Hi, this is Alonzo Bowden, and I want to welcome you to episode 114 of my podcast, Who's Paying

Attention. Thanks to everyone out there listening. I am in New York City. I'm working at

Carolines this weekend. I am about a block

from Times Square. And let me tell you something, Times Square during the summer. Man, to say it's busy

is a total understatement, but it has to be one of the most fun and funniest places to walk around.

Now, if you've never been here, you've no doubt seen pictures of Times Square.

We all know about the lights and the billboards and the Broadway shows.

Forget about that.

There is the funniest competition going on amongst the stuffed and costumed characters outside.

Now, I don't know where you've been if you haven't seen this phenomenon, but guys and women dress up.

I've seen Iron Man, Spider-Man, Superman.

I've seen two guys in the creepiest baby masks wearing diapers.

Elmo's a crowd favorite of various Disney princesses. And a few guys playing the old,

I'm a human statue wearing body paint. Let me tell you something.

If you're panhandling in Times Square, you got some competition because there's some true

talent in the streets. But the funniest thing is watching them, they take random breaks. They might

be smoking, a new generation. It might be vaping a little bit, but they're wearing the costume,

and then they just take the helmet or mask off and become ordinary person again.

And I'm like, you walk a block away.

Don't stand in the middle of Times Square with your iron and helmet off, having a cigarette.

It ruins it for the kids.

The kids want to at least believe you you might know iron man or something iron man shouldn't be smoking that's my point but it's a lot of fun

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