Post by Mack A. DamiaOn Mon, 26 Jul 2021 04:54:20 -0700 (PDT), "Peter T. Daniels"
Post by Peter T. DanielsPost by Mack A. DamiaOn Sun, 25 Jul 2021 13:00:58 -0700 (PDT), "Peter T. Daniels"
Post by Peter T. DanielsPost by Mack A. DamiaWatching CBS Sunday morning, and they were featuring "Coney Island".
There was a reporter accompanying the "Mayor of Coney Island" around
to the different spots. They got to Nathan's.
Mayor: "And here is Nathan's, since 1916."
Reporter: (with a hot dog in his hand) "My very first Nathan's
(takes bite) Tastes like..........1916!"
(I don't think he meant to say that, but it was amusing. He may get
fired.)
What's the problem?
Why does there have to be a problem?
What was your point in posting the exchange?
What is there to "appreciate"?
Post by Mack A. DamiaPost by Peter T. DanielsSounds like artificially induced nostalgia.
He took a bite and said, "Taste's like.....1916". Obviously, that was
the first thing that popped into his head after what the mayor had
said. I don't know what he meant. Maybe he was just nervous and said
the wrong thing. He was a goofy type and said several other
inappropriate comments.
Post by Peter T. DanielsNathan's hot dogs are pretty good.
I know. No argument there.
Then what's your problem?
Post by Mack A. DamiaWatch it yourself after a commercial. Nathan's starts about the 1:55
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-coney-island-became-the-peoples-playground/
Daniels, I am convinced that you are socially retarded and culturally
ignorant.
The person you are calling "the mayor" is not Bill de Blasio, but
an old carnival barker -- a flim-flam man, as in the opening song
of *The Music Man* -- who at the beginning of the clip tells you
that he won't necessarily be truthful in what follows.
In fact in the 5 minutes leading up to the hot dog tasting -- where
the poor clueless newsguy (who has never been to Coney Island
before) is suddenly asked for an opinion about the hot dog, perhaps
not a comestible he is accustomed to consuming (note how he holds
it funny) -- quite a few false assertions are made about history..
For actual facts about the history of Coney Island, see this often-
broadcast small documentary from the "Blueprint: New York" series:
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/media/shows/blueprint.page?id=3699?pg=6