1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,360 Grand Central Station, New York 2 00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:03,900 City. If the world had a 3 00:00:03,900 --> 00:00:05,760 beating heart, this place would 4 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:07,000 probably be that heart. 5 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:08,060 You wouldn't want to operate on 6 00:00:08,060 --> 00:00:09,230 it though, because there's too 7 00:00:09,230 --> 00:00:10,000 much shit going on. 8 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:11,960 People going around everywhere, 9 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:13,400 even the best of surgeons might 10 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:14,770 end up missing the section 11 00:00:14,770 --> 00:00:16,280 where he's meant to cut and hit 12 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:18,020 an artery or even the heart. 13 00:00:18,020 --> 00:00:19,000 Sorry. 14 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:20,820 Anyway, I'm here today to meet 15 00:00:20,820 --> 00:00:22,580 my friend Jeremy for the first 16 00:00:22,580 --> 00:00:24,180 time in a few months. He's 17 00:00:24,180 --> 00:00:25,320 going to show me around this 18 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:26,000 beating heart. 19 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,920 I told you to meet at noon. I 20 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:32,110 texted you, I sent you several 21 00:00:32,110 --> 00:00:35,000 messages, 3:55. 22 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,160 I mean, it's all academic now, 23 00:00:37,160 --> 00:00:38,000 you know. 24 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:39,810 It's not academic. I have to 25 00:00:39,810 --> 00:00:42,320 deliver a paper at 9:00 a.m. 26 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:44,000 tomorrow to a new... 27 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:45,000 I need to go for piss. 28 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:46,000 Alright, alright, fine. 29 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:47,510 But what I don't understand is 30 00:00:47,510 --> 00:00:48,890 if you have two people in the 31 00:00:48,890 --> 00:00:50,470 same room and they know they're 32 00:00:50,470 --> 00:00:52,000 trying to find each other. 33 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,080 Look, ask any economist, any 34 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:56,200 game theorist. These two people 35 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:57,770 eventually are going to find 36 00:00:57,770 --> 00:00:57,900 each other. 37 00:00:57,900 --> 00:00:58,300 Jeremy, Jeremy, Jeremy, Jeremy, 38 00:00:58,300 --> 00:00:58,820 Jeremy, Jeremy, Jeremy. What? 39 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:00,090 You knock it on the fucking 40 00:01:00,090 --> 00:01:00,720 head now. 41 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:02,430 Our first stop on the little 42 00:01:02,430 --> 00:01:04,280 choo-choo train tour of Grand 43 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:06,180 Central brings us to here. 44 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:07,760 The Harlem Line Board. Is there 45 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:09,180 anything you can tell us about 46 00:01:09,180 --> 00:01:09,940 that board? 47 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:12,810 Well, I can tell you that Poughkeepsie, 48 00:01:12,810 --> 00:01:14,420 that's in New York. 49 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:16,230 White Plains, I believe, is 50 00:01:16,230 --> 00:01:17,480 also in New York. 51 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:19,100 They go up to either New York 52 00:01:19,100 --> 00:01:20,280 or Connecticut. 53 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:22,130 Okay, please. Golden Service, 54 00:01:22,130 --> 00:01:24,240 Monica. Golden Service, Monica. 55 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:25,790 Please report to the Station 56 00:01:25,790 --> 00:01:27,890 Master's Office. Golden Service, 57 00:01:27,890 --> 00:01:29,570 Monica. Please report to the 58 00:01:29,570 --> 00:01:31,180 Station Master's Office. 59 00:01:31,620 --> 00:01:33,160 Now, that was for Monica. 60 00:01:33,460 --> 00:01:33,740 Monica. 61 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:35,340 Who is Monica? Do you know her? 62 00:01:36,060 --> 00:01:37,470 The only Monica I know in New 63 00:01:37,470 --> 00:01:39,510 York City is the fictional 64 00:01:39,510 --> 00:01:41,980 Monica Geller from Friends. 65 00:01:42,500 --> 00:01:43,990 Actually, her name would have 66 00:01:43,990 --> 00:01:45,530 changed by the end of the 67 00:01:45,530 --> 00:01:48,040 series. It would be Monica Bing. 68 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:49,640 These windows are iconic. 69 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:51,190 It's kind of nice because I get 70 00:01:51,190 --> 00:01:52,760 to open the iconic window. 71 00:01:53,780 --> 00:01:54,930 You can tell these windows have 72 00:01:54,930 --> 00:01:56,900 been here for a long time. 73 00:01:57,340 --> 00:01:57,460 Yes. 74 00:01:57,520 --> 00:01:59,800 This may have been a room for a 75 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:02,200 conductor or it may have been 76 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,830 just a nice perch for people to, 77 00:02:04,830 --> 00:02:07,150 you know, communicate with 78 00:02:07,150 --> 00:02:09,240 others downstairs. 79 00:02:09,740 --> 00:02:11,300 And now it's an Apple store. 80 00:02:12,300 --> 00:02:13,800 Now it's an Apple store. A lot 81 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:15,980 of historic buildings in New 82 00:02:15,980 --> 00:02:17,760 York City are turning into 83 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:19,020 Apple stores. 84 00:02:19,180 --> 00:02:20,380 All right, I'll try the green 85 00:02:20,380 --> 00:02:20,760 one. 86 00:02:22,140 --> 00:02:23,520 It's the Apple watch. 87 00:02:24,380 --> 00:02:25,180 And then it comes with a 88 00:02:25,180 --> 00:02:26,200 special band that only comes 89 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:27,000 with a Nike watch. 90 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:27,440 Okay. 91 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:28,650 So it has two watch matches on 92 00:02:28,650 --> 00:02:29,040 that. 93 00:02:29,140 --> 00:02:30,320 And then it has a Nike app 94 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:31,560 built inside of it. 95 00:02:31,640 --> 00:02:32,420 The Nike version of that. 96 00:02:32,920 --> 00:02:34,850 This is an Apple watch, but it's 97 00:02:34,850 --> 00:02:36,300 a Nike watch as well. 98 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:38,020 It's a Nike Apple watch. 99 00:02:38,260 --> 00:02:39,750 Yeah, Jeremy, I was thinking 100 00:02:39,750 --> 00:02:41,300 maybe we could fucking call 101 00:02:41,300 --> 00:02:43,090 time on the tour and go to Hooters 102 00:02:43,090 --> 00:02:44,160 or something. 103 00:02:44,420 --> 00:02:44,520 You know? 104 00:02:45,660 --> 00:02:47,270 Wait, you want to end the tour 105 00:02:47,270 --> 00:02:48,420 already? 106 00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:50,320 Well, we've seen the kiosks and 107 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:51,380 the Apple store. 108 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:52,680 Like, what more is there to see? 109 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:53,800 We could go to Hooters. 110 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:56,060 The Apple store really doesn't 111 00:02:56,060 --> 00:02:58,140 have that great a history. 112 00:02:58,560 --> 00:02:59,640 I mean, you want to see some of 113 00:02:59,640 --> 00:03:00,790 the artwork here in the 114 00:03:00,790 --> 00:03:01,960 terminal, right? 115 00:03:03,420 --> 00:03:04,500 I suppose, yeah. 116 00:03:04,700 --> 00:03:05,240 Okay, look. 117 00:03:05,420 --> 00:03:06,750 Look at the tableau right above 118 00:03:06,750 --> 00:03:07,140 you. 119 00:03:07,780 --> 00:03:09,050 Now, I want to tell you some of 120 00:03:09,050 --> 00:03:10,580 the history of this. 121 00:03:10,920 --> 00:03:12,950 It was created in 1912 by the 122 00:03:12,950 --> 00:03:15,460 French artist Paul César Hellyou. 123 00:03:15,460 --> 00:03:17,100 2,500 stars. 124 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:20,140 It's 275 feet long, 125 feet 125 00:03:20,140 --> 00:03:22,730 off the ground, and it contains 126 00:03:22,730 --> 00:03:25,660 six of the signs of the zodiac. 127 00:03:26,620 --> 00:03:27,680 Aquarius. 128 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:32,130 The stars are forever, but the 129 00:03:32,130 --> 00:03:36,500 waitresses, they change. 130 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:36,820 Yeah. 131 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:38,610 You do have to appreciate them 132 00:03:38,610 --> 00:03:40,400 while you have the chance. 133 00:03:40,500 --> 00:03:40,700 Yeah. 134 00:03:40,700 --> 00:03:47,030 The stars are forever, but the 135 00:03:47,030 --> 00:03:51,460 stars are forever.