Well, in our case the term 'mook' came into our lives through Martin Scorcese's classic gangster film "Mean Streets". So we thought it only appropriate to add some of his inspiration to our 'mookdeology' page to help those struggling with all things mook get to grips with it.

JOHNNY BOY (interrupting) We won't pay...because this guy (pointing to JIMMY) is a...mook. JIMMY But I didn't say nothin. The fellows look at each other bewildered. JOEY (to JIMMY) We don't pay mooks! Nobody knows what a mook is. JIMMY'S attitude now changes. JIMMY (angrily) A mook...I'm a mook... (pauses) What's a mook? CHARLIE can no longer control the situation as tempers rise. JIMMY You can't call me a mook!

JIMMY swings at JOEY. A fight breaks out. JIMMY, CHARLIE,
TONY and JOHNNY BOY are beaten. CHARLIE, not badly hurt
manages to calm everything down. The police arrive to break
up the fight. People look iin as the two cops walk into the
bar. The boys stop fighting immediately as they see the
cops.

(Mean Streets” 1973, Scorcese, De Niro)