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Joe Piscopo | WABC Radio Host Previews Today's Columbus Day Festivities Across New York City · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: Today is Columbus Day. It's tradition on my program to
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  Speaker 1: speak to one of the greatest Italians God ever created.
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  Speaker 1: No one's going to argue that. Has his own big-time
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  Speaker 1: morning show on 970, but of course, kills it here
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  Speaker 1: every Saturday night between 10 p.m. and midnight, Frank Sinatra.
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  Speaker 1: And that is a very, very talented, handsome, rugged guy.
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  Speaker 1: Joe Piscopo, Columbus Day Piscopo. And I'll tell you this, Joseph,
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  Speaker 1: my son Gabriel, who is now a senior in high school,
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  Speaker 1: he's going to go to college in Florida next year.
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  Speaker 1: He's home today, and he's home today because in New
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  Speaker 1: York City, they are recognizing Indigenous People Day, not Columbus Day.
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  Speaker 1: Do you believe that crap?
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  Speaker 2: It makes me upset because I think of my grandparents
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  Speaker 2: coming over. I think of my great-grandparents coming over. I
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  Speaker 2: was just in Italy all last week. We spent a
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  Speaker 2: beautiful Italy. They didn't go to JFK. They went on
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  Speaker 2: a steerage in these freighters, Sydney. It was like freighters,
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  Speaker 2: you know?
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  Speaker 3: And they came over, and with American flags in their hands,
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  Speaker 3: my friend, with American flags in their hands because they.
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  Speaker 2: Wanted to be Americans. Talk to me about any other day.
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  Speaker 3: This is Columbus Day in the name of my parents, grandparents,
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  Speaker 3: and all the Italian-Americans, especially in New York, Sid, right?
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  Speaker 1: Oh, 100%. Come on. We've got so many great Italians
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  Speaker 1: here in New York, and I'm Jewish. I always wanted
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  Speaker 1: to be Italian, so I love this day as well.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I got to tell you, you know, last year,
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  Speaker 1: people forget we got rained out. They very rarely cancel
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  Speaker 1: or postpone a parade, but the rain was so bad,
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  Speaker 1: It was rained out, and about last Wednesday or Thursday,
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  Speaker 1: the forecast had big rain coming on Monday. I said, no, no,
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  Speaker 1: we can't rain this thing out two years in a row. But,
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  Speaker 1: of course, the gods of Columbus Day, we're going to
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  Speaker 1: have a beautiful day this afternoon.
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  Speaker 2: I know. That was political last year. I don't think
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  Speaker 2: Governor Hochul wanted it. I mean, we were ready to go.
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  Speaker 2: We're Italian. We're Italian.
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  Speaker 3: We dug the subways of New York.
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  Speaker 2: We built the skyscrapers of New York.
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  Speaker 3: That's what we did. They treated us like dogs, and
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  Speaker 3: we still fought it. We didn't want anything. We didn't
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  Speaker 3: want some kind of entitlement program. We worked for what
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  Speaker 3: we wished. A little rain, they canceled it yesterday. It
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  Speaker 3: ain't going to happen today. Last year when they canceled.
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  Speaker 2: It, that was ridiculous. So we're going in. It's going
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  Speaker 2: to be great.
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  Speaker 3: We want this to be the biggest, the best parade ever.
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  Speaker 3: I want to thank you, Sid Rosenberg, my dear friend,
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  Speaker 3: honorary Italian-American. And I also want to thank President Donald J.
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  Speaker 2: Trump.
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  Speaker 3: I was down there Friday with the Italians, you know. And,
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  Speaker 3: you know, Sid, I never get preferential treatment. This is
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  Speaker 3: never like, oh, here's Joe. But I worked to get
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  Speaker 3: everybody together. I want to make sure we're all even
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  Speaker 3: keeled and we're all committed to the Italian American cause.
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  Speaker 3: The man that led the cause, since I talked to
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  Speaker 3: him on my show, and I know he's your best
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  Speaker 3: friend and he's always with you, Donald Trump is, but
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  Speaker 3: he comes on my show and goes, we're going to
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  Speaker 3: save Columbus State. I love the Italian Americans. He took,
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  Speaker 3: if I may, Sidney, he took That statue that was
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  Speaker 3: thrown into the Maryland Harbor.
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  Speaker 2: And they got it.
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  Speaker 3: The Italians got it out. And he put it right
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  Speaker 3: smack dab in the front of the executive office building.
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  Speaker 3: That's on White House grounds. Do you understand how important
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  Speaker 3: that is?
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 3: And then and then and then and then he goes
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  Speaker 3: to there is another statue that he has that he's putting.
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  Speaker 2: On in the Rose Garden, in the Rose Garden.
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  Speaker 3: That stands for the Italian-American community. I was down there Friday,
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  Speaker 3: and the president said, Columbus Day is Columbus Day. This
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  Speaker 3: is my day. And I want to tell you something.
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  Speaker 3: We appreciate that, because when did the president do that
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  Speaker 3: since Ronald Reagan?
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  Speaker 1: No, of course not. Listen, he loves you, and he
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  Speaker 1: loves Columbus Day. I had a chance to actually text
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  Speaker 1: back and forth with President Trump on Saturday about something else,
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  Speaker 1: but it was about the mayor. And talking about this mayor,
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  Speaker 1: President Trump came out and he talked about the mayor
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  Speaker 1: leaving Little Italy really twice because you've got Mulberry Street
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  Speaker 1: down there by Lower Manhattan and you've got Arthur Avenue
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  Speaker 1: in the Bronx. So he really left Little Italy off
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  Speaker 1: twice because of his nonsense enclave immigration maps. And Trump
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  Speaker 1: took them out this weekend for it. You and I
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  Speaker 1: took them out months ago when he first did it.
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  Speaker 1: So he will not be at the parade today. And
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  Speaker 1: I got to tell you, it's a smart move for
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  Speaker 1: him because physically, I mean this, he may be in trouble.
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  Speaker 1: That man should be nowhere near my Italian friends on
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  Speaker 1: Columbus Day Parade because somebody, Joe, somebody's going to get
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  Speaker 1: pissed off and punch him right across the face.
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  Speaker 2: No, no, no. No violence, Sid. No violence, man. And
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  Speaker 2: I love that you're going to be in the parade today,
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  Speaker 2: aren't you, man?
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  Speaker 3: I am.
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  Speaker 1: It'll be my sixth consecutive year in a convertible car.
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  Speaker 1: It's a big deal. I think I'm the only Jew
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  Speaker 1: in a convertible car, but again, the Italians... What you
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  Speaker 1: guys have done for New York, you know, you talked
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  Speaker 1: about the subways and skyscrapers, and you guys have built
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  Speaker 1: more stuff in New York than any other ethnic group.
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  Speaker 1: And the fact that the mayor left you off, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you may not encourage violence, but, Joe, you got to
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  Speaker 1: be pissed off.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a little, you know what, I don't understand it.
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  Speaker 3: It's because, you know why, when you sit down on
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  Speaker 3: Sunday dinner, and when I sit down, and my parents
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  Speaker 3: would always have Sunday dinner at 2 p.m., on a Sunday, man, always,
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  Speaker 3: rain and shine, no matter what we were doing, we
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  Speaker 3: would always have just that Sunday dinner. We'd get together.
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  Speaker 3: The fabric of the Italian-American community, it's just family, man.
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  Speaker 3: It's a lot familiar. It's family. And this is what
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  Speaker 3: we want to get. And this guy, this mayor, has
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  Speaker 3: no clue.
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  Speaker 2: He has no clue. He hasn't been.
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  Speaker 3: Here long enough. He hasn't even been in the country
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  Speaker 3: long enough to understand the strength and the.
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  Speaker 2: Foundation of the Italian-American community.
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  Speaker 3: You know what? Along with the Chinese, along with the
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  Speaker 3: Jewish community, along with the Black community and the Latino community.
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  Speaker 3: But don't throw us under the bus.
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  Speaker 2: And you know what?
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  Speaker 3: He said, we're Italian. We ain't going nowhere.
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  Speaker 2: Statues ain't coming down.
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  Speaker 3: We got a president that's sticking.
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  Speaker 2: Up for us.
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  Speaker 3: And onward and forward, we're going to have the best
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  Speaker 3: single parade ever in the history at the Columbus Citizens Foundation,
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  Speaker 3: my brother. And thank you, Sid, for being that. I
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  Speaker 3: know I support Israel. You're such a thought supporter of Israel.
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  Speaker 3: And we appreciate that so much. Today, we're going to
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  Speaker 3: support the Italians. And you're always there with us, Sid.
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  Speaker 2: Front and center.
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  Speaker 3: We appreciate that, my brother, you know?
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  Speaker 1: No, I love you guys. I love you. So when
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  Speaker 1: can people expect to see you, the great Joe Piscopo?
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  Speaker 1: When can they expect to see you, on television, I
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  Speaker 1: guess Channel 7, later on this afternoon.
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  Speaker 2: It's Channel 7.
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  Speaker 3: It's ABC, and it's like, you know what? It's going
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  Speaker 3: to be three hours, and we're going to be on
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  Speaker 3: Channel 7, WABC. You can actually stream it on ABC7. com,
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  Speaker 3: and if you're listening to this in around the country,
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  Speaker 3: and you know what?
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  Speaker 2: It's going to be three hours.
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  Speaker 3: And we're going to jam it down everybody's throat on
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  Speaker 3: live television.
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  Speaker 2: How great the Italian-Americans are.
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  Speaker 1: I love that. Now, in the past, we've had wonderful
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  Speaker 1: people like my friend and yours, Maria Bartiromo. I know
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  Speaker 1: she was at the big dinner on Saturday and Kenny Rosado.
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  Speaker 1: They're both gone. So who sits next to the great
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  Speaker 1: Joe Piscopo on television today?
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  Speaker 3: I think we got Mike and we got Sandra and
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  Speaker 3: we got the people from ABC7 are going to be there. And,
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  Speaker 3: you know, it's like that. So I'm going to be
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  Speaker 3: like a, just a, you know, I'm going to, I'm
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  Speaker 3: going to, I'm going to like a supply the color
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  Speaker 3: as it were, you know what I mean? So it's like,
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to be there on the side and I'm
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  Speaker 3: going to make sure we stay online that we're talking
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  Speaker 3: about how great the Italians are. But you know what?
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  Speaker 3: I applaud WABC television in New York for at least
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  Speaker 3: having the courage, not the courage, but to welcome the
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  Speaker 3: cast is. So it's going to be exciting. It's going
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  Speaker 3: to be fun. Put the hate aside. Just enjoy the
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  Speaker 3: Italian-American community. Think about Rosario Piscopo. Think about Francesco Speranza, Carmela,
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  Speaker 3: my grandparents, Vitaliano, the people that worked so hard to
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  Speaker 3: come here to America.
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  Speaker 2: That's what we're celebrating today.
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  Speaker 3: And I'm just pumped up about it today, Sid Rosenberg.
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  Speaker 1: Last one. It's probably a silly question, being you do
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  Speaker 1: this amazing show every week here on WABC, every Saturday
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  Speaker 1: night for Frank Sinatra. So that's probably the answer. But
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  Speaker 1: I'll ask you anyway, do you have one? I know
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  Speaker 1: it's hard. So many great ones. Do you have one
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  Speaker 1: favorite Italian?
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  Speaker 2: You know what? You got to be.
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  Speaker 3: I was going to say, but you have great respect
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  Speaker 3: to my father, who was really my role model. But
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  Speaker 3: my mother, rest in peace. My mother, Edith Ida La
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  Speaker 3: Magna Piscopo. That is my, she is my role model.
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  Speaker 3: And the older I got, the more I realized, how
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  Speaker 3: influential my mom was and how strong the Italian-American women
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  Speaker 3: are in the family.
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  Speaker 2: The guys we always think were the boss of the family, Sid,
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  Speaker 2: you know? No, no.
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  Speaker 3: It's the Italian-American women. And I remember Edith Biscopo, rest
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  Speaker 3: her brilliant soul. I miss her so much on this day, Sid,
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  Speaker 3: you know? Of course.
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  Speaker 1: And the Jews are the same, by the way. Danielle
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  Speaker 1: runs my household, not me. All right. So when I
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  Speaker 1: drive by later, I know the network people here in
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  Speaker 1: New York hate my guts.
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  Speaker 3: They do.
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  Speaker 1: They hate me.
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  Speaker 2: That's fine.
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  Speaker 1: But, Steve, you've got to find a way, Joe, to
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  Speaker 1: mention me. They go, that's my guy, Sid Rosenberg, W-A-B-C,
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  Speaker 1: and not convertible. Come on, Joe Piscopo.
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  Speaker 2: Truly noted, Sid Rosenberg. You got it. I'll get the
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  Speaker 2: director right out of your front and center, brother.
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  Speaker 1: Joe, I love you. Can't wait to see you later
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  Speaker 1: on this afternoon. You're a great Italian, a great American,
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  Speaker 1: and we love you at WABC. Thank you so much.
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  Speaker 2: Love you back, Sid. Love you back, my brother. God
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  Speaker 2: bless you, man.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see you today. Joe Piscopo right there, Saturday nights,
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  Speaker 1: 10 to midnight, right here on WABC, his own morning
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  Speaker 1: show on 970.
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  Speaker 2: He is Mr.
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  Speaker 1: Columbus Day here in New York. We'll take a short break.
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  Speaker 1: Lots more to do. Columbus Day Monday on Sid and
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  Speaker 1: Friends in the morning.
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  Speaker 1: What the heck is going on here?