Let's uh let let me tell you about some uh some uh I'll tell you the satellite information first and
then we'll go to the laundermat where I understand nothing is going on and that's how we're going to
spend our evening tonight looking at a laundromat uh the satellite that we're using tonight is uh
currently orbiting over Ecuador uh the cost to us about $14,000 that includes the Manpower now
here I have a little diagram this came to us from the engineering department here at NBC this there
it is oh you got it there let's see if we can follow that uh our location the laundr matat is
at Columbus and 86th on the upper west side there where where the little truck is that's about a
mile now listen to this it's a mile it's only a mile from the building but yet we have to use the
satellite orbiting over Ecuador um the signal is then fed to the GE satcom K1 satellite and we're
using transponder number nine tonight an excellent transponder by the way uh it then goes up uh well
there it is floating over the Ecuador now it comes down someplace in Smithtown Long Island uh to an
HBO something out there I don't know why it goes out there and then it comes back into the City
and uh right in here to the RCA building all of that it covers about 47,000 miles so we can take
a look at this let's see it Hal what does it look like there it is that's that's what it's shoot now
that's exciting that's going right up into space there 23,000 Mi right there it is oh my God it's
falling out of orbit that's just a smudge on the screen oh I'm sorry you're right Paul it is just
a smudge there it is it's the lrat 19 lbs giant wash let's go inside and see what's going on this
is uh Jacob's laundermat located at 526 Columbus Avenue between 85th and 86th Street Paul how about
a little laundermat music if you don't mind uh the shim family owns this launder mat uh there are 26
washing machines in here Paul how much do you think it cost to do a load of wash in this place
take a guess would be uh 75. 75 it's $1.75 per wash yeah quarters only uh there are 14 dryers
uh 25 cents for a 7 and 1/2 minute dry job one we understand one was out of order this morning
how do you do ma'am hello Hi how are you nice to see you are you washing or drying uh we're
in uhhuh do you come here often yeah we live up the street I see is this your one
and only load of wash today three one of three one uh one two there's three going
right now so you're doing three you're doing three loads simultaneously yeah all at once
yeah did uh did you have to do any pre- soaking I think it's built in the washer
I'm not sure really there's a pre-o automatic pre- soak dispenser in those machines I I think
so I'm not sure uh what I tell you what I'll give you I'll pay for you a wash if you try
and over Suds one of the machines if you try and what just load toss in an entire box of
detergent yeah just pick one yeah there you go
oh my
God okay well let's just see what happens here all right that's great now we'll just
keep what what cycle are you in there ma'am uh we're pro I think we're on spin Drive
I tell you what you better can you start the whole thing over because uh uh your clothing is going to
be like you've been at the beach all day if you oh there's that's probably uh it's probably is
excuse me sir what is your name something's wrong with oh they're getting bounced paron
me sir sir are you the you the he's oblivious to this nonsense and well he should be oh god well
in order to get Suds we need some water in there can can we start the start it again yeah start it
again and we'll get back to you thank you very much they're going to start it again and we'll
get back to them what people will do anything for free wash won't they uh let's see um there
are three to five extractor machines Paul do you know what an extractor is well that's what you uh
use to extract the dirt from the actual that's right it's like taking your clothing down to
the river and beating it on rocks that's what it it's right there it's the super high-speed
laser powered thing that uh it cuts down on your drying time use the centrifugal force to
exactly extract the water from laundry itself uh they have two ladies there who do bundle
service that's 375 per 8 lbs of laundry uh the washing machines International duplex
front loading washer machines the dryers are hbes hu b s c Originators load star two dryers
the same people who made the satellite as it turns out all right have they got water down
there world how do you do sir why how are you doing sir what happens to the other sock Dave
I'd like to write Dear Dave where'd he go young comedians night in the laund mat all
right okay how do you do sir what is your name hi J shim oh you're Mr shim
yes sir you're the you're the owner of the laundermat yeah sort of unfortunately what
you you don't like owning the laundromat well it's kind of very tough you know
people here very tough oh look look we didn't come here to hear you whine and
complain you know let me let me tell you something pal running a talk show is no
vacation either okay all right it's very hot here now thank you very much for your hospitality you
know you have some women down there damaging the equipment how's it going ladies I don't think it's
doing too well well get some water in there we can't I think we have we have to wait until it
stops so we start it over again okay well how much longer will that be uh minutes I think I
don't know all right well we'll be here we have nothing to do so so the second this thing starts
to fill up with Suds let us know and we'll get right back to you okay sure okay what is your
name by the way Mary Pat nice to see you Mary and what's your friend's name Janice Janice
Janice Mary Pat and Janice okay thank you ladies all right we'll go back to
the laundry mat a little later when they get ready to blow that thing Sky High
yeah wow that's nice
going that's pretty cool that's pretty nice nice going ladies very good job so this this
is just going to blow that thing right off of there right yeah and the ceiling will collapse
and we'll have to go in there with emergency crew and dig these people out of soap suds uh
all right if anything else happens like that let us know if it gets worse we'll be right
back there with you that's Janice and Mary Pat there at the laundr M doing a fine job uh after
more than a year on Broadway our first guest is still playing to sold out houses with oh
wow oh now now I
now I uh kind of kind of understand what he was talking about earlier when he complaining about
the gig there at the laundermat whoops yeah I'm sorry 1962 1962 I'm sorry Paul let's go back to
the laundr man and see what's going on there briefly quickly let's do something anything
there it is the laundromat 86th and Columbus ever West Side Oh girls are enjoying a butt
while they're waiting for their clothing what what uh what happened to this are you the the ladies
who put all of the stuff in there yeah that was you're you're Mary Pat and Janice yeah yeah what
happened you always knew clothes Dave did it ruin your clothing no no we're just kidding we'll take
care of it was was the guy hot the manager Mr shim he seemed pretty nice about it he stuck the hose
in there switched it around I think it's so what's what's the status of your laundry right now well
we have some in the dryer and the white stuff is still washing any uh any interesting stains you
can tell us about and anything you've done today any kind of food stains blood stains uh gunpowder
you know we decided to wash the PO holder it was getting a little grungy yeah oily do what hello
yeah yeah all right ladies nice chatting with you we'll move on now and if there's anything else we
can do uh by all means keep it to yourself uh all right let's see that's good let's see let's see
let's see there we go some more folks in the a very destructive child she somebody should
that that kid should be taught some manners where is her mother there hello ma'am how are
you I'm fine fine thank you very much a a bless her little heart Paul do we have music for this
perhaps well that's good single-handedly
in one evening I've I've ruined a machine and made a little girl cry
I that that's nothing I'm proud of I'm terribly sorry honey are you all right
the child has been emotionally traumatized for life she will not
get over this and I'm responsible uh okay well we're waiting for uh
whatever the hell we're waiting for let's uh bring out the guy who's making me a suit