Between Broadway and West End Avenue
to a surgeon an d his wife.
to lead no ordinary life.
After the Navy he worked 10 years
on stage in film for 20 more.
you could say he was adored
by people all around the world.
From the streets of Paris
To this unpretentious block
Same stretch of real estate
A ten -year -old named Gary
That when he was a kid like me,
like me, he lived right here.
young Garret is now a man.
He made some calls to City Hall,
Everybody wished him well
we've gathered here this afternoon
To honor one of New York's own
who earned worldwide acclaim.
This isn't just West 103rd Street,
So thank you, Gary Dennett's,
a boy who was ten in 1971.
Here's looking at you, kid.
We love what you have done.
Of all the boroughs, of all the blocks,
you made this one extra sweet.
Oh, I could wish you a Merry Christmas
But for us romantic fools on Earth
Cause it's the day of Humphrey
