We really, really thought we were done with the "Sh*t People Say" meme once we saw Sh*t Trebek Says, but yesterday, "Sh*t New Yorkers Say" made us click one more time (and it wasn't just because we were lovingly mentioned). Creator and comedian Eliot Glazer spoke with Metro Focus about why he name-checked Pat Keirnan three times in the video: "He’s just a perfectly cherubic, endlessly charming gentleman, and I would love to have dinner with him."
Glazer, who grew up at Smithtown on Long Island and went to NYU, said people have really responded to him threatening to report the cabbie for not driving to Brooklyn, in particular. He described some outtakes ("Bloomberg is so tiny in person!”) and also explained the inspiration behind the video:
We are a clever, weird people and our neuroses deserves to be celebrated. I think a lot of what made New York so special through Woody Allen and Jerry Seinfeld got lost in the saccharine way New York was portrayed in “Sex and the City,” and that cultural residue has really neutered how many people see New York, in my opinion. So, hopefully, this will remind New Yorkers (and those who like us) to take pride in our eccentricities.
Glazer, who co-made the video with his sister and fellow comedian Ilana Gazer, gave an even simpler description to the News: “It's a satirical take on what it means to be a young, semiprofessional, spoiled city dweller in 2012." He also wanted to make it clear that they have nothing against Queens: “It's not supposed to be taken literally. I like Queens. My sister likes Queens. Our mom is from Queens. We have nothing against Queens.”
