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Folsom Prison and LAPD detective research; Kevin Gage called Waingro in prison; the real Chicago Waingro; the Wilshire diner's closing; Neil's gray suits and starched collars; Xander Berkeley in L.A. Takedown; the BJ's on Alvarado tweet
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- Research cited says the cast spent time at Folsom Prison and with real LAPD detectives.
- Research cited says Kevin Gage, in prison for two years in 2003, was universally called Waingro by inmates and guards.
- Per Mann, as cited, Waingro was based on a real Chicago criminal who ratted out influential criminals, went missing and was found nailed to a shed wall in northern Mexico.
- The diner where the diner scene was shot (table 71) on Wilshire was a favored spot, visited with both kids; the hosts say it closed in 2014 and a billionaire should have saved it.
- Per Mann's commentary, as cited, Neil's gray suits were meant to blend into a crowd and his collars were starched the prison way.
- Research cited says Xander Berkeley, who plays Ralph, played Waingro in L.A. Takedown, and a Trail Blazers sideline reporter tweeted in 2015 that BJs on Alvarado does not exist.