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>> anthony: how does the joke begin? three men in a bar? but it's not a bar. imagine the bronx -- a corner bodega, or maybe a luncheonette, a diner, three men, strictly by coincidence, find themselves in the same place at the same time. sitting at the counter is afrika bambaataa. across the room is melle mel. door opens, and who walks in? dj kool herc. three men who created the musical style that's become the soundtrack to, well, the whole wide world. do they all nod at each other? lament how all of them got screwed over, cut out of the big money? or just laugh at the absurdity of it...

Born and raised here, he's never really left for over seven decades. this is a disappearing aspect of new york, for sure. the real thing jewish deli. liebman's is one of the last. there used to be dozens of places where you could get your brisket, chopped liver, a good pastrami, some pickles, with a black cherry soda or a cel-ray of course to drink. >> lloyd: the world series is going on. howard cosell is on the air. suddenly you see a tongue of flame licking up into the, uh, up into the sky. and he says, "this is the kind of thing that jimmy carter saw, ladies and gentlemen. the bronx is burn...

This is a disappearing aspect of new york, for sure. the real thing jewish deli. liebman's is one of the last. there used to be dozens of places where you could get your brisket, chopped liver, a good pastrami, some pickles, with a black cherry soda or a cel-ray of course to drink. >> lloyd: the world series is going on. howard cosell is on the air. suddenly you see a tongue of flame ricking up into the, uh, up into the sky. and he says, "this is the kind of thing that jimmy carter saw, ladies and gentlemen. the bronx is burning." the old image of the bronx as middle class, perfectly mobile, h...

The real thing jewish deli. liebman's is one of the last. there used to be dozens of places where you could get your brisket, chopped liver, a good pastrami, some pickles, with a black cherry soda or a cel-ray of course to drink. >> lloyd: the world series is going on. howard cosell is on the air. suddenly you see a tongue of flame ricking up into the, uh, up into the sky. and he says, "this is the kind of thing that jimmy carter saw, ladies and gentlemen. the bronx is burning." the old image of the bronx as middle class, perfectly mobile, healthy area had survived up until 1977. this shattere...

And in 1895, all the areas east of the bronx river was annexed to the city. then in 1898, the city then decided that the two areas previously annexed should also become a borough. but what to call it, since it never had a name before? they looked at the map and right smack through the middle of the territory ran the bronx river, so they named it after the river -- the borough of the bronx. and that's why it is called the bronx, and not just plain bronx. if you have a question about the bronx, chances are lloyd ultan has the answer. born and raised here, he's never really left for over seven de...