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Wacky Cars, Strange Characters, Jeanne Moos Congregate at New York Auto Show

Aired April 25, 2003 - 14:50   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: All right, New York is where we are headed next. The International Auto Show. It's not all about the latest models, you know. It's a bit of whimsy in the world of wheels. Check out what we got coming up here. There's Jeanne Moos. That is shagadelic there, Jeanne, that one you got there. Look at that thing.
JEANNE MOOS, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Is it ever. It's actually yarn, 4 1/2 miles of yarn on this 1967 Imperial, I guess it's called. And this is one of nine art cars here outside the New York Auto Show.

And with me is the owner of this particular one, who will not tell us, you' won't how you made this thing?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, no. It's a trade secret. If I told you, I'd have to kill you.

MOOS: What is so secretive about a car with yarn on it?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, no. Well I'm an artist. I don't want people to get my idea and steal it from me. They'll do it better than I did.

MOOS: All right.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You can read lots of information about my car at YarnCar.com.

MOOS: All right. Do you wash the thing?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No. I never have.

MOOS: You haven't washed it?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, I'll get out there with some laundry detergent eventually.

MOOS: All right. We're going to move over here then. Let's come around here. Over here to the bubble car. Sorry, excuse me, I'm very sorry. Hi, there. How are you doing?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hey. How are you doing?

MOOS: How you doing? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm doing very well.

MOOS: Would you mind turning this thing on? And I'll just explain to people, it's a lawn mower, right, underneath?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.

MOOS: Uh-oh. My heart stopped for a minute.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You know, I have so many cars I forget which one I'm driving.

MOOS: Would you guys mind moving so he can take a little drive? (UNINTELLIGIBLE) body of a what?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A '48 Plymouth four-door sedan (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

MOOS: (UNINTELLIGIBLE). Why don't you take off?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, look out. Here we go. Look out. Oh, run for your life. Run.

MOOS: And we're going to go this way. All right?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: OK?

MOOS: That's good. Thank you. Sorry.

And Hoot (ph), my friend Hoot, who I met 15 years ago when you had the (UNINTELLIGIBLE) car, I believe.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Gold Packard hearse.

MOOS: And it was from 1940...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: 1941.

MOOS: Wow. And here we have what?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And lately I've been doing various things on my car. This one is my time machine. (UNINTELLIGIBLE) various times.

MOOS: And what's your favorite?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I like this Andy Warhol 15-minute clock.

(CROSSTALK)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: ... later than you think.

MOOS: OK, Hoot, thank you very much. We're going to run over to this other one here. So sorry. Excuse me, sorry. Excuse me.

This one has a pool table on the hood, Miles. And it actually -- it works. But it has to be... O'BRIEN: Hey, Jeanne, good job. Very nice.

MOOS: Hey, come on. It was just the cue ball.

O'BRIEN: It doesn't matter. That's OK.

MOOS: The last thing is, here in the back is the owner.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hi there.

MOOS: Waiting for a phone call?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, they were trying to book time for the pool. I told them it's open to midnight every night.

MOOS: All right, very nice. So that's it -- Miles.

O'BRIEN: Everything, including the hot tub.

MOOS: Actually, it's not so hot, Miles.

O'BRIEN: You know, only in New York where people -- Jeanne, this, it amazes me that this would happen in New York. Not many people have cars there, right? I mean..,

MOOS: Well, yes, they don't have regular cars. But these aren't regular. And most of these people, I have to say -- you're from New Jersey, right?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm from New Jersey.

MOOS: A lot of them are from New Jersey.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So we understand.

We know how to have fun in New Jersey, don't we?

O'BRIEN: All right. All right. What exit, anyway? All right, all right. Jeanne Moos, thank you very much. Appreciate it.

MOOS: Take it easy, Miles. Bye-bye.

O'BRIEN: Wonder where they park those things?

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Aired April 25, 2003 - 14:50   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: All right, New York is where we are headed next. The International Auto Show. It's not all about the latest models, you know. It's a bit of whimsy in the world of wheels. Check out what we got coming up here. There's Jeanne Moos. That is shagadelic there, Jeanne, that one you got there. Look at that thing.
JEANNE MOOS, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Is it ever. It's actually yarn, 4 1/2 miles of yarn on this 1967 Imperial, I guess it's called. And this is one of nine art cars here outside the New York Auto Show.

And with me is the owner of this particular one, who will not tell us, you' won't how you made this thing?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, no. It's a trade secret. If I told you, I'd have to kill you.

MOOS: What is so secretive about a car with yarn on it?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, no. Well I'm an artist. I don't want people to get my idea and steal it from me. They'll do it better than I did.

MOOS: All right.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You can read lots of information about my car at YarnCar.com.

MOOS: All right. Do you wash the thing?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No. I never have.

MOOS: You haven't washed it?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, I'll get out there with some laundry detergent eventually.

MOOS: All right. We're going to move over here then. Let's come around here. Over here to the bubble car. Sorry, excuse me, I'm very sorry. Hi, there. How are you doing?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hey. How are you doing?

MOOS: How you doing? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm doing very well.

MOOS: Would you mind turning this thing on? And I'll just explain to people, it's a lawn mower, right, underneath?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.

MOOS: Uh-oh. My heart stopped for a minute.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You know, I have so many cars I forget which one I'm driving.

MOOS: Would you guys mind moving so he can take a little drive? (UNINTELLIGIBLE) body of a what?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A '48 Plymouth four-door sedan (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

MOOS: (UNINTELLIGIBLE). Why don't you take off?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, look out. Here we go. Look out. Oh, run for your life. Run.

MOOS: And we're going to go this way. All right?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: OK?

MOOS: That's good. Thank you. Sorry.

And Hoot (ph), my friend Hoot, who I met 15 years ago when you had the (UNINTELLIGIBLE) car, I believe.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Gold Packard hearse.

MOOS: And it was from 1940...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: 1941.

MOOS: Wow. And here we have what?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And lately I've been doing various things on my car. This one is my time machine. (UNINTELLIGIBLE) various times.

MOOS: And what's your favorite?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I like this Andy Warhol 15-minute clock.

(CROSSTALK)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: ... later than you think.

MOOS: OK, Hoot, thank you very much. We're going to run over to this other one here. So sorry. Excuse me, sorry. Excuse me.

This one has a pool table on the hood, Miles. And it actually -- it works. But it has to be... O'BRIEN: Hey, Jeanne, good job. Very nice.

MOOS: Hey, come on. It was just the cue ball.

O'BRIEN: It doesn't matter. That's OK.

MOOS: The last thing is, here in the back is the owner.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hi there.

MOOS: Waiting for a phone call?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, they were trying to book time for the pool. I told them it's open to midnight every night.

MOOS: All right, very nice. So that's it -- Miles.

O'BRIEN: Everything, including the hot tub.

MOOS: Actually, it's not so hot, Miles.

O'BRIEN: You know, only in New York where people -- Jeanne, this, it amazes me that this would happen in New York. Not many people have cars there, right? I mean..,

MOOS: Well, yes, they don't have regular cars. But these aren't regular. And most of these people, I have to say -- you're from New Jersey, right?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm from New Jersey.

MOOS: A lot of them are from New Jersey.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So we understand.

We know how to have fun in New Jersey, don't we?

O'BRIEN: All right. All right. What exit, anyway? All right, all right. Jeanne Moos, thank you very much. Appreciate it.

MOOS: Take it easy, Miles. Bye-bye.

O'BRIEN: Wonder where they park those things?

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