>> THE PROBLEMATIC STATUE DEBATE IS SPREADING ALL THE WAY TO NEW
YORK.
>> MAYOR DE BLASIO NAMED A COMMISSION TO HELP DECIDE THE
FATE OF CITY STATUES AND MONUMENTS THAT SOME MAY SEE AS
OFFENSIVE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, NEW YORK'S MAYOR AND WALKING BEAN STALK,
BILL DE BLASIO, IS CONSIDERING REMOVING A BUNCH OF STATUES,
INCLUDING MR. 1492.
BUT WHAT DO THE PEOPLE WANT?
TO GAUGE PUBLIC OPINION, I DID THE OBVIOUS THING-- CREATED A
FAKE TOUR COMPANY WITH A CATCHY NAME TO SEE WHICH STATUE PEOPLE
FOUND THE MOST OFFENSIVE.
OUR FIRST STOP WAS COLUMBUS CIRCLE.
HEY, GUYS, THIS IS, OF COURSE, THE FAMOUS CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS,
NOT THE DIRECTOR OF "HOME ALONE."
THE FAMOUS EXPLORER.
WITHOUT HIM, A LOT OF EUROPEAN DESCENDANTS LIKE MYSELF WOULDN'T
BE HERE.
THAT BEING SAID, HE ALSO, ENSLAVED, ANNIHILATED, DECIMATED
ENTIRE NATIVE PEOPLE.
NOW, WHO THINKS WE SHOULD TAKE DOWN THIS STATUE OF CHRISTOPHER
COLUMBUS, RAISE YOUR HAND.
SIR, LET'S START WITH YOU.
WHY SHOULD WE TAKE HIM DOWN?
>> HE WANTED TO FIND INDIA BUT HE COULDN'T.
HE'S AN IDIOT.
>> BECAUSE HE'S AN IDIOT, OKAY.
HEADING UP CENTRAL PARK WEST, WE REALIZED STATUES AREN'T THE ONLY
OFFENSIVE STRUCTURES IN NEW YORK.
WHO THINKS THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN DOWN?
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) DODGING TREE LIMBS AND TRAFFIC
LIGHTS, WE ENDED UP JUST OUTSIDE CENTRAL PARK IN EAST HARLEM.
ALL RIGHT, GUYS, COMING UP IS A STATUE OF DR. JAMES MARION SIMS.
HE'S CONSIDERED THE FATHER OF MODERN GYNECOLOGY.
WELL, THAT'S GOOD.
HE ALSO USED ENSLAVED AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN AS HIS TEST
SUBJECTS.
SO THAT'S NOT GOOD.
THIS MAY BE A TOUGH ONE.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S GO SEE THE STATUE.
WHO FEELS THAT HIS STATUE SHOULD BE TAKEN DOWN?
WHO THINKS THIS STATUE SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH A FEMALE
GYNECOLOGIST?
WHO ALSO EXPERIMENTED ON SLAVES.
NO, OKAY.
NO BUS TOUR IS COMPLETE WITHOUT VISITING NEW YORK'S BELOVED RAT
WARREN OF A BUS DEPOT, THE PORT AUTHORITY, HOME TO THE CITY'S
MOST FAMOUS BUS DRIVER FROM "THE HONEYMOONERS."
THAT'S RALPH KRAMDEN.
HE SYMBOLIZES THE EVERYDAY WORKING AMERICAN.
HE ALSO THREATENED TO BEAT HIS WIFE ALMOST EVERY EPISODE.
IF YOU KNOWLEDGE HE SHOULD BE TAKEN DOWN, RAISE YOUR HAND.
DO YOU THINK RALPH CRAM DEN SHOULD BE TAKEN DOWN?
THERE'S THREE.
BUT WE WERE JUST GETTING STARTED.
FURTHER DOWNTOWN, PROBLEMATIC STATUES SPRUNG UP EVERYWHERE.
THIS NEXT STATUE, EVERYONE, IS A NO BRAINER.
HE INSPIRED MILLIONS THROUGH HIS MESSAGE OF LOVE.
OBVIOUSLY, I'M TALKING ABOUT LEGENDARY ACTOR, SIR BEN
KINGSLEY.
>> THAT'S GANDHI.
>> THAT'S WHO?
>> GANDHI.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT IS.
SO YOU'RE WRONG, AND I'M RIGHT.
WHO THINKS BEN KINGSLEY SHOULD BE TAKEN DOWN?
SEE WHAT I MEAN?
NOBODY.
COMING UP ON THE LEFT IS A-- WHOA!
HUH?
THAT'S (BLEEP) WEIRD.
( LAUGHTER ) RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU THINK
THAT'S A WEIRD STATUE.
SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT'S WEIRD.
YEAH.
YOU THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THAT DOWN?
>> YES.
>> YEAH, I'M WITH YOU.
THAT'S (BLEEP) WEIRD.
HUH?
GET OUT OF HERE!
SCRAM!
WHO'S A GOOD BOY!
THE LAST TOP, THE TIP OF MANHATTAN, WALL STREET.
TO THE RIGHT HERE IS THE BULL, REPRESENTS A BOOMING AMERICAN
ECONOMY.
ALSO, TOURISTS FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF WESTERN EUROPE TAKE
PHOTOGRAPHS.
DON'T LOOK AT ME!
WHO HERE THINKS THE BULL SHOULD BE TAKEN DOWN?
ANYBODY THINK THE BULL SHOULD BE TAKEN DOWN?
YEAH.
OF COURSE THE CHINESE PERSON DOESN'T WANT TO SUPPORT AMERICAN
BOOMING ECONOMY.
AS WE SAT DRENCHED IN COLD RAIN, WE REALIZED THAT THERE WAS NO
GOOD SOLUTION.
SO, INSPIRED BY THE HIGH LEVEL OF INTERNET DISCUSSION, WE CAME
UP WITH THE NEXT BEST THING-- TURN EVERY STATUE INTO A COMMENT
BOARD.
NOW EVERYONE WILL KNOW THAT YOU THINK COLUMBUS IS AGUIDO,
DR. SIMS, A PSYCHO.
AND RALPH CRAMDEN, A PSYCHO.
>> AT LEAST THERE'S ONE THING WE CAN AGREE ON.
>> WHY SHOULD IT BE DOGS?
HUMANS.
HUMANS TAKE PICTURES.