The Apple vs. the Orange

The best post-Grammy hot spot in your city?

Ertegun: Elaine’s Restaurant.

Jones: Matsuhisa or anywhere Wolfgang Puck is cooking.

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The official Grammy cocktail in your city?

E: Dry Manhattan.

J: Stoli and cranberry juice with a lime twist.

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The official Grammy dessert in your city?

E: Greene apple tart. Michael’s, that is.

J: Warm chocolate souffle with whipped cream.

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The best vehicle to be seen arriving in?

E: A stretch Volkswagen Bug, or Seymour Stein’s pickup truck.

J: A limo or anything [producer] Rod Temperton is not driving.

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The best shortcut to the show in your city?

E: If at Madison Square Garden, a helicopter to the West Side Hudson River pad.

J: Wait for the video.

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The ideal date from your city?

E: My wife, Mica.

J: My lady, Lisette.

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The best power couple to see from your city?

E: Mayor and Mrs. Giuliani.

J: Mayor and Mrs. Riordan or Jackie and [Motown Chairman] Clarence Avant.

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The ideal performer to sing during the show in your city?

E: Barbara Walters and Liz Smith, coached by Bette Midler.

J: [Grammy producer] Pierre Cossette.

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The nominee who is the local fan favorite?

E: Quincy Jones [up for liner notes this year].

J: Pat Boone [not nominated this year].

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Your best Grammy memory in your city?

E: Watching Bobby Darin win record of the year for “Mack the Knife,” which I produced.

J: Lifting Michael Jackson in the air after winning album of the year for “Thriller.”

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The Grammy fashion designer of choice in your city?

E: Bill Blass, Carolina Herrera, Oscar de la Renta, Mary McFadden, Arnold Scaasi, Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein . . . all New Yorkers, try to beat that.

J: Armani, Prada, Voyage, Issey Miyake.

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The ideal Grammy host for your city?

E: Billy Crystal, whose father, Jack, and uncle, Milt Gabler, ran the Commodore Record Shop on 42nd Street where I bought Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong records in the late 1930s . . . all New Yorkers.

J: Mike Tyson.

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Best local athlete to see in the Grammy crowd?

E: Leonardo DiCaprio, for the 100-meter dash to all clubs in New York.

J: Hugh Hefner.

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The best album to listen on the way to the show?

E: Chopin’s funeral march for piano.

J: Any.

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Who from your city will get thanked the most during the show?

E: God, Mother and Puff Daddy . . . all New Yorkers.

J: God and Mark Mahoney (an artist at Tattoomania in West Hollywood).

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What is the day job in your city of the Grammy “guide” models who escort winners off stage?

E: Nurses specialized in disabled people.

J: Billy Blanks instructors.

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The best word to describe the Grammy night weather in your city?

E: Cool.

J: El Nin~o.

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The best thing about the Grammys when they are in your city?

E: To be in New York.

J: You can wear sneakers with your tux.

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The worst thing about the Grammys when they are in your city?

E: Not to be in L.A.

J: Ahmet Ertegun might not be there.*