what we're going to do tonight out on 53rd Street we have kids 15 16 year old kids who
have their Learners permits oh yeah I think they're all from the tri-state area in New
Jersey I don't know where they're from and they're they're in their car with their parents
and and all night long these kids right here on on television are going to be parallel
parks
Camp there
[Music] this is pretty good look at that
we've had Crosstown traffic tied up for eight hours ladies and gentlemen so if you're having
trouble getting from the SI east side to the west side it's because of us our first uh
kid here tonight is Paul fiori Paul is that you that's me hi Paul nice to meet you where
are you from Paul I'm from Nutley New Jersey and where do you go to school Nutley High
School Nutley High School and then and are you taking drivers in I was just talking about
when I was a kid you had to take the drivers ed are you taking the driver's ed I took driver's
ed First Market period this year it's over now how did you do on the driver's ed course
I did pretty good I got a b a b well that's not so bad and was there
anything unusual about your instructor Paul um so unusual okay good good and Paul this
is uh your father right there your father's name is Frank Frank nice to see you thanks
Dave thank you for coming in and and so with the the permit that uh Paul has here he can
drive the car as long as you're a passenger is that how it works that's right and uh during
daylight hours okay during the daylight hours well we'll move right along then and
your driver's license I'm going to get in October in October are you excited about this
I am excited it's going to be the longest summer of your life isn't it you're just dying
to get behind the wheel of that car and and what will you do then uh you know I don't
know take it down the shore get some friends in there babes babes babe babes
Frank is Paul a pretty good kid a pretty good student everything all right there no trouble
really no trouble Dave great guy okay and what kind of car are you driving tonight Paul
what kind of ride is that this is a Thunderbird oh sweet my friend
uh
oh sure now we've just guaranteed that you'll be followed home
are you excited have you parallel parked much before Paul uh the first time I ever did it
was this Saturday
in the beginning it was shaky but I kind of had it at the end yeah now when when you go
to the DMV will they test you on parallel parking is that part of the examination yeah
okay all right are you ready I'm ready okay anything we can do for you do you need a I
mean uh you all right you want to think it over you want to I'm fine I'm gonna go do
me a favor just for a second before you begin uh put the is the car started not yet all
right start her up all right is this automatic transmission yeah okay is the emergency brake
on no okay put the immersion put the emergency brake on step on the pedal there yeah okay
oh Lord
okay
the emergency brake is engaged is that correct Paul yes and and where is the agira lever
indicator are you still in park yeah I'm in put it in park all right is there anyone in
front of you no are you sure I'm positive is there anyone behind you yeah yeah all right
flooring floor it open this thing up let me hear it floor it put the pedal to the middle
all the way
yeah yeah
fantastic [Music] if it were up to me you'd get the license you know uh okay Paul I hope
that loosened you up a little bit here you go now take all the time you need we're going
to give you one opportunity if we have time later if you don't make it first time successfully
you can come back a little later all right you ready here we go Paul Fiore ladies and
gentlemen from Nutley New Jersey parallel parking thank you
Mrs Basin he's trying to get into
problem there what happened is he you can't be all right Paul okay all right all right
here we go there he goes as I recall you pull up to the car on the right and then you kind
of measure off you want to be right there in the middle of the driver's side door here
we go
parallel parking Paul fiori and his father black Thunderbird here we go
foreign [Music] [Applause] all right Paul very close very close one more cut it again
Square It Off that was pretty close Paul pretty darn close gonna try it again okay he's in
reverse the lights come on
we go [Applause] [Music] [Applause]
all right right there with Paul can you hear me yeah I tell you what you and your dad just
take a take a little trip around the block cool off you were pretty darn close that first
time I thought you were just going to pull out a little bit and finish it up but you
wanted to do it from the beginning you wanted to be a hero didn't you now I admire that
and we'll give you another shot if we have time all right all right nice meeting you
thank you very much I'm thinking now maybe uh later I should go out and give it a shot
sure you know the parallel party it is not easy and there's a lot of pressure we want
to try and get one more kid in here before we bring out Lennox Lewis's this guy is Tim
Riley I believe Tim are you out there hey Dave hi Tim nice to see you buddy how you
doing pretty good I know where you're from Sir uh Fair Lawn New Jersey Fair Lawn New
Jersey all right how old a kid are you uh 16. 16 and you took the driver's ed there
in high school yeah uh how'd you do I did all right not too well yeah what was the grade
you received for the class I'd be a b well that's not so bad a b are you kidding me a
b is not bad at all what's the matter with you I don't know I'm sorry uh that gentleman
with you uh to your right is your father I guess yeah it's Mike hi Mike how are you nice
to see you good Elio how is Tim as a kid Mike is he all right very good yeah very good and
uh you have brothers and sisters uh two sisters and and you took some time off from work to
be here uh Mike is that what happened yes I did I took the afternoon off what do you
do for a living uh I sell mattresses sell mattresses all right sir and and how soon
would you like to see Tim get into a mustache uh and mustache pretty soon
all right uh look at those pretty good
Tim have you done much parallel parking I did it once you did it once only once does
the idea of parallel parking make you nervous is it putting more pressure on you a little
bit I think that may be the trickiest part of driving don't you think so sure oh yeah
all right what kind of car are you working with here Tim uh my dad's Mercedes whoa
whoa wow well don't uh you know don't be wrinkling this boy up you know what I'm saying yeah
he's warning me about it uh anything you need from us anything we can do to help settling
it down you've taken a look at the course you saw uh the first guy give it a shot Jeff
I guess was his name Paul you saw him yeah you learn anything from Paul uh don't hit
the cars keep your head down all right here we go Tim Riley ladies and gentlemen Fair
Lawn New Jersey barking his dad's big black greasy Mercedes-Benz here we go
we'll ride up measure it off with the car okay okay slap it into reverse cut it yeah
I think so [Music] and everybody's a backseat driver
[Applause]
all right you know here we go somebody call Allstate
all right one more truck Square it off and give it another shot Tim you're oh I would
have taken that you know
[Music] I'll paint any car for 99.95.
[Applause] all right there's four kids it's hard doing this stuff is difficult oh wait
a minute wait a minute okay I don't know yeah all right okay we're gonna call this off Tim
nice try buddy you and your dad okay
[Music] that's pretty close though wasn't it wasn't so bad
to do that oh hard enough you know targeting the other guy with a TV camera and of course
your dad with his big mustache look at it we're gonna let um let Paul the first kid
try it again in the meantime here's Tim now we got a mustache for Tim so his dad there
he is that's good okay all right now this is uh Paul he was our first uh Parker in the
black Thunderbird Paul have you thought about it you know what you did wrong you're going
to give it another try I'm going to try again you know that first time you're actually pretty
close if you just you know pulled out and squared it off you'd have been in there you'd
have been in some place shopping by now you know what I mean you'd be having dinner for
a lot of folks that's it you're done right there all right here we go one more shot Paul
and his uh dad Frank from uh Nutley New Jersey black Thunderbird turn to parallel park right
out there on 53rd Street Ladies and Gentlemen boy look at the crowd
when I was parallel parking you'd get crowds 10 15 20 000. and now it's just stragglers
passersby seems to be a little wide get him a tugboat oh no this wait a minute wait a
minute hold it hold it this is okay and as the old joke goes you can walk to the curb
from there
oh so close now this is shows straight yeah bingo
cut it down
later that same night
is he in all right well this is
all right is that space too tight is that the problem are we giving the kid enough room
is that some kind of trick space I don't think so let's tie it there he is ladies and gentlemen
he's in nice gone Paul close enough thank you very much thank you Frank thanks a lot
let's try another kid let's go back out there have a young girl this time Danielle Hansen
hi Danielle how are you good how are you are you excited yes have you seen the boys yes
I have they haven't done so well no yeah is that your father there with you Yep this is
my Dad what's your name sir Rich hi Rich nice to see you nice to meet you how long you been
driving Danielle since October close to getting that license July there you go you do any
parallel parking uh just with the driving school once yeah how'd that go okay all right
now don't don't discount the wind you get a little wind there I see all right take it
away Danielle good luck and Godspeed here we go driving a white Jetta Danielle Henson
parallel parking [Applause]
we've determined this is not a trick space this is a regulation New York City parking
space
casing it now here we go we'll need AAA to get her in from there [Music]
now wait a minute maybe she knows something here all right we're gonna try it again yeah
give it another shot you cut it a little wide there Danielle give it another shot and by
the way those other cars are rental cars so don't worry about them you kind of feel your
way into that spot that's all right
you know um they're calling it off they've called off the jam all right I tell you what
thank you very much nice try Danielle [Music] oh I don't know
is this in here all right we'll give this a shot hey babe how are you [Applause]
okay
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