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FULL OF LAUGHS AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH BOB SAGET
INSIDE TURNPIKE TASTES: PART 3 • SPORTIN’ IRISH
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STAND UP IN THE FACE OF INJUSTICE Learn more about the current threats against democracy – and against the dignity and worth of all people – from Nobel Peace Prize nominee, author and cofounder of the human rights group Global Exchange and peace group CODEPINK, Medea Benjamin.
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A Comedic Combo BY JENNIFER FAUCI
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John Oliver “John Oliver is a friend and I have man crushes on my comedian friends,” said Saget, adding that he loves people who are honest. “When I did my book tour, John interviewed me and we talked forever. He was saying how I’m the opposite of him, but he couldn’t stop reading my book.”
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tand-up comic and television actor Bob Saget has made a career out of making people laugh. If there was ever a thing as a yearbook of comedians throughout history in Saget’s library, you can bet that many of the funny men past and present would make an appearance. Below are the many comics that have inspired and influenced Saget’s style. Many of them he is lucky enough to call his friends.
Robert Klein and Jerry Seinfeld “Robert Klein invented a type pf comedian that is based on what a lot of people are. He’s very relatable,” said Saget. “There’s also observational comedians and you can’t get better than Jerry Seinfeld, he’s great.”
Kevin Hart “I love Kevin Hart because he’s a character and he’s a really positive thinker,” said Saget. “He’s promotional and yet it’s not offensive. He’s so driven.”
Steve Martin “I’ve been doing stand up for a long time, and for me, it’s gotten more real,” said Saget. “We don’t see people being clowns as much; they’re more responsible for what they’re doing. I’m silly too and a giant Steve Martin fan, he made silly wonderful.”
Don Rickles, Rodney Dangerfield and Richard Pryor “Don Rickles is a friend of mine and he’s the nicest man in the world. He’s been a big influence on me,” said Saget of Rickles. “Rodney Dangerfield and Richard Pryor have also served as my inspirations and I was lucky enough to work with both them.” According to Saget, there is a camaraderie between comedians, and that they are the group you want to have in your corner to band together through tough times. “I always turn to John Oliver, Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert and Bill Maher for solace,” he said. For a full feature on Bob Saget, turn to page 8A.
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Hempstead Turnpike Hidden Gems Part III BY STEVE MOSCO
Yard Flavors features a heady take on jerk chicken. on Mondays, beef on Tuesdays, red peas/chicken on Wednesdays, cow foot on Thursdays, seafood on Fridays and the formidable goat head soup on Saturdays. Besides freshly baked beef patties, Yard Flavors makes its own carrot cake, rum cake, banana bread and other desserts. And to drink, Yard Flavors adds to the meal with homemade Jamaican juices including lemonade, carrot & beet, Irish moss and strong back, a root and herb drink, that is believed to boost virility. While a shot of energy can’t hurt, the seasonings at Yard Flavors is all the potency one needs. Yard Flavors, 466 Hempstead Tpke., 516-2331699, www.yardflavors.com
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he last stop on this three-part tour of Hempstead Turnpike Hidden Gems takes us out west to the Nassau-Queens border for some Caribbean cuisine at Yard Flavors in Elmont. It’s a tiny storefront—but what it lacks in size it more than makes up for in charm and mouthwatering meals. Before you are greeted with a smile at the counter, the enticing aroma of jerk seasoning is apparent as soon as the door swings open. And once the fragrant allspice and scotch bonnet peppers hit your olfactory sense, there is little you can do to resist. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner all with a Caribbean flair, Yard Flavors’ offerings run the gamut of island specialties. For breakfast there’s Jamaican traditions like ackee and saltfish, callaloo and an array of porridges including banana and cornmeal and hominy corn. Saltfish fritters glisten in deep-fried glory, while baked in-house beef patties are lined up in hot and mild varieties. All of the dishes on the lunch/dinner menu come in three sizes—small, medium, large—so
there is an option for all hunger levels. There’s oxtail, curried goat, jerk chicken, stewed pork, spare ribs, as well as more adventurous dishes like cow foot & beans, cow skin & beans, pig’s tail and tripe & beans. But the dish everyone comes back for is the jerk chicken. Aromatic at all times, Yard Flavors’ jerk chicken is traditionally prepared and roughly chopped with a meat cleaver when it’s ordered. The sound of the metal cleaver splitting chicken bones is all part of the show—and somehow adds to the grandeur of the meal. With its generous jerk seasoning, the chicken boasts a deeply marinated flavor, with hints of thyme and ginger, along with that ever-present scotch bonnet pepper in the background. The heat serves to excite but does not overpower the array of ingredients. Order your jerk chicken on a bed of rice & peas with the vegetable of the day. As the chicken sits atop the rice, the juice seeps downward, adding a spicy and savory element to the rice. Yard Flavors also serves its chicken fried and also offers pork with its potent jerk preparation. Yard Flavors even makes soup an event, with different offerings each day of the week: chicken
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THE SPORTS DESK
The Long Hurrah: The Irish In Sports BY JOE SCOTCHIE jScotcHie@antonmediagroup.com
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hey don’t call them “the Fighting Irish” for nothing. For more than a century, IrishAmerican coaches and players have given sports fans a lifetime of memories. Just cataloging the greats from New York could fill several volumes. Basketball is the New York game and Irish sons from the sidewalks of the city and suburbs have made numerous contributions, especially to the fortunes of both St. John’s University and the New York Knicks. When Joe Lapchick left St. John’s
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to coach the New York Knicks in 1947, Frank McGuire became head basketball coach. In 1952, he led the Johnnies to the Final Four in NCAA action. In the early ‘50s, McGuire left New York for a head coaching job at the University of North Carolina. That’s where the Manhattan native really made history. In 1957, the Tar Heels went undefeated, winning the national title in a legendary triple overtime win over Wilt Chamberlain and the Kansas Jayhawks. The team came straight out of New York, with a starting lineup that included such New York area natives as Pete Brennan, Tommy Kearns, Joe Quigg and Bob Cunningham. In 1964, McGuire signed on to coach the University of South Carolina. By now, McGuire had perfected his “McGuire New York City Railroad.” His winning Gamecock squads had more New Yorkers: John Roche, Tom Owens, Tom Riker, Kevin Joyce, Brian Winters, Bobby Cremins and Mike Dunleavy. When McGuire retired in 1980, he did so as the most winningest coach in USC history and the third most winningest coach in UNC history. Frank McGuire was not related to two other sons of New York with the same surname—Dick McGuire and Al McGuire. These McGuires were brothers and they both added significantly to New York’s legendary basketball history. Dick McGuire was a seven-time All Star for the New York Knicks in the 1950s and later served as head coach in 1965. Al McGuire had a colorful career as a player, coach and commentator. Al McGuire, too, played pro ball for the Knicks and later achieved his coaching fame at Marquette University. In his final game as coach, McGuire’s Warriors won the 1977 NCAA title, defeating Dean Smith’s UNC squad. Dick and Al McGuire are the only pair of brothers to be inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame. No history of New York basketball would be complete without Billy Cunningham and Chris Mullins. Cunningham, a graduate of Erasmus Hall High School, played for Frank McGuire in the early 1960s before beginning a Hall of Fame career with the Philadelphia 76ers. Cunningham played on the 1968 World Champion team while coaching the Sixers to another title in 1982. Mullins led St. John’s to the 1985 NCAA finals and, today, he is head coach of his alma mater. That’s basketball. On the diamond,
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Irish-Americans have excelled all throughout the 20th century. It was John J. McGraw’s New York Giants that helped to make baseball America’s National Pastime. The greatest pitcher for the game’s greatest team was Astoria native Whitey Ford. Those legendary Yankee squads of the 1950s were comprised not only of Ford, but also infielders Gil McDougal, Andy Caray and Joe Collins. We can’t forget boxing, a sport dominated by the Irish in its early years. That includes such heavyweight
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champs as John L. Sullivan, James J. Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons, Tommy Burns and James J. Braddock of Cinderella Man fame. Jack Dempsey, who ruled the sport during the Roaring ‘20s, was part Irish and later, a resident of New York, where he operated his legendary restaurant on Broadway. In the early ‘70s, two young hooldlums made the mistake of trying to mug Dempsey. Bad choice. The former champ, now in his senior years, easily dispatched both of his would-be robbers and then went on his merry way.
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