The Luke and Pete Show - Episode 199.69: Brooklyn NYC

Episode Date: November 11, 2019

Luke & Pete bring you another stateside episode, this time from Brooklyn baby!Come along whilst we wander the streets, talking all things USA: punk bands in school buses, American sports stars and getting told off in bars.We're be back in the studio for Thursday's episode (if Pete's escaped prison by then), so enjoy this last episode from across the [e-mail] is where you can hit us up with all your missives!***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Peloton all-access membership separate. Learn more at onepeloton.ca slash running. All right, here we are down in Brooklyn. This is Luke and Pete's show. With me, Luke Moore, him, Pete Donaldson. We're now in Brooklyn, which is a different borough of New York City. For those who don't know, a little bit more chilled out, a little bit more trendy. Pete's guiding us on a walk to a venue to do our next Football Ramble live show and we thought we'd take this half hour

walk to record another episode. Do you know when people are in the street and they we just heard a guy there doing some really awful rapping. But you didn't know it was awful. Who are you to judge? You're the white devil. It was really slow and I think he was using the way

He was using the way I think he was using the way... He's just as good, baby. That's how it goes. He was using the way... I think he'd been on the old couple drank. Yeah, I think... He was all slowed down. I think drink and or drugs had been taken, yeah. But when you see these men, and it's always men, who are doing a bit of rapping on the tube

or rapping on the streets, and that's basically what we're doing. We're walking down the street talking unnecessarily loud spitting fire spitting bars telling our truth

yes we get some grills there's a grill shop wow that is amazing we get some fat grills do they actually sell grills or are they just

on the sign yeah I think so you can certainly get them made lovely I guess they have to be I didn't realise

you could take them out I know like yeah they go over the top of the teeth, don't they? I presumed if you were, like... You know, if you wanted Primo ones, they'd just be permanent. But then I watched the film... Nah. Not Shape of Water.

What was the one that was in the same Oscar... Yeah, or Shape of Water. Don't know. A young man who grows up in East... Oh, Moonlight. Yeah. And he had some grills, and he took it out to eat his dindins, and I was like, oh, he can take them out, don't he? Because you know in Breaking Bad, they get two coats some grills, and he took it out to eat his dindins, and I was like, oh, he's making a mountain.

Because you know in Breaking Bad, they get two coats of grills, don't they? Yes. And they get to sit in a Perspex box. Right, yes, yes, yes, yes. Do you know here, Pete, interestingly, as you can see there, what do you know that's weird about that sign? It's a TJ Maxx instead of a TK Maxx. And not TK Maxx, exactly.

Is that because there was already a... I think there was already a TJ Maxx in And not T.K. Maxx, exactly. Is that because there was already a... I think there was already a T.J. Maxx in the UK, I think. Really? Or T.J.'s, yeah. I think maybe it's like when they have to call rock bands, UK rock bands, different things in America. Like the London Suede. The Shardtons were Shardtons UK, weren't they?

Dreadful, dreadful. And the Raconteurs had to be known as the Saboteurs in Australia. Yes. By the way, Pete, you are guiding us here, so you're definitely going the right way. No. All right. We are very different people. I just sort of head in roughly the right direction and course correct every 20 minutes.

All right, Simon Reeve. Course correct every 20 minutes. It's only a half hour walk. I hope it's not that long. I love it. Yes. What do you make of Brooklyn, then? It's a little bit more earthy, I'm going to say.

It reminds me a bit more of a kind of non-central district of London, which makes sense, really. We're in a slightly... We just got off at a random stop, so... Yeah. I think we're just... This looks a bit like... Like Brixton or something.

Yeah, it does a bit. It does actually look a bit like Brixton. But with slightly more big box stores oh but the bargains in Best Buy yesterday go on talk to me the second hand

not second hand but like box open bargains there's an iPad Pro for like 600 quid how much are they new well they're cracking on for a grand Luke well so the only reason

they knew to get them cheaper is because someone's opened the box yeah but it's never been used I had a little peek inside but it's never been used I reckon it's probably been used I reckon it's a return but it's never been used I reckon it's probably been used

I reckon it's a return I reckon it's a return I think we're left on it is it guaranteed if you purchase it though say again do you get a guarantee yeah yeah

I think you still get a guarantee but the best thing was in Best Buy all of the all of the stickers that tell you how much the products are

they're all e-ink displays and they could be changed dynamically so you could just fan off it click a finger change the price

just change all the prices automatically that's really good I see you using your lip balm how's that going keen Luke and Pete show listeners

will remember the last episode aka the quest for the lip balm where I got moved from pillar to post in a branch of CVS trying to quest for the lip balm, where I got moved from pillar to post in a branch of CVS, trying to find

one simple lip balm, which by the way I should point out, was $4.50. I mean I suppose I was on one of the main streets in New York City so it should be expected but I mean. Yeah and the pound's in the sewer so that's not serviced very well is it? Burt's Bees which is a good brand my wife uses Burt's Bees. Great brand.

Yeah so, yeah I'm still using it, Burt's Bees, which is a good brand. My wife uses Burt's Bees. Great brand. Yeah, so... Yeah, I'm still using it. The air is dry here. It's a bit chilly. I just can't remember that. It's like a kid's shop, but then there's like a WWE Hot Wheels... Well, that is a kid...

I know you love wrestling, but that is a kid's toy, mate. Yeah. It's a wrestling figurine. Yeah, but it's just a kid's clothes shop. And then you've just got a wrestling figurine of Roman Reigns or something. I can't figure it out. By the way, I meant to ask you, what did you make of immigration at JFK?

I'm glad you said at JFK, because where am I going to be taken off the air? It was as boring as usual. That's a lovely one that you could do with someone over there. What did you make of immigration at JFK there. What do you make of immigration? At JFK Airport? What do you make of it, honestly? How long were you in the queue for?

Well, it was quite unwelcome because I landed at about half past 11 and I didn't get through until about, yeah, until about half, so 20 to 1,

which was annoying. You must have been knackered. It's just boring though, isn't it? It's like, and they kept putting diplomats in front of me, which was annoying.

They kept on going, oh, the diplomat queue isn which is annoying they kept on going oh the diplomat queue isn't there anymore so we'll put them there why were you in the diplomat queue that's my business and the thing is we had working visas so you think they would

just wave us through the guy in mine didn't even check my working visa to be honest I was standing in front of a man who was clearly

um er Arab Arab Arab extraction and I thought I'm going to be here for a while and I was

yeah they were through all the other ethnicities all the other ethnicities were through like you wouldn't believe and as soon as you see it it's profiling

profiling it's profiling what do you think they make of you though when they see you come out to the desk well they were kind of he was

because they're all quite alpha maley aren't they yeah well you never know whether they're there for a little an adorable little chat like you know a chat or they want to have a they want to have a serious conversation and sometimes they flip between the two and they don't really sort of so what they're a bit dickheadish about you find that you find it intimidating um no i don't find it to be there i. I just worry that... It's all part of the dance.

Yeah. But what do you think they make of you when they see you, though? Who's this guy? Do you reckon they think it's definitely English? You're definitely British? I become very... Yeah, I become very cordial, very polite. But also, I really can't hear things.

And I find sort of Mexican accents. I can't pass at all. I've always got to ask them three times what they're saying. Oh, you can't understand it? I can't understand them. I don't know what part of my brain, I just can't pass them. I'm not very good with Spanish speakers anyway, but, like, I just feel embarrassed asking them again and again.

So they think you're taking the piss, basically? Yeah. Yeah. But I'm also quite profoundly deaf. It's because, I know, I've heard your headphones, basically. Yeah. Yeah. But I'm also quite profoundly deaf. It's because, I know, I've heard your headphones, man. Your headphones are such a gigantic volume. It's unbelievable. That is 10 years doing a radio show every day, I tell you what.

It's quite buzzing, like, vibrant everywhere you go here, isn't it? But, you know, like, in London, if you go, like, even in Russia, if you go two or three streets off the main drag, you can find, like, a quiet street. There's no one up there. Well, if you're,'s like walking up Charlotte Street. Yeah, or you're walking through Mayfair. There'll be a road or two,

but there's no one on it. Because here, every single street is full of people. It's just vibing. But it's probably because we don't know the city as well. No. And so we don't know the routes, I expect. What a lovely moon. Beautiful.

I'm going to call that a gibbous phase. What's a gibbous phase? I think it's the one that's slightly bigger than a half moon. I think. I going to call that a gibbous phase. What's a gibbous phase? I think it's the one that's slightly bigger than a half moon. I think. I think. But I might be wrong on that. How's the school bus? Area of expertise.

That's our school bus. There was a little sign in the back that said, this school bus has been checked for sleeping children. Sleeping children? Does that happen a lot lately? To stop them sleeping on the bus. You can't overtake them can you? So if you're stuck behind a school bus here, you have to stay behind it.

You're not allowed to overtake under any circumstances. I like it when punk bands buy old school buses and think it's going to be the coolest thing ever to fit out a... That's such a Pete Donaldson thing to do. ...fit out a school bus and then they realise that they're just completely unworkable on long distances. And you shouldn't buy them and they break down all the time. But the fact that you like that is such a Pete Donaldson brand

thing to do. To me that's like you liking Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2 which I know for a fact you were a massive fan of.

I had a conversation with Blink 182, I've spoken about the interview before but I talked to them about the Untitled Goose

game, one of them is very into the Untitled Goose Game one of them's very into the Untitled Goose Game but then there's also the fact that they are each of their bands Alkaline 2 and Blink 182

have all been featured in video games before yeah and that conversation didn't go very far really I was like guys like you were big

video game fans back in the day you know obviously video game soundtracks they're huge they're a chance to get your music out there

to people and they're like no not really I was like alright mate I never customise people in interviews it feels

it feels out of order because I'm terrified if people do that to me I interviewed a couple of NFL guys for Ramble Meets last week and they were so

so charismatic and so like self confident but also actually genuinely quite generous with their time and their answers and their kind of manner

the thing about American sports guys they understand that's half the job exactly the American sports guys they know that they've got to

put on a good show they see it as an extension of being the athlete itself I think so it's always really good because you get like a good solid honest answers from them so it's always really good because you get like a good solid like honest answers

from them so it's decent yeah they always seem like good talkers but then when we were at the hockey there was

this guy who seemed to be like you said last night an enforcer kind of character who if there's a

scrap he's the one who has the scraps gets involved yeah so they had kind of like you on the ramble

yeah sort people out. There was a situation where there was a break, so they had to put a video on and play some music and put some ads out there. But there was a little video clip of this guy, the least charismatic US sports star I've ever seen in my life. He started going,

Hey, my name's David. Does your coach know you're here? And then it showed a clip of him beating the shit out of somebody on the ice and then going yeah

and he's just going yeah it's really funny maybe does your coach know you're here maybe those types of enforcers

aren't really the most media friendly ones do you think in big cities like New York London Paris

whatever particularly London and New York, London, Paris, whatever, particularly London and New York because the language is the same, that they just feel kind of interchangeable? Or do you think that New York's got its own kind of charisma, its own kind of character? What do you mean? As in like... Well, you know, when it's a busy street,

I set the scene for people listening. It's dark, but it's not that late. People are on their way home from work. People are milling about. It's quite busy. If you didn't know any different, this could be London. That's what I'm saying. And because of the homogenisation of culture generally...

Pret a manger. Exactly, exactly. It's not hugely different. It's not a hugely different experience. Do you think actually there's still something quite unique about each big city like this? I think you... Yeah. But also just the people though isn't it

like New York America's in they talk about the big city like New York being quite unfriendly and stuff but if I went up

to somebody on the tube with my charming English accent and sort of said can you help me or something they'd invariably help you

and be really nice about it because like Americans just know how to talk they're just more charismatic than us I think the bartenders if someone came to talk they're just more charismatic than us I think the bartenders

if someone came to talk to me on the street in London I would scream and never stop the bartender last night in the bar we were in he like properly told me off for wanting my Guinness

because it literally took him about 10 minutes to pour it and I think it was one of those things where he had definitely forgotten he was making out that he wanted to top it up I believe he was one of those things where he had definitely forgotten he was making out that he wanted to top it up I believe he's

Irish if he's the same bartender what the bartender the tall guy I think he's Irish yeah I didn't like

the cut of his chip I'll be honest I just wanted my beer he's probably tired of our nonsense because at one point we

I ordered about five drinks and I just forgot a pen oh did you that's not a big look I also feel the difference between New York I ordered about five drinks and I just forgot a pin. Oh, did you? That's not a big look.

I also feel the difference between New York City service and service in the rest of the United States is quite stark. Right. Outside of New York City, they're very, very friendly. But here they kind of see it as a bit of an imposition if you even turn up. Yeah, it's a city, isn't it? I know this is not a barometer, but the woman at Immigration the other day, I asked her a question about a landing card, and she didn't even gesture or move.

She just went, no. And that was it. I think that's the way to do customer-facing service, though. Because people are dickheads, aren't they? Absolute dickheads. And so if you just do nothing, it's very still. Have you ever done a customer-facing job? Not really, no.

No, not really. Only betting shop, and that's when I was very young. Oh, the betting shop? The classic old John Joyce, the betting shop. They're not the same kind of customers. Yeah, they're very aggressive. And frequently quite drunk. I imagine that could put you off.

Honesty, integrity, reliability. drunk. I imagine that could put you off. Honesty, integrity, reliability. That's what the mattresses at PC Richard & Sons provide. PC Richard & Sons mattresses, the company you can trust. Integrity. One thing I do like about it. I want integrity. Do you like it over here when they do, the proprietors of the shops do their own adverts? Yes, I do. That's brilliant. Yeah, I mean, I guess you don't see it with these ones, but out in the sticks. It's so good. Have you seen that Robert Dias advert? Yeah, the. That's brilliant. Yeah. I mean, I can see your suit with these ones, but out in the sticks. It's so good. Have you seen that Robert Dias advert?

Yeah. The gay and straight one. Yeah. Is that real or is that a parody? I think it's done with annoying

wink. It's funny. It's very good. Oh, there's the Barclays Centre, home of the Brooklyn Nets. Hot dog.

Brooklyn Nets. Is that the name of their basketball team? They used to be New Jersey Nets, didn't they? Right.

I think Jay-Z might have bought them. I don't think he still owns them. He did, didn't they? Right. I think Jay-Z might have bought them. I don't think he still owns them. No, he can't. He did, he did, but I don't think he still owns them. Yeah, he did. Jay-Z, I'm not sure if you know, but Jay-Z's quite wealthy.

Yeah, but it's like that... It's like that... I believe he might be one-half of a power couple. Yeah, if they pull their resources together. Like us. Yeah, if they pull their resources together... If we pulled our resources together, could we buy a basketball team? We could buy a basketball.

Yeah. Or one of those put-up-yourself nets. But it's like people who can afford teams aren't necessarily music stars or even spot stars.

They're the people who own oil companies. Yeah, I guess they're the ones who make the money. But don't forget over here it's different. There's a lot of

traditionally very wealthy people here. Old the big but don't forget over here it's like different there's a lot of like traditionally very wealthy people here yeah I don't know how much old money I don't know how much old old Chicago dollars I don't know how much

Mr Z paid for the Nets but I don't know maybe he got it on layaway maybe I actually watched the other night when you were at the hockey

I actually watched the Nets on TV and I flicked over and watched a bit of the Rangers live from the garden I came in there was a taxi you know those little watched the Nets on TV and I flicked over and watched a bit of the Rangers live from the garden. I came in, there was a taxi,

you know those little, those tubed, those taxi televisions, they just blare out shite for CBS and NBC and stuff. Can't watch this, they're fucking good life. There was an advert for the Lilly Singh show,

which I think she was a big YouTuber. Right. Which is one of those characters that I never really sort of figure out what the hell she is

but she's got a talk show and she's like she's just doing a talk show and it's like 1.30 in the morning yeah they go so late here yeah you know

the Corden show is on I flick the TV on because you just assume that those kind of things are on at like 10pm or something but they're really late it's always like stacked in there it's three of on, I flicked the TV on. Because you just assume that those kind of things are on at like 10pm or something. No, no, it's late. It's always like stacked in it,

it's three of them. Yeah, I flicked on, so Corden does the Late Late Show. Yeah. And that was on, I flicked it on a quarter to one and it was still on live. It might be because obviously

there's time differences across the country. Yeah, that's true, yeah. So if it's made in New York City then I guess in LA it's three hours behind. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh yeah, because that would be

made in LA, wouldn't it, Caldon? So it's probably why. I didn't even think of that. I've been walking around with that kind of nonsense in my head for ages. Yeah. Because you also get the lesser spotted mountain time zone here as well. What's the mountain time zone? It's kind of in between central and Pacific time.

I see. Yeah. How far have we got to go? Yeah, I think we're quite around. Are we going to be late? Mate, you're with me. You're obviously going to be late. Yeah. How far have we got to go? Quite a round. Are we going to be late? Mate, you're with me. Of course you're going to be late. Yeah, true. I'll just hide behind you. Like, you hide behind me when it comes to social situations. Can I hide behind you in terms of punctuality situations? You just get in people's faces. Yeah. I'm out there. I just don't like to bother people. I'm going to take it or leave it. Yeah, I constantly

sort of think that... I'm an armed robber, not a serial killer. I'm supposed to take it or leave it. Yeah, I constantly sort of think that... I'm an armed robber, not a serial killer. I'm supposed to be smashing windows, so I'm climbing. Whoa, look at that. It looks dangerous. Well, there's not a lot to steal, really. There's a heater, there's a radiator. Do you think the thing is,

people have to really take time to find out whether they like you or not. I've got people decide with me instantly. And then write something on the internet. Yeah, there's no going about it. And I'll say they decide instantly. They normally decide one way. Oh dear. Those guys you did a little podcast TV show

with yesterday were fun guys. Yeah, they were. Very enthusiastic chaps. What were they? What was it called? The Cooligans?

Yeah. Cooligans. I liked them. I liked the cut there, Jim. I thought they were fun. Have you seen that Vice little mini documentary about that man who wants to bring hooliganism to America? Yes.

Is he Italian-American? He might be, yeah. He just wears a lot of Fred Perry and Drink Stellars at 10am. I found him a parody of an Italian-American. He's hilarious, man. He's a hilarious idiot. Yeah. There was a guy last night who was very into shouting into my face.

Oh, yeah, I saw that. New York FC, fuck you. I saw that, yeah. He was very upset about something. Do you think that when you go overseas, you always spend a lot more time walking? Yeah. Yeah. You get back to the hotel and your legs and your knees and your feet are going,

what are you doing? Do you find that you also can't go for a shit either I think that's plane travel is it yeah why

pressure maybe I don't know maybe pilot Neil or one of the pilots can get in touch and say why you don't go for poopies mind you

if I was a pilot I'd be shitting constantly I'm responsible for a lot of aviation fuel slash lives. Do you reckon it's to do with the plane? I thought it might be something to do with, like,

the water or a different food or something like that. Yeah, and obviously you just eat badly. You just eat, like, a lot of meat and stuff, don't you? Yeah. I had a burger earlier at the Woolly Public, which is in the Woolworth building. A wicked place. And do you know what I've realised?

The reason they do burgers so much better is because of the bun. Right. They use like a potato bread bun, which is a much softer bun. Whereas over in the UK, I believe, they're all brioche buns. Yeah, a bit too sweet. Yeah, it's good though. It's perfect consistency. And do you know the thing they do which is an absolute touch with the bun? They don't cut it all the way through, so they leave like a little flap hanging on so the burger doesn't slide out the back of the bun. Nice. It's those little details, you know the thing they do which is an absolute touch with the bun? They don't cut it all the way through, so they leave like a little flap hanging on

so the burger doesn't slide out the back of the bun. Nice. It's those little details, you know. What about that? Those little details, mate. There's a cheese shop. What do you buy? Oh, yes, it's a CEX, an American CEX pawn shop.

Gem pawnbroker. It's not a pawn shop, you see. Do you want to go in there? There's nothing in there. There's no iPads at all Just like Jewellery and stuff Black Iron Burger

And I don't want to spoil Anybody's Christmas surprises Get some Quality Lizzy Duke Checks cashed Bleachers Sports bar and grill

I love a shitty little sports bar I love a shitty I love a sports bar I love a dive bar I love anything They love a sports bar, I love a dive bar, I love anything that just goes We're here for one reason and one reason only. I've eaten there before Woodland. I met a mate in there last time I came here It's a big thing here to stick like just a massive TV in a bar and watch they can watch sports Everything's like, because America is like so synonymous with TV and movies, everything feels like

it's been almost like branded. Just like a movie. Like you're walking around the set. I wish you had those little lights. Look at this little camera on the top of that light. And a Wi-Fi dongle as well.

How would you describe... Wi-Fi router. How would you describe this part of Brookton Peay? I don't know, it's just people getting on, aren't they? Could be anywhere. It's Tribeca Paediatrics. I'm fairly certain we're not in Tribeca. No, we're not. That's confusing.

It's confusing. I mean, sorry, if you get that wrong, I don't want you near my feet. You'll start bloody shaving off bits of my arm. That avenue there was called 6th Avenue as well which again is confusing because there's 6th Avenue

in Manhattan last time I was in Brooklyn with a mate and somewhere around here I was having a bit of a party and Alex from the

Excellence Tocano podcast Clash of the Titles yeah he was very jet lagged and sleepy and he came round and there was a little kid, there was a load of people just milling around just having a bit of

I think it was New Year's Eve 8 years ago and so they said come round, we're having a party so he popped round for a bit and then fucked off but it was a little kid he couldn't have been older than about five or six. And he was playing Smash Brothers. And Alex started playing.

I'm terrible at any of those games. And this kid was just kicking my arse. But Alex was a bit more competitive than me. I mean, everyone's a bit more competitive than me. I find the whole concept very tedious. But he played this kid at Smash Brothers and the kids kept beating him. And so Alex started getting the upper hand a little bit and started betting him money

oh my god so he was giving this kid like five dollars fucking hell this kid absolutely rinsed him the kid could not believe it until the person I knew went please stop giving that child money

five dollars to a kid of that age I know he's like oh my god I'm rich absolutely gigantic amount of money that would be like Christmas for that kid of that age is actually a gigantic amount of money oh my god I'm rich absolutely gigantic amount of money that would be like Christmas for that kid although that is obviously morally reprehensible if I'd known we were going to be walking this far

I wouldn't have worn these slip on suede shoes never mind it's a lovely temperature yes it's perfectly clement it's a lovely lovely temperature yes it's perfectly clement it's great for walking around I like these kind of streets because they have stoops

and it reminds me of the Cosby show the stoops should we not should we not talk anymore about the Cosby show yeah yeah

crazy I went up to my friend works at World Trade Centre and I went up there earlier don't mention that then if I'm not allowed to mention Bill Cosby, I'm not allowed to mention that. And he works on the 32nd floor and the view is absolutely obscene. I bet that's not even like a quarter of the way up.

I think it's got 86 floors. The 32nd is pretty good. That's crazy. Yeah. Someone's left a gaming chair out on the side of the street there, Pete. It's not a gaming chair. With a Bible on it. Actually, it looks like one. That looks a bit too haunted for me. I don't think I'd like that.

What? It's like the chair you've been using for... Monster Mind. Monster Mind. Part of the excellent Football Ramble Live show. Yeah. I'll be sad to see the back of that chair once we finish our shows. Although, I've seen the back of it already now because we didn't bring it over to the US.

No. So it was a different show last night. We're mending a meg do here, aren't we? Yeah. We don't have a backdrop. We don't have a Morstermind chair. For those of you listening who are wondering about what Morstermind is, it's very self-explanatory. It's Mastermind. Yeah. I've just renamed it. It's Mastermind, Luke.

Yeah. It's Mastermind with I've just renamed it it's mastermind Luke yeah it's mastermind with the crystal made steam tube which is far more urgent and far more exciting oh did you bring

the notes I had last night yeah in my backpack yes yeah I'm a lappy yes I've stolen all your jokes yes

team mobile that's still a thing over here yeah I'm on team mobile network here actually yeah yeah you do see it around Team Mobile, that's still a thing over here. Yeah, I'm on Team Mobile network here, actually. Yeah. Yeah. You do see it around.

I wonder who they're owned by, ultimately. I'm sure somebody could let us know. Oh, so if we had got the Q train, mate, or what we were supposed to, we could have got out of here. Well, what are you going to do? We were quite confused, even though you insisted the subway in New York City was really easy. Yeah, but everything just goes south. Everything on that platform was going south

towards Brooklyn, so we got there. Yeah, true. And we needed some time to record that. What's this guy up to? He's outside of Antonio's... That's a great deal. We're outside Antonio's pizzeria restaurant and they've got a statue,

possibly a living body of a dead employee, encased in resin. Yeah. And he's got one thumb up, one eye closed. And the other arm is kind of like pointing up in a kind of, I'm a little teapot kind of situation. It's very interesting. That's very public, isn't it?

It's very American, isn't it, to do that kind of stuff in front of everyone? A gym with a massive open glass door. Oh, no, I meant the man wanking. It's just a gym that's just got a lot of... You can just look in and see what people are up to. It's just windows the whole way. People want to be seen to be getting fit here, that's why.

They want to be seen to be keeping fit. What's that gym that's quite gay in Soho that they allow? What, in New York? No, in Soho, London. Oh, no, you live in Soho. You tell me. Well, I can't remember the name. But if you're a male under 24, I think, 25, I think you get free Tuesdays in free.

Because it's a gay interest gym, let's say. I think they just allow it. They just want bums on seats. They just want sweaties. Sweaty boys. They just want bums on seats. They just want b, because it's a good interest gym, let's say. Right. I think they just allow. They just want bums on seats. They just want sweaties. Sweaty boys. They just want bums on seats. They just want bums on seats. Tell you what, you can go there on Tuesday.

It's a free gym. Yeah, but I'm not under 24. Oh, under 24. And I'm not really a catch. Well, I agree with both of those points. Tell you what, I'm getting quite hot with this walk in now. It's been a lovely little trip, I've enjoyed it immensely. I didn't think it would be this warm in November in New York. Yeah, I think we're going to get a sharp shock once we get to Toronto.

Toronto, yeah that'll be chilly for sure. Toronto! Absolutely. At least our tech guy kind of knows what we're up to now. Yeah, exactly. Look at that shot. That's absolutely streaking across the sky. Succession, isn't it?

Going back to the penthouse. I can't. Did you set a Boris Johnson parody? Oh, yeah, you put it up on the WhatsApp. I'm not that lucky. Oh, it's good, mate. I can't. Did you set a Boris Johnson parody? Oh, yeah. You can put it up on the WhatsApp or not. I'd like it. Oh, it's good, mate. You'd like it. It's like a parody of the opening credits to Succession.

Right. But it's all like Boris Johnson's childhood. The archive footage of Boris Johnson. Jesus Christ. It's funny. He looks exactly as you'd imagine him to look as well. I've really not missed British politics while we've been away. Oh, pity Don. But.

Well, you've got the internet, right? Yeah. You're probably following the same people on Twitter, are you? Yeah. So you're probably still seeing it. Just people whinging, aren't you? Kay Burley bringing the smackdown. Oh, look, listen, everybody.

It's really important to vote. Sadness in their eyes. Go and vote. Go and vote, everyone. Peter! What? Go and vote. Oh, Peter, don't vote. Well, I don't vote. Do Go and vote. Oh, I thought you said don't vote. Well, I don't vote. Do what you want.

I sometimes find it hard to understand majority people. That's like when you said that people shouldn't drink water. Because we're already 80% water and that's too much. Yeah, and people hydrate too much, I think. I fear. I worry about them. That's not official medical advice. Don't think.

Here's this park. Oh, this is the park we need to go to, is it? Parky Park. Great. Ideal. Then we'll loop around that side of it, are we? Yeah. Yeah. I do enjoy strolling around this city. It's very... Yeah, it's nice. Very interesting.

Nice. It's always nice to walk around a new place. It's one of the pleasures of it, I think. The pleasures of it. What will you make of New York when we leave? What will you be thinking about it? When was the last time you came here? Two years ago, maybe.

Two years ago, huh? That's why my mate Tony sort of went off the radar a bit you know I guess a lot of people do come to New York quite a lot for business and stuff

that he knows so somebody turning up isn't really a bit of an event really he's just like is he the guy who got his wisdom tooth out rather than see you

yeah it's out of order yeah but if you live in like London because you must get like that I get quite a lot people from like America or people from abroad

land in London they go oh my god let's do something let's drink let's have beers and I'm like I don't have time

to drink beers with people who I live with here come and see me at my place in Uxbridge fuck off it's two hours away come and see me

at my holiday inn in Heathrow I met earlier for lunch Mike I very much had to go to him and meet him at his office for a lunch break I was two hours away. You got to see me and Mark holiday in Heathrow. I met earlier for lunch, Mark. I very much had to go to him and meet him at his office for a lunch break. Yeah. I understand what you mean.

Yeah, I mean, you should do, but... I understand what you mean. It's a giggle, isn't it? Although he did buy me lunch, to be fair, so that was very kind of him. So we're just up here on the left, are we? I think so, aren't we? It's the Arc de Triomphe, whatever this is. Yeah, what is that?

It's the Arc de Triomphe. It looks like the Marvel arche it looks like the Marvel Arts it looks like Marvel Arts doesn't it? yeah interesting does every city have one of those? maybe yeah

you get given that you get given one when you get city status it rises up it's like civilisation yeah it just rises up well

I think we'll probably finish it there because we've been yapping on it for long enough hopefully producer Katie can get something out of that what a nice walk what a it there because we've been yapping on for long enough hopefully producer Katie can get something out of that what a nice walk what a lovely stroll

again we've transported people to another borough of this fine city done Manhattan and Brooklyn now what's next Staten Island probably not

the Hamptons let's go to the Hamptons that's quite interesting because Long Island stretches out so far one of Mimi's friends lives on Long Island and you can drive

for like two and a half hours and still not get to the end of it. Jeez. It's a long old spot. America's ridiculous. Yeah, it is.

They should just all decide to live in one corner of it. Make it easier for everyone. Just make big adverts that are

like cities wide so people can look at them. And if everyone lives in the same corner then you can see your mate Tony.

Yeah. I just, you know like when planes fly over America and they can look at them from the planes. And if everyone lives in the same corner, then you could see your mate Tony. Yeah, I just... You know like when planes fly over America, they can look down, and they could just have a big telly the size of a city, and they could watch a bit of NFL or something. Yeah. Perfect. I think you've lost it, mate.

On that note, let's get out of here. We'll see you... I think the next episode will be back in the studio. Yeah. I'll be honest, listeners, I don't really know what Pete's doing. He's not flying home with me later this week

he's doing St Kels I've heard a rumour that he's going to Milwaukee on the train yeah I've seen Chicago before so I thought I'd pop up

there but we're in Prospect Park maybe I'll stay here great the people who live in Milwaukee will know it will be stunned that you're visiting and be keen

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