Saturday Night Live Transcripts
Season 2: Episode 5
76e: Steve Martin / Kinky Friedman
Autumn in New York
Weis:
Up here, on the 27th floor,
I look down on the city I hate and adore.
Weis: Its autumn in New York…
[After Weis walks away, a long-haired man in a green parka strolls toward the camera arm-in-arm with someone who looks androgynous, in a denim jacket and a stocking cap.]Man on Left: That brings the promise of new love…
[They amble past the camera, and then CUT to Weis lip-synching in front of a store window labeled, BADLANDS.]Weis: Aaaaauuuuutumn in New York…
[CUT to a curly-headed man in sunglasses and a leather jacket who rounds the corner of the store with a dog on a leash. He lip-synchs to a womans voice.]Man: Its often mingled with pain.
[HOLD on this man for a moment, then CUT to a pretzel vendor in a stocking cap standing next to his cart.]Vendor: Glittering crowds and shimmering clouds…
[CUT to a cab driver in sunglasses as he leans out the drivers side window in the middle of the street. Buses stream through the intersection a few cars ahead.]Cabbie:
And canyons of steel,
Theyre making me feel
Im home…
Pedestrian: They sigh for exotic lands.
[CUT to Weis wearing the same outfit and leaning against a lamppost in Central Park.]Weis: Autumn in New York…
[CUT to a long shot of a crowded sidewalk. An older man in a trenchcoat and another in a Yankees warmup jacket are among the pedestrians, several of whom stare blankly at the camera. An easy-listening chorus resembling Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians sings on the background track.]Chorus: Its good to live it agaaaaaaaaainnnnn…
Man: Lovers that pass the dark…
Woman: On benches in Central Paaa-aaaark…
[CUT to a deserted park pathway. The singer on the track croons, Greet autumn in New Yoooo-oooooooork… CUT to Weis standing on a ferry in the same suit with a polar bear head costume over his head. He nods slowly in time to Johnny Mathiss voice on the track.]Johnny Mathis: Its good to live it again.
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