Occupation: Broadcaster.
Birthday: Feb. 14, 1948.
Birthplace: Sioux Falls, S.D.
Current home: Los Angeles.
Marital Status: Married to Linda for 20 years.
Child: Sean, 6.
Car: I drive a stereo surrounded by a 1991 Jeep.
Working on: Hosting “How’d They Do That?” on CBS-TV, and sports shows.
The last good movie I saw: “Sandlot.”
The books I’m reading: “The Secret History,” by Donna Tartt, and “Messenger Bird,” by Dan McCall.
Favorite performers: The Beatles.
Favorite childhood memory: When I was 8, I started taking the train by myself to visit relatives in Iowa. I’ve been on the road ever since.
Prized possession: A huge, leather-topped 18th Century desk.
People always think I’m: George Segal.
Nobody knows I’m: A tap-dancer.
I’m better than anyone else when it comes to: Shmoozing.
The worst part of my job is: The travel. I’m on the road 60 so much.
I want to teach my child: To have street smarts.
A really great evening to me is: Dinner with my wife, reading my son a book and putting him to bed, having a glass of red wine and then just reading the paper and scanning the satellite channels.
My fantasy is: I’m playing guitar with a rock ‘n’ roll band in front of 60,000 people, and I’m on my third encore.
The worst advice my mother ever gave me: “Your high school record will follow you the rest of your life.”
People who knew me in high school thought I was: Going to be a failure. I didn’t look like I had the aptitude for anything.
I knew I was a grownup when I: Bought my first suit. I was 21, and I got my first job as a researcher for David Brinkley.
Nobody would believe it if they saw me: Making French toast. My secret is cinnamon.
If I’ve learned one thing in life, it’s: Live every day. I learned that after my best friend recently died.
Most humbling experience: Walking down the street with Michael Jordan.
Three words that best describe me: A great dad.
