NEW YORK (PIX11) -- Laughter filled the Ziegfeld Ballroom in Midtown Saturday night as members of the New York City Press Corps roasted Mayor Eric Adams in the 102-year-old Inner Circle Show.
This year, the show was entitled "Beg Your Pardon" as a reference to the Mayor's federal legal troubles that went away under the Trump Administration.
The journalists' portion of the parody opened with the song "The Final Countdown" and quickly transitioned to a chorus number to the tune of Michael Jackson's BAD. PIX11's James Ford played Mayor Eric Adams, and PIX11's Marvin Scott was a judge. Before breaking into song, PIX11's Eileen Lehpamer dressed as U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon and asked the question, "Without a trial, how will we determine the fundamental question, is Mayor Eric Adams bad?"
Ford, acting as Adams, later joked, "I turned my swagger into MAGA."
In other skits, PIX11's Dan Mannarino wore a cape and king's crown as he spoofed mayoral candidate and former New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo, and sang "I'm Always Right" to the tune of "You May Be Right" by Billy Joel.
PIX11's Hazel Sanchez starred as mayoral candidate, State Senator Jessica Ramos. PIX11's Magee Hickey lampooned Elise Stefanik and sang a song entitled "Trump and Suck-Ups" to the tune of "Love and Marriage."
Mayor Eric Adams then delivered his rebuttal as part of the New York City tradition that brings together politicians, journalists, and power brokers to have a night of camaraderie in the name of raising money for charity.
The Mayor's show started with Tony-nominated Broadway star Kate Baldwin singing "New York, New York". Adams then launched into a monologue in which he joked that during press conferences, he often thinks, “I can’t stand most of you."
Adams was joined on stage by Miss Jones, who has a nationally syndicated show "Jonesy in the Morning," and can be seen on the PIX 11 Morning News. She took part in a skit where she pretended to be Adams' "shorty" - a reference to a recent public event in which Adams admitted to jumping subway turnstiles in his youth to go visit a girlfriend in Far Rockaway.
Adams, who is now running for re-election as an Independent, ended the evening on a serious note, saying, "I look forward to coming back here for the next four years. One thing is for sure: a free and independent press is essential to our city and to our democracy. Thank you to you all for what you do for our city."
Among those in the audience Saturday night were NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, Deputy Mayor Kaz Daughtry, former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, gossip columnist Cindy Adams, and billionaire businessman John Catsimatidis. The show's lead sponsor was Craig Newmark's Take 9 Cyber Security Awareness Campaign.
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