well let's face it What salute to Summer particularly summer
in New York New York would be complete without a visit to the most beautiful
island of the mall yes the Jewel of the Atlantic I'm talking about
Coney Island let's go there now shall we New York City is of course the most exciting place
in the world to live and when hectic busy New Yorkers need a place to go on vacation they're
very fortunate because they're surrounded by many wonderful Island paradises in which to
Vacation of course there's Staten Island Roosevelt Island Rikers Island but the one Island that's
most popular with Harry New Yorkers because it's dedicated to having fun is of course Coney Island
are you almost wish your feet were fireproof under [Applause]
and by the sea on a blanket with my baby cause where I'll be one thing the first time visitor
to Coney Island is gonna notice a lot of Innovations here of course you come right
here and get your tickets and as you do that you can check your meat in this refrigerated
Meat Locker ham cider beef whatever just leave it right there while you enjoy the park for
the remainder of the day pick it up on your way home it's for your convenience [Music] [Applause]
this is the music express at Coney Island this accomplishes two things for the tourists from
out of town one it gives you all the excitement of riding on the subway with a couple of guys
with those 800 pound radios and also it's a a real Center for people who know and appreciate
good music if if you think I'm kidding take a look who's here excuse me Paul you come here
for the music primarily don't you yes I just come down and hang out well I'm a friend of
Larry's a DJs sometimes he slips on some some of the heavy happening sounds funny
and I like to hang out with Stella in the kitchen this is Stella here yeah how do you
do nice to see you fine to see you too how long have you and Paul been coming here oh
a long time that's great but this is apparently for people interested in music is the place to
be this is a uh you know as you can hear they play All The Happening dance we put
on little Al Green earlier in our honor I think which is great have a good time thanks
[Applause] [Music] here we are with Bill Berger the official spokesperson for uh
Coney Island and more specifically Australian these people dancing back there is that part of
a professional dance group that no those are children having fun you find that at
the music express and then this Apollo ride which played rock music and you'll find the
public gyrating to the music tell me about the food here I noticed that you have plenty
of it it's a pretty good uh stuff to eat here well it's a fast food concession and
it's the best of its kind it's a complete great spectrum of the Coney Island kind of
a thing and do you eat here yourself uh I will occasionally eat here I don't make a habit of it
here's a pretty good deal for students who are more interested in sleeping than reading a lot
of Italian verse don't have the patience to get through a classic work like Daddy's Inferno well
Coney Island has a ride that's uh based factually on that classic work of literature and in fact I
understand you can actually get high school and college credit simply by riding on this one here
not his Inferno what's she what's your name bad's bosty and you operate Dandy's Inferno rides all
the rides yeah do you find that you get a lot of literature students coming to ride on this
oh we got a lot of people down here that comes on here uh which do you prefer the ride or the book
that a book is better does it seem to be a pretty factual representation of the classic Italian
literature Yes actually it was but they forgot the pope standing on his head in the in the ice
River yeah so which would you prefer the ride or the book the ride excuse me can I can I talk with
you a second why did you you just wrote Dante's Inferno yes yes how does it compare with the book
Center of Pride for all of Coney Island and all of America for that matter the Astro Tower
of course this was the first Astro Tower in the United States I think we all remember that day in
1959 when we learned that the Russians had built their Astro Tower and well thanks to Coney Island
shortly thereafter we were all even in the Astro Tower race here's kind of an interesting but sad
footnote to the history of Coney Island right up until a couple of months ago it looked like Coney
Island would be the home of the 1984 Olympics as you can see from this fine facility behind
me they had this Pavilion built and of course beyond that they had the luxury housing for the
athletes but Los Angeles California got the bid when it was determined in a late meeting that
Kitty car races would not be an Olympic event you know the one thing you don't have to worry
about when you come to Coney Island as you're enjoying yourself on these exciting rides is
your safety and that's because each and every one of these rides is inspected on a regular basis to
make sure that you can ride in complete safety uh this is my favorite ride right here this one is
so exciting that oh good lord this thing was here this morning yes the legendary spookerama perhaps
the most popular attraction here at Coney Island and anytime you come here you say to yourself boy
this reminds me a lot of well some of the more popular Disney exhibits Like Pirates of the
Caribbean and I think it's no secret that they got a lot of their really good ideas from this
exhibit right here again the key word is lifelike everything here is really life like here's one of
the most lifelike features about this the guy taking tickets Batman is here and where else
would Batman be but the toilets the best part about working here at spookerama getting paid
it's kind of an interesting uh agreement that Coney Island has worked out with a
transit authority of course for 75 cents you take your subway ride there and by the time you're at
the end of the line you 've enjoyed a thrill of a lifetime over there on these new tracks
here's another interesting Center of entertainment fun Recreation and also music this is of course
the popular rock and roll ride here on Coney Island and seems to be come here
seems to be quite popular yeah yeah look who's here it's not Paul Ina
yeah sit right down here this is not dangerous is it no no this is I've been riding on this thing
all day it's great this is the rock and roll you know I don't know whether you heard they had a
lot of problems here at one time with the gang wars and the kids you know teenage gangs this
has straightened it all out they set up this thing it's it's hard Youth Center ride and it's really
wholesome there's no drugs or drinking or anything just loud music and good clean fun and I hang out
here you pretty much stand for a good clean fun don't you I have in my career I have tried to
stand for that I do what I can you know for the kids I know I know it's an image that not only
the kids appreciate but mom and dad also I try to well you know I want to span all the demographics
look what they have over here just just to bring in the crowd they got you know Graphics of it you
know that's Gary us bonds but the old Gary OS box not like since Springsteen has gotten yeah
I think that's Mary Wells that guy there's he's left-handed it's probably McCartney on base but
beside him I don't know whether you remember Billy J Kramer in The Dakotas and how long have you been
writing on this I've been about it she's about eight hours now that's great by the way this is
you this is the second island that you've told me to come to the first one was you know Bermuda
you didn't care but you were right about this Coney Island you were right about this you wrote
a song about Coney Island I've got a song about Coney Island could we hear it yeah let's hear it
all right I'm just gonna you know no music or anything Coney Island
it's a cuckoo place nutty kind of space Coney Island
I don't know that's great Coney Island that's it thank you very
much Paula thank you enjoy yourself nice talking to you start this thing up
[Applause]
well I guess I don't have to tell proud Americans and space enthusiasts about the significance of
Apollo 11 but here it is at Coney Island on loan from NASA actually Coney Island outbid
the World's Fair in Knoxville for this exhibit and as you can hear in the background they're
recreating some of the psychological testing that was conducted on the astronauts during The Voyage
of Apollo 11 and I for one am proud to be a part of it even here on firm ground [Music]
[Music] come on everybody [Music] [Applause]
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[Applause] [Music] you think of Coney Island you think of big Thrills like the Cyclone but
the overlooked aspect of Coney Island they have some amusements for the quieter more contemplative
members of our society and this is the best attraction to represent that you have the pinwheel
and then of course the empty cup of soda with the straw uh beneath all of this of
course uh and self-explanatory I feel the tarp and then the wet pieces of corrugated cardboard
just imagine the fun you can have not doing a lot of business now sometimes
people like to stand behind it and wave but when the temperature heats
up a little bit you're going to see a lot of long lines to participate in this one
well no getting around at the best time to be at Coney Island of course is night
time that's when things really start to happen and once again
you could have fooled me but here he is Paul Shaffer what are you doing here
where I like to come at the end of the day to the Disco you know after everything kind of cools down
well the temperature cools down but the intensity and the sexual excitement kind of heats up and
I I like to find it right here in the Disco it's happening now what about the argument is is Disco
a lot of people think disco's dead you know people are saying that I think this proves it though
it's happening out here in Coney Island this is the place and what exactly is this device here
this is what they call uh just before you go into the Disco This is a disco simulator it
just gets you ready you know you can work on some of the moves and it's in Tempo you know with the
music you get yourself going and then you head in there for the heavier action a little later
on I like to spend a lot of time out here first though make sure I'm really warmed up when I go
in oh it's another Innovation for Coney Island the Disco simulator listen come on up there's a
couple of local trips I want you to make come on in here local chicks [Applause] [Music]
yes here we are at our last stop on Coney Island one last chance to listen to The Gentle sounds of
the surf of the Atlantic Ocean laughing up against the shores of beautiful Coney Island you know
we've had an awful lot of fun here today maybe a little too much fun and when you have this kind
of non-stop fun you get a little tired but you know it's a good kind of Tire this is Coney Island
thank you very much for being with us drive safely
here on Coney Island good night
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