1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:04,920 Speaker 1: Then and now the Guardian Angel of talk radio is here. 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: Curtis leewa guest host the Mark Simon Show on seven 3 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,119 Speaker 1: ten WOO. 4 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:18,920 Speaker 2: And this I final weeks up stooding for Mark Simon. 5 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:23,440 Speaker 2: Nobody better in the business. What a smooth operator. Think 6 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 2: of that song by Shada nineteen eighty four. Think of 7 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 2: that in nineteen eighty four. It's going to come back 8 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:32,880 Speaker 2: when I talk about the two books being written by 9 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:36,840 Speaker 2: Bernard about Bernard Gets that are being published at the 10 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 2: same time the beginning of this year, forty one years 11 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 2: since the Subway Gumman. So we're going to connect all 12 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:48,519 Speaker 2: the dots. But thanks to Mark Simon for giving me 13 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 2: this opportunity, Tom Cuddy, the program director, who I've known 14 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 2: for years from his stage over at WPLJ, and of 15 00:00:56,320 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 2: course the iHeart group of station's largest in the nation 16 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 2: doesn't get any better than this. This is like a 17 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 2: second birthday present for me, because I got the Christmas 18 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 2: present which was substituting the first week. This will be 19 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 2: my Birthday present March twenty six aries fire. You know, 20 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 2: I don't go over under, I go right through. And 21 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:25,839 Speaker 2: who would have ever thought that I would have made 22 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 2: it to seventy two years old. So I got my 23 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 2: Christmas present substituting for Marquere and I'm getting my pre 24 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 2: birthday present. And then yesterday, because it's always busy in 25 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 2: my life, huge article came out. It had been done 26 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 2: weeks ago when it came out now and all of 27 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 2: a sudden, my phone was like blowing up from Hollywood. 28 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, everybody out there on the West coast Hollywood 29 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 2: that I've known over the years, where I've met over 30 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 2: the years, was calling me about this article the Hollywood Reporter. 31 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 2: That's the bible for their business out there. So whether 32 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 2: it's movies, TV, whether it's streaming music, whatever it is, 33 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 2: that's their bible. And the article was Curtis Leewoo just 34 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 2: wants you to know, wants to know where are you from? 35 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 2: Because that's what I always asked, right is he? I 36 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,080 Speaker 2: asked you where you're from? From? The Bronxes and No Jersey, 37 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 2: What high school do you go to? I always have 38 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 2: these series of questions because it tells me a lot 39 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 2: about who you are, where you're from, what your roots are. 40 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:35,639 Speaker 2: And so it is a huge article and I got 41 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 2: this one call from a guy. Now, all of a sudden, 42 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 2: he's interested in Curtius Slawak, can I do this? Can 43 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 2: I do that? Can you know they're all they're all 44 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:49,639 Speaker 2: schmoozing you. Uh, they're pulling your chain and chewing your shorts. 45 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 2: And he's like, hey, you remember me. Remember I grew 46 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 2: up in benson Hurst. Yeah, I remember you. Oh man, 47 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:00,640 Speaker 2: I got I got ideas of what we can do. 48 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 2: I said, really, really, okay, Uh, could you share a 49 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 2: few with me? And he goes on and on things 50 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 2: he'd never be able to do in a month of Sundays. 51 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,920 Speaker 2: But he's schnoring me. He snoring me, okay. And I 52 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 2: know this guy because in the midst of this mayoral 53 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 2: election he became a Cuomo sexual. He donated a lot 54 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 2: of money from Hollywood to Cuomo and he. 55 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 3: Called me a clown. He thinks I'm gonna forget that, right. 56 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:32,679 Speaker 2: So he's going on and on. He's on the roll, 57 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 2: doing this typical routine they do out in Hollywood, And 58 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 2: I said, cause you hold a second, I gotta I 59 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 2: gotta take a call from mister click. And I hung 60 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 2: up the phone on him. Guy has no idea what 61 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 2: it is, so he must have assumed that there was 62 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 2: a break. He calls me right back, and I said, yeah, 63 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 2: I had a great conversation with mister Click. I'm sorry 64 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 2: it took me a little bit of time to get 65 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 2: back to your call, but I I want you to 66 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 2: be able to talk to mister Click now. And then 67 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 2: hung up on him. You think that's do not You 68 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 2: think he finally understood that you don't play with Curtis 69 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 2: Lee right, You don't stroke me and think I'm not 70 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:21,280 Speaker 2: gonna remember. I don't forgive and I don't forget. Oh, 71 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 2: by the way, I hope Greg Kelly is listening over 72 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 2: at WABC because his show prep was always marked simone 73 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 2: the best in the business, and he's sort of been 74 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 2: a dollar short in a day late, not having a 75 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 2: routine to be able to pick pocket from. But that's okay. 76 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 2: Why wouldn't you listen to mark someone the best in 77 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 2: the business. I certainly have over the years. But let's 78 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 2: talk about yesterday, because it was a Hollywood day. My wife, Nancy, 79 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 2: as you know animal welfare activists, was quest for him 80 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:57,599 Speaker 2: by the loss of Bridgiet Buddo. Now, obviously my wife 81 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 2: is a millennial. She didn't know Bridge Bardeaux from her 82 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 2: liberated sex bomb era of movies that she appeared in, 83 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 2: especially the ones that were made with Roger Vidim, who 84 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 2: then went on to marry years later Jane Fonda, Remember Barbarella. Yeah, okay, 85 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 2: but no, let's stick to Bridget Bardeus that one film 86 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:24,599 Speaker 2: and God Created Woman. Right now, these are all in France, 87 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:29,480 Speaker 2: so you gotta have subtitles to them, right God Created Woman. 88 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:33,479 Speaker 2: It opens up with her sun bathing in the news. 89 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 2: This is nineteen fifty six. Think about that, nineteen fifty six, 90 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 2: and later she emerges from the sea in a clinging 91 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 2: wet dress. I'll never forget that scene, and at the 92 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:52,800 Speaker 2: top of her career, with the paparazzi chasing her all over. 93 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 2: Remember this is the era Marilyn Monroe, so many other 94 00:05:56,400 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 2: sex bombs, but there was a certain sub a fair 95 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 2: about Bishard Bardell. So she's at the can Film Festival 96 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 2: right there off the Mediterranean. She's in demand and at 97 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 2: the top of her movie making career. She walks away 98 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 2: from it. She goes to Sanchope and she sets up 99 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 2: an animal welfare sanctuary. She goes out to the Arctic 100 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 2: and she confronts these barbarians who are clubbing baby seals 101 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 2: to death. 102 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 3: Confronts them. 103 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm sure some of them are like Brigard Bardeaux 104 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:42,919 Speaker 2: my day. Who would ever think you would see Bridget 105 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:44,239 Speaker 2: Bardeaux at the North Pole. 106 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:49,719 Speaker 4: But she was a fighter for animal welfare, and she 107 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 4: consistently railed against laboratory experiments against animals which are being 108 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:02,600 Speaker 4: filtered out in the Trump administration in the Pentagon. 109 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:06,719 Speaker 3: Also and other federal agencies. 110 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 2: Imagine it's still and you know, testing on beagles like 111 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 2: that that U discraciata Dr Fauci, testing on beagles, sending 112 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 2: them off to Tunisia, third world country, and then putting 113 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 2: cones around their heads and having sand. 114 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 3: Fleas eat the skin off their heads. 115 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 2: For what purposes we spent money on that? It was 116 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 2: never explained, doctor Fauci. You will burn in hell for 117 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 2: that and many other things. By the way, he's a 118 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 2: boy from Bench and her screw up pharmacy. Uh then 119 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 2: went to Regis, the most prestigious of Jesuit high schools, 120 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 2: better than the one I went to Brooklyn Prep. But 121 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 2: he was a disgrace for many many reasons. 122 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 3: All right, let's stick with it with Bridget Bartell. 123 00:07:56,880 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 2: And then she says, I don't care about my past glory. 124 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 3: I am taking every franc, every euro that I. 125 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 2: Have, and I'm investing it in adopting unwanted animal snowkill 126 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 2: shelters Spain and neutering. Now, her politics was extreme right. 127 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 2: She was a follower of lapenn She hated Muslims. She 128 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 2: was cited for that many times for hate speech. But yesterday, 129 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 2: for those in the animal welfare community, it was a 130 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 2: reminder how so many who have done so well in 131 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 2: Hollywood in a movie making and in TV production walked 132 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 2: away or in their final years bequeathed all their money 133 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:47,720 Speaker 2: to animal welfare. Now, the complete opposite of Richard Bardot 134 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 2: at that time was Dori Stay. She was America's sweetheart. 135 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 2: Remember Doris Stay. I remember seeing her in Pillow Talk 136 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 2: I think it was nineteen sixty with Rock Hudson. Who 137 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:01,080 Speaker 2: know that Rock Hudson was gay, but he was. These 138 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 2: were great movies. But she was America's sweetheart. And then 139 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 2: while doing a film in about nineteen seventy one, she 140 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:19,440 Speaker 2: saw some people abusing animals and immediately I think she 141 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 2: was doing the film The Man who Knew Too Much 142 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 2: nineteen seventy one, she established actors and others for animals. 143 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:31,079 Speaker 2: No de fur, no defer, and who joined the Mary 144 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 2: Tyler Moore, Angie Dickenson, Jane Meadows, and of course Bob 145 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:38,200 Speaker 2: Barker the price is right. If he saw you warring 146 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:41,320 Speaker 2: wearing a fur, he would have punched your schnaz right 147 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:42,080 Speaker 2: down your throat. 148 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 3: And this became her passion. 149 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 2: She lived by Karmel by the Sea, you know Clint 150 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 2: Eastwood where he became mayor Karmel by the Sea, a 151 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 2: lifelong Republican, died at ninety seven, bequeathed all of her 152 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 2: wealth to her at almost sanctuary. And then, of course 153 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 2: there was Betty White. Betty White died at about a hundred. 154 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 2: I never forget seeing her on phil Donague in the 155 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 2: afternoons and she was talking about her animal welfare fund 156 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 2: and somebody was giving her a hard time. Yeah, look 157 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:20,680 Speaker 2: Betty White, Golden Girls Hot in Cleveland, the Mary Tyler 158 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 2: Moore Show. Betty White an institution, bequeathed all her money 159 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:32,320 Speaker 2: to her animal wildlife fund. And then, oh yeah, for 160 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:39,680 Speaker 2: the guys out there, there's Wakie Phoenix. Remember that great movie, 161 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 2: the first one, the Joker, not not the second one 162 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 2: with Oh god, that was not a good one. No, no, no, no, no, 163 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 2: the second movie could not touch the first one that 164 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 2: was classic. So here's Joaquin Phoenix. He's receiving the Academy award. Uh, 165 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:01,719 Speaker 2: he's speaking gibberish up there, who knew where his mind was, 166 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 2: like so many of these actors and actresses. And the 167 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 2: very next day he's out rescuing as she was known 168 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 2: to do animals in factory farms. He would actually go there. 169 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:17,959 Speaker 2: He would say to those in charge of the farmers, 170 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 2: how much you want for that mother cow? How much 171 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:23,320 Speaker 2: you want for that new born calf? Spending his wealth 172 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 2: to do that great actor? So many others, and think 173 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:37,079 Speaker 2: of it, people make fun of you. Would you make 174 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 2: fun of Doris Day? Would you make fun of Betty White? Well, 175 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:44,560 Speaker 2: they do make fun of Joaquin Phoenix. They say he 176 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:48,600 Speaker 2: is looney Kazuni from parts on own great actor, no 177 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:52,960 Speaker 2: doubt about it. And Bridget Bardeux, who when they said 178 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 2: are you a recluse, she said, no, I'm not a recluse. 179 00:11:55,559 --> 00:12:00,160 Speaker 2: I would rather deal with animals than with people. And 180 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 2: then the most recent maybe we'll get to it in 181 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:12,319 Speaker 2: this week when I'm substituting for Mark Simoon pigeons, which 182 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 2: in my mind street pigeons should be the official bird 183 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:20,880 Speaker 2: of New York City, right, Oh man, you get such battles. 184 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 2: Some people say they're nothing more than rats with wings. 185 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:29,320 Speaker 2: You know, they put up spikes on their windows cells. Hey, 186 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:31,839 Speaker 2: you don't want pigeons coming on your window cells. Put 187 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 2: up plastic owls. That's like a natural nemesis to them. 188 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 2: It sort of like when you go to a cornfield 189 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:40,880 Speaker 2: and they put up scarecrows and keeps the crows who 190 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:43,600 Speaker 2: have very smart. Pigeons very smart, but they will not 191 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 2: land on a window cell or any area that has 192 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 2: a plastic owl in. And boy, tremendous controversy raging because 193 00:12:55,679 --> 00:13:01,200 Speaker 2: another great actress actually came to the support. 194 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 3: The pigeons, the actress Sarah Paulson. 195 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:10,559 Speaker 2: She did a podcast in what she was saying, we 196 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 2: shouldn't be torturing the street pigeons. They're a part of 197 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 2: our New York City heritage and legacy, and they are 198 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 2: and they have performed so many services for us over 199 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 2: the decades, without which we might have suffered enormously. And 200 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:33,440 Speaker 2: I grew up with pigeons on the roof of my 201 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 2: grandfather and grandmother's house in Kannarci. My uncle Vincenz used 202 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:39,200 Speaker 2: to have a pigeon coop. There were a lot of 203 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:43,559 Speaker 2: pigeon coops back then, so I nurtured them, I fed them, 204 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 2: I trained them Boston Bulldies and Homer's, so I have 205 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 2: a direct infinity for pigeons. But boy, you talk about 206 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:58,120 Speaker 2: mixing ammonian bleach and my own wife. I'm so proud 207 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 2: of her, Nancy, who stood up to a comrade build 208 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 2: a blasio back then, the part time mayor, the dope 209 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:07,720 Speaker 2: from Park Slope, when he said, if you feed pigeons, 210 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:14,440 Speaker 2: we are gonna find you and my wife, Nancy, in 211 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 2: classic Clint Eastwood terminology, turned to build a blasio on 212 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 2: the steps of city Hall when he was mayor unfortunately 213 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 2: for eight years, and said make my day as she 214 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 2: and others began feeding the pigeons right there. Oh you 215 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 2: can see all that. Just go to act Curtis Sliwer. 216 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:42,360 Speaker 2: It's all posted there. But what a day following the 217 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 2: Hollywood Reporter, I mean, dissing and dismissing somebody of great renown. 218 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 2: Gotta know you don't play with Curtis Sliwa, You don't 219 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 2: play with me. Coming up next, so we got to 220 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 2: talk about two books that are being published by about 221 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 2: Bernard Getz forty one years later coming out at the 222 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 2: same time by the same publishing house, and I guarantee 223 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 2: you because of that, it'll probably be a movie made 224 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 2: about what occurred forty one years ago in December of 225 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 2: the subways of New York City that I spend most 226 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 2: of my time in. Our number is eight hundred three 227 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:30,560 Speaker 2: two one zero seven ten. That's eight hundred three two 228 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 2: one zero seven ten. Because this is the place for 229 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 2: you to be heard. Now if you if you weren't 230 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:43,080 Speaker 2: part of the w R seven ten listenership, you need 231 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 2: to now I Annancy are, and they are a growing 232 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 2: number of people out there. Justsu dial right in at 233 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 2: eight hundred three two one zero seven ten. 234 00:15:53,880 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 1: Curtis Sleewald, guess hos for marks them all on seven tenor. 235 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 2: Too bad? Is he who left WABC to come here 236 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 2: to be with everybody here at war along with Jacqueline 237 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 2: carl who I heard this morning newsgalp same thing. Great 238 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 2: to see all these people here. Even better is he 239 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 2: if you could have played coming back into this segment 240 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 2: Cooling the Gang Hollywood Swinging, Now that's the original cool 241 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 2: in the Gang. Don't don't strain your brain. Is he 242 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 2: from Jersey City? That was Robert Coolbell and they were 243 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 2: followers of Schooy Louis fire Kin in the Nation of Islam. 244 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 2: So that becomes a choke because that was a favorite 245 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 2: group of mine. I mean, walking around today, coming out 246 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:50,200 Speaker 2: of the subway with the drizzle, the gray, it was 247 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 2: sort of like Winter Sadness another great song of his, 248 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 2: or Summer Madness, great stuff Old Cool in the gang. 249 00:16:57,160 --> 00:17:00,680 Speaker 2: But you don't have to do that because speaking about 250 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 2: coming out of the subways, I'm almost guaranteeing you out 251 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:09,160 Speaker 2: there that there's gonna be a movie being made soon 252 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:13,639 Speaker 2: about the subway gunman Bernard Gets. Now it's not in 253 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 2: a Hollywood reporter, has been reported anywhere, but I was 254 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:18,719 Speaker 2: on the line with a New York Times reporter who 255 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 2: was telling me, Curtis, how do you make what do 256 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:25,159 Speaker 2: you make of this? Forty one years later, remember it 257 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 2: was in December of nineteen eighty four that Bernard Gets 258 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:35,240 Speaker 2: shot Barry Allen, Troy Kanty, James Ramseur, Daryl Kaby once 259 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:39,359 Speaker 2: a piece as they were surrounding him, almost like in 260 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:43,280 Speaker 2: a cockwork orange and then when Daryl Kby was on 261 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 2: the ground, he shot him once in the back and said, 262 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:48,960 Speaker 2: you don't you know, looks so bad, bang, and then 263 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:52,440 Speaker 2: fled into the subway and disappeared to New Hampshire eventually 264 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:55,200 Speaker 2: turned himself in. So he got two books coming out 265 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:59,080 Speaker 2: from the same publishing house at the same time, and 266 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 2: so there's got to be something that's cole mingling, conflating 267 00:18:03,119 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 2: out conflating out there. And the one question he asked 268 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:12,600 Speaker 2: me says, how would New York City treat the subway 269 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:16,399 Speaker 2: gunman now if that had occurred this year as compared 270 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:19,920 Speaker 2: to forty one years ago, I still forget about it. 271 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:22,560 Speaker 2: I mean, Black Lives Matter would be resurrected. You know, 272 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 2: they became big, large mansions, they became a real estate 273 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 2: firm at people's expense with donating money to that fraudulent operation. 274 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 2: But anyway, they'd be back out on the streets, no justice, 275 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:39,359 Speaker 2: no peace, morning, noon and night, every day, every week, 276 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 2: every month. And look at the hard time they gave 277 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:49,080 Speaker 2: Daniel Penny, the marine who unfortunately had to choke Jordan 278 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 2: Neely to stop him from threatening people on that f 279 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:54,879 Speaker 2: train back in May of twenty twenty three. A lot 280 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:59,440 Speaker 2: of people forget that Olxlim shady Sharpton, who was protesting 281 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:03,960 Speaker 2: against Bernard Gets during that trial, was also urging his 282 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:08,919 Speaker 2: friend Alvin Bragg to charge the two people who helped 283 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:13,240 Speaker 2: restrain Jordan Neely with Daniel Penny. He wanted them charge 284 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 2: with manslaughter, along with aoc all our crazy Alexandria Cassio Cortes. 285 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:23,439 Speaker 2: So the difference is the community was split back then 286 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:26,159 Speaker 2: in nineteen eighty four, had half the people that were 287 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:29,520 Speaker 2: supporting Bernard Gets got half not no matter it depending 288 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 2: where you went. It became a racially charged issue and 289 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:38,119 Speaker 2: it pitted white versus black, as so many instances that 290 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:41,639 Speaker 2: it affected our city did back then, coming from the 291 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:45,080 Speaker 2: time that Ed Koch was mayor for the last time 292 00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:48,800 Speaker 2: and then lost in that Democratic primary to David Dinkins, 293 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:54,919 Speaker 2: it was a racially charged era. Now, how many people 294 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:57,439 Speaker 2: would have been standing up in support of Bernard Gets, 295 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:04,919 Speaker 2: few of any. This city has changed significantly from forty 296 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 2: one years ago, and it's interesting that books coming out now. Also, 297 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:14,720 Speaker 2: I'm going to give you an update. You don't want 298 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:17,360 Speaker 2: to go anywhere. Remember, I've been tracking it down how 299 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 2: Republican leadership in Washington and throughout New York State has 300 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 2: forsaken the Republican Party. Yep, they won a UNI party. 301 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 2: They want one party, and they're going to try to 302 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:34,679 Speaker 2: convince all of you. In future elections they go with 303 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:39,560 Speaker 2: the moderate Democrat against the socialist Democrat because Republicans don't 304 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 2: have a chance to win in citywide elections and statewide elections. 305 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:49,520 Speaker 2: Remember I spent last week upstate New York and Albany, Renseala, Troy, 306 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 2: Schenectady learning more. Last night I was at a Republican 307 00:20:55,880 --> 00:21:00,880 Speaker 2: confab in New York City connecting the dots and oh, 308 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 2: you don't want to go anywhere, because not only did 309 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 2: they stab me in the back and at least Stephonic, 310 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:13,680 Speaker 2: but they're gonna try to convince you if the Schmucker 311 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:18,479 Speaker 2: putts Chuck e chees Schumer decides to run again, and 312 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:22,360 Speaker 2: that's always a possibility because they never quite understand till death, 313 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:24,880 Speaker 2: do you part. They want to stay in office until 314 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:28,919 Speaker 2: their room tempership. Oh no, no, no, you're gonna have 315 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 2: to listen. Oh man, this you'll say never never, Oh yeah, 316 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 2: it's already happening. And I'll connect all the dots of you, 317 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:43,800 Speaker 2: and then who weighs in on our fire Commissioner Ellen Musk. 318 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:46,480 Speaker 2: You know this is why I say about the billionaires, 319 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:49,640 Speaker 2: the masters of the universe. They know what they do. 320 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:52,520 Speaker 2: They need to stay in their lane. Talk about a 321 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:55,960 Speaker 2: schmucker of Putts. Does he not realize? Of course he doesn't. 322 00:21:56,880 --> 00:21:59,720 Speaker 2: How many fire commissioners we've had here in New York 323 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:05,800 Speaker 2: City that never put out a basket fire. And I'm 324 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 2: not just talking about with Eric Adams swager Man with 325 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:11,480 Speaker 2: no plan who got wine din in pocket line. I 326 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:15,640 Speaker 2: can't wait. I can't wait till he's out of here because. 327 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 3: He's still covetching. 328 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:24,399 Speaker 2: Oh woe is me. I'm such a victim. But now 329 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 2: it's time for you to be hurt. Call eight hundred 330 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:33,600 Speaker 2: and three to two one zero sevent ten your newfound friend. 331 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 2: If you haven't listened before this seven ten war. That's 332 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:41,680 Speaker 2: eight hundred three two one zero sevent ten. 333 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 1: Curtis Sleewah guess hose for Mark Simone on sevent ten? 334 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:59,280 Speaker 2: Wor very good? Very good? Is he? Anyway? Coming off 335 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:02,080 Speaker 2: of that article and the Hollywood reporter that was making 336 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:07,520 Speaker 2: my phone singing ring not interested, and I introduced them 337 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 2: to mister Click. The headline was Curtis LEEO just wants 338 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:14,200 Speaker 2: to know where you're from. So I said to is 339 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 2: her board operator, where you're from. He said West Milford, 340 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:21,400 Speaker 2: and I said, oh, that's where Jungle Habitat was. Oh, 341 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:23,960 Speaker 2: that was great Jungle Habitat. And then to know how 342 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 2: my mind works, I'm thinking all the other great song 343 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:33,480 Speaker 2: from Cooling the Gang. The original was Jungle Boogie back 344 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 2: in nineteen seventy three, seventy four. They were from Jersey City, 345 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:40,679 Speaker 2: from the Wild and Peaceful album. And that's when is 346 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:44,280 Speaker 2: he walked away from me and said, man, let me 347 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 2: get out of here. Back to the boardroom. 348 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:49,119 Speaker 3: Anyway, let's go to the phones. It's your turn to 349 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:49,680 Speaker 3: be heard. 350 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:54,320 Speaker 2: It's Phil calling from Queen's Welcome to Seven to ten 351 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 2: war film. 352 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:59,479 Speaker 5: Hey, best wishes her great happy new year. Thank you 353 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:02,200 Speaker 5: for running. You know you're still a hero to most 354 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 5: New Yorkers. I'm hoping that you will stay on the 355 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:09,280 Speaker 5: case because, as Bob Gregg would say, stake, phony and 356 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:12,520 Speaker 5: fraud is gonna be messing around. I hope a lot 357 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:13,879 Speaker 5: of people will show up. 358 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:17,720 Speaker 6: For peaceful protests at his inauguration. 359 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 5: If you notice he has a closed party. He's capturing 360 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:28,919 Speaker 5: emails and contacts for future fundraising and future mobilization. And 361 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 5: I just I know you're gonna stay on it. I 362 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:32,560 Speaker 5: just wanted to stay Hotey, and. 363 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 2: I appreciate that. Phil understand this. I ain't going nowhere. 364 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:41,480 Speaker 2: I improve, I don't move. I will be part of 365 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 2: that group that says to the barricades, Look, John MONDAMMI 366 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:48,600 Speaker 2: won the election, fair and square. It's a fair election. 367 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:52,880 Speaker 2: He's entitled to have his celebration. Hey, that's another cool 368 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:57,160 Speaker 2: in the game, classic celebration. But anyway, the point being 369 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 2: he's entitled. Everybody, Oh, he's gonna have the blocks. The 370 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:07,119 Speaker 2: guy gets elected, right, the first Muslim man, Oh my god, 371 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 2: let's get rid of it. No, no, no, no, you 372 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:15,679 Speaker 2: can't deport people just because you're Muslim, Okay, especially naturalized citizens. Right, 373 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 2: that means that is it. So people getting all bent 374 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:19,600 Speaker 2: out of shape. He won. 375 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:23,480 Speaker 3: Let them have this celebrations or nieces. 376 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:29,680 Speaker 2: Okay, let's see what he actually does in running government. 377 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,720 Speaker 2: But this is a worldwide network here seven to ten WR, 378 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 2: and we have people who are calling from all over America. 379 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 2: So let's immediately go if we can to Bob, who's 380 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:46,120 Speaker 2: calling from San Diego. Your turn to be heard here 381 00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 2: at seven ten. Woar, Bob. 382 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:53,080 Speaker 6: Good to hear you back on the air. Curtz, I 383 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:55,359 Speaker 6: live out here in San Diego, but I'm in New Yorker. 384 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:59,880 Speaker 6: I moved here three years ago. Helped the family out 385 00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:04,679 Speaker 6: I had. I helped erase a grandchild out here. But 386 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:07,520 Speaker 6: it's nice idea. But I really missed New York and 387 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 6: hearing you back on the air. You're a New York institution, 388 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:13,680 Speaker 6: but we have so much in common. On the same 389 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:16,680 Speaker 6: age as you. I also went to a Catholic high 390 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:20,960 Speaker 6: school and I remember seeing you, maybe your senior year. 391 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:24,719 Speaker 6: You were rather swimming meet at Brooklyn Prep. My school 392 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:28,199 Speaker 6: was swimming against your school. I remember seeing you, and 393 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:30,960 Speaker 6: a friend of mine told me you had been suspended 394 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 6: and you were the class president. 395 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:35,560 Speaker 2: Yeah. But now let me ask you a question, Bob. 396 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 2: In normal gym class, when your school had pools, because 397 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 2: a lot of the Catholic high schools had pools, and 398 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:46,000 Speaker 2: so the public high schools have pools, I could never 399 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:48,919 Speaker 2: figure out when you had to go to your gym class, 400 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:52,080 Speaker 2: which was pool once a week. You had to take 401 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 2: your trunks off, you had to swim nude. The physical 402 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:02,439 Speaker 2: I guess school education teacher they called them said, oh no, 403 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:06,399 Speaker 2: you can't swim in the pool wearing trunks. Now, I 404 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 2: thought that was pretty pervy, especially with all that chlorine 405 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:14,720 Speaker 2: in there. I mean you could die from the chlorine 406 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 2: sort of a pool that hung over the pool, and 407 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 2: yet they demanded that you had to take your chunks 408 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 2: off when you dived into the pool. I thought that 409 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:25,679 Speaker 2: was a bit freaky. Deekeey Bob. 410 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 6: Yeah, I kind of remember that my school, Manta Christie, 411 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:33,159 Speaker 6: we were a dioxus in high school in Queens. We 412 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:36,359 Speaker 6: didn't have a pool, so we had to go work 413 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:40,320 Speaker 6: out at the Kipsbay Boys Club in Manhattan, and they 414 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 6: had that policy there. You couldn't wear a suit. 415 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:47,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, no, no, no, there's something there's something very very 416 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:54,439 Speaker 2: Epstein about that. If you get to drift. Ah, that's weird. Now, 417 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:56,920 Speaker 2: am Iuti Christie, which are now Saint John's Prep there 418 00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 2: in that story which is the land of Zoran Mondamie. 419 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:05,960 Speaker 2: See see how my mind works. A lot of calls 420 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:10,360 Speaker 2: they're blazing away. But don't be glazing me in these calls. 421 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:15,280 Speaker 2: Let's be talking about what's happening out there. Let's go 422 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 2: to Frank. I call it little Dublin. He's calling from 423 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:25,400 Speaker 2: Woodlawn right south of the west Chester border McLean Avenue. 424 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:27,760 Speaker 2: Your turn to be heard here at seven to ten 425 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:30,280 Speaker 2: wor Frankie. 426 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:34,640 Speaker 7: Hi. Curtis, Minnesota is not the only place that has 427 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:37,920 Speaker 7: problem with these charity frauds. If you go through any 428 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:43,360 Speaker 7: neighborhood in the Bronx Queens, Brooklyn, you'll see storefront daycare center, 429 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:49,160 Speaker 7: storefront tutoring learning centers. They're all scams that the Democrats 430 00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:51,600 Speaker 7: are set up to send money to their hacks in 431 00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:54,280 Speaker 7: the community. There's nothing going on at those places other 432 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:55,720 Speaker 7: than stealing the money. 433 00:28:56,560 --> 00:29:01,520 Speaker 2: Well look, look, we've had medicaid mills here for years, 434 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:04,680 Speaker 2: in all different kinds of communities. They go in, they 435 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:08,280 Speaker 2: write your script doctors whatever you want, and you become 436 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:13,040 Speaker 2: a pill freak and they charge the taxpayers. And this 437 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:17,600 Speaker 2: gone on for years, and oh the Somalians are ripping 438 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 2: them off in Minnesota. No, no, no, no, New York, 439 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:27,880 Speaker 2: New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania. They get taken into all these places, 440 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:34,080 Speaker 2: don't ask surprise, There is no oversight. There is no 441 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:38,239 Speaker 2: oversight to most of the government. What they do is 442 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,600 Speaker 2: they tax us from the cradle to the grave, and 443 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:44,760 Speaker 2: there's no oversight. And then occasionally they determine, oh there's 444 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 2: corruption there, let's see how many people actually get prosecuted 445 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:54,120 Speaker 2: and the fall through the cracks, and how many politicians 446 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:58,720 Speaker 2: elected officials should go down for the count on that. 447 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:03,880 Speaker 2: Our numbers one eight hundred and three to two, one 448 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:07,360 Speaker 2: zero seven ten. For many of you, I know you 449 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:10,720 Speaker 2: used to listen to WABC, which I was on always 450 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:17,320 Speaker 2: broadcasting Curtis became always blaming Curtis for the election of Zorhanmandami, 451 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:21,960 Speaker 2: which is just not the case. I understand from some 452 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:26,120 Speaker 2: people very close to Andrew Cuomo over the weekend I 453 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:30,280 Speaker 2: call them Cromo sexuals that as the new year is 454 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:34,920 Speaker 2: upon us, he's still crying. If only Curticians jomped down, 455 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,720 Speaker 2: it could have been the mayor. Come on you, mama, Luke, 456 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:42,200 Speaker 2: it's over. Just stay out in the Hamptons with your 457 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:46,800 Speaker 2: billionaire friends. Just leave the subways and streets to me. 458 00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:50,120 Speaker 2: I got some stories about that coming up, you know. 459 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:54,360 Speaker 2: With the end of the Metro card, the scammers were 460 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:58,160 Speaker 2: out in force this morning in the subways, taking advantage 461 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:02,200 Speaker 2: of tourists and the empty money taking agency. They don't care, 462 00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:05,720 Speaker 2: they don't care. They rip us off. Might as well 463 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:09,280 Speaker 2: rip off the tourists too, and now. 464 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:15,040 Speaker 1: More with New York's iconic straight shooter Curtis Leewah guest 465 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:19,520 Speaker 1: hosting from Mark Simone on sevent ten woor. 466 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:25,520 Speaker 2: So, now you've heard a lot about the phasing out 467 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:30,280 Speaker 2: of the Metro card to do your swipe into the 468 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:35,440 Speaker 2: subway system, and obviously they're going to, uh, what can 469 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:38,160 Speaker 2: we call that? The tap and run, you know, with 470 00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:42,200 Speaker 2: your debut card, your credit card and the Omni card. 471 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:46,600 Speaker 3: I'm a token guy myself, I try. I love it 472 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:49,640 Speaker 3: when during the age of crack in the eighties you 473 00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:53,760 Speaker 3: had the token suckers. They would actually go up to 474 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:57,080 Speaker 3: the portal where you put your subway token in. They 475 00:31:57,120 --> 00:32:00,720 Speaker 3: would stuff it with paper or paper clips so that 476 00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:02,640 Speaker 3: if we get caught, you wouldn't be able to go 477 00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:06,520 Speaker 3: through the turnstiles. You'd scream over to the boardop and 478 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:09,240 Speaker 3: excuse me, to the token booth clerk who was always 479 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:12,760 Speaker 3: asleep in the booths, Hey yeah, go ahead through, And 480 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:15,800 Speaker 3: then then all of a sudden the crackhead would come 481 00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:17,680 Speaker 3: and suck the token. 482 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:21,440 Speaker 2: Right out of the portal and then sell it to 483 00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:24,040 Speaker 2: people for like half price. I mean that used to 484 00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:26,760 Speaker 2: be all over the place, so then they went metro card, 485 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:31,960 Speaker 2: and then guys would bend the metro card and sell 486 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:35,960 Speaker 2: you swipes there because they figured out how to steal 487 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:40,720 Speaker 2: money from us through the MTA money taking agency. There's 488 00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:43,640 Speaker 2: always been rusters, just like you have the turnstiles. Now 489 00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:47,560 Speaker 2: they say, oh, we have flippers here, we have guardrails here, 490 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:51,080 Speaker 2: and people are still avoiding paying the fare. It's fair 491 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:54,440 Speaker 2: evasion galore everywhere I go. But this morning, on my 492 00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:59,840 Speaker 2: way here to war seven to ten, I'm looking at 493 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:03,840 Speaker 2: the these guys, these hustlers, and they're taking advantage of 494 00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:07,240 Speaker 2: tourists in the subway because where they in front of 495 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:11,800 Speaker 2: the machine that would give them their final Metro card 496 00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:14,760 Speaker 2: or their Omni card right to get into the subway. 497 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:17,320 Speaker 2: So these huss that you give me the money and 498 00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:20,360 Speaker 2: I'll swipe you in. I go up to them and say, yo, man, 499 00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:25,320 Speaker 2: get the hell out of this station again talking with 500 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:29,880 Speaker 2: clerks doing nothing, not my business, as tourists are getting 501 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:32,640 Speaker 2: ripped off. And then the guy has the nerve to 502 00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:37,080 Speaker 2: say to me, I voted for you. Could all of 503 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:39,640 Speaker 2: you do me a favor? If all of you who 504 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:42,080 Speaker 2: have come up to me actually voted for me, I 505 00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:44,600 Speaker 2: would be sworn in as the mayor and not Zor 506 00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:46,880 Speaker 2: on Mandami this coming January. 507 00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:50,080 Speaker 3: First, please stop it already. 508 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:54,520 Speaker 2: Most of you did not vote for me, but I 509 00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:57,080 Speaker 2: guess you feel like, Oh, I'm gonna make them feel good. Yeah, 510 00:33:57,120 --> 00:33:58,120 Speaker 2: I vote a for you? 511 00:33:58,160 --> 00:33:58,240 Speaker 6: What? 512 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:00,560 Speaker 2: And then I ask you where you from? And you 513 00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:04,360 Speaker 2: tell me Scarsdale in Westchester? How did you do that? 514 00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:08,080 Speaker 2: Don't go anywhere up next? How the Republican leadership do 515 00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:12,480 Speaker 2: not want Republicans to win citywide or statewide ever again 516 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:14,720 Speaker 2: in New York State. I'm gonna connect all the dots 517 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:15,000 Speaker 2: for you.