Watch the first 5 minutes of the video on YouTube and answer the questions on the right. You can PAUSE the video to answer the questions
Where is he going to take the interviewers?
a few places in town, just a few spots of interest.
literally across the whole neighborhood and couple of spots of interest
only a couple of spots in Manhattan
How memorable is Prospect Park?
-it is a place where he spent most of his teenaged years and it was a kick for him just to look at these poor animals in cages.
-it is the place where he used to be taken to very frequently when he was younger and he doesn't know why, in retrospect, it was a kick for him just to look at these poor animals in cages.
What does he say about Ebbets Field?
-“It is where I hung out a lot because I was a very big baseball fan; it was nice to come down here all the time I could I could come here from where I lived by subway it was a very very short ride or sometimes I would skate here you know I put on roller skates and skate here"
-“It is where I hung out a lot because I was a very big basketball fan; it was nice to come down here all the time I could come here from where I lived by bus it was a very very short ride or sometimes I would bike here you know I would ride my bike here"
What did he do when Ebbets Field closed down after the last game?
-" I took a white little white box out of my pocket, which I bought for that occasion, and gathered up some dirt from the infield put it in the white box I closed it and took it home with me so there I was with a box with dirt in it.”
-" I took a white envelope out of my pocket, which I brought on that occasion, gathered up some dirt from the infield put it in the white envelope I licked it and took it home with me so there I was with an envelope with dirt in it.”
What is Flatbush?
It is a nice area of Brooklyn. He lived in the most expensive and richest part of it.
It is a nice area of Brooklyn, Prospect Park. He lived in the least expensive and poorest part of it.
Did he like riding his bicycle?
He adored riding his bike. He has always loved it.
He hated bikes, and he hating riding them
He did not have money to afford a bicycle back in the day
Where did he use to take the train?
at Avenue G
at Avenue J
at Avenue Y
Where is the spot at which he was born?
Right near the corner of 40th street
Right near the corner of 14th street
What did his parents think about the new frozen custard shop at the corner?
They thought it was still a Millinery shop
They thought that the Millinery shop a horse stable.
They thought the shop was a whorehouse.
Which of these is not mentioned as shops you can find nowadays?
a delicatessen
a mall
a Chinese restaurant
a millinery shop
Back in the day , there used to be many many…
strip joints
Pool bars
candy stores
Was he bar mitzvah’d in the synagogue shown in the video?
Yes
No
Who were quite religious in his family?
his parents
his grandparents
They went to the synagogue every:
Saturday morning
Sunday morning
Did Woody Allen like to come to grandpa and grandma’s house for dinner?