Comments on: Fun City Revisited: The Lindsay Years

By: Lowell F. Wolf

Lowell F. Wolf — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 14:03:33 +0000

To Mr. Levine: I believe it was Rudolph Guilianni that gave the former mayor a made up job in order for Lindsey to qualify for the at the time required ten years of service in order to receive health benefits for life.

By: David S. Levine

David S. Levine — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:09:31 +0000

To follow up on my above comment, think about John Lindsay’s post mayoral life. He went to practice law at Webster Schieffield, and that firm went under and was taken over by Richard Nixon’s law firm, Mudge Rose. Then, while Lindsay was a partner that firm went under. He then ran for the Senate in the Democrat primary and finished third to the flawed Elizabeth Holzman and Bess Meyerson. Ed Koch, who blamed Lindsay for the 1973 fiscal crisis during that Senate campaign took pity on him and gave him a job which got him health insurance benefits which he, unfortunately, badly needed–all of which symbolized what Joyce Purnick saw on his last day in office, FAILURE.

By: Raymond Helfrich

Raymond Helfrich — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:49:05 +0000

I also enjoyed viewing this documentary of the Lindsay years, although I agree with LFW that it should have been a least an hour longer in order to capture more of “Fun City” during that dynamic time. I also loved hearing the music, from that time, in the background.

By: CML

CML — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:18:10 +0000

Very good documentary…interesting to see NYC in times past…should have been longer however…perhaps even a series on NYC contemporary history…..

By: vicki mcgrath

vicki mcgrath — Sun, 30 May 2010 23:38:24 +0000

We were living in Panama but my husband and I were frequent visitors in New York and I was enthralled with the Mayor. Unfortunately, my husband, Robert and I were en route to Bermuda where we were due for some business appointments when we were snowbound at the Pan American Clipper Club for three days and nights in February of 1969. It was an unforgettable experience but we were luckier than most of our fellow passengers who were sleeping on baggage claim areas and food was running out. We became friendly with another couple at the clipper Club and shared a sofa and whatever we could scrounge for food and made the most of our predicament by sharing jokes and scraps of Clipper club offerings. Everyone was blaming Mayor Lindsay for not ordering the snow ploughs out and the planes could not move on the frozen runways as ice was forming on the wings and controls. I felt that Mayor Lindsay would not be able to overcome this additional setback to his career although I always admired what he had tried to do for New York.. I enjoyed the program as it brought back memories of that time.

By: Jane Petrik

Jane Petrik — Tue, 25 May 2010 22:05:52 +0000

Response to Xavier: Stephen Stills is singing “Everybody’s Talkin’” at the end of the program. It’s actually a Fred Neil song that Harry Nilsson covered. Stephen Stills performed in concert with Fred Neil around the time the song was popular (see “Midnight Cowboy”). Regarding the documentary, my only criticism is that it did not include a list of music credits — which is a shame because the musical choices beautifully matched the program content.

By: Jane Petrik

Jane Petrik — Tue, 18 May 2010 17:20:57 +0000

Response to Michael Lengyel: The song is “Cast Your Fate To the Wind” by the Vince Guaraldi Trio. It was also recorded by a group called Sounds Orchestral. I’m pretty sure one of the original WNEW-FM deejays — either Jonathan Schwartz, Pete Fornatale, or Scott Muni — used to close his shoe with this tune.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 16 May 2010 23:02:45 +0000

Any chance you can provide a list of the songs that were included on the soundtrack? Enjoyed listening to them…

By: Xavier

Xavier — Sun, 16 May 2010 07:35:42 +0000

Does anyone know who’s singing the Harry Nilsson cover at the end of the program?

By: Jerry Zall

Jerry Zall — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:10:33 +0000

I enjoyed watching this documentary, but I was surprised that there was no mention of the 1969 Stonewall Riots in Greenwich Village!