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>>> WELL, TWO BROTHERS SPENT
MORE THAN 30 YEARS STRAIGHT
SNAPPING PICTURES ON SANTA'S
LAP.
AND THIS IS WHY I'M LAUGHING.
YOU'RE GOING TO MEET THEM IN A
MINUTE.
THEY WERE SORT OF SITTING ON
SANTA'S LAP.
HERE WE GO.
WE'RE GOING TO REWIND FROM 1980
WHEN MICHAEL GREY WAS JUST A
TOT.
AND THEN A FEW YEARS LATER THEN
HIS BROTHER COMES ALONG.
THEN THE BAD HAIR CUTS, WEIRD
SANTA.
AND BAM, THREE DECADES LATER,
YOU'RE MARRIED WITH KIDS.
IN ALL THREE PICTURES, 34 IN
ALL, THEY ARE WITH SANTA EVERY
SINGLE YEAR.
NOT ONCE DID THESE BROTHERS,
MICHAEL AND MARTIN MISS A YEAR
WITH SANTA.
OKAY GUYS, FULL DISCLOSURE.
THE TWO OF YOU ARE STANDING IN
LINE.
LET'S SAY, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE
20, 21, YOU'RE NOT 4 ANYMORE.
AND SOME KID LOOKS AT YOU AND
SAYS, ARE YOU SERIOUS?
WHERE ARE YOUR KIDS?
DID IT HAPPEN?
>> WE USUALLY -- OH, YEAH.
MANY TIMES.
WE GOT LOTS OF QUESTIONS.
>> PLENTY OF AWKWARD LOOKS FROM
PARENTS.
>> USUALLY THE PARENTS WERE A
LITTLE SKETCHED OUT BY OUR
PRESENCE.
BUT WE USUALLY HAD THE
EXPLANATION AND A BIT OF A
PREAMBLE EVERY TIME.
WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR FOR OUR
MOM AND IT'S A TRADITION.
>> AND SO WAS THERE EVER A TIME
WHERE SANTA KIND OF LOOKED AT
YOU GUYS AND SAID, OKAY, GUYS,
REALLY?
YOU'RE NOT SITTING ON MY LAP.
>> WELL, I THINK YOU CAN SEE
THROUGH THE EVOLUTION OF THE
PHOTOS THEY KIND OF PUT US ON
THE SIDE OF THE CHAIR INSTEAD OF
HIS POOR KNEE.
>> SOME WERE MORE WELCOMING THAN
OTHERS.
SOMEWHERE WERE LIKE, COME ON,
GET IN.
AND OTHERS WERE LIKE, GET ON THE
CHAIR.
>> OKAY.
SO LET ME ASK YOU, I'M GOING TO
ASK YOU WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR
MOST EMBARRASSING PHOTO WAS AND
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE.
LET'S START WITH YOUR FAVORITE.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY, WHAT YEAR?
>> I THINK THIS YEAR'S.
>> YEAH.
I THOUGHT IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
WITH ALL OUR KIDS.
THIS YEAR WAS AN AMAZING YEAR
FOR OUR FAMILY.
>> I HAVE TO GIVE MY WIFE CREDIT
FOR THE THEME AS WELL.
SHE PICKED FORMAL WELL.
OUR DAUGHTERS LOOKED GREAT AND
HIS SON LOOKED DAPPER AS WELL.
>> I THINK THE FUNNEST ONE WAS
THE SCREAMING CHILD '84 MAYBE.
>> YEAH.
>> I TOOK NOTE, '85.
' 5 WAS THE FIRST TEARS.
>> THOSE ARE EMBARRASSING.
AND '98 WAS EMBARRASSING AS
WELL.
I WAS A BIT OVERWEIGHT AND ACNE
FACED.
JUST A VERY AWKWARD TIME IN MY
LIFE.
>> THOSE BEAUTIFUL TEENAGE
YEARS.
>> IT GETS BETTER, CHILDREN.
>> HOW ABOUT SANTA.
HE LOOKS A LITTLE FREAKY THERE
IN THE MILLED TOO.
>> HE WAS ENJOYING IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON
THERE.
I DON'T ASK QUESTIONS.
BUT WE HAD A GOOD TIME WITH HIM.
>> LET ME ASK YOU GUYS.
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A TRIBUTE
TO MOM.
AND YOU'RE HAVING A BLAST DOING
IT TOO.
I THINK IT'S HYSTERICAL.
HOW LONG ARE WE GOING TO DO
THIS?
>> HARD TO SAY.
I MEAN --
>> I THINK WE HAVE, YOU KNOW,
THE KIDS ARE GOING TO BE
INVOLVED EACH AND EVERY YEAR.
SO MAYBE WHEN THEY START TURNING
THEIR TEENS AND THEY DON'T WANT
TO DO IT ANYMORE.
>> WHEN THEIR LEVEL OF
EMBARRASSMENT OUTREACHES OUR
COMMITMENT LEVEL THEN WE'LL RUN
INTO ISSUES.
>> WHEN THEY DEVELOP AN OPINION
AND THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO
EXPLAIN WHY THEY'RE IN LINE WITH
US.
>> SO WHEN THE SON OR DAUGHTER
LOOKS AT YOU AND SAYS, OKAY,
DAD, IT'S JUST NOT FUNNY
ANYMORE.
GO AWAY.
WE'RE DOING THIS ON OUR OWN.
>> THE KIDS ARE MAKING FUN OF ME
AT SCHOOL, LET IT GO.
>> IT'S ALL OVER THE INTERNET,
DAD, DO WE HAVE TO KEEP GOING?
>> WE'RE GOING TO STICK THROUGH
IT.
>> FOR OUR MOTHER.
>> WE LOVE HER VERY MUCH.
>> I'M GOING TO STAY COMMITTED
TO YOU.
I'M GOING TO FOLLOW UP EVERY
YEAR AND SEE HOW MUCH MORE CUTE
THIS GETS.
MICHAEL AND MARTIN GREY, MERRY
CHRISTMAS.
AND THANKS SO MUCH.
>> MERRY CHRISTMAS.
>> MERRY CHRISTMAS.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING US.
>> MY PLEASURE.