History Hyenas with Chris Distefano and Yannis Pappas - 63 - The Dinkins Era was WILD!

Episode Date: March 31, 2019

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What's up, cuzzy wuzzies? You're listening to the Bay Ridge Boys, History Hyenas, Bad. Yeah. Cute. Hyenas. What's up to the cackle out there? It is Yanni Peanuthead Pappas and Chrissy Screwed In Yamaka. And we got our friend, Zach Isis. There he is.

I'm Chrissy Ear Clogs. Double ear infections gone now. Chrissy depressed. Just not depressed. Just fucking stressed out at the amenities of modernity. To be honest with you, I'm just a little out at the amenities of modernity. To be honest with you, I'm just a little stressed at the amenities of modernity. Yeah, you got amenity of modernity problems right now because your Instagram doesn't work. Which is, I didn't realize was a big fucking problem for comedians.

Yeah. I mean, not having it, it's like it costs me money. Well, here's the thing that I realized. I can't promote my shows. You can't promote your shows, but there's one thing I did realize about you. What? Is the only two scenarios in which you are at total peace is

when there's an apple strudel, specifically apple strudel because you're a German Nazi face kid. Yes. With a nice little whipped cream with it. Oh, yes. And you're eating it and putting it in your face. There is a fucking cum that comes over you that's cute as fuck. That's cute.

And then the other time where I've seen you at this type of piece was when we were in Germany. Yeah. Setting up tours on the bus and checking out sites and learning things because make no mistake, you're an- I'm in Germany. I'm in Germany. I was in Dutch. When I was in Deutschland, I was good because I was just, you know, the closer I am to the Fuhrer's gravesite, the better.

Yeah. Just kidding. Yeah. Yeah. Because. Oh, yeah. Is that a new way? It's from the computer.

I like that. I like that one. Zach. Okay. Zach just sent me the send me the new Patreon members. You're all out of sorts without your Instagram. How are you going to get your fucking toot messages? I kick out my toots.

No, honestly, to be honest with you, it's kind of like relaxing to just let go of the phone, but it's like, if I could have Instagram, that's really all I need. I realized all I really need, the only app I really need is the Instagram app, Facebook, Waze, and my Chase Mudley

app, and my Brightwheel, and my app to check on my kid. That's it. If you don't think that Chrissy's not being 100% honest right now, you're correct. Because if you think what he just said is true, you got another thing coming. You got another thing coming. You cannot live without your fucking toot Rolodex. I know. And that's what Instagram is.

Yeah. You cannot live without your fucking toot Rolodex. I know. And that's what Instagram is. So if you feel like Chrissy Cackles is okay, like he just said, you got another thing coming. I know. I haven't had a toot in a long time. You might just want to give out your address right now so the toots know where they can reach you. Because if they can't get you through Instagram, they might want to do a little pen and paper. Bailing address. Yeah. Cuz I'm in no mood to be here

and we got three more hours of podcasting. Cuz, you have a swimmer's ear, low-grade fever. No, I got no low-grade fever. I feel good. I just got a fucking clogged up fucking ear. Still? Cuz, let's just, let me just be honest. Maybe you shouldn't

throw hands until your ears open up. No, no, I didn't, I didn't, no, it's just. you're a little bunny that likes to hop around regardless i'm a little bunny that likes to hop around yeah and i just the way we ate last night at levity i just can't do it i mean i was taking burning shits this morning yeah and mad dog said that we can't call him hey bird anymore so hey yeah unfortunately yeah please don't do that on social media our fans yeah our fans of the patreon who are our non-tudes who have went to patreon.com slash bay ridge boys and join the matriarchy do not tweet or instagram or facebook message james madden and say hey bert he feels like it's exploitation we're exploiting him yeah and i told sergio chacon about it today who's

going to be a guest on upcoming episode upcoming episode and sergio said he needs to shut his mouth he's being offended yeah james uh he broke the news to me that he felt like that me and chris were exploiting him that he was being exploited right he doesn't like being called hey bert he would prefer to be he would prefer to call himself mad dog matter yeah he would prefer to be he would prefer to call himself mad dog matter yeah he would prefer to exploit himself by the way i just want to fucking let you know by the i want you to just understand that we have t-shirts coming game of thrones like winter is coming t-shirts are coming and i encourage my my member my uh fellow members of the matriarchy to go buy a t-shirt when they come out even

if you're not even if you haven't joined even if you're a godless fucking dirty fumed out toot that hasn't went to patreon.com slash Bay Ridge boys and join the cackle still buy a t-shirt because they're coming out and make if you don't think if you don't fucking think that I'm going to slip at least one hey bird shirt

and they were man dogs face on it. You got nothing coming if you don't think that I'm going to slip at least one Haybird shirt in there with Mad Dog's face on it, you got another thing coming. If you don't think that I'm going to buy one of our own shirts, the one with Chrissy's cartoon feet and the one that says no fumes and get it in an XL so my wife can wear it like a night dress and bang her out, you got another thing coming. Yeah, because your wife's

getting cracked open and cleaned out. She's getting cracked open and cleaned out and we're going to Mexico next week. And you're going to Mexico next week. And you're going to buy a new house. Because are the shirts going to be available for our White Walkers? Can they pay in pesos? They can pay in pesos because our shirts are going to be available in the White Walkers. We should make, you know what we should make for our White Walkers specifically?

We should make the losing championship team shirts. Like the losers of the Super bowl and just give them to the white walkers and bernie stickers yeah bernie anybody that lost will just give it because that's what the white walker that's what they always get they always get the loser shirts because they make so many of them because that's hilarious yeah i want to give them to him should we make should we make them should we make a white walker shirt that says, you know, like fucking whoever. Who's somebody that just lost? Who the Patriots just beat in the Super Bowl?

Isn't it funny how we always just forget the losers real quick? Like immediately I forgot. We were watching it at Sal's house. We watched it at Sal's house, and I can't even remember who they were playing against. I don't remember who the Patriots. Oh, not the Eagles. No. Who were the Patriots?

Wait, it was the Eagles. That was two years ago. Two years ago. Who did they just lose to? The Rams. The Rams. Patriots-Rams. We'll get 2018 Rams Super Bowl winners.

Yeah. We'll just send you Cleveland Cavaliers shirts. Because there was a bunch of years LeBron lost. So we'll just send you a bunch of those and some Bernie stickers. And Hillary, I'm with her buttons. Should we do I'm with her buttons? I'm with her buttons. That's a funny t-shirt. Because make no mistake, the Mueller report came out

and it was discovered that there was collusion, but it was between Hillary and her lack of charisma. It's what it is. That's what colluded for her to lose the election. Guys, make no mistake, we have a few cucks that listen to this podcast, so take back what you said about Hillary. Because a couple of kids are going to get

upset about that. If you don't think that a couple hours ago when the Mueller report was released, there wasn't a celebration at an Irish bar in Ridgewood, Queens. You got another thing coming. You know there was. If you don't think that

Ann Eileen went right to those neutrals, lit up a Newport and said, I told you he was innocent. You got another thing coming. You know there was. If you don't think that Ann Eileen went right to those neutrals, lit up a Newport, and said, I told you he was innocent, you got another thing coming. I told you the whole time. These libertards, they keep telling. All right, they come up first with this conspiracy about the Catholic priests. That's not true. Don't ask questions. Don't ask, don't tell. We believe in the Virgin Mary.

If the priests were fiddling all these boys boys which is a blasphemy and not true then how did Chrissy come up grow up to have a friend from Park Slope how are those two things possible you're telling me the priest did something bad but then he grew up and he made it all the way to Bay Ridge doesn't make sense Len it doesn't make sense

cause you know it's something I noticed about you I got a small fucking head in an average sized piece I got a small fucking head and an average-sized piece. You got a small head? Yeah. You got a small fucking head? You're the kind of kid, you always talk about class, who's got class, you got class, you got class, but you're a classless fuck.

Yeah. You gave $5 to the green room waitstaff yesterday on the show, it's your headline, you dirty fuck. Cuz? Cuz, make no mistake, here's one thing- I'm a cheap fucking screwed-in Jew. You're a cheap fucking kid. I'm screwed-in. And it's gross. You're also a kid who got shot with a bullet, so talk about no mistake. I'm a cheap fucking screwed in Jew. You're a cheap fucking kid. I'm screwed in.

And it's gross. You're also a kid who got shot with a bullet. So talk about no class. You're the definition of no class. You got shot and leave $5 tips, you fucking dirtbag. You know you want to call me. You just can't do it. You faggot.

Way song she ain't. Cuz, I didn't order one thing from that green room. But you got to give a tip. You're the headliner. I gave $5. You're a... Cuz, I didn't order... It's that green room. But you got to give a tip. You're the headliner. I gave $5. Because it's a little disrespectful to give five. Me and Serge were laughing about it today, hitting the pants. It's just a little disrespectful how you treat people.

Actually, matter of fact, me and Serge both agreed on this. It's no surprise that you've been shot, and it's actually no surprise that you've been shot. We both like, because the way you're disrespectful, and can't believe you actually actually haven't gotten punched in the face more like more in real life me and serge both like we can't believe like how you've evaded getting hit and now that you're like a 43 year old kid and your body's falling apart you gotta be careful because somebody's gonna fucking crack you one day yeah because i'm like trump they can't catch me they keep trying to get my face.

And you want to know why they can't punch my head? It's hard to find. It's small. It's too small. It's a small target. Whereas yours, if I stretch my arms by accident, it might be a punch in the head. You could be a burrow over. Yeah, you could be a queen and I could stretch and accidentally hit you in the face.

You got a big fucking medicine ball head. Unfortunately, now I'll just slip and roll to the right and hit that person with a left hook right combo. Because you could throw hands now. Because Sergio's going to come in here. Well, the next episode when Sergio comes in, we're going to talk about boxing. It's going to be fun. But today you want to talk about Mayor Dickens because your mom banged him out.

What did I hear? I want to get back to the tip. Okay. Oh yeah. I didn't order a Buffalo cauliflower. Right. I didn't order any drinks. I didn't order any food.

What about mad dog left a $30 tip? What about Friday and Saturday? Did you order food or drinks? Yeah. I ordered nothing. Cause I don't drink and I don't eat for that. Cause of the club. Make no mistake.

I got food poisoning. So I don't want to do it again. Yeah. So I ordered nothing. Right. I drank waters club. Make no mistake. I got food poisoning. So I don't want to do it again. Yeah. So I ordered nothing. Right. I drank waters. So make no mistake. Those waiters and waitresses need to tip me because I brought people in there

and thank you to the hyena fans. The hyena fans that came out to West Nyack. Fuck yeah. Levity Live Comedy Theater. One of the best and nicest clubs in the country. And guess who the fuck was a surprise guest on my show on Sunday? Fucking Chrissy Cackles. And there was tons of hyena fans there, and they were happy to see him.

Absolutely. And one of you got cracked open and cleaned out. And also, one of the fans saw James Mattern in the hallway and said, oh, he asked him for a hemer and asked him for a picture. So make no mistake, James did take the picture and then did complain that he felt like he was exploited. Yeah, it's just what it is. Yeah, because why is James is looking at himself like fucking like a low wage labor. Why does James head look like a russet potato? Because his head is shaped like Bert.

Bert's head. The puppet. It's just what it is. He's not going to listen to this podcast, but make no mistake. He does have his headphones on. Yeah. Make no mistake. He is taking a walk at 3 a.m.

to work through some thoughts. It's just what it is. Because we did our Patreon draft. We did it. We did our Patreon draft. did it we did our patreon draft i had a fucking great time so there's been a lot of people communicating on the community board which really appreciate it i know there's a lot of people who who are who are not like um i just got a message from our from our great friend and great supporter bailey fesler um who wasn't you know she didn't get drafted

and she just you know she just wanted to make a couple of things clear um and you know, she didn't get drafted and she just, you know, she just wanted to make a couple of things clear. And, you know, she was just saying that she's now, because she wasn't drafted now that she she's she's decided to join Zach Isis's team. So that's what's going to happen. And I apologize for the people who didn't get drafted. It's just, we can't draft everybody. But here's what me and Isis were talking about before you came in here late because make no mistake, you're my free.

This is the first time I've been late. I know because you're German. So it's a little out of college. I was really upset. Yeah. Real quick. She just said, make no mistake. I was playing and stay quiet on this one.

But since the draft results are out, I figured I should come clean about being on Zach Isis's, a.k.a. hashtag team Scrabble hands. I'm rocking shapes, not words. But to some to some of you toots I'm sure these two look like two of the letter V. So Bailey Fesler got a tattoo on her finger. So that's what she's saying. She's saying she got it. She posted a picture of the tattoo she got on her finger. Is that it?

She did. Yeah so Bailey you didn't get drafted but you did get a tattoo on your finger so make no mistake I'm editing the draft. You're my seventh pick. Did she do that to pay homage to tattoo fingers? Yeah. Wow. Yeah. Isis, you inspired someone else to do something fucking stupid.

And then Gabe Torres said, make no mistake. Just order my smoothie. Leroy. I just had a smoothie, by the way. What are we saying? What are we saying? Me and Isis were talking about before you came before. Before I came. It's a fuck hunkering, breathing heavy late.

Yeah. Before the clunky fucking journeyman white guy boxer came in because you're wearing that overthrow sweatshirt every day now because you really want people to know you can throw hands no it's just be honest the only reason i'm is because i i don't have enough quarters to do my own laundry because make no mistake i live in a pre-war building that has quarters for fucking laundry you got to get in the board and fix the only thing that that is um that i have you got to get in the board and fix the only thing that that is that I have. You got to get on the board and fix that. Tell me we want the ones with the cards where you can swipe them.

So me and Isis are saying what if we open this draft up to everyone in the podcast? So we have team tattoo fingers and then team emoji face. So Mikey gets a team. Isis gets a team and then all four of our teams can compete in the first round of the fucking non to Patreon task war.

Yeah. Non task war or just a.k.a. The Special Olympics. It's just what it is. That's really what it is. That's what we'll be. We'll just be the Special Olympics and we'll have four teams. Yeah. What if we just gave special needs? Stamos Olympics. That's what we'll be. We'll just be the Special Olympics and we'll have four teams. Yeah.

What if we just gave... The Special Needs Stamos Olympics. That's what we'll call them. What if we just gave Hey Bird a team and just kept calling him Hey Bird? What if we just decided we love you, James, but we're just not going to care what you're saying. We're just going to keep going. We're just going to keep doing it.

Because we're bigger kids. We're just bigger kids. And make no mistake, you're Hey Bird bird no matter which way you slice it. Love you, James. Yeah, obviously. Love James, man. Send him some love. And we love our small business sponsor, Patreon members.

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Maybe, you know, the first thing you should do is change the name. Have a stage name. Let's help him come up with one. Come up with a fun stage name. How about Fedora Hididisis? What do we got? Yeah!

Watch it! I was trying to find the exact same thing. Fedora Hididisis. I like that. Because, Fedora, if you don't name your first hour-long comedy special live from the sandbox, you got another thing coming. I will sponsor that fucking special if it's if I got money then.

And if you don't think I'm name of it fucking live from the sandbox, you got another thing coming. Look at me, I'm Sandra Dee. I can't listen. We're just having fun. We love everybody. We're just kidding. I mean, but it's fine.

You know, we just, we're just having fun. We love this podcast because we can say things that are clearly jokes. Like we love and support anybody, any race, religion. We love it.

Also. It's just fun to poke fun at all the shit that people know is out there. Yeah. I mean, seriously, I just want to say just one minute of earnestness here. In earnest, I just want to say, yeah, if you're still out there in 2019, fucking truly hating people because they have a different culture or religion or phenotype, skin pigmentation. You're fucking stupid.

You're fucking Franks and Beans. I mean that from the bottom of my heart. So just have fun with each other, live your one life, and just enjoy the freedom that our forefathers, God bless this country, have given us.

And if you don't, make no mistake, we'll go behind that wall the three is. And make no mistake, if you don't think every single one of those forefathers was way, you got another thing coming. And listen, if you don't think every single one of those forefathers was way, you got another thing coming. And listen, if you don't agree with what I'm

saying, we'll go beyond that wall over there. I'll put my dog inside and I'll take the three of you physically. I'll take the three of you physically. Can I get a water? You want water? You want a water? Because if my ears don't, make no mistake, if my ears don't pop soon, then that temperature

is going to get a little bit lower for the Chinese safe. It's safer, not safe. Normally it's 90 degrees. But if these ears don't pop, I'm going to I'm going to I'm going to lower that down to 70. Let's just be honest. This global warming thing that's going on right now is not good for Eastern Hemis when Chrissy D's in the bar.

If you got if you guys if you guys culturally, if we got some Eastern Hemis when Chrissy D's in the boroughs. If you guys, if you guys culturally, if we've got some Eastern Hemis out there, right on our Patreon wall, go to patreon.com slash Bay Ridge Boys and tell us if you're an Eastern Hemi or not. We got a new Eastern Hemi $25. We're going to call at the end of this episode. What's her name? Stacey Chan or something. We got to call her.

Yeah, we're going to call it. And I took a look at her picture. She will get cracked open and cleaned out if she's not careful. And if you don't follow, we'll forget the laws of this great country. Go beyond that fence and I'll take the three years physically. I'll take the three years physically. Yeah. Yeah.

We should make a T-shirt that says I'll take the three years physically. I'll take the three years physically. So that's obviously a homage to our previous episode. Frank Rizzo. Yeah. People actually went wild for that episode. Go get the Frank Rizzo. Go get it on our iTunes,

uh, history hyenas or a patron.com slash Bay Ridge boys. You can get an actually bonus episode about Frank Rizzo there. Yeah. And since we did, um, Philly's controversial mayor, Frank Rizzo,

which by the way, I got a few DMS from kids from Philly. Yeah. A few like no exaggeration who were like, let me just tell you in private, Frank Rizzo's the best thing that ever happened to the fucking city of brotherly love wow yeah got a few of those and make no mistake those kids who hit me up were white white yeah because because i was told by

some of our some of you know comedians are black uh comedian of some of our friends who are black yeah who know about the history of philly said it was fucking brutal. He dropped like a bomb on some like homeless shelter there. Like it was it was some there was some brutal tactics. Yeah. I mean, you know, he was a kid who kind of ends justify the means. It seemed he's going to be he's another guy who's good for uncomfortable truth. Yeah. He's a lot of gray zones with that guy.

A lot of gray zones. Yeah. But his wife definitely was sure to make sure the sauce was just right. It's just what it is. Yeah. Now, today we want to talk about another mayor, a historic mayor, a New York mayor. The mayor, he was the mayor. I was born in 1984, Mayor David Dinkins.

He was a cute black kid. He was a very, very, very famous and influential mayor. And the most fascinating part about Mayor David Dinkins to me is that he cracked open and cleaned open Giannis' mom. Giannis will tell you all about it, but make no mistake, whatever he says, she got cracked open and cleaned out by David Dinkins. So since we covered Frank Rizzo from Philly, we're going to move over to New York City to Dave Dinkins. America's first and only sweet, smooth black mayor in New York City.

He's the only mayor in New York who's been a cute black fucking kid. Yeah, I mean. Is that true? Is he the only black mayor in New York history? Yeah, first and only. First and only black mayor of New York City. And it's a personal tie deal. Yeah.

I mean. Tell, just, I think people want to know about that. Tell them real quick. David Jenkins went to Brooklyn Law School. Okay. Graduated from Howard University. Magna Cum Laude. Smart fucking kid.

Yeah. With a mathematics degree. So this is a kid who was using the right hemisphere and left hemisphere of his brain. And the eastern hemisphere of his brain because he's good at math. Yeah, eastern hemisphere. Because when you're from Brooklyn, New York, or you're from Queens, New York, you're just a quick kid. We're just quick kids.

Make no mistake, if you want to have a game of wits with us, be prepared. We're going to say something, or we're going to take you over there and work you over physically. I'll take the three years physically. Yeah. Can I get a water? Anyway, I'm just saying, you know,

when Chris said it that one time, now it's just become, we got a lot of catchphrases on this. That might be another teacher. Can I get a water? Can I get a water? Yeah. So, yeah, if you want to know if someone's from New York, just ask them if they want a water and for them to ask you and if they go, can I get a water? Yeah. Yeah. So, yeah, if you want to know if someone's from New York, just ask them if they want a water. And for them to ask you, and if they go, can I get a water? Yeah. Yeah.

So you definitely got a fucking trash monkey on your hands. Yeah, fucking trash. David Dinkins. Yeah. He graduated Harvard magna cum laude. You know? Smart fucking kid. Smart fucking kid in mathematics.

Yeah. And then he ended up becoming a lawyer. So he went to Brooklyn Law School. Guess who else went to Brooklyn Law School at the time that David Dinkins went to? Your mother? My mother. Anna Mamelakis Pappas,

the little girl who survived the German invasion of fucking snow monkeys falling from the sky. Yeah. Your ancestors, your dirty fucking pale Germanic evil. There's evil in you. Yeah.

They fell from the sky and they tried to do things to my people, but we kicked them out. Yeah. I will never forget. Yeah. And I played a game of chess and I beat a German kid and I said, this one's for my mom. I said, hello.

Yeah. My name is Yan this one's for my mom. I said, hello. Yeah. My name is Giannis Mamalakis Papas. My mother's from the island of Crete in the village of Reznor. I've been waiting my whole life for this moment. Prepare to lose this chess game. Because I Inigo Montoya that kid. Yeah. And he fucking beat his ass hard.

I know Princess Bride is one of your favorite movies. Yeah. Right? Yeah. Now, how did you deal with that as a kid in Ridgewood? When the McKenzie boys came over and they said they wanted to watch Do the Right Thing so they could yell racial slurs. You know, honestly, one of my two favorite movies that I had to keep that I had to get

three favorite movies like I swear to God to see and the movies like I had these on VHS. Pretty Woman. Bambi. Anne of Green Gables. Uh huh. You ever seen Anne of Green Gables? No.

What is that? It was a Lifetime movie. I used to watch Anne of Green Gables. Yeah. And there was another movie called Little Women I used to watch. So Pretty Woman, Little Women, and Anne of Green Gables. Those are the three movies that I watched religiously. I swear to God.

I know. I know. And so why is this? What do you mean? What is this? I don't know. What is this? What's your deal? What is this? I don't know. What is this? I think what's what's your deal?

What's your fucking deal? I think because I just grew up around all women and that's just what they watch. Yeah, I don't. There's nobody who I know or have known in my life that gives me a queasy feeling like you. Like sometimes when you say things, they just don't make sense. The only thing that makes sense is putting a gun to the back of your head, putting a fucking blindfold on. makes sense is putting a gun to the back of your head putting a fucking blindfold on all right with a black and white and a fucking fish hook on a goddamn fishing pole and lead you up to a goddamn hill upstate new york and pushing you in a ditch kipsy poppets yeah yeah um i used to watch the

movie little women and my aunt my aunt janet and aunt and aunt annie used to i used to sleep over their house on fridays and saturdays every weekend. So my mom could probably get banged out or whatever she was. So my mom had that weekend off. And so we used to watch movies together. We used to get bagels Saturday morning and then we would watch the movies at night. And I always used to want to watch Little Women. And I turned around once when I was eating pizza slice. And I said to my aunt Janet, I was like, this is a nice movie.

And then they would say like my aunt Janet would say, this is a nice movie for like the next 10 years. They would make fun of me. And like they would walk in the back. This is a nice movie. And it would get like a laugh. But it was like a thing that I said, this is a nice movie. And it just like stuck.

Because even they noticed that you were a little feminine. You know, little women. I mean, my mom asked me when I was like 14 years old if I was gay. She caught you sitting like a Sphinx cat and she got curious like me. Yeah. Yeah, because you do things that just don't jive well with society. Yeah. I'm being dead serious.

I used to religiously watch Anne of Green Gables. Yeah. You can't put my finger on you, Chrissy D. Yeah. I can't put my finger on you. Yeah. I don't know where to put my finger. Yeah, you can't do it.

With a kid like you, nobody knows where to put their finger. Nobody knows what to make of you. Yeah, I can't put my finger on you. Yeah. I don't know where to put my finger. Yeah, you can't do it. With a kid like you, nobody knows where to put their finger. Nobody knows what to make of you. Yeah, can't lock me down, Christy. No, you can't lock you down. Like, I just feel like I might come over to your fucking house and you're just alone doing yoga or salsa. Are you doing yoga now? Yeah, I got a yoga instructor that comes over to my house every Tuesday and Thursday.

Yeah, you think you're the only kid that's ever come from Ridgewood who decided that he was going to take up yoga? Yeah, I think so. You want to go back to the neighborhood and sing the praises of yoga? Why don't you do that? Yeah, my friend. Why don't you go down to the courts where one of your friends made another friend sit down and spit in his mouth? And why don't you tell those kids how about they try yoga to calm down?

Yeah, I'll ask the McKenzie brothers if they got yoga mats. What yoga mats do you use? Yeah, because you're a different, unique kid. Because I think, yeah. But, you know, I mean, I don't know what I was like before I caught a dick to the uvula, but after that, things changed. Yeah, that was definitely a defining moment in your life. I got hit, and then, you know, it just opened something up, but it's fine.

So tell us, what? No, what were you saying? No, tell us more about, so your mom knew, not only did not only did go to school, but she knew David Dinkins. Well, I was going to say you were born in 84. Four years. You were born in 84. August 26, 1984. Dinkins was the mayor.

No, David. David Dinkins was not the mayor yet. David Dinkins was not the mayor. No, he was the mayor from 90 to 93. Oh, Koch was the mayor then. Koch was the mayor then. And he was a gay kid. Ed Koch was a gay kid. We're going to do

another episode on him. He was a gay kid. He was just he was always single. He was always single, but he talked, I mean, he talked like Ian Eileen. And he would, he not as crazy as Frank Rizzo, but he used to yell at reporters and yell and just tell candidates like, shut the fuck up. Yeah. He had that personality. David

Dinkins was an intellectual, soft spoken, smart kid. And him and my mother and my father all went to Brooklyn Law School. Really? They went to Brooklyn Law School, which is wild. Because then the old Brooklyn Law School building is where I went to middle school. It became Brooklyn Friends, the Quaker school I went to. So I was actually going to school in the building my parents went to law school in and

David Dinkins. So my mother and David Dinkins became like close friends like Zach is good. Zach is good. Yeah. Yeah. Cause real close friends and your mom worked late a couple of nights and you had to stay. You had to you know your yaya had to you know your mom had to pay your yaya a couple extra hours to go overtime because

she said she was doing work in the office but you don't think she was getting cracked open and cleaned out by david dickens you got another thing coming it's just what it is you got to understand because here's the thing. Okay. Your mom at first didn't want to, because let's be honest, even though David Dick, it's great. You know, she's a Greek woman from Greece.

She's just not allowed to date black guys. She can't bring my feet home. It's just what it is. I mean, it's fucked up and it's horrible. And it's not like that today, but back in those days, you just couldn't do it.

And it is still like that today. Let's just be honest. Greek kids. But the thing about Greeks is they hate everyone. Yeah. You can't come home with an Italian or an Irish kid. It's got to be Greek. You know, it's just what, you know, what are you going to do?

It happens. Well, you want to know what the truth of the situation is? Yeah. They were really good friends. Let's be honest. Let's let me just finish my point. We've said this on the podcast. And, you know, we both know and my dad's included.

Your dad has a small piece. My dad has a small piece. If you don't think your mom saw David Dinkins and said, you know what? That guy's got a little bit more growth to him if you don't think she just wants to take a fucking you know test drive with a nice fucking lawyer black cock kind of thing coming i think if david dinkins really did crack my mom open yeah then she would have never married my dad she would have left that greek kind of bubble yeah because she would have finally seen like a regular piece. My dad's got a tiny fucking piece.

Could you imagine the truth of the situation is David Dinkins is actually your father and that's why you love Air Maxes because you're half black. That's why I love sneakers so much. That's why you love sneakers so much. Could you imagine? Because I could dance too when I was a kid. Yeah. No, you're.

I got rhythm. You got rhythm. Because if David Dinkins was your pops, I mean, what would you do? First thing I would do is tell every network executive immediately that I'm half black. Look at your story. Yeah, I'd have a story. I have a story now. Now I got a story and people are listening.

And then I would tell them I'm a quarter lesbian as well. Oh my God. Just to get it cooking. So they were friends, actually, Dinkins and your mom? They were close friends. Did they work together or they were just friends from school? Well, they've known each other since law school. And in law school, they became like best friends and study

partners. They would study together. They would hang out and make no mistake, my mother was you know, she had an accent. She was from Crete, from Greece. And your mom was a piece back in the day. She was a piece. She looked good. I'll put a picture of her. Because your parents are pieces. You're a piece. My dad was a fucking piece. Your brother's a piece. Yeah. She looked good. Yeah. I'll put a picture of her. Because your parents are pieces.

You're a piece. My dad was a fucking piece. Yeah. Your brother's a piece. Yeah, because my parents were a good looking couple back in the day. Well, you're a good looking cat. And I turned out to be a decent looking cat. I'm a little, my eyes are a little close together.

You just miss being really handsome. And Tony D, when he was young, he probably was a piece too, right? No, I don't think Tony D is my pop. D when he was young, he probably was a piece too, right? Not, I don't think Tony D is my pop because I mean, that guy is just, that guy's, I mean, that guy's just always looked like a thumb my whole fucking life. It's just what it is. It's just what it is. My mom was an absolute piece when she was a young woman.

Yeah. She just got, cause she was a Catholic girl. She wasn't exposed to much. And Tony D was a little bit of a manipulator. He just got in that post and he banged her out. It's just what it is. He cracked open and cleaned over your, out your mom. He just got in that puss and he banged her out. It's just what it is. He cracked open and cleaned out your mom. He just cracked her up and cleaned her out.

He cracked open and cleaned out her bank account and gambled it all at the Montreal Expos. It's what it is. That was real good, cuz. He cracked open and cleaned out her bank account as well. Yeah, it's just what it is. You're a quick-witted kid. I'm just, yeah. Alright, so David Dinkins. Yeah yeah so my mother did tell the story one time that david dinkins who was back then i think there was like only two or three or four women in her

graduating class wow and there was only like two or three black dudes um and only two greeks my mom and my dad so that's how my parents- Who were already, were they together already, your mom and your dad by this time? No, they met at law school. They were dating maybe. Yeah, the first thing my dad said to my mom was, he was at the water fountain and she was running late to class because Greeks are always late.

They call it Greek time. And he said to her, trexe, trexe, koritsaki, which means run, run, girl. And that's how he let her know that he was a Greek kid, which basically means they're going to have an arranged marriage. Yeah. It's like, we're both Greek. You're a little bit of a piece.

I'm a war hero coming back from Korea. Yeah. You know, that's going to, you know, you're not even going to notice my little piece. Cause I'm going to tell you some war stories. Yeah. And we'll just try to figure out if we can get this, if we can shoot the sperm far enough up there to make kids.

Yeah. I don't know. It's a long distance. That's those, those sperms had to travel. They had to really swim. They had to really fucking swim. They were far away from the ovals. What are they called? Ovaries?

I'm fucking stupid. One time my mom said they were driving home and David Dinkins, who was married at the time, he's about to turn 92 by the way. He's an old kid. His wife is still alive, too. Joyce. Joyce Dinkins. Did you ever meet her? No, I didn't meet him

once. I met him once. But he put his hand on my mom's knee. And she was like, David. You know. I've been really trying, baby. Because let's be honest,

David Dinkins is a smart kid, but he's also, I mean, brother, he's black kids. They love puss. They love puss. Yeah. And so she just should. So she's saying, you know, yeah, he she was he was just like she said stop and he was like, whoa, whoa, whoa. But, you know, maybe

they remain friends. Yeah, they remain friends. It was cool. Maybe he banged her out. I mean, she was just like an innocent, naive, sheltered Greek girl. And he was a kid who just, you know, one night he was probably just trying to get a blowy in the car. It's just what. He probably just wanted a blowy. Yeah.

You know, stressed out. Yeah. We're talking about, you know, what is this, the 50s there? He just wanted a fucking blowy. Just a quick blow. I mean, he was a war hero himself. I think he fought in WW2, right? Dink?

No, David Dinkins was, yeah, he was part, he was a Marine, but he missed World War II. He was a little after World War II. So he was actually, he was a Marine. First of all, he was

from New Jersey, to be honest with you then he moved to his Harlem he was raised by his pops and they the three of them graduated law school my dad my mom and David Dinkins they were all in the same class in 1956 1956

1956 but the kid was born in Trenton New Jersey which at some point was a pop in place, I think. I think Trenton, New Jersey had some shit going on there. Really? Yeah. At a certain point, like people used to live. Like who lives in Trentford now?

I mean, in Trenton now, you know? I don't know what's going on there, but there used to be like businesses there and whatever. But Dinkins was one of the capital in New Jersey. He was one of the Mumford Point Marines. That's what he was. Mumford and Sons? Mumford Point Marine Association. It's like a non-for-profit military veterans organization.

It was founded to memorialize the legacy of the first African-Americans to serve the United States Marine Corps. Yeehaw. So it was like an African-American. Not for profit organization. That's what it is. So. The camp is at Mumford Point. And in 1940, when the United States prepared for war, there were millions of jobs in the defense industry that were created because of the war effort. And this was an organization where like black seeking jobs and the growing defense industries. Well, how did he become mayor?

He could get jobs. Was it out of nowhere? He just became mayor? No, he was borough president first. He was borough president. There was, he got, he was, he got involved. There was like, he got involved in like, in like black politics. Yeah. With who's the other guy?

In Howard. Rangel. Well, Charlie Rangel. Charlie Rangel. That was one of the first impressions I did in comedy. And you said Charlie Rangel saw it, right? Major Giuliani, if you think for one second that we're going to stand by and let you. The funny thing about Charles Rangel is like he represents all of New York because he is black.

He looks he looks Puerto Rican or Native American or Indian or whatever have you. And he sounds like a Jewish grandmother from Long Island. Yeah. So he represents everybody. It's just all of New York. Yeah. Island. Yeah. So he represents everybody. He's just all of New York. Yeah. So Charlie Rangel,

U.S. Congressman, famous congressman, big personality. So yeah, all those kids came up together. They all just came up. They all came up together. There was like... Yeah, I'm sorry to cut you off. It's just you were reading stuff and it was almost as boring as Ben Kissel's

DX episode. Ways on shit. Ways on shit. It was almost as boring as Ben Kissel's DX episode. I'm sure there's some people who really enjoyed that though, no? Who enjoyed that? Well, anyway, the four dudes, the African-American politicians that we're referring to, all came up under J. Raymond Jones at the Carver Democratic Club. J. Raymond Jones is a nice black name. As a matter of fact, J. Raymond Jones, I've always wanted to have a half black, half white child. So if I crack open a black lady, Lisa Johnson, if you're listening, let's name our child J. Raymond Jones.

Yeah, J. Raymond Jones is a powerful black kid up there in Harlem. And these kids came up under him. Like, you know, learning about David Dinkins, you learn that like AOC, all these people, they're picked by like powerful backers. Like these parties, you know, these parties have like guys who are like, we need to find the next stars. It's just like sports. And they're like, this chick can be a star. Like AOC was picked because this chick could resonate with people. She's a star, graduate cum laude, whatever.

She's got charisma. She's hot enough. Yeah, so this dude, J. Raymond Jones, he kind of picked Danny Farrell, Percy Sutton, Basil Patterson, and Charles Rangel. They were called the Gang of Four. Where was David Dinkins in all that, though? And David Dinkins.

Was he banging your mom? No, he was cracking people open and cleaning it out. He was touching knees. Yeah, but he was also one of these kids. So he came up under J. Raymond Jones, and he ran for borough president, I think, three times. He won the fourth time. He lost, like, three times. He won the fourth time. He lost like three times. And then he decided to run for mayor.

And this was a time where... Because you come from a political family. Yeah. I mean, the fact that your first comedy impression was of Charles Rangel, just some New York politician, is fucking wild. Like, I grew up in New York.

I've maybe seen or heard of Charles Rangel once or twice in my life. Let's be honest. I know who Charles Rangel is, but it's like grew up in New York. I've maybe seen or heard of Charles Rangel once or twice in my life. Let's be honest. I know who Charles Rangel is, but it's like most people don't. The fact you're making impressions of him just means that you're two things. You're two words.

What are those two words? Uppity faggot. That's what it is. Here's the deal. Let's just be crystal clear about something. You're a kid from Ridgewood that's supposed to have a uniform on that says MTA.

Yeah. But because Lynn intervened and intervened. She intervened? Not intervened, you fucking inbred. Yeah. Because my eyes are close together because I think I'm inbred. Yeah, yeah. I think Sergio Chacon said it best. When you wake up, it looks

like your eyes switch places. It's like you have to give yourself a little head shake and get the eyes because the eyes, the right is in the left. Sergio Chacon. Let me tell you, let me be crystal clear with you though and i really mean this sincerely since you've been married you're the most handsome i've seen and you far and away have the most hair i've ever seen so either getting hair plugs or since you put that ring in your finger hair's just grown back i think it looks great right now well i just think i've i've i'm fully relaxed because i at least i can rest assured that other people think I'm straight.

Yeah. And let's be honest. What did you really do to you? Traded one half of you for a full Jew. Now you have a full Jew manager and then things just start to go in entertainment. Things start to look up when you got a guy who's fucking screwed in. Make no mistake. Your new manager is screwed in because he has to be because legally he's

got a lot of fucking black eyes. Touched a few, two knees. So he better make some money. You are wild on this podcast and that's what the people love. But if you want to hear even more wildness, patreon.com slash Bay Ridge Boys, where it's

legit, no holds fucking bar. Yeah, cuz. So David Dinkins. Yeah, let's wrap this episode up. I want to read the Patreon members. Yeah, but let's talk. People are interested. David Dinkins. David Dinkins. So he, Mayor Koch's administration, three-term Mayor Mayor Koch. Who was a great mayor, in the closet, gay kid, fucking wild kid. For sure.

We can do a whole other episode on him. We're going to do a whole episode on Mayor Ed Koch. But his administration had a huge corruption scandal. Like 180 people fucking were going down. Like the whole administration, it was bad. It didn't get up to Koch, but it was enough to rattle his administration, and it was enough for Dinkins to

slide in there as a smooth black kid that he was. He beat Koch, and then he beat Giuliani. Giuliani lost to Dinkins in 89. Wow. Yeah, and then from 90 to 93, Dinkins was mayor. Now, the Dinkins era is often referenced as like the New York before it became safe.

It's like people always say the Dinkins era in New York. It's he has this bad rap and it's mostly because of the Crown Heights riots. Right. That really kind of. Well, yes, those Crown Heights riots. Again, we could do another episode about the Crown Heights riots. Right. That really kind of. Well, yes, those Crown Heights riots. Again, we could do another episode about the Crown Heights riots. Yeah, we spoke about a little bit in the Ari Shafir episode. Yeah, we did. Yeah, go check that out.

The Ari Shafir episode was great. Also, though, you said you've said it yourself that you used to get beat up. And I mean, you saw the crime. Like I was born in 84. I just missed that. You are a crime. You said when Dinkins was mayor from 1993, I mean, you, you saw New York was hard to deal with. Well, this is the interesting thing about history. And this is why history is so important.

Now, when people are looking back at the, at the Dinkins administration, a lot of people are starting to look at it a little, a lot more favorably, favorably. And a lot of the bad PR happened because of the crown house riots. And he was criticized by the way he handled that. Jews felt like he was not coming, you know, you know, there's riots going on. It was racial tension. Each side felt like they weren't being paid attention to. And he took a lot of criticism. He took a lot of criticism.

And we're going to have, we have, we have our good friend Sergio Chico, who looks like Pete Dominic. Pete Dominic wasn't a washed up old white guy. Yeah. Go Google Pete Dominic is because a lot of people don't know. He's making fucking really specific references. And the people on this podcast going, what the fuck is he talking about? Yeah, but they like that.

We're having a good time. That's all that matters. Yeah. But look, there's a 2009. The New York Times did a 2009 kind of retrospective on the Dinkins era. And these are some of the achievements that are now sort of being celebrated and noticed. Right. These are some of his accomplishments.

David Dinkins during his administration. The crime rate went down significantly. It started to go down significantly under Dinkins. He also expanded the police, the police force. He added a bunch of new cops. He was able to negotiate with the state, go up to Albany and convince them to provide some tax dollars for more cops.

So he, he put more cops in the streets. He's the one, David Dinkins is the one, who started the revitalization of Times Square. He's the one that started the deal with Disney to rehabilitate

that 42nd Street Theater that sort of started the paradigm shift and the renaissance of Times Square and taking it away from porn theaters and hookers and all that stuff. It was Dinkins that started that Giuliani one and was able to close that deal, but Dinkins initiated it.

So a lot of people don't know that. That's what's so interesting about this episode right now. People are sitting there learning this shit for the first time. Absolutely. This is interesting shit to know. And if you're a New York city kid, this is interesting. Yeah.

Um, interesting shit to know. And if you're a New York City kid, this is interesting. He also made a major commitment to the rehabilitation of dilapidated housing in Harlem, in the South Bronx, and in Brooklyn, despite

budget constraints. The kid was real creative. He was a math major at Howard. He made it happen. He made it happen. And he did more in his one term in this regard than Giuliani did in two. So that's another check for Dinkins. Another big thing that Dinkins did that a lot of people don't know about is the USTA lease.

The USTA lease. The tennis center? That's right. That's where I used to fucking be a ball boy and a grounds crew member there. Right. So he brokered the deal with the USTA lease, which Michael Bloomberg later called the only good athletic sports stadium deal. And that's not just in New York, in the country. And that brings in like crazy revenue. Let me tell you a quick fun fact about the US Open real quick.

In three weeks. This is crazy. This is true. In three weeks, the U.S. Open makes more money than the Yankees do at Yankee Stadium for an entire regular season, plus the playoffs. That's exactly right. In three weeks, they make more money than the Yankees, the most valuable franchise in the world.

Right. That's right. That's nuts. And that was Dinkins and Dinkins of that. You know what else Dinkins did? Fashion Week. Yeah, that was started under Dinkins. And that's another thing that brings in huge revenue for New York City.

So David Dinkins, you know, crime started to go down under David Dinkins. Right. That's something that a lot of people don't know. That's that's something that he's constantly overlooked about because, you know, Giuliani is the one that came in and was a little harsher and crime really started to drop significantly under Giuliani his tactics were a lot harsher stop and frisk he was fucking choking people out

all that bullshit he cracked down on the squeegee men he cracked down on the way he did policing as if you jumped a turnstile they gave you a record and that's the way they found you for other shit I mean it's just what you, you can't break the rules. I mean, there's no question Giuliani was successful if you look at the results as well. But the point is, is that looking back now, the trend, the trend seems to have started

under under Dinkins. Right. And crime was starting to go down. There was more cops in the street. And his handling of the Crown Heights riots, I think is really... We got to get deep. From a PR standpoint, that kind of hurt his image. We got to delve in deep

to the Crown Heights riots. And we will. And by the way, this podcast, we give you, we talk about stuff like what we just spoke about, but we encourage you guys go Google stuff, go learn shit for yourself

too. That's what this podcast is supposed to like spark interest in things that you go learn on your own. Correct. But I'd also just, we just want you guys to have enough fodder for conversation when you go out and try to talk to toots at the bar. That's what it is. That's really what it is.

Yeah. Everybody out there, guys and girls, you know, you're out on a Friday, Saturday night. You want some interesting things to talk about. You know, listen to our podcast. Yeah. We have little tidbits of info. That's right. That's right.

So David Dinkins then ran again and he lost to to Rudy Giuliani. And that was that. But look, New York at the time, man, it was black market. I can't believe that that's the only black mayor in New York's history. That is. That's fucked up. Yeah. Yeah, that is.

And this dude, this was a crazy time in New York. And I wish Sergio was on for this. I mean, he's sitting here. Maybe we could pull him on. How much time we got? We got 50 minutes right now. We still got to do the Patreon. This was a time that like New York, the racial tension was crazy because this was there was the Central Park rape

happened and that was like dominated dominated New York media. Should we just bring Sergio on and just make a super episode? Yeah, well he can come on and then he can come on again. Why don't you grab a mic and we'll have you again. We'll just wrap this up. Yeah, just pull up a chair. Sergio Chacon Puerto Rican freaking. Yeah, I mean

Wall Street, Black Monday crash at 87. That hit the city hard. The New York face government budget shortfalls of like one billion dollars. So that's what Dinkins inherited. He inherited he inherited kind of like a shit show a little bit. You know, like it seems like Democrats always do. It's like Republicans get into office. But, you know, Koch was a Democrat, too. so that's what do you know about dinkins what i'm saying yeah i'm actually happy that you mentioned that he mr dinkins would you please be my mayor you remember that trap quest my boogie said that yeah it was a big part of the the milieu at the time like you know people were really black kids were

really excited hip-hop culture was really excited about dinkins after dinkins who we had as a black mayor pattison he was all fucked up blind and shit it was a governor that was governor in hip-hop culture was really excited about Dinkins. After Dinkins, who we had as a black mayor, Patterson, he was all fucked up, blind and shit. No, he was a governor. That was a governor. The blind-ass governor. No matter which way you size it,

Sergio's a kid from the Lower East Side. And yeah, he just confused. Governors, mayors, same shit. It's all white man trying to hold you down,

right, Serge? That is true. One thing I know is that the white man tries to hold me down. Yo, the way you're wearing your headphones right now is dirt bag. Like a DJ. Yo, hey, Bert. the white man tries to hold me down. Yo, the way you're wearing your headphones right now is dirt bag. DJ!

Yo! Hey, Bert! But yeah, a lot of people don't know that Dinkins really set that shit up. And, you know, he was discredited. Like, a lot of people blamed him for all the bullshit. But do you remember New York in the 90s being all deep? Yeah, absolutely. And I do remember my mother put me on to that. I said, Dinkins wasn't bad.

He put things in order. And Giuliani got like a lot of props for it. It was some bullshit. It was some bullshit. Yeah, it's true. And you know what? He faced a lot of opposition, Dickens. I mean, he was he was criticized from the left, from the right.

Howard Beach, black people, right. People like civil rights activist C. Vernon Mason called Dickens a traitor. Alton Maddox called him an Ed Koch and blackface. Fernando Ferrer, who was a Democratic city councilman at the time Called him Maddinglingly Maddinglingly slow

I'm fucking stupid Maddinglingly slow Like Don Maddingly? No like being mad Maddinglingly That's a hard word That's why nobody knows who that fucking guy is Stop using

big words. Yeah, stop it. Al Sharpton stupid. Al Sharpton called him an Uncle Tom, which is fucking wild. That's why we know who Al Sharpton is. So, you know, and you know what it is. You want to know how how Giuliani got elected when he won him. This is interesting, like because, you know, Dinkins carried Brooklyn. He carried he carried Manhattan.

But Long Island and Staten Island, there was a referendum at the time, which galvanized a lot of voters in Staten Island. They wanted to secede from New York, which is hilarious. Yeah. This was the time they wanted to secede. So a lot of them got registered and whatever. And that helped Giuliani because Staten Island went red for Giuliani.

So votes in Staten Island and Long Island helped carry Giuliani's victory over Dinkins. Without that, he wouldn't have won. That's funny. Staten Island tried to secede from New York. They did try to secede from New York. That's a 10 out of 10 funny thing to do. Yeah, which is extremely funny. So during Dinkins' tenure, like Sergio just said, murders went down

from 2,245 in his first year to 1,946 his last year. Wait, so 2,245 in his first year to 1,946 his last year. Wait, so 2,045 people got murdered in one year in New York City? In his first year. That's so many people. Yeah, and then his last year was down to 1,946. And now you said it's like 300 people a year, right?

Well, yeah, now we're down to like the 300s. And New York is the safest big city in America, which is crazy. What changed then? What do you think it is? I think the economy, I think the tech revolution helped. I think, you know, the level of comfort for everyone just went up. I think things got so bad they had nowhere to go but good. I mean, me and Sergio were alive at the time with the racial tension. Tawana Brawley, Howard Beach, Yusef Hawkins, Crown Heights riots, Bernard Getz.

You remember Bernard? It was like kids in the train. It was constant. It was New York was a fucking like all the issues of America were happening in New York. New York was at the front of it because people are all living together. It was like the like the Mike Brown, Trayvon Martin, all like happened in New York. Like the big news. I feel like we didn't hear about that anywhere else. That's actually interesting to say that. It's like all this stuff that's happening in the rest of the country happened in New York.

It was back to back. 25 years ago, 20, 30 years ago. I remember Yusef Hawkins. That was a big thing, man. That was at Central Park 5, right? No, Yusef Hawkins was killed in Howard Beach, right? That was Howard Beach. Oh, when he was running across the street.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. They chased him. Yeah, Central Park 5 is dirtbag. I still think about that and get goosebumps of how those guys were tried and guilty, and they weren't guilty.

They were all innocent. All innocent. Crazy. Show me the evidence. And there was another one. No, I'm kidding. That Central Park 5 documentary is unbelievable.

It's really great. Let's get them on the podcast. There was another one, a bunch of white kids and Benzners. There was two of them. There was one Yusef Hawkins. It's brutal. See, I didn't grow up in that New York.

I just missed it. Everything was fine in my New York. You were there. You were just little. I was too little. It started to change in the mid-90s. It's when it really started to change. In the 80s, I mean... I actually the only thing I remember, the only like real like thing that I remember is. In 19, I must have been six or seven years old.

My dad used to come from Staten Island to pick up my to pick me up or hang out with me on Wednesdays and stuff. And he would bring my mom's child support money in cash. And one time, one time, um, he came to pick me up and he was like, he was like, you know, my mom, like my dad was like all like frazzled. He had like a shirt untucked. He was like, listen, somebody tried to rob the child support money on the train. And I pushed this guy onto the train tracks. He's like, so, you know, I, I kind of just walked away from the whole thing, but I don't know, you know what, you know, he was like, I'm here to get Chris, but I should go back to the train tracks and see what happened. And my dad and my mom was like, well, we'll walk back there with you.

You know, and we walked back like the police caught like the guy, I don't know if the guy died or something like that, but the, the, the police were there and we're like looking for some, the, whoever pushed this guy and it was my dad but he was just like it was such a violent turbulent time then that it was like nothing ever happened did they ever find the guy i don't know well i don't know if the guy died but like he pushed my dad somebody tried to know that your pop spent the money at a strip club it was a big lie flash dances on prince bouvard. That's wild, man. Wild.

Yeah, it was a wild time, man. Yeah, see, I don't remember that at all. And that's Dinkins' campaign on like, I'm going to heal. I'm going to heal the city. But you think he didn't get reelected because of a race issue? I really, truly believe the Crown Heights riots really marred him. I really, but looking back now, I think, because I lived through it, my mom, you know, my mom was up for a judgeship.

My mom sat on the Human Rights Commission in New York City. She was appointed by Dinkins. Because my mom and David Dinkins were really good friends. They went to law school together. I'm just telling Serge because he just walked into People Know. But, so she was going to, if he won the election, he was going to appoint, because you know the mayor appoints

city judges. So he was going to appoint my mother to, you know, city, whatever, Supreme Court. Did you hear it? David Dinkins put his hand on Giannis' mom's leg in the car. Trying to bang out my mom. You heard that, sir? Yo, he's in denial. It's not sliding there, Dinkins. David Dinkins might be his pops.

It's possible. He loves Air Max sneakers. It's possible. it's possible he loves Air Max sneakers it's possible but you know I mean looking back you gotta say

you know maybe it wasn't as bad as people think maybe it's more the stereotype that that Dinkins era

New York he's kind of got a bad rap cause New York was horrible before Dinkins and it started to change like Serge said um during Dinkins' era

so it is what it is I think it was the way the way that fucking I mean that was and it started to change, like Serge said, during Dinkins' era. So it is what it is. I think it was the way that fucking, I mean, that was a brutal riot and he got criticized from all sides. And New York, it was just, I think some of it was just natural. Things got so bad that it didn't matter who mayor was. They kind of just worked themselves out

and Giuliani happened to be mayor as things were working themselves out. But also you look back, like you said, Giuliani was a tough mayor. New York's a tough city. You know, like Frank Rizzo, Giuliani, Giuliani and Frank Rizzo of Philadelphia kind of you can see some similarities kind of, you know, bending the rules a little bit. Your ends justify the means, you know, tough on crime in a way that they themselves sometimes use questionable tactics. But a lot of economic things that revitalize the city. But I didn't even know that Dinkins was the one that started the 42nd Street Renaissance.

I didn't know that either. Yeah, Giuliani gets crazy credit for that. It's crazy credit for that. When you think of Giuliani, cleaning up the city. He also got a lot of props because of 9-11 and how he handled that. That's the one thing. I didn't like Giuliani, but the way he showcased his leadership during 9-11, I believed him. I was like, yo, this is our leader.

We got to look at this dude. Yeah, Giuliani. I never liked him. I feel like he was immortalized with 9-11, but now he's back to being the hateable guy. He's fucking nuts, man. Yeah. Well, his popularity was real high. I think after his first term, it was up to like 62% Giuliani.

Like he could have become president. Yeah, he was nationally known. Then it dipped down, really unfavorable. Then 9-11, it came back up. But it's worth noting the specifics of it. Giuliani takes credit for reducing crime, like we all know, and everyone thinks of it that way. But

Dinkins hired 5,000 new cops with a $3 billion budget gap so he was able to make it happen inheriting a city that had a huge deficit so he did some fucking great things he really did man

was Giuliano the first mayor to like propose like a quota for cops that had to do X amount of rest a month that's dirt bag shit so people are getting arrested

for like minor offenses and it's like oh you look at it on paper and it's like oh yeah look at all the arrests we're making against these

criminals they're not really criminals they're urinating in public yeah yeah now you gotta go to jail for that shit

but people see numbers and people like numbers they're like oh look all the arrests we're cleaning up the city you know

yeah yeah that's dirt bag That's dirtbag. It's dirtbag. Like right now, cops, you can hop a turnstile in front of them, roll up a blunt in front of them. You're not going to get arrested. It's all good. You ever got arrested?

Two times over. Yeah. In one day. You got arrested twice in one day? No, no. But I've been arrested many times over. Over bullshit. Hopping a turnstile, bar brawls,

drinking 40 ounces of premium more liquor, which by the way, guys, I know this is the tail end of the show, but I come with gifts. Yo. Right? I come with a couple of smoothies for these cuties. Yeah. There we go. These smoothies are from Bodega on Fifth Street. Like, they might have some cat

hair in it. Yo, give him the Isis, then. He's from Queens. You just had one, right? Yeah. You really cleaned out your asshole. I want another one. Yeah, I want to clean it out. like they might have some cat hair yo give him the ISIS den he's from Queens thank you brothers you just had one right yeah you really cleaned out your asshole I want another one yeah I would've cleaned it out

yeah put that witch hazel to use this guy got that berry he got pineapple blueberries which is a great antioxidant oh and also pineapple great for inflammation

and it makes your cum smell good yeah I like the way my my pee smells after eating asparagus yeah it's disgusting. Yeah, baby. And I got straws, plastic ones.

Fuck the environment, pa. Yo, fuck it, pa. Thank you, babe. Babe, I love when you say babe. Babe, that's a third person to say to another dude. It is. It's so weird when he says it. You don't want it, right?

You honest, you said? No, I want my smoothie. Oh, okay. Wait, no, you want it, Zach? Yo, Yanis, you gave it to him, and now he's taking it back. Oh, no, if you want it. No, no, no, I don't want it. Okay. I had one. Zach, if you want it, you want it, Zach? Yo, Yanis, you gave it to him, and now he's taking it back. Oh, no, if you want it. No, no, no, I don't want it. I had one.

Zach, if you want it, you want it? No. Do you want it, though? Here we go. No. You don't want it, then I'll drink it. I'll give it to Chrissy. If you don't want it.

Once I said it might be a cat hair in it, Yanis acted like he was too good, like he's not from the old New York. Yo, Bojega cat hair, pop. Yeah. All right. So let's read some new Patreon members. Well, we're late.

We're really late now though. It's already 345. We gotta bang out the Patreons real quick. I mean, we might have to do them. No, I'm saying we may have to do them on another, the next episode. Okay. You know what I mean? Okay. Peace out everybody. We love you very much. Yeah. I'll be at Governor's Levittown, Long Island, April 5th

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