SHORT TAKES : Cuomo Takes Stage With Turtles
Gov. Mario M. Cuomo got a high-five from a young paisan .
The governor appeared Monday with the Teen-Age Mutant Ninja Turtles--Michelangelo, Leonardo, Donatello and Raphael--and thanked them for help with a new drug prevention program.
“And I love their names,” Cuomo said.
Michelangelo dubbed Cuomo “your honorable dudeship” during a ceremony at a grade school.
“Anybody here know the Ninja Turtles?” the governor asked a gymnasium filled with squealing first-, second- and third-graders. He got a deafening, affirmative response. “Man, I hope they don’t run for office,” Cuomo said.
Donatello high-fived Cuomo before the pizza-loving TV turtles performed their anti-drug song “Walk Straight.”
The turtles recently launched a singing career and a national tour.
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