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  Speaker 1: What's better than two hours of Mark Simone? Three! The
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  Speaker 1: Mark Simone Show. Now nine till noon weekdays. 710-W-O-R. Well,
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  Speaker 1: speaking of the Beatles, there was a little controversy online.
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  Speaker 1: John Lennon died and he had two sons. And the
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  Speaker 1: word was one son got all the money. Well, both
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  Speaker 1: sons responding online saying... They each got the same share.
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  Speaker 1: The estate was split 50-50 between the two of them.
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  Speaker 1: Lennon died with a net worth of $ 200 million. Now,
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  Speaker 1: you might say, well, he's a Beatle. I mean, that
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  Speaker 1: song catalog should be more than $ 200 billion. You got
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  Speaker 1: to remember, he died in 1980. Had he lived and
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  Speaker 1: still alive today, that $ 200 million estate would probably be
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  Speaker 1: $ 2 billion by now. You know, if you're Taylor Swift
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  Speaker 1: and you're worth a billion, imagine John Lennon, the Beatles catalog.
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  Speaker 1: what he'd be worth today. Now, the problem is to
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  Speaker 1: make real money in the music world today, you got
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  Speaker 1: to tour. It's all in the concerts. Back then, it
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  Speaker 1: was all in selling albums, songwriting and selling albums. If
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  Speaker 1: you sold millions of albums, you made a fortune. Today,
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  Speaker 1: you don't make anything selling records because there's no such
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  Speaker 1: thing anymore. It's streaming, downloaded. All the money is in
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  Speaker 1: the touring. And Lennon hated to tour. Remember, the Beatles
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  Speaker 1: was a pretty brief thing. They exploded on the scene
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  Speaker 1: in 63. And by 70, they broke up. It was
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  Speaker 1: just seven years. And they stopped touring in 66. It
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  Speaker 1: was really only three years they went on tour. Lennon
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  Speaker 1: wouldn't do it anymore. He just thought it was too risky,
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  Speaker 1: security problems. He didn't want to do it. And Paul
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  Speaker 1: McCartney loves concerts. He loves to be on stage every night.
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  Speaker 1: He loves it more than anything else. I think that's
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  Speaker 1: the real reason the Beatles broke up. It wasn't Yoko.
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  Speaker 1: I think McCartney realized he'd never, ever tour again if
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  Speaker 1: he stayed in the group. So I asked him that
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  Speaker 1: once privately. He gave me a long look. He wouldn't answer,
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  Speaker 1: but I could tell from the look. That was it.
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  Speaker 1: Let's take some calls. Let's go to Max in Manhattan. Max,
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  Speaker 1: how you doing?
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  Speaker 2: Hey, Mark. Thank you for taking my call.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Are you in a hurry? You're talking very fast. What
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  Speaker 1: are you, Mom Donnie?
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  Speaker 2: I'll slow down.
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  Speaker 1: I'll slow down.
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  Speaker 2: I don't want to be Mamdani.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I can't think that fast. A little slower.
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  Speaker 2: Kathy Hochul signed into effect.
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  Speaker 1: Well, not Joe Biden slow. Normal speed.
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  Speaker 2: Okay. Let's see if I can... Is the speed a
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  Speaker 2: little better?
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  Speaker 1: Perfect.
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  Speaker 2: Great. Hochul signed into effect where she can.
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  Speaker 2: Doctors and nurses, if you're in the hospital, they can
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  Speaker 2: just give you an injection literally to kill you. And
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  Speaker 2: your family doesn't need to know about this. You don't
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  Speaker 2: have to know about this. And it's called MAID, M-A-I-D.
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  Speaker 1: Well, that's Kathy Hochul. One strange thing after another. She
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  Speaker 1: is one wacky governor. The things she backs, the things
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  Speaker 1: she blocks. Wackiest governor we've ever had. Let's go to
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  Speaker 1: Mike in Florida. Mike, how you doing?
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  Speaker 4: Good morning, Mark.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, Mike.
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  Speaker 4: It was John Lennon's birthday a week ago, or six
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  Speaker 4: days ago, actually. It was 86. It would have been 86.
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  Speaker 4: Hard to believe.
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  Speaker 1: Wow. He would have been 86? Yeah, well, McCartney's 84. Wow.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah. Ringo was the oldest, and I think John was
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  Speaker 4: the second oldest.
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  Speaker 1: Hard to believe. These guys are going to hit 90.
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  Speaker 1: That's unbelievable.
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  Speaker 4: It's incredible. It's almost impossible to wrap your head around it.
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  Speaker 4: It was 60 years ago, basically, of you know, when
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  Speaker 4: they stopped touring, as you mentioned in 66, it's 60
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  Speaker 4: years ago. That's like two lifetimes for some cases.
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  Speaker 1: You got to give McCartney credit. I never ever saw
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  Speaker 1: a guy look like in better shape at 84 than
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  Speaker 1: him touring all over the world. Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: He's a spokesman for vegetarianism. That's for sure. He's a,
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  Speaker 4: he's a hardcore vegetarian. I, I know.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, if you want to spend your life, uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, eating, eating beans and drinking beet juice.
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  Speaker 4: Uh, um, You know, there's something, there's a part of
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  Speaker 4: this Kimberly Guilfoyle story that I don't hear reported very often,
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  Speaker 4: and that's her connection to Gavin Newsom. I mean, she
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  Speaker 4: was married to him. Yeah. So, you know, who's to
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  Speaker 4: say that he isn't behind some of this? You know,
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  Speaker 4: that she, you know, get her out of the picture because...
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  Speaker 4: come 2028 when he wants to run, you know, who
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  Speaker 4: knows what she may have on him.
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  Speaker 1: Nah, I don't think so. I don't think so. Because... Well,
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  Speaker 1: there is a connection.
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  Speaker 2: Who knows?
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  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah, no, but if you're Gavin Newsom, best scenarios
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  Speaker 1: have her over in Greece a million miles away.
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  Speaker 4: That's true. That's true. That's very true. But, you know, she's...
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  Speaker 4: It doesn't look good for her at this point, that's
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  Speaker 4: for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Well, she'll bounce back. She's a nice person in real life.
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  Speaker 1: A little wacky, but a nice person. Thanks for calling.
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  Speaker 1: Let's go to Ralph in Stanford. Ralph, how are you doing?
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  Speaker 3: Doing fine.
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  Speaker 1: How are you today? Let me check. Not bad. Not bad.
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  Speaker 4: Good.
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  Speaker 2: All systems go. I got a question to ask you
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  Speaker 2: about New York's Restaurant Row.
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  Speaker 1: Go ahead.
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  Speaker 2: I know when things are down, it's not doing too well.
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  Speaker 2: The famous home of Joe Allen's, Barbetta.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, you're talking about, they call that Restaurant Row. That's
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  Speaker 1: the Broadway restaurants, the theater restaurants.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, between 8th and 9th, 46th Street. How are they
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  Speaker 2: doing today?
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  Speaker 1: And are the restaurants a little farther up on 9th Avenue?
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  Speaker 2: Are they giving them a run for their money?
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  Speaker 1: No, those restaurants will always do well. Remember, they're right
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  Speaker 1: in the theater district. They're right there. Joe Allen's is
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  Speaker 1: like a legendary, great, casual restaurant. What's the other one
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  Speaker 1: he owns? The Italian place next door. Joe Allen owns it.
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  Speaker 1: I'm blanking out. And then, yeah. Fini Bumbacci's. No, it's
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  Speaker 1: not Vinnie. Very fine Italian restaurant. And then there's Angus McAtee,
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  Speaker 1: who used to work at Joe Allen's. Yeah, they're all
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  Speaker 1: doing very well. A lot of great stuff in the theater.
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  Speaker 1: Just try out the Bond 45. That's a great restaurant.
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  Speaker 1: That's one of those Shelly Fireman restaurants. There's great restaurants
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  Speaker 1: all over New York, and they're all packed every night.
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  Speaker 1: Every night. Go anywhere in Manhattan, every restaurant is packed
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  Speaker 1: every night. So don't believe all that about that New
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  Speaker 1: York is dying. You can always test it. Try to
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  Speaker 1: make a reservation in restaurants and then go online and
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  Speaker 1: check hotels and see what it costs per room at
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  Speaker 1: the top hotels. It's like $ 2, 500, $ 3, 000 a night. New
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  Speaker 1: York is not dying. You can always tell when it's dying,
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  Speaker 1: the prices will drop. Let's go to Robert in Westchester. Robert,
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  Speaker 1: how are you doing?
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  Speaker 3: Good morning, Mark. Thank you for taking my call. Mark,
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  Speaker 3: for those people that are intending to vote Democratic because
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  Speaker 3: they're angry with President Trump... the gas prices are $ 4
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  Speaker 3: or $ 6, I feel you're paying because I'm one of you.
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  Speaker 3: But if you think voting Democratic is going to solve
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  Speaker 3: your problems, you just made gas $ 10 and.
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  Speaker 1: Possibly $ 12. You're trying to use logic on these people.
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  Speaker 1: It doesn't work. This is emotional for them. Logic doesn't
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  Speaker 1: mean anything. Yeah, under Democrat. Democrats always try to get
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  Speaker 1: the gas price up to $ 10 because they They want
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  Speaker 1: to push you to electric cars.
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  Speaker 3: Exactly.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: You're exactly right, Mark. And then they talk about electricity.
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  Speaker 3: They're solving the problem. Wind and solar, which isn't going
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  Speaker 3: to cut it, and you're going to destroy acres of
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  Speaker 3: beautiful natural farmland.
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  Speaker 1: Again, you're trying to use logic on them. They don't
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  Speaker 1: care about any logic.
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  Speaker 3: By the way, Restaurant Row, I was born and raised
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  Speaker 3: on it. 365 West 46th. I remember Barbetta Restaurant. I
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  Speaker 3: remember John's across the street from where we lived. It
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  Speaker 3: was a beautiful block in its day when Rudy was
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  Speaker 3: the mayor. I actually met Jimmy Stewart on the block
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  Speaker 3: walking to Barbetta. Barbetta, unfortunately, is closed now. Great call, Mark.
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  Speaker 1: It's a great street with really fine restaurants there. Coming up,
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  Speaker 1: we'll get time for one more. One more real fast.
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  Speaker 1: Let's go to Neil in Brooklyn. Neil, how are you doing?
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  Speaker 3: Thank you, Mark. Mark, do you remember when MSNBC had
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  Speaker 3: Keith Olbermann? Do you remember what organization he used to
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  Speaker 3: quote all the time?
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  Speaker 1: Cornell?
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  Speaker 2: No, the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah, he went to Cornell. Although he
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  Speaker 1: went to the agricultural school, but he pretended he was
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  Speaker 1: a fancy Cornell graduate. Yeah, he was always, it wasn't
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  Speaker 1: just him, the whole left-wing world. They create these fake organizations.
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  Speaker 1: One was the Southern Poverty Law Center. supposedly the watchdog.
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  Speaker 1: It turned out they were funding the Ku Klux Klan.
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  Speaker 1: It was like, aren't the leaders all under indictment right now?
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  Speaker 1: Google it. You'll see. You'll see. Lots to get to
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  Speaker 1: in the next hour. In fact, MS Now, whatever they're
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  Speaker 1: calling it now, caught in more fake news. We'll get
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  Speaker 1: to that coming up. Don't forget at noon, it's Buck
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  Speaker 1: and Clay. Great show every day at 12. And then
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  Speaker 1: the most listened to radio show in America, Sean Hannity
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  Speaker 1: at 3. Jesse Kelly, 6 o'clock. You got The very
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  Speaker 1: funny Jimmy Fallon. Hey, wait, it's Thursday, right? He'll be
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  Speaker 1: with us in the next hour. Jimmy Fallon coming up
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  Speaker 1: in the next hour here on 710WOR.