Bobbie Caravella 9/13/23 - Mob Ties and Missed Opportunities

Bobby shares a humorous story from his youth about navigating connections to organized crime while growing up in an Italian American family in New York City.Show Notes:Bobby moved from Hell's Kitchen in NYC to Santa Barbara, CA 27 years agoHe went to an all-boys high school in NYC where many kids had mob connectionsIn senior year, a mobster's son asked Bobby to help him cheat on a history examThis led to Bobby's father being offered a union job with the mob, which he turned downBobby later became a film assistant director and ran into the mobster's son againChapters:0:00 - Introduction1:23 - Moving from NYC to California3:12 - High school mob connections5:34 - Cheating on a history exam7:51 - Offered a job with the mob10:12 - Father's decision to decline mob job12:45 - Encounter with mob 10 years later14:32 - ConclusionDave Pokorny Presents…West Side Stories Petaluma’s StorySlam on the first Weds of each month at 417 Western Avenue Petaluma, CA 94952 at 7pm.TICKETS here: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36153/Westside Stories:https://www.davepokornypresents.com/west-side-storieshttps://www.facebook.com/dave.pokorny3/Our Partners:Once Upon a Slush - https://www.onceuponaslush.com/Polly Klaas Community Theater - https://www.pollyklaastheater.org/Sonoma Portworks - https://portworks.com/Getphily Podcast Production - https://www.getphily.com/Lend an Ear Media - https://lendanearmedia.com/