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Please, Michael. Tell me.
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When Johnny was starting out, he was
signed to a personal service contract
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with a big bandleader.
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And as his career got better and better,
he wanted to get out of it.
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Johnny is my father's godson.
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My father went to see this bandleader.
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He offered him 1 0,000 dollars
to let Johnny go,
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but the bandleader said no.
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So the next day my father went to see
him, but this time with Luca Brasi.
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Within an hour,
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he signed a release
for a certified cheque of 1,000 dollars.
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- How did he do that?
- Made him an offer he couldn't refuse.
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- What was that?
- Luca Brasi held a gun to his head,
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and father said that either his brains or
his signature would be on the contract.
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That's a true story.
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That's my family, Kay. It's not me.