****NEW YORK CITY SHOWCASE (DESIGNER LINE OF CLOTHING)….see it all at SWELL

****TWO WARS ARE BETTER THAN ONE…. some people die, some people make profits with u.s. army contracts. WAR

HERE ARE THE TRUE TALES WHICH I AM TELLING ON THE RADIO. IF YOUR STATION IS NOT CARRYING THIS FEATURE, PLEASE LET ME HAVE ITS EMAIL ADDRESS SO I CAN CONTACT THE PROGRAM MANAGER.

**if you want to know anything about these true tales or anything about new york city, you can always just telephone me. i am, after all, your best friend in the big apple.

****From 2005 to 2006, the rich grew richer in the New York region and the poor, over all, remained poor, producing the widest income gap of any major metropolitan area, according to census figures released. The wealthiest 20 percent of Manhattanites made nearly 40 times more than the poorest 20 percent — $351,333, on average, compared with $8,855, a bigger gap than in any other county.

****Two specially trained dogs can sniff out a large inventory of knockoff DVDs in New York City, the district attorney's office said.

****Rabbis in Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish and Hasidic communities are taking a hard look at an annual religious ceremony in which the faithful swing live chickens over their heads. Called Kapparot, the fowl-whirling event occurs each year between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur - which take place next month - and is meant to transfer the sins of the believer to the chicken, which is then sacrificed.

****Vials of dangerous chemicals found by weapons inspectors in Iraq more than a decade ago were discovered in a United Nations office building near the world body's headquarters in the heart of New York City.

****Live markets proliferate in the city's five boroughs; nearly 175 are open for business. At these markets, customers select from chickens, goats, cows, sheep and turkeys, who are then killed on the premises. Many of the animals are kept in filthy conditions and visibly ill.

****The 2007 Labor Day parade was canceled by the New York City Central Labor Council, which explained that the group had determined it was best "to remain focused on our organizational priorities and review the various observances of our Labor Day.

****THE DAILY BLOG….updated every day of the year with telling it like it is pontifications. you can click here BLOG and
in the future you can go directly go http://epistle.blogs.com

****CHEWY CHATTER (the gabby man interviews a real person for on-air presentation, but you can also hear it here. INTERVIEWS

****OLD TIME RADIO (shows you might be too young to remember…. THE PAST

****THE SNEAKY CAMERA (the hidden camera)….a growing collection of new yorkers are unaware that they are being watched by a certain taxi driver. new ones are added from time to time. take a peep at SNEAKY

****YENTA YACK FROM THE BACK OF THE HACK (what they are talking about in the yellow mobile conveyance lounge)…. A five-foot-long thresher shark that washed up on a crowded city beach is dead.

****QUIET PLEASE, THIS IS THE LIBRARY (get away from the din of life)… THE WORLD WITHOUT US by alan weisman from thomas dunne books/st. martin’s is about earth without people. an interesting thought for those of us who get squashed in the subways of new york city each day.

****THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY (what the media didn't tell you)....Men who have a habit of looking up women's skirts should be watching for something else: a City Councilman is proposing to make peeping a crime.

****THE EARL THEATER (it used to be on 161st street in the bronx. new york city has lots of rich people, but it has many more people living in slums thanks to the inaction of the city government and crooked landlords. SLUM

(please note: when playing a movie on your computer, you should diminish the size of the frame. if you have a problem, please contact us.

**AND THAT NEAT MOVIE HOUSE ALWAYS SHOWED A DOUBLE FEATURE AND HERE WE ARE WITH A SECOND FLICK. this is a wonderful trip around new york city in the famous yellow mobile conveyance lounge. HONK HONK

****THE HEY ABBOTT AWARD (an epistle about life)....Leona Helmsley will be denied her final wish to be buried with her unpleasant pooch - because it's illegal for a human cemetery to entomb an animal.

****STOP THE MUSIC (do you know what tv show this theme came from?)…. TV

****THE MOST WANTED TOUR IN THE BIG APPLE…. here are some happy visitors. you too can have a tour by going to TOUR INFO

**to listen to what other happy tourists had to say about the tour, just go AUDIO

**to see some additional happy tourists perform in short video productions go VIDEO

**to hear broadcast spots about some of the places where folks are taken to, listen to these commercials that were created for a "visit new york city promotion" at SPOTS

****CELEBRITY SIGHTING (media adulation)….cameron diaz in washington square park filming a movie. STAR

****JOKE DU JOUR (told to me by the passengers)….this month the punch line is "you should see how he makes donuts " and you can hear it at AUDIO

****TO HEAR A RECENT GABBY CABBY BROADCAST, CLICK HERE. LISTEN

****TO SEE GABBY CABBY TV PRESENTATIONS, CLICK HERE. SEE

****LISTEN TO THE LATEST VERSION OF "NEW YORK, NEW YORK….it is written and sung by jack servello LISTEN

****AND ON THE FLIP SIDE….this is an intro promotion made by the folks at chnl in kamloops, british columbia. LISTEN

****NEW YORK CITY SHOWCASE (DESIGNER LINE OF CLOTHING)….see it all at SWELL