Tony Kornheiser (51:10)
In 2014 I was flying from Washington D.C. to Jakarta, Indonesia. There are no direct flights from the east coast and the preferred routing is through Tokyo Narita Airport. Upon landing in Tokyo, I went to the United Business Class Lounge and staked out a prime seat near the Free Shrimp and far from a large group of teenage girls. I took out my book and looked forward to a peaceful three hour layover. I just settled in when a gentleman his wife sat next to me. I think there are dozens of empty seats. Why did they need to crowd in next to me? At 56, I was well on my way to being a grouchy old guy. The gentleman begins making conversation telling how he's just retired and is taking his wife to New Zealand. I barely look up and reply with one terse word answers hoping he will stop chatting. A few minutes later another guy comes over and says are you David Johnson? My dad took me to Memorial Stadium when I was six and you were his favorite player. I look up from my book and two feet away is sitting Davey Johnson. He tells us Hank Aaron and Sandy Koufax stories as well as some R rated New York Met stories. I go from being a grouchy old guy to being a seven year old kid. He was great and I will never forget the hour we spent together. That said, I still don't talk to people on the Metro. P.S. tell Greg Garcia that the Chipotle in Blacksburg still has its challenges from Karl Laubach in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. I pulled in the Nazareth was feeling about half past day. I was delighted to hear you mention Easton in the show on Friday talking about ice cream. I was quickly deflated after I realized you were talking about Easton, Maryland. But Nigel did mention the Eastern Assassin Larry Holmes, whom I've had the pleasure of meeting while working security for the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs. He attends several times a year and always draws a crowd. If this makes the cut, tell my friend John Loman to eat it and the Mets stink. Nazareth, Pennsylvania, home of racing legend Mario Andretti, which I did not know. Did not know that from Morgan Jones. I think I just had a David Aldrich moment. I'm from Harvey's Lake, Pennsylvania, if you don't know where that is. My Uncle Dave had a cabin out there in the 60s. But really this is just about the connective tissue of the show and how being a little, as they say, has its advantages. Just saying. At my age, with some heart issues, I went to a new doctor and within a week he was ready to put a pacemaker in. Being more than a little shocked, I decided to go back to my original doctor for a second opinion, for background. He asked me casually what I've been up to, and I said, playing golf at Conklin Players Club. Incidentally, one of the best kept secrets on the East Coast. He says, I went to Binghamton. Yeah, Conklin is the town that's the course. No, it's. No. Yes, it's the town next to Binghamton. I think Conklin is either the first town in New York state or the last town in Pennsylvania. Played golf at Conklin Players Club, incidentally, one of the best kept secrets on the east coast. He says, I went to Binghamton. I say, you mean the college of Tony Kornheiser, Flo and Louise Gluck? No, she's my high school. The former Harper College. He comes back and says, oh, is that where that came from? I graduated from Harper College of Science. Always wondered why suddenly I'm not just another patient. I'm a little. Next thing I know, he's bringing in the chief of cardiology and the first thing he says to me is, hey, he knows Kornheiser went to my college. And then they proceed to spend a half hour with me and they tell me the first doctor misread my chart. No pacemaker, just golf. This show literally saved me from unnecessary invasive surgery. Let me check back in in six months and let me know if. Let you know if it was really unnecessary. From Brett Hobbs in Linton, Indiana. When Nigel read Reginald's betting picks this week, he mentioned the jump Evel Knievel attempted across the Snake River Canyon. I just so happened to be at Twin Falls a few days ago, vacationing with a woman who's related to me by marriage. I wanted to go see the jump off point where Evil's rocket cycle was stationed. I just wanted to look across the canyon. Same view, evil hat. But alas, since the jump, too many expensive gated homes have been built near there, preventing me from my experience. The best I could do was visit. The memorial display of the event at the visitor center attaches a picture of display. Oh, wow, it's. Yeah, it's Evil Knievel. It's a drawing of Evil Knievel.
