The Apple vs. the Orange
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The best post-Grammy hot spot in your city?
Ertegun: Elaine’s Restaurant.
Jones: Matsuhisa or anywhere Wolfgang Puck is cooking.
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The official Grammy cocktail in your city?
E: Dry Manhattan.
J: Stoli and cranberry juice with a lime twist.
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The official Grammy dessert in your city?
E: Greene apple tart. Michael’s, that is.
J: Warm chocolate souffle with whipped cream.
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The best vehicle to be seen arriving in?
E: A stretch Volkswagen Bug, or Seymour Stein’s pickup truck.
J: A limo or anything [producer] Rod Temperton is not driving.
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The best shortcut to the show in your city?
E: If at Madison Square Garden, a helicopter to the West Side Hudson River pad.
J: Wait for the video.
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The ideal date from your city?
E: My wife, Mica.
J: My lady, Lisette.
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The best power couple to see from your city?
E: Mayor and Mrs. Giuliani.
J: Mayor and Mrs. Riordan or Jackie and [Motown Chairman] Clarence Avant.
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The ideal performer to sing during the show in your city?
E: Barbara Walters and Liz Smith, coached by Bette Midler.
J: [Grammy producer] Pierre Cossette.
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The nominee who is the local fan favorite?
E: Quincy Jones [up for liner notes this year].
J: Pat Boone [not nominated this year].
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Your best Grammy memory in your city?
E: Watching Bobby Darin win record of the year for “Mack the Knife,” which I produced.
J: Lifting Michael Jackson in the air after winning album of the year for “Thriller.”
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The Grammy fashion designer of choice in your city?
E: Bill Blass, Carolina Herrera, Oscar de la Renta, Mary McFadden, Arnold Scaasi, Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein . . . all New Yorkers, try to beat that.
J: Armani, Prada, Voyage, Issey Miyake.
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The ideal Grammy host for your city?
E: Billy Crystal, whose father, Jack, and uncle, Milt Gabler, ran the Commodore Record Shop on 42nd Street where I bought Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong records in the late 1930s . . . all New Yorkers.
J: Mike Tyson.
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Best local athlete to see in the Grammy crowd?
E: Leonardo DiCaprio, for the 100-meter dash to all clubs in New York.
J: Hugh Hefner.
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The best album to listen on the way to the show?
E: Chopin’s funeral march for piano.
J: Any.
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Who from your city will get thanked the most during the show?
E: God, Mother and Puff Daddy . . . all New Yorkers.
J: God and Mark Mahoney (an artist at Tattoomania in West Hollywood).
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What is the day job in your city of the Grammy “guide” models who escort winners off stage?
E: Nurses specialized in disabled people.
J: Billy Blanks instructors.
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The best word to describe the Grammy night weather in your city?
E: Cool.
J: El Nin~o.
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The best thing about the Grammys when they are in your city?
E: To be in New York.
J: You can wear sneakers with your tux.
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The worst thing about the Grammys when they are in your city?
E: Not to be in L.A.
J: Ahmet Ertegun might not be there.*
