- 4/30/2015
“The Mamaluke” is a single camera situation comedy about a
bumbling but likable guy named Lou, who tries to make his friends
and neighbors believe he’s a mafioso. But, in reality, he’s merely a
schlep down at the local social club frequented by the real
wiseguys. And, with his sharp-witted, sardonic wife, Marie, two
grown kids and a wacky live-in mother-in-law who constantly
remind him that he’s not ‘Don Corleone’, it’s the perfect recipe for
an original, fresh and enjoyable TV series concept!
And in episode #3, “You Dirty Rat!”, Lou strongly suspectsthat Grandma’s new boyfriend isn’t quite who he claims tobe—a rival mob boss perhaps?
Directed By: Mark Riccardi
Writer: Ben Fiore
Stars: Johnny Williams, Veronica Alicino, Nicole Cinaglia
bumbling but likable guy named Lou, who tries to make his friends
and neighbors believe he’s a mafioso. But, in reality, he’s merely a
schlep down at the local social club frequented by the real
wiseguys. And, with his sharp-witted, sardonic wife, Marie, two
grown kids and a wacky live-in mother-in-law who constantly
remind him that he’s not ‘Don Corleone’, it’s the perfect recipe for
an original, fresh and enjoyable TV series concept!
And in episode #3, “You Dirty Rat!”, Lou strongly suspectsthat Grandma’s new boyfriend isn’t quite who he claims tobe—a rival mob boss perhaps?
Directed By: Mark Riccardi
Writer: Ben Fiore
Stars: Johnny Williams, Veronica Alicino, Nicole Cinaglia
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00:30♪
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00:55♪
01:00Whoa, did you remember the bread?
01:03♪
01:08Bread.
01:11♪
01:14My old man was having a tough week.
01:16Yeah, there was some normal stuff, like mom
01:18yapping in his ear about something he didn't do.
01:20Or my sister, Gina, just...
01:22Well, just being my sister, Gina.
01:24It all started with this guy, Lorenzo.
01:27That old-timer smooching on my grandma.
01:30Looks innocent enough, right?
01:32Well, in my pop's world,
01:34innocent can turn ugly really quick.
01:37♪
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01:57♪
02:02♪
02:05The day started like the dozen or so before it.
02:08Grandma and Lorenzo on the couch, going at it.
02:10Gina and I grossed out as we tried to eat breakfast.
02:13My old man thundering down the stairs without his shorts.
02:16My pops and grandma arguing over what's decent.
02:19Lorenzo making a wisecrack about my pop's weight.
02:22My dad exploding.
02:23My mom rushing him out the door.
02:25My mom apologizing to Lorenzo for pop's behavior.
02:28And then it was downhill from there.
02:30♪
02:33Damn!
02:34Gotta fly.
02:35♪
02:36Not a problem, Lou.
02:38I can take you anywhere you need to go.
02:40That's not necessary there, Rico Suave.
02:42I'll have my son change it.
02:44Paulie!
02:45Oh, no, come on, Lou.
02:46Let me take you.
02:47Give us a chance for us to get to know each other better.
02:49Could you see well enough to drive?
02:51Please.
02:52Of course.
02:53Because I know you don't see well enough to date.
02:56Oh, come on.
02:57Come on, Lou.
02:58Everything will be fine.
02:59You see, it'll be okay.
03:00I'll take you anywhere you want to go.
03:01I'll take good care of you.
03:02You'll see, it'll be fine.
03:03Come on.
03:04♪
03:07♪
03:10Got any Sinatra in this thing?
03:12Sinatra?
03:13Nah.
03:14He's got no passion.
03:15I prefer Andy Williams.
03:17Andy Williams?
03:18Yeah.
03:19Andy Williams wasn't an Andy Williams fan.
03:21I find his work very soothing.
03:23It calms me.
03:24Yeah.
03:25Puts you to sleep.
03:26No, quite the contrary.
03:27It excites me.
03:28Do I dare say enlightens me?
03:31Does it enlighten you
03:32that you have absolutely no taste in music?
03:35Sinatra's work, if you can call it that,
03:37is childish and frivolous.
03:41You should spend your last day
03:43lost in Hoboken.
03:45Hmm.
03:46You're a funny, funny man, Lou.
03:48♪
03:55♪
04:00Really like the number three in the fifth race.
04:04I see that one now.
04:08Charlie Licks Nuts.
04:11Hmm?
04:12Charlie Likes Muts.
04:18I thought that was a weird name for a horse.
04:20Get your eyes checked.
04:23♪
04:28♪
04:33♪
04:38♪
04:43♪
04:47Hi, pal.
04:48How you doing?
04:51Right here.
04:53Make yourself look busy.
04:55All right.
04:56Everything okay?
04:58Just look busy.
05:00All right.
05:03Bring me the Mama Luke.
05:05♪
05:07Let's go.
05:08Boss wants to talk to you.
05:10♪
05:13All right, boss.
05:14Listen, I would have been here earlier.
05:16Sit down!
05:18♪
05:27It's been brought to my attention
05:29that you're running with another group.
05:31I don't understand.
05:33He was seen socializing with Mickey Rodolfo.
05:37Mickey Rodolfo?
05:39Oh, this guy plays as dumb as he looks.
05:41He's part of the Cellini crew downtown.
05:44I don't know anything about any Cellini crew downtown.
05:47I saw you get out of the old man's car
05:50and listening to Andy Williams.
05:53Oh.
05:54No, no, no.
05:56That's Lorenzo.
05:58That guy's a nobody.
06:00He's hanging out with my mother-in-law.
06:02Maybe he doesn't want you to know who he is.
06:05Maybe he's a fox in sheep's clothing.
06:09You mean a wolf in sheep's clothing.
06:11Yeah, that's right.
06:13You get confused a lot, don't you?
06:15Hey, don't judge a book by its price, huh?
06:17Let's not get the hell out of here.
06:19Listen, enough!
06:21The point is, he's using you to get to us.
06:26I mean, with all due respect, you got this all wrong here.
06:29This damn Lorenzo?
06:31He's kissing my mother-in-law.
06:35How many layers of sheep's clothing you need to do that?
06:38That's not Lorenzo.
06:40It's Mickey Rodolfo.
06:41And there was no room for betrayal,
06:43so there's no room for you.
06:46Me?
06:47You've been let go, shoemaker.
06:49Your services are no longer needed.
06:54Maybe if you do away with Mickey Rodolfo,
06:59you'll come back in.
07:01Maybe.
07:05Maybe.
07:12You're gonna miss that guy, Ziti.
07:14Look, he cut it last week.
07:16Huh?
07:17Sure.
07:24You know, some people might think my pops was crazy
07:26for considering the boss's request.
07:28Problem was, there was no way he was going to do this himself.
07:31Nor did he have the necessary connection
07:33for someone else to do it for him.
07:35But he knew the boss did.
07:37And he knew where he kept that information.
07:39Hearing it from the guys was one thing,
07:41and as much as he trusted them, he still wasn't sure.
07:44And then there was Grandma.
07:46She seemed happy.
07:47And as long as she was happy, she was out of his hair.
07:49Regardless, he definitely needed more proof.
07:52Hey, don't throw food in my house.
07:54My house?
07:55My house?
07:56Marie, where's she going with that?
07:58Lou, remember where that down payment on the house came from?
08:01So?
08:02Well, the mortgage should be in her name then, no?
08:04Marie, I'm not going anywhere.
08:06Well, the mortgage should be in her name then, no?
08:08Marie, this was a wonderful meal.
08:11Oh, thank you, Lorenzo.
08:13Lou wouldn't kill you to give me a compliment now and then.
08:15Please.
08:16Hey.
08:17Uh, excuse me.
08:18I got something here I need to take care of.
08:20Come on.
08:28Hello.
08:29Thank you for returning my call.
08:37I want you to cut down a tree for me.
08:40When you come to Moble Ward next time.
08:45That's right.
08:46The big fat one.
08:49Yeah.
08:50It has to be done.
08:52I don't need anything to get in my way.
08:55I have big plans.
08:58Well, one of the others might have to go eventually as well.
09:01We'll just start with the fat one.
09:05When you're done, just chop it up and take it away.
09:08I don't need any messes.
09:14Marie, Marie.
09:17What's going on with you, Lou?
09:18We've got a big problem.
09:20Oh, what else is new?
09:22Lorenzo.
09:23He's gonna wipe me.
09:25My mother's boyfriend?
09:26He's like 70-something years old.
09:27Yeah, yeah.
09:28The more experience to do things like this.
09:30Come on, Lou.
09:31You're overreacting.
09:32No, no.
09:33I'm telling you.
09:34Lorenzo, he's with the Cellini crew downtown, you know?
09:37No, I don't know.
09:38He owns a hardware store.
09:40Listen, I didn't believe it at first.
09:42But I just heard him in the bathroom.
09:44He's gonna whack me and then all of you.
09:55See what I mean?
09:56I gotta whack him before he whacks me.
09:59Lou, you know as much about whacking someone as you do about taking Zumba.
10:03How many times I gotta tell you?
10:05You're not a mobster and neither is Lorenzo.
10:17Yeah.
10:19I've got a problem.
10:20I need help.
10:29No.
10:37So.
10:39You the guy?
10:40Yeah, I'm the guy.
10:43How'd you find me?
10:45I know a lot of people who know a lot of people.
10:50Yeah, I know a lot of people too.
10:52But chances are we know the same people.
10:57Yeah.
10:59So how do we do this thing?
11:00You give me half now.
11:02And then you give me the other half when I hit the target.
11:05Just like that, huh?
11:07Just like that.
11:09Unless, of course, you have a special request.
11:13I mean, I could shoot body parts in any combination that you'd like.
11:19Hmm.
11:20So many choices, huh?
11:23Yeah, like the 31 flavors.
11:29Sure.
11:31So give me the money now and a picture of the target.
11:39Here it is.
11:44Don't worry, it's all there.
11:54Oh my God.
11:56What?
11:57You need a tissue or something?
11:59Oh my God.
12:03More like a bathtub.
12:05This man in the picture, he reminds me of my papa.
12:08My papa.
12:10My papa died a few months ago.
12:13Sorry to hear that, pal.
12:15Oh, life has been so hard.
12:18It's just not easy anymore pulling the trigger.
12:22You know?
12:24But you're good.
12:25You do a good thing.
12:26Really.
12:27You get rid of problems for people.
12:29Oh, in the eyes of the Lord, I'm a cold-blooded murderer.
12:35I'm a cold-
12:37I didn't think this was the only guy I could afford.
12:42That's because the glaucoma was settling in.
12:46I had to cut my prices in half because my hit rate was dropping.
12:51My hit rate.
12:52I feel bad about that, pal.
12:54Look, it was really nice to meet you.
12:57All right.
12:58Yeah, yeah, yeah.
12:59Take it easy.
13:00Take it easy.
13:01Oh, papa.
13:02Oh, papa.
13:22Dad!
13:48Oh, uh, hello.
13:50I'm looking for Condor.
13:52You're looking at him.
13:53You're Condor?
13:55And you go by Little Birdy?
13:57What's the difference?
13:58Now take a seat.
14:06It's all there.
14:07A bundle of TNT.
14:09The cell phone attached to detonate the aforementioned TNT.
14:12Bundle, huh?
14:14Wow.
14:16That's a lot of dynamite.
14:17Yeah, you want to blow someone up or give them a hangnail?
14:20I do want to blow someone up.
14:22Then shut up.
14:23Hey, what's with all the yelling?
14:25That's not a nice way to do business now.
14:27Now listen, Jelly Belly, I don't have all day.
14:29Do you want this stuff or not?
14:31With that attitude, maybe I do, maybe I don't.
14:38Look, when it's time to do the deed, you take the phone and go to the contact list.
14:47The contact list.
14:51And then you bring up the number that's saved.
14:53I listed it as bomb.
14:55You know, to make it easier for you, because you didn't sound too intelligent on the phone.
14:59And then you hit send.
15:01And then, boom.
15:05The desired effect is achieved.
15:07What the hell is that?
15:09It's my mom. Quick, we've got to hide.
15:12Get the bag.
15:18Come on, come on.
15:20Come on, hurry.
15:28Wally, where the hell are you?
15:31I told you to clean up this mess.
15:35Wally.
15:42Hey, the stitching time keeps your pants on.
15:46The early bird catches your ass.
15:49I don't want to know.
15:50Hey guys, thanks for meeting me like this.
15:52I really appreciate it.
15:54I'm not supposed to be talking to you right now.
15:55Boss ain't going to like it, you hear me?
15:57This is not good.
15:59This is better than good.
16:00This is serious stuff.
16:01Come here.
16:02Come here.
16:03I want to show you something.
16:04You see that car over there?
16:06The one with the bumper sticker that says I break her love?
16:08Right.
16:09That's Lorenzo's car.
16:11Or Mickey Rodolfo's.
16:13And he's sitting in it right now.
16:15So you're still running with that guy, huh?
16:17No, no, no.
16:18I told him I needed a lift.
16:20Except, I'm going to blow him and his car away.
16:25Whoa, that's some serious business, man.
16:27What are you going to blow it up with, shoe man?
16:30Yeah.
16:31Dynamite.
16:32What do you think I'm going to use?
16:34Let me show you something.
16:36See this here?
16:38All I got to do, put these numbers in, and I pull it up.
16:42Look at that.
16:43It says bomb.
16:47Bomb.
16:48Right.
16:49I'm a picky guy, ain't I?
16:51Well, see that there?
16:54It says send.
16:56Bomb.
16:57Send.
16:58Boom!
16:59Come on, now!
17:01And I'm back in the club.
17:03Yeah?
17:04Well, go ahead.
17:05What are you waiting for?
17:06What?
17:07Come on, smart guy, blow him up.
17:09Yeah.
17:10Yeah?
17:11Yeah.
17:12Yeah?
17:13Do it.
17:14Uh, yeah, yeah.
17:15Yeah, okay.
17:16Yeah.
17:17Yeah!
17:18Yeah!
17:19All right.
17:20We ready?
17:21Do it!
17:22What are you waiting for?
17:23Wait a second, wait a second.
17:24Isn't that Mickey Rodolfo over there?
17:31It certainly is.
17:33Oh, boy.
17:37Oh, wait a minute now.
17:39If that's Mickey Rodolfo,
17:41who the hell is sitting in the blue car over there?
17:44That's some guy named Lorenzo
17:46who's doing your mother-in-law.
17:54Oh, God.
17:56Oh, God.
17:58Oh, God.
18:06Come on, shoemaker.
18:10I'm back!
18:14There he is!
18:15Here's the glasses.
18:17Come over here.
18:18Sit down next to me.
18:21Dang, it sure is a dish you've seen, huh?
18:23You've got to use that shave.
18:28What was that?
18:30Uh...
18:32Earthquake?
18:34Yeah.
18:35Earthquake.
18:36And so there it is.
18:57Another crazy situation
18:59my pops found a way to dig out of.
19:01Only told with a bit of finesse,
19:03if you don't mind me saying so.
19:05And now it's back to normal.
19:08Out of one doghouse and into another.
19:11This one he knows all too well, though.
19:14After all, it is his home.
19:30Ma.
19:31Ma!
19:33He liked Andy Williams over Sinatra.
19:35He's no good for her.
20:03Hello?
20:04Bernice home?
20:06No.
20:07No.
20:08No.
20:09No.
20:10No.
20:11No.
20:12No!
20:17Lou?
20:18Who's at the door?
20:20Girl Scouts.
20:32you
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