1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:05,480 Speaker 1: The voice that fights for New York literally. Curtis Leewalk 2 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: guest host for Mark Simone on sevent tenof Oh You 3 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 1: Don't want to miss It, as I was up in 4 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:21,159 Speaker 1: the Capitol Land area for the Christmas holiday to be 5 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:23,759 Speaker 1: with Nancy and her family members. Also is doing some 6 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 1: side work getting information about how the Republican leadership has 7 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: thrown the party under the bus, this time against Congresswoman 8 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: at least staphonic for Kathy the Grifter Hockel, who was 9 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:44,319 Speaker 1: in New York City meeting with key Republicans, lining them 10 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:48,879 Speaker 1: up because it's all about following the money. It's all 11 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 1: about follow the money. Oh, I learned a lot at 12 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 1: the Copper Crow right there on Broadway in Albany. Remember 13 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: as the crow flies cool and by the way, the 14 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: hawk's talking out there. So we'll talk about this hysteria 15 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:08,679 Speaker 1: and fear and is sweeping the area because oh my god, 16 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: there might be six to eight ten inches maybe more 17 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: of snow. When I'm saying to myself, boy, it used 18 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 1: to be that all the time as we would approach 19 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 1: the new year. But let's go to the phones right now, 20 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: and it's Rob who's calling from Montclair, New Jersey. Your 21 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 1: turn to be heard? He on seven to ten wor Rob. 22 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:36,319 Speaker 2: Hey, Curtis. During the campaign, I heard you maligned a lot, 23 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,839 Speaker 2: and I told my friends, you know, I know one 24 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 2: thing about this guy, and it tells me everything about him. 25 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 2: I teach it a school when Montclair Montclair State University, 26 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 2: and many many years ago, you came with. I guess 27 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 2: it was a WABC basketball team to play the local people. 28 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 2: You probably don't even remember. Well, you got there really 29 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 2: early and I was going to teach a class and 30 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 2: I recognize and I said, Curtis, could you speak to 31 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 2: my class? You came, You spoke to him, You answered questions, 32 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 2: You were as sweet as kind as a person could be. 33 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 2: And that tells me everything I need to know about you. 34 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:17,359 Speaker 1: Wow. And you remember, and I remember we got beat 35 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: badly the leader of the team at that point basketball 36 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 1: team because I was known for my sharp elbows. You 37 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: got into the paint. I was going to put a 38 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 1: herding on your kidneys and your ribs. Don't come into 39 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:33,679 Speaker 1: the paint. You better be shooting from three point range. 40 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 1: Was Mitch Dolan, who was the general manager and Grandpoopa 41 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 1: of all the stations at that time over at WABC, 42 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 1: and that guy was a sharp shooter from the outside. 43 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 1: He used to call him, Hey, you know, he's like 44 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: the six man off the bench. He come in, boom in, 45 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: then knock a few back. Oh, I remember those memories. 46 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 1: That was good, Rob, that was good. Let's go if 47 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 1: we can to Ellen, who's calling also from New Jersey. 48 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 1: Your turn to be heard here at seven to ten 49 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 1: wor Ellen. 50 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 3: Hi, Curtis. I am so thrilled to speak with you, 51 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 3: and so thrilled that you're back on the air. I've 52 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 3: listened to you for so many years with Angels in 53 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 3: the Morning and Curtis and Coobe, and then of course 54 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 3: I got very little sleep because I was listening to 55 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 3: on the weekends overnight on that other station, in additional 56 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 3: listening to your friend Frank overnight also. But I wanted 57 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 3: to ask you something about your father. It's been bothering 58 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 3: me for years. Do you happen to know if your 59 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 3: father was a member of the National Maritime Union. 60 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 1: YEP for close to fifty years he was a delegate. 61 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 1: He would actually go to battle with the trustees and 62 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 1: the leader of the National Maritime Union who was corrupt 63 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 1: Joe Kern I know, and the. 64 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 3: Reason I'm asking it's because for years my father had 65 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 3: had a wholesale optical business, and then he lost it 66 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 3: and he wound up working for the National Maritime Union 67 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 3: in that building where all the seamen would comfort their 68 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 3: medical needs. And I worked there in the summers, so 69 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 3: chances are I saw you, I met your father. 70 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: Oh yeah. And plus back then, you'd have to shape 71 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 1: up for work. So I'd go with my dad and 72 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: he'd have to shape up. He was a boson at 73 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:30,560 Speaker 1: that time, which is like the equivalent of his sergeant. 74 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: You know, he's part of the union, National Maritime Union, 75 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:36,719 Speaker 1: but really a part of management. Also you can't win 76 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:39,360 Speaker 1: for it, and he'd have to shape up like everyone 77 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 1: else to catch a ship that was going out right 78 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: near fourteenth Street where you had the National Maritime Union headquarters. 79 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 1: And it's that building that makes it look like it's 80 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: the side of a passenger ship with all those odd windows. 81 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 1: No longer obviously National Maritime Union. But boy, tremendous story. 82 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: My dad would tell me when he would come home, 83 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 1: he'd be shipped out eight months a year, at home 84 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: four months a year, and to make ancillary income, he'd 85 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:13,479 Speaker 1: go out there because he was a master craftsman, and 86 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:15,920 Speaker 1: he worked for my cousin Joey g to teach from 87 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 1: Howard beat You at a construction firm in order so 88 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 1: that me, my older sister a leader, my younger sister 89 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:26,839 Speaker 1: Maria to get all the things that we wanted or 90 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:30,039 Speaker 1: didn't want, like my mother forcing me to play the 91 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: piano for four years. I hated that every second of 92 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 1: the day that I played. And then when it was 93 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 1: time for my recital at a nearby synagogue in KNARSI, 94 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:44,200 Speaker 1: I was playing Rochmaninoff on the stage. My younger sister 95 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:46,839 Speaker 1: Maria had played, made every mistake in the world, got 96 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: a standing ovation, didn't bother her. My oldest sister, a 97 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:54,040 Speaker 1: very accomplished pianist, and I played Rockmano Norf. Halfway through 98 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 1: is He I forgot where I was. I walked away 99 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 1: from the piano and never came back to play the 100 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 1: piano again. I hated that my friends should be outside. Hey, 101 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:12,039 Speaker 1: come on, Curtis, gotta practice Mike piano. Really, are you 102 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: a mama, Luke. Look as my mom and dad said, 103 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 1: as long as we pay the bills here and you're 104 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:22,360 Speaker 1: living under our roof in our house, you'll follow our 105 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:25,480 Speaker 1: rules or Hey, you're welcome to hit the highway out 106 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:29,479 Speaker 1: there and see how difficult life is. Oh what what 107 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:34,799 Speaker 1: great role models they were. They're no longer with us anyway. 108 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 1: Let's go to Glenn, who's calling from New Jersey. Your 109 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,839 Speaker 1: turn to be heard here on seven ten. 110 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 4: Wo Arglene, Hey, Goodbry Curtis over at the other station there, hre. 111 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 4: Greg Kelly has been disparaging you incredible for the first 112 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:58,680 Speaker 4: hour of his show. He spoke nothing about anything but 113 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 4: Curtis and Curtis, Curtis and so forth. He's a loser. 114 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 4: And I had to call in and tell and tell 115 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 4: Greg that he and w R O you a bet 116 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 4: a gratitude for giving one hour of free publicity because 117 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 4: I mentioned to him two quotes. T. T. Bonham said, famously, 118 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 4: any publicity is good publicity, and Oscar Wilde said the 119 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 4: only thing in the world worse than being talked about 120 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 4: is not being talked about. 121 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 1: Well, I gotta tell you, Glenn, so you know, Greg 122 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: Kelly never comes prepared for a show. That's why you 123 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 1: would listen to Mark Simon. That would be his show prep. 124 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 1: You would actually admit that I'm listening to Mark and 125 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 1: then taking notes he has no mark to listen to. 126 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 1: He hates listening to me, and it gives him something 127 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 1: to talk about because he'd always run out of steam. 128 00:07:57,520 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 1: That's why they had me in the bullpen. You better 129 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 1: jump in there with he's rowing. He's running out of 130 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 1: things to talk about because he didn't do his show prep. 131 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 1: You just don't come on the air and think think 132 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 1: you're gonna be able to do talk radio. Oh no, oh, 133 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 1: Bob by the way suggesting for me by a work 134 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 1: crew at the MDA coming up. You're never gonna Oh yes, 135 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 1: you might actually conceive of this. You don't want to 136 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 1: go anywhere, And I'll tell you the true nitty gritty 137 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 1: secret of what's going on behind the scenes as the 138 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 1: Republican leadership in New York State now as they did 139 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:36,239 Speaker 1: in New York City, are selling out to moderate Democrats, 140 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 1: and they did it against elistophonic