Music, books, clothes, an occasional pair of knockoff Ray-Bans which made the United States my light in the darkness. (SOUNDBITE OF JAN HAMMER'S "MIAMI VICE THEME")īENNETT. HERVE VILLECHAIZE: (As Tattoo) The plane, the plane. JACK JONES: (Singing) Soon we'll be making another run. And I survived by making believe I was an American trapped in an Englishman's body by inhaling everything American I could lay my hands on - "The Love Boat". There are some parts of the city where 18% of the people are out of work.īENNETT: And it felt like you could stand on the street corner of Liverpool, which had massive unemployment, no real hope, a heroin epidemic and witness the city decomposing before your very eyes. UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER #1: In Liverpool, unemployment's double the national level. It's a magical city, but back then it was a town in turmoil - Britain overwhelmed by economic and social change in which the north of England rotted away and the coal mines, the steel mills, the cotton industry fell apart. (SOUNDBITE OF GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS SONG, "FERRY CROSS THE MERSEY")īENNETT: I came of age in Liverpool, England, in the 1980s. And he'd shake his head and say, we should have lived there. And he'd read the inscription about, give me your tired, your poor. I now have it on my desk in New York City. And in dark times - and there were many - my grandfather Sam would take a cheap plastic tourist tchotchke of the Statue of Liberty off his fireplace. I play chess with him almost every afternoon. And although Roger Bennett's great-grandfather never did make it to the U.S., the dream to get here never died.īENNETT: I was very close as a kid with my grandfather, who is obsessed with America. When his boat landed in Liverpool, he was sure he had made it to New York City and made his exit. The Bennett family myth - says Roger's great-grandfather, a kosher butcher - left Ukraine and headed to Chicago. Man City arrive in Porto after drowning Everton five-nil with.ĬHANG: The co-host of the "Men In Blazers" podcast and NBC show also really, really loves the United States. ROGER BENNETT: One last dance before we go, and it's the Champions League Final.
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