Introduction

1 million people gather in New York City's Times Square for the iconic ball drop, 198 million Americans watch it on television. 1 billion people around the world watch as well as this 6 ton ball drops as the New Year approaches. In today's episode, we'll talk about why in the world a ball is dropped at Times Square on New Year's. But before we get to that, we'll do a joke, an expression, and some pronunciation exercises all that have to do with balls.