- did you go too far on some of t this? - nono, that senense has s always beeeen there. - oh.. - ththe first titime, he was mayayor rudy. now he s k king giuliaiani. - gigiuliani wasas just stararto wear on ththe public o of new y. - the cityty was readydy to m move on, was ready to turn the page from the giuliani years. [sofoft acousticic music] [dreamy pipiano music]c] - manhnhattan is l like no place e else in thehe worl. in newew york, whahat you see- first of a all, you sesee a naturaral wondr of buiuildings. you knknow, it s like e the pyramimids. the e buildings s dwarf yo. the buildidings remindnd you of how uninimportant y you ar, bebecause you u re so tinyn. in this s big, increredible cit, whwhen you seeee it, it makeses you wantt to c come and sesee it. it m makes you c curious abob. it makes i it somethining bibigger than n life. i hahave strong g feelings about nenew york, evererything thahat mamakes up newew york. wewe re the crcrossroad
meananing beforere 9/11 and his trtransmogrifificatin ininto this nenew person,, america a s mayor, that the rest of the world got to know. [applause] - hehe s the manan of the hou, a a man whose extraordininary ge under r pressure in the d days sincee this devevastating a attack has s led him toto be called america a s mayor. ladidies and genentlemen, rudy giuiuliani. - the cityty was shrououded n a real andnd psychologogical d. anand then giuiuliani appepd on saturdrday night l live - we went t there reluluctant. nonone of us w were in thehe d fofor going onon sataturday nighght live. that wasas the mayoror, agai, thinkingng big, thinking thahat, okakay, we needed to we n need to statart laughihing again. . - cacan we be fufunny? [a[audience lalaughs] - - why start t now? [laughteter and applplause]