October 25, 2024 • 6 mins
Jack Tame isn’t the only one with fond memories of New York.
Kevin Milne visited the city back in 1996, spending a week there filming a video for TVNZ’s travel programme.
He joined Jack to reminisce about the experience and his memories of the city.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast
from Newstalks.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
EDB, News Talks eDV. Yes, you're listening to Jack Tame
broadcasting live out of New York as I prepare for
the twenty twenty four US presidential election and have plenty
more to say about that this morning. My first impressions
from being on the ground. Orthough, it has to be
said that is amazing. As New York City is, it
is probably not the best place to have an overall
(00:32):
perspective of how things are shaping up in the US. However,
I have. Yeah, I already had a little bit of
experience in the last day or two with some people
who are very, very passionate about the likely result from
the election. So I'll tell you about that very shortly.
If you want to get in touch this morning, ninety
two ninety two is the text number, you know, the
deal Jacket, News Talks, dB dot co dot nz is
my email address. Kevin Meln there's with us this morning, KalDer.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
Kevin A Jack. It's just extraordinary. Really, I can't get
over it, maybe because I'm an old guy, but you know,
it's sort of incredible that you're in now as that
you're coming in live from New York, as though you
had just wandered down the road from your place in Auckland.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Yeah, yeah, it is amazing. Look, I never want to
say anything about too confident about the Black Caps, and
I never want to say anything too confident or cocky
or optimistic about technology either, especially Kevin, when we're only
you know, fifteen minutes into our morning together. But yes,
it is amazing when technology works, what you are able
to do in this world, and just how connected we
(01:36):
can all be. So yeah, very much a privilege to
be broadcasting from here this morning. And this is a
place that hasn't just caught my heart, it's caught yours
as well.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Yeah. Well, of course you're talking about being in Central Park.
And I saw Leonard Bernstone putting on a content in
New York Philharmonic one evening, probably about the round about
the same time of the year we are now, and
just all the lights of the high rises slowly coming
on behind them as the show went on. You know, Yeah,
(02:06):
I reckon Manhattan's for the center of the universe, like you,
so much going on there, so intense, As you said,
the hustle, I spent a week filming there in nineteen
ninety six. It was a travel video for tvn j
it's holiday program. It seemed you couldn't fail to make
interesting videos in New York. Just point the camera, something
(02:29):
happens in front of it. We were filming long lens
crowd shots and downtown New York when the cameraman asked
me to look into his eyepiece. Isn't that Gianni Vasacci?
And there was the renowned pest designer chatting on the sidewalk,
so we got shots of him. Following year, of course,
he was shot dead in Miami. We were told there
(02:51):
was going to be a huge moon rise over the
Manhattan skyline, which we were keen to film. Unbelievably, we
had permission to film off the roof of the World
Trade Center, off one of the towers. We went up
a few days, EGO, need to check it out. Quite
an experience, of course, wandering around on the roof of
the then highest building in New York. But when we
(03:14):
tested the camera, we got continuous distortion. Tend out to
me from all the broadcasting and telecommunications and tenna that
are up on the roof or we're up on the
roof of World Trade Center made it impossible to film.
That left just the next best thing, Jack filming the
moon rise off the balcony of the Empire State Bold.
(03:35):
But we weren't allowed to take our tripod onto the
balcony in case anyone tripped over it unless we paid
a twenty thousand dollars insurance premium for half an hour filming.
We didn't have that sort of budget, so the cameraman
filmed the moon rise without a tripod off his shoulder,
(03:55):
which ain't easy for our troubles. We got the most
astonishing images of a massive moon rising up between the
Manhattan high Rise. The shots are a bit shaky, but
it turned out to be the most glorious sequence in
our half hour video of New York. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
That's so special, isn't it.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
I suspect that that budgets and television certainly haven't improved,
and that views might have. But maybe getting permission is
even more complicated than it was back then. Heaven it
is like you, I feel. They call it the crossroads
of the world, don't they, And it does. It feels
like a city around which the world revolves At times.
(04:39):
I just think, you know that there can be no
place on this on this earth that has more languages spoken,
more cultures represented, more people from different backgrounds, rich and
poor alike. I just it is what makes New York magical.
So obviously you experienced that during a golden period.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
Yeah. Sure, but here we are sitting there talking about
this as though you were in Auckland, but you're actually
in there. You're sitting in there. It's phenomenal, it really is.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Yeah, yeah, no, it's very special. Hey, thank you so much, Kevin,
and thank you for your text this morning, Jack, good morning.
Absolutely loved your introduction. The memories you have reminded me
of last year when I went back to Sydney having
not lived there for nearly forty years. So much changes,
but still so much that I can remember. Enjoy your time.
This is clear, Thank you clear. Yeah, it's funny. So
I lived here for five years, and long time listeners
(05:29):
to the show will know that for I think four
years we broadcast every week out of New York. And
it's funny. I've probably been since I have moved back
to New Zealand and lived at home, I've probably been
back or five or six times. And yeah, there's always
there's always like a little adrenaline rush. I actually have
a playlist that I play every time I land in
(05:50):
the city and go for my sort of first walk
in the sunshine to try and get used to the
jet lag and get myself on the right, on the
right clock. And yeah, there's something about it. There's some
sort of visceral reaction I have every time I'm walking
back through the city. Interestingly, though, I've just come from
Long Island today, so I've been out on Long Island
to an area that is very much divided between Donald
(06:11):
Trump supporters and Karmala Harris supporters. In fact, I was
just going through a couple of houses just before coming
here that had their lawn signs all laid out for
the upcoming election, like literally next door neighbors, ones with
Kamala Harris signs, ones with Donald Trump signs. You can
only imagine what disputes over the boundary line might mean
for those kinds of communities. But it's going to be
(06:31):
a fascinating time broadcasting here over the next couple of
weeks as we count down to the election.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live
to News Talks ed B from nine am Saturday, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast
from Newstalks.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
EDB, News Talks eDV. Yes, you're listening to Jack Tame
broadcasting live out of New York as I prepare for
the twenty twenty four US presidential election and have plenty
more to say about that this morning. My first impressions
from being on the ground. Orthough, it has to be
said that is amazing. As New York City is, it
is probably not the best place to have an overall
(00:32):
perspective of how things are shaping up in the US. However,
I have. Yeah, I already had a little bit of
experience in the last day or two with some people
who are very, very passionate about the likely result from
the election. So I'll tell you about that very shortly.
If you want to get in touch this morning, ninety
two ninety two is the text number, you know, the
deal Jacket, News Talks, dB dot co dot nz is
my email address. Kevin Meln there's with us this morning, KalDer.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
Kevin A Jack. It's just extraordinary. Really, I can't get
over it, maybe because I'm an old guy, but you know,
it's sort of incredible that you're in now as that
you're coming in live from New York, as though you
had just wandered down the road from your place in Auckland.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Yeah, yeah, it is amazing. Look, I never want to
say anything about too confident about the Black Caps, and
I never want to say anything too confident or cocky
or optimistic about technology either, especially Kevin, when we're only
you know, fifteen minutes into our morning together. But yes,
it is amazing when technology works, what you are able
to do in this world, and just how connected we
(01:36):
can all be. So yeah, very much a privilege to
be broadcasting from here this morning. And this is a
place that hasn't just caught my heart, it's caught yours
as well.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Yeah. Well, of course you're talking about being in Central Park.
And I saw Leonard Bernstone putting on a content in
New York Philharmonic one evening, probably about the round about
the same time of the year we are now, and
just all the lights of the high rises slowly coming
on behind them as the show went on. You know, Yeah,
(02:06):
I reckon Manhattan's for the center of the universe, like you,
so much going on there, so intense, As you said,
the hustle, I spent a week filming there in nineteen
ninety six. It was a travel video for tvn j
it's holiday program. It seemed you couldn't fail to make
interesting videos in New York. Just point the camera, something
(02:29):
happens in front of it. We were filming long lens
crowd shots and downtown New York when the cameraman asked
me to look into his eyepiece. Isn't that Gianni Vasacci?
And there was the renowned pest designer chatting on the sidewalk,
so we got shots of him. Following year, of course,
he was shot dead in Miami. We were told there
(02:51):
was going to be a huge moon rise over the
Manhattan skyline, which we were keen to film. Unbelievably, we
had permission to film off the roof of the World
Trade Center, off one of the towers. We went up
a few days, EGO, need to check it out. Quite
an experience, of course, wandering around on the roof of
the then highest building in New York. But when we
(03:14):
tested the camera, we got continuous distortion. Tend out to
me from all the broadcasting and telecommunications and tenna that
are up on the roof or we're up on the
roof of World Trade Center made it impossible to film.
That left just the next best thing, Jack filming the
moon rise off the balcony of the Empire State Bold.
(03:35):
But we weren't allowed to take our tripod onto the
balcony in case anyone tripped over it unless we paid
a twenty thousand dollars insurance premium for half an hour filming.
We didn't have that sort of budget, so the cameraman
filmed the moon rise without a tripod off his shoulder,
(03:55):
which ain't easy for our troubles. We got the most
astonishing images of a massive moon rising up between the
Manhattan high Rise. The shots are a bit shaky, but
it turned out to be the most glorious sequence in
our half hour video of New York. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
That's so special, isn't it.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
I suspect that that budgets and television certainly haven't improved,
and that views might have. But maybe getting permission is
even more complicated than it was back then. Heaven it
is like you, I feel. They call it the crossroads
of the world, don't they, And it does. It feels
like a city around which the world revolves At times.
(04:39):
I just think, you know that there can be no
place on this on this earth that has more languages spoken,
more cultures represented, more people from different backgrounds, rich and
poor alike. I just it is what makes New York magical.
So obviously you experienced that during a golden period.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
Yeah. Sure, but here we are sitting there talking about
this as though you were in Auckland, but you're actually
in there. You're sitting in there. It's phenomenal, it really is.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Yeah, yeah, no, it's very special. Hey, thank you so much, Kevin,
and thank you for your text this morning, Jack, good morning.
Absolutely loved your introduction. The memories you have reminded me
of last year when I went back to Sydney having
not lived there for nearly forty years. So much changes,
but still so much that I can remember. Enjoy your time.
This is clear, Thank you clear. Yeah, it's funny. So
I lived here for five years, and long time listeners
(05:29):
to the show will know that for I think four
years we broadcast every week out of New York. And
it's funny. I've probably been since I have moved back
to New Zealand and lived at home, I've probably been
back or five or six times. And yeah, there's always
there's always like a little adrenaline rush. I actually have
a playlist that I play every time I land in
(05:50):
the city and go for my sort of first walk
in the sunshine to try and get used to the
jet lag and get myself on the right, on the
right clock. And yeah, there's something about it. There's some
sort of visceral reaction I have every time I'm walking
back through the city. Interestingly, though, I've just come from
Long Island today, so I've been out on Long Island
to an area that is very much divided between Donald
(06:11):
Trump supporters and Karmala Harris supporters. In fact, I was
just going through a couple of houses just before coming
here that had their lawn signs all laid out for
the upcoming election, like literally next door neighbors, ones with
Kamala Harris signs, ones with Donald Trump signs. You can
only imagine what disputes over the boundary line might mean
for those kinds of communities. But it's going to be
(06:31):
a fascinating time broadcasting here over the next couple of
weeks as we count down to the election.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live
to News Talks ed B from nine am Saturday, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio
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