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Joseph Abboud | Menswear Fashion Designer Makes S&FIM Return · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: He's just a gorgeous man inside and out. And I'm
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  Speaker 1: proud to call him a dear friend.
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  Speaker 2: The great Joseph Abood is back. Joe, good morning, buddy.
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  Speaker 2: How are you?
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  Speaker 3: Sid, how are you this morning?
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  Speaker 4: I am so proud of you for what you've done
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  Speaker 4: and your accomplishment with the New York State Broadcasters Hall
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  Speaker 4: of Fame.
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  Speaker 3: You should be beaming.
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  Speaker 2: I am, you know, and Danielle has been great about it.
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  Speaker 1: She's really excited, and both of my children, Ava and Gabriel,
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  Speaker 1: and my mom is coming, and I keep hearing about
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  Speaker 1: my dad looking down.
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  Speaker 2: But you've been there for the whole thing, man.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you know, dating all the way back to
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  Speaker 1: my second job in New York. Not my first job, WNEW,
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  Speaker 1: in 2000, but my second job, late 2000, early 2001, WFAN. Specifically,
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  Speaker 1: I miss.
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  Speaker 1: Even the TLC show with me and John Estine when
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  Speaker 1: he did the makeover at Mohegan Sun. You've been around
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  Speaker 1: for a long time, Joe Abood.
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  Speaker 3: That's right.
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  Speaker 4: You know, Sid, it's funny because I've always told you
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  Speaker 4: one of my greatest talents is to spot talent. And
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  Speaker 4: way back when you were just doing sports updates, I said,
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  Speaker 4: this guy has got something. You really have had the talent.
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  Speaker 4: And just by sheer force of will, look where you
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  Speaker 4: are today. This is all you, baby.
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  Speaker 3: It's all you. No one else did it for you.
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  Speaker 3: You did it.
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  Speaker 4: That's why I think all of your friends that go
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  Speaker 4: way back are so proud and in some ways astonished.
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  Speaker 3: But truly proud of you.
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  Speaker 2: Me too. I'm astonished myself. Trust me. I really am.
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  Speaker 1: I really can't believe it. But again, you've been just,
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  Speaker 1: just beautiful. You did tell me way back when that
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  Speaker 1: you thought I had a ton of talent, but I
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  Speaker 1: don't even think you could have predicted this. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: this is a, whole new level.
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  Speaker 4: I know you, you shouldn't even be talking to me
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  Speaker 4: when you're talking to prime ministers and presidents.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, I, you know, I'm, I'm just happy to
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  Speaker 3: know that I'm still in your memory bank.
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  Speaker 2: Let me tell you why. Let me tell you why.
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  Speaker 2: Trump is the best president ever.
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  Speaker 1: He's on BB is the best prime minister. Well, he
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  Speaker 1: tried to have cold in my ear. He's on, you
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  Speaker 1: are the best men's fashion designer. So you're the best
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  Speaker 1: at anything you belong on this show.
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  Speaker 3: Well, thank you, Sid. Thank you.
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  Speaker 4: And, you know, I know we were talking a lot about,
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  Speaker 4: you know, our history together. And I was thinking, you know,
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  Speaker 4: we talked about Paris so often, you and I. And
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  Speaker 4: I was fortunate enough to live in Paris for a year.
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  Speaker 1: Now, where you lived, do you know, is that anywhere
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  Speaker 1: near where the riots are going on?
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  Speaker 4: Well, the problem is the riots are all over the place.
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  Speaker 4: And they are in not obscure places now. I lived
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  Speaker 4: in the Latin Quarter where... Ernest Hemingway and James Joyce
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  Speaker 4: and F.
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  Speaker 3: Scott Fitzgerald lived. And I felt like I was Ernest Hemingway.
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  Speaker 3: And it was charming, small shops. But Paris is.
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  Speaker 4: Not the same, Sid. It breaks my heart because it
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  Speaker 4: changed my life. Living in Paris changed my life. If
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  Speaker 4: I can read it, there's a very famous quote from
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  Speaker 4: Ernest Hemingway. And it says, if you're lucky enough to
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  Speaker 4: have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever
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  Speaker 4: you go for the rest of your life, It stays
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  Speaker 4: with you for Paris is a movable feast.
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  Speaker 3: And that is my life.
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  Speaker 4: I turned 21 in front of Notre Dame when the
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  Speaker 4: bells chimed at midnight.
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  Speaker 3: So it really gave me the confidence. It led me
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  Speaker 3: to be someone who loves style and fashion.
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  Speaker 4: I'd never seen anything like that before. So my heart
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  Speaker 4: breaks for what's going on in Paris. And I was
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  Speaker 4: there when there were demonstrations. They were not riots. That
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  Speaker 4: was during the Vietnam War. And they were peaceful demonstrations.
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  Speaker 4: Students marching together. I went to school at the Sorbonne.
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  Speaker 4: They marched up and down throughout Boulevard Saint-Michel. But it
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  Speaker 4: was never violent. And this is something that we've never seen.
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  Speaker 4: And it's a destruction of an incredible city.
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  Speaker 3: And it just really, truly breaks my heart.
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  Speaker 2: I know it's sad.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, one of the New Orleans Saints football players
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  Speaker 1: has come out this morning and said, I don't want
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  Speaker 1: to go. I don't want to play there. The Saints
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  Speaker 1: are supposed to play the Steelers. I've talked about it
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  Speaker 1: all morning long. I've been all over it. Joseph Peningo
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  Speaker 1: mentioned it. And now the players are coming out and saying,
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to play there.
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  Speaker 4: You know, it seems so mercenary in a country that
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  Speaker 4: is so troubled to take the NFL.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you know, I'm a designer.
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  Speaker 4: What do I know about the rest of the world?
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  Speaker 4: But it just seems so out of touch to go
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  Speaker 4: play in Paris and in a time when the world
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  Speaker 4: is falling apart there.
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  Speaker 3: It just is. It's so out of touch. It is.
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  Speaker 2: So people ask me all the time, when is Abood
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  Speaker 2: coming back? I'm actually tired of answering. I go, I
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  Speaker 2: don't know. He's got grandchildren.
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  Speaker 1: He's in North Carolina. He's got grandchildren. He's enjoying his life.
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  Speaker 1: He's already the best ever.
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  Speaker 2: Leave him alone. You know, I walk past that building
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  Speaker 2: a lot, Corey's building, and your store, 49th and 15th.
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  Speaker 1: It's like an Italian restaurant now or something.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know, a burger place.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it might be a pizzeria.
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  Speaker 2: It's a pizzeria or something, yeah. What a legacy. I know, right?
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  Speaker 2: But is it over? Just say yes, no. Is it over?
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 4: No, Sid, you know, I think I said to you,
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  Speaker 4: designing for me is like breathing. I don't, it's, you
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  Speaker 4: don't retire from who you are. So I've worked on
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  Speaker 4: a number of new projects. There's a new collection I'm creating.
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  Speaker 4: I've told you about this. It takes time, but it's
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  Speaker 4: a really cool new concept. And I'm excited about it.
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  Speaker 4: And I don't really care if it's just for me,
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  Speaker 4: because right now I need to do those things. I
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  Speaker 4: need to stay involved in the creative process. It's really
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  Speaker 4: who I am. And I do a lot. I just
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  Speaker 4: did something really wonderful. There was a young couple with
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  Speaker 4: Down syndrome. that just got married in North Carolina. And
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  Speaker 4: I was blessed and honored to be able to do
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  Speaker 4: his wedding suit, this young man with Down syndrome.
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  Speaker 3: And you want to know something?
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  Speaker 4: It's better than any award I've ever won in my
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  Speaker 4: entire life. So those things, using my creative talents to
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  Speaker 4: do good, I often sort of lecture young people on
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  Speaker 4: the creative process. You know, I taught a course called
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  Speaker 4: the Management of Creativity at Fordham Business School.
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  Speaker 3: So I really feel in some ways I'm like Johnny Appleseed.
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  Speaker 4: I just want to spread the word about creativity and
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  Speaker 4: style that is such a beautiful thing for us as
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  Speaker 4: a country.
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  Speaker 3: And, you know, I love doing it. I'll always do
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  Speaker 3: it until I can't do it anymore.
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  Speaker 2: No, you can't.
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  Speaker 1: So in the final 60 seconds, I tell Danielle and
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  Speaker 1: others that want to hear that I can point to
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  Speaker 1: the day when I started dressing better. I threw out
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  Speaker 1: the Sid Rosenberg t-shirts and shorts, started wearing Joseph boots,
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  Speaker 1: slack shirts and jackets. I mean this, I can point
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  Speaker 1: to that day and, when all of a sudden my
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  Speaker 1: career went on a completely different trajectory. I think it
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  Speaker 1: was the beginning of where I am now, and you
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  Speaker 1: often talk about this. Very rarely can you be overdressed,
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  Speaker 1: but you can certainly be underdressed. What I'm saying is
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  Speaker 1: I'm giving you a lot of credit. I mean this
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  Speaker 1: sincerely from my heart. I'm giving you a lot of
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  Speaker 1: credit for my ascent in this business. When I changed
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  Speaker 1: the way I dress, I was viewed completely differently.
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  Speaker 4: Now, I want you to be absolutely elegant at your luncheon.
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  Speaker 4: I don't know if you've chosen what you're going to wear,
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  Speaker 4: but you want to be powerful. Wear a dark suit,
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  Speaker 4: a white shirt, you know, stand up there and have
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  Speaker 4: the presence because you deserve it.
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  Speaker 1: I love you, Joseph. You've been a dear, dear friend
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  Speaker 1: for the better part of three decades. And none of
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  Speaker 1: this happens on Thursday without you. And I'm really happy
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  Speaker 1: that you called in today, too. I'm sorry about Paris,
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  Speaker 1: but I love you.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I love you too, Sid, and congratulations. You should
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  Speaker 3: be so very proud. You too.
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  Speaker 2: Joseph Abu right there. Lou, one of the nicest people ever. Ever. Ever, right?
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  Speaker 3: Ever.
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  Speaker 1: He did a really good show here, too. I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to tell everybody. That show he did, Justin, I think
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  Speaker 1: you did the show, Threads on Saturdays.
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  Speaker 2: That was such a nice show.
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  Speaker 1: I know.
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  Speaker 3: It was great.
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  Speaker 2: It was such a feel-good show. I had a blast
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  Speaker 2: doing it.
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  Speaker 1: Right?
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  Speaker 2: Wasn't it fun?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: We had great guests, too, like Tommy Hilfiger was on.
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  Speaker 4: Yes.
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  Speaker 5: And, I mean, you go down the list of all
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  Speaker 5: these great fashion designers that Joe was obviously very close with.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: That was a cool show, man. He was great. It
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  Speaker 2: was really, really cool. I was a guest a couple
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  Speaker 2: of times. He made me cry one time. I don't
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  Speaker 2: know why you were a guest a couple of times,
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  Speaker 2: but you were, yeah. I was, because I wore his clothing.
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  Speaker 2: You kidding me? Yes, I know. But at any rate,
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  Speaker 2: he's a very.
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  Speaker 1: Talented guy, whether he's designing clothes or talking on the radio,
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  Speaker 1: and he's got a heart of gold.
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  Speaker 2: My dear friend Joseph Abood.
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  Speaker 5: so you never have to wonder.
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  Speaker 2: What the heck is going on here?