Mayor Bloomberg found time to kick back and poke fun at himself at the annual Inner Circle dinner held at the Hilton Hotel. The black-tie evening, this year themed Terms of Endurement, was an annual lampoon of New York’s political elite by the press corps.
The media pulled no punches with headlines of the past year, including jabs that flew fast and furious at the Mayor along with other satirical targets like Pres. Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Octomom, Chuck the Groundhog, Bernie Madoff, and Capt. Sullenberger and his flying geese.
As a rebuttal to the media, Mayor Bloomberg took the stage, starring along with the cast of The Little Mermaid, complete in full garb of the character Pike Blowfish, who was running for a third term as Mer-Mayor of the underwater city of N.Y. Sea.
At the end of his performance he announced that he knew someone who would make a good mayor, and at that moment Caroline Kennedy stepped onto the stage, surprising all including some of the pols on hand such as U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gellibrand, Christine Quinn, Charles Rangel, and former mayors Ed Koch and David Dinkins.
The Sheet was in the wings and captured exclusive photos of the Mayor’s outstanding performance as well as a peek backstage.
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| John and Margo Catsimatidis with Police Commish Ray Kelly |
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| David Dinkins, Gail and Herman Badillo |
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| Lorri Gorman and Marvin Scott, Rita Cosby, Carolyn Maloney, Tom Bednarek, Clifton Maloney |
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| Mort Zuckerman and Camille Douglas |
1010 WINS’ Juliet Papa, Tony Guida backstage |
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| Ivanka Trump |
Gov. David Paterson, Joan Jedell |
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| Lynne White gets a lift from N.J. Burkett and Bob O’Brien backstage |
Mayor Bloomberg, Gov. David Paterson |
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| Mayor Mike onstage with Ariel and her father of Little Mermaid |
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| Mayor Mike in Mermaid gear onstage with Little Mermaid’s lobster character |
Surprise visit onstage by Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg |
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| Mayor Mike flies through the air onstage |
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| Hizzoner onstage with Ursula |
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