Real life ex-Mafia capo, Michael Franzese said he was watching Goodfellas with his wife shortly after he had gotten out of prison and was shocked to hear his name mentioned during the scene of Henry walking through the Bamboo Lounge talking about the various wiseguys in the place. The film version of Franzese is sitting at the bar, turns to face Henry (Camera POV) and says "Yeah, I'm gonna see that guy." Part of what shocked Franzese was the fact that theoretically he shouldn't have been mentioned at all since the Bamboo Lounge was a hang out of the Lucchese Family (Which Henry, Jimmy, and Tommy were apart of) and he was a member of the Columbo Family. The other thing that bothered him was that at the time of the film's release, Franzese had famously "quit" the Mafia after he got out of prison. (Which is against the Mafia code) Becoming a born-again Christian, he left New York and moved to California with his wife in order to leave his life of crime behind. At the time, he was afraid that his name being mentioned in the movie would create unwanted attention.