******************************************************* THE GODFATHER NEWSLETTER #2 - 12/29/95 ******************************************************* Published now and then to inform all padrinophiles about updates and other news concerning The Godfather and The Godfather Trilogy website. Your host: Geoff "Il Padrino" Malta email: jgeoff@TheGodfatherTrilogy.com WWW: THE GODFATHER TRILOGY URL: http://www.TheGodfatherTrilogy.com/ If you do not wish to receive future editions of this newsletter, or if you have received more than one copy of this newsletter, please let me know. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. What's New on the site? 3. Trivia Contest #2 Announcement 4. Some bad news... hopefully temporary! 5. Is the GF site among the Top 5%?? +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 1. INTRODUCTION Ciao, fellow padrinophiles! I hope you all have been having a merry holiday season! I wish "yooz" all a wonderful '96 if I don't chat with you before then! No one has written me with any more info on The Godather Part IV... has anyone heard anything new? I have gotten lots and lots of great feedback from over one hundred visitors to The Godfather Trilogy site! Read the survey results to see what others have said! This new newsletter is NOT a mailing list... I've painstakingly taken all your email addresses from your Survey submissions, and have pasted them into the BCC: of this document. Responses to this newsletter will NOT be sent to everyone, but just to me. But that's okay! If you have any comments about this, or anything else, please let me know! Enjoy... +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 2. WHAT'S NEW ON THE SITE? In the past two weeks, I'm proud to announce these new additions: a) THE GODFATHER FAMILY PHOTOS page, which features the family portraits taken from Connie's wedding and Anthony's communion, as well as Young Vito's family portrait. Under each photo is the list of who's who in the photo, and their supposed ages at the time. If anyone has the GF3 family portrait, I'd be forever in his/her debt to get a copy of it! Accessible from the main page. b) Info about THE GODFATHER'S FAMILY WEDDING ALBUM, which is a supplementary soundtrack from GF1, containing Carmine Coppola's Italian music from Connie's and Michael's weddings. These songs are not on the normal soundtrack. Accessible from the GF1 page. c) If you're OVER 18, and are NOT offended by rude, crude, disgusting, insulting and degrading curse words and body parts, you may be interested in the "ESSENTIAL" ITALIAN VOCABULARY text file. This was up briefly, but I took it off the main page temporarily as this week I'm an honorable-mention Link of the Week from WLYN Radio, and they award their awards to "family" (i.e., wholesome) sites... But you can get it directly by going to: http://www.exit109.com/~jgeoff/godfather/italianx.txt But please heed my warnings... it is very offensive! d) SCARFACE!!!! It has nothing to do with the Godfather, but according to the Survey, people wanted another Mafia film... I know, it's NOT a Mafia film, but it's my next favorite Pacino flick, okay! :) This one is Rated R, of course! Accessible from the main GF page, my Homepage, or directly: http://www.exit109.com/~jgeoff/scarface/ e) The KUDOS page, accessible from the bottom of the main page, lists the awards the page has won to date, some reviews it's received, and all your wonderful comments! In the past week the site has received two more awards! f) The OTHER LINKS page, also at the bottom of the main page, contains links to other related sites. If you know of others that should be there, please let me know about them! Adding this page, and the Kudos page, sure cleaned up the bottom of the main page! :) +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 3. TRIVIA CONTEST NUMBER 3 IS COMING UP! [deleted] +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 4. (HOPEFULLY TEMPORARY) BAD NEWS!! :( :( :( I've reached my disk-storage limit on my Internet Access Provider's hard-drive, and can't add anything more! In fact, when I tried to update the GF1/Did You Know page, it erased it!! That page isn't there any more! :( My hands are tied unless my ISP gives me an "okay" to use more storage (the computer shut me out automatically). This may cost me more per month, but I think it's worth it... It may be time to look for sponsors... Please bear with me, and check back again to see if everything's squared away! Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause, but there IS A LOT there already to keep us busy! :) [better news in the next newsletter!] +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 5. DO YOU THINK THE GF TRILOGY SITE IS AMONG THE TOP 5%? We have all seen some godaweful sites marked "Top 5% of the Web" ... I submit my URL to Point Communications every other month or so... and although they normally take "2 weeks" to decide to pick a site, it's been at least 3 months... From your emails to me, and your survey comments, I know 100s of you like my site. Please let Point know how you feel! Please fill out their form at: http://www.pointcom.com/text/submit/ and enter my site info and your rating! [Name of Site: The Godfather Trilogy. URL: http://www.exit109.com/~jgeoff/godfathr.html] Scores of "50" look dubious, so please read the guidelines if you decide to do this... [hey, it worked! thanks!] +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Folks, the best is yet to come! (I HOPE!) What I STILL hope to do soon is fix those godaweful Family Trees! [heh...] I am also *still* waiting to find a PICTURE OF AN ORANGE (color gif of jpg of one orange), which I have not been able to find anywhere on the net!! Once I get that, my "Oranges" page will be up. What do oranges have to do with the Godfather? Send me a photo and find out!! :) [I waited a while!] And please let me know what you'd like to see in the future! +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Thanks for reading! And again, let me know if you don't want this sent to you again, or if you've received more than one copy of it. Heck, let me know anything ya want me to know...! GRAZIE A TUTTI E SALUDE! CIAO MIEI AMICI! Geoff +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+