This'n'That; December Twentieth [My List-Steve LeVeille, WBZ-AM]

My List:  The Origin
    Each workday morning the missus and I listen to WBZ radio from Boston-on the computer.  We listen from about 3:50 AM-or so, until she leaves for work at about 5:20 AM or so.  Previously, we'd tried all sorts of local stations on the AM radio; we got kinda sick of 'George Norey,' so went to the computer and 'dialed-up' WBZ right off the bat; I had listened to the station while living in Portsmouth, N.H., in the 'sixties and the early 'seventies.  What we found was a true treasure in broadcasting: "The Steve LeVeille Broadcast (Midnight-5AM, weekdays; WBZ, 1030AM)"
    On today's show (12/20/2010), Steve talked about his 'Groundhog Hat!'  Curiosity got the better of me; I searched and searched for a photo!  To no avail!  But I did find the URLs below, and through one-Steve's "list-" which I adapted to my own choices:

Heroes: My father, of course; a largely self-educated bacteriologist!!  Barb comes in at a close NUMBER TWO!!
Military Heros:  TSgt Blount, 3706BMTS, Lackland AFB, Tx; 2Lt John W. Slattery, 2nd SPS, Barksdale AFB, La.; Gregg G., (a former stepson-now friend) 3rd Ranger Bn; a true 'Hard Charger!!'
Biggest Influences On My Life: Ellsworth Tripp, Athletic Director-Cohocton Central School, Cohocton, N.Y.
Favorite Jobs: (In Order) Over-The-Road truck driver; Product Engineer, The Gunlocke Co., Wayland, N.Y.
Biggest Thrill: Attending the actual birth of my third daughter, Erica
Favorite Radio Anchor, Then: George Haefner and Jack Slattery, WHAM Radio-1180AM; 1950s-'60s.
Favorite Radio Anchor, Now: Local:  Joe Lomonoco, Host-WHAM's "5 O'clock News Hour."  National:  Laura Ingraham.
Favorite Talk Show Host of All Time: Dale Somers, the "Truckin' Bozo" Radio Network
Favorite Radio Shows, Then: The "Truckin' Bozo Show;" WLW, Cincinnati (now on XM-Sirius).
Favorite Radio Shows, Recent/Current: The Laura Ingraham Show
Favorite Old-Time Radio Show: "The Lone Ranger (a weekly radio 'play' of the 1950s)"
Favorite Sports Radio Show:  Bob Matthews' "Sportstalk" (6-8PM, weeknights; WHAM-1180AM)
Favorite TV Anchor of All Time: Walter Cronkite
Favorite TV Anchor, Current: NONE!  They're all 'teleprompter readers' with ZERO credibility!
Favorite Quotes:  "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." -George Orwell;
"I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it" [....] "the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer."-Benjamin Franklin
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Month: May-We're almost assured, NO MORE SNOW!
Favorite Food: MY 'homemade' chili
Favorite Beer: It's been along time since I've had a 'favorite' beer-can't drink anymore; diabetes!
Favorite 'Chain' Restaurant: ANY 'Shoneys'
Favorite Restaurant of Days Gone By: "Gilly's," Portsmouth, N.H., (a freight wagon-dragged to the square each evening-in the 1960s)
Favorite Deli: There used to be a deli on a side street in Portsmouth, N.H.; made the most fantastic subs on the planet!! Can't remember the name, after all it was way-back in the 1960s!!
Favorite Breakfast Place: Parkside Diner, Irondequoit (SeaBreeze), N.Y.
Favorite Beach: Tarrague (taa-RA-gie) Beach, Agana, Guam (Andersen AFB)
Favorite Museum: ANY auto museum
Favorite Sport: To watch: Football; To play: Video solitaire!
Favorite Musical Artist: Elvis Presley
Favorite Elvis Song: "You Saw Me Crying In The Chapel"
Favorite Rock Group of All Time: Bob Segar and 'The Silver Bullet Band'
Favorite "New" Musical Artist: "The Annie Moses Band"  (We just discovered them while waiting for 'Sunday Night Football" to start!!)
Favorite Country Artist: Willie Nelson
Favorite Country Concert I Attended: Ronnie Milsap (playing at World's of Fun, Kansas City, Mo., 1979 or 1980)
Favorite 'Non-Elvis' Song: Bob Segar's "Ol' Time Rock 'n' Roll"
Favorite Christmas Song: Elvis' "I'll Have A Blue Christmas"
Favorite TV Show of All Time: Too many to name
Favorite TV Shows, Current: "Blue Bloods;"  "The Good Wife;"  "The Big Bang Theory"
Favorite TV Character: Too many to name
Favorite Comedian of All Time: Roy Clark; George Carlin; Jim Parsons of 'The Big Bang Theory'
Favorite Books: (See below)
Favorite Writer: WEB Griffin; Robert B. Parker
Favorite Athlete: Then-George Blanda; Now-Brett Favre; Jared Allen.
Favorite Movie: The "Walking Tall" Trilogy
Favorite Actors: Tom Selleck; Sam Elliot; Eric Stonestreet (Cameron-'Modern Family')
Favorite Actress: Jenna Elfmann; Bridgit Moynahan; Julianna Margulies
Favorite State:  Texas
Second Favorite State: Tennessee
Least Favorite State: New York!  I live there; subjected to the usurious tax policies AND Dorothy "Geeze-Louise" McIntosh Rodham Slaughter (NY-28)!
Only Reasons to Visit New York: Can't think of a single one!!
Favorite Cities: Atlanta, Ga., Dallas, Tx., Munich, Germany, Reykjavik and Keflavík, Iceland.
Favorite Smaller Cities: Asheville, N.C., Morristown, Tn., Portsmouth, NH
Favorite Politician: "Ronaldus-Magnus" (President Ronald Reagan)
Most Important President of My Lifetime: Dwight Eisenhower
Worst President of My Lifetime (SO FAR!):  barack(The "Clown Prince")obama (Dishonorable Mention: "Slick-Willie" Clinton)
Favorite First Lady: Laura Bush; (close second: Barbara Bush)
My First Vote for President: Richard Nixon (BUT-I seriously considered writing in Pat Paulsen, SERIOUSLY!!)
Favorite Holiday: Thanksgiving
Favorite Candy Bar: PayDay
Favorite Place: Any place NOT in New York!
Second Favorite Place: The 'mid-south' states
Favorite Moment of the Year: The first time overnight temps are above 60 degrees!
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2010/07/20/steve-leveille-2/
http://www.geocities.com/~radiosteve/list.html
If we don't "talk again," have a very Merry CHRISTMAS (NOT 'Happy Holidays') and a 'Happy Hangover!!'
Til Nex'Time....