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Synopsis: Colin Quinn discusses the origins of New York and how it got its unique personality.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Jerry Seinfeld
Actors: Colin Quinn
 
IMDB:
6.5
Year:
2016
62 min
65 Views


sayin its beautiful. How about $26?

Theyre like, No. Twenty-five.

The guy doesnt understand-- No.

How about 24?

We better say yes.

Cause its gonna get lower than 24 soon.

The Dutch just took it.

They branded in those--

All those names are Dutch names.

Bronx is a Dutch word.

Harlem, Dutch word.

Bushwick, Dutch word.

Brooklyn is a Dutch word.

Stoop, Dutch word.

Yankees is a Dutch word.

The word f*** is a Dutch word.

I swear to God.

So if you see anyone

on a stoop in Brooklyn going,

F***ing Yankees, theyre speaking Dutch.

So. Now, you know...

You know, its true.

Its true as anything. Right?

Um... Its New York.

So now you got the smoking.

You got people saying f***.

Youre starting to get a formation

of a New York personality.

The surface, you know. But still...

But you still dont have

that attitude that we all--

Everybody from New York thinks

theyre better than everybody else.

Everybody, we think were smarter.

Not just rich people.

Poor people, middle-class--

This is the only city

that has blue-collar snobs. You know.

Take somebody, two years of high school,

put em in a room with MIT professors,

after an hour, youre like,

Whatd you think of them?

Theyre not New York. They dont...

You know.

Theyre-- Theyre educated.

I give em that. You know.

Theyre smart, but they dont get it.

They got their head up their ass.

No common sense, you know.

Yeah, we just think-- We go on vacation.

Everybody else goes on vacation to say,

Can you imagine if we lived here?

We go on vacation to tell people, Can

you imagine if you lived in New York?

What do you do? Give me a slice

of the pizza. Thats not New York pizza.

The guys like, I know. Its Italy.

I dont give a sh*t what it is.

Its not New York pizza.

Gimme that bagel. Thats not

a New York bagel. You dont know...

You have the wrong water.

We tell people they have the wrong water.

Its not like we live in Minnesota

with beautiful lakes.

Its our water.

We act like, Oh, this is the water.

But you still dont have

the psychological-- the attitude.

The superior attitude that we all--

That came from the British, you know.

Cause the British showed up,

and the British in those days,

they showed up, it was theirs.

Nobody even fought.

Theyre just, like, You know the drill.

Its the British Empire.

They brought the real navy.

They had the Royal Navy,

the biggest navy in the world.

Peter Stuyvesant is walkin around.

Looks in the harbor one day.

With his wooden leg, you know.

He just turns to his Dutch friends

and speaks in Dutch,

Were f***ed. You understand me?

I dont know.

And the British were like, You can keep

the names of the towns. Theyre quaint.

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Colin Quinn

Colin Edward Quinn (born June 6, 1959) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. On television, he is best known for his work on Saturday Night Live, where he anchored Weekend Update, on MTV's 1980s game show Remote Control, where he served as the announcer/sidekick, and as host of Comedy Central's late-night panel show Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn. Notable film work includes his role as Dooey in A Night at the Roxbury, Dickey Bailey in the Grown Ups films and playing Amy Schumer's father in the film Trainwreck. Comedians such as Jerry Seinfeld and Dave Attell cite him as the quintessential New York comedian. Quinn has also become known for his comedic one-man shows that offer his unique takes on history and growing up in New York City. As of 2015, he has written and starred in five shows: Irish Wake, My Two Cents, Long Story Short, Unconstitutional, and The New York Story, two of which he collaborated on with Seinfeld as director. Long Story Short was filmed as an HBO special that aired on April 9, 2011 and Unconstitutional and The New York Story were released as Netflix specials. more…

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