Rich and Dave Return To Knickerbocker Village and Podcast XIV: From 8/19/05

At one time Knickerbocker Village was considered a high class housing complex. Many people who were downtown civil servants of some means, as well as some Tammany Hall politicians, were tenants. Judge Leonard Sandler lived in my building and Judge Pat Picariello lived in the building adjacent. There was also a famous opera singer who lived 3 floors above me. Here are some other celebs: Jack Karney was my friend Richard's late father. He penned 13 pulp fiction novels and many magazine pieces. Mark Toby, the author of the courtship of Eddie's Father-the real Eddie was two years my junior. Lefty Ruggiero, the "made man" of Donnie Brasco fame and for a while, Patty Duke: "Born in Bellevue hospital on December 14 1946 , Anna Marie Duke was the youngest of three children to be born to John and Frances Duke. The Duke’s lived on a modest income, with John working several jobs, most frequently as a cab driver. Anna’s recollections of her father are mostly positive. No matter what he was doing, he never went without a smile on his face. Frances, however, was suffering from severe undiagnosed depression. On top of her own mental disorder, Frances would frequently get fed up with John’s over-drinking and eventually kicked him out of the house around the time Anna was six." Patty Duke is now outspoken in her support for the diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorders.Here's the podcast of Richard and I with some schicksas where I take advantage of Richard's celebrity status and Here's more info on Lefty