@spacecarb Yeah I saw that too, but Fry did not deliberately blank him, he didn't notice or see the extended hand. He is ridiculously good natured and polite usually, there is not a bad or ignorant bone in him.
Its funny. I'm Italian, born in Brooklyn, grandparents from Queens, grew up on Long Island but I don't identify with the "NY Italian" types from Jersey Shore or Sopranos or this documentary. I know it seems to the outside world that we all look, sound and act this way,but we really don't. Most may have a bit of an accent, but the heavy "HEY OH! New YAWK thing is very 1970s.
Great travel series hosted by the inimitable Englishman Stephen Fry, but I couldn't help but think he gave the Big Apple short shrift here. He is in the most diverse and culturally rich place on the planet, a city famed for its almost endless array of ethnic communities, academic institutions, cultural centers, and world cuisines, and he spends the majority of his visit talking with aged Italian goombas from Queens...... and Sting! Not really a good cultural snapshot of the world's melting pot!!
@mrsunguibus Fortunately, you don't have to give up your life. Someone had the good sense and foresight to document this event for posterity, as you can see here!
@dlane0308 yes my whole family has that accent (the older generation) I'm not sure why the younger generation has less of it but we do. We still say cawfee and chawcolate but I think there are just so many posers that it became cheesy and cringe-worthy.
Hope Stephen liked my State...Love you Mr. Fry xx
@yngguy4u
I love the old "New Yawk" accents. Not the Jersey Shore types mind you, but just the old school New York accents.
Hearing queens refereed to as ‘an Italian Burrough’ makes me laugh
4:18 the girl waves but the guy's like "ey, whatsa matta whicha, we gotta look cool"
the old man at 5:13 has the strongest new york accent haha funny
@spacecarb Yeah I saw that too, but Fry did not deliberately blank him, he didn't notice or see the extended hand. He is ridiculously good natured and polite usually, there is not a bad or ignorant bone in him.
4:16
"oh, a camera, i gonna wave!"
*waves*
"no no no, honey don't wave to the camera, just look sullen, like me."
"okay."
that is what happened.
I wonder how many other people call him "Steve" :D
700 languages spoken in queens. Only one of them is Italian.
cleansed?
@whatismyname5151 No, he said the predominantly Italian boro of Queens.
Its funny. I'm Italian, born in Brooklyn, grandparents from Queens, grew up on Long Island but I don't identify with the "NY Italian" types from Jersey Shore or Sopranos or this documentary. I know it seems to the outside world that we all look, sound and act this way,but we really don't. Most may have a bit of an accent, but the heavy "HEY OH! New YAWK thing is very 1970s.
@narg
Um... Bensonhurst? Pretty predominant there.
7:11 left hanging. Devastating
@rfid4dna he said the Italian neighborhood IN queens
7:11 Left hangin
he was talking about the italian part of queens not calling queens itallian
What is this from?
Great travel series hosted by the inimitable Englishman Stephen Fry, but I couldn't help but think he gave the Big Apple short shrift here. He is in the most diverse and culturally rich place on the planet, a city famed for its almost endless array of ethnic communities, academic institutions, cultural centers, and world cuisines, and he spends the majority of his visit talking with aged Italian goombas from Queens...... and Sting! Not really a good cultural snapshot of the world's melting pot!!
@mrsunguibus Fortunately, you don't have to give up your life. Someone had the good sense and foresight to document this event for posterity, as you can see here!
Whoops, I take that back. He calls it a "borough" in the beginning but a "neighborhood" toward the end. Never mind ;-)
@mrsunguibus well, you kind of are aren't you?
@dlane0308 yes my whole family has that accent (the older generation) I'm not sure why the younger generation has less of it but we do. We still say cawfee and chawcolate but I think there are just so many posers that it became cheesy and cringe-worthy.
@rfid4dna lol
3:31 hit the curb..
In all fairness, he said "borough", not "neighborhood". But, yeah, Queens isn't really predominantly any single ethnicity.
Predominantly Italian neighborhood of Queens? I think not.
Oh god.. cringed so hard at 7:11
4:15 DONT DO THAT
hehe, "Englishman in New York," clever.
uh thanks god UK people don't sound like that ! Thank you god
Sting is one of the most boring men that’s ever existed.