Huliganov’s Philadelphia, part 1 – Trouble Crossing

Original YT playout date: 8 November 2009
Duration: 18:03

Welcome to the third series of Huliganov’s North America. This deals with the difficulties of getting across the Atlantic when the first plane to Frankfurt takes off two hours late and the connecting flight has to delay so you can get on. The luggage came two days later. When we arrived in Philadelphia, it was raining the way it rains all the time in America whenever I go there but never seems to on your Hollywood films unless they’ve got George Clooney in, in which case it’s studio hands chucking it from the sides in buckets, and it’s really perfumed rosewater. Here’s where to come to see the real America. And we go to America’s first capital, to where American citizenship all began, to where a bunch of English people abroad decided that they wanted to be something else, and wanting to was, in the end, really all they needed. Now they really are something else, as you will see, as the series unfolds…
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Huliganov’s 2nd North American Experience #15/15 Final American Experience

Original playout date: 9 February 2008
Duration: 1:12

After the Empire State Building, we had to get back to JFK for the flight. We didn’t get to see Ground Zero, or the Statue of Liberty, which were all on the agenda, but hopefully there’s always another day.
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Huliganov’s 2nd North American Experience #14 Empire State Building

Original playout date: 3 February 2008
Duration: 10:40

A very nice visit to the Empire State Building containing a gallery of shots from the observation area.
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Huliganov’s 2nd North American Experience #13 Rockefeller Centre and St Patrick’s cathedral

Original playout date: 27 January 2008
Duration: 13:54

We pass the Waldorf Astoria, and see Park Avenue, we learn about the charging scheme for yellow cabs, and see some more iconic New York buildings.
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Huliganov’s 2nd North American Experience #12 – Gonna Take My problems to the United Nations

Original playout date: 25 January 2008
Duration: 13:04

In the company of a charismatic tour guide with an Eddie Murphy soundalike voice, we see some highlights of New York. We had to leave early for the flight, but we saw quite a bit in the meantime.
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