Tessio

I say we call Tessio to bring all the boys from Brooklyn and tell Clemenza to get the crews from the Bronx.

Bob Wright proposes a "competition to see who can be more civil and at the same time be more disagreeing in a substantively contentious way." Ann Althouse 2008

Slender and sinister: think of Tessio in The Godfather, beetle-browed and suspicious of everything that breathes.

Charlie Carillo: Dinner for Two, For One Charlie Carillo 2011

Fat and jolly: that's Tessio's fellow caporegime, Clemenza, dancing in circles and drinking wine straight from the pitcher at that wedding.

Charlie Carillo: Dinner for Two, For One Charlie Carillo 2011

Fat and jolly: that's Tessio's fellow caporegime, Clemenza, dancing in circles and drinking wine straight from the pitcher at that wedding.

Charlie Carillo: Dinner for Two, For One Charlie Carillo 2011

Some of you may know him as “Fish” from the Barney Miller television series, while others may recognize him as the traitorous Tessio from the Godfather series, but this actor, born in New York City, stands out with his gravely voice and sunken eyes and keen sense of humor.

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Slender and sinister: think of Tessio in The Godfather, beetle-browed and suspicious of everything that breathes.

Charlie Carillo: Dinner for Two, For One Charlie Carillo 2011

This would be a smart move for the president, and as Michael Corleone said when asked if it was Clemenza who would come after him, Corleone said No, it's Tessio.

Carl Jeffers: Message to TSA: Enough's Enough; Message to President: Here's Your Chance Carl Jeffers 2010

This would be a smart move for the president, and as Michael Corleone said when asked if it was Clemenza who would come after him, Corleone said No, it's Tessio.

Carl Jeffers: Message to TSA: Enough's Enough; Message to President: Here's Your Chance Carl Jeffers 2010

But as Michael Corleone told Robert Duvall in The Godfather when Duvall expressed surprise that it was Tessio rather than Clemenza who would betray Michael, "it's a smart move - Tessio was always smarter."

Carl Jeffers: Governor Blagojevich: Sly Fox Knows How to Use the Race Card 2009

Tessio: "Tom, Can't you get me off the hook, for old times 'sake?"

Larry Craig Privately Apologizing To Fellow Republicans For "Distraction" 2009