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Nikos "Nick the Greek" Dandolos (Greek: Νίκος Δάνδολος; April 27, 1883 – December 25, 1966) was born in Rethymnon, Crete and was a professional gambler and high roller.
Dandolos was the son of wealthy parents. He attended the Greek Evangelical College and earned a degree in philosophy. When he was 18 years old his grandfather sent him to the U.S.A. with an allowance of $150 per week. Although Dandolos settled down in Chicago he eventually moved to Montreal where he began gambling on horse races.
Dandolos was known throughout his life for winning and losing large sums of money. After winning over $500,000 on horse racing, he moved back to Chicago where he lost it all on card and dice games. He quickly became a master of these games, however, and became a prime attraction at casinos when he would play in them.
From January 1949 to May 1949, Dandolos played a two-person "heads up" poker match against Johnny Moss where the two played virtually every variation of the game that existed at the time. The game, set up by Benny Binion as a tourist attraction, is widely credited as being the inspiration for the modern day World Series of Poker.
The Greek is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Bill Raymond. The Greek is the head of an international criminal organization involved in narcotics and human trafficking. The Greek is a mysterious figure involved in numerous criminal activities. His given name is never mentioned on the show, and though he is known only as "The Greek", he has stated (in the episode "Port in a Storm") that he is not actually Greek. A quiet and unassuming man, The Greek prefers to keep a low profile, operating all of his business through his lieutenant Spiros "Vondas" Vondopoulos. His smuggling organization operated from a small diner in Baltimore for years, and while Vondas would conduct business The Greek would listen in quietly at the counter. Nick Sobotka, upon seeing The Greek identify himself, was amazed that the shadowy figure had been in plain sight the entire time.
Despite his calm demeanor, The Greek is cunning and ruthless, and only interested in facts that make him more money. Series creator David Simon has said that The Greek is an embodiment of raw unencumbered capitalism. Anyone interfering in this process is eliminated immediately, and he prefers to leave victims headless and handless to hinder identification.
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Lock, Stock... was a 2000 television series offshoot from the 1998 film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. The series was shown on Channel 4 and starred Ralph Brown, Daniel Caltagirone, Del Synnott, Scott Maslen and Shaun Parkes. Lock, Stock... was Ginger Productions' first commission. The show prominently featured the rhyming slang of London's East End, making it harder for some viewers to comprehend.
A group of four friends (Bacon, Moon, Jamie and Lee) in London run The Lock, a pub. Each episode focuses on them attempting a different business venture and the comedy of errors that ensues. Ralph Brown appears as the local gangland boss "Miami Vice" (a reference to the TV show Miami Vice) and is normally caught up in the trouble the four lads cause.
All episode titles begin with "Lock, Stock... and", followed by a title phrase to describe the content of the episode. This is a play on the title of the movie Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. The pilot is 87 minutes long. The six remaining episodes are 50 minutes long.
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Nick the Greek: First 10 Minutes
Nick the Greek BBQ Chicken souvla UK
Actors: Steve Tisch (producer), Vinnie Jones (actor), Andrew Tiernan (actor), Jason Statham (actor), Sting (actor), Trudie Styler (producer), Nick Moran (actor), Frank Harper (actor), Danny John-Jules (actor), Dexter Fletcher (actor), Rob Brydon (actor), Steven Mackintosh (actor), Jason Flemyng (actor), Charles Bodycomb (miscellaneous crew), John Murphy (composer),
Plot: Four Jack-the-lads find themselves heavily - seriously heavily - in debt to an East End hard man and his enforcers after a crooked card game. Overhearing their neighbours in the next flat plotting to hold up a group of out-of-their-depth drug growers, our heros decide to stitch up the robbers in turn. In a way the confusion really starts when a pair of antique double-barrelled shotguns go missing in a completely different scam.
Keywords: air-rifle, ambiguous-ending, ambush, antique, antique-gun, axe-in-the-back, bag-of-money, bar, bare-chested-male, bartenderActors: Carlo Rota (actor), Jay O. Sanders (actor), Graeme Revell (composer), Vanessa Redgrave (actress), Jana Sue Memel (producer), Jonathan Sanger (director), Laura Dern (producer), Raul Julia (actor), James Kidnie (actor), Laura Dern (actress), Jeffrey DeMunn (actor), Sarita Choudhury (actress), Hillary Anne Ripps (producer), David Smukler (miscellaneous crew), Von Flores (actor),
Plot: Helen McNulty is a journalist struggling to regain control of her life a year after she was abducted and tortured in Central America. She goes to a clinic for survivors of torture, where she reflects on her experiences and learns about others who have suffered similar experiences. She is drawn to Professor Ramirez, another patient at the clinic, who is still being pursued by his attackers. She thinks he can relate to her suffering, and she begins to learn why.
Keywords: animal-in-title, bird-in-title, clinic, flashback, holocaust-survivor, journalist, kidnapping, psychological-trauma, reporter, survivorActors: Ford Rainey (actor), Gregg Palmer (actor), John McKee (actor), Kevin McCarthy (actor), Edward Andrews (actor), Jack La Rue (actor), Howard Morris (actor), Tony Curtis (actor), Nicky Blair (actor), Jim Bannon (actor), Joe Gray (actor), Charles Horvath (actor), George Bruggeman (actor), Kenner G. Kemp (actor), Phil Silvers (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Jimmie Dundee (actor), Albert Dekker (actor), Erville Alderson (actor), Lane Chandler (actor), Eduardo Ciannelli (actor), Matthew Boulton (actor), Don Brodie (actor), Billy Bletcher (actor), Billy Curtis (actor), William B. Davidson (actor), Lew Davis (actor), Arturo de Córdova (actor), Sayre Dearing (actor), Davison Clark (actor), Billy Engle (actor),
Plot: The life of boisterous entertainer Texas Guinan is recalled from her poor childhood with a down-on-his-luck father to her reign as the Queen of the Night Clubs. Along the way, she also finds romance and heartbreak.
Keywords: ambush, broadway-manhattan-new-york-city, brother-sister-relationship, chorus-girl, coercion, contract, divorce, doctor, entertainer, family-relationshipsActors: Robert Dillon (writer), Stepin Fetchit (actor), Pat Hartigan (actor), Cullen Landis (actor), Frank Leigh (actor), Montagu Love (actor), Adolph Milar (actor), G. Raymond Nye (actor), Duncan Renaldo (actor), Philip Sleeman (actor), Belle Bennett (actress), Gino Corrado (actor), John G. Adolfi (director), Jack Natteford (writer), John M. Stahl (producer),
Genres: Drama,
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Your stupidity might be your one saving grace. Uuh? Don't uuh me, Greek boy. How is it your fucking stupid, soon-to-be-dead friends thought that they could steal my cannabis and then sell it back to me? Is this a declaration of war? Is this some white cunt's joke? 'Cause I'm not fucking laughing, Ni-ko-las! I have three interests in life, Nick. No, four. Football, music, money, and the annihilation of anyone who interferes with those. You couldn't have known my position, 'cause you're not that stupid that if you did, you wouldn't have turned up here scratching your arse, with that "what's going on" look on your chevy chase. But you do know where these people live. If you hold back anything, I'll kill you. If you bend the truth, or I think you are, I'll kill you. If yo...
Geno Munari interviewing Ricky X, on legenday gamblers Nick the Greek and Joe Bernstein. Circa 1989 KVEG Radio
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A Tribute song to "Nick The Greek", President of the Dark Rider Motorcycle Club (Dallas, Texas) who passed away December 19, 2015. R.I.P Nick The Greek. Gone But Definitely Not Forgotten!
Typographical response taken from the film, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
Man pulls out a gun in my dads's face, he reacts and handles the situation like a pro. He's my hero.
First 10 minutes of the film Nick the Greek.
Ομολογία
Nick "the Greek" Pirovolos of Inside Out Ministries speaks at Cornerstone Church
North Athens Baptist Church, Athens MI. Nick the Greek from Inside-out ministry on 07/14/2013
From scrappy immigrant boy to fearless underworld criminal. Nick the Greek terrorized the towns and cities he roamed. Then something remarkable happened. It wasn't until he went to prison that he was truly set free. For more information on who Nick Pirovolos is or his ministry visit www.insideoutministries.net
We will be going over the following pieces: 1) Plagal of the First Mode Dogmatic Theotokion - Nick Roumas 2) Plagal of the First Mode Aposticha Theotokion - Papa Ephraim 3) Plagal of the Second Mode 6th Eothinon - Nick Roumas Greek from the Anastasimatarion of Ioannis Protopsaltis 1905 Link to the pieces we will cover: https://www.dropbox.com/s/f9166p6wo3bnduu/Byz%20Practice%207.28.pdf?dl=0
[kung fu sample:]
Now, it's the master's turn though
I'm betting in, well there's a show here
[Intro: RZA]
Watch your step, kid, watch your step, kid
Watch your step, kid, watch your step, kid
Watch your step, kid, watch your step, kid
Watch your step, kid, watch your step, kid
Watch your step, kid, watch your step, kid
Watch your step, kid, watch your step
Watch your step, kid, watch your step..
Yo, yo, yo
[RZA:]
We take your wizzes away, like we be called on
Deep in space like the Millennium Falcon
Ya'll be fools, scored like ancient Babylon
Rabbits and turtles, all run the marathon
Yup, ya'll paper chasing, ya'll human racing
Who got the best basement?
You got a 6SL, I got a SSL
I score movies, make Supreme Clientele
[Chorus: Thea Van Seijen (RZA)]
Oh, here I am (my Wu-Tang slang is that New York City crack)
No, can't get it near, I quit (my Wu-Tang slang is that New York City crack)
All day, all night, what brings to you life
For you in the world (my Wu-Tang slang is that New York City Crack)
[RZA:]
Silly rabbits, trynna disrespect The Abbott
Don't you know that we'll turn your cold body to maggots
I got forty million records sold, some platinum, some gold
Some we just put out to meet the tax code
Your career will be shorter than the 21st of December
Be one of those thousand rappers no one remembers
While my name is carved on trophies, colleges recite my bars
You can look up, and see my name up on the stars
And when it comes down to that basic talent
I got 20 little cousins that can meet your challenge
Yo, stop and listen, and check this proposition
Son, got lots of vision, plus lots of wisdom
Hindsight, foresight, insight, out of sight
Some try to imitate, but they are not alike
They only piggy back, have a Digi Snack
That Wu-Tang slang is that New York City crack
[Chorus]
[kung fu sample:]
We're just dealing, of a man
Tough take before you
A cryptic to your power
The reason why we slept and spared your son's life
Was to give you faith
Thank you, man, thank you
You fight well, the hand must reach to the sky
Save the best for me, and have perfect breathing
Good breath control, you know of these