Questions Only New Yorkers Can Answer - With Chris Beck

24:05Isn't that, that's just New York City, right? I mean, it's like, yeah. What was yours? So our newest one. So I'm going to go forward, backwards. Yeah. Because we random, so if you live here, there's some bad vibe about Tavern on the Green, right? You're like, people are like, oh my, it's for tourists. So we've never been in there. So we pass it all the time at CP, Central Park. And we go in there and have dinner one night. Food was spectacular. No, I'm not. That is a movie set. You are sitting outside under the chandelier lights that are hanging out there. and you're just like, I am sitting in a movie set, Tavern on the, you know, beautiful.

24:43And you can see the skyline too. Oh, it's so, it's so beautiful. That's, I mean, I, I'm in love with Tavern on the Green. I mean, Christmas time too. Oh my God. They have a tree lighting now every year. I think it's the third. Oh, I did not know that. Starting this year. I think it's the third, or it's the third one this year. It's just, you can sit inside or outside. It's so elegant. The food's great. Like you said, people are like, some people talk. And we know the manager now, we've been there a couple of times. So, you know, the manager, he's like, call me. and I thought the food was spectacular.

25:12It's a beautiful day and night. And if you need a restroom, you can go inside. Yeah, well, the nice ones inside. The nice ones, I mean, the park ones on the outside. Actually, the park ones are really nice too, which I was surprised about. Yes. But the rest, the ones inside, yeah, that's where you want to go, no pun intended. Oh my God, this is why you've got the podcast. Did you all hear how that just rolled up? And then the other one that came immediately to mind, and I've got a picture of Emily and I that I made somebody take, is the Temple of Den Duer in the Met. What? Where Harry met Sally.

25:51I think it's called the Egyptian Room or something. I don't know it. Oh, my God. Emily's taking you on a tour of the Met. You had to go to the room with the temple where Harry met Sally. But I don't think she brought up when Harry met Sally. Maybe she did. I don't remember. They're holding hands there. and we had to do the whole pose. No, I don't remember this. Oh my God. I was, yeah. Like, go ahead. I'm sorry. Well, you weren't with us in that moment. Right. But she took you on a tour to the Met. That's what I mean. I don't remember. I mean, she has mis-met. It was so beautiful though, the Met.

26:23But go ahead. No, but that's one of those people, you're like, I'm sitting literally on a movie set. You know, I mean, when you ask a question, like that you feel, you are in fact on a movie set. You know, it's like, so what? Well, I think that what makes me feel like I'm in a movie set, and I thought that too, and I'm aware of and grateful for, is standing on the Brooklyn Bridge at sunset. Totally. Right when the lights of the city are coming on, and it's just breathtaking. Oh, totally. And I'm just like, think to myself, I live in New York City. Yep. This is the best city in the world. That is a definite I live in New York City moment.

27:05I mean, any time of day, actually, but that's, you know, to make a point to go at that time. It's truly a movie. It is. Well, it is a movie. It's been in so many movies. Yep. You know? Yep. Did you have any more? Did I have any more? How about, I got another one that you can - No, go, go, go. Times Square. It's your show. Well, Times Square. Go ahead. Absolutely. What do you think about that? Times Square is - See, to me, Times Square - Because we were there last year together. Well, yes. And we've been there multiple times together. Right. For New Year's Eve. That was crazy New Year's Eve. But see, that to me is like a moment of New York.

27:44If you've never been to New Year's Eve at Times Square, that is just a game changer. Yeah. I mean, it's like it's something I watched from a kid. Right. You know, this was like back in the day of Dick Clark before Ryan. And to be there on New Year's Eve, that's amazing. And it was raining this last year. Oh my God, it was so crazy. But it was awesome. We had thunder. We had thunder and lightning, you remember? I was with Beth, little kid, big city, New York City. And we're hiding under the ABC studios, now former ABC Times Square studios as of today, I believe. And Marco was there. And Marco was there.

28:20And Maureen, you and Maureen were dancing in the rain. Yeah, Maureen was there. That was a fun, that was fun. Dancing in the rain on New Year's Eve in Times Square. How much more? No, right with the rain. No, it was crazy. It was so amazing. That's the New York City movie moment. yes that is definitely yeah it was it was really cool um and you gotta say ghostbusters i mean we just went through this whole thing the ghostbuster ladder 11 what is it ladder you mean the fire station ladder eight or ghostbusters the fire station right there yeah yeah that's right yeah definitely movie that's actually just down the street here from here exactly a block how about you jay you like to any of these yeah i was also gonna say um if you've been on like one of the boats as it's going underneath the Brooklyn Bridge.

29:02Oh, yes. Like the circle line or the ferry. Yeah. Ferry's got to be one of the most underrated things in New York City. I mean, the New York City Ferry is only$4, I think. Yeah. And coming down downtown direction. Yep. And then it's sunset too. Holy moly. Oh, it's so great. Yeah. That's a good one, Jay, too. And then you go right under and then you pull up in Dumbo, right? Right under. Like literally right under the bridge. Yeah. You're literally down under the Brooklyn Bridge. And you got to call out the Empire State Building. I mean, you got to, you know, you've got to, you've got to call that.

29:38You have to. I mean, because it's like that. And you, you can see it. I mean, I'm walking back from Italy last night, gelato fix. And they, you know, you just see people right there on Broadway at about 26, you know, when you can all of a sudden see the, you know, and, and they're just standing there and they're taking pictures. And it's just like, I love people seeing that. you know, the, the, and that's, that's iconic. You mean the Empire State Building as you're looking at it and you're not on the Empire State Building? Correct, as you're up, but when you're on, what is it, 86th floor? Yes.

30:10Yeah, 86th floor. That's just iconic with the, with the things that you look through. Right. You know, and the viewfinder thing. Yeah, the viewfinder thing. What is the technical word? I don't know. Viewfinder. Yeah, we know. I don't know. I don't know what it is. Yeah. And they're free, but they're, yeah, that's really pretty. That's, that's really nice. And in addition, I will say, I think a beautiful New York moment, movie moment is on Top of the Rock. Because I love the views with the Empire State Building in my view, looking at Manhattan. I mean, lower Manhattan. You can see Central Park above.

30:47I have yet to be there. You've never been to Top of the Rock? I've never been there. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait, hold on a second. I'm serious. You have never been to Top of the Rock? How? No. We all go there. No, I understand. I've been in the NBC studios. I've been Charlene's like, you got to get that. You were going to take me one night. I think it was raining or something. And it's just randomly. I've just never been there. I don't know. We all go out like to how I'm still perplexed. Oh, he's never taken me either. So I feel bad. Wow. Okay. Well, we all got to go. Let's go. Let's do it. Yeah. But the views, I mean, no, I know that it's all open to you.

31:23You're all, you're way up there. It's all open. And there's no even glass in front of you around the very top. And it's just it's truly just breathtaking. Breathtaking. Yes, that is New York City. In your face. And it's just incredible. I mean, people have dreams to come here. Yes. And we are so blessed. And I'm so grateful that I'm here in the best city in the world to see these views every day. And you know where you really feel that is, is, is Rockefeller center Christmas tree and people come from all over the world to see that tree. And we're lucky because we get to see it come up and pull up and, you know, then raising it up and, and, uh, you know, it's just, uh, that, that is a moment people just are in awe of.

32:11and you think it's going to be great, but that's one of those things that's like legit great. You know, you, although we've got a lot of people coming to look at it now. It is legit. Great. And also as the famous singer once said, too legit to quit. Okay. You sing that for us now. No, come on. I mean, do you remember that song? Of course you do. Cause you're a DJ. You know, you know, too legit to quit. MC Hammer. I was being sarcastic. Do you know that song? I don't know if I know that one. It's old school. It's 80s. Anyway, it has nothing to do with the podcast. I'm sorry, everybody. He does this all the time.

32:47He's always. Chris and I always get derailed. What was the song that you threw out coming up here today? Oh, it was on the radio. Oh, Donna Summer. But you knew it. You knew it. Well, yes, that was my DJ. You know everything. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That was. Yeah. So the next one is things that make you fall back in love with New York. We were talking about this question before we came here. And I think we both. It's walking out the door. We did say that. It's walking out the door. Right. Like, it's like, you can be down, you can be, you just leave your place and you're in New York City. And we'll just, you know, our big deal is we'll, we'll, we walk Saturday, Sunday, just all over the place.

33:32Right. Right. And, and there'll be festivals and carnivals and, and movie shooting. and we just, you know, you're just here. Just walking out your front door of where you live. That is every day. What makes me fall in love with New York City every day. Luckily, mine is seeing it from my living room. Yes. You have an amazing view. Nice. He has this Brooklyn view looking up to Manhattan. It's incredible. Yeah, the Statue of Liberty is right there. You can see the Freedom Tower and then the Empire State Building is a bit farther back. you can see like the trains i remember the first time i went to your um rooftop yeah and i was just like holy moly yeah it's incredible i'm very lucky to be able to you are jay that's awesome you know another one is the first day in new york city of a new season oh yeah so like being uh having lived most of my other life in california there's like two seasons there right it's 2.5 seasons a year right but um the first like and and the first snowfall oh you just oh you kelly raised his hand let's call on kelly kelly yes okay i feel like horshack oh oh oh horshack's from an old movie i'm bringing up all you're gonna have to explain this to jay that's from um what was that show horshack was in um walking back hotter where the view you have from your apartment building is is that area and those of you that are listening and can sing that and hear that song in your mind you know you're old yes so yes that's um things that make you fall back in love with new york is walking through central park oh my god when it's snowing oh my god i literally have a video of of of because i was sneaking a video when we were up it was uh one of the december days when we had the snow and we got up to cp really early and um i've got emily on on on video, which could be a meme going, this is a movie.

35:33You know, it's like, you're just looking back and you're, you're, you're looking, you know, at 59th street and billionaires row. And you know, you've got the tree quiet. Oh my God. And the dogs running around and the dogs just love it. Right. Yeah. The dogs go bonkers. Oh my God. They just love it. Yeah. And it's just, I'll never forget the first time in my life that I felt real joy. This is no joke. And I was aware of that feeling of joy is when I was walking through Central Park the first time it snowed and it was just covered in all this snow. It was an afternoon snowstorm, actually, and it ended around maybe 4 p.m.

36:10Yep. We'll say maybe a little bit earlier morning ended around 1 or 2 p.m. So I was walking around 3 p.m. and this like foot of snow, the last time it snowed like that. Yeah, I was going to say, we haven't seen that for a while. The sun was out. All the dogs were running around like crazy. All the kids were sledding. the sound, just the beauty of Central Park covered in the snow with the sunlight. I remember just feeling this joy. Euphoria. Euphoria. I was like, I've never felt pure joy before. And this is it. And isn't Central Park just a gem? I mean, any time of the year, you know, we'll be walking there in the middle of winter when all the trees are bare and you can see all the buildings around.

36:51And we'll be like, in two months, this is going to be a green canopy. Right. Right. And then a few more months, it's going to be all these gold and reds and oranges. Oh my God. And the ramble. Oh my God. The ramble in the fall. And then, yeah. I mean, Central Park definitely makes me fall in love with New York. Well, how many times have we run into each other in Central Park? Chris and I run into Central Park all the time. Literally all the time. And then I just ran into Mickey. We're talking about this. On another trip. Okay. I have multiple trips to Eataly every day. No judgment. No judgment.

37:25I was a little concerned about you. But I'm like, Moshe is her husband. And I was like, oh my God, that looks like Moshe. And then there they were. Yep. Yep. Okay. So NYC smells. Oh, this smells a good one. Good, bad, or unforgettable. And we both said the same thing. Okay. Let's see if Jay says this. So a New York City smell. What is the first thing that comes to mind? You have taken too long, Jay. I think about, what do I think about? Those like exhaust pipes that come from the middle of the street. Oh, the steam pipes. Yeah, the steam pipes. That's what I think about. See, we both said marijuana.

38:10Yep. It's like, oh my goodness. Because now that it's legal, I mean, it's everywhere. And you need a dispensary on it. I mean, you need more dispensaries than we have Dwayne Reeds. I feel bad. They put a dispensary at the bottom of my building, and I was really hoping that it would be a pizzeria because there's no pizza place on 4th Avenue. Well, now you can go to the dispensary, and you'll want even more pizza. Yeah. You're going to want two slices, not just one. But then I have to order the pizza on DoorDash, and I have to wait. I could have just gone downstairs and gotten pizza, but now I have to like— I'm sorry, Jay.

38:44But now you can go down and get your indica, your sativa, your— Well, you know, my other smell was the subway smell. Yeah, no, I know. But the smell I'm thinking, sometimes a car smells pretty nasty, which is not a lot, but, you know. But I think of the smell of the subway tunnels itself, like kind of like the exhaust like Jason and, you know, just the metal and whatever. Yeah, the subway has like a very specific smell. A very specific smell. Yeah. You could be like blindfolded. But it doesn't bother me. And say, what is this smell? And it would be something. But I'm not, it's not a bad smell.

39:12No, no, no. Unless you get into the wrong car. Yeah. And someone went, you know, doo-doo. also the like rain on the concrete because there's so much of it okay yeah whenever after a rainstorm that isn't that magical the smell of new york city after a rainstorm you know or spring i instantly thought of times square oh spring spring yeah spring oh my god you just walking in the canopy on the um up at central park you know if the wind's blowing just right you know and then And you get these just smells. Cherry Blossoms. Oh, my God. Holy moly. It's just magic. Now, that would also qualify as a movie set.

39:52The Cherry Blossoms. Yeah. You know. Cherry Blossoms, definite movie set. And definite smells that are just incredible. Oh, my God. Just so amazing. And I ran into Mickey there this year, too. She's doing a live. Yeah. We always do Mickey. I know. I was ready. This is the thing. It's like big city, small town, right? You run into people all the time, you know? How about the next one, my friends? is what's your most irrational New York City fear? I have some, obviously. Are they getting pushed into the subway? Oh, really? Yeah, see, I could see that. That would be in my top three, maybe. Actually, I don't think I'm...

40:30I rarely think about that. And I'm stupid. I do stand up a lot. Well, you had a subway experience, too, but... Yeah, well, see, as most of the listeners know, I was in a subway crash. um but ironically i don't ever think of i don't that specific situation actually taught me some things like how to get off the subway if it does crash so actually it makes me feel it made me feel more confident on the train because now i know what to do yep and now i actually notice another thing we were we were scared of a huge fire that was going to happen on the train yes that is very unlikely now because there's no gasoline.

41:06Right. So I feel a little bit that actually has made me more feel safer on the train. And, you know, interestingly enough. So, yeah, it's helped me. Yeah. If you want to hear more about that, go back and listen to episode one. Yeah, I talked all about it. Episode one. It's available on Spotify wherever you listen to Spotify. I know how to kick a window out on a subway train car now. I know what to do. You've got to stop giving them the information. Yeah, that's right. That's right. Well, you got to listen to the podcast. But a rational fear of mine is elevators. You know, we - You were just talking about that coming down to my elevator.

41:40Chris lives like 100 floors up, you know? And like, once I get up to his apartment way up, you know, where he lives, I'm good. But just the elevator, and it makes so much the wind whistling as you're going up your elevator. I don't even notice that. I just don't like it. But I told you my scariest elevator was Z100. Back in the day when I was working with them, they had a sales office that was across the street from Smith and Walensky there. Dude, the craziest elevators, they went so fast, but they broke all the time. And they'd be hanging up and down, and I'm like, oh my goodness. Well, see, I mean, with the elevator, I mean, with the subway crash, and then, you know, I was on a bridge when the ship hit.

42:18Oh, yeah, just recently, yeah. And again, I feel very comfortable on Brooklyn Bridge, and that was very sad, sadly, that two young people passed away. But I am an elevatorist is my fear. You know, and the thing is, I'm on them all the time. Well, you don't. If you live in New York City, you're on them all the time. This is an elevator city. Totally. And not just a couple floors. No, we're talking, yeah, a hundred like I live on. Well, there was, I was invited with a couple weeks ago to this Upper East Side penthouse. Yes. You know, and it's not finished yet. You and Brittany. Yeah, Brittany. Exactly.

42:56And Jamie was there, too. Yep. And a few other people. But anyway, so I got there. I was one of the first few people there, and they were giving out hard hats and stuff. And I said, what elevator is this we're taking? Oh, my God. And it's an outside elevator. Oh. And I said, no, I passed. I don't think I could do that either. No, I don't think I could do that. Well, I did it once because I went to one man, what's down where Whole Foods is now, like one Wall Street. It's like the 70th floor. Yeah, no. That's the one they gave us hard hats. So I was like, oh, what's a hard hat for? I've never had one.

43:31And we went on this outside elevator. It takes like 15 minutes of terror on these construction elevators. Then you have to walk on like a plywood plank 20 feet into the building. And my knees were literally knocking. I was terrified. Nobody else was. I was like, am I crazy? So when we did the test drop for the New Year's Eve ball, Brittany and I are there. Oh, yes. And they gave us hard hats, right? And then I had this brief moment of like, all right. what is this elevator going to be? But it was a legit elevator in the middle of the building. Oh, good, good, good. But it was like, oh, my God.

44:04Well, this penthouse that we're going to on the Upper East Side, you know, that I was invited to, they gave us a hard hat, and then the elevator's on the outside, and I said, I said, you guys, sorry, I can't do this. You and I could go off, yeah, no, I'm with you on that one. So it's elevators. I'll get, you know, if it's inside a building, I'll do it, and I'm cool with it, but not these outside ones and stuff. Or even, they just make me nervous, I guess, in general. My most irrational thought here is, and you've been with me many, many times, is being on a rooftop in New York City when it's windy.

44:37Because we're hanging out with you. I don't think that's, yeah. You know, we've got our cameras out there. We're up above, you know. It's a total irrational fear that I'm going to somehow get blown off the building. That's funny. You know? That's hilarious. And I'll stand in the corner of our building, you know, right over there where you can, like, get the whole shot between, you know, Madison square park and all the way around the Hudson yards. And, and I just, if man, if the wind's blowing, I literally feel myself getting, that's funny. But Emily had the funniest one when we're talking about this before we came down here today, because I'm, I had to be a part of this.

45:10She is her most irrational fear is being in central park and having a squirrel run up her leg. I wouldn't think that's true. No, she's like a freak. And I have to do this when we're up there because she also likes to go feed birds in the, in the winter, you know, they'll come right up to her hand. And then the squirrels, of course, because you're feeding them, you know, they're, they're circling her like, you know, but she gets totally flipped out. And then it's Shake Shack in Madison Square Park when the rats come out at night because you're sitting there and I have to do this. And, and I'm like, I don't think me doing that they care about.

45:43I mean, and if I were a rat, I'd want to live next to Shake Shack in Madison Square Park too. I mean, right. I mean, that's a little, That's outside seating. It's like an outside park. Outside seating. I mean, a rat. It's only outside seating. That's it. You know, water. I mean, rats don't bother me at all. Eataly's across the street. I've had rats scurry across my feet a couple of times over, you know, the 10 years, 15 years I've been here. Oh, that would flip her out. I mean, I mean, I'm like, whoa. Yeah, yeah. And dusk. That definitely happens. I'm not scared. I don't freak out. I just like, I'm like, look, a little cute rat just ran by my feet.

46:14A little rat. What was his name? Yeah. Ratatouille. Ratatouille. Ratatouille. So yeah, elevators for me. Magical NYC place, time and moment. Isn't that one of the best things about the city? I mean, like it's, these are moments that are New York, like, and rooftops. So we're talking about that. Yeah. The first day you can go have rosé in the summer on your rooftop in your store. Yep. That to me is a magical moment. Yep. You know, it's like the opening of rooftop season. And we have all these fake summer day, right? We've had a couple of, yeah, we've had fake summer. I mean, all week here in New York City.

46:53We're still waiting for summer. No, exactly. Well, yeah, wait till the end of the week. And then next week is going to be like, it feels like in the hundreds. I'm having a rooftop party on Saturday. You are? Yeah. All right. Yeah. Juneteenth, baby. Juneteenth. Juneteenth, baby. I'll be in Florida for my parents' anniversary. 60th. Yep. 60th anniversary, ladies and gentlemen. Ed and Betty Kopp, my parents, I love you. Happy anniversary. 60th anniversary. This will air after the anniversary, so I can say it. That is, yeah. And then the first snowfall at Central Park. Yeah. I mean, we're talking about that.

47:26Yeah. I'm trying to think of this. The first day you can eat outside, too, you know? Because we have, like, I think they say nine seasons we have here, right? We have fake spring, real spring. We're like that first fake summer day you just said. That's a tongue twister. Yeah. First fake summer day. Say it three times really fast. yeah first fake summer day that's very good that's that's like in sometimes april even and everybody's outside yes it's amazing and then we've been in like like jackets the whole time yeah because it's what feels like 65 out there today right yeah and and uh but i think we've got real summer coming but we have a lot of seasons here and it's difficult to come to new york city as a tourist because you can like you know you you can't if you if you like me i will refuse to pack anything or check it.

48:15Right. So you've got your one set of shoes, your one jacket, and you better make that jacket call a good one. Right. I mean, but, uh, yeah, it was funny. So we have fake spring, fake winter. Yeah. Yeah. Well, we're waiting for summer, but I think next week at this time, when you guys are sitting in the studio again next week, I think it's going to be real summer. Yep. Yeah. When, when people are listening to the show, but I'll be in Florida where it's super duper hot. That is true. You know, another magical moment for me, which I really look forward to, I think we all do, is after when summer's ending and we have that first day you could wear a sweatshirt.

48:49I know, totally. We get to pull out our sweaters from our storage. See, if you live in New York City, what you don't understand, we're living in like really small places. Right. And we have storage. So you put your summer stuff and then you rotate it out. So you put your jackets and your sweaters away. Yep. And that time that you get to start like, I think I'm going to need it. And then you get to wear it. Yep. I know. That's so, that's so great. You're just so happy wearing your sweatshirt and pants. By about 15th. Then you hop in the bed, you hop in bed like a little kid all giggly with your extra comforts on.

49:19I don't, I don't, I don't personally fall in the bed with my sweater on all giggly. Well, not your, not my sweater. No, with the extra comfort. I mean, that's. No, you put on, you get to, you get like more blankets out. Oh, I see. And you're like, this is amazing, you know. That was a, that was a, you know, radio is the theater of the mind. And so your listeners right then when they hear you getting into bed, all giggly and everything. It's quite a picture. What's he talking about? I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't let that one go. Yeah. Okay, Chris, you ready for the last one? Ready as everybody listening is.

49:50Misconceptions about New York City. People are rude. I would, that, I don't even have to think about that. The idea that we are, we help people all the time. When we're out, you're helping people that don't know where they're going to get on this train, go to that train. I mean, I have never found anybody where I've found you can be by yourself if you want to, which we talked about, but I think, you know, you can get in an entire conversation with somebody just standing, waiting for the light to turn. You know, you can, you can engage with people. I think that people may misinterpret, like we're just direct, right.

50:24You know, I mean, like, you know, but it's like, I think, I think that's a total misconception. I agree 100%. Yeah. I mean, what I love too is when you're on the subway, and I can't think of anything specific that happens, but something happens that's kind of weird to the side, and you make eye contact with someone else, and you're both on the same page. Yep. You know what I mean? You just can read each other's minds like, okay, whatever. That's weird. I mean, does that make sense? Yeah. Do you ever have eye contact with someone across, and you're kind of on the same page? Yep. Yeah. Is there New York moments where you're connecting, you're like, yeah.

51:04And I would say chaos is the other one, a big misconception. So people are like, oh my God, chaos. You know, you live in chaos. It's like, we love that. Yeah. That's an energy that the chaotic nature of the city is to me an energy that you either find calming, which I've always done it from the first time I was here. I'm like, I want to live here because it's like, it's all this energy also interpreted by some people as chaos, but it's like, I get calm in that. It's like, wow, this is great. And so I, I don't, I know we live in a frenetic, high energy, high voltage city, but I actually find it calming.

51:45Me too. You know, I mean, it's like when I'm walking in Marina Del Rey, you know, walking to Alfred's coffee over there, I'm like, all right, uh, you know, the wind's blowing in the palm trees again yeah it's like okay wow okay right yeah that's that's a whole different vibe going totally different here yeah you know i've walked into um speaking of subway again i actually have actually seen an empty seat you know and i the one empty seat and i sit there and i don't realize i'm walking into a situation that was chaotic before i sat down like the person next to me is acting crazy or something and then the next stop that person will get off and this is what's really cool is everybody in that area of the subway all start talking about the situation that just happened.

52:26And they're like, holy moly, can you believe that just happened? And this happened. And I, it's really cool to have everybody connecting and just kind of on the same page, like, geez, that, why did that person say that to this person and blah, blah, blah. What was up with that? Yeah. What happened? And going back to smells very quickly, some of the body smells in the summer in the subway, I would, I would say that would be a New York thing. Yeah. Please use deodorant people. Yeah, no, I know. Yeah. I've actually wanted to, as a public service, buy ads on the Lynx network here to go like, hey, you know.

52:58You know what else I saw on the subway one time? It was a few years ago. This young girl, I'll say young to me is 20s, but she passed out on the subway in the middle of the summer. Oh, we had that at the age walk a couple years ago. And somebody had a bottled water and like halfway through the train and everybody collectively in a packed train passed out water down the line to the girl and she has some sips and then she she was better she was okay we had that happen at the at the uh the age walk one year but somebody just passed out on the on the sidewalk and we went and got her water everybody jumps in totally totally it's it's a really it's really cool that's what i'm like i i don't get that that is i i think if you're coming from you know uh a smaller midwestern town and you come in here, I guess you could perceive it as rude, but it's like, you know, it's like, I don't feel that.

53:51Yeah, I remember just watching the water bottle. That's why we're New Yorkers, though. You know, above everybody's heads, moving down the line and, you know, packed subway to the, it was pretty cool. So I get to go, so Craig and I are going to the Yankees game that's Billy Joel bobblehead day. I am so psyched. Oh, that's pretty cool. When is that? I am so psyched. I don't know, sometime in, I don't know. Okay. Yeah, but I was like a Billy Joel Yankees bobblehead with everything going on with him today. I mean, like anyway, that that was not one of the questions, but it was an editorial comment anyway.

54:25Well, I guess that that covers our podcast today, my friends. That was fun. It was great. But they'll be the judge of that. Yes, yes, yes, yes. Well, thanks, Chris, for joining the podcast today. Before we let you go, we here at the New Yorkers podcast want to know what it means to you, Chris Beck, to be a New Yorker. It means that I'm whole. It means that I'm a part of something that is diverse, tolerant, loving, caring, dynamic. That's what it means to me. When you're here as a New Yorker, you are one within millions that represent all kinds of different, coming from very different places. But I love being one with that.

55:23I love it. That's nice, Chris. That's really good. And that was just right off the top of my head. Yes. I don't even think you knew where you were going. I got goosebumps. That was beautiful. Thank you for joining us today for this week's episode of the New Yorkers podcast, Chris. Why don't you let everyone know where they can find you on social media? Chris Beck, USA, C-H-R-I-S-B-E-C-K-U-S-A at the Instagram. Once again, I'm your host, Kelly Kopp, also known as New York City Kopp, all across my social media. Please like and subscribe to the New Yorkers podcast and you can follow the New Yorkers on social media at the New Yorkers podcast.

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