drrockso20
drrockso20 t1_j5hr98r wrote
Reply to TIL JFK Jr's nickname, "John-John", was because a reporter misheard JFK calling him "John" twice in quick succession and the name was not used by his family. by mankls3
I've got an Uncle named John who has had the nickname John John since probably way before I was born
drrockso20 t1_j11whez wrote
Reply to comment by doctor-rumack in TIL Frank Sinatra was convinced that Johnny Fontane, a singer with mob associations, in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather was based on his life leading Sinatra to shout abuse and threaten physical violence when he met Puzo at a restaurant. by trifletruffles
Which is also brought up in the book, mind you the book version of Woltz is also an outright pedophile
drrockso20 t1_j11w5fx wrote
Reply to comment by doctor-rumack in TIL Frank Sinatra was convinced that Johnny Fontane, a singer with mob associations, in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather was based on his life leading Sinatra to shout abuse and threaten physical violence when he met Puzo at a restaurant. by trifletruffles
That's not really how Johnny Fontaine's character in the book goes at all except right at the very beginning of the book when his life is at it's lowest, indeed the book points out multiple times that Johnny has many of the same "Donnish" qualities that Michael Corleone has and that's why Vito holds him so dearly even beyond being Johnny's godfather
drrockso20 t1_j5nlpoj wrote
Reply to comment by drrockso20 in TIL JFK Jr's nickname, "John-John", was because a reporter misheard JFK calling him "John" twice in quick succession and the name was not used by his family. by mankls3
Why the fuck is everyone downvoting me for sharing this?