December 26, 2025 • 8 mins
Rob from Montclair, NJ, has a great story about Curtis visiting his workplace at Montclair State University. Ellen wants to ask Curtis a question regarding whether his father was involved in a particular organization or business.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The voice that fights for New York literally. Curtis Leewalk
guest host for Mark Simone on sevent tenof Oh You
Don't want to miss It, as I was up in
the Capitol Land area for the Christmas holiday to be
(00:21):
with Nancy and her family members. Also is doing some
side work getting information about how the Republican leadership has
thrown the party under the bus, this time against Congresswoman
at least staphonic for Kathy the Grifter Hockel, who was
in New York City meeting with key Republicans, lining them
(00:44):
up because it's all about following the money. It's all
about follow the money. Oh, I learned a lot at
the Copper Crow right there on Broadway in Albany. Remember
as the crow flies cool and by the way, the
hawk's talking out there. So we'll talk about this hysteria
(01:05):
and fear and is sweeping the area because oh my god,
there might be six to eight ten inches maybe more
of snow. When I'm saying to myself, boy, it used
to be that all the time as we would approach
the new year. But let's go to the phones right now,
and it's Rob who's calling from Montclair, New Jersey. Your
(01:26):
turn to be heard? He on seven to ten wor Rob.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
Hey, Curtis. During the campaign, I heard you maligned a lot,
and I told my friends, you know, I know one
thing about this guy, and it tells me everything about him.
I teach it a school when Montclair Montclair State University,
and many many years ago, you came with. I guess
it was a WABC basketball team to play the local people.
(01:53):
You probably don't even remember. Well, you got there really
early and I was going to teach a class and
I recognize and I said, Curtis, could you speak to
my class? You came, You spoke to him, You answered questions,
You were as sweet as kind as a person could be.
And that tells me everything I need to know about you.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Wow. And you remember, and I remember we got beat
badly the leader of the team at that point basketball
team because I was known for my sharp elbows. You
got into the paint. I was going to put a
herding on your kidneys and your ribs. Don't come into
the paint. You better be shooting from three point range.
(02:34):
Was Mitch Dolan, who was the general manager and Grandpoopa
of all the stations at that time over at WABC,
and that guy was a sharp shooter from the outside.
He used to call him, Hey, you know, he's like
the six man off the bench. He come in, boom in,
then knock a few back. Oh, I remember those memories.
(02:57):
That was good, Rob, that was good. Let's go if
we can to Ellen, who's calling also from New Jersey.
Your turn to be heard here at seven to ten
wor Ellen.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Hi, Curtis. I am so thrilled to speak with you,
and so thrilled that you're back on the air. I've
listened to you for so many years with Angels in
the Morning and Curtis and Coobe, and then of course
I got very little sleep because I was listening to
on the weekends overnight on that other station, in additional
listening to your friend Frank overnight also. But I wanted
(03:32):
to ask you something about your father. It's been bothering
me for years. Do you happen to know if your
father was a member of the National Maritime Union.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
YEP for close to fifty years he was a delegate.
He would actually go to battle with the trustees and
the leader of the National Maritime Union who was corrupt
Joe Kern I know, and the.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
Reason I'm asking it's because for years my father had
had a wholesale optical business, and then he lost it
and he wound up working for the National Maritime Union
in that building where all the seamen would comfort their
medical needs. And I worked there in the summers, so
chances are I saw you, I met your father.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Oh yeah. And plus back then, you'd have to shape
up for work. So I'd go with my dad and
he'd have to shape up. He was a boson at
that time, which is like the equivalent of his sergeant.
You know, he's part of the union, National Maritime Union,
but really a part of management. Also you can't win
for it, and he'd have to shape up like everyone
else to catch a ship that was going out right
(04:43):
near fourteenth Street where you had the National Maritime Union headquarters.
And it's that building that makes it look like it's
the side of a passenger ship with all those odd windows.
No longer obviously National Maritime Union. But boy, tremendous story.
My dad would tell me when he would come home,
he'd be shipped out eight months a year, at home
(05:04):
four months a year, and to make ancillary income, he'd
go out there because he was a master craftsman, and
he worked for my cousin Joey g to teach from
Howard beat You at a construction firm in order so
that me, my older sister a leader, my younger sister
Maria to get all the things that we wanted or
(05:26):
didn't want, like my mother forcing me to play the
piano for four years. I hated that every second of
the day that I played. And then when it was
time for my recital at a nearby synagogue in KNARSI,
I was playing Rochmaninoff on the stage. My younger sister
Maria had played, made every mistake in the world, got
a standing ovation, didn't bother her. My oldest sister, a
(05:50):
very accomplished pianist, and I played Rockmano Norf. Halfway through
is He I forgot where I was. I walked away
from the piano and never came back to play the
piano again. I hated that my friends should be outside. Hey,
come on, Curtis, gotta practice Mike piano. Really, are you
(06:12):
a mama, Luke. Look as my mom and dad said,
as long as we pay the bills here and you're
living under our roof in our house, you'll follow our
rules or Hey, you're welcome to hit the highway out
there and see how difficult life is. Oh what what
great role models they were. They're no longer with us anyway.
(06:34):
Let's go to Glenn, who's calling from New Jersey. Your
turn to be heard here on seven ten.
Speaker 4 (06:41):
Wo Arglene, Hey, Goodbry Curtis over at the other station there, hre.
Greg Kelly has been disparaging you incredible for the first
hour of his show. He spoke nothing about anything but
Curtis and Curtis, Curtis and so forth. He's a loser.
(07:05):
And I had to call in and tell and tell
Greg that he and w R O you a bet
a gratitude for giving one hour of free publicity because
I mentioned to him two quotes. T. T. Bonham said, famously,
(07:26):
any publicity is good publicity, and Oscar Wilde said the
only thing in the world worse than being talked about
is not being talked about.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
Well, I gotta tell you, Glenn, so you know, Greg
Kelly never comes prepared for a show. That's why you
would listen to Mark Simon. That would be his show prep.
You would actually admit that I'm listening to Mark and
then taking notes he has no mark to listen to.
He hates listening to me, and it gives him something
to talk about because he'd always run out of steam.
(07:57):
That's why they had me in the bullpen. You better
jump in there with he's rowing. He's running out of
things to talk about because he didn't do his show prep.
You just don't come on the air and think think
you're gonna be able to do talk radio. Oh no, oh,
Bob by the way suggesting for me by a work
crew at the MDA coming up. You're never gonna Oh yes,
(08:19):
you might actually conceive of this. You don't want to
go anywhere, And I'll tell you the true nitty gritty
secret of what's going on behind the scenes as the
Republican leadership in New York State now as they did
in New York City, are selling out to moderate Democrats,
and they did it against elistophonic
The voice that fights for New York literally. Curtis Leewalk
guest host for Mark Simone on sevent tenof Oh You
Don't want to miss It, as I was up in
the Capitol Land area for the Christmas holiday to be
(00:21):
with Nancy and her family members. Also is doing some
side work getting information about how the Republican leadership has
thrown the party under the bus, this time against Congresswoman
at least staphonic for Kathy the Grifter Hockel, who was
in New York City meeting with key Republicans, lining them
(00:44):
up because it's all about following the money. It's all
about follow the money. Oh, I learned a lot at
the Copper Crow right there on Broadway in Albany. Remember
as the crow flies cool and by the way, the
hawk's talking out there. So we'll talk about this hysteria
(01:05):
and fear and is sweeping the area because oh my god,
there might be six to eight ten inches maybe more
of snow. When I'm saying to myself, boy, it used
to be that all the time as we would approach
the new year. But let's go to the phones right now,
and it's Rob who's calling from Montclair, New Jersey. Your
(01:26):
turn to be heard? He on seven to ten wor Rob.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
Hey, Curtis. During the campaign, I heard you maligned a lot,
and I told my friends, you know, I know one
thing about this guy, and it tells me everything about him.
I teach it a school when Montclair Montclair State University,
and many many years ago, you came with. I guess
it was a WABC basketball team to play the local people.
(01:53):
You probably don't even remember. Well, you got there really
early and I was going to teach a class and
I recognize and I said, Curtis, could you speak to
my class? You came, You spoke to him, You answered questions,
You were as sweet as kind as a person could be.
And that tells me everything I need to know about you.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Wow. And you remember, and I remember we got beat
badly the leader of the team at that point basketball
team because I was known for my sharp elbows. You
got into the paint. I was going to put a
herding on your kidneys and your ribs. Don't come into
the paint. You better be shooting from three point range.
(02:34):
Was Mitch Dolan, who was the general manager and Grandpoopa
of all the stations at that time over at WABC,
and that guy was a sharp shooter from the outside.
He used to call him, Hey, you know, he's like
the six man off the bench. He come in, boom in,
then knock a few back. Oh, I remember those memories.
(02:57):
That was good, Rob, that was good. Let's go if
we can to Ellen, who's calling also from New Jersey.
Your turn to be heard here at seven to ten
wor Ellen.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Hi, Curtis. I am so thrilled to speak with you,
and so thrilled that you're back on the air. I've
listened to you for so many years with Angels in
the Morning and Curtis and Coobe, and then of course
I got very little sleep because I was listening to
on the weekends overnight on that other station, in additional
listening to your friend Frank overnight also. But I wanted
(03:32):
to ask you something about your father. It's been bothering
me for years. Do you happen to know if your
father was a member of the National Maritime Union.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
YEP for close to fifty years he was a delegate.
He would actually go to battle with the trustees and
the leader of the National Maritime Union who was corrupt
Joe Kern I know, and the.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
Reason I'm asking it's because for years my father had
had a wholesale optical business, and then he lost it
and he wound up working for the National Maritime Union
in that building where all the seamen would comfort their
medical needs. And I worked there in the summers, so
chances are I saw you, I met your father.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Oh yeah. And plus back then, you'd have to shape
up for work. So I'd go with my dad and
he'd have to shape up. He was a boson at
that time, which is like the equivalent of his sergeant.
You know, he's part of the union, National Maritime Union,
but really a part of management. Also you can't win
for it, and he'd have to shape up like everyone
else to catch a ship that was going out right
(04:43):
near fourteenth Street where you had the National Maritime Union headquarters.
And it's that building that makes it look like it's
the side of a passenger ship with all those odd windows.
No longer obviously National Maritime Union. But boy, tremendous story.
My dad would tell me when he would come home,
he'd be shipped out eight months a year, at home
(05:04):
four months a year, and to make ancillary income, he'd
go out there because he was a master craftsman, and
he worked for my cousin Joey g to teach from
Howard beat You at a construction firm in order so
that me, my older sister a leader, my younger sister
Maria to get all the things that we wanted or
(05:26):
didn't want, like my mother forcing me to play the
piano for four years. I hated that every second of
the day that I played. And then when it was
time for my recital at a nearby synagogue in KNARSI,
I was playing Rochmaninoff on the stage. My younger sister
Maria had played, made every mistake in the world, got
a standing ovation, didn't bother her. My oldest sister, a
(05:50):
very accomplished pianist, and I played Rockmano Norf. Halfway through
is He I forgot where I was. I walked away
from the piano and never came back to play the
piano again. I hated that my friends should be outside. Hey,
come on, Curtis, gotta practice Mike piano. Really, are you
(06:12):
a mama, Luke. Look as my mom and dad said,
as long as we pay the bills here and you're
living under our roof in our house, you'll follow our
rules or Hey, you're welcome to hit the highway out
there and see how difficult life is. Oh what what
great role models they were. They're no longer with us anyway.
(06:34):
Let's go to Glenn, who's calling from New Jersey. Your
turn to be heard here on seven ten.
Speaker 4 (06:41):
Wo Arglene, Hey, Goodbry Curtis over at the other station there, hre.
Greg Kelly has been disparaging you incredible for the first
hour of his show. He spoke nothing about anything but
Curtis and Curtis, Curtis and so forth. He's a loser.
(07:05):
And I had to call in and tell and tell
Greg that he and w R O you a bet
a gratitude for giving one hour of free publicity because
I mentioned to him two quotes. T. T. Bonham said, famously,
(07:26):
any publicity is good publicity, and Oscar Wilde said the
only thing in the world worse than being talked about
is not being talked about.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
Well, I gotta tell you, Glenn, so you know, Greg
Kelly never comes prepared for a show. That's why you
would listen to Mark Simon. That would be his show prep.
You would actually admit that I'm listening to Mark and
then taking notes he has no mark to listen to.
He hates listening to me, and it gives him something
to talk about because he'd always run out of steam.
(07:57):
That's why they had me in the bullpen. You better
jump in there with he's rowing. He's running out of
things to talk about because he didn't do his show prep.
You just don't come on the air and think think
you're gonna be able to do talk radio. Oh no, oh,
Bob by the way suggesting for me by a work
crew at the MDA coming up. You're never gonna Oh yes,
(08:19):
you might actually conceive of this. You don't want to
go anywhere, And I'll tell you the true nitty gritty
secret of what's going on behind the scenes as the
Republican leadership in New York State now as they did
in New York City, are selling out to moderate Democrats,
and they did it against elistophonic
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