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William DeMeo | "Gravesend" Director & Star Joins S&FIM Live In-Studio · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: Director, producer, and star of the Amazon Prime hit.
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  Speaker 2: It really is a hit.
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  Speaker 1: Number one by a mile right now, Gravesend. Then my
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  Speaker 1: friend William DeMeo. Back in studio, you guys released season three.
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  Speaker 1: It'll be a week ago today. And what a great
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  Speaker 1: week it's been, huh, Willie? Great week, right?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, my God.
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  Speaker 3: It's been very special. Part one is out now, and
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  Speaker 3: I have to thank on the air. I want everyone
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  Speaker 3: to know all the people that came up, that purchased and...
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  Speaker 3: went out for us and were waiting and did it.
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  Speaker 3: And it just, it's amazing to have such loyal fans
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  Speaker 3: who are, who I'm very grateful to each and every one.
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  Speaker 2: Of you guys.
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  Speaker 1: And also the, not just the fans, but also the
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  Speaker 1: folks that helped you out. And in fact, right now,
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  Speaker 1: you're going to love this listening in Israel. You just
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  Speaker 1: texted me in Israel right now. Our dear friend, Dr.
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  Speaker 1: John Batash.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, John Batash. He's always, yeah, that's what you want.
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  Speaker 3: You need a good doctor. John Batash is the guy.
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  Speaker 3: He's always, and he always answers the phone.
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  Speaker 2: He's always there. Any question you have, we love you, John. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: we do. Enjoy your time there, buddy. I've become very
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  Speaker 2: close with John because of you.
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  Speaker 1: I met him on the set, actually, when I shot
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  Speaker 1: those scenes with you and Gordio and Shaq and all
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  Speaker 1: those guys.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, yeah, at the garage clothing store that day. No, no,
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  Speaker 2: that was in Queens at the catering hall. The garage store.
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  Speaker 2: Was he there that day, too? I think he came
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  Speaker 2: that day. Yeah, he came. That was me, you, and Vic.
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  Speaker 2: That was a great scene. He told me he was
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  Speaker 2: your biggest fan, and that's why I put it together.
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  Speaker 2: He's a good man. Great guy.
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  Speaker 1: We were in Israel together, actually, not that long ago.
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  Speaker 1: So I've seen a few of the episodes. How you
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  Speaker 1: did it was, and you told us this earlier, it's
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  Speaker 1: 12 episodes. You release six now. You're going to release
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  Speaker 1: six later. I'm in three of them, just so you know, folks.
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  Speaker 1: Episodes two, four, and five with Tony Darrow, Shaquille O'Neal.
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  Speaker 1: You all these great actors. And it is an unbelievable
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  Speaker 1: cast that you put together, William.
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  Speaker 2: Congratulations. Thank you. Yeah, we have a great cast.
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  Speaker 3: And all the new people that came aboard for season three,
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  Speaker 3: you know, has been, I mean, I'm blessed to have
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  Speaker 3: such great people.
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  Speaker 1: Really unbelievable new people. Shaquille O'Neal and Talia Shire. And
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  Speaker 1: I'm probably leaving out like 10 other names.
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  Speaker 3: Well, Talia Shire, like you said, Shaq. main, all the,
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  Speaker 3: the rapper, uh, James Harrison, James Harrison from the Steelers.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I'm a big Steeler fan.
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  Speaker 2: He's great. Uh, and then Vince Cortola, Vince Cortola. Yes. And, uh,
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  Speaker 2: of course, Dominic Genesee. I mean, come on. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: he's Uncle.
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  Speaker 3: Junior and he's, uh, he was in the Godfather, Johnny Ola.
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  Speaker 2: He's, he's amazing.
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  Speaker 1: So did you ever think when you're watching the Sopranos
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  Speaker 1: and you're in that show, I know a couple of times,
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  Speaker 1: but watching that amazing masterpiece by David Chase that you
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  Speaker 1: would be the next generation of David Chase and all
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  Speaker 1: those actors in and around you, except for the guys
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  Speaker 1: that died, unfortunately, all friends of mine, Jimmy Gandolfini, friend
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  Speaker 1: of mine, Tony Sirico, great friend of mine.
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  Speaker 2: But a lot of those actors would be in your show.
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  Speaker 2: I know it's, it's kind of surreal.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you know, it's just my faith in God
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  Speaker 3: and it just came together.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, I learned a lot being on the Sopranos
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  Speaker 3: and to just be, and I watched, how the fans
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  Speaker 3: were so loyal to the Soprano cast.
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  Speaker 2: It was crazy. I watched, I went to a couple events.
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  Speaker 3: These guys like Gandolfini and Sirico and Vince Cortola and
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  Speaker 3: Vincent Pastore, they were all.
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  Speaker 2: Like rock stars. Yeah, they were.
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  Speaker 1: He died not that long ago, Vincent, and Michael Imperioli,
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  Speaker 1: who I disagree with on a.
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  Speaker 2: Huge level politically.
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  Speaker 1: In fact, I want to punch Michael across the face
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  Speaker 1: a lot of times, but I still love him. Same
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  Speaker 1: thing with Stephen Van Zandt, who played Silvio Dante on
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  Speaker 1: The Sopranos. He works with Bruce Springsteen. And anybody who
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  Speaker 1: works with Bruce Springsteen has to be a little on
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  Speaker 1: the crazy side. But you don't really deal with that
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  Speaker 1: on your show. I made the point to Mark Levin.
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  Speaker 2: It's funny.
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  Speaker 1: Levin had me on about a year ago now, but
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  Speaker 1: we found the audio today. And he said, what is
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  Speaker 1: this Netflix show you're on? I go, no, it's not Netflix.
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  Speaker 2: It's Amazon Prime.
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  Speaker 1: I go, it's a mob series centered around 1985 Brooklyn. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: my God, that sounds amazing. I said, let me tell
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  Speaker 1: you this, Mark, okay? I know the big ones, Meryl Streep,
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  Speaker 1: all these big stars, you know, they're libs.
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  Speaker 2: All right, they're liberals.
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  Speaker 1: But not every actor in every show is a liberal.
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  Speaker 1: In fact, I've got experience with William DeMeo in Brooklyn,
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  Speaker 1: Danny Yeh in Los Angeles.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of those guys, believe it or not, like Trump, they.
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  Speaker 1: Wouldn't admit it in public because they're scared to death,
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  Speaker 1: maybe even including you.
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  Speaker 2: But the idea that every actor is a liberal is
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  Speaker 2: just not true, is it?
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  Speaker 3: Well, you know, I don't want to get into politics,
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  Speaker 3: but it's definitely not true. And I always think that,
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  Speaker 3: I always say, like Michael Jordan said, Democrats and Republicans
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  Speaker 3: buy sneakers. So I want to reach all different people.
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  Speaker 3: And I got to tell you about Michael Imperioli, by
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  Speaker 3: the way, he's a great guy.
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  Speaker 2: Do you ever meet him? A million times. Michael Imperioli is...
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  Speaker 2: He's a very nice guy. Great guy. Except when he talks.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I don't listen to that stuff, so I don't know.
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  Speaker 3: I don't really pay attention. Believe it or not, I
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  Speaker 3: don't even know what's going on.
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  Speaker 2: I know you don't. I believe that.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, on the whole cast, one of my favorites,
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  Speaker 1: because he's at every Trump rally with me, everyone is Tuxedo.
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  Speaker 2: Sitting front row and center.
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  Speaker 3: Well, look, talk about that. Talk about that relationship. Let's
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  Speaker 3: think about this. Chuck Zito has.
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  Speaker 2: Donald Trump in his documentary. Correct.
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  Speaker 3: Donald Trump did a interview with Chuck Zito in his documentary.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, how crazy is that?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, Chuck's another legend, by the way, and having
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  Speaker 3: him in the cast and he's a dear friend.
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  Speaker 2: He's a great guy.
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  Speaker 3: And I got to tell you, he gave me a
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  Speaker 3: nice gift the other day. He gave me, um, the
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  Speaker 3: goddess which goes on the hood of my Cadillac.
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  Speaker 2: And it was like, what a great gift. Yeah, buddy.
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  Speaker 1: That is a great gift.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah. I love him. He's a great guy.
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  Speaker 3: When we had a little parties. He's such a great guy.
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  Speaker 3: And it was Tony Darrow's birthday yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: How old is Tony Darrow?
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  Speaker 2: 86. 86.
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  Speaker 3: Tony Darrow, happy birthday, brother.
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  Speaker 2: Happy birthday.
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  Speaker 1: And what a terrific guy, too. He texts me every
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  Speaker 1: now and then.
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  Speaker 2: He's a great guy. And you know, I... And Bo Deedle, right?
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  Speaker 2: We got Bo Deedle. He's your buddy. Bo's great in
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  Speaker 2: the show. Bo's excellent in the show, too.
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  Speaker 1: Excellent.
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  Speaker 2: He's on the show. Great people. He's on the show
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  Speaker 2: every Tuesday.
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  Speaker 1: These guys have a very close relationship with my son, Gabriel.
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  Speaker 1: I've only got one son and one daughter. And we
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  Speaker 1: are very, very close. And we do a lot of
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  Speaker 1: stuff together. One of the things I love about your
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  Speaker 1: show is your son now has become a big star
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  Speaker 1: on the show.
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  Speaker 2: He's season three. He is front row and center.
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  Speaker 1: I love to see dads and kids working together. I
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  Speaker 1: love your relationship with your son. You guys are so close.
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  Speaker 1: How proud are you when you watch your son on
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  Speaker 1: the big screen doing the things that he's doing?
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  Speaker 3: I'm extremely proud of him because I've been getting such
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  Speaker 3: great feedback from him and his, you know, the young crew,
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  Speaker 3: you know, you know him and The guy that plays
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  Speaker 3: Chaz Palminteri's son, Johnny Oliva, they're both excellent. And Armand Medeo,
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  Speaker 3: the younger generation, these kids, they're doing great. And Gabriela Palminteri.
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  Speaker 2: Chaz's daughter, she's excellent. She is awesome.
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  Speaker 3: Having my son, watching him and being with him on
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  Speaker 3: set is amazing. It hasn't been easy to do this.
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  Speaker 3: It's been a very difficult thing to get an independent
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  Speaker 3: show out. And thank God the fans and the supporters
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  Speaker 3: and the restaurants and the people and the catering and
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  Speaker 3: people that help us. And every one of them, I
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  Speaker 3: cannot from the bottom of my heart thank them, our investors,
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  Speaker 3: everyone that supports us. And you, anytime I want to
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  Speaker 3: come out and speak, you always take me, buddy. Ever
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  Speaker 3: since the first day I met you. I'll tell you
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  Speaker 3: one thing, bro. You are a true... real-deal, loyal Brooklyn guy.
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  Speaker 3: You never forgot where you came from. You're another guy
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  Speaker 3: from Brooklyn who's proud of it, speaks it. There's so
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  Speaker 3: many people that came from Brooklyn, brother, that made it
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  Speaker 3: big and have never one time come back.
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  Speaker 2: What are you guys thinking, bro?
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  Speaker 3: You grew up in the greatest borough in the world.
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  Speaker 2: Sandy Koufax, can you come one day? You're a legend
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  Speaker 2: of them all. One day? Can you come one day, buddy?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I actually moved back to New York from Florida.
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  Speaker 1: I was the only moron to do that.
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  Speaker 2: And now I live.
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  Speaker 1: Right over the bridge I live there, you know, the
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  Speaker 1: bridge in, I almost said Mill Basin, but I live
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  Speaker 1: in Rockaway. But I get over the bridge, and in
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  Speaker 1: 15 minutes, I'm at Michael's on Ostrand Avenue.
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  Speaker 2: I'm at Brennan and Carr, my buddy Mike Sullivan. The best.
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  Speaker 1: I can go to, isn't he a great guy? Johnny
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  Speaker 1: DeSantis Place, Gourmet Grill. I can go to my guy,
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  Speaker 1: the diner, Oasis Diner.
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  Speaker 2: And I do it all the time. I eat in
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  Speaker 2: Brooklyn at least twice a week. So I keep going
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  Speaker 2: back because I still love it there.
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  Speaker 3: No, and I always hear, everyone tells me that they
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  Speaker 3: see you. And that's what I love about you, bro.
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  Speaker 2: You didn't forget.
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  Speaker 3: And another, we talk about another Brooklynite that we got
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  Speaker 3: added to our show and was also a great guy.
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  Speaker 2: Tony Danza. Tony's a great guy. Tony Danza is so good.
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  Speaker 2: He's in part two. Love him too.
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  Speaker 3: And he's from Brooklyn and he's coming back to me.
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  Speaker 3: We're going to have dinner soon in Brooklyn. I love
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  Speaker 3: Tony Danza. He's another great guy and a great actor.
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  Speaker 1: And he didn't forget where he came from either. He's
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  Speaker 1: from East New York. He's from East New York and
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  Speaker 1: you're from Gravesend.
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  Speaker 2: I'm from Gravesend. Right there on West Street, right? Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that's where I grew up. Unbelievable. That is fantastic. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it was such, you know, the way we grew up,
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  Speaker 2: it can never change.
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  Speaker 4: No.
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  Speaker 3: The way we grew up, I wouldn't change it. I
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  Speaker 3: always say you could put me in a mansion somewhere.
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  Speaker 3: In the suburbs, like in a huge house. I would
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  Speaker 3: never change the experience. Me and my brother slept in
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  Speaker 3: the same room, but we had, our friends came with
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  Speaker 3: the bicycles and the big wheels.
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  Speaker 2: We were at the window. We came outside.
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  Speaker 3: We had a great time, and I love all my
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  Speaker 3: Brooklyn friends and people that support me, and Ellen B.
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  Speaker 2: Spumoni Gardens, and Crispy Pizza. I mean, we could go
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  Speaker 2: on and on and on. Villa Bate, we shot there.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, come on, the best places. They're all great.
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  Speaker 1: So, on the way out here, we have about 60
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  Speaker 1: seconds to go. You released six. Do you have any
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  Speaker 1: idea when the next six are going to come out? Well,
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  Speaker 1: it's actually seven, believe it or not. The next seven
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  Speaker 1: are coming out right around Christmas. And let me tell you,
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  Speaker 1: the first six, you know, I'm very proud of it,
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  Speaker 1: but when you see the seven, it goes to, like.
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  Speaker 2: Zero to 60 in no time. Oh, my God. The
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  Speaker 2: ending of Seven. Yeah. Well, you know what? People are
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  Speaker 2: asking me already.
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  Speaker 1: I swear to God, they didn't leave me alone for
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  Speaker 1: months and months and months about season three.
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  Speaker 2: Now it's here.
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  Speaker 1: They go, is there going to be a season four?
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  Speaker 1: I said, you got to ask William DeMeo.
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  Speaker 2: Of course there is.
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  Speaker 1: There is.
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  Speaker 2: And Sid, you are so busy everywhere. We need you more.
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  Speaker 2: So you gotta spend more time on set.
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  Speaker 3: You're so busy i know you're so natural in the
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  Speaker 3: role you always do a great job i need you
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  Speaker 3: more you're all over.
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  Speaker 1: The place but you know i know i know i'm
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  Speaker 1: with trump i'm in israel i'm everywhere i missed two
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  Speaker 1: or three tapings want to get to beat a guy
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  Speaker 1: with a bat i really want to do that like
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  Speaker 1: mom donnie maybe uh but not a movie in real
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  Speaker 1: life Uh, congratulations to all the great job that you're doing. Willie,
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  Speaker 1: you're an amazing guy. You are Mr.
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  Speaker 2: Brooklyn. I'm honored to be your friend.
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  Speaker 1: I'm honored to be in your terrific TV show.
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  Speaker 2: And, It's a killer. It's a big deal. And it's
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  Speaker 2: only going to get better. Thank you so much. Thank you, guys.
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  Speaker 2: Keep going. Let's keep us at number one, fans. Please
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  Speaker 2: get out there. Tell your friends.
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  Speaker 3: Keep season three, part one going and going and going.
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  Speaker 2: We're very grateful. Thank you all. And Sid, you are
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  Speaker 2: the best. God bless you. I love you, Willie. You too, Michelle.
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  Speaker 2: I love you too.
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  Speaker 1: Michelle Francesco.
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  Speaker 2: How do you say her last name? Francesco. She's the best. Francesco.
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  Speaker 2: She's a wonderful producer. Great lady.
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  Speaker 4: Thanks for listening to Sid and Friends in the Morning.
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  Speaker 4: You can hear Sid and Friends in the Morning weekday
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  Speaker 2: See you next time for a new episode so you
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  Speaker 2: never have to wonder.
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  Speaker 1: What the heck is going on here?