Green, real name Stephen Manderson, has a personable demeanour not entirely in keeping with the large tattoo that dominates his neck (it reads "lucky", a reference to having survived being stabbed in that very spot last year).
The introduction by O'Neill — a former food columnist for The New York Times and the author of cookbooks and a memoir — begins with reference to having been caught up in the "food revolution" beginning more or less in the '60s.
She has gone beyond the Good Wife, in part because there was no stricken expression, no bafflement, and a reference to having had, rather than planning to seek, "a lot of therapy".
Along with her better-known projects, she included a reference to having been a "story writer" on the "Charles and Diana" project, an assertion that Mr. Gunter claimed was false.
Dancer Kari Graham stripped down to give Simon Cowell a lap dance, while 11-year-old singer Arisxandra Libantino did a rendition of Jennifer Hudson's "One Night Only," making obvious reference to having a one night stand.
And while Mr. Levy said that he had recommended the changes to the other trustees of the construction authority, one of the trustees, Charles A. Stillman, said in an interview that Mr. Levy had made only "a passing reference" to having considered the idea in a conversation with him.
