dimebag2102
      @dimebag2102 Před 3 lety +2

      Max R ok gramps.

    • @TheRobloxianTacoLord
      @TheRobloxianTacoLord Před 3 lety +5

      Yeah, very surprising for women, the same women that cry like toddlers over a small bruise. Very rare.

    • @ceeceety2320
      @ceeceety2320 Před 3 lety +4

      @@dimebag2102 You're only proving Max right with your punk attitude. Someday, you'll be a grown up too.

  • @jfjsas07
    @jfjsas07 Před 4 lety +326

    Very good interview. I only wish that the interviewer in sunglasses had allowed the tall guest in the blue suit to speak a bit more, it shouldn't have been 50-50, the guest in the blue suit clearly had much more to say all the time.

    • @soulcleric
      @soulcleric Před 4 lety +15

      I'd says hes pretty good at letting them talk and finish their point before he asks another question or comments.

    • @AlehandroSosa
      @AlehandroSosa Před 4 lety +7

      I think they are swimming goggles.

    • @johnoregan8911
      @johnoregan8911 Před 3 lety +1

      HAHAHA, I lol'd

    • @87licorice
      @87licorice Před 3 lety +2

      Lmao

    • @louiscsanko3673
      @louiscsanko3673 Před 3 lety +6

      PATRICK IS NOT PERFECT, BUT HE HAS DONE AMAZING INTERVIEWS!!! CHECK OUT THE SAMMY BULL INTERVIEW.