Birthday: July 9, 1952.
Birthplace: Garden City, Long Island, N.Y.
Occupation: Composer and broadcaster.
Current home: Marina del Rey, Calif.
Marital status: Married to actress and dancer Julie Tesh, for six years.
Car: A 1986 red Mercedes-Benz 300E.
Working on: Hosting ”Entertainment Tonight” and writing the music and playing the synthesizers and piano for an album, ”Tour de France.”
The last good movie I saw: I`m a real Arnold Schwarzenegger fan, and I take a lot of heat for it. I loved ”Running Man,” and I must have seen
”Terminator” 20 times.
I stay home to watch: ”L.A. Law,” ”Frank`s Place” and ”Hooperman.”
I tape Letterman and listen to the audio in my car on the way to work.
Favorite pigout food: I`m a tofu freak, and I`m hooked on whole-wheat Fig Newtons.
Favorite performer: Vladimir Horowitz.
Nobody knows I`m: Hopelessly in love with my wife.
I hope I never have to: Apologize.
The worst part of my job: Trying to be friendly and happy all the time, but that`s what the show is all about.
My fantasy is: I`m on stage, and a 150-piece group is playing my music.
If I could change one thing about myself, I would be: Less aggressive.
People who knew me in high school thought I was: Tall. I grew to my present height, 6 feet 6, in junior high.
My most irrational act: Leaving newscasting to become a sportscaster when I knew nothing about sports.
The worst time of my life: My junior year in college, when I couldn`t decide among a career in music, textile chemistry and communications.
My friends like me because: I`m brutally honest.
Behind my back they say: ”He`s overbearing.”
If I`ve learned one thing in life, it`s: Don`t judge people in the first five minutes. I always do, and I`m always wrong.
Major accomplishment: Living through puberty.
When people first meet me, they think I`m: In a hurry.
