Today's anecdote: Howard Cosell was a hero of mine as a kid: Loved his commentaries on WABC radio, his defense of Muhammad Ali and, of course, his presence on Monday Night Football. After he retired from TV he continued to do his radio show, "Speaking of Everything," on ABC radio
...He was always great to me and would have me on the show whenever I had a book out. I walked into his office one day to tape an interview and he said--Howard never said hello--'What in the world is Tony Kornheiser doing on television. Doesn't the man own a mirror?...
..."Doesn't he know he's unsightly?" Given that Howard was definitive proof that you didn't have to look like Brad Pitt to star on TV, the comment was fall down funny. I couldn't wait to tell Tony who, after he stopped laughing and saying, "he really said that?" about 10 times...
said, "I may not have much hair, but I do have is real." Tony is still a big TV star 30 years later. I have no idea if he owns a mirror.
