Good Times with the Good Fellas

The other night, I was chatting with someone over dinner about the movie "Good Fellas." I don't recall how we got on the subject, but I never realized just how many funny moments were in that film.

Remember when Ray Liotta came home after spending the evening with his mob buddies "taking care of business," to find his mother-in-law shouting to him from the doorway, "WE'VE BEEN WAITING UP ALLLL NIGHT LONG FOR YOOOOUUU!!!"

The thing is, he turned around, got back in his car, and left. This is a guy who belongs to the mob, and just helped them kill and bury a guy - but he just couldn't stand the thought of facing his irate mother-in-law.

My date said, "Yeah, and remember how the mother-in-law said to his wife, "Your father never would have done something like this!!," to which the wife answered, "Yeah, he never went anywhere!"

Or how about when the Liotta character married his wife - and the mother-in-law was looking around at all the men in dark suits at the reception and she says, "I don't believe these people are Jewish!!"

Oh! And I loved the scene where Liotta's wife goes over to the building where his mistress lives, and screams into the intercoms of all the apartments, "Stay away from my husband, you whore!"

I've always pictured some eighty year old couple in their little apartment, and the guy turns to his wife and says, "Sylvia? Have you been cheating on me? ...... With that nice lady's husband?"

Of course, there's the famous scene where they're in prison, and eating and drinking like kings.

What a film! It had everybody in too! Liotta, De Niro, Pesci, the only one that was missing was Pacino.

What are your favorite moments from Good Fellas?