There wasn't anything to do anyway. You had - you had no radio. You had no television. And...
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Charles Scorsese:
There wasn't anything to do anyway. You had - you had no radio. You had no television. And every now and then you used to get A paper. A paper guy around come around, "Extra! Extra!" You'd buy the paper, there was nothing in the paper. The guy said "Extra!" There was nothing in the paper. Yeah. People used to come down and buy the paper and there was nothing in it. Then, then, then we got a - we got a little Atwater-Kent. I'll never forget it. The first radio we ever had. The little Atwater-Kent. It was in the shape of a church, you know. It was in the shape of a church. And, boy, it was seven of us in the house. We used to fight what program We used to put on
There wasn't anything to do anyway. You had - you had no radio. You had no television. And every now and then you used to get A paper. A paper guy around come around, "Extra! Extra!" You'd buy the paper, there was nothing in the paper. The guy said "Extra!" There was nothing in the paper. Yeah. People used to come down and buy the paper and there was nothing in it. Then, then, then we got a - we got a little Atwater-Kent. I'll never forget it. The first radio we ever had. The little Atwater-Kent. It was in the shape of a church, you know. It was in the shape of a church. And, boy, it was seven of us in the house. We used to fight what program We used to put on
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There was no such thing as uh elaborate rooms
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You know what there was You had no furniture then You had beds
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In the daytime you'd pick 'em up and you had the room
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In the nighttime you fold 'em down and then you go to sleep
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What do you think it was
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That's all we had Table and chairs
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And my mother I remember my mother
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scrubbing them floors wooden floors on her knees
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No carpet No carpets
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Wooden floors with a brush an iron brush in the hallway and in the house
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Used to make those floors sparkle Wooden floors
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Today they got it so soft They got a washing machine
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They got this they got that
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So jealous
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And there was uh and they never they never cried
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you know or say they were tired
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There was no such thing as being tired
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And besides that she used to sew pants
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Movie Summary
Martin Scorsese interviews his mother and father about their life in New York City and the family history back in Sicily. These are two people who have lived together for a long time and know each other very well.
