I'm going to be a little bit of a I'm going to be a little bit of a I'm going to be a little bit of a I'm going to be a little bit of a I'm going to be a little bit of a I'm going to be a little bit of a I'm going to be a little bit of a I'm going to be a little bit of a I'm going to be a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of You Oh, there it is! Here! Here it comes.
This is your bag.
Get your bag.
Put that in your pocket.
Put that in your pocket.
Here you go.
Can you get your...
What I do? Oh, you have another glass.
Can I speak to you for a second? I'm a nurse.
Certainly.
Okay, she has chest pain.
She has numbness in her left arm.
She's taken an ice drill under her tongue.
She's had chest pain three times today.
Who's going to get me? She fainted.
I wasn't going to faint.
So she didn't have any other injuries so far as I know.
Here's her medication.
And that was like when I got here about five minutes ago, she had one under her tongue and had just taken it.
What happened? Oh, my God.
She's sick.
She's going to be on TV.
She's going to be on TV? You don't know? Yeah, well, I'll take a picture of her one before I can say...
She's sick.
What happened? I saw where she was.
She was on the ground.
Did you see her face? You asking me if she fell down? Uh huh.
We're always here.
We've been here for about 30, 35 years.
Is it right out in front of your store? No, we just have a stand.
We don't have a store.
We come down every Sunday.
You have to get here really early, I guess.
We have to get here early.
Five, six? No, we get here about four to seven.
Four to seven? No, I see.
And it's always open at that time.
Yeah, then we have somebody come down and they set up our stand and then bring down our boxes.
We keep our stuff in the store room.
And then we set it up.
And generally pretty good business.
Oh, good.
And it's pretty much understood that this is your spot because it's a lot of tradition that way.
It's tradition, right.
My grandfather was, my mother's here.
My grandfather used to sell here.
My grandmother, we carry down the family from generation to generation.
Can we meet your mom over there? Yeah, my mother's over here.
Oh, okay.
Can we walk over? Why don't you walk over this way? Okay.
And then we'll try.
Hi.
Nice to see all of you.
You've been down here for some time now, huh? Oh, yes.
Well, we've been down here since the 1960s.
Okay.
You've been here before then? But my father was here in 1924.
My mother and dad were here in 1924.
Do you have old pictures and things like that? We have some old pictures.
In fact, we have a lot of pictures that were taken of us at the Tribune.
If you look at the Tribune, you'll find our pictures there.
Do you come here now to make a living or do you have fun? No, this is mostly fun.
We don't mind the money, but we're only here one day a week.
You don't want to give it up? No.
It's just the customers don't let us give it up.
They just like our merchandise and like the excitement of coming down.
This is Chi -Chu Fair, and this is my friend, Ecto.
He stands and guards the store, the Dunge.
Anything else you want me to say? How long has the store been here? This store has been here a year.
Doing good? Doing all right? Yeah, doing real good.
I'm talking to this man right now, partner.
You don't get in on it, man.
I'm in language so he can say that.
I'm in language so I can speak.
Challenge me.
How many can you speak? I challenge you.
I'm supposed to challenge you about what's mine.
Is that ground right? Huh? Well, what can I say, brother? We got people to be ten.
This is who all this is for.
All of this is for this little lady right here.
Okay, what's the name of this store? Esquire Joe's.
Okay, wait a minute.
Press the button.
I thought I showed her these.
Now we're going to have a hard time with all that music in the background.
We've got to get close to it.
Go ask him.
Just a minute.
Please don't go in.
Go ask him to quiet the music a little bit because we're taking pictures.
What's that? Well, we're not supposed to take most of the day.
We take off the tickets because people used to...
The labels off? Yes, the labels because most of the time they used to go to the partner stores and get money back.
So now we have to take off the labels.
Jacket? Yes, 45.
Okay, here's a card for you, Esquire Joe's.
Okay.
Where did you get your things from? Chicago.
Do you have the apparel mark? Yes, Ruben and Grace.
Oh, Grace, I know.
Grace, you know.
We used a lot of his jackets.
Is that the one in the window that I liked? Yes.
That's a Grace jacket? Yes, ma 'am.
It's worth maybe $300.
Well, we don't sell it for that.
I know.
It's about $85 we sell it.
That's right.
It's been a long time.
These walls were once...
We didn't have no merchandise.
We put empty boxes and we told them that we can't sell them from the boxes because they're sold.
But we had nothing in the boxes.
So that's how we started with lots of boxes and told them everything was sold.
During the night we'd pick up boxes and we'd put...
But thank God now everything is filled up the shelves.
We don't have to do that.
I'm a travel agent.
You need my car? Yeah, I'm going to Florida.
When? Wait, that's very important.
January.
January 4th? You're not hard to take.
Well, have you got...
There's a special deal out right now.
You've got to buy before October 13th though.
Okay, I heard about that.
I'll buy it from you.
Do you want me to call you tomorrow? No, we're not open this week.
Put your phone around here and I'll call you tomorrow.
No, not tomorrow.
You gave her a third -party.
She's got to buy it by October 13th.
You gave her a euro.
I want her to write her phone number.
Give me...
Wait, you've got a pencil? Who's got a pencil? There's the man with the pencil.
Well, I won't be here.
You've got a couple of cards in mind.
We're going to do business with that.
Can they outlaw paraphernalia? I know in some communities they've outlawed it.
They didn't, did they? Often in the States, that's where they outlawed it.
Oh, they would.
What is this, first of all? This is a tobacco pipe.
I see.
And the way you would use it, you would take your tobacco, put a scream in, then put your tobacco in, put your juice, liquid, whatever, then you would fire it up, and four of your nice, neat friends would take it in.
And take...
There's three.
There's four.
We have one missing here.
They have a menage a trois.
Yeah.
And then you just hold up...
and blow.
And live.
Okay, what else we sell? We sell the Spanish fly, we sell the sunglasses.
Wait a minute, what's Spanish fly? Spanish fly is an exotic...
Where'd it go? Yeah, an exotic aphrodisiac, which is supposedly turned the individual on.
Supposedly turned the individual on.
This is for men and women.
Now, we're not prejudice, and we're not all the rest of those crazy things.
Equal rights.
How does it differ from Swedish fly? Depends on which mood you want to be in.
You just take whichever...
It really has to do with the position, a sexual position.
Right, right.
It really does? In your mind.
In the mind.
Remember, these are all for C -boats.
All in the mind.
All in the mind.
They don't work.
No.
They work just like the aspirin.
Have you got a headache? You take aspirin, right? It doesn't work for everybody.
Can we see your pot party? Yeah.
Then we have the famous male pipe right here.
We don't do like that.
Then we got a woman.
You'd like to switch? And we also have...
I want a man.
You want a man? Well, we got them all.
If you don't like that, we...
We even got Chesla Cat and Alice.
What's connected to it? You put this right there, dear, and you smoke it right there.
Gross.
That's to keep it from falling over.
The medicine cabinet is right here for those who like to play doctor.
We have all the ingredients for those who like to play doctor.
The Monites, the Manantons, the...
Yeah, the mirrors, the...
The whole gamut.
Over there we have the free base pipes for those who like the free base.
Free base pipes over there.
That's stuff for reefer.
Oh, good.
Do you know what you're talking about? What is it? That's a bone right there.
What do you do with that? That's stuff.
You smoke marijuana out of it.
And what does it do to you? It's stuff for reefer.
You feel good? No.
You're not smoking? No.
How do you know about it? Because I know.
What? Because I just know.
She knows.
Sunglasses, all of them the same price.
Four bucks.
All four bucks? Three bucks.
How about I give you all the money you got? I got.
All right.
All of it now.
That's it.
Okay.
That's cool.
Give me a pair of glasses, Hal.
Let's see.
Which ones would look good on me? You got more than three bucks, man.
Oh, thank you.
How many of those yellows are there? Here you go.
No, no.
Are you sure? Yeah, that's cool, man.
I'll make it up on the next guy.
Don't worry.
This is Maxwell Street.
If I don't get you, I get the next guy.
Oh, my dear.
Should I start a new friend on the North Shore? Where's the...
How much are they? Huh? How much are they? Three bucks, baby.
American money, six dollars yen.
In God we trust.
The Bible says repent and be converted, that your sin may be blotted out.
My sister and brother in Jesus is coming back again.
I tell men and women to turn away from sin, turn away from adultery, fornication, lying, stealing, backbiting, hating one another.
I tell people to love everybody.
Jesus is coming back.
I tell them that if they don't turn away from sin, they will go to a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Where's Nick? Once you come in here, you can take a better view from in here.
Fuller fish? Bye, baby.
Come right in here and see everybody.
And you can get everybody.
Some lessons are in there.
You're taking my picture? Yep.
Well, let me take this off.
Now take my picture.
How's the ice cream? Good.
Will you get out of here, Joey? I'll take mine.
What do you want me to tell you? Yeah, but so many people say they're making films on Maxwell Street, but we're never in it.
They take it, but we never go to see the pictures, but we're never in it.
Yeah, well we finally get some.
Yeah, call us.
We'll come.
They're coming right down the street.
Oh yeah? Yeah, tell us.
Who's the most difficult customary when you come? The people that you have to serve.
Who's the most difficult person you have to serve? Black, white, Mexican.
Everybody.
Everybody? They all give you a hard time, right? They show a lot of respect towards you? Yeah.
Good.
That's all that counts.
That's all.
I got you, I like you a saint.
Boy, I like my woman, just you to my name.
Boy, I'm a hell of a money, I want a bathtub.
I'm gonna tell you do something, pick up your manhole.
I got you, I got you a saint.
Get away.
I got you, I got you a saint.
Get away.
I got you, I got you a saint.
Get away.
I got you, I got you a saint.
Get away.
I got you, I got you a saint.
Get away.
I got you, I got you a saint.
Get away.
I got you, I got you a saint.
I got you, I got you a saint.
Don't walk in anybody's.
Okay, no, don't walk in anybody's.
Oh, you took my picture today out there on my stand, right? I'll keep you to take my picture all day long.
My data took me outside all day long.
I'm not going in.
I'll be back in here now.
Okay.
We'll be back.
We'll come down.
Is this still going? It shouldn't be.
Oh it is.
You gotta shut it off.
Hit the button.
And that's the microphone.
This is Howard Stout.
Forty -five years.
Howard Stout, sir.
I've been here fifteen years.
Forty -five years I've been here in this neighborhood.
Seen everything.
Everything.
Tell them something.
The, uh, I can tell you everything I saw here is between the carnival of joy and the carnival of hell.
So now it's it's on the way to the new progress of the University of Illinois will be the most educational center in the world.
In my opinion within the next year or two all this business will be closed out it will be completely university scientific research.
That's my honestly my honest opinion of forty -five years experience.
I told you.
Come on Francis.
Come on in here.
Come and say something.
What am I supposed to say? Francis is looking for a husband.
A nice husband.
How old? She wants one about fifty.
And I'm looking for one about forty.
Forty? This man, has he taken as many as you? No, not interested.
I'm a single man, not married and I don't need no money no more.
I'm retired, I have plenty of money and I don't have to work.
I'm just staying around here for killing a little time.
No, I don't need no women.
Not that kind of man.
That's not my speed.
He's looking for something better than that.
Sure am.
This is Harold Bronson.
This is Junior.
This guy does everything.
This guy, oh let me tell you about this guy here boy.
Would you believe he Bruce Lee's uncle? Look, show him.
Give him that big barnyard smile.
She weighs three hundred and seventy five pounds when she came here.
She went on a strict diet.
She lost two hundred pounds.
Yes sir.
Take a look how she stand up when you kind of show them how you walk away.
Magnificent.
Absolutely.
And I can tell you the honest opinion.
This is designer jeans.
This is what you call abstract drawing.
Different designs and colors.
It's a very good picture.
Good artist that draw this.
This is the rear end of jeans.
He wants to be discovered.
Because he does very good drawing.
He really does.
He does excellent drawing here.
He wants to be discovered.
My honest opinion there's only about ten Jewish people in this whole Maxwell Street area.
It's Korean town will be here within the next year.
All the Jews are gone.
They're going back to their homeland.
Peace at last.
Here's another young lady.
Here's Sharon.
Hi how you doing? That's right, that's Sharon.
This is Sharon.
Look at the beautiful lady in Jew town.
This lady right here.
This is the beautiful lady in Jew town.
See her? That's her after she got out of the bowl bag.
That's Sharon.
This is, see her hair? That's her temple look.
Look at her.
Good morning John, good morning Bill.
This is part of what's going on today huh? She'll read no script.
She'll watch General Huffle every day.
General Hufflepuff fans here right? All my children, General Hufflepuff, as the world went backwards, but as that world returned.
In 1935, people were out here, the streets were jammed with people.
The rest was open, cafeterias were open, bands were playing, and people were singing on the streets and everybody was happy.
Now it's a ghost town at last.
You said you were on stand here many years ago.
What year was that? Yeah, I came here when I was 17 years old.
Before the Dan -Ryn was built.
Before the highway was built.
I had three stores all the years back.
And then...
Well I'm not such a good speaker.
Her and her husband had a big brawl about who gets all the money.
She took all the money and lost him.
Whoa whoa whoa.
A wonderful thing.
I took the store and the four kids.
Oh, good.
I'm still here.
And what is your name, sir? My first name and last name.
Edward is the first name.
Burr is the last name.
B -U -R -R -E -S.
And my boss couldn't very well announce it, so she asked me, could I call you Marcy? What kind of name is that? Well, Marcy is a Jewish name, really.
So, you know, they call a person Marcy, so that she could understand and remember, so that's why she, you know, used to call me Marcy.
What does it mean? No, that's just a name, really.
That's all.
All the Koreans that have taken over the whole area, they have the money, they want to get the money, but they always get the money.
And they get the whole business from all over.
Are they based in the area or are they based in Cassandos? Well, that means where do you live or do you live in this area? That's what that means.
It's a little bit north of here.
Yeah, I see.
Well, I didn't think that you'd possibly pick that up.
Well, I knew usually a few words.
The younger people, they pick up, but not too many of them, really.
And the whole place, ten Jewish people left.
Jews of Brom, they got wealthy, they're healthy, they disappeared and took their wealth away.
But they survived.
Beautiful.
What was the most exciting thing that happened? Were there any shootings outside? Well, you can find anything you can think of.
Cutting people's heads off, cutting people in the stomach.
Two weeks ago, the baggage store owned by a Korean guy was shot at four o 'clock.
Two weeks ago, he was shot and killed and robbed.
Over there, last week, Slicker Sam's building over here.
Over here, I am behind you.
This building right here, this guy was robbed.
Slicker Sam's, right there.
Alright, he was robbed.
He was robbed and the crystal was apprehended.
They also robbed that store right in the corner over there.
This area here is known for the thieves that have caught the mollies on the streets and everything.
They'd be out there playing the card games and the hustle game, the con games.
The name of my doctor said you got to open up the door.
You want to do that? The The The The The The The The The The The The Well, the thing is we want to close up before it gets dark.
You see, because it gets dark too fast, so around three o 'clock, two thirty, we start you know.
Yeah.
It's not safe around here, you know, to hang around.
And even you people shouldn't be around here.
Because you see well don't mean nothing.
How long have you been here? All my life.
So Are you rich? Are you rich? I'm not.
I'm rich in health.
But not in the pocketbook.
Well, what else can I say? I'm my rich.
Who's rich today? Well, we could get the health and the Even the rich man isn't rich because he's got an ailment.
Is it pretty good business? Selling the stuff? What are you making a good day? 100 bucks? I'm making as much as I can get.
Where does this come from? I ain't worried about it, huh? We sell it on the streets, lady.
We sell it on the streets.
I don't know.
Y 'all can have a picture of it.
There's a question you don't ask.
Just thought I'd ask.
Buy what you want to buy.
It's only $2.
We're going to buy that.
$2 a piece.
Those over there.
Those are $2 a piece over there.
Wait, I'll chip in a dollar.
Who wants one? Can I have this for a dollar? No, you can't have that for no dollar.
Jack, go ahead.
He's got a customer.
Take 65 from the man.
Jack, go ahead.
Jack, is she right? So the story is that he showed you the celebrities that were here.
This is Mr.
Shaven's daughters and sons here.
This is his daughter.
Taking a picture here with this actor.
I don't know his name, but...
And that's Leonard Shaven with his daughter up there.
This is the Alderman.
That's my uncle.
That guy up there.
That's the Alderman.
That's my uncle.
You know what I do? I give you both of them.
Watch that.
Watch that.
Both of them.
You can't beat that.
It's the best deal I can give anybody all day.
I do need to watch them.
Give me a...
Give me a...
If you know anything about Seiko, you know $30 is less than 3 thirds of the volume anyway.
Damn, I know the mix.
It's going to be too big.
No, it ain't going to be too big.
This here adjusts it to all sides.
Just all sides.
Let me show you something.
Let me show you something.
Look here.
Take a picture.
Look here.
Look here.
I got to watch them.
I got to watch them.
Look here.
Look here.
Look here.
And it can adjust.
It can adjust how you do that.
It adjusts how you do that.
It adjusts how you do that.
That's the man here.
I'll give you a deal for both of them.
You and your man.
Your leader.
Give me $320 to take home.
Both piece.
I'm approximately getting it in the way.
I don't know what you're saying.
But see, I got to get the juice and stay the fuck up.
Give me $15 to take the watch with me.
Give me $15.
I was asking for $30.
$30 is less than 3 thirds of the volume.
I know, I know.
I'm approximately getting it in the way.
I got to get the juice and stay the fuck up.
I'm approximately getting it in the way.
I know what you're saying.
I'm listening to what you're saying.
I got to get the juice and stay the fuck up.
I'm talking about the team.
So how far you going? Right here? I'm going to go with you.
I'm going to get you a deal anyway.
My boy down.
I'm going with you.
I'd rather see you than see anybody else.
I love parkour.
I love parkour.
Ladies and gentlemen, I love parkour.
Come on, piss your ass off.
I love parkour.
Wallet.
Wallet.
I'm going to give you a deal.
I'm going to give you a deal.
I'll pass.
I'm going to give you a deal.
Wallet.
Wallet.
I got wallets on sale.
Wallet.
Wallet.
Wallet.
Wallet.
Wallet.
I'm going to put him on the hood so he can take a picture of him.
Put him on the hood of the car.
Right here? Right up here.
Can you take a picture of him now? Very nice.
That's a big eagle in it.
That's a big eagle in it.
Move John, they don't want your picture.
Get off of the car.
Get off of the car.
How do you all fit in this car? Must be tough.
You get in there.
Bye bye, see you next week.
How are you doing? What did you sell today? Socks.
Did a pretty good day? Pretty good day, thank God.
Wasn't bad.
That's great, thank you.
Now, you want to take that? No, you got it.
Go ahead and pack it up.
Go ahead and pack it up.
Ah! Get in position.
Get it.
Alright, great.
I ain't it.
I ain't it.
You able to get everything in there? Yeah, I hope so.
How many people got to get in the car? That's them two.
I'm going to catch the bus.
Okay, that's it.
Bye bye.
Bye bye.
Hey, check it out.
What's happening here? This is a little bit of a...
I'm going to shout out...
What you talking? They're going out of business.
I think they're going to make a little restaurant out of it.
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Okay, come on! Ha ha ha ha! Yeah! Ha ha ha ha! Oh boy! Hey, you putting that on TV? Coughing.
Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, no! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! I cut it out.
Still recording.
Yeah, right, you got it.
